The Irish standard., 1902-04-19

had been done to the tenantry. They
had offered sixteen years purchase
and a years rent, and despite their
offer the landlord had accepted sum
thousands of pounds lower.
DUBLIN.
The Dublin Freeman's Journal an
nounces the receipt, by the Trustees of
the Irish Parliamentary Fund, of
f1,OOO five thousand dollars, on March
%, received per Hon. Bourke Cochran,
by Messrs. Redmond and Devlin, the
Irish ENJOYS to America. The reports
OF their success have also stimulated
the collection of the fund on the other
side After st. Patrick's Day, the
United Irish League of Great Britain
Ell lbs Sd: Glasgow, Dillon demon
stration, March 1G, contributed f1OO;
Montreal sent f10O, and large numbers
OF local contributions ranging from
tlo upwards, were every day being re-
ceived.
DONEGAL.
On Sunday, March 16. a meeting was
held, after Mass, at Kincasslagh, for
the purpose of electing the committee
and officers Of the branch of the
United Irish League. recently establish
ed in that place. Mr.. James Lyman,
organizer. attended, and the chair was
occupied by Rev. Father. p. J. Bren-
nan, Q. c., who addressed the meeting
in an eloquent speech. Speeches were
also delivered by Mr.. John Sweeney,
Co. c., and Mr.. James Lyman. A COM
mlttee was subsequently formed, and
delegates to the Divisional Executive
appointed.
FERAIANAGH.
On the evening of March %, a
strange accident occurred on the North
ern Counties railway, while the
o'clock train was proceeding from Bel
coo to Enniskillen. A short distance
from the former station the doors of
one of the wagons flew open, and some
fourteen cattle. belonging to man
named McManus, jumped out on the
line. Five Of the animals, which were
valued for about f6 each, were killed.
The cattle had been purchased in
Blacklion Fair by man named James
McCusker, who resides at Enniskillen.
and were being sent to Derry. It is
said the railway company have arrived
at settlement with McCusker.
KILDARE.
1t is announced that the Hon. Emily
Lawless will publish. shortly, volume
of poems called ''The Wild Geese"
with an introduction by Rev. Stopford
Brooke. Both the authoress and Mr..
Brooke are Irish. Miss Lawless is the
sister of Baron Clonculry, and was born
in Kildare. ''Wild Geese" was the
name given by the Irish peasantry to
the exiles who left Ireland to follow
the fortunes of James H., after the
battle Of the Boyne.
KERRY.
At the Kerry Assizes, the Lord Chief
Justice awarded Michael Coffey, of
Killorglin, $500 damages against the
Great Southern & Western railway,
for injuries sustained while travelling
in the defendants train from Killorg-
lin to Kells.
KILKENNY.
We deeply regret to announce the
death Of Mr. J. J. Comerford, which
occurred on March 2S, at his resi-
dence, Kilkenny. The deceased was
journalist and writer of much prom
Use. and the news of his death at an
early age will be received with sorrow
by all those who had the privilege Of
his acquaintance. He was a native of
Kilkenny and educated at st. Kieran's
College. He began his career as a
journalist upon the Munster Press, III
Limerick, but, his health failing, he
proceeded to South Africa in the hope
of restoration. He was at Graaf Reinet
when the war broke out, and his let
tiers from that place, during the early
stages of the war, gave a graphic and
reliable account of the state Of feeling
in Cape Colony. He returned to Ire
land but little improved, and his death
cuts short a journalistic career from
which much might have been hoped.
Hc was in his 35th year.
LIMERICK.
A shocking accident occurred on the
railway line near the Limerick termi-
nus, on March 25, when laborer
named Patrick Cowhey, married
man. aged so years, while crossing the
metals, was knocked down by a shunt-
ing engine and sustained terrible inju-
ries. His right arm was torn from the
socket and his skull fractured. The
injured man was attended by DR..
Laird at the terminus, and subsequent
ly removed to Barringtons Hospital,
in a critical condition.
LEITRIM.
Early on Sunday morning, March %,
news reached Carrick- -on-S Shannon that
on the previous night terrible'tragedy
had been enacted at place called Kill
clare. about seven miles from Carrick-
on-Shannon. A young man named
Patrick Doherty, who had been resid-