The Irish standard., 1903-10-03

is caused by the steam trawlers coming
too far in beyond Aran Islands ut the
mouth of the bay, while some of the
solons of the west say that Il scarcity
Of herringS is the true harbinger of
what they call "black harvest" The
fishermen Of Aran IRE, however, reap
ing profitable harvest from the large
catches of herrings taken night after
night, which are sent into Galway,
| where they are quickly bought up at
prices varying between f5 los. and f6
per 1000. The boats owned by the
Claddagh fishermen are not suitable
for deep sea fishing.
KINGS COUNTY.
The death is announced on Sept. 6,
ut the Convent of Mercy, Kilcormac
Frankford), of Sister Mary Augustine
Rowan, in the 37th year of her age and
the It'll Of her religious profession.
KILDARE.
At the meeting of the Atly rural
district council OH Sept 8, Mr.. r. Tim
minis presiding, Mr.. Mclaughlin pro-
posed the following resolution: THAT.
In the opinion of the council, Il meet
ing of the tenant farmers of the Athy
No. rural district council should he
held at an early date III October for the
purpose Of taking into consideration
their position with regard to the Land
Purchase act and take such steps as
may be decided upon to ascertain if
their respective landlords are willing
to sell on reasonable terms" 1t was
the business of the tenants to take ac-
ton as soon as possible, as the act
would come into operation after the LIST
of November The resolution was sec
onded by Mr.. Moore and passed
unanimously.
KERRY.
On the night of Sept. / serious as
sault was committed on a man named
Patrick Sullivan, at Carhan. outside
the town of Caherciveen. After the
assault the injured man was attended
to by DR.. ManniX, Caherciveen, and
was removed to the Workhouse fnfirm-
airy. A man named Sheehan was sub
sequently arrested in connection with
the assault, and being brought before
the injured man the latter deposed
that he (Sullivan) was farmer and
resided at Killoe. On September 1
lie was at Caherciveen fair. He knew
the prisoner John Sheelan since he
was a child. They were not good
friends for eight OF nine years past.
The prisoner was remanded for eight
days.
LOUTH.
On Sept. Most Rev. DR.. Revelle, o.
S. A., Bishop of Sandburst, Australia.
visited the old convent of his order in
Drogheda and remained over night as
the guest of Father Purcell, the prior,
and the fathers of the community.
The bishop celebrated mass in the
Augustinian church next morning and
afterwards paid a visit to the Sienna
convent, where the converts most
valued treasure-the head of the
martyred primate, the venerable Oliver
Plunkett-was shown him. DIR. Rev.
ellie was struck by the state of preser-
walton in which this relic of one of Ire
lands most glorious martyrs (soon to
be canonized) remains.
LONGFORD.
The entire county of Longford un-
fortunately shares very largely in the
general depression brought about by
the long spell of bad weather and the
consequent threatened failure of the
crops and also Of the supply of fuel for
winter. More than third of the pota-
to crop is already lost, and this is a
bad outlook for the small farmers of
Longford, and indeed of the entire
west of Ireland, who more or less rely
upon the potato crop as principal
article of food. In low-lying districts
the very fields where they have been
planted are swamped, and this cir
cumstance added to the inroads Of
blight and disease promises a really
scanty and inferior harvest.
LEITRIM.
On Sunday, August 80, Mr.. r. A.
Corr, U. IL. organizer, visited Gowth,
accompanied by Mr.. John Judge, D. c.
a member Of the national directory,
and Immediately after last mass pub
lie meeting was held Of all the nation
alists for the purpose of reorganizing
the local branch. The patriotic curate,
Rev. M. Nangle, G. c., presided and de-
livered stirring speech, in which he
strongly appealed to his parishioners
to at once become members of the ma
tional organization. Messrs. r. A.
Corr and J. J. Doyle, D. c., also ad-
dressed the meeting and were warmly
received. A large meeting was also
held in Kiltubrid on the same day.
LIMERICK.
A dispatch dated Limerick, Sept. 4,
says: The steamship Fastnet, belong
ing to the Clyde Shipping company,
which arrived in Limerick yesterday,
brought news of the rescue off the
North coast of Ireland of the schooner
Elsie bound for Belfast. The Fastnet
was on her voyage from Glasgow in
very rough weather when she sighted