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Show 'Catest Irisb newsRaJM: I Mr. Morrow, who has filled the position posi-tion of governor of Wexford jail for nine or ten years, has retired on pension. pen-sion. ! Lieutenant Bernard R. S. Winter, of the Empress of India guardship, at Queenstown, was found dead in bed at Cork on Wednesday morning, having apparently poisoned himself. The steamer Wharfinger stranded on the Dogger Bank on Christmas morning. morn-ing. The crew were rescued, and the vessel itself has been towed into Wexford Wex-ford harbor. ; On Tuesday morning Messrs. John Garvey, Sr., and John Garvey. Jr., : were released from Castlebar jail, aft- . er having served fourteen days' im-i im-i prisonment under the Coercion Act. A shocking accident occurred on the Belfast and Northern Counties railway between Ballymena and Cullyhackney. , on Christmas night, when a man named William Andrews was literally cut to pieces. Terrence Law ton. a tailor, was arrested ar-rested at Cork AVednesday charged with causing, the death of his wife. They had been drinking on Christmas Fve, and had some angry words. Her body was found at the foot of a llight of stairs. On Thursday evening a scutch mill, the property of Mr. James Hall, of Ballynanny, near Hilltown, Co. Down, was completely destroyed by lire. The mill, which is situated in close proximity prox-imity to the village, was being worked for the season by a Mr. James Mc-Alinden. Mc-Alinden. a While some men of the farming class, named Lavin, living about three miles from Swinford, were engaged on Saturday Sat-urday morning repairing a ring fence some dispute arose, and one of -them, it is alleged, stabbed his uncle and cousin with a knife. One of the men is not expected to recover. - At Kilatel, near Ballingairv, Co. Limerick, on Christmas night, Mrs. Ellen O'Shea was found dead in bed. She liad apparently been in the best of health and spirits during the day, and retired to rest in the some condition, but her husband, on waking up during the nisht, found that she was Quite dead. Mr. John McGivern, who has been acting assistant town clerk in Sligo for some years past, has been unanimously unani-mously elected town clerk and executive execu-tive sanitary officer in the room of the late Mr. Daniel MacGill. Considerable damage was done to a large chemical works by fire in Belfast on Thursday. The works are the property prop-erty of Messrs. Richardson, and when the brigade arrived the fire had a great hold. After two hours" work the flames were extinguished. On Monday evening at S o'clock, a slight explosion occurred in the city of Belfast outside the "Northern Whig" Ile piecinc wires running beneath be-neath the footpath fused, causing the explosion, which displaced one of the pavement flags, burning it a considerable consid-erable distance. Fortunately no one Tvas on the footpath at the time. An interesting discovery has been made near Tuam, where some laborers I a few days ago, while turf-cutting in a bog, come on an ancient Irish cor-rach, cor-rach, or canoe, several feet below the surface, and in a fairly good state of preservation. The- boat measured fifty-two fifty-two feet in length and it has been decided de-cided to place it in the Royal Museum at Dublin. The Great Southern and western Railway company have provided pro-vided a special double carriage for the conveyance of the corrach. and it is to be despatched from Tuam to Dublin via Limerick. The death is announced of Mr. William Wil-liam Llddell, J. P. It will be received with sincere regret by a large circle of sportsmen and friends. The sad event took place on Christmas dav at his residence, near Lurgan, Co. Down. Mr Luddell, who took a keen interest in all sports, at one time owned an ex-tenside ex-tenside stud of greyhounds, and was part owner, with the late Mr, Hutch-ings, Hutch-ings, of Honeymoon, the winner of the Waterloo cup in 1875. He also had a number of race horses, which carried his colors successfully at race meetings both in England and Ireland. A fearful bumngaccident occurred on Tuesday at Ballycogley, a short distance from Wexford, and furnishes one more proof of the danger of leaving children alone with fire. A little girl an infant of 17 months, named Mary Roche, was left alone in the kitchen whilst her mother ran outside on some domestic errand. In the mother's absence ab-sence the little one toddled into the fire and was