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NEWS FROM IRELAND,

T. In: the Belfast Record Court, before
Mr.. Justice Gibson and a jury, an &C.
tion for damages for breach Of promise
of marriage was brought by an elderly
woman named Ann Mcdowell, residing
at Coatbridge in Scotland, against Henry
SWAMI widower, living at Bann street,
Belfast, who was described as a "bun-
dler." The case caused considerable
amusement in court during the taking Of
evidence, and resulted in a verdict Of
G5 twenty-five dollars) in favor of the
plaintiff. The plea put in by the de-
PENDANT to justify his breaking of the
match was that, after he had ordered
: the marriage license, he had had a fall
out" with the plaintiff, in the course of
which she had chit him on the jaw
.-~ ARMAGH.
His Grace Most Reverend DR.. Red
wood, Archbishop of Wellington, New
Zealand, is at present in Armagh on a
visit to his Eminence Cardinal Logue,
Archbishop of Armagh and Primate Of
All Ireland :
We regret to announce the death of
the Rev. Patrick Duffy, of Crossmaglen.
The reverend gentleman, who had been
in delicate health. for some time, was
proceeding from Armagh to Crossmaglen
via Clones: land. at the latter place be-
came suddenly. Frustrated. Having re-
ceiyed the last sacramento, he passed
away peacefully. Father Duffy, who was
a native of Crossmaglen,. received his
education for the priesthood at the Irish
G 9@llllege. Paris and had labored on the
mission of the. parishes Of Ballymac-
nabb, Eglish and Ballinderry.
CARLOW.
!. !: The negotiations between Lord Dun
cann&91p9. aetipg. for his father, the Earl
Of Bessborough, and the tenants on the
Grangeford Estates have come to a sue
cessful issue. and, except for the neces-
.saEy legal .formalities, the sale Is an
accomplished fact. Only one-third CO.
958 acresl Of Lord Bessborough's prop
erty is in County Carlow, and the rental
of the portion Of which the tenants have
become owners is over $4,000 per an
mum. The terms are from -18 to over
10 years purchase. In. a few cases set
Elements have not yet been satisfactorily
arrived at, but there is good reason to
hope that they will be included in the
general transfer. of the property. The
laborers are to- he. permitted to purchase
their cottages and plots of land, under
the Act Of 1896.
II 81 -" CORK.
"A number of cases arising out of the
recent purchase of farm near Killa-
vullen, by Kennedy Roche, Of that vii
lage, came before the Castletownroche
Petty Sessions for hearing on March
25th. In the first case disposed Of. eight
men of the farming class, named Timo-
thy Callaghan, James Magner, George
Lane, Ed. Magner, Daniel Callaghan,
John Walsh, James Hassett and Ed.
Buckley were charged with having TAX
en- part in an unlawful assembly with
intent to pillow and injure certain
lands at Ballygrifin, the property Of
Kennedy Roche, from which the defen-
dant, Timothy Cal1aghan, had been evict-
ed in. connection with recent Chancery
| suit. The first seven defendants were
returned for trial to the assizes, while
Buckley, who, said he was present as q
NEWSPAPER correspondent. was dis.
charged.
Five young men| g II aborine CT
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DERRY.

