Irish News.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIX, Issue 20, 13 February 1891, Page 9

Irish News.

Antrim.— lhe Ballymoney Guardians at last meeting agreed f> erect a number of cottages for the labourers of Dervock Th Sow ing were appointed a committee to visit and ch,M> aB the sltea and report thereon :-Mes 9 rs. McKlderry, Tomb, Gage Mac Master McCurdy, Canon, Millar, and M .nt<romery A meeting of the employees of th s Belfast and Northern counties SK W " tt y WW l?,l ?,' h! Winters' Hill, Great George's street Belfast, last week. William Foreman, Oigamcini? Secretary for Irel in d addressed the assemblage and pointed out the greatneJesaity here waeol joining the itailway Servant „• Union. On .he conclusion of his diacourfo a branch was foimed ' RpvlTr'^ ° f Ba l l - vmon ;y, National League, was recently hold, .k ?y? y ,rT dßl< A letter from ( ' lt; MnsesGalbraith was i>l til aDS < It bra , Deh for the ot caudolenci on 21 death of their father, llev. Professor Galbraith. It was p.oposed by John Boyle, solicitor, and carried unanimously --Tnat we consider d^LTn^mL^. 11168 " thC °^ n Mli " » ouuagTou'tl p l.oa ion ,« made for compensation. FatheJ Me Jartan he par^h priest stated that the reason for bringing in the apo i* tion wan that the office and injury had been several times comffitted Primtf 6 lf \°v P MaSS lD 8t - Malach ?'B « few Sundays ago the Primate, Most Rev Doctor Logue, referred to the practice of betting on horse races which was prevalent in Armagh. He condemned it as immoral and said he w.uld do all in his po»er to put Tdown Above all he condemns bookmakiog and bookmakers and add "f Catholics wno engaged in this nefarious business did not give it up he would put them out of the pale of the Churcii. P m™ C r ar i e r~ At the Corcomroe Baronial Sessions held in Eanisty. mon a resolution was unanimously adopted approving the construction of a line of Railway from Willbrook. on the West Clare line to Lisdoonvarna, via Kilfenora, thus helping to open up and deve op the resources o North-west Clare. A similar resolution was pa S>d at the Baronial Session, of Inchiquin. The labourers at MiTtownMalbS have passed a resolution ot thanks to William Murphy, M P to piihf°« ln s onnectlon with South Clare Railway, which would enable them to go to work at once and ti ie over the distrens. At the Zl^&Vr^SuoT enr ° Iled " memb2r3 ° f th 3 Iri " D " Powell and his wife Bridget, natives of rfen.frn. Oi being exam S by the Customs authorities an unloaded six-chamber revolver and nine rounds of ammunition were found in Mr.. IWIIV improve >' bhe was arrested. l" UVUp

A special general meeting of the cornea iv wiaheM last we k J. H. Payne-bhearts pre^.diug. It was announce i that the G vernment would f pand £70,000 m railway extensions at Skibbereeu and Bamry for the purpose of affording empl .yment to the >eo P l He traffic deep-water quay a' Bantry to facilitate the ii s h

Donegal.— Over one thousand human biine^ are now homrlees on the bleak mils of Donegal. The cold. pacing wiSlinTr are congealing the hf.-blood of the hapless people, and will he no prematurely hi many a grave in Falc.rra.h', burial groan i T n ,t, t this wholesale destruction of the peoples' r.^hts and lives shoul i c Kulf 7,'7 ,' i., the nama of ho law 13 conclu veev ! denco that the law ,s a disgiace to Kngland and to civilisation and must be expunged from the statute Wk« After the evictions on the Olpber. estate the R. I. C fitly clou 1 hou^TheT^ fT" T? cn '« tain ™ t ,n the crossroad' Coui^ house. 1 heir chief olhcer de'ive.e it . them the fjil >wm- harangue -" I am very p ea^ed at the en i U the evici.ua cmipti.rn ll be ible to compliment the men of the Donegal CWabularv d7,ri ,g eleVene n The'irn^ w» VGry o ™"'^ and ,n v«V wet wcathe," The|men who could indulge in amusement* whil-t 1 (K>() of th. , country-people were set upon the lulls m ni, a .. r> , b.uily clothe lan without a roof to protect them from ram and coVi, ,I, '^rve th' sc ,„ and contempt of Irishmen. ' SLjrn

