The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-12-24

10 cope VIII the distress IN Limerick,
and amongst the subscriptions already
handed in are $50 from Messrs. BAN
natyne and Sons, and SO 10c. from the
Bishop of Limerick
Sir Ralph S. Cusack has resigned the
Craftsmanship of the Midland Great
Western Railway company of Ireland,
the Hon. r. A. Nugent becomes chair
man, and Major Cusack, deputy chair
man.
A representative meeting of post
Office officials was held in Mullingar on
Thursday night to urge the post
master general to put into force the
recommendations of the Bradford COM
mission.
Frost and snowstorms still prevail in
many parts of Ireland and England. 1t
is stated that the present is the heaviest
snowfall in Tuam district since the
night Of the Great Snow Goth Nov
ember, 1S0S)
In accepting the position of patron of
the CIonakilty Agricultural society,
the bishop of Ross recommends that
the elected representatives of the peo-
pie should be given a greater share in
the management of societies of this
kind
The bishop of Ardagh and Clonmac-
noise has given a donation of G1,4O
towards the fund for the erection of a
new Town hall, library, temperance
hall, and Catholic club rooms in Long
ford.
The secretary of the national educa-
- r6 N n of
the bilingual programme during school
hours will be no bar to the payment of
special fees for instruction in Irish as
an extra subject outside shool hours.
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Members of the Cork Pig-buyeTs' as
ISOLATION state that the suggested en- !
barge prohibiting the landing of Irish |
store pigs in England will not affect |
the trade in the south, as the proper !
ton of store pigs shipped from the |
ports of Cork and Waterford is in
fnitesimal.
The magisterial investigation into the |
charges against the defendants in the |
Watergrasshill eviction case was re- |
sumed at Rivenstown on Tuesday. and |
adjourned till the 18th of December. |
There was d large force of police in the |
village There was no disturbance of |
any kind.
A feeling of intense anxiety exists in
Arklow- in consequence of the disap- (
pearance- in the North sea of the Brit
ish steamer Fitzwilliam, which was
bound for Gothenburg, Sweden, with
cargo of naptha. The captain" Mr..
Troy. and two of the crew, are
natives of Arklow.
The Swinford board of guardians
have adopted resolutions asking the
to establish works for the
relief of the distress, and appealing to
the landlords to allow substantial
q abatement of the. current rents. They
invite Mr. John Dillon, MP, to visit
the town to advise them as to the best
course to adopt in the grave state of
affairs which has arisen.
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AT special meeting of the Arklow
Town commissioners, Mr.. Denis Kava-
nagh protested against the insult Of
fered to Catholics by street preachers
1t was stated by a Protestant member
of the board that more Protestants
we're against street preaching than
for il.
Mr.. John Dillon, NJ. p, has addressed
a letter to the Secretary of the Mayo
Council Council in which he suggests
the holding of a series of meetings for
The purpose of focusing the attention
If the government on the gravity of the
situation created by the distress in the
west of ireland.
The annual meeting of the North Cal
way Executive of the United Irish
League was held in Tuam on Saturday.
The ocers for the coming year were
elected, and a number of resolutions,
including the Limerick resolution, were
passed. The meeting was addressed by
Nessrs. John Roche, NJ. p; and John
O'Donnell, NJ. P; and the Rev. Mark
Eagleton, z. 2.
On Saturday a great demonstration
ook place at Belclare, NoRh Galway.
Amongst those who addressed the vast
ind enthusiastic assemblage were the
Rev Mark Eagleton, p p; the Rev.
John Neary, c. c.; and Messrs. Roche,
london. and T. O'DonneH, NJ. P.s The
resolutions passed at the meeting re-
Gently held at Annaghfll and also the
Limerick resolution were unanimously
adopted.
AT largely attended meeting on
Sunday at Clonaslee, Queens County,
presided over by the Parish Priest,
Father John Maher. speeches were de-
ivered by Rev. T. Bryne, {. c.; Messrs.
Dalany, NJ P; Kilbri6e. Nj. p; and
aeehan, J. p, principally dealing with
he question of land purchase.
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At the quarterly meeting of the
Meath County Council on Monday a
'esolution was adopted calling on the
government to amend the Land Act
If 1902 in the approaching session of
by inserting in it a clause
of compulsory purchase and the re-
of all the eYicted tenants
through the Estates Commissioners.
At Thurles on Sunday the Cork team
got the referees award in the Corke
Iup hurting final against Dublin y
before full time, as the Dublin
cam refused to accept a decision of the
'eferee. The O'Learys, Parnells, and
[ickhams won their Senior League ties
IN Sunday at Jones Road from the
D'ReiIIys. Geraldines, and Bray En-
nets respectively.
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On Saturday in the Irish League CAS-
ISOLATION footbalD, Bohemians defeated
Derry Celtic at Dalymount by goals,
whilst at Belfast Linfield beat Shell
bourne: Glentorian were beaten by Dis
illery. and Cliftonville were defeated
" Belfast Celtic, the scores in each in
stance being two goals TO nil. In the
.einster League Bellevue beat Free
,ooters (3-9. Tritonville accounted for
R. l. Rifles cd, and Catholic Univer-
ity got beaten by Shelbourne IL (43)
On Sunday evening a man named
James Connolly, blacksmith, was
,rought before the magistrates in Hill
own. charged with being a dangerous
unatic and attempting to take his own
ife by inflicting shocking injuries TO