fearfully burned. It lingered i"l,pal" f?r seven or eight hours and then died. An inmipst- wqo vr.A . mui was neia at Queenstown on Tuesday afternoon relative to the death of Albert Edward Weekes, artificer, arti-ficer, of the battleship Empress of India, In-dia, whose body was found floating near his ship. The chief artificer said he saw deceased at 6 a. m.. when the latter appeared in his usual health and spirits. The officer of the watch stated he heard no splash in the water. The jury returned an open verdict Several of the tenants on the Can-ti Can-ti Ion estate at Manister. Croom, Co Limerick, have been served with processes pro-cesses for non-payment of rent, abatement abate-ment of which was refused. Two tenants ten-ants on the Newenham estate, Croom nave also been similarly served In the latter case also the tenants demanded I an abatement of rent. It Is stated that abatements were granted in individual cases to the tenants. J?e harinS of the summons brought under the Crimes Act against Mr Ja-T Per Tully, M. P., Mr. John O'DonneTf M. P.. and three others, for taking part n the unlawful assembly at Gurteen lf. khgo. and for inciting Lord De Freynes tenants not to pay their rents, dav Th0Jfdnd a,fc BalI-vmte on Tues iaj. The following sentences were im-posed-Johnston, three months: O'Don-months: O'Don-months: Tull-V. one monX ".-...aumu,, one month, and the casp against Gilmart.'n was dismissed The Removables agreed to state a case on the question of jurisdiction $ At Monaghan petty sessions on Tues- Po MonaehanCAltn' f Lontacken, s'nJ naan' was summoned for filing spirituous liquors without a Ii EJT- PIh e had laided W pri son'sannf M? abUt 3 rth of al! o? bo.?LP ItU0U3 liqUOrs in 3,1 so'ts ceatrl 0mf Very inniously concealed. con-cealed. The defense was that the h tuors were only intended to be given away as Christmas boxes. The. mails" rates imposed penalties amounting on the Whole to 30s and 11 s costs, and recommended that the liquor should be sent to the county infirmary. The storm and rain of Sunday and Monday night have produced disastrous ' ettects all along the Shannon banks A veritable ice flow from the lake has I aaded to the great inundation, more i or less felt for the past two months. ' and at present several populous town-lands town-lands are cut off from communication with Athlone. The sudden rise has brought the water far into the fields and up into the farm houses. The Plight of the people in many cases is finable. Intelligence has been received in Athlone of the supposed drowning of a farmer named Henry, who lived in the flooded area, and whose body has not, up to the present, been disco vereil. At the meeting of the Cork Corpora-I Corpora-I tion on Friday, the council unanimously unanimous-ly d?ecided, on the motion of Mr. Augustine Au-gustine Roche, seconded by the city high sheriff (Mr. O'Shea). to confer the freedom of the city on Mr. John Redmond, Red-mond, M. P. A discussion took place with reference to the recommendation of the public health committee that no prosecution be instituted in connection , with the seizure of meat on the prem- , ises of Mr. Farrell, North Main street, and the council referred the matter back to the committee for recommendation. recommenda-tion. At Kingston on Friday morning Mrs. Louisa Smith, 60, wife of Canon Smith, of Comber. Co. Down, was found with her throat cut in her bedroom, at the I residence of her brother. Colonel Price, i with whom she had been staking. A blood-stained table knife, which it is supposed the deceased lady procured I while the servants were preparing breakfast, was lying beside the body, i Mrs. Smith had been in weak health for some time. j A young man named Tuohv, a laborer in the employment of Mr. Smith Bal- Jinderry, near Rathdrum, sustained very serious injuries some days ago i whilst tieing up some bullocks in a byre I for his employer. In the operations one of the animals became furious, and attacking Tuohy, ran his horns through ! the lower regions of his stomach. The unfortunate man had a narrow escape from being killed. He was transferred to the Rathdrum Union Hospital, where he was treated by the medical officer. Dr. W. Taylor, and his condition condi-tion is somewhat improved. Mr. Larkln. late Supervisor of Inland Revenue, has been presented bv his of-I of-I ficial and private friends, on his retire-1 retire-1 ment from the service, with a handsome hand-some onyx clock