The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-01-02
NEWS FROM IRELAND
Antrim.

Antflf1s
Eat the Ulster Winter Assizes in Bel
'ast, the jury, in the case Of a Donegal
,armer named Teese, for participating
n poisoning with intent to murder a
1eighbor named Buchanan, disagreed,
and the accused was put back to the
lext Assizes.
The Irish Temperance League, a:
heir meeting at Belfast, passed u res"
o1ution expressing deep regret at the
action Of the House of Lords i'll reject
ing the Licensing Bill, measure
which it was claimed aimed for We
national welfare, economic, social and
religious.
hit Armagh.
Portadown ranks as the town which
Of late had the highest death-rate in
sand per annum. In Duudalk the rate
vas only per thousand the lowest n
ireland. Derry death-rate was as high
as %, and Armagh as high as 271s, to
which Cork fellows with 2S.7 per thou
sand. In eight of the % principal town
districts Of Ireland the rate exceeded
20 per thousand. 1t was under 10 per
thousand in five towns, viz, Dundalk,
Lisburn, Lurgan, Sligo and Waterford.
Cavan.
A branch Of the Gaelic League has
been established at Killes,ancra. Rev.
p. Osborne, c. c., presided at the meet
ing, at which resolution was adopted,
supporting the demand o. the Gaelic
League in favor Of the Irish language
being made an essetial subject FOR mat
REGULATION in the new universities, and
asking that provision be made for the
teaching of Irish in all the colleges of
1.-The university.
Cork.
A grand old Nationalist has passed
away in the person Of Maurice O'SuIli-
van, of Mitchelstown at the age o. 50.
1t was he who during the Plan OF Cam
paign movement transferred his extern
-sive premises into fort and ran up
the flag, "Plan of Campaign; no sur
render; evictors come on" For eight
months "O'Sullivan's Fort" proved i'm
pregnable to the coercion forces, and
during that time was visited by many
irish and English M. P.'s, Including
among the latter Mr.. Laboucherc.
Carlow.
Edwin J. How'll, a gentleman farm
err and a follower of the hounds, died
on Dec. Z, at his residence, Bella Vista,
two miles from Carlow, from the effects
Of poison, self administered. It. is gen.
orally considered that he was tompor-
arily insane at the time Of committing
the act.
The Department Of Agriculture and
Technical Instruction have ratified the
appointment Of Mr. John McMecllar as
manual instructor for Co. Down, at a
salary Of e12O per annum.
Dublin.
In the House of Commons, Mr. AS
quith said that the Government did not
propose tc press through the Irish Land
Bill during the remainder Of this scs~
sion, but that the Government would
do it's best to secure its passage into
law as soon as may be.
It is with regret that we announce
the death Of George Buyers, senior mem
Der of the firm of Sealy Buyers & Wal
ker, the well known Dublin publishers
His death has caused widespread re-
greet, and the large funeral cortsge that
followed the remains to the cemetery
testified to the general esteem with
which he was regarded in the city and
county.
Donegal.
3 The Right Rev. DR.. McFIugh, Bishop
of Derry, has written 20 Rev. Father
McMenamin, P. p, Buncrana, express
ing his pleasure on learning that Faith
er McMenanin has completed prclim-
tnaries for the holding OF bazaar to
raise funds towards clearing off debt
of $4,000 incurred in connection with
Improvements and additions 20 The
church and schools in the parish, and
his Lordship expresses his confidence
that Father McMenamin will receive
generous response to his appeal.
Fermanagn.
While hunting with the Fermana yh
Harriers on Dec. 5, Miss Mary Maude,
of Laraghan Park, Enniskil!en-a fear
less rider to hounds-met with serious
accident resulting in the fracture of a
collar bone and three ribs, and Sc
were crushing. The meet was at Moy-
skillen, on the Derrygonnelly road The
hounds were in full cry and Miss
yMaude was close up when she encoun-
tered rather nasty fence. ditch,
with hedge on either side. Her