Irish News.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVI, Issue 26, 3 November 1898, Page 9

Irish News.

ANTRlM.— Charitable Bequest —By the will of the late Lady Shaftesbury, Belfast charities benefit to the extent of £40,000. The Member for North Antrim-— Major-General Hugh McCalmont, M.P., is to receive an appointment to a military district in Ireland, the acceptance of which will necessitate his vacating the representation of North Antrim. ARMAGH.— Death from Burns. — A child named Anne Truesdale died on August 24 from the effects of burns received in her father's house, Bessbrook. In the absence of her parents at work, she attempted to light the fire with petroleum, when she received the injuries which caused her death. A Windfall- — Two old Irishmen, for years miners in County Durham, England, have had a windfall. Their brother, William McGuiness, many years ago left Armagh, their native place, and went to the United States, where he made a small fortune. At his death his property went to his wife, after whose decease it was to be divided between his two brothers. However, they never saw the money until one of them, who was for a couple of years compelled to live on public relief owing to an accident to his arm, told his story to J. J Candish, a local magistrate. He generously made the necessary inquiries through his agents, and as a result, £1,000 will be divided between the brothers. CAV AN-— Obituary- — The death occurred on August 24, at Lake View, Gowna, of Ellen McManus, youngest daughter of the late Eugene McManus, J.P. — R.I.P. CORK* — A Welcome. — Captain Charles Underwood O'Connell, who had been in Ireland for three months on his annual visit, was entertained at a banquet at the Rob Roy Hotel, Queenstown, recently. Councillor P. A. Meade, Mayor of Cork, presided. An address was presented to the guest of the evening. Captain O'Connell sailed for the United States the next day. A Copper Mine. — What promises to be a valuable copper mine has commenced working at Cappagh, on the Cork coast, about midway betweea Ballydehob and Schull. The presence of ore was discovered some forty years ago, but the discovery was not followed up effectively. Recently Arthur Cave, the manager of the successful barytes mines in the district, had investigations made, with the result that a number of mines were set at work. DERRY.— Bigotry of ' Trustees— Years ago, James Hood Brooke directed that £10,000 of the money left behind him should be devoted to the purchase of a people's park for the benefit of his native city of Derry. This money is in the hands of trustees, who are also the trustees of a ProtestaDt institution known as Gwyn's, which has ten acres of land to dispose of. The Tory majority of the Derry Corporation, recently decided to buy Gwyn's, notwithstanding that for years general popular opinion has favoured the purchase of a most suitable site, which includes sixty acres, is well situated, can be got for one-fourth of the money demanded for Gwyn's, and will be subsidised by the Irish Society to the extent of £6,000. But all these advantages are as nothing against the crowning disadvantage. The owner of this property is a Catholic ; therefore the Tory majority of the Derry Corporation once again grossly wronged the people in the interests of purely sectarian bigotry. DONEGAL.— LegaI Appointments.— M. c. Maoinerney, Q.C., and R. J. Kelly have been appointed assistant revising barristers for the approaching revisions. ' DOWN-— The Harvest. — The harvest has been finished in the Downpatrick district. Wheat, which is extensively sown throughout the barony of Lecale, was an excellent crop, Oats in many cases were heavy, the rains have beaten it into the ground, and much loss has been occasioned. The hay has been all saved, the yield being considerably above the average. After grass was a good crop, and in many cases has been cut for hay. Flax was a fairly good crop. A large quantity of land is planted with potatoes, the principal sorts being magnums, bruces, suttons and beauties of Bute, and the stalks present a green and healthy appearance. The yield is large and the quality excellent-,, and up to the present there is no appearance of disease, and the crop is expected to be a record one. Turnips look strong and healthy. Taking the crops all over, an abundant harvest has resulted. DUBLIN.— St- Patrick's Well.— A discovery of great archaeological and religious interest has recently been made in

