The Irish standard., 1907-06-08

j! NEWS FROM IRELAND I
Armagh.

magh, was broken into recently by
burglars, who effected an entrance by
smashing a valuable and beautiful
stained glass window. On getting in
side, the thieves broke open a box in
the vestibule into which coppers are
dropped for books. Fortunately there
We're only few pence in the box, as
it had been recently cleared out. On
the same night the Christian Brothers
schools were also broken into by, it is
supposed, the same party, but they
were disappointed, as there was moth
Ing valuable for them to appropriate.
Antrim.
Belfast has been suffering from an
epidemic of spotted fever. There We're
s65 cases and 254 deaths up to May IL.
Clare.
A pilot named Thos. McMahon of
Kilbaha, aged 81 years, was accident
ally drowned off the pilot boat be-
tween Kilbaha and Beale Bay on May
8 while the boat was proceeding to
board an incoming French vessel bound
for Limerick.
Mr.. James Brady. of Galway, has
been elected town surveyor of Yous-
hal.
In the Presentation Convent, Mid
dleton, on Friday, May 8. took place
the profession of Miss Laune. in re-
ligion, Sister Mary Augustine, of
Knocklong, County Limerick, and Miu,
O'Keefe, Sister Mary Calasanctius, oN
Mitchelstown.
The death took place suddenly on
May of Mr. VIM. H. H. Massey, late
of Mount Massey, Macroom. His death
will cause a hitch in the negotiations
for the purchase of the Massey estate
The death occurred recently at
Knockane. Macroon, Of Mrs. Mary Cal
laghan, at the age of 1l0 years.
Donegal.
1.-THE most remarkable scrap of earth
on the face Of the globe,' was the de-
scription given of st. Patricks Pur-
gatory, the famed islet in Tough Ders,
by Mr.. w. A. Henderson in a scholarly
lecture which he delivered recently be-
fore the National Literary Society,"
Dublin. Mr.. Sigerson, who presided,
said no place was so famed abroad
or so frequently alluded to by foreign
scholars, and no place was SO much
ignored by scholars at home.
Dublin.
During the last month three hundred
and f1fty-three poor families were re-
lieved by the Sick and INDECENT Room
keepers seiety Of Dublin at a cost of
e12o. ...
A public meeting of the Catholic
Discharged Female Prisoners Aid So
ciety in aid of the Holy Family Home,
Synnott Place, Dublin. was held on
May 3 in the Mansion House. His
Grace Archbishop Walsh presided. In
teresting speeches We're delivered deal
ing with the work Of the Home. A
subscription list was opened, and a
considerable sum was subscribed.
Down.
On May 5 the remains of the late
MIR. Hugh Rafferty,, ,Newry, who passed
away at the comparatively early age
of 40 years. after weeks illness, were
laid to rest in the Old Chapel Burying-
ground, Newry. The funeral was large
and representative. The members of
the John Mitchell Branch of the Irish
National Foresters were present in the
regalia Of the Order. Mr.. Rafferty, had
been for over nineteen years MEM
Der Of this body, and was one of the
first to join the ranks of it in Newry.
Derry.
The Rev. James Robertson, D. D.. a
we'll known Irish Methodist minister,
died with tragic suddenness in the
Methodist Manse, Coleraine, on May
5. He had preached in his own church
in the morning and in the Congrega-
tiona1 church in the evening. On re-
turn to Manse he was seized with ILL
ness and died in a few minutes. He
was IS years of age.
Galway.
At Galway Sessions Judge Anderson
recently allowed compensation of As
Cd day for life under the Workmen's
Compensation Act to a man named
Joseph Lydon, who, while working for
the Congested Districts Board had
one of his hands blown off by a charge
of dynamite. i
The weather recently has been I'M
usually severe along the Irish western
seaboard. and has considerably inter-
fered with the mackerel fishing re-
Gently opened at Aran Islands.
Kerry.
The decision given by the Court of
Appeals, Dublin, in the case of O'Flaf1-