»hn" Y"n7 °rnSterNatloD!llistr nSterNatloD!llist ll^onst,at.ori in support of hclenanU Defence League was h,ld at Sheepbrul^e, „ Neury Ihe attendance nuraberc i fcO me thou.au is. The' cause o£ nltionaluV has lost uotmna as regards nthuMasm and support in Sou th S hver Wag.nnes,, Poyn./pass, pre,ided. Contingents ti m he follow" ing places were present-Newry, W-rr,npomtr Itn t revo, Hi U >Z Mayobndge, Annaclone, Banbrulge, K.lcoo, C.Mlew Ulfam a hT nThe fdfowSri °i ° tZpa3P ' G " lla> Bllee Pb"^'e.O^ord, iSly va"". Ihe following bands w ere present :— The St Joseph's Hi-b street the Zo££?lf aa LelL e1X '~ Th ° br " Mh « ot tho National League i n hibited fcrsale on the old fa,r green of Tullina^aly. There was great demand, and good prices were realised all round the Midla?d le L S i Creta^ f ° r IrC ' aad haß writteQ t0 the chairman of connect on wSr^f Pany «r eßsmK hl3 hope that the work la connection with the line from G,»lway to Clifden would commence n soon as possible, and also slating that the line should be commenced quired, 10118 S ° R3 ° employment m parts where it was most re-

(l nn , Th . c l ™ 1 * interest tak ea in the great movennnt inausurated to hTnuh, t G th ag T 3t laDdlord W-Mion cont.nues active Dnfc in *X T C t ?U l 7'7 ' At / 00 ' JQt m « dtlu S of the Central Branch m At the county at large Presentment Sessions recently held in Tralee a presentment for £4,887 fo: the maintenance of extr* con a^naZr V' 7 w^" baH '*** ° Ct ° ber ?'? ' 1 ' Waß tended in* n „ 7; 80hmoa wai) rpa(! frj m T.al c Town Comrrms.oners calling on the G.vernme-Jt to reduce the extra police freef >rce as thcounty was in a peaceable state.

Kildare.— Shadowing w.ii cirriH m to a erent e\-lpnt at ree>nt Na-s fa,,. M,. MhU,.. .F. lIU ,, K-lly, and ktlllZ am we.c followel by po .eeme,, and c .ns.d.r.ibly hampered in their biiNinebs transactions by the R.I (J. ' fllln /i N^, 3 , monthly fair prices' for pigs, evc-pt nee light sorts, showed i fall of 4s to 6s p. r cwt ; bjnavs, lUj to 20s. The bullock trade waa very good, showing a sharp advance on late fairs. Beef snn supply ; heifers, GOs per cwt ; cows, 50s to 36s per cwt. SDeep! small supply, nothi g doing. At the horse fair there was a good display of longtails and tecond-class farm horses. Anything saleable

Kilkenny.— The tenants on the Baker and Birchall estates county Ktlk, nay. are celebrating a victory over landlordism The evictions on ti.e Birchill estate commenced about six years ago, no rent being paid by any tenants. By an arrangement now concluded the evicted tenants go back at considerably reduced rents, and those who have held possession are allowed abatements of thirteen shillings in the pound. On the Baker estate the reduction granted is about fifty per cent Both estates will shortly be offered to the tenants at sixteen years purchase.

L,ituericlc.-lhe collection for the Tenants' Defence Fund took place recently at Cappamore. The people came forward in a generous and spirited manner at the call ot their pastor, and a substantial sum was tak. n.

t, a n lll^ n of Groa g h haß sold his holding of eleven acres to Dams O Kelly, Drumcollogher for £140; Roger Murphy, Drominaenne, Kilmeedy, has purchased the holding of the Tale Thomas Naughton at Ballycasey, Ki'dimid, for £400. It consists of sixty acres. J

At a snecul meeting of the FUthkeale Town Commisfioners held recently, a deputation ot the Kathkeale Irish Democratic Labour Federation waited on f,e Commisbioners and presented resolutions cil ing on them to provide employment for the. labourers of the town and buiroumiing iistiict.

