The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1905-09-16
!! NEWS FROM lRELAND
Armagh.


cursion, the rendezvous selected be-
ing Warrenpoint. A most enjoyable
day was spent, the only thing occur
ing to mar the enjoyment being
disgraceful attack made on the train,
just after passing through Markethill,
oD the return journey. Some Orange
roughs, with characteristic black
guardism, stoned the train.
Antrim.
To fill the vacancy created by the
death of Sir James Haslett, it is said,
on good authority, that the choice of
the Conservative Association now
lies between Sir Daniel Dixon, Lord
Mayor, and Sir Robert ]. Mcconnell,
ex-Lord Mayor. There are few who
favor the candidature of Lord Castle
reagh, son of Lord Londonderry, who
is President of the Conservative AS
ISOLATION; but his chances of nominal
ton are thought to very remote.
Cork.
Mr.. Standish O'Grady, clerk of the
Grown for the city of Cork, and Regis
trar of the local Bankruptcy Court,
died suddenly, on August 22nd, at
Youghal.
A meeting of the committee of the
John Vaudeville Memorial was held,
on August Goth, in the Town Hall,
Mitchelstown, Mr.. w. Troy, Fermoy,
presiding. 1t was announced that the
contractor for the memorial, Mr..
Doyle-Jones, had agreed to supply
bronze figure of John Vaudeville, z
feet, inches in height, at the in
creased contract price Of $3.50. 1t
was decided to give a contract for
the erection of a Celtic Cross, over
John Mandeville's grave in Kilbehen-
ny Churchyard, subject to certain ar
rangements in connection with the
grave. The 9Th of July, 1906, was fix
ed for the unwilling of the memorial,
on the Mitchelstown square.
Clare.
ceived in Kilrush, that a shooting
affair had taken place, the previous
night, at a place called Caherfenick,
in the Doonbeg district Two men
named Clune and Boland, farmers and
brothers-in-law, had dispute at the
house of the latter, after returning
in, ho T..
the course of a heated argument, b.
land, it is alleged, took down his gun,
when the shot went off ana lodged in
Clune's thigh, above the knee. The
injured man was removed, by ambu-
lance, to st. Joseph's hospital, Kill
rush, where his condition caused anx-
iety. Boland, who summoned medical
aid himself, reported the affair to the
police, who took him into custody,
and he was lodged in the Kilrush
BrideWell, to await the result. Clune
has since died.
Donegal.
An exciting scene was witnessed on
Thursday night, August 18th, in Dun
fanaghy, where new hall was being
opened and concert was in progress
The heat from the lamps ignited the
pitch pipe boarding, and the crowded
attendance barely escaped through the
doors and windows. The building
was destroyed.
Derry.
On August 25th, William T. Mont
gomery, Urban Councillor, Coleraine,
was returned for trial charged with
embezzling sums of money paid him
as rent-agent for Mrs. Milliken Cole
raine.
Percival c. Gaussen has been ap-
pointed Assistant Revising Barrister
for the County Down.
On the morning of August 22d, the
dead bodies of Alexander Quinn and
his wife were found in the townland
OF Ballymacranry, Ballinahinch, the
wife having been brutally murdered
by the husband, who afterwards COM
mitted suicide.
Dublin.
1t mas been decided to hold great
Leinster and Meath Feis, in Dublin, at
an early date.
The tide of American tourists is
turning honeward, with the custom
airy rush, and there is an unprecedent-
ed demand for accommodation on all
liners from European countries to the
United States. So great is the demand
for return tickets by belated visitors,
that two ladies who were DESTROYS of
returning in September, had to pay
$50, at Queenstown, in order to be
able to do so.
The Lord Lieutenant has announced
his intention, in letter addressed to
the Lord Mayor, of Dublin, of sub
scribing e25 to the fund which is be-
ing raised, for the purpose of erect
ing a permanent memorial to Consta-
BILE Sheehan and Mr.. Fleming, who
lost their lives in the sewer, at Burgh
Quay. into which they went to rescue
a party of workmen who were being
overcome by sudden discharge of
gas.
Fermanagh.
On August 22d, the case of Robert
Dixon, bankrupt, came I'D in the