Widnes Examiner. — 1888-01-07 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

IRELA SD.  In tite'course of a quarrel in a tavern at Fermon.county Cork, on Saturday, a man named Conners attacked William Geary, of liliworth, with a pitchfork, inflicting such terrible injuries that the unfortunate man soon afterwards died. John Sheehy, who tried to save Geary. was bitten on the fingers, with the result that blood poisoning has since set in, and his life is despaired of. The man Farrell, who murdered John Cktcv. merchant tailor, in Eustace-street, Dublin, died on Monday ft; Mercer's Hospital. from the effect of the bullet wound which he inflicted on himself after he shot aacy. Farrell 'remained silent as tn.he motive for the crime until he saw he was dying. He then made a confession, which Is :in .the hands of the police, and for the present they decline to make .it public. A special meeting of the Irish Privy Council was held alt Dublin Castle, on Monday. when the Lard-Lieutenant nretided, and them were present Prince Edward of SaxeWeimar, the, Lord Chancellor. the Earl of Meath, the Phief Secretary, Mr. Arthur McMorrogh Kavanagi* Mr. Justice Monroe, the Attorney-General, and Mr. lon Trant Hamilton. It is stated that it was resolved to suppress the National League branches in the counties ol Dublin and Meath. This means closing the headquarters of the League in,Sackville-street, Dublin. 1 - • •  On Tuesday Alderman Kernanaocton knew for fife Lord rNlnvor of Dublin, presided at a Meeting• to organise a reception committee for the visit of Mr. John Morley and Lord Ripen to Dublin towards*the end of the trl'onth.' -,,rieant Hemphill, Mr. Wm. Murphy, M.P., Rev. Joseph ) . ialbraith,.Senior Fellow of Trinity College, and the Canon Daniel, parish priest, were appointed hon ~•eretarles. Several barristers, members of the Dublin rniversity Horne Rule AF•lociation and the Protestant Home Rule Association attended. A considerable sum was subscribed to defray the expenses of the meeting. Mr, W. F. Dennehy, the Lord Mayor of Dublin's Necre:fay, has written to Mr. Balfour traversing that gentleman's statement that Mr. Sullivan is treated as a firstidass 'misdemeanant would be in England. Mr. Dennehy 'Ants out that the Lord Mnyor was sentenced by the magistrate who tried him to itnariamment in a particular gaol, in proiiimity to his family and his business, and afterwards stealthily carried away to a distant place of con finement, where he was for days immured in an ordinary felon's cell, where, he was prevented reading or receiving the journals of whioli he was the proprietor, and where his friends, in return for a journey occupying ne.eral hours, were only permitted to see him during 15 minutes. _ _ .  Tilictoatallation of Alderman. Joint-O'Brien as Mayor of Cork for 18.98 took place on Monday.—Mr. P. °Tea, M.P. in mbving if vote of thanks to the Mayor for his conduct during the past year, accused Mr. Balfour ot having stated not long ago at a private dinner party near .London that he would have Dillon run in, and that after three months of the treatment he would prescribe for , him in prison, Dillon would have very little inclination ! for continuing In Irish politics. He -(Mr. (YHets) held !. that the man who could_ speak thus had murder io his iteart.—The Mayor, in replying to the vote of thanks, reViewed' the recent acts of the Irish 'Executive, and said ' their conduct disentitled them to his assistance as mayor. He was sorry to say that their trade in the city was not better, but they could not expect it to be better when the country at large was not 'being justly treated by the Executive.