Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1911-09-09
IRELAND.
Record Of the Most Important Of
the Recent Events culled
From Exchanges.

The late George Mitchell, of Ros-
crea, left personal estate valued at
more than $31, 500.
Il is said that the extra police
force stationed in Longford for
considerable time past will soon be
discontinued.
Much regret was felt in Tipperary
at the announcement of the death
OF William Doherty after few
days illness.
At recent meeting OF the Carlow
Board Of Guardians Michael Gov
erney was unanimously co-opted
member of that body.
Roderic Moore, national teacher,
of Banagher, has been unanimously
co-opted a member of the Birr Dis
trict Council.
A youth named Patrick Bulfin,
son of farmer and cattle dealer of
Fethard, has been drowned while
bathing in the SUR near Clonmel.
The death of Peter Hughes, ]. p,
of Lowart, removes another familiar
figure. He was universally popular,
and his unexpected demise is deeply
deplored.
BY twenty-three votes to thirteen
recorded for an opponent, Mrs. Dora
Duffy, of Strokestown, has been
elected Matron of the Strokestown
workhouse.
Two men named Patrick Cole
man, farmer, and John Allen, a
laborer, were killed at Ballylanders,
County Limerick, by lightning while
Engaged in making a hayrick.
In the recent thunderstorm a por-
ton of the Presentation Convent at
Baltinglass was struck by lightning,
which shattered the cave cutters and
the lightning conductor.
As a result of the recent L. G..
Board inquiry into the congestion
in house accommodation in Car
rickmacross, the erection of twenty
five new houses has been sanctioned.
Potato blight has made its I'M
welcome appearance in the southern
portion of County Sligo, which is
probably the result of the recent
thunderstorm and the torrential
rains which followed.
When attending the fair at Bless
ington a farmed named Michael
Bowling, of Brittas, dropped sud-
denly down on the footpath from the
effects of sunstroke, and is lying in
very precarious condition.
Before Justice Loughran at the
Newry Petty Sessions Matthew
Rice, of Fathom Upper, County
Armagh, was held on the charge of
having fired a revolver at Thomas
McNulty, of Kileen, with intent to
kill.
The Mayor gave notice of motion
at a meeting of Wexford Corporation
that fifty houses be erected in the
town under the housing of the work.
ing classes act, and that a complete
system of main drainage be under
taken.
Much regret is felt by a very wide
circle of friends at the death Of
bridge, mother of James O'Regan,
( County Councillor. An immense
cortege attended the funeral to the
family burying ground at Bally-
sheen, Limerick.
I The scarcity of water in Monag-
han is causing the gravest concern
to the Urban Council and the rate
payers generally. During the week
the waterworks fountains have been
in most cases cut off, and were it
not for the old pumps and wells
there is no knowing what the people
would do.
A fatal outbreak of fire occurred
in Waterford City at the Catholic
institution for aged women. When
the brigade arrived the flames had
a strong hold on the buildings, and
Notwithstanding the best efforts OF
the brigade and a number of vol
unteer workers, one aged inmate,
Margaret Burns, lost her life. All
the others were got out of the build
ing safely.