The Irish standard., 1902-11-08
ANTRIM.

ANlIlM.
On Sunday, Oct -, Rev. w. Ma
ginn, preaching in Frederick Street
Methodist church. Belfast. address
ing himself to the Protestant working
men of the city. said that by their re-
cent "so-called religious" demonstra-
tons on Sundays they were setting
bad example to their Catholic fellow
countrymen, and the sooner they
= called "halt' in these matters the bet
ter it would be for themselves. They
could not put sham worship in place
of spiritual one. and they could not
put politics in the place Of religion.
ARMAGH.
On October - farmer named Sam
uel Magill, residing near N1iddletown,
was attacked by bull, his own prop
erty. when passing through the yard,
and was seriously injured about the
body. He ran, followed by the in
furiated beast and only escaped death
by getting into an clubhouse and clos
ing the door,
CAVAN.
At a meeting of the Cootehill House
league held Oh Oct. II. Mr.. John
Murray presiding and over forty men,
bers attending. it was decided to es-
tablish a cooperative coal yard where
working men could be provided with
fuel at cheap rate and that day
fortnight was settled as the date upon
which to take shares.
CLARE.
A dispatch from Limerick, dated
Oct. II, says: "NIr Timothy Flanagan,
J. P, chairman of the Groin district
council, was removed from the coun-
ty infirmary at 6:3O this evening and
was committed as dangerous lunatic
to the Limerick asylum on the certif1-
cate of Dr. Graham, medical officer Of
the Dispensary district. Mr.. Flana-
CAMS mental condition has been grow
ing rapidly worse, and HIS brother, Mr..
Thomas Flanagan. consented to the
inevitable step Of his removal. Alder
man O'NIara was present when the
poor fellow was taken by five men
and placed in brougham, in which an
improvised bed had been fixed up.
The removal was carried out in the or
binary way, it having been found
necessary to place a straight jacket on
Mr.. Flanagan, who had again become
very violent"
CORK
AT the meeting of the baltimore
and Skibbereen Hurhor Board on Oct.
10, the principal business was the
election of a chairman for the ensuing
year. Mr.. II. Downes, solicitor. was
temporarily moved to the chair;
whereupon Mr.. J. J. Healy. solicitor,
said he had great pleasure in pro-
posing the reelection of the out going
chairman, Rev. Father Shelby, p. P.
Mr.. Downes seconded the proposition,
which was unanimously agreed to.
DUBLIN.
The monthly statistics for nine
months showed that Irish emigration
had been greater during the present
year than it was for the correspond
ing period of last year. Last Septcm-
Der the number of cmiglants was
6.G2O, as against 5.944 in September.
1901. During the nine months ended
Sept. 30 the total number was 81 .2ll33.
as compared with 32,T27 during the
corresponding period last year.
GALWAY.
The great October fair of Ballinas-
loe closed on the nth. and it will be
remembered for the fact that more
sheep. horses and cattle We're sold in
proportion TO the unsold than has been
the case for tbelast 90 years. The last
day OF the fair WAS not so satisfactory
in this respect, for there wore q larger
number of cattle unsold than sold;
but. compared to the whole. The num-
bers at the fair were very small.
There was a VERY bad demand, for
heifers and lulloclis, and prices were
bad. because there were so few buy
ers. There We're no iobbers, and the
big farmers did not begin to buy in
to replace the stock sold throughout
the week. Springer and mich cows
sold we'll; all other sorts of horned
stock sold badly. With the exception
of eve hoggets there was little de-
mand for sheep, but the sheep offered
We're Of very inferior sort. The
transa ctions in the horse line on the
last day consisted of few sales OF