The Irish standard., 1891-11-21
ARM AGH.

It will be recOIlected That at a recent
Petty Sessions in LurgaD, a number OF
young men -Natlonalists-be belonging to
the district of the Montiaghs, and more
especially to the townland OF Derrytagh
{Sou1h and North) and neighboring
townlands, were sentenced to imprlson.
ment for having taken part in what the
law dlaignates AN illegal assembly y
This uu]awfu! assembly consisted 10
the defendants having met together at
Derryiagh to give expression to their
feelings on the occasion OF certain per-
sons taking from Lord Lurgan the
holdings from which tenants. named
John Heaney and John Hendron, had
been eVicted for nOnpayment OF what
the old tenants denounced az an exor-
bittant and excessive rent. That the
evicted tenants had the full and cordial
ssmpa.,shies Of their fellow peasants
wasxSignifcantly demonstrated in the
enthusiastic reception accorded, on Oct,
18th, to the men who were sentenced
to imprisonment, on. their return to
Lurgan after the completion Of their
term of incarceration. A large crowd
Of neighbors and others had collected
in the vicinity of the railway station,
by whom the most enthusiastic cheer
lug was INDUCED in as soon as the Lib
Grated ''criminals' emerged from the
railway carriages. The lesson OF the
demonstration should not be lost on
Lord Lurgan and his advisers.
ANTRIM.
"A special meeting of the Central
Committee of the Belfast Chamber of
Commerce was held, OH October 22nd,
in the Commercial Buildings. for the
purpose Of considering the proposed
Central Hallway Station scheme. Mr..
d. B. Lyttle, j. F., presided, and said
that whether the scheme was right or
not, the fact that Central Railway
Station would be benefit to the COM
munity at large was obvious to all.
Mr.. John Lanvon then gave brief de-
scription of the scheme. The estimate
before the syndicate was matter of
EGO, 600, not including the hotel. Mr.
r. L. Patterson moved-"That the
Council of the Chamber of Commerce,
having consided the question Of pro.
posed Central Station for Belfast, are
strongly OF opinion that a Central
Railway Station would be a decided ad-
vantage to the city and district; but as
this is so largely an engineering ques-
ton, they do not consider that they
would be justified in expressing any
opinion at present as to the merits or
dement's of the particular scheme now
before u.s." MIR. John Greenhill sec
onded the motion. which was passed.
and the Council adjourned. f.
CLARE.
An awfully sudden death is reported
from Moyne, near Kilrush. A woman
named Mcdonnell, wife of respectable
farmer III that locality. after coming in
from the garden, where she had been
watching some men dig potatoes. sat
down on a chair in the kitchen and
shortly afterwards fell dead. Her death
is attributed to heart disease.
s' CORK.
u "A serious accident occurred recently
on the Baltimore Extension Railway
Works. One. OF the employees, Timothy
Wholey, son Of . respectable farmer, re
siding at Munig, was engaged in cut
ting away some rock, when ledge Of it
fell on him from above, infiictlng very
serious injury, DR.. jennings was
promptly summoned to the relief Of the
sufferer, and did all that medical skill
could do to relieve him. Under his
llful treatment he is progressing as
ably ~ could be expected
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