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Show I j THE U i tST IRISH NEWS I l Cork. : . Elizabeth' Hiffgiris.r wife of Wil- 1 ,. ' Mjepins of. Belfast'a-driller, w.hile ! nins bv hpr fire recently was 'badlv ,,rne,l a'nd di"d in a short time- - Both 5 phu' ani her husband had been drinking. I "rs. Higsrins was 58 years old, i ' . " .t Bally.-'ru'ty-' near- AritrimV on I an'h 21. Samuel McComb,. John Mc- ? f-'onih, Fram-is Xutt and Samuel Lar- i-in all residents in the neighborhood, I wW'e f-bot by William Clarke of P.ally- c,u!tv. a la rpe farmer and 'dealer of I f(0(j ' position. He was married recent-I recent-I jv anil "n taking bis bride home he I ri'i the usual reception given to those f ,,jtM in wedlock in the country dis-! dis-! ti-jcts. A dozen young men assembled I at his 11"". where they created a dis-t dis-t jiirhan-f-. Mr. Clarke got his gun and I fTOd with the intention of frightening I tlifiii away. The four mentioned above J ,v,,;e hit, me of the McCombs receiv-I receiv-I j,,r t he most serious injury, the great- fi part of the charge entering his back J jiiid IvaJ. I a largely attended meeting of the I peifast divisional executive of the I rr.ited Irish league was held March 20 in the I'nited National . club, Berry I Mit-ft. Mr. Thomas Maguire, solicitor, f iirosi'iins. The following- branches I ,v,.,v represented: Wolf Tone, Michael , I pwyer, National." Thomas Sexton, J .lames Hope. . West. ' Belfast; Joseph I pevlin. Emmet (.t. Patrick's); Neilson, I Emmet (Clonard), Dr. Drennan. The f , haii man complimented the branches i on the splendid turnout from the city, i nd up"" tne conduct and fine appear- I ait.-e of the Nationalists of Belfast at I the t'.avan funeral in Dublin. On the I proposition of Mr. H. Byrne, seconded I iiv Mr. .1. Kooney, the following feso- I Itition was unanimously passed, and the I secretary, Mr. J. Waters, was directed I to forward a copy of the same to Mr. I Sexton: I '"That the Belfast executive of the I rnited Irish league, composite of thir- i teen oranenes oi iue ixaiionai orgamza- I tioii and voicing the unanimous senti- I I. m-nt of Nationalist Belfast, joins with I the Nationalists of his native city, Wa- I terforJ, ami other public boards in re- ! questing Mr. Thomas Sexton to return I to I'Uhlie life and restore to the services I of Ireland his gifts of eloquence and I; Matesniansh:?." ; J Derry. ) The Colonel Lynch branch of the T'nited Irish league of Poyntzpass was reorganized on March 22 and these of-! of-! fleers chosen: President, Ueber Ma-f Ma-f penis of Poyntzpass; vice president, I James Kinney of Ballyargan; treas-f treas-f urer. Patrick J. Fafferty of -Poyntz-I pass: secretary, J. Bice; assistant sec- rttary, Patrick Murray. The following !were appointed delegates to the Divisional Di-visional Executive: John Murray, John Garvey. James Shiels, Owen I ronnon, Joseph Lennon and Oliver I I Mackel. jr. I $-2-f I Th Sisters in charge of the convent j schools. Lurgan. are organizing a "sale I j of work" to obtain some financial as-lj as-lj sistance to liquidate the debt due on I the new schools erected for the benefit j of the children of the town. For this pood purpose they will thankfully re-efive re-efive any assistance. Cardinal Logue has endorsed the appeal and has subscribed sub-scribed also. j At a meeting of the members of the I Armagh board of guardians,. March 24, I tinder the presidency of Mr. Thompson I Brown, a letter was received from the I - local government board, enclosing a copy of a letter by Miss McKee. The I letter stated that on Feb. 24 a resolu- !!! lion was passed dismissing her from I the position of Catholic catechist, which I she had held since 1SS7, and requesting the loof, government board to prevent the resolution being carried out. The ofhp was established in 1SS0, and its attempted annulment row -is an .unwarranted .un-warranted display of religious bigotry. IDongal. Dr. John McKennis of Kilnaleck, brother of Bishop McGennis of Kil-nnre, Kil-nnre, md on March 22. I PetPr Parker, a respected member of f the 'ootehiU branch of the United Irish I k a cue. died recently. The death occurred on the 16th ult. of Hubert Finegan of Ballyja-mesduff. Deceased, De-ceased, whose, age was 46, commenced his business career in Arnott &.. Cos, Publin. and subsequently representing, until he resigned the position, a prominent prom-inent firm of city wine merchants. Prom among his fellow rural councilors in the Oldeastle No. 2 (Castleraghan) district he was on the passing of the loeal government act unanimously chosen cho-sen their representative on the city eouinil; while on the petty sessions bench he was known as "the poor man's magistrate." Mr. Finegan is survive, by his wife, mother, sister and brothers. Down. Mieharl T. O'Brien of Miltown-Mal-bay. proprietor of a hotel, died on Mai.