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Show I I 1 I I i Latest Irish News From the Pilot, J I jr m w-i- i Antrim. At a farewell meeting, held recently in honor of Messrs. Devlin and Donovan, Dono-van, in Sydney, Australia, it was announced an-nounced that as a result of their tour in Australia 17,000 had been contributed contribut-ed to the United Irish parliamentary fund. In speaking of a new Technical Institute Insti-tute at Ballymoney, on Nov. 21, the lord lieutenant said that under the head of technical in&truction was included that which made for the industrial welfare wel-fare and success of the country. Armagh. Mr. James Rowley. M. A., who was for thirty years professor of modern history and English literature at Bristol Bris-tol (KnKiand) University College, died in that city on Nov. 19, in his .2nd year. Mr. Rowley, who was a son of the late Mr. James Rowley of Tandrauee, hart a i'stinsru;shed career at Trinity college, Dublin, and was an acknowledged authority au-thority on historical subjects. Over 200 persons were entertained at luncheon on Nov. 19 subsequent 1o the interesting: function of putting in the key-brick of the last arch in the Tas- j sagh viaduct, the highest and longest in Ireland, on the nw line of the Ar- magh Keady & Castleblaney railway. Mr. Millit. chief engineer of the Great Northern Railway company, performed the ceremony. On Nov. 2.1 the lord lieutenant and the Counters of Aberdeen visited Armagti and lunched with the Most Rev. Dr. Alexander, the Protestant prelate, at the palace, and in (he- afternoon took lea with his Eminence Cardinal Logue. ,Jjord and Lady Aberdeen also jn?pectea ;1he memorial to the Royal Irish Fusiliers Fusi-liers who fell during the African cam-'paign. cam-'paign. This statue is the work of the clever Irish artist Miss Kathleen Shaw. Cavan. The finnouneement of the death of iMiss Lizzie Brady, daughter of Mr. ! Terence Brady, Cootehill. nt the age of :1; years, was received with sincere and igenuine regret. Although she had been tailing for some months past, the fact came as an unexpected visitation. I Clare. ; A pretty wedding took place or. Nov. !21 at St. James' Catholic church. Span-!ih Span-!ih Dace. London. England, where the tmajor, the Hon. Murrough O'Brien. D. " IP. O., brother of Lord ln?hiouln. was (married to Miss Marguerite Lewis, r'f New York, and sister of Princess I Charles of Isenberg. The bride was tjriven away by Colonel Sydney Patter-.Fm. Patter-.Fm. her brother-in-law. Among those present were: The Countess of Dudley, i Prince and Princess Charles of Iseii-berg. Iseii-berg. Hon. Arthur and Mrs. Coke. Margaret Mar-garet Lady Heytesbury. Ellen Ladv In-chiquin, In-chiquin, the Hon. Eileen O'Brien," Mr. :nd the Hon. Mrs. G. Ram, Madame do Klee, Lady Maxwell and Prince and Princess Alexis Dolgorouki. Cork. Mr. E. B. C. Barry. J. P.. Mitchels-1 Mitchels-1 town, the senior magistrate in County I Cork, died recently, after a ?hort illness, I having attained En advanced age. The ceremony of blessing and laying the foundation stone of the memorial to ihe late Rev. Father Bernard, the dis- Unguished Capuchi n. Cork, war per-. I formed on Sunday. Nov. IS. by the iost Rev.t-Dr. O'Callaghan. bishop of Cork, j in the presence of a large congregation. ) Father Bernard, who died a few years .-go. had been for over twenty years Jn Cork, and 1 ad won the respect and af-i af-i lection of the citizens, among whom he ; laborpd so zealously. The people flr-ter- i mined to mark theii appreciaiinn of the good work done by him, and after con-Mderation con-Mderation of the subject it was decided that the memorial should take the form T an addition to Holy Trinity church, vhich has been inadequate to accommodate accom-modate its congregations. High Mass, at which Right Rev. Dr. O'Callaghan T-resided. was celebrated in the church. ;' The celebrant was the Verv Rev. Fath er Fiacre. O. S. F. C: deacon. Rev. Father Finbarr. O. S. F. C: sub-deacon. Rev. Father Bernardino. O. S. F. C. , and master of ceremonies. Rev. M Murphy. C. C. Cathedral. Among the laity present were: The lord mayor aifd several members of the corporation, and Mr. "William O'Brien, M. P. The cor-jioration cor-jioration attended in state. The Very Rev. Canon O'Mahonv. D. D. . president of St. Finnbarr's seminary. semina-ry. Cork, has been appointed rector of Douglas by the Right Rev. Dr. O'Callaghan. O'Cal-laghan. bishop of Cork. Deny. A' few days ago a middle-aged man iir.med John Chambers, of Derry, died vith startling suddenness. He was I standing at the corner of Fountain strf-Ft along with several companions, who were awaiting the funeral of an ld and respected citizen. Mr. Alexander, Alexan-der, when Chambers was observed to stagger and fall. His companions rushed to his aid, and