The Irish standard., 1895-02-02
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Justin McC Garth IS ono of ~ ~ Iriisllll illl
parliamentaria who .make d dnaneisl
sacrifice for the Irish canss reyiit0u1
to accepting the leadership of the Nation
alist party the annual income from biz
literary work was $4,000. Now it has
dwindled down to s., 600, as his time is
devoted to political affairs.
|. A reunion OF all reading circlesa and re.
lated societies OF Milwaukee and other
Wisconsin towns is being arranged tor,
the same to be held in Milwaukee, about
the middle of this month. The purpose
of the gathering will be to give an impe-
tus to the intellectual movement among
Catholics, to exchange ideas as to the
methods of reading circle work and to
afford suggestions. ).
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Detectives are hunting evidences in q
big grave-robbing scheme said TO be. en-
gineered by firm of coffin dealers in
Chicago. This plan had been working it
is said, the last five years in the. country
graveyards of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan
and Wisconsin, and thousands Of cofins
have been dug up, shipped to Chicago in
cases to be resold by this enterprising
firm. These robbers are said to be regu-.
]arly employed by this Chicago firm Of
coffin dealers to open new made graves
in the country, and besides what they
get out of it from the cofhn-dealers they
obtain nice little sum by robbing the
bodies OF whatever valuables they may
find. These grave robbers always select
new-made graves because they are easier
to open, remove the body from the coffin,
thro +; it back into the grave, replace the
earth, and then take their coffin to
pieces and leave the grave as il it had
never been disturbed.
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One of the most peculiar lawsuits ever
filed IN the United States is on the court
docket in Charlottesville, Ind. Three
years ago passenger train on the Monon
Route was wrecked near the home Of
John Elliott, north of that CITY,. The
train rolled down an embankment and
one coach was burned, tive persons killed
and 70 injured. The injured were taken
to the house of Elliott. Now, he wants
81 900 damages from the. railroad, be-
cause, he alleges the health of his family
has been bad ever since the wreck, and
this is caused by the sounds of the groans
from the injured that vibrate through
his house every night, aud that when
they go out at night the "spirits" of
those killed in this wreck can be seen
walking up and down the track in front
of his house. He wants all these things
stopped, and damages for the annoyance
which has caused sickness in his family.
He says be has dreamed about the wreck
every night since it happened.
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The absurd and sometimes extraor-
dinary difference between the spelling
ard pronunciation OF English names has
been often commented upon. Several
lists have been published, but they are
by no means complete. The following,
it is believed. are for the most part, new:
Woodnesborough, Winsbro; Woodman-
cote, Woodmucket; Wymondbam, Vim
dam; Yaddlethorpe, Yslthrup; Gainsbo-
rough, Gainsber; Eskdale, Ashdale;
Brampton Brian, Brawn; Brighthelm-
stone, Brytun; Hallshon, Horn; Meddle-
thorpe, Threlthrup; Msrylebone. Mar
rowbone; Ulrome, Obram; Uttoxeter,
Tuxiter; Rampisham, Ransom; Pevensy,
Pinsy; Coxwold, Lockwood; Orostwright,
Corsit; Holdsworth, Holder; Skiddaw,
Skiddy. Strachan should be pronounced
Strawp; Colquhoun is Koohoon, the
accent being on the last syllable; Beau
champ is Beachman; Dachesne should
be pronounced Dukarn; Bethune should
be Beeton; and in Avergavenny the av is
not sounded. Menzi4 is pronounced
Mynges, Knollys as Knowls, Sandys as
Sands, Cover as Corr. and Mines as
Mills. Glsmis is Charms; Geoghegan
should be pronounced Gaygan, and
Ruthven is Riven.
From the report of the mission Of Our
Lady of the Rosary at Ellis Island, New
York. we learn that 3347 Immigrant girls
Gncluding those who arrived by way Of
Philadelphia and Boston) received the
hospitality Of Father Oallaghan at his
Home for Immigrant Girls during the