-h 22 at the age of 76 years. Mr. 1 Hrien was closely connected with the tni-.h-o'Hrien movement in 1S4S. when 'he council directed that he should take ; 'ae Held at Tipperary. After that .he was arrested and sent to jail. Blake 1 We:, father of John Dillon, M. F., 1 drove through Miltown-Malbay with a1 reward of ir.OO out for his arrest, and j "Miteher O'Brien had the privilege of i ''ferrying him away safely. Richard 0'Gnvmari also sheltered in the home 'f the deceased. They conveyed Mr. I l':ilo:i to cioonena. parish of Kilmurry, ' "'2 Placed him in the hands of the blethers Walsh and the late Garrett j Tnherty of Kilrush. who kept him until un-til he sailed to America. Pro,-esses have been served on five j T!ien:b.-.rs of the Mullagh branch of the j niter ,-jsn league at the suit of Mich-i'. Mich-i'. Kenny, a shopkeeper and car-r";r.t.r car-r";r.t.r of Quincy, against Patrick " Dwyer of Mullagh, farmer, and presi-'if::t presi-'if::t of the branch: Patrick Montgomery, Montgom-ery, a farmer of Donagan; John Ahern, P'lhVan. and Anthony Donnellan. r::Kr. both of Mullagh, and George asry of Quilty. for alleged conspiracy "- the purpose of injuring him in his 'JUSiliec: "The members of the Labasheed, a '"'ineh of the United Irish league, held rneetinc on March 22, Mr. John . -'ei!i presiding. The announcement . " 'fie are Man lhat the Ennistymon oavd of guardians rejected the tender Mr. Thomas Galvin, the representa-,:v" representa-,:v" "f the paper, was condemned as unworthy of a Nationalist body. At 'e meeting a poster was read stating yiat tne c.are Man had been seized on aturiJay by the sheriff and bailiffs ""'ler a judgment for 600 obtained by ".i Melnerney, auctioneer, Ennisty-"n- It came as a surprise on the i ,P"M". who sympathize with the edi- j His example of "No surrender" -''"tihl le followed by the peonle. s. John Skehan, Lacknashanna, '"eently, after a brief illness. The ...:nn-nse funeral cortege which fol-nwofj fol-nwofj the remams t0 their last resting Piac at Kiiiadysert testified to the fm in which deceased was held. Hobert Thompson, the well known jllsh ''i'Ar. ied in Cork on March 21. ' :, Thompson gained distinction as a ier hy winning first prize against all mers at the Feis Ceoil held in Dub-i Dub-i m 1x97, and the following year at lt'-r it1 he vvas also successful in header head-er ,i Iist- As an all-around pla-er "r pir,es anl also as a maker of eon Mr- Thompson had few if any luais in this country. At cork assizes on March 21 the Bov- conipar,y sued Frank Dillon of Cork bf render, be having said that he had " poisoned by drinking a product Armagn. MooV?wafo';,Z on.,March 21 Andrew of Rev. Wirlam r-llty of thR murder protester! hit The Prisonef, who k nniVTl: "WM Sentenced 'subfeSP,-,nntorth Parlsh have the debt Jn th0t0 assist in "ating Coitnan a? Ca.FT f athedral of St. Cloyne. ' ln the dieese of oAhf nl0ne(iore?.rre.ntative meetin ' in the JiTievf. Charlevilie was held the rfurnoi! Iviltlonal school lately for of the GaPn, ?f establishing a branch 1 the , outcomJ TSUe- The "feting was ' trict bv Mr n-f Vlsit raid to the dis- Presided hn thf' Cano-n Caaghan Barret?-se?on W?!" ?n .l ,J' TnU;infV rations were ' passed hJbvtehhPi thG Gae"" league Se Leaihan hShud to be known as the "that w l3ragh MacDnnell branch;" mat we earnest v apneal to nil th. siae that as the revival of Irish in- nat laVf ny condition of our IrHbmen 15 the of a" M?rVheno- Def Cork-Xoonan-O'n ' nel ,T v ' 31 156 KverSen road, Cornelius Cor-nelius Noonan. McCrath-On March Jtvlme' Southern road, Mar-. t r IcG;at.h- Haes-On March 25. ' til VnvCh' ueenstown. Willie Hawes. I aged 10V, years. HPrfo m,k n;.t Bj;eenmana road, Margaret Hen-nerty. Hen-nerty. pesmond-At Friar's Walk on zJVC ' Catherine Desmond. O'Regan on March 25. at Condonstown Wa-tergrasshill, Wa-tergrasshill, James O'Regan, aged 60 w rf - f mith-n March '18. at Castle hotel. Blarney, George Smith. Fahy At Earlestown, on St. Patrick's day, alary Far. y, aged 56 years. Jagoe At t-ast Beach, Queenstown, on March 18, Annie Jagoe. daughter of the late John Alalton, Kinsaie. Thompson On Marcl j-1. at Kaiser's hill, Cork, Robert Ihompson, aged 52 years. Fitzgerald At Cork, on March 23, Eily Fitzgerald. Walsh On March 22, at Horse hill, Ballmadee, Davii Walsh. Cavan. Michael Ward of Derry died on March 23. He was 78 years old. Mr. W ard was a prominent Nationalist and a staunch Catholic. His remains wer interred in the Long Tower burying ground. Bishop O'Dohertv of Demand Dem-and a number of priests assisted in the funeral services. There died on March 21, at Caheney, Fanny Cox, who was born in 1796, and was in her 107th year. For many years she pursued the occupation of "gathering "gath-ering egg3," going about the country with a basket and purchasing them from farmers, and afterward disposing of them to dealers. The outdoor life she led had a good deal to do with her longevity, but she' -was only one of eleven persons in County Derry who, at the last census,' were recorded as "100 years and upward.'