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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XX, Issue 50, 30 September 1892, Page 31

™» ? on S^ nt>l - £' Hi^ in » °* Ottawa, Canada, presented William O Brien, M.P., with a valuable national relic purchased in Canada by P. Barry Hayes of the House of Commons, Ottawa, and a number of other Irish friends. It consists of the original dying declaration made by the famous United Irishman, William Orr, when on the eve of execution. The declaration is enclosed in an exquisitely wrought case of |Irish aak bound in gold. The relic will remain in Mr O'Brien's custody until it be transferred to the Irish House of Commons or other repository of national treasures. There is also a portion of tha patriot's hair in the cue. Missouri will have a Governor with a most historic patronymic, if he be successful. Col. John Sobieski, the candidate of the Pro! hibition party, is said to be a direct desoendent of the famous Kin* John Sobieski of Poland, the deliverer of Vienna. The Colonel, who was the son of Count John Sobieski snd is a count himself by right of inheritance, was born in Warsaw in 1842. His father and uncle £? k ,W in , the aP'k'og against Russia in 1847. The uncle was killed in battle, while the Colonel's father was shot for treason. The Oouatess left Poland with her little son, John, and settled in England, where she died in 1854. When only 14 years old the boy cms to America and enlisted in the Army of the Potomac. In 1866 he entered the service of the Emperor Maximilian in Mexico. Upon his return to the United States he settled in Minnesota, and soon became a member of the Legislature. He nas lived io Missouri sinoe 1882. The Colonel is a large, handsome man, with well-cut features and heavy moustache,