Dublin, where some workmen, engaged in laying the conduit pipes for an electrio tramway, came upon the brickwork covering of an ancient well. Its examination by antiquaries has led to the conclu sion that it is the actual well used by St. Patrick in baptising his converts, the site of which, though long lost sight of, was known to have existed close to the spot, and to have given Nassau street its old name of St. Patrick's Well lane. The grounds of the monastery which formerly occupied the site of Trinity College extend over a great part of the modern street. The well appears to be of great depth, and the brickwork, despite its antiquity, is perfect, except where the workmen have just broken a hole, which it is intended to repair. Access is gained to it under the wall of Trinity College, into which it is built, by a double doorway communicating: with a flight of stone steps leading to the well below the level of the street, which is here considerably higher than the ground outside. Ie is stated that the existence of the well has already been known to the authorities of the University, but that it has been kept secret, probably from dread of the intrusion of sight-sesrs on the privacy of the College Park. — Advocate. Obituary- — The Rev. Father O'Carroll, parish priest of Rush, at the age of 85 years. Deceased was a brother of the late Rev. Dr. O'Carroll, P.P., Ashford, and a personal friend of Lord Wolseley, under whom he served as army chaplaic. A Requiem Mass was celebrated in the presence of a large and distinguished body of the clergy. Acquitted. — Tht case of the child Hughes who was killed by a tram car whilst going to Mass, which was recorded in this column last week, was heard at the Southern Police Court lately. The driver of the car, who was accused of negligence in the matter, was acquitted by the jury. FERMANAGH-— Pound Drowned —William Morrison, proprietor of the Commercial Hotel, Irvinestown, was found drowned near Enniskillen recently. GAL W AY. — University Honours- — Alice Worsley, of Ballinasloe, took first place among the Catholic girls at the Senior Oxford Examinations, and seventh place among all girls. She is the daughter of Henry Worsley, District Inspector of National Schools. KING'S COUNTY. — Church Improvement.— Frankford Catholic Church has a new belfry and magnificent bell, which cost £250. The work constitutes one of the many improvements effected by the pastor, the Rev. Joseph Wheeler. KERRY.— The Fisheries.— The sea fisheries in South-west Kerry have been yielding well in all departments, especially in lobsters. The boats have taken large hauls of herrings at several points, while the autumn mackerel fishing has, so far, been fairly good. LIMERICK. — An Accident.— At the metal bridge by which the Ennis railway crosses the Shannon about a mile from Limerick' recently, John Gallagher, in the employ of the Limerick Fishery Conservators, seeing the Ennis goods train approaching, stepped aside on to what he thought was solid ground, but which was merely filling between the girders. This giving way beneath him, he fell a considerable distance to the bank of the river, and was seriously injured. LONGFORD. — Obituary. — The death occurred lately at Legan, of John Langan, brother of Rev. Dr. Langan, administrator of Athlone. We also have to record the death of a venerable Catholic of Newtownforbes, in thi person of John Manning, of Cloonellan, which occurred recently. He was seventy-five years old. LOUTH.— Sad Fatality.— At Killen, about four miles from Dundalk, on August 22, a respectable woman named Mrs. M'Creesh was returning home from Dundalk market, and was sitting on top of a load in her cart, when she was thrown to the ground and killed instantaneously. MAYO. — '98 Requiem Masses- — A Solemn Requiem Mass was celebrated in the Cathedral at Ballina, on August 25, for the repose of the souls of the heroes who fell fighting for the freedom of Ireland in 171)8. Bishop Conmy presided. In the several chapels throughout the diocese Low Mass was celebrated also, large congregations attending. MEATH. — Untimely Death. — The death occurred on August 2G, at Grangeboyne, Kilmessan, after a long illness, of Michael O'Rorke, only son of James and Anne O'Rorke, and nephew of the Rev. William Bannon, of Dundalk, in the twenty-fifth year of his age. MONAGHAN.— A New Church.— The foundation-stone of the Church of St. Patrick at Broomfield, in the parish of Donagh-

