The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-26

Ian. O1oary, is aOOut W ~ "6"AAA .aA0
big walk of $50 miles in 81 consecutive
hours. He proposes to commence on
the 3Oth inst. and finish on the 31st inst. |
Fonr Irish Members of Parliament,
Captain Nolan, the OConnor Don, Mr..
Law and MIR. Kavanangh, are about In
Producing Bill into Parliament for the
..better government of Maynooth Col
lege."
OF the fifteen hundred men engaged on
the American side in the battle OF Bunk
er Hill, history tells us that fully i've
hundred were Irishmen. There were
at least, fifty Celtic officers. The rec
ords of the period fail to mention to the
presence of a single Orangemen on the
side of liberty during the memorable
conflict of June II, 1775.
Mr.. OConnor Power, one Of the ablest
and most eloquent of the Irish members
of Parliament, will soon visit America.
We believe Mr.. Power will lecture on
the present state of Ireland and we ad-
wise lecture committees to apply IN time
Letters for Mr.. Power may be addressed
to Mr.. James j. O'Kelly, N. Y. Herald
Office, or to Mr.. J. Boyle OReilly, Pilot
Office
The other day, at Nenagh, Ireland,
two passengers having been conveyed
a certain distance on hired car, finding
that when they were about to leave It
that the driver was drunk, tied him to
the car so that he might not fall oil on
his return home. The horse took the
car and driver back to the place from
which he had started. and it was then
found that the driver, in struggling to
free himself from the cords, had become
strangled.
The Queens County Quarter Sessions
opened at Marlborough, June "a.
There were only 81 civil bill cases, which
| is not halt the average number, and this
is a yerv accurate test of the improving
state and position of business in this
part OF the country. The chairman
said there were only four criminal cases,
and said, Il am very glad to be IN a po-
siton to congratulate you on the present
peaceable condition OF this country"
Saws the Dublin Irishman of the Am
erican team: eve care not who In
vited them,n For us it is enough for us
to know that they are citizens OF that
great and majestic Republic which has
reconciled order with liberty, which Sc
cures the rights OF the poorest,
guarantees the property OF the richest,
IS intolerant only OF intolerance, laysfet-
tiers on crime alone, sets all consclences
free and opens all careers to the mos
meritorious of the People"
MIR. VIM. Flynn died at Digdequash
N. B., on the 18th ult., aged GO years
About twenty minutes before his dealt
he quietly got up from his bed, unlocked
his trunk, took out his grave clothes
which he had always kept in readine
for a number of years, then washed ant
dressed himself tor burial. When tn
last enemy approached to close lonl
career of intense suffering, ne exclaimed
in ecstacies OF delight. NV ellcome
death, have long waited for thee"
The Oughterard Brass Band (says tn
Galway Tindicator) attended the Gal
way recently for the purpose OF accom-
, paving the excursionists in the steam
boat Cite of Tribes to the Islands of Al
ran. Being disappointed, they playe
| during the day in town and Salthil
Outside the residence OF Mrs. Burke
Dorminick street, where the Very Rev
FIR. Burke, o. p. is staying at preser
for the benefit of his health, the ban
) discoursed some choice national airs
! honor of the great Dominican. n
Burke addressed the members brief,
and perceiving on banner borne by tn
band the inscription Temperance" az
verted to the blessings entailed by j
: and said that with her children strictl
temperate Ireland would ere long b
t come, in the ideal of the poet, "grea
9 glorious and Free"
$ The biggest baby on record was boz
in Springfield. Mass, on Thursday, Jul
n s. It is boy, the son OF Mr.. d.
|, Shea, and weighed Immediately after
y birth twenty pounds and two ounce
:, The Republican vouches for the correc
ness of these figures, and claims tn
n thew are unparalleled in the medical re
;. ords. The horizontal circumference
e its head is Is inches; the perpendicul
N circumference, Is 3-4 inches length
child, 23 3-4 inches distance from shot
der to shoulder, over the chest. 20 |
inches. In short, the child is as lar,
:, as an ordinary babe a year old, and
'e we'll and fiourishing. This is the fiji
child Of the parents, both Of whom are
st Irish descent. The mother is five IL
d. tour inches high. twenty-three years o.
~ and weighs 1s5 pounds when in 60
or health. The father is twenty-four ye'
old, and is not man Of unusual size
or At temperance meeting in St. Nil
. ael's parish. Jersey City, n. j.. the p
h tor, Rev. j. De Concilio, spoke "
zee feelingly OF the disadvantages the II
is people labored under IN this land.
The fathers would be wise and join
he total abstinence societies the sons wo
IN, have fair play for the culture Of head
Mt. heart An eminent American profess
The distinguished priest OF the church, I
him that the Irish boys excelled all
-. ers in certain insular qualities WI
- placed them at the head of the class
r Chs plause). He 0he speaker) had, b
. self, some experience in the teaching
bows, and he could say that the Irish
was the most gifted of any, in that h
ner searching bent OF brain which led to