The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-11-22

acres, Irish, In extent, SUBJECT to Us. I'd. an
acre, rent and fines, but held by lease with
totes QUOTES covenant of renewal, was
sold at els per acre. The purchaser was
a farmer whose farm Immediately adjoined
Mr.. Greer's.
DUBLIN.-Sir Dsminick Corrigan has
offered himself as Liberal candidate for
the Parliamentary representation OF Dub
lin, in connection with Mr.. PIN, and in ep-
position to Guinness and Plunkett, Tories.
| The Irish Iinaes of the 10th ult. says |:
Some evil-disposed person yesterday morn
ing threw q flask Of powder into the letter
box attached to the Trinity Chambers, and
thereby occasioned injuries to the porter of
a serious, if not fatal nature.
On the 22d ult. n painter named Balti-
gan, who resided at 81 East Anne street,
accidentally fell off a ladder on which he
had been working ut house on Blessington
street, and was killed.
At the annual meeting of the .Balbriggan
Town Commissioners, to elect commission
I ers in room of those going out Of Office by
rotation, the following were elected: Fran
els M'Evoy, NJ. D., was reelected Mr.. b.
Sharkey, reelected; Mr.. Thomas Maher,
| eleetel.in room of Mr.. Thomas Cumiskey,
The address to Mr.. John Martin, which
has been in the hands of the artist, Mr.. An
drew English, since the time of the govern
ment prosecution of Mr.. Martin, has just
been finished. 1t is an elaborate and beau
| tiful work of art, embellished with national
devices and shields containing quotations
| from the time of Molyneux.
The site granted by the Dublin corpora
| ton for the Smith O'Brien monument is on
the south side of Carlisle Bridge, nearly OPP
posite Kinahans establishment. The statue,
which is q beautiful work of art, has been
executed by the man who has immortalized
Captain Boyd, in st. Patrick's Cathedral.
GALwAY.-Capt. James O'Hara has ad-
! dressed the electors Of Galway, soliciting
their SURFACES in the election of a. Parlia-
mentary representative. Mr.. Valentine
Blake, J. P, of Menlough Castle, has prom
ised to support the Captain, which he esti-
mates at so votes. The Galway indicator
| says There is hardly q doubt that, had
Capt. O'Hara appeared earlier in the field,
| he would have been returned. Capt. OHara
is n good resident landlord, and Il very ac-
tive and useful member of our public
boards. He is deservedly esteemed and
popular, and if this Church question were
settled, could very easily be returned to
Parliament for Galway.
| The Connaught Patriot says The COM
munity of the Presentation Convent, Tuam,
beg most gratefully to acknowledge the
handsome donation of f25, given by his
Grace the Archbishop of Tuam, for cloth
schools of the Convent. The Sisters of
Mercy, Ballinrobe, beg to acknowledge the
munficent gift of f2OO, received from his
Grace the Most Rev. DR.. MacHale, Arch
bishop Of Tuam, September g, 1868, towards
| the erection of q poor school on the Convent
grounds. The Sisters, with gratitude, beg
| to express on this occasion their grateful
| sense of his Grace's generosity and pater-
| nal care of their institute since its estab-
lishment. The Sisters also return grateful
| thanks for magnificent gold chalice given
them by his grace.
Balleen, in the 10Th year of his age, on the
| 18th ult.
| KILDARE.-At a late annual meeting of
the rate pay ers of Newbridge, held for elect
| ing three commissioners in the room of
those going out by rotation, namely :
Messrs. Thomas Webster Meade, Robert j..
Golf and Richard Mangan-the same gen.
| tlemen were elected.
| At late meeting of the Athy Town Com
missoners, Thomas Brett Kynsey, Esq, M.
| D., j. p, was unanimously chosen to the
civic chair for the year 1869.
LoNGFoRD.-The Longford Journal an
nounces with regret the death OF Mr.. John
w. Stokes, manager of the Longford
family to mourn his removal.
/ L1MERIcH.-A Limerick correspondent,
under date 22d ult., says :-"On this day D
public meeting was held in that city, under
| the presidency of the Most Rev. DIR But
! ler at which Mr.. Francis William Russell
and Major Gavin were selected, as upon
| former occasions, to receive the united sup
| port of the Liberal electors of the borough
at the ensuing general election. immedl-
afely after it was resolved to irs titute an
Immediate personal canvass by the candi-
dates and their friends.
QUEENS CoUNTY.-The Attorney General
has appointed L. Pakenham Law, Esq, to
be Crown Prosecutor at aryborough, in
place of j. T. Ball, ESQ.,, Q. c., the new So
licitor General.
rrha Duplnlk DpluOcyuf. of October ~,
saws: We regret to find that the 18th
Lancers are very unpopular in Dundalk,
owing to the conduct of n few members of
the regiment at the election of Dungarvan,
when IL respectable man, standing quietly at
his door, was struck down aud killed. The