The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-09-12


! ert Fitzstephens. stationed at Cour
I town, and belonging to the Royal Ma
/ tiOnal Lifeboat institution, went to he
| assistance, and succeeded in bringing
I the captain, his wife and child. togethe
/ with the crew of three hands, safel.
ashore. The vessel subsequently drift
| ed on to the bar.
A Carrick-on- Shannon correspondent
writing on Friday night says: A shOcl
was given the residents of this town
today when the news spread that DR.
Richard B. Threlfall had. bled to dealt
early that morning from having thu
main artery of one of his legs severed
it appears that the doctor left his BET
and had a drink of water from d glas!
decanter when he slipped and fell to tht
floor, the decanter breaking under hin
in many pieces, and thus he received
the fatal cut.
On Wednesday the annual Mayo IN
dustries exhibition was opened at Cas-.
tletar Demesne. kindly lent for the oc.
casion by the Earl of Lucan. The
weather conditions in the morning
were most favorable. with the result
that large crowd of visitors awaited
themselves of the facilities offered b!
the Midland Railway company on the
several branches of the line in the
county. A notable feature at today s
exhibition. and one which attracted the
general attention, was the tent IN
which was displayed the Countess OF
Lucan's homespun tweed industry
where We're shown the various stages
OF the manufacture of tweed from thf
raw materials. One of the pieces oil
the tweed displayed was a fac-simile
of the piece presented by the Countess
of Lucan to her maJesty the queen on
the occasion of hen visit to Leenane,
and which her majesty said she would
have made up Immediately and wear.
The exhibits in every department Were
excellent. and the converts in the
county played prominent part in
maintaining the position gained by
them at last years exhibition, particu-
larly Foxford, Kiltimagh and Castle
bar.
The provision in the new land act,
which was carried despite the vigorous
protest of the Irish inembers. reserving
to the landlords % per cent of the
profits to be derived from minerals on
Irish soil, may render OF interest the
following extract from a letter by Mr..
Charles Dawson. entitled THE lnfiu =
ence of an Irish Parliament on Irish
INDUSTRIES reported in the Freeman S
Journal of January, 1888: Though we
make no boast of our mineral treas
ures. they are. according to competent
authority, well worthy of development.
According to Professor Hull, the Lem
ster coal basin contains 11S,000,0G0 tons,
only outputting $4,000 tons per annum.
In the north, especially in Tyrone, at
Coal island. there are 1900 acres OF
coal bed go 100000 tons), which, the
professor says, are by far the most
valuable in Ireland. In other districts
in Ireland there are over I0,OOO.OOO tons.
Sir R. Kane supports the suggestion
that borings should be made by the
to ascertain if the mineral
wealth existed to the extent computed
by Professor Hull"
Croagh Patrick, one of the most
stately of the mountain ranges of Con
nemara. was on Sunday the scene of
an imposing ceremony. On the highest
peak. overlooking Glow Bay, and fully
2 500 feet above the level of the sea,
Father Mcdonald, administrator, West
port. offered up the holy sacrifice OF
the Mass in the presence of a congre-
cation which numbered over 1000 and
Included not a few visitors from Amer
ca and Australia, who happened to be
in ireland and gladly availed the OPP
oortunity of being present. His grace
the Most Rev DIR. Realy was to have
on the occasion, but owing to
he inclemency of the weather he was
Unable to attend. Father Mcdonald
that an indulgence had been
granted by the holy see to everyone
who assisted at the ceremony with the
proper dispositions. He also intimated
hat Mass would be celebrated on the
mountain every year in future. 1t is
hirty-five years since the holy sacrifice
If the Mass was celebrated on the top
If a mountain in Ireland On that oc-
,asion the Most Rev. DR.. Moriarty
aid Mass on the pinnacle of Mount
Brandon, near Tralee, in the presence
# 10000 people, and preached a SER
non. The late Canon Brosnan whose
Iame is inseparably connected with
he O'Connell Memorial church at Ca
also preached, as did Fa-
her Murphy. @. p, prior of the Do
linican convent, Tralee, at the time.
About eighteen months since Mr. NJ. |
;. Sheehan of BaIlyhussa, County
Waterford, the well known writer of
hose delightful Irish stories TO be
ound in irish and American maya
ines. made arrangements with an |
american firm for the publication of a |
-ork. the production of which had cost |
i'm years of labor and deep study |
he manuscript of the book was duly !
Drwarded. but in course of time II |
as intimated that it had never /
cached its destination. This was a |
ad disappointment to Mr.. Sheehan, |
OF only from a financial point of view. |
ut because the tale was written with i
ne object of elevating the minds of the !
lasses of our fellow countrymen who |
ave found a home in America. 1t was
life effort and. therefore, to discover !
lat through some blunder of the pos
II authorities such laudable under
liking should be wrecked was very
knowing. Influential friends at both
des of the Atlantic. including Mr..
ohm Redmond, NJ. P, here and Mr..
1hn O'Callaghan in America, did all
lat was possible through the postal
1thorities to trace the missing packet
ut after months of weary waiting,
communications were received by Mr..
heehan to the effect that it could not
: found. 1t was well known to his
lends that in Mr. Sheehan's then en-
ehled state of health the labor of re-
rfting the book could not be under
ken, and it was suggested by those
ho admired him, not only for his ster-
ne worth in times of stress and dam
II to the country's cause as we'll rs
+ his splendid record as writer OF
no and story racV nf n1,T, land that