The Irish standard., 1903-09-19
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ANTRIM.

ANTRIM.
Belfast dispatch, dated Aurns,
Oath, says:-"A conference of I,lstcr
tenants will be held in the Y. NJ. C.
Association, on the 9th of October.
when large attendance of Ulster
farmers is expected. 1t is the inter-
tl"h OIL the farmers executive to put
forward proposals for the polling OF
each landlord i'll Ulster, in order to as.
certain il he is prepared to sell, and
the terms Oh which he is going to sell
y limited time will be given to the
landlords to consider their intentions:
and. failing Il reply within the pres
cribcd time. the tenants will conclude
the landlord does not wish to sell; or,
if the price asked be- in their opinion
eNorlitant that he has no inclination
to sell. The tenants will be advised
against purchasing or entering into
amy terms for purchase until the poll
OF landlords is complete. After ;,scer-
tainng the landlords terms, the con-
ference will be resumed for the Dur
pose of considering the number of
years purchase, or the percentage
that the tenants should insist upon 10
enable them to purchase out their hold
ings."
ARMAGH.
The PoyntzpaSs constabul;lry, Oh the
morning of August 25th, found tho
mutilated body Of Il man, the mead
being almost severed from the trunk,
on the Great Northern railway, mid
say between Scarva and that station.
The deceased was subsequently idenli-
fled as Richard Mccarthy. gardener, of
DreeEeda, who travelled by an cvcn-
iEg train from that place to Scarva.
Eow he got upon the railway is Il
mystery; but it is supposed he walls
walking along the line when the night
mail from Dublin to Belfast ram over
him.
CLARE.
An Ennis dispatch. dated August
90, says:-"Last evening two Clare
II. 1SlOtt anu ull:t ~
Hurtigan-who have been undergoing
.Ip,ial servitudc at Mary borough prison.
were released. and to-day arrived at
t!.cir homes at Spancilhill. They had
been convicted and sentenced ut the
Sllgo winter assiZcs in 1890 by The
lord chief justice to 20 years penal
Scrvi,udG OH Il charge of firing at and
seriously wounding a man named Hal
Imam, the emergency carctakcr of an
cv.tieG farm at Tiernea. Coro!in.
There was considerable sensation
caused at the time, by the arrest, in
court, after the trial of the two men,
of the evicted tenant, who had been i,
wits,ess for the defence; and he suisse
quently got two years imprisonment.
The released men had completed near
ly thirteen years Of their term. Re
peated efforts had been made within
the last few years to obtain their re-
lease by petitions from public bodies
and otherwise. the last so recently as
two months ago; but the reply i'll
every case was tht the law should
take it's course. Their release now,
which was wholly unexpected, has
consequently come With much surprise
on their friends
CORK.
Arising out of the drawing of prizes
in connection with the Queenstown
1,nr NIL ,cnt lin,
was created i'll Middleton by an official
announcement received by a servant
girl, named Annie Ring, intimating
that her ticket, No. II, was the winner
of cheque for one hundred pounds,
the highest prize in the bazaar. A re-
markable circumstance is that the
girls ticket was the only one she had
purchased, while thousands of other
tickets had been purchased and scat
tered abroad throughout America,
Australia. South Africa, and other
parts of the world. Miss Ring is Il
parlor-maid at the Bank of Ireland
branch in Middleton.
Another pleasing surprise for the
people of Middleton was the fact that a
laborer's wife. named Mrs. Arnold, re-
siding near the town. was declared the
winner Of splendid religious statue
worth thirty pounds sterling, for which
she received many offers of purchase.
DOWN.
There are lively times ahead in
East Down politics. a number of sup
portcrs of Judge Rcntoul, when he
was member for East Down, have re-
ceived autograph letters from his
honor. in which he states that he will
pay a visit to Downpatrick for the
purpose of meeting his old supporters
and that he has determined to contest
the division on the first opportunity.
A few days ago, Mr.. w. II. Whitaker
of the NORTHEAST bar, whose name is
also mentioned as Il probable candi-
date, went through the division; While
the supporters of the sitting member
Mr.. j. Wood. M. T., are quite con.
fidcnt that he will be able to retain
his seat against all Corners. The first
of series of meetings throughout the
constituency to be addressed by Mr.
Wood will he held at Eillyleagl, and