The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-01-11

/ r. ANTRIM.
AT the Ulster winter assizes, William
! Graham, who was convicted of having
Tstolen gold and silver watches and OF
having obtained goods on false pretenses
in Belfast, was sent to Jail for four
months. ,.s.,. . - 4,s.sgs
Frederick. Waters, who pleaded guilty
! to having committed five distinct offenses
! Of burglary and larceny at Belfast, at
different periods from 1892 to 1895, was
! sentenced to Is calendar months impris-
onn1emt, with hard labor.
| Michael Brennan, indicted for the man
slaughter of his wife, Catherine Brennan,
/ in Baker street, Belfast, on Oct, 1895,
was found guilty and sentenced to Is
months imprisonment.
| At Hollywood petty sessions on Dec
] Maria Gale, a servant, was charged with
| having, on Dec. 3, at Ballycroghan, near
| Knock, in the house of Mr.. George Wal
| ker, j. P, murderously assaulted fell
| low-servant named James Menown, aged
| 49, who at present lies In q. precarious
condition at the Royal hospital. Mr..
| Lewis appeared on behalf Of the prisoner,
who ON application of the police, was re-
manded for a week.
| At a largely attended meeting of the
operative engineers held in the Ulster
| hall, Belfast, on Dec. 13, to consider the
terms of the Glasgow conference, Messrs.
Rose and Potter, delegates attended and
gave their report; after which the men,
| by S79 votes to 25, decided to reject the
! masters offer. This decision, for which
| the citizens were not prepared, has
| caused great excitement, as 1t unques-
tionab]y indicates an indefinite prolonga-
| ton Of the strike in the shipyards.
ARMAGH.
At Potadown petty sessions, on Dec. 8,
man named Warning Quinn was charg-
| ed with negligently driving Il horse and
cart, and with having knocked down and
run over an old woman named Susan
Willis, inflicting injuries which caused
her death. The verdict of the coroner s
jury was to the effect that the old Wom-
an died from injuries accidentally re-
oelved. Mr.. w. H. Wright, who defend
ed, said the evidence of independent wit
nesses in the coroner's court went to show
that the accident was entirely the de-
ceased's fault, and in her own deposition
deceased said the defenaltn did his best
to save her The magistrate suggested
ceased's som tor the expenses to which
he had been put in consequnce of the &C
cident. William Willis, SOIL of the de-
ceased, and his mother was lying for IL
weeks, and he would be satisfied with F..
Subsequently, Mr. Wright informed the
court that his client had come to terms
with the son of the deceased, and the case
was dismissed.
CARLOW.
The necessary authority for the pur-
pose having been received from Rome by
the Most Rev Dr. Lynch, Bishop of Kill
dare and Leighlin, the parish priests of
the diocese will meet in the cathedral,
Carlow, to elect a coadjutcr bishop in
succession to the late Most Rev. Dr..
;.omerford The proceedings will be pre-
ceded by mass of the Holy Ghost, at
which Most Rev. DIR. Lynch will preside.
The three names selected by the assem-
! bled parish priests will be- submitted to
the Archbishop of Dublin and the bishops
of the province, and will be subsequently
forwarded with the observations of these
prelates, to the Holy See. -.-.
CAVAN.
At the. recent baronial sessions held in
marlborough, MIR. Robert Gibson, }. t.,
in the chair it was moved by Mr.. r.
Fearon, seconded by DR.. Ryan, j. F., and
carried unanimously, that a committee
having been appointed with power"to add
to their number, to wait upon the Chief
Secretary to request that. % portion of
the grant under the light railways act
may be made available for opening up
the backward district Of East Cavan,
which is practically congested district;
and the cesspayers being satisfied to guar
antee i per cent, it was resolved to re
quest the grand jury Of the County Of
Cayan to support this resolution, and
otherwise facilitate the securing OF this
desirable object
CLARE.
The polling in the election Of coroner
for Norsh Clare took place on Dec. IL, at
Ave pooling stations throughout the dis
tr;ct--Ennis, Corofn, Freenagh, Ennis
tymon and Ballyvaughan. The exact fig-
1res rolled had not been announced, but
it is understood that: the poll was not an
exhaustive one, and that Mr.. It, F. Gull
Imam, solicitor, had majority over ms
opponent, DIR. G. Macnamars,. The vot-.
ing was upon the parliamentary register
In Ennis 1,035 polled out of 1000, and MI
Cullinan had majority of 500 there Cor
ofin is reported as having gone almost to
a man for DR.. Macnanaara.
A farmer named Driscoll, residing at
K:llimor, about four miles from killrush,
was arrested by the police. charged with
committing brutal assault on Mr.. T. F.
Neenan, the principal Of the Carradota
National school, on Dec. Z. 1t would ap-
pear that Driscoll met Mr.. Neenan when
going home from Kilrls, and after some
alteration knocked him down, from the
effects of which Neenan lies in precar-
:ous condition, and his dispositions were
taken before Mr.. Harpur, r. NJ, and Drls-
coll has been lodged in Kilrusi bridewel1.
The attack is said to be oocasioned by a
dispute over land.
CORK.
At the Munster winter assizes jeremiah,
Twomey, who pleded guilty to a charge
of stabbing man named Steiner during
the last parliamentary election in the city
of Cork, was sentenced to six months inn
prisonment.
at the last Kildorrery petty sessions,
Hannah Kennedy was summoned at the
suit of the fishery conservauors for having
thirteen salmon N her possession. Mrs.
Kennedy's sou had been fined on the prev
ious court day the sum of "a for having a
gaff. and e. for having two salmon in his
possession, with the alternative OF going
to Jail for fortnight. When the police