.' Mr. Michael Ward ,of Elmwood Terrace, Ter-race, Derry, died March 23. Deceased had attained the age of 78 years. A citizen of the old school, he lived his life a pious, practical Catholic and a stanch Nationalist. His death caused general regret. " The funeral was large and representative, and testified to the i";.ard in vlMTMr,"-Ward was held. T).; intetmetlt took rlace in-the Long Tower burying xound. w here Requiem I Service w as read by Father, Hegarty. - Antrim.- : Mrs. Margaret O'Donnell, wife of John O'Donnell of Nesbitt's Bay, Bur- tonport, died on iuarcn -e. ane was a daughter of the. late Hugh Sweeney of Acres, and a sister of Rev. Hugh Sweeney, curate at Goland, Milford. In ihe Letterkenny' pork market on the 20th ult;, a, farmer named" Robert MeElhinney, of Drimnahoagh, near Letterkenny, under the pretence of buying buy-ing pork, marked a large number of pigs, mutilating them in such a manner man-ner as to considerably depreciate their value. The poor farmers were naturally natur-ally irritated at . McElhinney's action, as it meant in some cases the loss of their market. The police arrested MeElhinney. Me-Elhinney. On March 22. at a meeting of the National Na-tional Literary society, Dublin, Dr. Sigerson in the chair, Mr. Seumas Mae-Manus, Mae-Manus, the Irish novelist, delivered a lecture on "St. Patrick's Purgatory." Mr. MacMamis said his claim to deal with the subject was that he had done the pilgrimage himself. From the earliest ear-liest days of Christianity in Ireland un-' un-' VI two centuries ago. Lough Dearg ' was a famed place of pilgrimage in ! Europe. St. Patrick discovered that the i lake was retired, and would be a good I place for penance, and he retired sey- , eral times to a cava on. the island. m j the lake and spent forty days in prayer I and fasting. Subsequently a monastery , was built on the island, and after two , centuries destroyed by the Danes. It i was rebuilt in the twelfth century by ; the Augustinians and flourished until the eighteenth century. The foreign fame of the Lough began about the eleventh century. The chief reason for the spread of its fame through Europe was the record of the pilgrimage of an Irish knight, who, on his return from J the Crusade. with Stephen, wrote a work which had a great influence upon the literature of Europe. In the reign ; of Edward III patents were given to ( two foreign nobles who made the pll- . primage of which the lecturer conveyed con-veyed a vivid description from ancient records. He traced its history until it was destroyed by the Cromwellian sol- diery in -1641. and the cave filled I up with -mud and stones, so that -afterwards it could not be located. The j pilgrimage was revived of its own ac- ; cord, till the reign of Queen Anne, when it was suppressed by act of parlia- J mnt Mr. MacManus spoke in warm: te'-ms of the present prior, Canon Mc-tnna Mc-tnna P. P.. Brookeboro. Clare. Patrick Caughey of Newcastle died on the 24th . ult. In the cathedral, Newry. Sunday. March 22, after-12 o'clock Mass, Most Rev Dr. O'Neill presiding, the annual appeal on behalf of the Newry Christian Chris-tian Brothers' schools was made by Rev M. F. Gallogly, " w ho said that the ideal of the church in the education of the young was that the imparting of religious knowledge should go hand in hand with secular instruction. On St. Patrick's "night an Irish concert con-cert and reunion was given in the rinK attached to the Great Northern Railway Rail-way hotel, Rostrevor. under the auspices aus-pices of the Kilbroney branch of the United Irish league. The magnificent building was filled to the door and the proceedings were most enthusiastic. The concert was an unqualified success, suc-cess, and the credit is due to the organizer, or-ganizer, Mr. Pi Burns. Father Ma-givern Ma-givern presided. . An enjoyable and up-to-date ceolald-heacht ceolald-heacht was held in St. MaJachy's hall. Castlewellem. on St. Patrick's night in connection with Craobh Naomh Pha-draig Pha-draig de Choprada na . Gaedhilge. Shortly before the commencement St. Malachy's brass and reed band Pd the rallying song of Connrahd na Gaea hilge. which had a soul-stirring effect on all. Dublin. Edward Aspin, living near Clondal-kin, Clondal-kin, a well-to-do farmer, has been miss-in miss-in gsince about Feb. 25. He was a middle-aged -man and was married, but had no children. . In the chancery division court, Dublin, Dub-lin, recently, application was made on behalf of Mrs. LeFanu, residing near Donnybrook, for an order referring the matter to chambers to ascertain the next of kin of the late Miss Eliza Sullivan Sul-livan of Belmont Terrace, Donnybrook. Donny-brook. The deceased lived alone and about 800 was discovered, sewed up in her clothes,, which the relatives were anxious to have administered. The ac-i ac-i tlon was originated, for this purpose. I The matter was referred to the cham-1 cham-1 bers of the chief clerk to ascertain the next of kin for the purpose of a distribution. dis-tribution. An offshoot of"the" Irish Industries association is the lace school, in Cruagh, a village near Dublin, The school is under the direction of a committee com-mittee of which the chairman is Fr. Gossan, the parish priest. Nearly a score of girls from the surrounding district dis-trict are engaged every day under a teacher in the production of Carrick-macross Carrick-macross Applique and Quipure, the proceeds pro-ceeds of the sales being divided between be-tween the workers on the co-operative principle. The lace made finds a ready sale. The Leinster football championship was won by the Dublin team, named the Isles of the Sea. The opponents were Wexford men, and Kilkenny City was the place where the contest came off. The names of the Dublin team are: Gaffney. goal; Holland, captain, afterwards Grace, Kickhams, - and Fahy, Kickhams; T. Doyle, Isles; O'Brien, Kickhams, and Gannon, Kickhams; Kick-hams; Madigan, Kickhams, Redmond, Kickhams and Kingstown Commercials; Commer-cials; Darcy, Kelly, J. and M. Whelan, Lawless, Dooley, Fitzpatrlck, Brien, Isles, and Harris, Ternure Sarsflelds. i Recent Deaths in Dublin. Kelly At 42 Irlshtown road. Mary Kelly, aged 19, March 27. KIrby March 26, Mary Charlotte Kirby, 9 Florence street, S. C. R., daughter of the late Henry Joseph . O'Byrne, Kilnemainagh, Tallaght. Downing March 27, at 2 Connaught place, Kingstown, Thomas Downing, j chief accountant D. W. & W. Ry. Co. i Curran March 23, at 3 Windsor ter-1 ter-1 race, Portabello, Edward Curran, coal merchant, late of South King street. Ennis March 24, at Park View, James street, late of Constitution Hill, John Ennis, aged 59 years. Smyth March 22. at 24 Old Kilmainham, John Smyth, aged 64 years, late engine driver G. S. W. railway. Doyle March 20, at St. Michael's hospital, Matthew Doyle, at an advanced age. Gargan March 22, at 146 Drumcondra road, Mary Gar- gan, formerly of Newton Tierworker, Meath. Kearney At 17 Lower Mercer street, William Kearney. D'Arcy : March 27, at Skerries, Patrick D'Arcy, I late principal keeper Irish Lights,' son j of the late John D'Arcy, Culaloigh, Clifden, County Galway. Flynn March 21, at Otsr Lady's Hospice, Har-1 Har-1 oldscross, Mary Christina Flynn, aged 15 years. of 66 Marrowboro lane. Dunne March 22, at Limelawn. Clon-silla, Clon-silla, Michael Joseph Dunne, aged 23 years, Byrne March 21, at 19 Wrex-ford Wrex-ford street, Ellen Byrne, daughter of the late W illiam O'Neill. Killplpe, Aughrim. Wicklow. Fitzpatrick March 22, at 26 Blackball place. Thomas Thom-as Fitzpatrick. Stafford March 26. at Sir Patrick Dun's hospital, Dublin, Bridget (nee Byrne), wife of James Stafford of Donnybrook,. formerly of Priory street. New Ross. Ledwidge ! March 25, at-13 Avondale road, William Ledwidge, father of William Ludwig, aged 89 years, late Old Theatre Royal, and twenty-five years tenor Pro-Cathedral, Pro-Cathedral, Marlborough street. O'Han-lon O'Han-lon March 24. at Smyrna Mansions, West Hampstead, Maria O'Hanlon. widow of the late John David O'Hanlon, O'Han-lon, barrister-at-Iaw, Dublin- -MN Grath March 21, at 29 London bridge" road, Sandymount, Michael McGrath, late librarian at Greene's. Dunne-March Dunne-March 21, at the Hospice for the Dying, Maria Dunne, 45 St. Paul street, Dublin, Dub-lin, daughter of the late Michael Mo-ran, Mo-ran, Shinrone, King's county. Galway. During a heavy storm recently In Suckeen, Galway, Mary Connell, aged 50 years, met instantaneous death by the gable end of the house which she ' occupied falling in upon her. She was sitting at the fireside with a child. The j latter escaped. - The parish priests of Clonfert met at Loughrea on March 26 for