The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-02-12
Antrim.


At a meeting Of the Belfast Corpor-
/. alton in committee, Councillor Robert
q, James McMordie was unanimously
A elected Lord Mayor Of Belfast for 1910
Armagh.
The annual distribution of prizes in
connection with the Armagh Technical
8 School was held last night, in the city
\ hall. and proved most interesting
4 function. Mr.. NJ. Short, ]. P, chair
man of, the City Council, presided and
s there was large attendance. Mr.. T..
p. Gill secretary of the department, de-
livereds an interesting and instructive
address, in which he referred to the
I urgent necessity of providing new
school buildings for Armagh, as the
" equate for the purpose. The prizes
were distributed by Miss Alexander,
Il daughter of Prlmate Alexander. Mas
u Alexander also delivered an eloquent
address,.
The death took place few days ago
{. of Mr.. Timothy Desmond. T. c.. Cork,
a gentlemen who some years ago was
y, one Of the best known men in racing
si,Jcircles in the south of Ireland. He
3 bred many winners. among the most
notable being Bridegroom. He was
owner of the we'll known sire Sweet
heart, and Of the equally well known
.. mare Goldsmith Maid. About i've years
ago he was returned az Councillor for
i South Centre Ward in the Corporation.
= and since then belonged to the Num-
cipal Reform party. OF kind and ga
Z NAL manner, he was widely esteemed
Glare.
!. opened on Jan. Is ny County Court
Judge Bodkin. When the court had
been opened. Mayor F. G. Cullinan, sub
. sheriff, said that, as there was no
criminal business to 60 before his hon.
or, he had great pleasure in presenting
him with white gloves. His honor ac-
cepted the gift AZ testimony of the
good condition of Clare, which is 40
B, maligned on the other side of the wa
ter.
NJ Down.
II Judge Orr of cambridge Quarter Ses-
. sions, dismissed with costs an appli-
v cation for R4l5 for alleged malicious
injury sought by Robert Dodds, ]. p.
Dromara, County Down, in respect OF
!; the burning Of his scutch mill and 9TH
aasr property early in December. AppM-
-, cant tried to prove malice by reason of
Z the fact that at one time he rented his
storeroom to Aid. Beatty, j. p, Dublin.
against Lord Arthur Hill. He also
!. stated that threatening letters had been
received by him, and he incurred dis
favor by coinciding in decision
2 against several parties while attend
ing as magistrate at petty sessions.
.... Derry.
In the SPERM Mountains, on the bor-
! ders Of Derry and Tyrone, some Of the
inhabitants, with a view of defeating
N the budget have hoodwinked the po-
Isl lice for considerable time in the
manufacture of mountain dew" Away
Fss@in an isolated spot on the bank of 4
!. river a regular up-to-date distilling
plant was put down in the bowels Of
the Garth, and the making of whiskey
4 went on apace. The police at Park,
!. County Derry, getting clue, assisted
by members Of the force from other
81 neighboring stations, made a search
4son Saturday morning last, and they
= were successful in gaining admittance
4 to the secret chambers, where they Sc
cured the whole apparatus which made
up the wee STILL" also some Jars IT
whiskey. No arrests were made, but
sensational developments are daily sx-
s expected.
Dublin.
''#f$ Sir Alexander Acland Hood, address,
Ing a meeting of electors at Minehead
/ recently, said that he was in favor of
h giving every person Of 10 an old age
u pension whether he had poor law relief
n or not. He thought 1t was a wise and
n statesmanlike measure to encourage
essnen to contribute to government
"a scheme by which they get better pen
:S sion at go or an earlier pension IL dis
abled by sickness or accident Refer
Il ring to home rule. he said Mr.. Asquith
/ declined to discuss it now he had &C.
fsY cured the Irish vote.
MI Galway.
ss s The death of Sir Henry George Burke.
VI; Bart, occurred recently. He owned en-
offensive. estates in County Galway.
Hi where he was held in high esteem and
III MS death will be regretted by wide
scircle of friends. He was a graduate
81 OF Trinity college. Dublin. In 1888 he