The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-01-07
mlxH HAIL KKYS.
THE WrNEss FAMILY.

| handed over to the Church body, who arc
/ the legal owners of ST. Parlick's Cathedral,
! which was restored by that munifeent ge1-
tienan 1t enormous expense The partner
| ahip In the great brewery, between Sil
| Arthur E Guinness, MP, and his brother,
Mr.. Edward Cecil Guinness, has been dis
solved, according 10 Q notice in the LpuefA
Gazette, the former retiring from the hrn
/ CD receipt, il 10 stated, of enc million ster-
ling, being twenty yesrs' purchase of IN
| income of $50 600 year. 1t lie believed
that the ami al pT6tE Of the concern amount
to Slo0 coo, while the Business is rapidly
expanding. Sir Arthur has besides . hand
some !reome from landed property in sew
erxl C uuties. Ii is said tbs. seiicsey OF
be<n colleges him to settle abroad, in
which event be would. Il coaIse, soana don
his seat for the city of Dublin. He tas lib
orally subscribed 70 open Stephens Green
10 the citlEeDe, boon nov likely To DC Car
red TITO practical effect.
On Monday last (says q correspoL dent of
the TaoR NeNs 81 Brockloon, Clopfort, near
Eyrecourt, = man named Kenny was evic-
ted ont of his holding, which coo tains eight
Acres, come roode, and good farmer Q
house. Kenny. it would eeem, was ehuTnipg
when the sheriff arrived with q body guard
of police, the landlord, and come men from
Parsonstown. Two elergymen, Rev. DR..
Derry, PIP. of Eyreeourt, and his curAre,
the Rev. II. Byrne, &C., demonstrated with
the landlord, and begged of him to leave
the house at least until after Christmas
The tenant then offered seven years' rent TO
be lodged in the bank and be left his house.
The landlord refused to eabnit. The rain
was coming down in sheets. hefurnitnre
was eass out besides two bags of -four and
sundry other articles
The house to- house canvass 90 the Sun
day closing question is completed at Sewry.
Voting papers containing the question
" Are you in favor of the entire closing of
public houses, beershops, taverps. and
spirit groceries on Sunday in Ireland 7"
were deposited with tie Lead of each fam
lily, and on the numbers being counted the
vote stood thus: For Sunday closing, 2 5ll:
sgair 81, Us declined to vote, 10y. There
are 100 licensed traders in Newry. and they
voted thu.: For Sunday closing, e.; against,
% declined to vote, 81. The popniation
of Newry in 1871 was IA l5s, occupy ing
? .474 houses.
There is a woman (Brigid Hennessy) in
the wOrkhouse of Newcastle West. coanty
Limerick, who is now in her 10th year.
She is in full possession of all her facEfties.
and can knit and sew with tolerabIe skill
and precision.
The death is announced of Sir John Es-
monde NIP. for Waterford, on the 10Th
December. He leaves a widow, the grand
daughter of Henry Grattan, and several
children. Already the canvass for the
didates being Mr.. Delahupty, who at one
time represented the borough of Waterford.
The Dundalk Democrat OF the 9sh says:
Mrs Coulter, " Dundaik, Is, We are sorry
TO say, about to initiate the example set by
Ne re -
ted ejectment proceeding ga against number
of tenants living on her property at Stump,
a ownlaDd situated few miles from Dun
da!k. Some months ago potcs was
served IN each of these tenants, informing
them that their laudledy rad thought III to
make considerable Increase Oh their Eente.
1t was also stated that the new reats had
been fixed by I" competent valuatar." If
the teuants refuse d to comply with the new
aETan gemeDts they were Lot lett in any
doubt as TO the consequence that would fol
low their refusal for, on the back of the
notice informing them OF the proposed in
crease in their rebts, was another notice
" to give up quiet and peaceful possession
of their holdings, )" on the first of November.
The tenants have determined to resist the
increase, and the trial will come Oh during
January.
"W,thln the last few days," says the
SOLA htTuCL Va VIC AOLuJ Two ucn o'SO III
the MltchelstowH district whOee united ages
amounted to 2l6 years. John Burke of
Giennanud was born in 1865, 80 that he
has lived during some of the most exciting
events of modern times. He had a vivid
recollection of the memorable SO period /;
behed the Infamous North Cork Militia de
part for the scene of the rebellion, accom-
panied by the maledlctioDs of the peasa ntry,
and saw the miserable remnant of that
regiment, of pitch cap notoriety -four pri-
Yates and drammeF}, return to their BONES,
after the suppression of the instruction.
He preserved his faculties TO the last. He
was always accustomed to walk to MiJchels-
town aud back, q distance of eight miles,
and this even within the past fortnight.
He attended Mass in his usual health on
Sunday week, but was suddenly taken ill
on Wednesday, and passed away in his
10th year on Thursday, in the midst of HE
greAt-great- grandchildren Patrick Carey,
his cotemporary, was born in the year 177O,
and was witness of the same historic
scenes. He was not, however, possessed OF
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