the purpose of selecting a successor to their late ! bishop, promoted to the Metropolitan : see of Tuam. Most Rev, Dr. Healy presided. The following names were recommended: Rev. Father Rowe, P. P., 7 votes; Very Rev. Father Gilmar- I tin, Maynooth college, 6 votes; Rev. Father Cunningham, P. P., 4 votes; j Very Rev. Dr. O'Dea,' Maynooth college, col-lege, 3 votes; Rev. Father O'Donovan, I Adm., 1 vote. $- At County Galway assizes lately j James McCullagh watj charged with ; having defrauded Lord Ashtown, when ; in his employment as steward, of sums of money amounting to. 650.. After hearing the evidence, the jury found a verdict of not guilty and the prisoner was discharged. The funeral of the late Mr. Thomas McHugh Caherlistrane took place on Tflivh 21 anfl was verv larerelv at tended, the immense cortege extending from his residence to the burial place at Donaghpatrick, two miles away. i The Tuam Herald of March 14 contained con-tained the following: "Recently we have had- the pleasure of listening to some of the most ancient and perfect of Gaelic legends in the vernacular from the lips of Mr. Patrick O. Hes-sion Hes-sion of Clough, Corofin, in this county. Mr. Hession Is 84 years of age and well preserved, and dresses in the garb of the X3ael. He can sing you an ancient Irish romance in a manner which the Troubadour might envy, eyes bright with the moving tale of battlefield, or moist with the melting tale" of love, and gestures various and appropriate. Certainly it was a happiness to meet with this rrecious" link with the past; and an esteemed companion the best Gaelic scholar in Ireland assures the writer that he would remain in Mr. Hession's company for hours upon hours to listen to the rhythmic rolling cr..UnV.lnc F thn th. 1,.: V.n. rolled trippingly from his tongue. Mr. Hession appears to be a perfect thesaurus thesau-rus of the legendary poetry of Ireland; and we trust that his days may be long in. the land not alone for their sake, but his own." Most Rev. Dr. Healy. archbishop of I Tuam, was present on March 31 at the unveiling of a new pulpit in St. Michael's Mich-ael's church, Ballinasloe, in memory of the late Very Rev. P. Costelloe. Father Fa-ther Costelloe had been administrator of the parish for fifteen years prior to his departure for Woodford, of which he was parish priest, and where he died about a year and a half ago. The present zealous administrator, Ballinasloe, Ballin-asloe, the Rev. Timothy Joyce, suggested sug-gested the erection of a pulpit in his memory. O . On the feast of the apostle of Ireland the solemn ceremony of reception took place in the convent of Poor Clares, Galway City. The young lady is Miss Margaret Keeney, in religion Sister Mary Patrick Joseph of Saint Francis, daughter of the late Mr. Lawrence Keeney, Ballyduff, Tullamore. -Kerry. John O'Sullivan, Cahireeveen, when knocking dow-n the walls of the sa-crlsry sa-crlsry of the old church, March 19, was crushed by a portion of the t ceiling which collapsed. He was removed-to the infirmary for treatment, but died on Saturday following. Kildare. The first ordinary meeting of the shareholders of the South Kildare Agricultural Ag-ricultural society was held on March 21, M. J. Minch, M. P., presiding. There was a large attendance of farmers, gentry and business men. The chairman chair-man explained that they had procured the grounds for their show at the Horse Fair Green at a cost of 200. Two hundred persons had subscribed 1,000. Mr. Minch was elected president presi-dent of the society; W. J. Fennelly. J. P., vice president; Mr. Greene of Ma-geeny, Ma-geeny, deputy vice president; Dr. Kilbride Kil-bride and Mr. Corcoran, secretaries, and M, Whelan and R. K. Pennqcooke, treasurers. . The death of Mrs. Mary Kelly took place at her son's residence. Clogheen. Monasterevan, March J9. Mrs. Kelly had attained the wonderful age of 102 years, and from- her appearance might be said to be twenty years younger. She was until a few weeks before her demise able" to attend to household duties, du-ties, and seldom was obliged to use spectacles. . She was a native of Corofin, Coro-fin, County Clare, where she was born on Good Friday, 1801. Her father was a William O'Donnell. She was intensely Irish, and could converse in the old tongue fluently, and on every possible occasion did so. It was a treat to listen to her tell the many stories of the early clays of the past century, of midnight visits to the houses by the yeomanry, and hairbreadth escapes of men with prices on their heads, and many other incidents connected with those times of persecution. She had a vivid recollection