The Irish standard., 1896-09-12

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Iong mour.l LII loss on 2lgt
tult.. 1n compliance with his dying re-
quest, the remains of Tath ers % NEIL were
laid in their last resting plape1 in the DID
Chapel yard, alongside the grave Of THE
Hate Most Rev. DIR. Leahy, to whom Siae
had been 80 loyal q subject and 50 devot-
Led q, friend. IL II! :s iss
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An application was recently made (,
Justice Murphy for an order directing
the high sheriff of Dublin equity to SUM
mon meeting. Of the grand jury, in Of
der to- reconsider the regulations made
with reference to the use Of the high
| ways by locomotives. The rules are
proving inconvenient to- the steam trac-
ltion machine owners and farmers. The
! Judge, however, refused the order, on the
ground thatsit could not. be regularly en-
| forced .s ~. s ~ lg RI 1, W.
The Dublin papers announce that the
lord lieutenant has conferred the honor
OF knighthood'' upon the recorder.q of
Dublin, and also on DR.. Francis Cruise
and Mr.. Arthur Wears, the ulster King
alarms All, of course, are Tories.
Professor Edward Dowden, of Trinity
College, Dublin, has been appointed a
commissioner Of national education, in
! the room of Justice Fitzgibbons, who res
signed AS the Professor" n an
avowed t'freethinker,'' following the
ideas Of the French positive .'philoso-
pher,' - Compile, it follows. that the OFF,
cial Castle Board of Education in Cath
oMc Irelond has one more member who
does not even profess to be q Christian
In belief. Between the Land Court and
the Education Board, the Tories have
been pushing their peculiar ideas,
| Our Irish exchanges statethat arrange
ments forathe pending National conyen-
| tion in. Dublin were proceeding apace,
and most encouraging reports had been
received from ali quarters by the com.
nittee in charge. It. was expected that
fully I 800 delegates would be- present,
exclusive OF the: clerical delegates, who
win attend in slarge numbers, from all
points where the Irish race is repre-
sented by an active popular element.
! Theadispute between the master build
ers,5s and the :bricklayers Of Dublin was
Settled on Aug. n, at a conference pre-
SlaS ufEI%Uy tAlCAAlSAOP. w n1SAAI q AsaA
! asmutual compromises was arranged, by
which most 81 the points claimed by the
men were conceded. q. 1t is expected that
the trouble with the: Carpenters and
Joiners' Union Will now be arranged,
and that the building trade will take a
vigorous start for the fall season. This
will be blessing to the laborers, who
have been the greatest sufferers during
the long strike Of about four MONTHS
! For Dublin county, Arthur. w. Sam
uels, g.. c., and Ignatius O,Brien. have
been appointed revising barristers, for
the year. 1896; and, for Dublin borough,
ED.' M Carthy Mahoney and Patrick Fem EN-!
ing have been appointed. TIL
| 4 EARLY. on the morning of Aug n, a
man named Thomas NJ Bride, employed
in "a large bakery at Ballsbridge, met
with a very serious accident He. was
engaged In taking a quantity OF dough
from the machine when his foot slipped
and, in, endeayoring to save himself, his
right. hand got entangled in the machi in
cry. The fingers s.wer torn off, and the
flesh On the arm as high as: the elbow
was greatly lacerated M'Bride was I'm
mediately conveyed to the city OF Dublin
Hospital; where lit was found necessary
to amputate the arm below the elbow.
The injured man was detained In the
hospital; where he is progressing favor
ably, >s S..4se. q ~. -: s&s:4s:
An appeal. is being made by the Irish
Amnesty Association for aid in provid-
ing means to give the released political
prisoners a new start in life. Some funds
are on hand, but they are insufficient to
meet the prospective requirements. The
appeal should /, command sympathetic
support. 81 49, A. 5a';.a .'s5
On the night of Aug. Is, an audacious
burglary was committed at the World s
Fair" No. 80 Henry street, Dublin, the
premises. having been entered and ran
sacked, and several Of the wax figures in
the exhibition" in the show rooms dam
aged. With the curtains in the exhioi-
ton the burglars made a rope WhereWith
to lower themselves from a window to
the lower roofs, by which they entered
the. adjoining ESTABLISH n1ent ! Of Messsrs.
Williams, and ultimately escaped
through an empty house, formerly Muir
PHYS tobacco store, where the curtains
were found. The raid was evidently for
plumber, but ended In pure vandalism.
On Aug. IL, a man named, Thomas
O'Niell. died in he Meath hospital, Dub
lin, under peculiar circumstances: On
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tient to the hospital, suffering from a
severe cash in the throat, self-inficted.
He was progressing favorahly; but; OH
the 18th he secured in some way a. guam
THY of carbolic acid. which he drank,
which. quickly caused his death.
A return of cash advances, made un-
der, the Land Purchase act of 1881 has
just been issued. 1t gives the details Of
purchase of every holding disposed of
under. this act, and lis prepared in the
most cumbersome possible form. The
largest vendor. under. the act seems to
be-: Lady Wallace, in Antrim, who OBJ
tanned EDS, 463;; while Lord Londonderry
obtained Ella, 1878; the Duke Of Abercorn,
fl9;641;; Mr.. Harry Werner, f14, 400; LORD
Baltimore, B21, 061; Lord Annaly, rs, 581;
and the Earl of Egmont, for three hold
ings, 81, 420. The largest sum paid for a
single holding was given 1by. Mr.. "A. 81.
Boyd, Of Kilkenny, to, Mr.. W.. M: Dayy,
the amount being $4,000. (, 8. b /.
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A,speeial meeting Of the. Ancient Order Of
Hibesnians Board OF Erin) was held in
Lisnaskea Oh August Is for the: purp ose:o Of
selecting Representatives to attend the az
tfonal Convention Of the Irish. Race IN sDlbr
lin Representatives were: present from II
divisions Of the county Fermanagh. Mi.
James McKiernan, county; delegate, and
Mr.. Charles: Cory, parish delegate nj.
Luke Drum. and Mr.. arles Mona b: j. of +.