The Northwestern standard., 1886-04-10
TEST IRISH NEWS.
ANTRIM.


stt,sa{ to receive a resolution IN favor OF
HoEae Rule.
t}f Mach 9, the secretary OF the re-
3ief committee reported that he had
a.28l famine-stncken sufferers on his
aaess.
4e3 only is Ulster small part OF Ire
su9 but the Orange domain is only a
gsBa mart O. Ulster. The fact is SLOW
iaB15 surely taking hold Of the Eng
gi8a ntejhgence When it is finally
,yra4nsd. the English will no more hear
IT an Orange Free State in lister than
#58 Tories would hear OF the few dlVl-
s,if2as Of London which have elected
..9erals agitating for annexation TO the
arapcb Republic. An able paper Oh
isEsyfr restant Ulster" which Professor
ivyay Rigg has put in circulation,
wilt aontribute much to clear the Eng
iisIl Intelligence on the subject tie
aa,r,Ha ont that INSTEAD of Ulster be-
fYy Protestant province, it IS simply
gr0yince whose extreme eastern pol
Hon s overwhelmingly Protestant N
s1alGgzst to its western, central, and
sonIAarn portions, which are over
vgte,1ningly Catholic. The oyerWhelIn-
tga}p Protestant division comprises
7% egurth Of the area and about two
fs.as of the population and three coun-
Eses, gle Overwhelmingly Catholic dl-
-J~iur comprises three-ffths OF the
s.pr3Iaticn instead of tWO-ffths, three
F,sg1G3as OF the area instead OF one
F9grtls. and six counties instead OF
gfsee. TO illustrate the extreme ab--
su2dttY of representing the Inhabitants
Of Eyl ter as likely to take up arms
ya5ar than to submit to Home Rule,
.ac. egg points out that If the men OF
rF4a8l fight at all, it will not be with
4sEa ,as5 Of Ireland, but with each 9th
ar. The men of Antrim, Down and
AHaagh, before conquering Lelnster,
Munster and Connaught, will have to
#aka Ia, hand the subIugatiOn OF the
nfuam six Ulster counties. 1t seems
a.sas since anybody in Ireland was
.gaJeless enough to believe that all
nar5a Of the Boyne was country
g55oEaing with Orange lilies. TO get to
she B1RrH bank Of the Boyne, not to
tafl 0E marching south of it, the
stBfoDay Sbroudsmen" would have to
6ghb thair way through forty miles Of
country where au Orangenan in full
rssaiia was never beheld in living
Ia.9lo.q. and where there is National
.gt r4guIation numerous and hearty
eaeagn to settle accounts with the en-
r4 Grange order, if the soldiers and
.a9nstabuary were simply to stand
aside and make q ring,
ARMAGH.
I.at8onthe night Of March 6 AGAR with
A ais9uised men on board drove into
ss}ash,eh d hamlet near Crossmaglen,
wherG tue men dismounted, entered the
house 1t one Bernard Lambe, and al
,aosg beat him to death with sticks. An
~Yl3 woman, 96 years OF age, was also
battlv eaten The whole affair is
5p3Ul&l ia mystery, but as Lamhe IS
a Catholic and a Nationalist. it is be-
.5isYs6 his assailants we're Orangemen.
CAyAN.
Oh AIarch 6, a number Of cattle, the
Zgleu9rtq Of Mr.. John Smith and Mr..
,5aipss Geynolds, of Mountnugent, were
aieeEianai for rent by the sheriff, at
l3aitqjal4esduff, county Cavan Mr.
SUl{Eh, Catholic, held twenty-five
acres at The yearly rent Of G44, and Mr.
Reynolds, a Protestant, for the privi-
13as aft siylng on a farm Of nine acres,
5aa 10 house for which he paid G625
IN hafd cash to the former tenant, is
0bjiged 10 pay to the landlord, Mr. Nu-
rerl, g,{ a year Both these tenants
paid 5hg,r half years rent last October
I'd snl and up to date. In December
$aeg ware both served with civil bills
toy lie amount Of a hanging gale of q
halt ears rent, which hanging gale,
&lsy stata, has not been paid for the
pasf 5aUdred years. The circumstances
5a 6aB ca8e being SO peculiarly harsh,
EGia oG surprising that the friends and
amRhbNs of the two tenants Shonld
t,g. ge f3se nbled in large numbers at the
8alaaaa manifested th cir feelings by
r,Eaauia0 the landlord and his agent,
Ssfd slasiing loudly for Mr.. Smith and
Nr reynolds. Mr.. O'Reilly, chairman
a dcastie Board of Guardians,
s.s sS1l8 other prominent Nationalists
Sr he aesghborhood used their intiu.
easa preven5ing any breach Of the
ata5a and no disorder whatever oc-
ttgr5i. u 1le authorities had not deemed
necessary TO send a force of extra po-
tEee, aaa the police of the town, with
aas asya{l rides, were the only paid
guaraia of the peace TO be seen. The
oniy occupied a few minutes, the
ia being bought in for the owners
Y hif homas Sheridan. After the
azl alignation meeting was held
f4s sa1are. On the motion of Mr..
seconded by Mr.. Bernard
s,altb. III Ii char was taken by the Rev.