The Irish standard., 1906-09-22
NEWS FROM IRELhND !
Antrim.

Antrim.
A man named John Tomkins. de-
scribed as theatrical agent, shot at
his wife in Belfast, on Aug. %, In
Turing her head. He was arrested.
The Belfast Fire Brigade won the
Iveagh Challenge Shield in the COM
petition held at Earlsfort Terrace Rink,
on Aug. 81, under the auspices of the
st. Johns Ambulance Association.
"A rainstorm of unusual severity Wis
tied Belfast and the North of Ireland,
on the night of Aug. rs, and did con-
siderable damage to the crops.
cavan.
Patrick McManus, aged 107 years,
died on Aug. Is, at his residence, Cor
nakelly, Arvo. He was one of the
staunchest Nationalist of his day, and
could relate many stirring incidents of
the '4S and '67 movements, of both
of which he was an active member.
Of the later movements he was heart
and soul with them, but owing to loss
of sight and weight of years he was
not able to be as active as formerly.
He went to America in 1880, and re-
turned on the day that the first rail-
way was opened in Ireland, and was
present at the opening ceremony at
Kingstown, of which he had a vivid
recollection. His funeral to the. fam
lily burial ground, on Aug. 81, at Tub
fitzpatrick, was largely attended.
Carlow.
Mr.. John Kealy, Carlow farmer,
sustained injuries of so serious a
character, on the afternoon of Aug.
80, when engaged in drawing hay from
the land to his farmyard at Craan,
Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow, that he
died the following morning.
The death OF Sister Mary Josephine
KERN took place at the Convent Of
Mercy, St. Leo's, Carlow, on Wednes-
day evening, Aug. 20.
Cork.
Miss Lily Walsh, ROCKFORD Road,
Cork, has obtained an open scholar
ship of s. so value tenable for two
years, under the Scientific and Tech
meal department, Dublin, and is one
p Of the two ladies successful from
Munster. ..~'-.
In the recent Dublin Oireachtas P.
o'Neii, Kinsale, captured first prize
for the best list of terms used in
hurting, football, handicap, and other
outdoor Irish games; Walter Redmond
the gold medal for original compost
ton of an Irish air, either in staff or
tonic sofia notation, set to any Irish
words (original or otherwise); and
M. Cullinain, Skibbereen, the first
prize for the best Irish words (col-
1ected or original for any one Of ten
Irish airs.)
The same indications as exists in
other parts OF Ireland of the decline
in the crop possibilities are already
x visible in Glare. The potato crop will
5$not be half the average on the whole,
III but the quality is yet capable Of i'm
a provement by some hot weather. The
I oat crop nearly everywhere, where
sown, seems good, though it has suf-
fered from the continuous rains. The
wheat crop, also, wherever sown. is
poor. Mangolds where MANFRED prop
erly, are this year favorable crop.
The hay crop is fully once and half
what it was last year.
- Donegal.
The English members of Parlia-
nent, who are on a visit to Ireland,
journeyed to Ballyshannon, on Aug.
rs, and inspected places of interest in
the district.
On Aug. %, the Irish Training Col
lege for Ulster. situate at Cloughane-
ely, Co. Donegal, was declared open.
Letters Of support were read from the
Ulster Bishops, from An Chraoibhin,
and other prominent workers in the
language movement.
While returning to camp, on the
evening of. Aug. 49,. having occasion
to cross by a foreshore, two privates
in the End Battalion West Yorkshire
Regiment. named Louis Goldberg and
Down: '. ''
James Johnsan, were overtaken by
the tide, and Goldberg was drowned,
Potatoes. which were the main crop
In Downpatrick, look we'll. Farmers
generally sprayed, and they are still
keeping to- the good; but the I'M
sprayed ones are reported to be affect
ed badly with the blight.
Dublin.
The total expenditures for medicines
and medical and surgical appliances
for warehouses and dispensaries in
ireland for the year ended March,
1906 WAS P1402 los III Lose than in