The Irish standard., 1904-03-26

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to effectual progress. We would call
the attention of the government to the
urgent need of having remedy for
this state OF things, and request the
Irish party to urge the claim of the
Irish people in the House of Com
MONS"
GALWAY.
Sir Harry Johnston's suggestion that
the island of Achill should be reserved
as place for such wild animals as
have a poor chance in the rest of the
British Isles, has not attracted much
attention. \ writer in the London
Daily News" thinks the suggestion an
admirable one. "The island" he
writes, lis two-thirds the size of the
Isle of Wriglt-room enough if it's
landscape is suitable, for nice little
faunal kingdom. Sir Harry Johnston"
the writer adds, has two special
claimants to the asylum, in the red
deer and the reindeer" Seals and sea-
birds, as is we'll known, are there al
ready, though not preserved, and not
perfectly at home. The Daily News
writer. on his own behalf, hopes that
if the idea of Sir Harry Johnston ever
fructifies there will be found room
for few others of our disappearing
mammals"
KERRY.
Mr.. John Kavanagh, Gaelic league
teacher i'll Tralee, well known for
years past in connection with his eff
forts for the propagation of the Ian
guage, at the examination under the
commissioners Of national education,
held last September, obtained the high
est qualifying marks as teacher of
Irish. He is accordingly fully quail
lied to teach the language in all schools.
KILDARE.
In the court of appeal, Dublin, on
March 20, the case Of Aylmer VS..
Spooner came up. This was an appeal
by the defendant from an order of the
kings bench division of February 10th
last, granting final judgment for the
recovery OF lands i'll kildare, namely,
two houses in the village of Kilmeague,
ana about three acres Of land. The
plaintiff was Sir Arthur P. f. Aylmer.
cart, and the defendant, Jane Spooner.
widow, in the village. She alleged
she had good Defense namely, that
the lands had been amalgamated with
another holding OF hers which had
been elected; and she asked that the
kings bench division be reversed. At
ter hearing counsel for the appellant,
the court, without calling on counsel
for respondent, affirmed the order of
the kings bench division, and dis
missed the appeal with costs.
KINGS co.
AT the assizes for Kings county, on
February 29th, James Buckley, Grand
canal lockkeeper. Ballycoman, pleaded
not guilty to an indictment charging
him with shooting farmer named
James M'Donald with intent to mur-
der
LOUTH,
AT the meeting Of the Drogheda cor
poration, on March I'd, an application
was received from the department of
agriculture, to have the municipal
mace (Which is a rare piece Of silver
work, and one of the largest maces in
Ireland, and which was presented to
the Drogheda corporation after the
battle of Boyne by William I1I) loan
ed for the purpose of being shown at
the ST. Louis exhibition.
LIMERICK.
On February 9th, William NIeehan.
aged GO, a fisherman in the eraploy-
ment Of the Shannon Fishing company,
While engaged with two other men.
lifting up a grating at CORDIALLY weir.
was drowned, consequent on the cap
lzing of boat. All three were precipi-
tated into the river. Two-Hogan and
Mac acA1ahon-managed to swim ashore,
but Meelan was swept away by the
current. A few days previously two
other fishermen We're drowned at the
weir.
LEITRIM.
At Carrick-on-Shannon, on March I'd.
Justice Johnson sat in the crown court
and opened the criminal business Of the
spring assizes. Addressing the grand
jury, he said: "There are only five
cases to go before you, as I see from
the crown books. Two of these are
charges Of the highest kind, are cases
Of murder The other three cases are
ones of serious assault in which griev-
GUS bodily harm was caused. 1 am
sorry to say that the knife had been
used, which was most un-Irish. 1 have
learned, however, from our county In
spector, that your country is in very
quiet state, so 1 have nothing further
to add.
MAYO,
His grace, Most Rev. DR.. Healy,
archbishop of Tuam, has sold the
Claremount estate, consisting of some
300 acres of choice grazing land, out
side Claremorris, to the congested dis
tricts board. The negotiations for the
sale of this estate, which adjoins the
Roche property, were completed on