The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-12-27
CAVAN.


In a letter to the Dublin Freeman 6
Journal the Rev. Thomas Brady, z. p.
of CootehilI, states that the teacher OF
the school in the Cootehlll workhouse
having resigned, recently, the Door law
guardians of the district, at their regu
lar meeting. on November 7th, by a
majority of four, elected Catholic
schoolmaster. The local government
boa I'D in Dublin Castle, thereupOn re-
commenced the guardians not to ap.
point successor, because, DIS thev said,
there are very few children at present
in the workhOuse. The result is that
there is no authorized schOOlmaster in
the Cootehill Workhouse, and as the
Catholic cuIate of the parish cannot be
there unless he is summoned, there is,
al present, no person authorized to
give out the simplest prayers to the
Catholic inmates, though they are
about SO per cent. Ut the inmates of the
house, 40 one to teach them cathecism,
no one to attend the Catholic chaplain
on SUNDAYS. The Protestant matrOn
has an additional salary for teaching
the Protestant children, they are only a
few. There is no Catholic official in
the house except the nurse. whose
duties confine her to the intirmary.
This is only sample of Castle admin.
jstratIOn in Ireland,
DOWN.
Oa the night of November 25th, one
Of the most melancholy occurrences ro
ported in the district for some timo
past occurred at Granshaw, near Rath
friland. On the Loughbrlckland road,
townland of BalIymagna, man named
Alexander McRoberts, his wife, daugb-
ter and other relatives resided. Nc
Roberts farms over forty acres of land,
and resides in substantial dwelling
youse--tbe upper portion containing
two bedrooms. On the night mentioned
McRoberts and his wife retired, and the
same time his sister, Mrs. Eliza Dickin
son, aged forty, widow, aud her daugh-
ter, Sarah Anne. aged 20, and Marv
McRoberts. a niece, aged seven years,
also retired to another bedroom 1t
appears that the latter three persons
took pan Of buIhing peat GOALS into
their bedroom, owing to the dampness
ofthe room, in which there was neither
fireplace nor hue. Next morning, Mrs.
McRuberts on entering the room was
Mortified to find the dead body Of Sarah
Ann Dickinson lying on the bed. I'M
dressed, with piece OF hemstltchlng
in her hands, at which she evidently had
been working the previous night. On
examination Mrs. McRoberts found
also the lifeless bodies of Elizs Dickin-
son and her daughter. Mary, who had
slept with them the previous night.
They had been suffocated by the car
bonic gas created by the live fire-coals
introduced into the room the previous
night.
DUBLIN.
The Dublin municipal elections ter
inmate with the result that parties
remain unchanged in the corporation.
Only one out going member Of the cor
poration belonged to the c2erclOnIst
party-so small have they become where
once t,sey held supreme sway. This
was Sir George Owens, who did not
seek reelection. and the seat, previously
looked on as Tory stronghold. was
captured by the Nationalist. How
ever, to compensate for the loss the
coercionists succeeded in another ward,
the south city, where Mr.. Carroll was
beaten by the Tory candidate, MIR.
Walker; but, having regard to the large
majority which the Torres had secured.
Mr.. Carroll had to fight from what the
outset was felt to be forlorn hope.
The result shows that the general cleo
tors are becoming if possible stronger
IN the support OF the popular party IN
the corporation which has shown itself
to have the interest of the city at
heart. The citizens Of Dublin are IN
the curious and anomalous position OF
having parliamentary register mum
bering over 80 600 voters, while their
municipal burgess roll has nothing
higher than 8 600. In other words.
there are $1,000 capable citizens OF