DERRY,
An interesting recollection is revived,
while thrill of pain will be occasioned
to those yet remaining of the "old boys"
of the Christian Brothers Schools, in
the announcement Of the death, in Aus
tralia, of Brother Superior Larkin, their
guide, counsellor, and friend in the hap
py days spent at the Brow-of-the-liill
in the first memorable years of that Inn
portant educational establishment.
Brother Larkin ended his worthy career
at Brisbane, on the End of January, in
the 81st year of his age. In his death
passed away one of the most esti1nable
characters, scholar and a gentleman.
He was the first local superior of the
Christian schools in Derry, and, as an
Instructor of youth he had few equals.
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And hoist the harp of Erin
Above the English crown;
The stainless harp of Erin
Above that pirate crown.
They brag of old Locusta,
But give me good Queen Bess,
Who slaughtered Scot1and's Mary
With cousinly caress! -
Queen Bess has fifty mobiles
Who in her footsteps press,
Can mix cup of Poison =.
With Satan's self, 1 guess
Can mix a cup of Poison
For Irish chieftains brave,
And pay to pour their Poison
- Some spy or sordid slave,
TO pour their English Poison,
Some loyal, sordid slave.
There's Cecil, thuggish Cecil,
Foul Murders Chief of State;
And Radcliffe, Earl Of Sussex,
And Perrott, Ratcliffe's mate;
Carew, Red Hugh's assassin
o fiend, of hellish hate!-
Mountjoy, Mountjoy, the Butcher,
Whom carnage cannot safe.
Old England's Gospel rulers,
Old England's lordly line,
There's Poison in their friendship,
: And Poison in their wine;
Old England's Judas friendship, 49,
Old England's Judas wine.
Red Hugh O'Donnell chased them
Upon the Curlew's moor,
And Feagh O'Bryne, he chased them
Like deer down Glenmalure,
And Shane, the Proud, hs CHASED then
A dozen times, be sure.
And Hugh O'Neill. he chased them
Like dogs from Ulsler's door.
The poltroon English Prisoners,
They mid their swords away;
They thought that Cups of Poison
Were safer game to play.
o. curses on their Poison,
And on their cheating play!
Frank Hugh O'Donneli in United Ire
land. -,
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Poison Cues of ENGLAND.

POISON UPS OF England.
(How little Englishmen know of the
methods which were employed by the
'God-fearing" warriors of Elizabeth to
subdue the Irishry! Mr.. O'Grady sums
them up admirably. I'VE shall find
Carew," he says Gin the following pages
writing decoy letters, crammed with
such phrases as God and Christ and
holy keeping hiring a man to assas-
sinate the brave Sir John of Desmond,
and generally holding a market for as
sassins. In his private correspondence
with Montjoy we find him relating with
glee how his creature, James Blake,
tracked the brave Hugh Roe O'Donnell
into Spain, and there poisoned him I'M
der the guise of friendship. The phial
of the cowardly was in as much request
as the dagger of the bold. Radcliffe,
earl of Sussex and viceroy, sought to
poison Shane O'Neill when Shane beat
him in the field. Perrott, viceroy, tried
to poison Feagh McHugh, the Wicklow
chieftan. Bingham suborned cut
throat to kill the proud O'Rourke, lord
of Leitrim. Mountjoy employed Thomas
Fleming to assassinate O'Neill. Why
multiply instances? All the yiceroys
. and presidents and ;chief military. men
sought to assassinate. Or were willing,
should the occasion. arise. to assassin
ate, insurgent lords, whom they were
unable to conquer. "-Westminstec Ca
zette). 49,
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n0NEGAT,

On the evening of March 20 a series
catastrophe was narrowly averted on
the Glenties lines of railway. The en-
CINE of passenger train, near Bally-
bofey, struck large stone, and split it,
without leaving the rails. The outrage
is understandable, as the district is noted
for it's good order and peacefulness,
and the people rejoice in having the
county opened up by railways.
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named Denis Mafias. William Hssan,
Peter Keefe, .Jerh. Keefe, and James
Roche were prosecuted for having as
saulted Constabies o. Cornell and Walsh
on the 18th. whils the latter were pro-
tectinse Keunaedasy = Rode on his way from
the railway station g the town. The
sasainst -Reter Roche was dismissed,
and tie other defenltdannts were fined los.
Cd. each, and ordered to find bail, or go
to Jail for two months. Several other
cases are pending.
CLARE.
At Kilrush Petty Sessions, on March
%, numerous prosecutions were insti-
tuted by the police and others arising
out of a disturbance in Kilrush, on St.
Patrick's Day, in connection with the
evicted farm of Mrs. Madigan, at Knoc-
kena, near Kilrush, on the property Of
Col. Kelly Kenny, and which has been
taken by young man named Patrick
Browne, who lived on the adjoining
holding. At the last court day, it will
be remembered, the evicted tenant, Mrs.
Madigan, and her daughter. and an old
woman named Mary Garvy, were prose-
cuted for intimidation, conspiracy and
assaulting Joseph Browne, brother Of
the party occupying the farm. On the
present occasion. a respectable trades
man named Michael Meade, residing in
Moore street, Kilrush, charged with as
saulting Joseph Browne, was fined 6s.
and costs. :-~s.
=. DUBLIN.
Mr.. G. A. Skefangton has lent to the
Dublin Museum (for exhibition, short
time), two magnificent volumes. the
Bible and Prayer Book which belonged
to the last Irish House Of Commons,
and which, in 1898, the official chaplain
gave to his aunt, the Countess Ferrars.
In: response to- two circulars issued
by Sir Charles Cameron, calling the at
tention of school managers to the adj
visibility of closing the primary schools
Of Dublin City, during the continuance
| of the epidemics Of scarlatina and meas
les, which are prevailing, the managers
of thirty-six schools have closed up
those establishments. Two-thirds of the
city schools are therefore closed, those
which still remain open numbering only
nineteen.
On March "a, an old lady, Miss Rosina
Emerson, aged. 60, who lives alone in
the house No. Castlewood Park, Rath-
mines, was found dead, sitting in a
chair, in her residence, by the police,
who forced an entrance into the house,
as the deceased had not been seen for
several days previously, by her neigh
bors. It was stated that the deceased
lady had not relatives except Mr..
| Meadows, a solicitor, whose address is
not known. Heart disease was the med
zeal verdict as to the cause her death.
In the room where the body was discov-
cred, the police found script for e20O in
the Union Bank Of Ireland, s326 Mid
land Great Western Railway, e2O9 Is.
I'd. General Post Office, and also "a IS.
I'D. cash., making a total Of e 1888 6s.
lloyd. There was also found two gold
watches, two gold breastpins, lady's
gold chain, bog-oak pin, gold and sill
yer pencil cases and other jewelry. The
furniture Of the house was of valuable
kind. The police have taken charge of
the house and it's contents.
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GALWAY.