and ormi mpnti UT,.t Mrs. Larkin with a gold curb bracelet. brace-let. The presentation was made at Mr. Aarkin's residence, 15 Charleville road, orth Circular road, by Mr. Eaton, Ea-ton, Collector of Inland Revenue, and in the presence of many of Mr. Lar-kin's Lar-kin's friends. A pleasant evening was subsequently spent. Messrs. Hopkins & Co., of O'Connell street, supplied the presentation. The annual meeting of the Phoenix Brewery Company, Limited.' was held on Tuesday at Dublin. Mr. Charies j Brenan presiding. The report, which I I showed a loss on the vear's trading of 16.282 lis lOd. was adopted aftr some discussion. Mr. Thomas S. Russell Rus-sell was re-elected a director. An inquest was held on Thursday at Dublin on the remains of the guest who was found on Christmas Day with his throat cut in his room at Doherty's Hotel, Lower Bridge street. A verdict of suicide while temporarily insane was returned. The deceased is believed to be Robert Bigley, a pensioner of the Royal Irish Constabulary. S At 2:45 a.' m.. on Wednesday the startling alarm was given that a fire had broken out in the extensive premises prem-ises of Messrs. Todd, Burns & Co Mary street. The watchman on the premises first noticed the outbreak, and immediately warned the assistants who lived on the premises. These numbered num-bered about 200, the majority of whom were young ladies. Fortunately it was in the stores to the rear of the ware-! ware-! rooms that the fire began, and thus there was ample- time for all to reach the street in safety. ' ' A remarkable discovery has been made. The man named John Dalrym-ple, Dalrym-ple, found dead from starvation on Christmas night amid most squalid surroundings in Palestine street Belfast, Bel-fast, was a well-known Scottish painter and designer. He was not only an exhibitor ex-hibitor in the Royal Academy and Royal Scottish Academy, but took three first prizes for designs at the Paris Exhibition. At the last meeting of the Ballv-money Ballv-money District Council strong exception excep-tion was taken to some observations made by Mr. W. Moore, K. C, M. P., at a meeting in the town, in which he referred to the action of the Council Coun-cil In reference to laborers' cottages The Chairman said that they had already al-ready entered upon a loan of 4,000 for I the building, of laborers' cottages, and j he could not understand Mr. Moore saying that they were doing nothing when they were borrowing that much money. Mr. Scott added that it would be well for the public to know that with all the hubbub the only applications applica-tions they had before them now were 24 representations for 35 cottages! If the people did not send in applications they could not help it. On Saturday, in Armagh Workhouse, a Local Government Board inquiry, under un-der the Education and Land ciauses Acts, was held before Mr. R Acrr,,,- c ..n. jx. .ignew, Local Government Board Inspector, consequent on an application for a site for a Presbyterian school and teacher's residence at Ballymacully. Co. Armagh The local Presbyterian clergyman was examined in support of the appl.'ca-tion, appl.'ca-tion, and admitted, in cross-examination, that there was already a National School available In the district, and within a short distance of the site applied ap-plied for. The application is an extraordinary ex-traordinary one in face of the fact that Presbyterians are understood to be very strongly opposed to denominational denomination-al education for other people; yet in the present instance they appear to be extremely anxious to secure it themselves. them-selves. The meeting in Sligo to establish a manufacturing Society is a practical step, taken under capable guidance, in the right direction. The idea of 'the Society is to combine patriotic capitalists, capital-ists, and thrifty workmen in a common com-mon effort for a revival of local industry. indus-try. In a very able speech the Bishop of Elphin stated the case for such a movement in Sligo, It scarcely needed arguing; but whatever argument it needed will be found in the facts so ably marshalled by Dr. Clancy. In proposing the scheme for adoption. Sir i JcBelyn Gore Booth explained its prin-! cipies. it is to be a strictly business venture. None other has the elements of permanence. But it seeks to enlist the interest of the workers in its success suc-cess by a profit-making arrangement that should work well. From the high- j ly influential