The Irish standard., 1900-09-08
LEITRIM.

| LEITRlM.
A terrific storm passed over the vi
cinity Of Dowra, on Aug. Z and S,
causing great damage, and the floods
destroyed crops in general. The
mountain rivers flowed down in-tor
rents, sweeping all before them on
their way to join the Shannon, which
overlooked to an extent seldom seen
by the oldest Inhabitants in the local
ity. The tenants on the property
owned by the Earl of Morley have
much cause for complaint. 1t is feared
the coming winter will go hard with
the greater part Of them, in conse,
quence of the losses they have sus-
tanned and the bad prospects of the
potato crop.
MAYO.
On Aug. 13 melancholy drowning
| accident occurred at Bunnacurry. A
| blind man named John Seymour, a
| native of Limerick, who, it appears,
had served % years on the Limerick
| night watch, passed in through Achill
/ to Bunnacurry, where he took the road
| leading to the pier, and dropped off the
| pier into the sea. Some parties at a
! distance saw him, and immediately
made for the place, but when they got
there he had disappeared, and though
the police and coastguards searched
for the body, it was not found.
MEATH.
On Aug. Is a convention of dele.
gates from the branches of the United
| Irish League was held in the town
hall, Kells, for the purpose of electing
\ officers for the executive of North
Meath. The following were elected:
2. It. Mcguire, president; j. r. Drew,
vice president; James Pagan, honor
able secretary; MI. tombstone, treas
urer. Mr.. p. Boyle, Slane, was Sc
lected to represent the executive on
the provisional directory.
QUEENS COUNTY.
The bright prospects for the com.
ing harvest which existed month
ago have been completely blasted by
the excessive rainfall of the past few
weeks. This is particularly true of all
the country along the upper. Barrow,
from Athy to Mountmellick, and the
center Of the Queens county. From
Athy to Monasterevan is now for the
greater part an immense lake, cover
ing an area fully five miles square,
while above AIonasterevan towards
Rathangan and Portarlington, the
country is all under water. The dam
age to the crops is enormous, and, un>
fortunately, the potato crop suffers
most. 1t is stated that the crop will
not be one-fourth of any average yield.
ROSCONdN1ON.
A Boyle correspondent writes: The
prospects for this seasons harvest in
North Roscommon are of the most de-
pressing description, a fact which is
solely attributable to the recent heavy
rains. The blight In the potato crop
has set in with such vengeance that
OH the roads can be felt q very dis
agreeable odor emanating from the
fields where potatoes are sowed.
| SLIGO.
On Aug. Is Most Rev. DR.. Clancy
ordained the Rev. M. Flanagan in the
Cathedral, Sligo. Father Flanagan is
a native of the diocese Of Elphin, and
is the son of Mr.. Edmund Flanagan.
Clongower, Castlerea.
WEXFORD.
| A New Ross correspondent says Of
the crops in that district: The har-
vest prospects in this important dis
trict are of the blacklist possible char
actcr. Early summer gave promise Of
abundant crops; and farmers were JUS
titled at that time in anticipating a
record yield in everything. But the
incessant rains and thunderstorms,
and high winds and cold blasts of the
past month have now almost COM
pletely ruined the potato and all the
corn crops, and have, therefore, la
mentally upset all the encouraging
calculations that prevailed. The potato
crop is a complete failure in the Dor
lions of Wexford, Kilkenny snd Car
low particularly in the latter, con.
verging on New Ross. Old people re-
gard the prospects as the worst since
| tho famine vaors of tIo ,d0,c