Before the Galway Grand Jury, March
goth. Sergeant Walsh, of the Constabul-
ary, applied for compensation for in
juries sustained while clearing public
house, on the 10Th of September last, at
Moyglass, while an athletic meeting was
being held in the neighborhood. At the
same time Constable Saintcltffe. an
Englishman serving in the Irish .Consta-
bulary, APPLIED for compensation for in
juries sustained on the same occasion.
He had lost the hearing of one ear.
Some members Of the Grand Jury
thought the applications premature, as
the cases had not yet been decided upon
by the Constabulary authorities. Even
tually it was decided to award them
$500 each, half to be levied of the
barony and the other half off the county.
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! sing a song of Prisoners, :.
A fine old English song,
OF fine old English Prisoners 49,.
To England that belong.
Sing Poison, English Poison;
They mixed it slab and strong
For many an Irish chieftain
Who never did them wrong;
Except to trounce their armies,
And tear their standards down,
And hoist the harp of Erin
Above the English crown;
The stainless harp of Erin
Above that pirate crown.
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KILDARE.

On March 18th, the imposing cere-
mony of the profession Of two religious.
took place at the Presentation Convent,
Kildare. The young ladies who made
their solemn vows on the occasion were
Miss Behan, Of Bal1ysax, County Kill
dare, In religion Sister Mary Vincent,
and Miss Ayres, Of Kilkenny, in religion
Sister Mary Berchmans. The ceremony
was performed by Most Rev. DR.. Foley,
bishop Of the diocese, and the sermon
was preached by the distinguished pas
tor Of Kildare, Very Rev. DR.. Murphy.
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childhood, and the still more sacred
memories of father and mother. There
are their graves. and there, is thaS grave
of my martyred brother. It is true.
as the gentleman says, I came to this
country from a gloomy prison in which
I was incarcerated because in courts Of
justice lifted my voice for those who
had struck for the liberty, of Ireland.
Do you, my lords-forgive that express
sion-Your Honors-blame me for that?
Though dear to me as are the memories
of Ireland, this glorious. country Of my
adoption, where have: found. an; <asy-
lum, a home. heartfelt welcome. and
in whose courts of Justice have been
courteously received IS. already very
dear to me. Never until this day have
felt the least want of courtesy from
those whom it is the pride of my life to-
call professional brethren. Wig have 1
been compelled to endure this want of
courtesy from distinguished member
of that profession today? Must I say
why? It comes from the hatred which
my English enemies distilled into his
mind while he was the representative
of this great Republic in their country
a hatred which was shared TN by an
other great Minister. Of State whose
mind was poisoned against me by Eng
lish hatred.
"our Honors, appeal to you. Have
I done aught here today to merit this
attack came here imbued with the
deepest respect for Mr.. Pinkney,. as one
of the brightest ornaments of that pro-,
fession which honor with all my heart
and soul. He is the last man from
whom I should have expected personal
observation Of this kind Should he
taunt me for my misfortunes and my
sufferings because of my attachment to
my country, my countrymen, and to my
profession? He, whose =eloquence re-
cetves additional beauty. force and con.
victton from his own burning, patriot
ism. should sympathize with the victims
Of oppression wherever he nnds them
FOR him Z hass n Indignant ord: u
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which he severely criticised q decision of
the English Court of Admiralty in q
somewhat similar case, and which Pink
ney regarded as controlling precedent
for the case at the bar. Emmet's ha.
tired Of England, which had taken pos
session of his whole soul, led him to
some exceedingly severe comments upon
her maritime laws, and her audacious
RACES on our commerce on the high
seas. These remarks aroused the wrath
of Pinkney, who adored England, and to
