The Irish standard., 1898-02-19
NEWS FROM IRELAND.
ANTRIM.

| Causeway Defence Committee was held
in Committee room B, of the Town RAIL-
Belfast. for the purpose Of considering
the present position of affairs with re-
| gard to the public rights at the Giants
Causeway. Mr.. Robert Dunwoody pre-
sided. 1t was decided to present O. req
uistion to the Lord Mayor, asking him
| to call public meeting of the citizens
| Of Belfast, to raise fund to defray
the cost Of the recent proceedings in the
| Court Of Appeal, which resulted in sue
cessfully asserting the rights of the
public.
CLARE.
A Tulla report states that q young
man named Mcnamara, son Of farmer
living at IAssofin, in that district, has
| been fired at, six revolver shots being
discharged at him from a short distance
but fortunately without his sustaining
any injury. No arrests have been made
CORK.
The long standing dispute over the
evlcted farms at Ballyclough, Mallow,
between Mrs. OConnor and Mr. j. Hig-
gins (evicted tenant, and Con Carver
| (evicted tenanD, has been amicably ar:
ranged, mainly through the exertions
OF Rev. D. Callaghan, p. P, who in sea.
son and out OF season since his advent
into the parish Of Ballyclough has not
ceased to urge the contending parties to
RI
unanimously agreed to submit the ques-
ton In dispute to the arbitration of Mr..
lhomas Barry, P. l.. G.. and County
Delegate. for the evicted tenants; Mr..
Dennis Browne, of Tulacondra. Tor
Mrs. OConnor and Mr.. John Madden
Z. l.. g.. Of Grange. Buttevant, as UNI
pire. The award In each case was such
as to please both parties. The tenant
made plucky fight, extending over
five years.
DERRY.
In Coleraine on Jan. q, the investiga.
ton into the Ballywindand shooting
case was resumed. William Diamond.
father OF the DECEASED deposed to the
hiring of his daughter by Andrew Boyd.
the accused, who promised that she
would be treated as one of the family.
lie never saw any improperly between
the accused and Minnie uhe deceased
glrD. After the taking of testimony,
Mr.. Patched addressed the Court, ury-
ing that the Grown had failed to show
motive, and to establish the capital
charge. Captain WEIGH said, while dis.
posed himself to agree with MIR. Patched
in this, he felt himself bound to re-
turn the prisoner, as charged, to the as
sizes, although he believed no iury
would say that the case was one of will
i"i murder. The prisoner was. accord
lngiy, committed for trial at the assizcs.
DONEGAL
At a special meeting of the Derry
Chamber Of Commerce, on Jan. 81, Mr.
j. Edgar Bigger, in the chair, it was
| proposed by Mr.. William Mitchell, sec
onded by Mr.. Alex Wilson, and carried
MISUNDERSTANDING the development
| Of the spendid fisheries on the coast and
| 1iio HiiAei Ill resources lnland, the eX-
| tension of the ship trade and other
homo Industries among the people, and
the lessenng Of freights and cheapening
OF articles Of consumption, which are
certain to flow from the construction and
working of the Letterkenny and Bur-
tenport railway, will confer such enor-
nous benefits on the city of Derry as
well as on the congested districts and
! impoverished parts of West Donegal,
that this Chamber earnestly hopes moth
Ing will prevent the acceptance of the
FREQ gift of the railway offered by the
government"
| DUBLIN.
The official record Of the recent cleo
ton in the Stephens Green Division Of
Dublin, shows that the vote was I'M
usually large Out Of register of o,.S
there polled 6,932 or SO per cent of the
electorate. In Pembroke poning dist
riot. which is the Tory stronghold, the
poll was 2.2l9 out of 1855 on the regis
ter. being over II per cent. The "lodg-
CT" vote is strongest in the Pembroke,
polling district for Blackjack and Penn
broke, for which there arc no on the
register. The total ledger poll was 56S,
or over IS per cent. Next comes the
| Eitzwiliam ward. in which 402 dodgers
are registered. Here the louger vote
was 27O, or G7 per cent. In the Mansion
House G7 polled out of ST. or so per cent.
These percentages are remarkably high.
Tho English War Office authorities
have under consideration the deslra-
bility Of calling out the militia two
months In advance Of the usual time for
training. 1t is not at all probable that
the period OF service will be- considerably
heightened this year, that something
like Il mobilization will take place in
the early spring. and that big camps are
to be formed at several leading centers.
All this is significant of apprehension
of war in Europe
GALWAY,
very successful meeting Of the Cath
olcs Of the parish Of kilbegnet was held
recently. In the chapel grounds, in sup
port Of the claims of the Catholics OF