The Irish standard., 1897-03-27

$4,000 acres, and extends a distance Of
4 eight miles, has been offered to; the ten
ants at twenty years purchase, with res
ervation of royalties, minerals and game
1 rights by the owners, Mrs. Todd and
Miss Richardson. The tenants on the
Kilrea estate OF Dr. A. A. Orr Dublin
have come to an agreement to buy out at
II seventeen years purchase, the landlord to
bear costs of sale. On many estates the
tenants have settled without going into
tcourt.
| DONEGAL.
| A meeting OF the Bernard Kelly branch,
l. N. F.. was held recently, but owing to
the death of one OF the members of the
committee, the only business transacted
was the nomination OF Mr.. Jerome
Boyce for the Office OF county delegate,
Mr.. Mccarthy proposed the following
resolution, which passed unanimously:
THAT we tender sincere sympathy and
coincidence to the family and relatives OF
out late esteemed colleague. Mr.. Daniel
FfEMcNulty, Castelard Mountain, whose
4 .eariy demise we much regret, and that
as mark OF respect out meeting stand
adjourned"
DOWN.
A meeting OF the farmers OF Edent-
dru1nly was held recently to. consider the
decisions of the snb=comn1issoners The
following. resolutions were passed unani-
niously: First, that we; condemn the
decisions of the ub-comnlissioners re-
Gently given in the townlands Of Benagh
and Mayo, as such reductions would be
totally inadequate to the farmers in this
mountainous district" Second, chat
having Our cases heard, and the decisions
not made known to us yet, we trust these
gentlemen will be more favorable to lis,
and give It's reductions that will cope with
the low price of farm produce and the
disadvantage we have in market accom-
modation"
! DUBLIN.
! The health of Dublin is alarming For
the first seven weeks OF the present year
the death rate has averaged over 40 per
1000, and last week it was 42.2. The
deaths registered last week were in ex-
cess Of the births by II, and were So over
the average FOR the corresponding week
OF the last 10 years. The zy,notic death
rate last week in the city was I2.3 per
| 1000. whereas the average annual rate
| for London is under per 1000. OF the
! 70 deaths from zymotic diseases 50 were
deaths Of children under $ years OF age.
| These deaths include as many as 43 from
measles and 16 from wlloopng cough.
A public meeting was held in the
Church OF ST. Mary of the Angels,
Chruch street, Dublin. last week, to take
measures for clearing off debt OF $4,000
still due for the completion OF the sacred
| edlfice. The movement is in response to
all appeal from the Capuchin fathers. by
| whom the church was built All appeal,
as it appears, only made alter long Pc
Rod Of years, during which the debt has
pressed with extreme severity Upon the
| resources of the fathers and of the hum
BILE people upon whom they mainly de-
| pend. A generous sum was collected.
GALWAY.
| A Portumna correspondent writes:
The arrange,., cnts for the convention of
! the, es;ltted tenants Of all Ireland at
i Ihurles on Thursday next, 2sth inst,
are now being made by the local honor
airy secretaries, Messrs. Francis Tully
and John Kelly. The responsibility for
calling this assemblage, which, in many
respects will be unique one, rests with
the victims Of landlord oppression in this
part OF the country, and especially these
on the Clanricarde estate. A noteworthy
fact in connection with the land war and
! it's victims llereabouts is found in the
gratifying circumstance that the character
and conduct OF very large body OF ten
ants who were evicted has remained un-
sullied during all those trying years. Be-
yond the coercion act proceedings carly
in the conflict they have clean sheet.
as their clergy and the authorities them
! selves can show, and this, too, in the face
| of perpetual temptation of the strongest
| nature that man could be exposed to to
| avenge terrible wrongs.
KILDARE.
| At recent meeting of the Kildare
! Archaeological Association, warm
tribute OF gratitude was paid to the n1elii-
DRY of the late Rev. Denis Murphy, S.
J. Rev. Father Dewitt, S. J., rector of
Clongowes Wood College, was elected
to the position OF vice-president, render
ed vacant by the death of Father Muir
ply Canon Sherlock was elected to the
post of editor Of the societys journal
Died, Feb 22, at his residence, Val
legs, Newbridge, Daniel Kelly, aged IS
years. ...
KILKENNY.
At meeting OF the St. Johns and St.
Canice's branches of the National Fed
Grafton in Kilkenny, held on Sunday be-
fore last under the presidency OF Rev. P
lAyIward, administrator, St Johns, Md
Murphy, solicitor, +, was unanimously
elected civic delegate from Kilkenny. Al