The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-04-18

for oyer twenty Is ears, allied the. office of /
postmaster in limerick, with complete sat |
isfaction to the public, died very suddenly |
Z Richard Bayley, Esqs Spring Lodge, Kill
dDane has been appointed TO the Commits
sion of the Peace for the County of Lin
eriek. ~ 9' 9f3ii9G sH@ ~ Te{tf }nF Il
i George J.I Hoar, 6Esasi while recently
hunting with the limerick bounds. got
severe fall from his horse, from the effects
of which lie died.
p LoNGFoRD.-A large memorial altar has
been manufactured recently in Dublin for
erection 10 the Cathedral of St. Mel, Long
ford, in memory4pf the late venerated and
lamented bishop Of Ardagh, the Right Rev.
DIR. KiiduR H'
On Sunday, March Id, the most Rev. DR..
McCabe conferred the order Of priesthood
on the Rev. Thomas O'Farrell, son of re-
spected and influential merchant of Long
ford. t. 81 5'fsy ? 2as4A 81 s
LoUTH.-Mr. Patrick James Byrne, So
licitor and clerk or the crown for the Conn
BY Louth, died 1t his residence, Lisnawilly,
on st. Patrick,s Day. istls 49t 81 yfia4 So =
b. The remains Of an ancient canoe were
recently, discovered in the demesne of III.
B. Coddingtob, Esq, u. F., Oldbridge, two
miles from Drogheda. It was fOnnd fas-
tened near the base of an islet which is sit
! aate in the centre of the river studded
with trees, near the monument erected to
commemorate the battle Of the Boyne.4
1 When entire it must have been about thirty
feet long; 1t is four feet broad, and is of q
skilfaa build for speedy sailing purposes.
/ It ie Of Irish eak, carved ont of the tree.
i A salmon weighing 81 pounds was caught
in the river Boyne ON the 18th uit., by a
rod fisher in inland waters, and was in
/ prime condition. During the early weeks
in March three other large fish were taken
by anglers near o1dbridge, weighing from
% to % pounds. The general run, howev-
er, is to l2 pounds.
MEArH.-A man named Patrick Byrne,
who resided at Lisdorman, county Meath,
was found dead in a pool of water at Black
ult. Alongside the pool stood an ass and
cart, in the latter of which was a quantity
/ of provisions, which the deceased had con-
veyed from Drogheda on the previous day.
SLIGo.-Dr. Homan, the medical officer OF
the Sligo Workhouse and Fever Hospital,
was recently found dead in his bed. DEATH
was caused by heart disease.
An inmate of Sligo Jail named Thomas
Diamond, died suddenly on the 18th ult
J On the previous Friday he had been con-
victed of taking part in riotous assembly
last November, and sentenced to two
months imprisonment, He was not three
days in Jail when he died. ter
TIPPERARY.-The assizes for the NOrti
Riding of Tipperary commenced at Neoagl
on the 18th ult. Baron Deasy, in address
> ing the grand jury, said that it was worth.
of remark that the number of offense
against property was exceedingly small il
proportion to those against the person.
IL WArERFoRp.-The Cork Examiner says
2, An elopement in the very first circles ha
taken place in London. The delinquent
7 are reported to be the youthful Marquis o
Waterford and the wife of Capt. Vivian
:: one Of the Lords of the Treasury.
: On the 10th ult, Mr.. VIM. Cherry,
young gentleman vested with strong sport
3 4 ing proclivities, undertook to get from Wa
t terforfl station to the station in Tram0r
q n, an houF and ten minutes, ON his own pc
llidalsi; and in pursuance of the undertaking
? he started at HOS A. NJ, and going on
good sling trot, accomplished his task i
9 one hour and five minutes. He was nc
: companied along the route by an admiripI
81 cortege, and was greeted on his arrival b.
? many friends. s''" :. tatt 80
On the morning of the 18th uiitt . the ex
9 tensive tobacco factory, meal, -four AM
e FAX seed stores of Mr.. Anthony Cassidy, I
RI c., in Enuiskilien, were discovered to b
on Are. The premises which containei
Q over 600 rolls of tobacco, 90 tousof -four
and 80 bbls. OF haxseed, of which 10 wer
= saved, are built ON the Brne, overlooking
4 the punnery1 and Roman Catholic buryini
ground, and occupied a vast square at tn
: foot of Water street, and adjoining tli
Il grain and potato markets, the stores @
= which were also, well filled with produce
q i but happily, escaped destruction. A loss o
. sl000 win, it IL saidJ fall on Mr. Cassidy
D wfcKLow.-At late Wicklow petit
sessions, Arthur Barlow, one of the Wick
low fishermen who were fined E5 and cost
for fishing iIIegatty for at
!. made an application to the magistrates tina
instead Of warrant being issued asasaina
his goods to recover the Is, u, wo1Id b
permitted to go to gaOlr sor the term Of tb
sentence Zone mo-iCn), as distress woul
: was granted.
> SINEcURE BENEFIcEs,-The Irish sletgS
= says the Universe, who are crying on
; against disestablishment are not, as a rule
u a hard working class of men. Thei
: marshes are in many instances Very ex