seeing that he was in an unconscious rtate, carried him to the fire brigade station. Two doctors were summoned and promptly nrrived;-but life was extinct. Donegal. On the motion of the Rev. J. C. Can-3on. Can-3on. the Donegal agricultural eomm it-lee it-lee has decided to have a stall at the international exhibition in Dublin next jear. In connection with the recent sad fatality fa-tality off the Inishowen coast as the result of which four fishermen lost their lives, there is a remarkable story told about one of the deceased, which illustrates illus-trates what has now come to be regarded regard-ed among many of the toilers of the deep as a sort of forboding for the future. fu-ture. Almost thirty years ago when I deceased. Michael Dohrtv, was only a young man of 23, he had a terrible ter-rible adventure on the pea. He and bis crew were ,ut fishing in Uie channel nearly half way across to the Scottish oast, w hen a gale sprang up. Realizing Realiz-ing the impossibility of Mving against it. Doherty resolved to run before it, with the result that the boat was carried car-ried to Islay. During the terrible night The man's hand was benumbed with steering. Notwithstanding this, he I muck Draveiy to ins post, getting an- J other of his crew to la,sh his arm to the I tiller. He weathered that gale only, as the circumstances have unfortunates- proven, to meet with the death, with J which he was then threatened and that J within sight of his own home. ! Dublin. I Rev. Dr. Doherty. Pro-Cathedral, Dublin, delivered a lecture on Henry I G rat tan in the Father Mathew hall, f hurch street. Dublin, on Nov. 19. Lan- lrn slides of the old parliament house in College Green were exhibited. Very 3 lev. Father Aloysius, O. S. F. C, presided. pre-sided. 4 His grace, the archbishop of Dublin, I 'ias made the following appointments: f The Rev. M. Flynn, C. C Donny- I brook, to be parish priest of Dunlavin; I 1he Rev. J. O'Donnell. C. C, Bray, to parish priest of Rathdrum; the Rev. ' f I f J. Caffrey, C. C, Fairview, to be parish par-ish priest of Aughrim. The death took place recently of Mr. John Wigham, J. P.. one of the best known men in the commercial life of Dublin. He was a member of the Society So-ciety of Friends, and had been a prominent prom-inent and practical temperance advocate advo-cate throughout life. Some years ago he declined the honor of a knighthood owing to his religious convictions. The remains of Dr. Michael O'Sulli-van, O'Sulli-van, late of Dublin, were interred on Tuesday at Bosscarbery, County Cork, after office and high mass. He was connected with the Mater Misericordiae hospital for ten years, during which time he occupied the positions of resident resi-dent surgeon, anaesthetist, and registrar. regis-trar. He also acted as chief physician to the Children's hospital', Temple street, for some j-ears. Apropos of the bequest left to the poor of Dublin by the late Mrs. Lewis Hill, not marry are aware that this munificent lady, who died Oct. 15 last, was a Miss Ada Davis of Dublin, whose sister, the well known musical composer. com-poser. "Hope Temple." is the wife of Monsieur Andre Messager, the great French musician, says the Freeman's Journal. As a girl, Miss Ada Lewis studied music at the Royal Irish academy acad-emy of music, and then she proceeded to London, having previously married Sam Lewis, known as "the prince of money-lenders." In London she endowed en-dowed fifteen perpetual scholarships in the Royal Academy of Music, and she left 5,000 to thd Royal Society ot Musicians. Mu-sicians. Her first" husband. Sam Lewis, Lew-is, died some years back, and she married mar-ried Captain Hill. By the terns of Sam Lewis' will, something over a million pounds sterling is now available for various charities. Sir Thomas Echlin, who recently died in Dublin, at the age of 62. was for many years a member of the Royal Irish constabulary. There were originally orig-inally large family estates in Dublin, Kildare and Carlow, but prolonged litigation lit-igation by the fifth baronet disposed of them. On the death of his father. Sir Thomas Echlin joined the police force, and rose to be a sergeant, retiring in 1S93. Fermanagh. The testamentary suit to establish the will of Mr. John T. Maguire, solicitor, so-licitor, Lisnaskea, was decided on Nov. 21. The jury found a verdict establishing establish-ing the will, and judgment was given accordingly. On Nov. 19. at Rossinver Catholic church. Belleek. with nuptial mass, by the Very Rev. P. Brady, assisted by the Rev. F. O. Harrow, Michl. McCarron Drumlodge, N. S., Letterkenny. was married to Winifred Mary, daughter of the late Patrick Tucker, Ballymechan Belleek. Galway. A branch of the Presentation- Order cf Nuns is being established in Head-ford, Head-ford, four sister of the Tuam