The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-05-24
IRELAND AND THE IRISH.

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large tract Of country.
The number of emigrants sailing from
Queenstown for the United States from
April y to April % was Ass.
ed by Mr.. Balfour and the Lord Lieutenant
Of Ireland, now exceeds S250,0o0.
The first day of May is going to be Labor
day for the future, ard win be observed as q
holiday by all the working classes OF Great
Britain and Ireland.
Mr.. John Carr, j. P. ofLake View. Moy-
Tough, Galway county, died on the 10th OF
April. He was q brother of the Archbishop
OF Melbourne, Australia.
DR.. Downing has been appointed medical
officer of the Tuam work-house and also OF
dispensary district No. 2. In succession TO
the Late Dr.. James Turner.
The salmon fishing In Galway river is bet
ter than usual. scores of fine fish. OF from
ten to twenty pounds weight. being
caught daily by rod and line.
Forty families from the estate of Mr..
John Madden. in Monaghan county. are to
be evicted at once. Two hundred police
have been semi into the district.
At the last meeting of the Federation
League in Tuam ever one hundred new
members rald their subscription and re
ceived q card of membership EACH.
Ayoung man named Patrick Walsh. of
Ballygaddy road. Tuam. was killed last
week by being flung from the back of q
young colt. he a mounted in the yard Of
the brewery.
The tenants who were evicted from the
the White estate. near Drumcallaher, are
offering sixteen years purchase for their
former farms. They seek to purchase
under the Ashbourne act.
At the Quarter Sessions for Galway coun-
ty. held on the 18th, Judge HEM an
nounced that there were no criminal cases
for trIal-a wonderful state of quletude
amongst the people OF Galway.
Mr.. Julian Moore. of Moore Hall, Mayo
county, made his debut in politics at the
Irisbtown meeting. He is the son of the
late George Moore, who for so many years
represented that county in. Parliament.
The Connaught journals all notice the
death In the United States of q Mr.. John
Conevan Duggan, q brother of Bishop
Duggan, of C1onferts. He lived at Savan-
nah. Ga. He was In his SEVENTEEN year.
Daniel Connaughton, of Ballymoe. Mayo
county, was sentenced to threemonths' i'm
of q house and farm from which he had
been evicted by the sheriff q few days pre-
viously.
Negotiations are in progress having for
their object the reinstatement Of the
evicted tenants on the O'Grady estates at
Herbetstown. These tenants adopted the
plan of Campaign" tactics in 1857 when
they were evicted.
Mr.. Richard Power, NJ. p. for Waterford
city, was the most youthful mem Der of
that House. When he first took his seat he
required two days to complete his twenty
first year. 1t Is said he Is about to retire
from parliamentary life.
If an act now before Parliament is passed
as it stands all saloons must remain closed
all day on Sundays, and be shut up By .
o'clock p. Nj. on week days. Mr.. Sexton.
NJ. P, is striving tC obtain better terms for
the saloon men of the eight largest cities of
Ireland.
Sir Patrick Keenan,. chief, of the Irish
Education Department., has gone over TO
London to consult with Mr.. Balfour as to
the manner in which the benefits OF free
education. which it Is proposed to give to
the three Kingdoms. are to be extended to
children.
The evicted tenants on the Ronsonby es-
tates are trying to obtain a settlement from
their landlord that will lead to their rein
statement in their holdings. They are
painfully aware that they have been left
in the lurch by the politicians, and now
seek to help themselves.
Messrs. OBrien and Dillon, who are still
inmates of Galway jail. enjoy good health
and seem to be fairly comfortable. Every
day there are visitors who are permitted to
see them and converse fully with them. but
q warden stands close by, no matter who it
may be that is with them.
1t is stated that from Clifden into Gal
way city the wives of the laborers who
were employed on the Clifden & Galway
railway. who were suspended from work
without any warning, are wandering about
from place to place pleading for aid to pro-
cure food for their families
The Plan of Campaign, which coerced
so many landlords into giving fair terms
to their tenants. has now to be abandoned,
the funds locked up in Paris TO be used for
the benefit of the tenants who Joined the
plan, and also the stoppage of supplies
from the United States.
There is to be an auction shortly in Dub
lin for the sale of old laces. trinkets, silver
plate. ETC.. the property of distressed Irish
ladies who have been reduced from afiu-
ance to beggary by the depreciation of
landed estates in Ireland. There will he q
grand bazaar, to be held in London short
ly, for the relief of these ladies. ALI the
leaders of fashion in London are to take
part in it.
Much CONSERVATION has been caused In
Connemara. along the route Of the lately
commenced railway that is to connect
CIifden with Galway City, owing to the
~stoppage of the work. The contractor who
had charge of the works has been dismissed
by the government, and 1000 men are
thrown out of employment who had no
other means of support than their earnings
from the railway works.
1t is proposed to erect q memorial church
to the memory of the late DR.. McHale,
Archbishop of Tuam. at the place where
the deceased prelste was born. In O'Con.
nells time Dr.. McHale could, by his inhu-
ence, secure the election of five members of
Parliament In the counties Of Mayo and
Galway, but he did EST march with the
times, and he had very little political infu.
ence for many years prior to his death.
The village of Irishtown will ever be
pofad in irish hiatOrv as the pIace In which