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Show Sensational Antrim Story. The officials attached to a certain ppstefnee in a County Antrim district have for a long time past been notorious notori-ous for a display of partisanship toward to-ward people haying business to transact trans-act there, and which has cauperl much annoyance to Cathilie and nationalist inhabitants of the locality, who have been singled out for special marks of disfavor on alforcasions that their business has brought them tu the office of-fice Jn question. Matters, however, reached a more serious stage on a rer cent date.' The postmistress was transacting trans-acting some official business with a farmer from the district, and while this was going on h,er husband, who was in a drunken state, was, according to an esteemed correspondent, says the Irish News, entertaining some folk in the kitchen with stereotyped Orange diatribes dia-tribes against the pope and everything Catholic. His business being done, the gentleman in question, before passing from the office, turned into the kitchen to' very properly protest against such a display of bigotry in an establish ment maintained at the public expense. The appearance of this gentleman, who, we may add, is a most respecta- Ible Catholic, on the scene, only enraged en-raged the landlord, who. jumping to his feet, in his rage stumbled against a I gun lying convenient. Greatly alarmed, the gentleman inquired, if the weapon was loaded, and the other replied it was not but soon would be, and suiting the action to the word, he put in a cartridge and discharged the gun in the direction of the fireplace, riddling the mantlepiece, etc. The dense volume of smoke, mingled with the fireside ashes, sent flying by the explosion, at once convinced the customer that that postoffice was not a wholesome atmosphere atmos-phere for a Catholic, and he naturally made himself scarce without delay. |