convent forming a nucleus, having taken up their abode temporarily in teacher's residence attached to the national school until a convent is built for them. The sisters are Mother Columba. Sister Sis-ter Mary Jarlath, Sister Mary Ita, and Sister Bridget Another industry in Galway has gone to the wall. Persse's distillery is to be wound up, and a liquidator is now in charge. This means for Galway at least f'fty persons out of employment, and some thousands a year less in wages for the old town. A thief who succeeded in breaking into the Abbey chapel, Galway, on Nov. 21, robbed the four donation boxes. He managed to cut the locks completely out. Kildare. Rev. P. F. Warren, rector of Bally-tore, Bally-tore, presided at a meeting of his parishioners par-ishioners on Nov. 18, at which it was 1 resolved to tako clone n --. memory of Fathers Clarke and Car-berry, Car-berry, also Archdeacon Brady, deceased de-ceased pastors of the parish. Kilkenny. Dr. Douglas Hyde is to be presented with an address by the Kilkenny county coun-ty council on the occasion of his forthcoming forth-coming visit to the Marble Citv, in appreciation ap-preciation of the great work he has carried on for the revival of the Irish language. Limerick. Th death took place on Nov. "0 at the Presbytery, Bulgaden, of (he Rev James McCoy. Prior to his appointment appoint-ment to the parish of Bulgaden Father McCoy was administrator at the Cathedral, Ca-thedral, Limerick, where, as at Bulgaden. Bulga-den. he was noted for his charity and kinaness to all. Roscommon. The marriage will take place in the near future of Charles William O'Conor only son of the late Denis Maurice O Conor, of Ashley Moor, Orleton, Herefordshire, Here-fordshire, and Miss Evelyn Lowry-Cor-ry. niece of the Earl of Belmore, of Castle Cool, Enniskillen. It is rumored that Heathrkid House Castleplunket. is about being occupied by Christian Brothers. Much regret is expressed in Buckhill end Frenchpark districts at the death of Mrs. Sampey. relict of Thomas Sam-pey, Sam-pey, whose recent demise occasioned such sorrow. Following as soon on the death of her husband, the greatest sympathy sym-pathy is extended the family of deceased de-ceased in their great bereavement. Tipperary. Mrs. Catherine Ryan, of Roseniount Roscrea. ha passed away at the remarkable re-markable ige of 110. She attended mass almost daily up to the time of her death. The Nationalists of North Tipperary wdl have to look out, says the Nenagh News, for we fnd that the County Grand Orange Lodge of Birr, which embraces em-braces members from Queen's. King's and Tipperary counties, adopted a resolution re-solution at their last meeting asktns English Unionists to aid them in their determination ' to resist home rule whether in the guise of revolution or otherwise. Tyrone. There passed away recently in Liverpool, Liver-pool, England, at an advanced age an old and respected members of a Dun-gannon Dun-gannon family, in the person of Mr Thomas McElhone, who well night a quarter of a century ago carried on an extensive victualizing and cattle dealing deal-ing business in Irish - street. Dungan-non. Dungan-non. and was held in high esteem by tne citizens of every creed and class for his many excellent qualities of head and heart. Mr. McElhone spent trie evening of his long life with his family fam-ily in Liverpool, where his surviving children occupy good positions in the legal, educational and commercial life of that cit Waterford. The Rev. Father Roche of St. Anne's, Ancoats, Manchester, England! is so vcrely ill of pneumonia. Fathdr Roche I t & J is a native of Waterford, and Is held in high esteeti Jn the Salford diocese. Kc ! served for some time in Rochdaiei' where he vook a warm Interest m the promotion of the United Irish League and the Irish National Foresters. Some time ago it was his intention to join tne Trappist Order at Mount Meliary, but his health rot being robust enough ror that austere life, he returned to Manchester Man-chester and was appointed' to St. Anne's. An-ne's. Westmeath. A sad fatality is reported from Co-rallstown. Co-rallstown. A midle-aged man named John McCann, who'was driving his car at a funeral to Corallstown cemetery, was noticed to fall from his seat just a? the. vehicle was entering the graveyard grave-yard gate. The unfortunate man's head came in contact with the wheel of the car, and a deep wound was inflicted on ihe temple. Rev. William Bracken, rector rec-tor of Kinnegad. who way at the funeral, fu-neral, at once attended the man, wno died in a short time afterwards. The affair created much sensation among those at the funeral. Mr. McCann was a brother to the governor of Kilmain-ham Kilmain-ham prison. Wicklow. Very R..v. Father Maxwell, rector of Dunlavin, has resigned owing to ill-health. |