The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-04-03
Antrim.


II ireland and tc add to the remarkable
4 situation :he darkness becams intense
in Belfast. where artificial light had
10 be -esorted to. Tramway traffic
football matches, including the final
3 of, the Irish Cup. was decla1 ed off.
II There has been nothing like it for a
"a decade.
Armagh.
3t A verdict of found drowned was
= returned at Middleton, Co., Armagh
on the body of Hugh Mullan, Il we'll
\ to-do farmer, of the NewtoWnllt,m milton
~ district, wncsc body was found in d
bog hole a few days ago. Evidence
was given that an auction sale had
been conducted on the holding of the
deceased, after which he left for
Crossmas!cn. Nothing further was
heard Of him until his body was found
at Silvcrbridge.
We reg:,.. 10 announce thu recent
a.sas death of Timothy Edward OConnor,
NJ Assistant Principal Clerk of the Es
" tate Duty Office. Mr.. O'Connor, who
chad most distinguished intermediate
IS and University career. having quail
lifted AS :: solicitor. passed into the Els
tate Duty Office by competitive exam
X ination in 1895. His career there was
hi ol7I nj H.,
~ from one post Of responsibility to
= another. He was Il son of the late
Edward O'Connor, of Tullamon House,
Listowel, and married Il daughter of
i MIR. John .:nthe Great Georges street.
\ Cork. who survives him.
Rev. William FLYNN. S. j.. one of
the oldest members of the Society in
Ireland, dir.l March 6. Hc was ~
g years Of age and four years ago he
e celebrated the Golden Jubilee of his
entrance into the society. He was a
native Of Toughel, where the family
was we'll known and respected.
s:f Glare.
Mr. Hirreil informed, Mr.. VIM. Red
7 mond. in the House of Commons on
Tuesday, that the Estates Commits
sioners are using their best t::,dcavors
to effect the reinstatement Of evicted
tenants. Up to the present ,29 had
been reinstated in Co Glare, and 81
! others had been notified for consid-
Grafton in the allotment Of untcnanted
land.
Carlow.
At a meeting of the Carlcw Old
II Age Pension Committee. resolutions
atof protests were adopted against 1.-THE
4 wild and unjust suggestions ard state
ments by the English Press, and by
prominent Englishlnen to tn" effect
wholesale by the Irish Committees to
I persons not entitled thereto by law,
v and that this Committee court and
invite investigation into all CAGES and
every case passed by thcm.">
Donegal
VIII, The herring fishing prosecuted off
! the Donegal Coast. for the last two
months has now finished up. During
It the fishing over .O,O0O.OOO cranes OF
" behring's were landed. In some cases
Il steam ishin" vessels earned over 1000
pounds each for six weeks work and
'eIal records for II single day.; catch
81 and best Individual catch wcr, broken
during he season. The next fishing
opens in May and Il very heavy fleet
8 from the East Coast Of Scotland is
6e- Dublin.
MI The T;:nnet Centenary WIS COM
AZ 1nemorate1 by Il lecture on the life of
4 the patriot and concert of National
I. music in tbs Round Room of the Ru-
Il, tuntla, m tire evening of March 5.
IN A large and enthusiastic audience at
KS tended.
G The death is announced of Sir Thorn
N as Pierce Butler. a well-kiown ,,n.l-
s.aowner, who saw much service in the
n Crimea, and was present at the taking
Of sevastopol For his war services
HssAlC ICCclNcl lHt AIllIIGd lllGcdl WITH
III sSsevastopol clasp, and also tic Turk
q ish medal In 1885 he contested County
q Carlow in the Conservative interest.
Kerry.
s The owner of Il lighter, who moored
NJ her all night in the middle OF the
Il Foyle without hosting a light to mark
~ her Wlerea bouts was fined % ShiI-
# lings and costs by the Derry magis-
trates. DEFENDANTS excuse was that
M his lamp was broken.
-ssssssg Fermanagh.
Justice Kenny, in charging the
Grand Jury at the Fermanagh AS
Isles. opened in Enniskllen on Mar. 6,
q said the calendar to be presented was
q an extremely light one. The cases to
1,of ns4 Af1o,