recol-lection of the election of O'Connell and was proud of her native county for electing him to parliament. Sickness never visited her during her long days, until the end came. She possessed a wonderful memory and could recall episodes epi-sodes in her early life with accuracy. She was very fond of music. The interment in-terment took place on Saturday to Bal-lyadden, Bal-lyadden, a large concourse forming the cortea-e. Kilkenny. The Kilkenny City Divisional Executive Execu-tive of the United Irish league held its annual meeting on March 15, the mayor may-or presiding..' Father J. Carroll, curate, cur-ate, was appointed president and E. T. Keane representative on the National Directory. Leonard Hayden," fifth son of Brigid and Leonard Hayden of Gralgne-na-Managh, died on March 22. Kings. Miss Margaret Keeney, -in religion Sister Mary Patrick Joseph, of Saint Francis, second . daughter of the late Lawrence Keeney, of Ballydruff, Tullamore, Tulla-more, received the white veil on St. Patrick's Day in the Convent of the Poor Clares, Galway. At Moystown petty sessions on March 19 Thomas Claffey, for shooting, rabbits on preserved land, was fined 1, and fined 10, with a recommendation of a reduction to 1, for carrying a gun without a license. , Patrick Mannion, for setting snares on a Sunday, and Patrick Tierney, for coursing shares, were fined 20s. each. Rev. Mother Angela Clarke, of the Presentation Convent, Montemellick, Queen's county, who died March 21, t was a member of an ancient and esteemed es-teemed family of King's county. She was only 49 years of age when she died. ' . Limerick. Paddy Keefe is a well-known laborer, who lives near Abbeyfeale, says the Irish People.";He is fend of his joke and he occasionally has to pay for it. Nearly a year ago he "conveyed" a gallon of porte.'' from a farmer's cart by way -of - r. Joke, -of course--and up . to a week ago'Tie"was on' the run, with . the police at' his heels. Tired of the shaugraun life", he returned to his home and was promptly arrested. Mr. John French, who, .'besides being an Honorable, Honor-able, is also a -Removable, cannot appreciate ap-preciate a joke. He sentenced the la borer to a month s imprisonment a sentence utterly disappropriate to the offence and refused to increase it by a day to allow of an appeal. Ten days later Keefe reappeared in his native town, to the joy of his friends and the disgust of the police. The lord lieutenant lieu-tenant had released him. That was the crowning joke of Paddy's life. The floods caused by the recent rains were the greatest known in Abbeyfeale district for fifty years. The Feale and its tributaries, the Ooulaugh and Oou-laughaun, Oou-laughaun, were inundated, and the inmates in-mates obliged to leave, a circumstance never before recorded, even in the highest high-est floods. The Tralee train was blocked owing to the submersion of the line near Lixnaw, on the Kerry side of the Feale. The waters rushed over the roadway at Moynsha and burst the road bridge, while the roadway was rendered impassable. The flood tied up the entire valley of the Feale. A good deal of damage has been done by the destruction of the road waterways, and to whatever early tillage had been done. A fall cT snow succeeded the rain. The weather was disagreeably cold, showery, and entirely unlike any spring weather experienced. Farmers have seldom been so seriouly handicapped in spring operations as they have been this year. 'Longford. Mrs. Mary Annie Farrell.v wife of Royal Irish Constable Patrick Farrell.. of Edgeworthstown. died on March 25. She was 34 years old.. J. P. Farrell, M. P., for Longford, resumed re-sumed his parliamentary duties on the 25th ult., looking none the worst for his I recent accident, or, for the nif-.tter of that, of his recent imprisonment under the Coercion act. Amid striking manifestations of ' mourning, the funeral of the Rev. Wlll-' Wlll-' iam Gray, pastor of Abbeylara,' took place on March 23. A solemn mass of ; 'requiem was celebrated' in the parish I church, Bishop Hoare, of Ardagh, presiding, pre-siding, and a large body bf priests assisting. as-sisting. $ ' j Rev. William Gray, pastor, died at I the Parochial house, Abbeylara, Gran-I Gran-I ard, March 20, aged 57 years, deeply j and widely regretted- Solemn office and ' hieh mass were held in the. parish ' church, and were numeriously attended by the clergy and laity. . Mr. Luke Moore, Longford, has established es-tablished a shoe factory in the town, which gives employment to several persons. per-sons. Work for a great number will be found if the people do their duty by the factory and wear home-made