which he could not reply at the time.
But he smothered his ire until the oc-
casion we are describing. AS he pro-
ceeded with his argument he reached
point from which he began an organ
lied attack on Emmett. intensified by
that tremendous invective. that imerci-
less satire and denunciation in the use
Of which he had no equal. It came sud-
den and fierce, but polished and pierre
ing. It took the bench. the bar and the
audience by fearful surprise. ct shiv.
cred along the arteries" Of Emmet's
friends like chilling currents, and then
like molten lava. Every person in the
room glanced furtively ut Emmett, and
the court glanced down at the assailant
and the assailed,. with expressions in
their faces something like horror. But
Emmet was apparently the most emo
:ionless person present Only once or
twice did he lose his impertnbability,
and that Was when Pinkney mingled de-
nuncia ton with his sarcasm and.
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WOMEN At THE POLLS.

Under date of April 6, Mr.. Henry
M. Bragg writes from Pueblo, Colo
RADIO, to the Herald, describing the
municipal election which, was in pro-
gress on that day in Pueblo. Mr..
Bragg, who is from the East, is en-
thusiastic over the practical workings
of woman suffrage. He pronounces
it a great success, and expresses the
conviction that nine tenth of the tax
PAYERS feel safety in the women's
vote. He gives this description of ell
ection scenes in Pueblo:
Hundreds of carriages containing
men and women are bringing voters
the polls. Every carriage has pla-
cards reading, Vote for So and So for
Mayor also for other officiols. The
the election than the men. I noticed
the wife of reputed millionaire in
close consultation with some colored
women at headquarters; also the wife
lowest dens in the city, distributing
cards with her husbands name upon
them and soliciting votes for him.
Richly dressed young women of the
best families in the city are driving
about hailing their acquaintance and
asking if they have voted. Many wo
men near the booths keep tally of
those who nave voted, and give or
ders to hackmen to go for voters"
This, it will be noticed, is not the
account of critic or of prejudiced
observer, but of an enthusiastic advo-
cste. 1t is graphic picture which is
given us here of the wives of we'll
known citizens canvassing the lowest
dens for votes for their husbands; of
richly dressed young women hailing
their acquaintance on the streets to
4 sssgtain whether they have voted;
and OF women skirtmish1ngs ana giving
orders to hackmen.
No one after this should accuse the
women of Pueblo, at least, of being
politically Indifferent. But do such
activities as are described in the fore
going really elevate womanhood?
How many men endowed with refined
sensibilities would wish to see their
wives and sisters thus employed? The
picture given by this enthusiastic on
locker at Pueblo suggests the worst
things apprehended of the active par
ticipation of women in politics are &C
tually coming true, although the ex-
pertinent is only three years old in
Colorado.-JourndL.
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1t is reported from Washington that
the committee appointed by the re-
publican caucus of the Senate to ar
range with the opposition plan for
the reorganization of the Senate COM
mittee, has decided to reject the
proposition made by the committee
representing the alliance of the dem
ocrats, populists and silver republic
cans and ask for another conference
with view of reaching more clear
understanding. The committee went
over the ground thoroughly, and
reached the conclusions that for the
republicans to attempt to reorganize
on the basis suggested was untenable,
and would amount to placing them in
a position of apparent respon sibility
whereas in reality they would not be
in control, An analysis of the pro-
position showed that whereas the re-
publicans, under the proposition
would control about 40 chairmanships
to the opposition's 40, the opposition
would be in the majority on 80 COM
mittees to the republican. %. Many
of the committees are unimporta Mt
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-04-26
ABOUT THE CANAL.

