The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-31
TxRnInLy Trn.s IN sLIso.
Inc Process Of, ksiauSn Dcscrfbed-A
Pail Of WOO and Desolaiion.

The PROCESS Of ksiauvn Described-A
Pail OF Voc and Desolntion.
Baiana Wsstm Pope. 39T'1"Ss m
The parish OF Curry, lying between Char.
lesion and Tuboercurry, In the poores.
part Of the county Sligo, has jas! been the
scene Of a largo number Of very lamenta.
bic evictions. Probably in al Ireland at
present there IL no sadisr spot, no one on
which The wrath Of landlordism has fallen
with more mercilsss and b!lghting rigor.
Within the past eight days twenty.bix
hearths have been made dssolate In Curry,
and 40 We write, numerous families, thrown
OUT OF their homesteads, are lyirg by the
bitches under ths open sky. A visit Of the
officers to John Casey's house Ia thus de-.
acrlbed: HsE5l 1r,.' - IN
l'hels was d sick child in the house.
You'll have 10 Toxic 1t to tho woskhousc,na
replied the sheriff to tho pleadinga Of the
parcntt; 80 the mother Issued forth, bear.
Ing the ai!ing child in her arms. Thors
were ak children, ranging In rage from
to 10, and these, with their parents, were
soon rendered homeless. The furniture
WEB thrown out. The chief article was q
tub containing a hen and her brood, which
were carried out by the evlc,ed man. The
remainder OF the furniture" consisted Of 4
law worthless old boards. Everything be.
!okened the moat abj.ct provsrty on the
part, q! the evicted, and the clipk Of
Golden's hummer mailing up the door
merely announced tha. tho poor creatures
had been deprived OF the shelter OF their
rool-.heir humble oil ! Golden presented
the estate bailiT with lew straws from tho
thRtch, q iBw more from the heap in the
harm, stone ifom the land, and 10 the
Legal ioJmalilies were complete, and John
Casey and bis lsmily were ouiCasts. WI
Pnt Wslsh and vile, a poor old cripple,
were next visited. The old woman, poorly
and scanti]y clad, was hastily bringing out
her email score oi DELPHI, fearful least those
frugiIs household goods" might suffer !
damage at the rude hands OF the bailitf, |
AZ the party came up shs paused In her
'aak 10 declare that ! 8. year she had paid
Ef 10 he agent, and 10 utter vehement
rfo!est against ,he power that tore her from |
Der humble cabin. IL was q touching slight
that poor, ragged, half starved old Irish.
woman Standing at tho tareshold oil her
home that Dbould be hers no longer, and
anrlipg spirited def .ncs at the saiirs evic-
ton sohort-,ho plump, we'll conditioned
sheriff, hia callous satellites, and the re-.
sources Of English civilization in the shaue
OF squad OF armed policemen. The voice
OF the hrtlon esened 70 fad utterancs in
her words. Her husband was being Ct
milder mou q. GOD bless youl G ID
ostss you a'i |" he simply said. when the
door was secured aud tho evicsors turned
away. Each eviction passed of as an or
binary, everyday occurrence. Fsw tears,
no outbreak OF lamentations. Thu hapitss
people met their misfortune with mute and
passtvs grief. l. vet year 1t was dlf.rent,",t
aaid tho reli' VI oilic 81, ''you could then
nave hard ,hsr crlea at a long distance,
but now they never cry at evlctions, they
are 80 u5ed to tlem." -
ssvefsl ev.cuous having occurred on The
previous Friday, We proceeded to visit the
scenes 81 them, and saw q very mourpful
series Of pictures Of Irish real life in this
our nineteenth century. Out under the
sAy' by ditch aud wall, lsy groups Of home.
less ou.caets. Our Appearance created no
Small commotion. Smallchildren, umitten
ny evictlonlelror, 1sd like frightened
rabbits at our approach; 1t wss explained
that they Thought it was the polics." The
Summer weather was delightful, the warm
air Dslmy with Witty thorn blossoms, and
the Landscape looked ita BIS. But no glad
rural sounus broke the dead, depressing
silence, the country lay under pail Of woe
aud desolation. i.