The Irish standard., 1896-06-13


NEW IS FROM IRELAND
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I On May 81, The stGisne" SuEftOWer, q
and for Be1fas., from Giees:s1si, With a
!ca:go OF whiting SANK al the entrance Of
ICarrick.ergIs karboT, after striking a
rock IN w hit:5head bay. Tie crew We're
I I sssaT ed. @.s' 80 -
In the custody court, Belfast, On May
I21, before Mr.. Hos Ger. r. NJ, an insur-
aEoer clerk, named r. ". Kirk, vas
charged on remand with the embezzle-
nlen: OF divers sums OF money from his
employers the Manchester Fire Assul-
anoe Company. Kirk admitted that a
certain number Of collections had been
received by him, but not accounted for
The amounts would exceed f200. The
prisoner was returned for trial to the
recorders cctil'l.
| When the Nhitehouse mill hands
| turned up to be paid Off on tbs morning
OF May Is, they We're informed that MT
Barbour had consented to place them on
the same footing as the Crogy workers,
/ va e~~~"s
day raonth. All present then resumed
work and the threatened dispute was
thus happily terminated.
ACCORDING. to tbs opinion of the local
Tory organ, the Belfast Corporation and
! lis friends have given up hope OF gettlng
their bill passed through Parliament
without making some concession 10 the
rightf,il cl2iras OF the Catholic citizens
The organ referred to states that tue
| eon,a,tttee Sin all probability will req
olzr,t.erd twenty wards and appoint
! cs,,uu1i ssioner to mark them OF. After
that" il is added, sit Will remain with
the corporation TO say WHISTLER OF not
they will proceed further with the meas
| ura"
ts~ ARMAGH. j
At Lupssn quarter sessions the man
named prIe,stiy wAu had naasqneraded as
an officer charged to arrange military
ma n oeuye,.s in the district, and so. OBJ
tanned various sunas OF money ey fraua.
was sentenced to two years' hard iaHR
A fire occurred on the night OF May 10
in one OF the machine 1saoAis at the en-
tension mills OF the Armagh Spinning
COMPANY at DruIaca i'm. Owing to LIE
prompt efforts of the wcTkmen, the ire
which spead very rapidly i'll the dry max,
was speedily got under control, and So
rious consequences were ayer5ed A con
siderable quantity of fax, about -ESoo
worth, was destroyed.
The formal opening Of the new han OF
the Catholic Young Means Association,
PortadcWn, took place On Ihursday
evening, May IA. The association Is
now in possession OF magnificent build
ing, admirably designed and fully
equipped, for meetings, while the ar
rangemeuts made for recreation ana So
cial intercourse among the members are
perfect in their way.
s3 CARLOW.
Mr.. Tisdal], a clerk in the Bank OF
Ireland, Carlow, was drowned on the
evening of May 16 while bathing in the
River Barrow, near Carlow.
On Sunday, May "a, there was cele-
bration of Carlow Nationalist, at the
"Croppies' Grave" in Carlow-Graigue.
It was there that, in the rebellion OF '9S,
600 men, chiefly of the county OF Carlow,
wer inferred after the battle, or rather
slaughter, which took PLACE in the streets
of Carlow, in June Of that year. IfAss
place of burial was common, until: q
few years ago, when the young men OF
Carlow had a wall erected around the
plot where rest that noble 500. A spe-
c,al excursion train conveying large
contingent from Dublin, with pands
playing, visited Carlow during the day,
and the attendance, from the surround
ing districts was very large.
. CLARE. ~-.--.
At a recent half-yearly presentment
sessions for the county Of Clare at large,
held in Ennis, there was presentment
from the receiver Of conStabualry for
| e. 4s5 9s. 3D., being half the cost OF extra
rolice up to March 81 last. On the prop
osition Of Mr.. Joseph Hehir, cesspaver,
the following resolution was unaMonus-
ly adopted: That we, associated mag1s-
trates and cesspayers, assembled at the
Clare County at Large Presentment SEES.
p.ons, respectfully request that the irish
government. in view Of the great fail IN
the prices Of agricultural produce and
the consequent inability OF the cesspay-
ers Of this already oveFtaxed ooAaty to
meet the crushing impost, be requested
to relieve the taxpayers OF the cost or
extra police at present stationed IN the
county. Since the year 1882 the enor-
nous sum Of almost ESQ, 600 has been paid
by clare Gone of the poorest and highest
taxed counties in 1relandD toward the
mainten ance of extra police; and we
therefore confidently trust that this.
county will be NO longer asked to bear,
so crushing and ruinous an inpost." sS.
The inspector general of the Irish con-
stabulary. on May 49, transmitted his de-
cision in the police inquiry lately held
at Eninstymon. to investigate the
charges against District Inspector u.
G.. Huggins, of that town; Head Con
stable Murnane, and Constable Whisk-
ers. These included allegations that the
district inspector had neglected his duty
in omitting to persecute certain parties
for assault and that he had contrary to
the police regulations, gone under obli-
cations to constaibles in force. The head
constable was charged with neglect OF
duty In not reporting Sergeant McMnllan'
for being under the influence of drink.
The constable was accused Of drinking
in public houses, while on duty: The
inquiry, which was conducted by Mr..
Meldon, r. M, and County Inspector
Smith, Of: Wpperary, lasted eight days
In his decision the inspector general &C.
quits all the defendants on every charge,
at the same time expressing his satfsfac-
ton that so searching an inquiry had
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