Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1899-12-09

reSpectaDle-lOOklng FARMER named
John Fitzpatrick, who lives at Moyeady,
was charged with stealing six head of
cattle, the property of Mr.. Murphy,
Cloneybyrne. Mr.. Murphy had the cat
tie grazing on the lands of Mrs. DAILY
Devereux at Ballyrankin, when he missed
them. The accused sold the cattle to
Abraham Hobson, and when arrested by
Sergt. Fitzpatrick declared that he found
the cattle-four bullocks and two heifers
--on the road at Clohamon. Sir John
Talbot Power and John Cullen remanded
the prisoner.
The clerk of the Athlone Union, DIR.
Vaughan, at the meeting Saturday an
nounced that the bank had refused to
honor any checks, the guardians account
being overdrawn. The Local Govern
ment Board consented that the money to
keep the union going should be received
from the County Council, but that body
had not recently met and no money was
now available to pay any Of the checks.
The result was that the relieving officers.
contractors and officials who expected
checks in the usual way were informed
that no funds were available.
The Local Government Board, writing
to the Roscrea Guardians, announced
that, as considerable discrepancies exist
in the scales of dietary in the various
warehouses throughout Ireland, they
were of opinion that all existing scales
might be revised on more varied lines in
regard to the children, infrm and lunatic
class. A new scale of dietary was in
closed showing a more liberal allowance
of nutritious foods and frequent changes.
The boards Of guardians are requested to
consult their medical officers with the
view to adopt the new scale in the differ
ent unions.
public demonstration was held at
Mogeely in honor of the release from
prison of an evicted tenant named Mary
Flynn, who for the past three months has
been suffering a term of Imprisonment
for annoyance to a man who had taken
her farm after the eviction. She was
offered the alternative of getting bail,
but instead preferred to go to Cork
prison. To mark the public appreciation
of her action purse of sovereigns, sub
scribed by the Middleton branch of the
United Irish League, was presented to
her by Capt. Donelan, who delivered
stirring speech in praise of her heroism.
His Eminence Cardinal Logue, Arch
bishop Of Armagh and Primate of all Ire
land, has been pleased to make the fol-
lowing clerical changes in the Archdio-
cese of Armagh: Rev. Thomas McWill-
Jams, Magherafelt, has been appointed to
Ballinderry, in place of Rev. Hugh Nc
Cody, lately deceased; Rev. Michael
O'Brien. Stonebridge, and Rev. Henry
Callan, Loughgilly, have been appointed
Catholic curates of Magherafelt; Rev. P.
Mullen, Caledon, has been appointed to
Loughgilly; Rev. Patrick Mckee, Lissan,
has been appointed to Caledon Rev.
Nathaniel Speer, Ballinderry, has been
appointed to Stonebridge.
At the adjourned meeting of the Clare
County Council, M. A. Scanlan presiding,
John Lynch proposed the following reso-
luton "That seeing the deplorable con-
dition of the evicted tenants, standing as
they are on the verge of the poorhouse,
neglected and lett on their own resources
for many a long and weary year, and
considering the suferings and the sacri-
fees of those wounded soldiers of the
land war, we earnestly appeal to the
County Council as the elected representa-
tives Of the people to sppoint day for a
general collection in aid of the evicted
tenants, to be made throughout every
parish in Clare" Attached were the
names of a number of well-known evicted
tenants of the county.
The great Trappist Monastery of Mount
St. Joseph, between Birr and Roscrea, to
which not long ago some extensive addi-
tons were made, including the compile
ton of a beautiful church, was two weeks
ago the scene of solmn and rlost impress
sive religious functions that were wit
messed and participated in by large con-
courses of people from all the surround
ing parishes. The ceremonies were in
connection with the blessing of the new
grotto erected for the reception of the
statue of Our Lady of Lourdes ard un-
yelling of the statue itself. The whole is
superb and costly work of art. The
statue is particularly beautiful, and is at
once singularly appropriate and mag
nifcent gift to the order The donor is
Count Moore, NJ. p, the founder of the
monastery.
PRETTY TALL CHlMNHYS.