Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-05
Ireland.
THE BISHOPS AND THE GOVERNMENT.

NEW YORK, March 30.-Redpath's
Weekly has the following cable special;
LoNnoN, March % In Ireland the
chief topic OF interest is pastoral let
ter from the western bishops denounc-
ing the action of Earl Spencer in the
strongest terms. This is the severest
nl, W which has yet been struck against
the policy of the authorities. The ac-
counts of the
sUFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE
in the distressed districts continue to
be most moving. Mrs. Power Lalor,
who is feeding 5000 children, draws
AFEARTUL PICTURE
Of little ones dying in their mothers
arms and fainting for the want OF food
ut school. She declr the people to
be industrious and too proud to
beg. In DIVE of tSenty.three
miles on st. Patrick's Day she did
not see single person drunk. Col
ections in aid of the sufferers are
now being made in ine Catholic
churches in England, and meetings are
being organized in several localities.
No help is being received from English
men. An extremely bitter feeling pre-
walls among them on account of the
Westminster explosion, and in some
towns lrishmen are
MENACFD WITH DISMISSAL
from their employment, and even
worse.
A remarkable case of eviction is re-
ported from the county Clare. The ex-
PEELED tenant was lease-holder. and at
the time of the eviction his wife, the
mother of eleven children. was seven
months pregnant and suffering from
bronchitis. The farm was under an ex-
orbitant rent, but az the tenant had
lease he could not apply TO the courts,
though the other tenants on the same
estate obtained reduction of 40 per
cent. from the commissioners.
LADY DIXIE.
Previous impostures of Lady Flor
ence Dixie are being exposed in the
papers, and it is now known that when
acting as newspaper correspondent in
I1luIand she forged letter purporling
to be written by King Cetawayo.
Many complaints are being made
with respect TO the government
SYSTEM or EMIGRATION.
| Young, strong men and women are re-
fused help, but evicted tenaBts are
willingly assisted to emigrate, the au-
thorities thus deliberately playing the
landlords game.
MR.. PARNELLs VISIT 10 PARIS
was complete success, the Legitimist
competing with the X ldical journals
in publishing his opinions. The Cari-
on, leading Lelrimist organ, prints a
long interview, in the course Of which
Mr.. Parnell said: ave are
OPPOSED TO VIOLENCE,
for violence Lads to no good, but
rather plays the game Of the landlord
party. The knife that killed Lord
Frederick Cavendsh came near killing
the land league with the same blow"
The Psrnell testimonial now amounts
to f560, consisting altogether of indi-
vidual subscriptions. Preparations are
being made for organizing and system
i2lng the movement.
A return just issued by the land
commission shows that there were
60. 900 applications to fix rents undis-
posed Of on the first Of February, while
new cases are coming in at the rate of
1900 month. The Dublin Free
mans Journal calculates that two years
and a halt will be required to case the
block.
BoYToN MT An AMERICAN CITIZEN.
LONDON, March 29.--The statement
that Minister Lowell wi | not intefcede
in behalf Of Michael Boyton, who was
arrested at Kildare on Tuesday, made
by the Dublin correspondent OF the
Standard, is drawn from the fact that
1t has been previously proved that
Boyton is not an American citizen.
PARNEIL
goes to America the second week in
April. He has not yet decided to ac-
cept the invitation OF the Fhiladelphia
csnvGntion.
ISFoRMER KILLED.
David Whean, an informer, was
shot dead at Marlborough. There has
been one arrest.
| ARRESTS.
Cork, March 30.-An American
named Featherstone and man named
l0'Herlity, Parnellite, have been ar
rested, charged with conspiracy to
murder. IL is supposed they are con-
necled with the arrest Mt Liverpool.
One CArmody, plasterer, was also ar
rested. A fourth person hed. Docu-
ments were found upon 0 Herlihy.
The arrests are believed TO be due to
information given by the man arrested
at Liverpool.
EXPLOSIVE THREATS
The pcs .cfiice being occupied by
force OF police, threats are being made
10 blog up The building.
CONSERVATIVES ELECTED.
DUBLIN, March 30--Three conserva-