The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-01-28
ments. The cross was of ornate design
and was erected q years ago.
DIIRIIN


On Jan. 6 the full list of candidates
nominated for election to the Dublir
municipal council, under the new loca
government act, was given to the press;
and, after allowing for Withdrawals, il
appeared that for the so vacancies, 81
members of the old council and 6S new
aspirants were ready to go to the poll
on Jan. 16. Although the town clerk
made no declaration on the subject, 1t
was understood that there would be a
contest in every one OF the Is wards,
into which the city of Dublin is divided,
under the new act.
DERRY.
On the night of Jan. 5th, an extraor-
binary occurrence took place near Burn
foot, in the vicinity of Derry. A police
patrol encountered number Of young
men who We're coming In an opposite di-
rection on the road, and halted them
The young men challenged the right Of
the police to interfere with them on the
public road. Two Of the party were
then placed under arrest, and this led to
desperate ARRAY, in which the police
used both swords and revolvers. The
| young men seem to have been coming
home from some festival when they were
interrupted by the police. The civilian
party outnumbered the constables, with
the result that one policeman was rem
dered incapable. and the others more or
less injured. Five arrests have been
made
GALWAY.
A correspondent writing from Iough-
rea. under date of Jan. 4th, says: THE
shield erected to the memory of Peter
Finnerty, the local '9S patriot here, has,
for the second time. been maliciously re-
moved from the old castle in Finnerty
street. The greatest indignation is felt
by the people. At a meeting of the
town commissioners yesterday, the mat
ter came under discussion. 1t was decid-
ed to place the case in the hands of the
boards solicitor, with view Of having
search warrant taken out for the re-
covery of the shield"
KERRY.
On the evening after Christmas a mel
ancholy drowning accident occurred in
the channel between Portmagee and the
Island OF Valentia. 1t appears that two
young men named O'Connell and Cooper
ferry, from the village of Portmagee to
Valentia, where they resided, having
spent the day in enjoyment at the former
place, as it Is wont with young men to
places for recreation on st. Stephens
Day. The night was most unpropitious
and it is inferred that the boat was cap
sized. The bodies have not yet been
recovered
KINGS COUNTY.
The feeling of good fellowship that ex-
lists between all classes in the Birr dis
trict. was within the past few days, at
| tested in Il remarkable way. During
| the last threshing season a fire totally
! destroyed the harvest outbuildings, etc.
Of Thomas McRedmond Nationalist
| and Catholic farmer Of Baltimore. The
| loss would have meant his ruin, follow
ing, as 1t did, the failure of the crops
last year. were it not for the kindness of
the Earl Of Huntingdon, who, assisted
by Lady Huntingdon and her brothers,
Rev. Father Costigan, the much respect
| ed parish priest, and the neighboring
landowners, who Immediately started a
| fund to recOup Mr.. McRedmond-the
nearby farmers contributing literally
lin kind with the result that the loss
resulting from the fire was more than
covered. and Mr.. McRedmOnd was COM
| pletely rehabilitated. and able without
| borrowing to meet all his engagements.
| as he always did before. His landlord
sent him a receipt for a years rent
without asking any payment.
LIMERICK
| On ST. Stephens day the foundation
| stone of Il Celtic cross in memory of the
| men of 9S, and those who died later on
| in che various struggles to assert the
| cause of Ireland. was laid, with BETTING
ceremony in the Catholic cemetery at
| Rathkeale. There was a large gathering
| present. and in addition to the residents
| of the town who attended, to do honor
| to the occasion. there were contin-
| gents from the districts all around Rath-
! keale. Mr.. Torrance Moran, of Ash
| keaton, performed the ceremony of lay
ing the stone, and in the procession
through the town the Ardagh contin-
| gent carried their banner; and the con-
tingent from Coolcappa furnished a
number of green shafted spikes the heads
tipped with yellow, which were borne Ivy
men walking four deep.
| LOUTH.
| In DrOgheda, the close of the year 1898.
and the entrance of the New Year, were
fittingly celebrated on the night Of De-
cember 3lst, by a grand torchlight pro-
cession through the streets. headed by
the Trades Band. Opposite the Francis
can convent, and also at the convent
of the Sisters of Mercy, and the Sisters
of Charity. the band halted and played
the "Adeste Fideles' in beautiful style.
The entrance Of the New Year was an
| nOunced by the ringing of bells and the