The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-11-06

NEWS FROM IRELAND
Antrim.

Antrim.
The funeral took place on october
10 at st. Paul's Convent of Mercy,
Crumlin road, Belfast of Sister M. de
Sales Walsh, who died on Monday at
the venerable age of AZ years. Office
and Requiem Mass were celebrated in
the Convent Chapel, the Rev. R. Crick-
ard, P. p, Ballynafeigh, presiding ut
the Mass, and the celebrant being the
Rev. Father O'Brien, c. c., st. Pat.
rick's. There was large attendance
of clergy.
Armagh.
The new county court judge of Ar
magh and Louth has reappointed Mr..
Andrew McElvaine, scarva, as land
court valuer This position Mr.. Nc
Elvaina has held for sixteen years. In
future FMr. McElvaine will hear the
evidence along with his honor before
proceeding to inspect the farm.
Cork.
On october ~, Mr.. j. Gale, sub
sheriff, with bailiffs and force of so
police, arrived at Castledownbere for
the purpose of evicting Jeremiah Hol-
land, Of Kilmacowen, on the Leahy
estate, who had refused to make
settlement with the landlord. An offer
was made for the payment of two
years. rent, 16 pounds 10 shillings, and
agreeable to Holland, but he refused
to pay costs. A determined resistance
to the carrying out of the evictions is
to be made. This estate was the scene
of an eviction campaign not long ago,
and some of the tenants under evic-
ton were allowed to stand over from
then in the hope of settlement, which
apparently has not come off. Purchase
negotiations on the estate would ap-
pear to be the stumbling block in the
matter of settlement.
Clare.
There was no criminal business t.
be disposed of at the Kilrush Quarter
Sessions, and County Court Judge
Bodkin was presented with white
gloves.
Dublin.
The recorder, in opening the Mi
attributed much of the crime of the
city to the bad dwellings of the poor.
Housing conditions in Dublin and dis
trict have been discussed by the I'm
provement Committee Of the Corpor-
alton, the South Side Dublin Rural
District Council, and the Recorder. At
a great number of the cases to the
vice of intemperance, and intemper-
ance, he declared, originated in, or was
promoted by, the "loarf0kne dens"
that make up our Sums. 1t is graft
flying, then. to find that the Corpora
ton scheme for clearing the unsani-
tary area of Cook street and erecting
number of decent dwellings,, which,
according to the latest plan, would
house 1872 families, is almost ripe for
execution.
Donegal.
At the Carndonagh Petty Sessions.
on October II, DR.. mclaughlin APP
pealed to the magistrates to show toll
Grafton by electing Catholic as their
Clerk, seeing that Protestant had
hitherto held the Office. The Protest
ant candidate was elected by two
votes, and q protest was lodged that
some of the magistrates who voted
were not qualified.
Fermanash.
Mr.. Peter Magennis, Of Derrygor-
nelly is now IS years Of age. and is
author of a book of poems, and has
also written several works of fiction.
He is widely known as the Bard of
Tough Erne.
Galway.
At the monthly meeting of the South
Galway Executive of the United Irish
League, held at the Temperance Build
ings, Loughrea, the chairman, w. ].
Duffy, M. p, presiding, a resolution
was adopted calling upon the Irish
Party, in view of the strangling Of the
Land Bill by the Lords, unless the
measure were brought back to its orig
inal shape, including the compulsory
powers, to offer strenuous resistance
to it's becoming law.
Kerry.
BY an order in Council contained
recently in the Dublin Gazette, all
criminal business other than Appeals
from Petty Sessions are in future 10
be conducted for the county of Kerry
at Tralee.
Kildare.
The death has occurred at Athy Of
& Miss Julia Whelan, second daughter
s.of Mr.. P. whelan, draper, Leinst.r