At la^t mee-inj; of Cjolcipi.a Loague the subj ct of providing impio\-d dw. rings for thp lab mrtr \v.,s dmcuss.-d, and i resolution adopted calling upna the Guardian^ m th- Divi-mas of Lismakerry, Uuullesto.vn, and ktlfic.i.inell, to piovide cuitiges under tin next schttne for the labourers in thai respictne divisions

Mayo.-a^v ial Cjx authons'd Charles D»ly. Coacbtiel.l, to give au qbatem ml <-t twenty per c. nt. on the years rent to i.ll his bairhill (Oalcatra) tenants, \vh -, as an apprecntion of the compliment, have handed vi the full yeai's rent. Castlebar Inr was he'd nccn'ly on thp new fair-careen. The show of cattle w,.s laiger thii-i inn!, but the attendant of buyers meagre ; hence the slowtiade. There was no lmp-ovemmt in prices yet a lar^e number of stock wis s )ld.

Such gr^-r misery exists in the Wcs port di-tr,ct that the local Government Hoard culled on the Guardians to yive the matur their serous cmbidoration. Af era leng-hlv di-cus-iion . n the dntn s<=. the Guudians po4pone>l ;h- coi-idir.itnn of thj local Go/ernmmt Lciiid lot t(. i fjr a foiniig.it.

iii-v. John Cinnin-.', A Ira., West port, m about erectimr a church m h.jnrmr ot the pitro-i munL of It l.in.i, wnch it ih intended to erect at the foi t of Cioagh Patiick, tbit lofty mountai i tacred t> every Inshmin the world .»v,-i, bjca.ise it was coin-crated with the tears of Punck for the miseries of Enn, and his prayers for her future happine-s and g'on .

Mealll. — I he meeting hell recently in Navau to ke -p ahvo the spirit ot n ttuntlry ml '-siit the fun 1 f >r tlu I'cnanth' Defence Assoei itiou w is <m<- ot the h .< st ever witnessed in the country a-id ii now b ating fiuit m the sub-; ■nptioni pouting into ill • Fund.

Queen's Couuty.-Janxs Malone, a lunatic inmitf if the M ,uutmi I lick Union, n-ceiu ly applied foi police protuilum, b ing under the imprt.ssi')ii that I c w;is bi^ cotteil. W. A MacUonal 1. M.P. fir (Queen's C »anty, addres-e I ft meeting of the Dublin Italcj' council, and «1 <iuentlv vindicated the huh Parhameiuaiy pirty fiom thj t-htige . t *aat of H^mpattiy with the labour movement.

ROSCOIIIIUOn. — Strenuous eir'orts are being made to obt tin from Government a grant tor fie construction of a railway from Dromod to Strokestown.

In sending his rent to tho agrnt a farmer in this ciunty was guilty ot leaving the enoimous balance ot two-penc> due, and the agent, th>- nephew of .t lorJ, wai pur to the trouble and expence of wruiutj for it.

Strokes.town far was well sjpp.i d with c.ittle, and buyers were numerous. Tne demind was good and improved pricts obtained. Weanling calves sold from £~> to £8 ; year-and-.i-half, fiom £11 to £13 ; three-year olds, from £i:S to £1(J ; ppnngers, from £1.1 to £22 ; Tne sheep fur \v*i well attend' d. Limbs sold at fiom 'Ms to 10^.

