The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-09-29

Of Walshe, Dunno and O'Ferrall. In
the course of the discussion Mr.. Walshe
informed the guardians that he spoke
the English language, (which is my
own" and he also gave utterance to
the remarkable dictum that English
is spoken in every country now"
LeitPin.
William Waters recently went to
fish in the Bonet river. Not returning
at night, he was searched for, but not
! found till Monday morning, when his
dead body was found in the river. He
was subject to fits, and it is believed
that he fell into the water. He was
aged SO years and was the son of
Michael Waters of Fawn, Dromahair.
Limerick.
The heavy rains have had very bad
effect on the hay and corn crops in
Limerick and portions Of Clare and
Tipperary About three-fourths Of the
hay had been saved before the down
pour. The oat crop was promising well,
the straw being above the average and
the head filing well. The rain, how
ever, has laid the greater part of the
crop, which needed only few days of
being ripe The blight has made sad
ravages with the potatoes, and early
varieties have rotted in the ground.
Longford.
Mr.. John O'Donnell, NJ. P, Mr.. JAS
per Tully, NJ. p. and Mr.. ]. P. Farrell,
NJ P, have prdA nised to attend the
great demonstratibp,to be held soon in
Edgeworthstown.
"Jailbird," in letter to The Irish
People regarding the United Irish
League in the County Longford, writes:
Il can safely say without any exagger-
! alton that Longford is at present one
of the best organized counties of Lem
ster that l know of, except Kilkenny,
on which Dublin castle has made such
attempts to annihilate the league
Louth.
The blight has made it's appearance
in the potato crop of the districts on
the borders of Louth, Armagh and
| Monaghan. and hundreds of acres are
affected. The corn crop has been beat
en- fiat. About the flooded districts
much cut hay has been swept away.
Mayo.
The ''peelers1 watch closely promi-
nent members of the United Irish
League in Ballinrole. If a man hap
pens to so in for refreshment. he will
be arrested by The patriotic Irishmen
of the police force. who are keeping
Ireland and Irishnen slaves to British
misgovernment fur so much per week.
To convict him Of being drunk they all
swear the same thing in platoons.
Meath.
Father T. ]. Pagan, parish priest Of
Kilbeg. in his report lately on the con-
dition of the crops said: The general
condition of the crops is disheartening.
The potato crop is miserable, and
blight has set in wholesale. The pres
ent season is most unfortunate for
farming industry
Monaghan.
Latest reports about the crops from
Carrickmacross district says that. the
weather having improved somewhat. a
small portion of the harvest will be
saved. In lowlands and on places ex-
posed to the full fury of the winds and
rains almost entire destruction occur
red. The fruit crop. of much impor-
lance in this part of the country, is al
most nil.
The United Irish League is getting
strong in County Sligo. These branch
es have been affiliated; Conway's
Cross, Moylough, Collooney, Ballyrush,
Greenagh, Ballymote and Curry.
Venerable Archdeacon ORorke, pas
tor, Collooney. gave $500 to the fund
to enlarge and repair the church in
Ballinacarrow, Mr. Bernard Collery
gave $50 for the same laudsble pur-
pose,
Tipperary.
Father 7. O'Dwyer presided at re-
cent meeting of the members of the
Solohead branch of the United Irish
League The attendance was very
numerous. 1t was decided to raise
money for the parliamentary fund.
Tyrone.
Mr. John Malone, coroner, recently
held an inquiry into the death of two
children named Henry, suffocated by
the collapsing Of d matched house in
Strews, near Rock.
Waterford.
More than half the population Of the
county of Waterford speak the Irish
language, and it would not take much
to have the mother tongue restored
fully.
Members of the Waterford harbor
board have given present Of $3.50
to their efficient secretary, Mr.. Al
lengham, as mark Of their approval
of how he transacted the business of
the board in re the dredged "Urbs In
tacta," which left the board with a
profit of $4,000.
westmenth.
1t is rumored in Mullingar that Mr..
James Tuite, M. p, who has sat con-
tinuously for is years in the imperial
parliament as representative of North
Westmeath, will not seek reelection.
wexford.
The agricultural and other machines
manufactured by Pierce of Wexford
were awarded the highest order of
merit and gold medal by the judges of
the great exhibition in Paris.
wicklow.
James GodiSin of an Arklow fishing