The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-11-03
ANTRIM.

Oct 18th, by Most Rev. DR.. Henry.
Bishop of Down and Conner, who was
assisted by Rev. P. Magill, ADM, st.
PauFs. At present there are oyer one
hundred female teachers from various
centers of Ireland resident in the Col
lege, which Most Rev. Dr. Henry has
placed under the care Of the Domini-
can Nuns. - -
~ ARMAGH.
The following are among the clerical
changes recently made in the Archdio-
eese or Armagh:-Rev. N. Lawless, G.
c., Kilsaran, to be P. r. Faughart;
Rev. 7: Boyle, G. c., Knockbridge, to
be Q. G. Omeath; Rev. Peter johnson.
lately ordained, to be G. G. of Knock.
bridge; Rev. Peter Moore, @. G.,
Omeath, to bee. c., Magherafelt.
CORK.
At the opening of the st. Finbar's
West Worldngmen's Club, in Cork, on
October 10th, a powerful address was
delivered by his Grace Most Rev. DR..
Ireland, Archbishop Of st. Paul. The
hall was declared opened by the Rev.
P. O'Leary, &C. Archbishop Ireland
took his departure next day, on the
White Star liner Majestic, for New
York. He said he had spent a pleas
ant time in Ireland and on the Cont
nent. Going out to New York on the
same ship were three hundred Irish
emigrants. Just before the starting of
the steamer, from the wharf, the
United States Consulate hoisted the
stars and stripes, amid the cheers of
those assembled. -7
CLARE.
"A shocking calam ty is reported from
the L,1agh District, a remote portion OF
the county lying between Lisdoonvar-
ia and the Cliffs of Moher, where a
bogslip on an extensive. scale took
place on the evening of October 9, in.
,yolving the loss Of two lives. For
some days there had been heavy rains,
which had had the effect of swelling
to an abnormal extent the mountain
streams, while some of the bogs pre-
sented the semblance of inland seas
No one in the district, however, enter
tanned the slightest apprehension of
the terrible calamity which subse-
que tatly befell them, and the first indi,
cation was conveyed by an unusual
heaving and surging of the lower -por-
ton Of the bog, which soon, it became
apparent, was moving towards the top
Of o narrow valley. One dwelling
house only seems to have. been in the
direct line of the moving bog stuff,
and this was completely overwhelmed
by the semi-fuid stuff which spread
over the adjoining gardens. It subse-
quently TRANSFERRED that there were
two occupants in the cottage-a widow
named Margaret Mccarthy, 6S years of
age, and a. woman of 20 named Egan.
whose dead bodies were subsequently
found, submerged in the ruins of the
house. The extraordinary occurrence
has &C Used an immense sensation in
the district, where similar bog burst
had never before been known.
DUBLIN
|: On October a man named Thomas
Doyle, aged 81 years, an employe of
the Dublin Electric Tramway Com
pany, residing at Inchicore, met with
a fearful accident at the terminus
sheds, Oakley. Doyle was engaged in
painting the main Orders which sup
port the roof Of the sheds when the
ladder on which he was standing slip
ped from under him, and the unfor-
.t,lnate man fell distance of is feet.
When he was taken up, it was found
that he was injured about the head
and that both his legs We're broken at
the knees, He was brought to St.
Michael's Hospital. Kingstown, where
he received every attention from the
resident and visiting staff; who hope
he will recover.
GALWAY.
With regard to the recent Parlia-
mentary election in Galway, the Lon
don WESTMINSTER Gazette says
GAS the return. Of the Hon. Martin
Morris for the borough Of Galway,
has been loudly proclaimed to be a
signal. triumph of the cause of the
Union, it will be of interest to know
that Mr.. Norris is pledged to the var
ious planks of the Nationalist pro-
gramme such as the establishment of
the system of Catholic University Edu-
cation, and Bill for the Compulsory
Sale by the landlords of their lands to
the tenants. Mr.. Morris is, moreover,
pledged not to vote against Home
Rule, which he assured his audiences
would not, in the new Parliament, be
a burning question.
KERRY.
On the night of October Z, a moon
light raid was made on the house of a.
man named Garrett Corcoran, residing
at Knockaderry, about half a mile
from the Farranfore railway station.
and three-quarters of mile from the
police barrack. The party of moonlight
.ers, numbering about twenty, assem-
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