moyne, was laid on Sunday, August 21, by Bishop Owens of Clogher. Archbishop Carr, of Melbourne, preached the sermon. The need of a new church for the district has been for a long time very much felt. The present edifice is about 100 years old, its arrangements are of the most primitive character, and even its size is inadequate to afford accommodation to the congregation. ROSCOMMON — A Church Bell Donated.— Sir Nicholas O'Connor recently arrived at his Roscommon residence, Dundermott House, Ballymoe, from St. Petersburg on a short visit before leaving for Constantinople. He and Lady O'Connor presented the Rev. James Martin, of Ballintubber, with a bell for the new church. TYRONE. — A Demonstration. —In commemoration of General Humbert's landing in Killala 100 years ago, a torohlight procession was held on August 22. in Dungannon. The demonstration was one of the most successful yet held in connection with the '98 celebrations in the provinces. The principal houses in Ann street and Irish street were illuminated, and French and Irish flags floated from the windows, particularly in the case of the reading rooms, which had five flags out. and were brilliantly illuminated", while an arch was erected in Irish street decorated with evergreens, and bearing the mottoes : ' They fought for freedom, not for faction,' while on the other side were: ' Vice la 1 ranee? ' Vice V Ii landed WATERFORD-— Bravery Rewarded.— At the Cappoquin Petty Sessions, recently, a young man named James O'Brien received the certificate on vellum of the Royal Humane Society, for gallantry displayed in saving the life of a lad named John Fitzgerald. In Memory of a Comrade-— The Robert Emmet Independent Band had an impressive demonstration recently in Waterford in memory of a dead comrade named Pierce Power, who died some time ago. The pro.-e^sion marched through the principal streets accompanied by the band playing the 'Dead March* and other appropriate tunes, followed by a large crowd en route to the burial ground. In the procession was borne a magnificent memorial cross fifteen feet high on an open hearse, which was erected over the grave of Power. WICKLOW — ' Billy ' Byrne-— A football tournament was held recently under the auspices of the Billy Bryne Branch of the '98 Centenary Association. The object was to raise funds for a memorial to be erected to the Wicklow insurgent, ' Bi'ly ' Byrne, of Ballymanus. GENERAL. Irish Music-— A pension of £50 has been charged upon the Civil List in favour of Joseph Robinson, in consideration of his services to music in Ireland for over half a century. Mr. Robinson is well-known as having reset almost all Moore's Irish melodies. The Southern Cross says : — An Irish yacht, manned by an Irish crew, owned by an Irish peer, and named the ' Shamrock,' will compete in the international yacht race. Sir Thomas Lipton, the owner, who is very wealthy, is to contribute a princely donation to the fund being collected for the Catholic cathedral now being erected at Westminster. Sir Robert Richard Torren«, the author of the Real Property Act, after his return to England from Souih Australia, sat in the H use of Commons as Member lor Cambridge from 1868 to 1874. He died on August 31, 18S4. He was an Irishman, having been born at Cork in 1814, and graduitet at Trinity College. Dublin. His father, Colonel Torrens, was one of the founders of South Australia, and for some years he sat in the British Parliament. ' " Irish Enterprise-— The Brisbane Aije says : —Old Dublin people will recollect with pride and pleasure that the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company was one of the pioneers of steam navigation in the Old Country. Irishmen throughout the world will be glad to see that in this matter Ireland still ' leads the way.' A late Irish paper says :— ' The fleet of the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company comprising the four magnificent screw steamers so recently put on the Kingstown and Holyhead service is probably the bestot its kind in the world. No steamship connection between two countries anywhere else, excepting of ourse the huge ocean-going services, offers such splendid, speedy, and fully-equipped steamers as those that cross the Irish Saa with the Irish mails. The praise of everyone who has crossed in them is unbounded.'

A Chinaman living near Shanghai has been interviewed, and, among other things, he is reported to have said concerning the 'barbarian' Europeans: — 'They certamly do not know how to amuse themselves. You never see them enjoy themselves by sitting quietly upon their ancestors' graves. They jump around and kick balls as if they were paid to do it. Again, you will find them making long tramps into the country ; but that is probably a religious duty, for when they tramp they wave sticks in the air, nobody knows why. They have no sense of dignity, for they may be found walking with women. They even sit down at the same table With women, and the latter are served first.' Myers and Co., Dentists, Octagon, corner of George street They guarantee highest class work at moderate fee 3. Their artificial teeth give general satisfaction, and the fact of them supplying a temporary denture while the gums are healing does away with the inconvenience of being months without teeth. They manufacture a single artificial tooth for Ten Shillings, and sets equally moderate The administration of nitrous-oxide gas is also a great boon to those needing the extraction of a tooth. Read advertisement. — „%