The Northwestern standard., 1886-04-10
EST IRISH NEWS.

I3Ailymena lTuaLuiaHS oA ~ dl9Al d9I ~ Y ~ ~
s3.l,ss.sl to receive a resoluti}t in favor Z. Of
Home Rule. !,
S)is March 9, the secretary Of the re-
committee reported that he had
92sa famine-stricken sufferers on his his
5aas $.
3s {, 8 only is Ulster a small part OF Ire
sstl6l but the Orange domain is only q
sssss part OF Ulster. The fact is slow IVY
II. l5ts5 surely taking hold OF the Eng Eng
5ish intelligence. When it is finally
g1raspsd, the English will no more hear near
at an Orange Free State in 2 lster than
4. f,s Tories would hear of the few diyl-
sie4ls of London which have elected
liberals agitating for annexation to the
5fErsuch Republic. An able paper on
sestant Ulster which Professor
ldvay Rigg has put in circulation,
alI contribute much to clear the Engs-
tIs!i Intelligence on the subject. lie
ppIl.ts out that instead Of Ulster be-
sag Il Protestant province, it is simply
Ill isFs98luCC WuOSO C-aclSi11lS ~ SrSs'oS = -
zion Il overwhelmingly Protestant in
contrast to its western, central, and
s@,t,g'3ern portions, which are over
;g)as.itlingly Catholic. The overwheln-
Protestant division comprises
.14ts P0urth of the area and about two
III hi rs Of the population and three coun-
.lss, ne Overwhelmingly Catholic dl-
vision comprises three-ffths of the
pep0Iation instead of tWo-fifths, three
fot5t1ls OF the area instead OF one
fourth. and six counties instead of
filgae. TO illustrate the extreme ab--
sAfaisg of representing the Inhabitants
.of ter as likely to take up arms
Fasbef than to submit to Home Rule,
.Mr Rfgg points out that if the men OF
bstss fight at all, it will not be with
HE rss5 of Ireland, but with each 9TH
sr. phe men of Antrim, Down and
a aryaagil, before conquering Leinster,
Munster and Connaught, will have to
take ia hand the subj jugation OF the
other six Ulster counties. st seems
s4es since anybody in Ireland was
q,liteless enough to believe that all
fsofgli Of the Boyne was a country
El0og3ing with Orange lilies. To get to
tie NoErH bank Of the Boyne, not to
talk nf marching south of it, the
Bloody Shroudsmen" would have to
fphb fhair way through forty miles OF
country where au Orangeman in full
geaalJs. was never beheld in living
Id Elsnlor7, and where there is aNational-
sst reputation numerous and hearty
enough to settle accounts with the en-
tr+ Orange order, if the soldiers and
oonstabulary were simply to stand
aside aud make ring.
ARMAGH.
l4aIaont the night Of March 8 AGAR witt. ittlh.
tsstg disguised men on board drove into
ssstl9eiaasl, a hamlet near Crossmaglen,
wlisrGsti.e men dismounted, entered the
3Stsoese ct one Bernard Lambe. and al
saasb beat him to death with sticks. An
ola Yoman, SO years Of age, was also
ba,ily beaten. The whole affair is
ssggaidsl in mystery, but as Lambe IS
81 catholic and a Nationalist. it is be-
IA lis assailants we're Orangemen.
CAyAN.
III March 6, a number Of cattle, the
property Of Mr.. John Smith and Mr..
. asa.les Reynolds, of Mountnugent,w were
a,ietioned for rent by the sheriff, at
Isai ialaesduff, county Cavan. Mr..
SultfiI, 4 Catholic, held twenty-five
acres At The yearly rent Of 944, and Mr.,
ReYnoIds, Protestant, for the privi-
,agse ef living on a farm Of nine acres,
ana ip8a house for which he paid f625
ii hard cash to the former tenant. is
ooliged TO pay to the landlord, Mr.. Nu-
xent, gt,s.a year. Both these tenants
paid she.r half years rent last October
III fa'l ind up to date. In December
tlley Is are both served with civil bills
for the amount of a hanging gale OF a
hau year's rent, which hanging gale,
6Si8g ststta, has not been paid for the
past l3ilndred years. The circumstance
9eff ttttle t;asse being so peculiarly harsh,
Il tot surprising that the friends and
nssghbss of the two tenants Shonld
III "a ,ssse nbled in large numbers at tue
sal y And manifested th cir feelings by
pf8aIsing the landlord and his agent,
and u sliesring loudly for Mr.. Smith and
An. kaynolds. Mr.. O'Reilly, chairman
RI 3stss Idcastle Board of Guardians,
RIA s0tae other prominent Nationalists
I'd 6he neAglborhood used their intiu-
sf.ss 5n peevenSing any breach Of the
ats. 81. and no disorder whatever oc-
q rraSi, he authorities had not deemed
II. aseessary to send force of extra po-
bse, ali{I the police Of the town, with
ait Ssteir rifles, we're the only paid
gssgtl il as Of the peace to be seen. The
u o,sls occupied a few minutes, the
sss.sSis betlsg bought in for the owners
y MI ihomas Sheridan. After the
ISL aa aiignation meeting was held
ja tas s1 are. On the motion Of Mr..
seconded by Mr.. Bernard
SD sSh, L, char was takenaby the Rev.