The Irish standard., 1910-02-26
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from an Irish family engaged in ar
extensive sheep ranching business, Of
which he later became general man.
ager. He was a brilliant writer, s
charming conversationalist and an ar.
dent Nationalist. He was ferven1
Catholic and for his services to the
Church in Buenos Ayres he was made
a Knight of St. Gregory. He made al
| extensive tour of the United States and
Ireland, and wrote series of. very
graphic sketches which he published
In the Southern Cross and subse-
quently reproduced in book from, un-
books of his dealing with life of the
ranches were eel Reservao" and LA
Quemazon." He was exceedingly ami
able and most popular, and very gen.
eral sympathy will be felt with his re-
latives on his death.
Louth.
Messrs. w. S. Green (chairmam and
E. w. Holt. Fishery Inspector, held an
inquiry in the Courthouse, Drogheda
on Jan. 81. into an application made
to the Fisheries Department Of the
Board of Agriculture and Technical In :
struction by the Drogheda Board of
Conservators and the net fishermen Of
Drogheda, Baltray, Mornington, AM!
Annagassan to alter the close season
for the capture of salmon and trout in
1t was said that the close season began
on Aug for the Drogheda district ana
Aug. 10 for the Annagassan portion of
the Dundalk district. while the close
season for the northern portion Of the
district was fixed at September 30. It
was commended that this late close sea
son, by reason of which fishing could
be carried on on the seaboard long after
the Boyne had been closed. caused very
great injury to the salmon fisheries in
the Drogheda district. The matter is
still under consideration.
Limerick.
At the monthly meeting OF the
Limerick. Fishery Conservators on Feb.
2, letter was read from the Depart
ment stating that no change could be
made in the terms of the offer sent to
the Board last month, viz. E4OO now
if E1O0 was subscribed locally, and
E 400 in September on similar con,li-
tions. The Clerk had asked for G 900
without any conditions, having regard
to the great size of the district A re-
solution was passed asking the De.
partment to give G 800 il the Board
raised G100.
Monaghan.
On the evening of Feb. 1, sudden
death took place in the townland of
Cola, Tydavnet, about seven miles from
Monaghan. 1t appears that a respect
able and well-to-do farmer named
Francis McCarron was delivering two
young pigs at a neighboring farmers
house and when engaged unloading the
animals he fell backwards and died be-
fore medical aid could be procured
Death was attributed to heart failure,
and an inquest was deemed unneces-
sary. '...
Mayo.
At weekly meeting Of the Castelar,
Branch of the Town Tenants League
Mr.. P. Timlin, U.D.C., presiding, the
members of the deputation appointed
to wait on Very Rev. Cannon Lyons
PIP, Castelar,, with regard to the
proposed purchase of the town of
Castelar, by the Congested Districts
Board under the new Land Act, an
nounced that the rev. gentleman re-
ceived them very kindly, and promised
10 do his utmost to have the sale car
ried through. Further action was post.
poned pending the meeting Of the new
Congested Districts Board, which will
consider the project of buying up
lands.
Meath,
Meath is one of the counties in which
full advantage has been taken of he
Laborers Act by the Rural Council.
Many schemes have been carried out
and with the springing. up of the new
habitable cottages the 'wretched cabin
in which the agricultural laborer was
compelled to live is fast disappearing
A new scheme for Dunshaughlin has
been promoted, and additional cottages
for Trim are also being sought. But
with regard to the latter. it is pointed
out that the Rural Council contemplate
taking action against certain laborers
who so far have not gone into the houses
secured for them under previous
schemes. The rent collectors are to be
asked to supply return of the num-
Der of unoccupied cottages, and the
laborers "nust shortly make up their
mind either to occupy the cottages or