The Irish standard., 1896-02-08
NEWS FROM IRELAND
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1t is stated that negotiations which
|have been going on III Glasgow and Bel
fast toward attsettsensent OF the ship
J, Ibui1ding dispute have resulted in the
formulation OF an offer bysthe men in
4 both centels which comes SO near the
q masters. proposals that an immediate
i settlement may be anticipated. In Bel
i fast. all parties are heartily weary OF
! the strike, ard on all hands its termina-
tion seems to be desired.
AT the last meeting Of the Belfast
Young Ireland Society,". Mr.: McCartan
4 NJ. P, presiding. Mr.. William McGrath
B. IL, Dublin. delivered a lecture dealing
with the effect sof the recent foreign
complications en- the. Irish struggle.
There was a large and representative at
/ tendance
| At Hollywood petty sessions Jan. Ia,
a young man named William Il. Eagle
son, described as clerk, residing III
Belfast, was charged on remand with
/ having, OH the 18th Of December last,
his employers, Messrs. Ross brothers,
/ Bloomfield Factory. The prisoner plead
ed guilty, ana Mr.. McErlesn having ad-
dressed the court on his behalf, the mag
istrates ordered the defendant to be i'm
prlsoned for six months, with hard labor.
During the trial Of the case it was stated
that the actual amount Of the defaica-
ltions was about $500: =
At a meeting Of the Catholics, held on
Jan. II, in st. Mary's Hall, Belfast, TT.
! Rev. DIR. Henry, bishop Of the diocese,
presiding, it was agreed to adopt Pc
tision to he presented to Parliament.
protesting against certain provisions of
The Belfast corporation BILL, and claim
ing that provision should be made in the
bill for full and adequate municipal rep
PRESENTATION of the Catholics Of Belfast
MI. J. r. Macann, Belfast, who is the
landlord Of the greatest part o. the town.
land of Drumgor, has granted a reduc-
tion of 10 per cent on the rents due on
his property for last year. Mr.. Bell the
landlord for the townland of Moyrav-
erty, has also granted his tenantry re-
dustion of 10 per cent.
We regret to announce. the death Of
Mr.. John Kerrigan, principal Of st. Pet
er's Male National School, Belfast, which
took place at his residence, So Raglan
street. on Jan. A.. Deceased was one of
the best known National school teachers
in Belfast. He was not a native of the
| city, having been born at Ballinasloe in
January, 1883.
In the Summons Court, Belfast, on
Jan. Ia. a prosecution was heard, in
which Messrs. Guinness & Co., Dublin,
summoned Messrs. Kirker & Co., l8
Academy street, Belfast. Three sum-
monses We're brought against the de-
PENDANTS, charging them with having
applied to bottles of porter false trade
description of the contents, viz, label,
on which was printed the statement fol-
lowing: Guinness & CO. 8 Dublin Stout,
bottled by Kirker & Co., Limited, Bel
! fast" Mr.. H. J. Lewis, on behalf Of the
defendants, pleaded guilty to each of the
charges. A fine OF f5 was imposed in
! two of the cases--to be dealt with at
once. The magistrates allowed 10 gum
/ cas- as costs. , r..-e
.-. ARMAGH.
On the evening of Jan. 10, a terrible
occurrence took place lin the townland
of Clay, near Ready, where farm ser
want named John McCann was arrested
for having violently attacked a farmer
named John Brennan with spade, and
also having grievously assaulted his en-
ployer. a. farmer named Patrick Kelly,
and his employers wife, Mrs. Kelly.
Brennan died of his injuries on the fol-
I lowing day and Mccain is in jail. The
| deceased. who was unmarried and aged
! about 30 years, was comfortable far
mer. The man who is in custody had
been in America for a heightened per-
iod, and his mind is said to have been
deranged through sunstroke: =
The death is announced of Most Rev.
erend Robert Samuel Gregg, D. D., Pro-
testant archbishop of Armagh, which
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his residence, the Palace Armagh. The
deceased. who had been ailing for some
time past, passed peacefully away in the
presence Of his son, daughter and num-
| Der of other relatives, who had been
! summoned to his bedside when his Ill
! ness took an alarming turn. AS soon
! as the news became known, the bell OF
! the Catholic Cathedral was tolled for
considerable time, both in the forenoon
and on the evening of the 18th, as
! tribute of respect for the memory of the
deceased. This touching mark Of respect,
| good feeling and liberality deserves
special recognition. 49,: :.
The Rev. Thomas Hardy, the'respected
parish priest of Upper Killeayey, re-
| turned from Rome ON Jan. Is. Father
Hardy, along with Rev. Hugh McSherry,
Adm, Dunda1k, accompanied his Em1-
! nence Cardinal Logue on his visit I'D
! limina Apostolorum to the Eternal City.
! In Dublin on Jan. 16, Justice Holmes
and a common jury heard the case of
! Eliza McCaghey@ys. the Great Northern
| Railway Co. Mrs. McCaghey, who is the
! wife Of a hide-merchant residing at
Woodhouse street, Portadown, sued the
railway company to recover f500 for
personal injuries she sustained on Oct.
lst at I,urgan railway station, owing to
the alleged negligence of defendants
servants The plaintiffs case was that,
as she was about to enter train, a rail-
way porter named Joseph Martin.
knocked against her. She was thrown
down and was so hurt that she had BEEN
for a long time, and was still, unable to:
attend to business. -
CARLOW.
The lord lieutenant has appointed Will
liam Hutchinson, Lloyd Vaughan, Esq,
D. L., Golden Grove, Roscrea, to be high
sheriff OF Carlow county. .''t4*
- CLARE.
| Standish O'Grady Roche, ESD. Aghada
Lodge, Tullow, has been appointed high
sheriff of Clare county,
On Jan. Is. the. quarter sessions We're
opened at Kilrush, before J. G. Mona "a
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