support that the project has already received it may fairly be ' regarded as already launched. The j results will be watched with intense interest, in-terest, and should prove encouraging to all who have the spirit to go and do likewise. If the promoters can win back the Irish investor from his hazy pursuit of fortunes in rotten fish, puncture-proofs. African deserts, and other chimercal ventures, they will have rendered ren-dered a double service to the country. The correspondence between the Lord Mayor of Belfast and the Lord Lieutenant Lieu-tenant makes known the fact that the date when his Majesty King Edward will visit his coerced idolators has not yet been fixed. Probably the Castle is awaiting the result of the Dublin Municipal Mu-nicipal Elections, to calculate the chances of another loyal address from the "Nationalist" Corporation of Dublin. Dub-lin. In several of the wards the return re-turn of Aldermen and Councillors who either supported or abstained from opposing op-posing the address to Queen Victoria is . stoutly challenged by tho Nationalist f electors whord they misr.-j.r. - ' When" these contests ui- d.-,-; j, ,, ' y i Castle may arrange th- d.ti- j time in April, or Tibb's K ... . ,j .'A', j if Sir Joseph Dowries and A!!. I Lenehan are returned in th.- ,-,- , ' .' j Ward, and Alderman Cninm:;,-.. ' ' '', J 'Mr. Keugh in Arran tuay. j , ' ogan w ill pick up courag.- an.i ; ; ,- .'I'". I date. If the Lord Mayor is t,... , ; i a Nationalist to move, a m . . . ' ' plaisant High Sheriff may 1,.- , ,., .."j to do the needful bow in,- i;- . . occasion, and proclaim ti ail th- . , that, notwithstanding th.- ';,.!. oath, the Jubilee Coercion Act. , '.! slaughter of Boer children. 1 1 :. . ! still loyal to the new monarch' , and person. The electors will . ,. . have voted with full knowled- -; ". occasion, and nobody will be ! : charge their representatives tre; hery or misrepresentation r" : .-repeat .-repeat their pel formart'-e of ! .: Irish Church News. Much regret has l..--n e,.:.. ; New ry by the announcement ,,; death of the Rev. Paoth-r Fitz-ia.--. ' who lived for many years in th.r ' T About seventy-five years ago :r.t '. ly-rtspected gentleman was l..,. ,. county Wicklow. Most of his !;' ,.. to his becoming a Religious was in the City of Dublin, where -. ' for many years well known as ,i ; nent member of religious enfrar. . ties connected with the Chun h . raid's. Arran quay, and with th.- . ... melite Church. Whitefriar stt- rick's Cathedral, Dublin, died on yu . day. We regret, to announce the , the Rev. George I'. Cowing. !' which occurred oil Sunday at the- I' chial House. Tinryiun.l, Co. i i-The i-The deceased clergyman, who was in the -17th year of his age. lu"l 1 ailing for some time past, but his .! . was not expected so soon, and v. li' -i news of his demise spread abroad greatest sorrow was expressed by -. parishioners. Deep regret was evinced in Lows! on Saturday when the sad intellig.--..- . was received that the Very Rev. m ,- j signeur Madden, P. I'., V. G. Tynai: .. ' had passed away, after a short ilir,.- ... The deceased gentleman w as a . tinguished churchman, and one of M.i-Rev. M.i-Rev. Dr. Healy's most conful-nr -i friends. The funeral which was of" i;.,- I mense proportions took place on M.;.- ; day, most of the priests of the Dioc , of Clonfert being also present. The announcement of the death of th- Rev. James Edmund Delany, P. V . Rosenallis. will be read by many with i feelings of deep regret. His was a n.-. -! ful career cut rather short, for he ;is taken away at the comparatively early age of 5S. The Rev. B. M'Williams. C. '.. wt. has lately been transferred from Swa-teragh. Swa-teragh. South Derry. to Magilligan. ha- just been made the recipient of a handsome hand-some address, and a purse containing over a hundred sovereigns by the 'acholics 'ach-olics of the parish of Maghera. On Sunday, in the Parish Church of Dunshaughlin. Co. Meath, the Most Rev. Dr. Gaffney, Bishop of Meath. raisprl to thA nriosth.-rl Th. u..- 1 lauru iu nie pnesmooci tne Kev. J. Murphy, a native of the parish. It is stated that an offer has beon made by Mr. Deanmond. J. P.. Mii-ford, Mii-ford, to Rev. Father . M'Guigan. parish priest of Kilrea, County Derry. of a magnificent bell for the church, in memory of the deceased parents f the donor. For the reception of th- gift arrangements are being made to have I a belfry erected on the Church towr. |