The Irish standard., 1896-04-18
NEWS FROM IRELAND
ARMAGH.


I At sPortadown petty sessions on March
~ young man named Samuel Laverty
was put forward, charged with having,
/ on the Goth of February endangered the
! life of George McComb, by stabbing him
with a penknife. The wound penetrated
the lung, and the boys life was in danger
! for a considerable time The magis-
trate returned the prisoner for trial to
next Lurgan quarter sessions, admitting
him to bail.
A serious row occurred at, PortadoWn
cattle fair, on March 21, over the sale cf
a COW, in the course of which farmer
named Thomas BrownIee residing at Ter
macarandle. was dangerously injured.
| Two arrests have been made in connec-
/ tion with the affair.
1 A special service Was held on March "a
| in the Protestant cathedral, Armagh,
| when tho installation of Right Rev. DIR.
William Alexander, the recently ap-
pointed Protestant primate, took place.
The act OF the installation was perform
ed by the Rev Dean Chadwick late
dean of Armagh, and Bishop-elect OF
| Derry
| The Ready police recently made a sue
| cessful raid on a number Of private stills
! in the district of Derrynoose. About
o'clock on,the morning of March "a. they
entered a house in the townland Of
4 Drumnahavil, where they found quan-
/ tity of poteen, and. after coming out OF
the house, they followed the path and
found q vault or still house, with two
| stills at work, with $50 gallons of wash
concealed. At another spot, some dis
tance from the vault, q jarof poteen was
! discovered.
ANTRIM.
! On March q the dispte between the
/ shipjoineFs in the Belfast shipyards and
| their employers, which had of late as
suned a critical phase, though negotia-
tons were kept aus quiet as possible, was
! settled by the employers offering one
| farthing (half a. cent? per hour advance
to take effect on April 19, and an add
tional farthing an hour on July IS.
In Belfast on March % Abraham
Thompson, solicitor, was remanded for
eight days. charged with having MUIR
dered woman named Adelaide Hinch-
/ ey, hawker. 1t is believed that the lat
/ ter died from the effects OF drink, as
| there were no marks of violence on the
Y body, The prisoner, who was refused
bail, said that while intoxicated he went
| into an empty house with the woman
and fell asleep. She took his watch and
| money, and he found the former upon
| her
! As a result of the elections on March 2t
I,Messrs, Jaffe, Crawford mad Rogers Were
returned for the three contested seats al
the Belfast harbord board.
| On the evening of Thursday, March %
| a young man named Samuel Turner, a
| laborer on the Queens island, Belfast
living in Roundhill street, Ballymacar-
rett, while engaged in working on The
i night shift on board the steamer, Veda-
4 more, Of Liverpool, at the Hamilton grav.
! ing dock, fell from the deck into the hold
fracturing his skull. He was brought tc
the Royal hospital, but there was no hope
entertained of his recovery. Within the
same week two men have been killed on
the same. vessel, death Ia both cases re.
! sulting from fracture of the skull. Or
Wednesday morning a man named Muir.
pry was killed almost instantly by fall
ing down the hold, and on Monday after
noon an inquest was held on. the body o1
a young man named Wray, who died II
the Royal hospital, as the result of in.
i juries sustained by a plank falling on his
head.