What is being done about the Mic
ural question one asks after hearing
renewed reports that Nicaragua is
weary of the concession it made to
the Maritime Canal Company. The
answer is that practically nothing is
being done, and that the whole mat
ter awaits the action of Congress.
The President of the company
knows that steps have been taken in
Nicaragua which would Lead, if not
checked, to the revocation of the
concession, and he has asked the De-
partment of State to intercede in be-
half of the company, whose time linn
it has not expired. 1t is understood
that the United States Minister has
been instructed to do what he can to
prevent the forfeiture of the conces
sion.
Nicaragua's attitude toward the
concession was made clear in a COM
munication presented to the Senate
of the Fifty fourth Congress. Minis
ter Rodriguez therein stated that it
appeared to his Government that the
company, without the help of the
United States, could not carry out its
contract, and he proposed that the
two nations come to an understand
ing on the basis of the Zavala- Frelin-
ghuysen treaty. Nothing was done
by the last Congress, and, AS the COM
pany seems helpless, nothing proba-
bly, will be done unless Congress can
agree upon plan by which the Unit
ed States shall assume the RESPONSE
bility for the construction and the
control of the canal.
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Deafness cannot be cured by local applica
tions, as they cannot reach the diseased por-
tions of the ear. There is only one way to
cure deafness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an inf1amed
condition of the mucous lining of the eusta-
chan tube. When this tube gets infiame ed
you have rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed deafness
is the result, and unless the Inflammation can
be taken out and this tube restored to it's nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out of ten caused by ca
tarrh, which is hing but an inf1amed con-
dition of the mucous surfaces.
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PROBATE COURT.

The following business was transacted
during the past week:
Mary A Skinner estate, Barton. Admin
istrator de bonis non settles his account.
Decree of distribution made.
Fred A. Goodrich, insolvent, Green's
boro. Fred A. Goodrich adjudged an in
solvent debtor. First meeting of creditors
held, claims proved and L. A. Jackson ell
ected assignee.
Cole d Foster, insolvents, Westmore
Second meeting of creditors called for 23d
of April at probate office.
John Taylor estate, Greensboro. viii
proved. Agnes Taylor appointed execu-
trix. II. S. Tollman and A. S. Clary APP
praisers and commissioners.
:. Dawson j. Perkins estate, Newport. On
application Nettie j. Perkins appointed
administrators. r. Cutting and Benjamin
Brown appraisers.
Alonzo l.. Page, spendthrift and alb
sconding person, Newport. A. G. Sleeper,
overseer of poor of Newport, files applica-
ton to have guardian appointed represent
ing said Page to be a spendthrift and an
absconding person. Hearing at probate
office, May 10th 1897. Citation issued.
Chauncey Wilson estate, Derby. Com
missioners report returned and accepted.
Susan Kelsey estate, Derby. Appraisers
inventory returned and accepted.
Mary A. Wilson estate, Troy. Apprais-
ers inventory returned and accepted.
Johnson b. Hart, spendthrift, Derby.
Guardian settles her account.
George w. Blake, estate, Derby. onap-
plication E. G. Blake appointed admins
traitor. E. A. Cook and E. b. True APP
praisers and commissioners.
George Mosher trust estate, Holland.
Hon. S. r. Fletcher appointed trustee.
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The annual report of the depart-
ment of agriculture, says that seven
tenth of the farms of this country are
entirely unencumbered by mortga ges.
1t does not look as though farmers
were so absolutely in poverty as the
calamity howlers would like to have
us believe. The benefit of thirty years
of protective tariff have not been
entirely wiped out by four years of
free trade control. In view of the
facts shown by the report of -Secre-
tary Morton and because of the pro-
mise which the future holds of return
ing prosperity under Mckinley and a
protective tariff, whereby they will
regain their magnificent home mark
ct, the farmers of the country may
we'll feel hopeful.