The Irish standard., 1891-06-20
ANTRIM.


ANTRIM.
At a meeting Of the Ulster Land
Committee and Antrim Central Tenant
Right Association. held in Belfast, on
May Goth, to protest against the pro-
posed limitation Of advances under the
Land Purchase Bill, resolution was
adopted, on the motion Of MIR. William
Stewart, j. p, seconded by Mr.. James
Lee, J. F., deeply regretting the amend
ment which had been adopted by the
Chief Secretary to limit the operation
Of the bill bv drawing distinction be-
, tween tenants over and under ESQ
valuation, and expressing the assurance
that the clause, if passed, would render
the bill unavoidable and destroy it's
value so far as a large number of the
estates in Ulster were concerned.
CARLOW.
Mr.. i. N. Roche. the manager OF the
Tullow Branch Of the Munster and
Leinster Bank, has been transferred to
K1lfnane. Mr.. T. B. Buckley, the &C.
countant, has been appointed to sue
coed him.
CAVAN.
On May 14th, the death took place in
Drumkeeran, of Mrs. Dolan, formerly
of Glengeviin, county Cavan. The
old lady had been living with her
daughter, Mrs. hogan, of Cooloughca'
hill. for the past few years. Having
reached the ripe age Of SO years, her
hitherto sound constitution was gradu-
ally declining, and the end came peace
ably and almost unperceptibly. The
remains Of the deceased were conveyed
on the 18th, from Cooloughcahill to the
chapel, where they remained until mid
day, when the funeral c0rtege started
for the family burial ground of the de-
ceased in Glengevlin.
CLARE.
AT special meeting OF the Kilrush
Town Commissioners. on May 18th, the
following resolution was unanimously
adopted: "That we. the Commission
ers OF the Township of Kilrush. in pub
lie meeting assembled this 18th day Of
May, 1891, are unanimously OF opinion
that in the contemplated distribution
Of the Budget Fund for educational
purposes, the Christian Brothers
Schools should DO admitted to a just
participation, such as is granted to sim"
liar schools in England at present; that
a copy of the foregoing resolution be
sent by our clerk to the Right Hon.
A. J. Balfour, M. F.; the Right Hon.
w. f.. Gladstone, M. r; his Excellency
Lord Zetland, and our county members.
CORK.
The passengers who landed at
Queenstown on May 18th, from the
Cunard steamer Caphalonia, from
Boston, reported that during the pass
age one of the steeraxe passengers. who
gave his name as John Regain, about
forty years Of age, belonging to the city
Of Cork, and who had spent IL years in
the United States, had mysteriously
disappeared, and little doubt was enter.
tanned but that he had been drowned.
The last seen Of Regan was on the
night of May 4th, when he retired to
his berth. The next morning he was
missed. and a search throughout the
ship was made, but no trace Of him
could be found. The passengers say
that nothing unusual in his manner
was noticeable. Regain was remarked
as having lost one eye. The agents of
the Cunard company. at Queenstown.
have no official report Of the occurrence
and the foregoing is what the passen-
gers who disembarked at Queenstown.
report.
DERRY.
On Saturday night. May 9th, a quar-
rel arose between some mon in Derry.
One man named Sweeney was cut on
the right hand thumb, lockjaw super
yened, and he died on the following
Saturday. Another fatal fight occur
red at Dungiven on the same day. Two
men named Nice losky and Keely had q
dispute. keely struck McCloskY be-