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head against large stone, which must
have rendered him unconscious, the
water completing the sad fatality.
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4udL ireland IS valuable QraW-farm
for England may be inferred from the
following item clipped from an Irish
exchange: The most noteworthy fea-
ture in the exports of live stock from
Ireland to Great Britain, during October,
was the large increase in the number of
cattle, which, at the total of 82,225 head,
far exceeded that of any previous month
OF the year and was greater than the
aggregate total for February and March
together Sheep reached the number Of
1l2,OO5. which is almost identical with
the total in June, but falls short of the
totals in the two intervening months.
With the approach of winter the ex-
port of pigs increased, and the Septem-
Der total Of 4O,632 is the largest since
the month of May. Irish horses were
landed in Great Britain to the number
OF 3,723-a total that was exceeded only
In May and July. The totals for the
first nine months Of 1897, as compared
with the first three-quarters of 1896,
show an increase Of 29,467 cattle, 30,2S1
sheep and 52,266 pigs; but decrease in
horses to the extent of 2,133.
DOWN.
In Newry, on the evening of October
%. row Of a serious nature occurred
in the "Teutonic Bar" Hill street, and
the police were called in. During the
course Of the row a man named James
Burns, private in the Royal Irish
Regiment, at present in Newry on fur
Tough, rushed with an open knife at
civilian, with whom he had been fight
ing. Head Constable Farrell caught
Burns to restrain him: whereupon Burns
turned and plunged the knife into the
head constable's chest. near the heart.
infiictlng wound two and half inches
deep. Burns was subsequently arrested
and remanded. Head Constable Farrell
lies in critical condition.
GALWAY.
In Galway, on October %, a public
meeting, called by Most Rev. DR.. Mac
Cormack, Bishop Of Galway, and pre-
sided over by the Bishop, was called, to
devise means for the relief of the at
flicted families of the victims drowned
in the late fishing boat disaster in CAL
way Bay. A number of subscriptions to
relief fund were handed in at the
meeting, and committees were appointed
to solicit further contributions in aid
of the bereayed families
KINGS COUNTY.
The tenantry on the Kings County
estate of Mrs. Guise (of st. Waldron's,
Gbrey, County Wexford), comprising the
town lands Of Cloneyquinn, Gurtenard
and Ballinhover, were met at Browns
Hotel. Portarlington, on October 26, by
Mr.. G. L. Townshend, of the firm of
Messrs. Townshend, land agents, Moles-
worth street, Dublin. Such of the ten
ants as made payment were allowed
20 per cent reduction. 1t is hoped that
Mrs. Guise and her tenantry will see
their way to come to a satisfactory
agreement as to purchase, which would
be productive of beneficial results for all
concerned.
KILKENNY.
The death of Mr.. James Shelly, CAL
Ian, occurred on Sunday night, October
oath, and caused a painful shock to the
inhabitants of Callan when it became
known on the following morning. De-
ceased had been ailing only from the
preceding Monday, and his illness was
not regarded with any apprehension of
a fatal result by his friends or medical
adviser until Sunday morning, when
serious symptoms developed. He was
only in his thirty-seventh year, and be-
longed to a family which has always
been intensely Nationalist, his father,
Mr.. Thomas Shelly, T. c., and his uncles
taking a prominent and active part in
every movement started for the national
good of the country.
KILDARE.
Another man is reported missing since
the recent Parnell celebration in Dublin.
John Kennedy, blacksmith, from Gel
bridge, about IS years of age, went ,,p
to Dublin to attend the anniversary, and
he was seen last, on that Sunday night,
at Conyngham road, near the Phoenix
Park, since when he appears to have dis
appeared. The occurrence was reported
to the police, who have been making in
quiries, which, however, have not
thrown any light on the mystery
KERRY.
On October Goth, sad drowning ia
tally occurred in the inner Baskets
Sound. Three fishermen, named John
and Thomas Moore (brothers) and Timo-
thy Crohan. were returning after fish
ing, and when near the rocks, which
abound in the Sound, their boat got up-
set. None of the men were able to
swim; but the two Moores chung to the
boat until they were washed off. Crohan
managed to get hold of the corking at
tached to the net, and was rescued, but
the other two were drowned. The body
Of John Moore was found entangled in
the net.
LOUTH.
The death of the Rev. Father Francis
Hall, C.SS.R., occurred at st. Joseph's,
Dundalk, on October 2Sth. Father Hall
was 81 years Of age, and had been for