The Irish standard., 1895-07-27
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great. excl ement was caused BY a number
|of party disturb Dances which took place be.
tween half past nine and eleven o'clock
The local branch Of the Ancient Order o:
Free Gardeners and band. went by roat
|ons brakes and cars, from Armagh to- Dun:
cannon III the morning, to attend, it is
understood, the ceremony Of laying thu
foundation stone Of a new Orange Hall
The conduct 81 the crowd which accom-,
panied them after passing through the
Catholic quarter In the morning, was most
On the Moy read some o.
their number cursed the pope and indulg-
Fed in party expressions. On returning tc
Armagh, and on their way homeWards,
portion Of the party insisted on forcing
| their way through Railroad street, where
a riot ensued, and blows were received by
persons on both sides. The police, how
ever, intervened and prevented what had
the appearance of becoming a very serious
disturbance. Afterwards, when one Of
the local Nationalist bands was proceed
ing past Scotch street, some persons at
tackled them. Missiles were thrown, and
shots were fired, from the direction of an
Orange crowd.
At tortnightly petty session, held in
Lisburn, on June goth, four men, men,
bers of an Orange lodge at Ballymacash,
Lisburn, named Oliver Harris, Samuel
Christie, Robert Belshaw, and Mathew
BelshaW, were prosecuted by the polio
for assaulting and wounding young man
named Samuel Corken, a Protestant, but
not an Orangeman, on the first OF June,
on the road between Lisburn and New
towards. AS the dispute had occurred
In another county, the magistrates were
disposed to refer the case to Newtown-
ards; but Mr.. McErlean said he thought
the case could be settled In another way.
The magistrates had no evidence to war
rant their demanding the defendants, be-
cause the assailed man had made no de-
position. The row arose among real
friends, on their way home from an ex-
cursion, and as they were all friends now
and wished to Withdraw from the case, he
would suggest to their worships to strike
it out. Mr.. Wilkins, SOLICITOR who repre-
sented the injured man, said the defend
ant had agreed to pay his client f3 com
pensation, as well as the doctors fees and
thereupon their "worships," the bench OF
magistrates, discharged the rowdy who
had been so ready, in his drunken frenzy
to assault even his fellow b:gots. Had II
been the case with Nationalist, we car
easily imagine how opposite the decision
would have been.
ANTRIM.
At the usual fortnightly meeting of the
Executive Comittee of the Belfast Branch
of the Irish National Federation held in
st. Mary's Hail. on June oath, the follow
ing resolutions were proposed by Mr. T.
J. Hanna, seconded by Mr.. John Nc
Guiggan and passed unanimously :-'"T That
in view of the dissolution of Parliament,
we urge upon the Nationalist Of Belfast
and of the country generally the impera-
tive necessity of banding themselves to-
gether as members of the Irish National
Federation, and of swelling the national
exchequer by Immediate and generous
subscriptions to the Parliamentary Fund,
SO as to enable the Irish party to fight the
most important general election of our
times vigorously and successfully"
''That as Home Rule has the first place
in the aspirations and affections of every
true son OF Ireland, and as disunion Or
fractionism amongst the. Irish people
means disaster to our cause now, and per-
haps for a generation to come, we appeal
to the Irish Nationalist Of all sections to
close up their ranks, and present a uni
ted and invincible front to the common
enemy in the coming contest" .
In Belfast, on June 18th, the City Cor
oner held an inquest in the Recorders
Court on the body of Esther Stewart,
aged about IS years, a caretaker resid-
4jro rote 4
lying unconscious at the bottom of the
stairs at her residence, on the previous
evening, and who died next morning.
DR.. Coey Bigger deposed that death had
resulted from fracture of the base Of the
skull, evidently caused by falling down
stairs; and the jury returned a verdict
accordingly.
In. the House of Commons, on June oath,
the Carrickfergus Town Commissioners
bill, which had passed the Lords, was
read a third time. The Belfast and Nor
them counties railway bill, from the
Lords, was also considered without
amendment, and offered for third read
ing.
It is with sincere regret we announce
the death of Mrs. Mccain, wife of Mr..
James Mccain, J.P., Falls Road, Belfast,
which sad event took place on June 21st
at Hannahstown Mrs Mccain had been
in Indifferent health for some time, but
it was not until few weeks ago that
her illness became serious. On Sunday,
June 49, her. remains were removed from
her husbands residence, for interment
in Midtown Cemetery. The attendance
at the funeral was very large and repre-
sentative.
CORK.
On the evening of June 9th the Cork
Parliamentary election had an extraordi-
nary finale, when a melee took place as
the sheriff was about to sit down to count
the votes. The violence of the Redmond
ties led to a conflict, which ended in the
adjournment Of the count until the next
day The sheriff, by some singular IA
tuity, had selected Redmondite Clut
Room as the place where the votes were
to be counted; and as there was no Tory
candidate in the field, and all the Tory
influence was cast in favor of the Red
mpndite candidate, collision was newt.
able. Happily the Nationalist refused
to be caught in the trap prepared fol
them. Under threat of court proceeding
the sheriff was compelled to announce
publicly, the vote that elected the Nation
al ndidate; and, then. the opposition
party collapsed-as they always do whel
the money that is supplied by the part.
they profess to oppose gives out:
On June 9th, Michael LaWton, a black
snni til resid ling at Iadysbridge, near Mid
Teton, was arrested for the alleged Wilfu