The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-03-28
news FROM IRELAND.
ANTRIM,

| 4t@ .y X ANTRIM s. :
The SECOND reading of the Belfast Cor
| poration Bill was passed on March 9Th. ~
the, House of Commons, by large ma
| jority. Before the division was taken
| however, most Useful discussion OF the
| grievances Of the Belfast Catholics and
OF the pretensions of the Orange Corpora
| tion took place, and some of the proposals
of the Bill had togo before the hybrid
! Committee to which it has been referred
| in very discreditea. condition. IL Sec
reiary Balfour's Local government Bill
|ne has excluded Belfast from the opera
| ton OF the principle which he proposed
to apply to the rest of Ireland, and the
| Catholic minority in Belfast are abso-
lIutely ilnrepresented. The Bill IS an alb
solute test of the sincerity of the Gov
ernment's professions to deal equally be-
tween Protestant and Catholic in Ireland
We shall now haye.it shown how far the
Tory Ministry, of wh1h.., the Catholic
Duke Of NORFOLK is so distinguished an or
nanlent,, and for which English Catholics
| We're induced to vote at the last General
Election, by specious promises, is domi-
mated by the Orange gang in its treatment
Of the Catholics of Ireland. Seventy thou
sand Catholics are as absolutely excluded
from municipal life in Belfast as If the
Test Acts had never been repealed. They
contribute to the expenses Of the local
government. but from amy share OF the
patronage Of that government they are
rigidly shut ont 7
A popular and influential Ulster priest,
writing on the condition Of the farmers,
says: 81 believe the country is in a more
abject state OF poverty, with less prospects
of the farmers paying their rents, than in
10 or 80. when powerful agitation was
in full swing
A public meeting, under the auspices OF
the Armagh Amnesty Association. was
held on March 1st, Mr.. 0. McKenna pre-
siding. resolution in favor of amnesty
was passed, and the action Of the Govern
mem in delay ing the release of the political
prisoners was condemned.
The Lord Lieutenant has appointed MI.
John Richardson chairman of the l'orta-
down Town Commissioners, to the Com
mission Of the peace for the county Ar
nlagh.
CARLOW.
In Carlow, On March ). a young man
named Patrick Rely, q laborer was
brought up in custody, charged on the in
formation of Mrs. Julia Carpenter, wife
Of a respectable farmer living at Baunoge,
County Carlow. with having stolen from
her sum OF 1920 on the 9Th of November
The accused was arrested at Queenstown,
when about embarking on board the Ma
jestic, for the United States, with his wife
and two children. sd stated in last week s
Irish American" Further evidence was
OF bn .,f
the magistrates committed the accused for
trial at the ensuing assizes. They al
lowed a rule of bail of self and two sur
cites in ESQ, and as such was not forth
coming the prisoner was conveyed to
Kilkenny jail to await his trial.
CAVAN.
On Monday, March Cd Mr.. Robert
Graham, ex-Clell< Of Cootehill Union, died
at his residence, Caotehill, at the age If
7& years, after a long illness. Deceased
was brother-in-law of DR.. F'oy. Of the
College of Surgeons. and rad been in re-
ceipt of pension fer thirteen years
On February 23th, DR.. Hall. SON OF Mr..
Thomas Hall merchant, marlborough,
died suddenly at his fathers residence.
Three years ago deceased got q good po7
sition in connection with a hospital IN
England, but had to return home about
twelve months ago from failing health.
He semed TO improve laGterly, and his
death came as a great surprise on his
friends and the people of the town gem
eraly It IS believed that the immediate
cause Of death was heart disease. DR.. Hall
was about IS years of age.
A public meeting was held in the court
house Kingscourt, on February %, with
reference to the proposed railway. The
Rev. Joseph Flood, p P. occupied the
chair. 1t was resolved that the parish
toner's and cnsspayers Of the parish Of
Enniskeen, while not objecting to a rail
way from Baileboro' to Carrickmacross.
object to be incldluded in any guarantee
or assessment, not having any interest
in said line. directly or indirectly. The
meeting unanimously agreed to subscribe
the necessary funds for the purpose Of de-
fraying the expenses incurred in connec-
ton with the carrying out of any resolu-
lions made at the meetings. -
CLARE "
The Asszes for Clare were opened in the
Court House, Ennis, on March 3D., by
Chief Baron Palles There were only Il
few cases on the calendar, which impellel
Baron Palles, after his usual fashion, 10
declare that the county was in Sd most
unsatisfactory condition. and that there
must be a great deal of undetected crime
beneath the surface. Baron Palles, evil
IDENTIFY. needs large dose of extra strong
ambitious pills: his liver is surcharged
with jaundice every time he visits Clare.