shoes. The . death of Mr. Peter Connor, Aughnakilmore, happened March 13, at the early age of 24 years, deeply and very widely regretted. A football match was played at Bal-lymahon Bal-lymahon on March 15 between the Bal-lymahon Bal-lymahon Shamrocks and the Edgeworthstown Edge-worthstown Volunteers, which resulted in a win for the visitors. Louth. County Councillor P. Murray, District Councillor J. McKeever, F. McQuillan and J. Sharkey represented the Reas-town Reas-town branch of the United Irish league at the national convention. Judge Kisbey. at the court house in Drogheda, March 25. was presented with . a paf of Vhite gloves because there --was not a criminal case to be tried, v. . ; The Drpgheda . branch of the United Irish league was .-represented at the great national convention in Dublin, ApriM4 and 15. by SI. -A. Caseyr P. J. Callan and William Murray. The death of Sirs. Slargaret Andrews, wife of Sir. John Andrews, Clatters-town. Clatters-town. Duleek, took place SJarch 22. Thei interment was in the family burial ground at Duleek, the funeral cortege" being one of the largest seen in the district dis-trict for years. Mayo. N P. J. Kelly of Westport, chairman of the board of guardians and. district council, and one of the largest merchants mer-chants in the town, died suddenly on Slarch 19. He was one of the little band that started the United Irish league in W'estport. Meath. - Edward Rispin of Ballybrittas. Kil-dalkey, Kil-dalkey, died on Slarch 22 at the age of 7S years. From the days of his youth he identified himself with every movement move-ment in the parish, political or religious, relig-ious, that was for the veil-being of the people. He was an exemplary Catholic, and often proved the poor man's friend. He is survived by his wife, two dough-ters dough-ters and four sons. SI. SIcGinn was elected clerk of the Rural district council of Oldcastie .recently. .re-cently. County Court Judge Dane died Slarch 22 at Rathnilly, Trim, in his fiftieth year. Judge Dane represented North Fermanagh in parliament from 1892 to 1898, and in the latter year was appointed ap-pointed county court judge for Slayo. Monaghan. At Castleblaney quarter sessions on Slarch IS, Judge Craig, was- presented with white gloves. The civil business, was very light. At Ballybay petty sessions recently Thonias Kerr of Tossey summoned Patrick SIcSIahon, of same townland, I for assaulting him. Complainant's wife had also a charge for assault against SIcSIahon. The case was adjourned for a month. . -$- ... Thomas SIcEnroe of Paste, near Car-riekmaoros3, Car-riekmaoros3, died suddenly recently.. He was a farmer and was about 54 years old. He leaves a wife. Sir. . Patrick SIcSIahon, Shannock Slills, Clones, died Slarch 5, aged, 73 years, to the great regret, of his family and numerous friends. 'Solemn requiem services and funeral .were very numerously numer-ously attended. ... .. Queens. Sirs. Agnes Miller of Raheenatska, Stradbally, died on March 23 in ' tne 78th year of her age. A- meeting of the Portarlington branch of the United Irish league w'as held March 22 at the committee rooms, the chair being occupied by James Dunne. Th'.-ty names were added to the roll, whlcn .low numbers 160 names. The chairman. Sir. Dunne; treasurer, Sir. SI. H. Burke, and secretary, Sir. P. Wright, were appointed delegates for the National convention in Dublin on April 14 and 15. -J On Sunday, Slarch 22, in the chapel tf the Presentation convent, Portarlington, Portarling-ton, three young ladies received the habit of the order from Rev. R. Bourke. ' The young ladies are Sliss Ryan, Limerick (in religion Sister Slary Imelda);-Sliss SIcCarthy, Dublin (in religion Sister Slary Columba). and Sliss O'Connor, Limerick (in religion Sister Mary Ita). They have assumed the names- of Irish saints, which .have been in some sense neglected in past years in Ireland. Slother Angela Clarke of the Convent of the Presentation Order, Slountmel-lick, Slountmel-lick, died Slarch 21, at the early age of 43 years. On Sunday. the, remains were, removed to the church;, where they were visited by former ;pupils and friends. On Slonday High Slass and Office were sung in- the parish church. Very. Rev. Slgr. Slurphy presided. " ; Roscommon. Miss Agnes Kelly, third eldest daughter daugh-ter of the late Terence Kelly of Port-nacrina. Port-nacrina. Boyle, died on Slarch 21 at the residence of her sister in Clane, County Kildare. At the-.Roscommon assizes recently a number of claims for malicious injury. in-jury. arising out of the recent disturbances disturb-ances on the.De Freyne estate were heard. In one case the Roscommon district