Xipperary.— The Removables find Father Humphreys £20 for an allege! ass.mlt on a p >ho 'man'a wif •. The people h.iva paid the fine, and pre.cnted him with £-30 besides Tlie £">0 he will devote to the getting up a small library for the Sacred Heart Confraternity,

. , JJ h ® recognisances of Messrs. O'Brien and Dillon were estreated ♦« » n Bem u ovl \ bl « 8 at Tipperary last week. The crovrn will proceed to collect the bail money, £2000, but it will be about the smallest ™ I , cun| o f .B™ t >ficatioD which Mr. Balfour will extract from the theatrical display in Tipperary. John, Ryan, Joseph English, and Tobias English, ot Tipperary, were server! with notice tbat Mr. Smith-Barry will move for wrns of attachment against them for their contempt in refusing to bring imo certain moneys in reference to house property on the SmithBarry estate which they hold in trust for & chanty in Tipperary. ... £ wrgely-attended meeting of the Tipperary National League was Deld last week, 400 members, including all the leading National- ? i iVL* PTl ntl W - F - Dalt °n commented strongly on the fact that, although Father Humphreys had been shadowed and his steps aoggea ior months by police spies, even a Coercion court could not 7,,™ o g ,7 Of any Clime - A resolution of renewed confidence in Mr. Parnell was also passed. . Tyrone,— 1 he recent heavy floods have been destructive to me and property in more than one district of the County Tyron- A A melancholy drowning case occurred in Clogher village, whereby a respectable farmer named Griffin lost his life in the River Blackwater between Augher and Clogher. The attendance of buyers and sellers at recent fair wa3 large. A keen demand existed for good young springers. Best beef sold at Vi'q ♦ 500 P ercwt ' Mllch cow s of first-class quality realised from *18 to ±,22 ; second-class from £11 to £13, and inferior from £7 to fey. Uood springers from £13 to £20, ana second-class, £* to £11 Ihree-year-old heifers and bullocks, £10 to £12 10s ; two-year-olds, fiY* o2 \° 9 : one -y ear -olds, £6 10s to £7 15s. Mutton sold from «Jd to 8d per lb. Dry cattle from £6 to £10. w "Waterford% — Father Flynn presided at recent Killea JNational League meeting. The business was of a rou:ine nature, as the district was not blessed with grabbers or emergencymen. An emergencyman named Brennan was last week sentenced at Oamckbeg to imprisonment for one month for breaking into the house of a labouring man named Kearney, threatening to shoot him and wilfully smashing his delph. Kearney was a tenant on the Langley estate. Last week the seamen in the employ of the Waterford Hteamship Company gave seven days' notice of their intention to strike woik because of the dismissal of one of the hands— a union man— but on the arrival of the eteamer in Liverpool the captain anticipated the a'a£' dlsmiSßiD g the hands, shipped a crew of "blacklegs," and additional crews for the other steamers. The men on the sn.amsnip Reginald, in port at Waterford, on hearing of the above, quit work. * Lismore monthly fair was held week before last, and though there was a fall in the price of cattle in comparison to some receot rairs, still there was a good demand for stock. Three-year-old heifers and bullocks fetched irom £12 to £13 10s ; two-year-old do, £9 10s to £11 ; one and-a-half-year old, from £7 10s to £8 ; strippers, £S) to £10 10s ; milch cows, £14 to £17 10s. First quality beef fetched 60s per cwt., but second quality cuuld easily be bought for its or 563 per cwt, ; fat sheep, £3 to £3 5s each ; hogget ewes, £2 7s 6d to £2 12s od. At a Kilrossenty and Fews League committee meeting held recently Father Queally presided. The conduct of William Walsh lieomybrien, in treating with W. M. Ardagh regarding an evicted larm in the parish of Garrnbone, formed the principal topic of conversation. Mr. Walsh appeared, and promised not to wast', any moie time in treating with a customer of so shifty a nature hb Arda°\i. It was decided to submit the case of Pat Power, Glendalhgan, and Jfidmond Walsh, Bolhnthea, to the people's tribunal, the Cjurt of Arbitration. "Westmeatll.— The death has been announced of Captain Ralph Smyth, Gay brook. The deceased was one of the most popular landlords in the County. He was a resident, a large employer of labour, and a kind and charitable man. The proposal to bring Waterford into direct commumcati m with Mullingar is about to have a further trial, owing v an a-raugement by a powerful syndicate in Lonlon agreeing to construct the line if the land can be procured free of cost.