A well-defined gold reef has been. discovered in' Wicklow, and is probably the source from whence the grains and small nuggets obtained by stream washing some years ago were derived. The peasant who has made the discovery has lired amongst the mountains ever sin.oa the time of (he gold, excitement in Wicklo'w. Ife has now brought down some pieces of quartz with small lumps of gold embedded in them, and says that he broke them off from large rocks of similar constitution, which were exposed to view this spring by the falling of a mass of superincumbent strata. If his account be true, and if he can be induced to point out the locality of -hft discovery, we may yet see a sadden, change in the aspect of Irish affairs. ' Father Mullooly, Dominican Prior of San Clemente, Eome, and discoverer, olf the subterranean church a.nd remains of the Bo,man house of Clemens, &0., has just passed; away. Father Mullooly was favourably known to, the members of most of the Bpyal famJUes jn Europe who, during recent years, hare visited Home. The Prince of Wales when in Borne never omitted to visit Father Mullooly, and the Princess of Prussia, when last in Kerne, trjefl to see the worthy prior, hut he was then too ill to receive her. He was but sixty years old, and was a natire of Ireland.
Impobtint find! C. McLiveb has jiut ' received a splendid assortment of American 1 Prints; also the latest novelties in Pipes, Match-boxes, and other smoking requisites. N.8.-Try the Planter* 1 .Delight. Tobacco * and Cigars, ' - '" ''''"...•
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3651, 8 September 1880, Page 2
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262Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3651, 8 September 1880, Page 2
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