council appealed against the decision allowing Thomas Smith, car owner, Roscommon, 50 for the burning burn-ing of ' his" house. The applicant deposed de-posed that he had been' threatened because be-cause he drove the police to the De Freyne evictions. The judge reversed the dec-is' .n. In a second case the Castlerea .'Titrict council appealed against a acision granting Thomas Drury, cai owner, of Frenchpark, 25 j for the maiming of his mare. The de- I cree was reduced to 20. The funeral of the"late Sir. Slichael j Noone, jr., Rat'nmore, Roscommon, took place to Ballinderry cemetery on Slarch 11, and -was very numerously I attended. j Sir. -Richard Flanagan of Boyle died i Feb. 2S, in the 74th year of his age, deeply regretted. The remains were interred in the family burial ground at , AssyHnn. Sligo. Fifty members were enrolled in- the Curry branch of the United Irish league on March 22. John J. Devine of Tubbercurry, a brother of Rev. Slathew J. Devine, curate at Charlestown, died on the 19th uit. . On Slarch, 4 a cruel eviction was carried car-ried out near Ballinafad. The tenant evicted was Edward Cox of Carrickna-horna. Carrickna-horna. It was a heartrending sight to see the -tenant's invalided sister and aged mother flung on the roadside. Thev were immediately conveyed to a hut which the league had provided. The evicted tenant was offered a settlement set-tlement should he consent to sign an agreement to accept his holding as an eleven months' take, and pay an additional ad-ditional 40 per cent increase on his rent. Such an offer the tenant refused, although pressed by bailiffs, batonmen. and all .such. He would rather rely on a u:nte'd people'to secure for him better bet-ter terms, and he shall not be dis appointed, we may mention mat me most willing worker at the ' eviction was Robert Lillie, ' bailiff : of ' Corra-dooey. Corra-dooey. The landlord is Owen Phibbs of Seafield. Tipperary. The following malicious injury claims were heard on April 1 at the Thurlea quarter sessions: Stephen Fogarty. Templemore, burning of twenty tons of hay, 25; Francis Slullane, Temple-more, Temple-more, burning of six tons of hay, 1S; Rev. Thomas Price, Roscrea, burning of the flooring of the W'esleyan church and some of its contents, 20; Sergeant Thomas Power, injuries sustained white in the' discharge of his duty, 300. Sir. John Hayden of Cashel died on Slarch 20, at the age of 65 years. His remains were conveyed to the parish church and placed on a catafalque, after which Solemn High Slass was offered for the repose of his soul. The funeral was attended by a large concourse con-course of people, the remains being laid to rest in the family burial grourra in the cemetery adjoining the church. The following clergy attended: Very Rev. Dean Kinane, Rev.,, P. W. Ryan, Rev. P. C. Ryan, Rev. T.-Dunne, chaplain chap-lain to Presentation convent, and Rev. Father Barry. . The death occurred March 25 at Cath erine- street, Clonmel, of . Sir.' Thomas Shortiss. in the Sth year of his age. On. Friday Requiem Office and High Slass were celebrated in SS. Peter and Paul's church. Wexford. ' V ' ' A laborer named John Fagan died' at Davidstown, Enniscorthy, on Slarch IS, aged 105 years. . Nicholas Nolan of Oylegate died on the 19th ult. at the age of 73 years. Westmeath. On Slarch 22 there died at Farra. BunbrusnafvPatrick Slolloy, in his 110th year, having been born in 1793. He was a mason by trade and retained all his faculties up to a few days before his death. The funeral took plate to the Franciscan burial ground and was largely attended. ?' In connection with the shooting affray af-fray at Aughatin, Drumraney, for which Surgeon Slajor Fox of Benown House, Glasson, is in jail, charged with shooting James Bannon, farmer, with intent to murder him, a telegram received re-ceived from Dublin, dated Slarch 21, where Sir. Bannon was removed for special treatment, announced his serious seri-ous condition. It was necessary to amputate am-putate the injured arm, and the life of the patient is in danger. The intelligence intelli-gence caused deep regret among the I friends of Sir. Bannon. who, with his family, are popular in Drumraney. Wicklow. Sirs. Catherine P. Doyle, wife of Thomas B. Doyle, J. P.. of Baltinglass. died on the 25.th ult. She leaves children chil-dren besides-her husband. The death occurred on Slarch 26 of John Clarke of Slurrough. Wicklow. He is survived by his wife and children. chil-dren. -" Sirs. Sarah Garvey. wife of Peter Garvey of Arklow, died on Slarch 23. - Ellen Byrne of Dublin, daughter of the late William O'Neill of Killpipe. Aughrim, died on Slarch 21. |
