Irish News.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIX, Issue 12, 19 December 1890, Page 9

Irish News.

Antrim. — The agent of the Wai. ace estate, E. L. Capron, arrived iv Lisburn recently. His visit, it is stated , is at the request of the tenants to bare an interview with them relating to the purchase of their holdings. An entertainment was recently given in Ballymscarrick night pchool. The attendance was large. The programme consisted of songs, recitations, and readirgg. Miss Colclough, Miss Kelly, and Mr. Murphy were musicians. Father Macauley, the respected pariah priest, addressed the audience, and directed his attention chiefly to the boys attending the evening classes, by urging on them the necessity of regularly attending, and the great benefit to be derived fiom continuous application to study in the winter period of the year. Arniagfh. — For a few weeks previous to the passage of the Tariff Bill an extraordinary impetus was given to that part of the linen trade called " finishing " in Lurgan and other places in Ulßter. The object of this sudden and vast augmentation of the business was to get the goods into the market before the Protective duties provided for by the McKinley Bill would come into operation In Lurgan it is stated that the various " finishing " establishments though working late hours every night for some time past, yet found it almost impossible to pxecute the orders entrusted to them. It is etated thqt on a single day no less than sixty cases of finished goods were despatched. Each one represented 500 dozens of handkerchiefs. It follows that the consignments of this one day alone consisted of 30,000 handkerchiefs ; certainly a huge total for a town like Lurgan to send forth. It is thought this branch of the linen trade will be eventually transferred to America. CarlO"W«— The '98 Memorial Committee are pushing the business forward vigorously, but are seriously hampered for want of funds, and an appeal will be maie for more to enable them to complete the memorial. T. Richards has been given the contract for the erection of the ornamental gate and railings. There was a large representative meeting of persons opposed to Tullow Railway Tax held at Myshal last week, John Webster presiding, and it was unanimously resolved to continue the same determined resistance t~> this tax. A resolution to stop all objectionable persons from hunting, coursing, or fowling over the lands of the opposing rate-payers was put to the meeting and passed. Cavail. — The manner in which Father Flood and the members of the Kingscourt branch of tbe League are being persistently shadowed is causing moch annoyance to them. Orangemen should j in the " Plan," and the more reason for so doing lies in the fact that Orangemen evict Orangemen. Mr. Adams of Shinan, Shercook, receutly evicted Brother Wallace of the same place. Father P.. Uaffney presided a' list meeting of Ca^tlerahan National League, at which the following; resolutious were off red — That we sympattrse with Mrs. Conaiy, fin cv cted tenant, whjse daughter was sentenced to four montW ltnprisonmpn' for intimidation. That we condemn the latest blundrr of the Government in arresting our trusted leaders, Wihiam O'Brien, Joho Dillot, etc., an i hope it will draw the attent'on of the civilised world to tbe w*y our country is governed — a cry of famine approachi )g, out no actioa taKen to avert it, yet no expense is spared in carrying on evictions, imprisonment, and coercion, Cork.— The people rf Duhallow held an indignation meeting recently as a protest ag .inst the arrest of Messrs. O'Brien and Dillon. J. Finn prepided. Ellen and Charles Sullivan, mother and son, were p-os j cuted by Robeit Thomas Hurst, of Bantry, for tak ng forcible possession of a bouse from which they hai been evicted. Tbe mother was sent to gaol f r one month and the sor. for fourteen d^ys. The people of tne Timo'eague district held a public meeting recently to organise a fund for tbe support of the widow DoDOgbue, whose son was killed twelve months ago by the police. A good sum was subscribed. Tbe Government would give her compensUion but she wou'd not accept it. A public meeting of the citizens of Cork was held last week, the Mayor presiding, to show the great respect for and sorrow felt at tbe departure of Brother Burke, of the Christian Brothers, from the city. Tbe attendance was numerous, Tbe gooJ Brother will receive an address and a souvenir of a substantial kind by which to recall his connection with Rebel Cork. Most Rev. Dr. Dunne, Archbishop of Brisbane, who is the guest of Dr. Fi /.gerald, Bishop of Ross, visited the Skibbereen convent, and was much in r erested in the linen weaving mdustry wbicn is carried on there. He also visited Baltimore Piscatorial Sctool, and expressed his phasureand admiration in terms highly complimentary to the '• fa her of the institution," Father Davis. Derry. — The trade organisations made a processi nal disp'ay last wetk with bands and banners, and a meeting at which speeches were made and a series of resolutions aiopted was held. An instructive feature of the display was the extraordinary harmonising of tbe diff rent political sections of the workiDg clae&es. The place of rendezvous »as at Walker's Pillar, and it was a pleasing sight to see apprentice boys and Nationalist marching together, unued for a common purpose. Down. — The Ballynahinch flax market was opened last week. Buyers from Belfast an! neighbourhood attended, and seventy loads of flax, or 4,000 stones were offered for sale. Some of the samples were of fair average quality, and the prices obtained were good. At Nuwtownards the prices ranged from 5s 6d to 7s 6d per stone. Dublin* — Amonet the incidents that marked the sojourn in Ireland of the Queen of Roumania was the presentation to her

Majesty of a handsome copy of Father OToole's " History of the Clan O'Toole and other Leineter Septs." The presentation was made at Bray by Alice May O'Toole, a member of the grea 1 . clan whose rise and progress the learned Carmelite Father has so eloquently and conscientiously recorded. Fermanaght — The revision of the Parliamentary voters' lists to North Fermanagh was conducted in Ballyshannon recently. In Belleek the result was a pleading surprise, when it was teen that not only had the Nationalists held their own, but added a substantial number to tbeir already large majority. Congratulations wera showered upon Rev. P. Mc.Ginty and Rev. H. McMeel. It would be impossible to give too much praue to these reverend gentlemen and the energetic committeetnen who so ably assisted ia producing such a splendid result. Kerry. — TLe principal streets in Traloo were inundated last week in consequence of the neighbouring r vers having become swollen from heavy rainfalls. The damage caused by the flood is estimated at the lowest to be between two and three thousand pounds, la Nelson, Castle, and Denny street's, TheJ Mall, the Rock, Bridge street, and Pembroke street it ru3hed into every house, and all business houses in those streets suffered damage to tbe extent of £300. Brigid O'Neill, aged 100, formerly a servant of the Liberator, Daniel O'Oonnell, at Derrynane, is at present an inmate of the Home of the Poor Sisters of Nazareth, at Hammersmith, London. She was born at Balhnaskellig. on the Western coast of Derry, and lived in Ireland until she was '.)C> years of a?e. She is a moat intjresting old woman. Irish is the only language she speaks with facility, and in the old tongue she delights speaking of O'Connell and his battles for Emancipation. The good nuns look upon the old lady with affection. Kilkenny.— The remains of the late Mr. Marum, M.P., Aharney House, were interred in the ancient burial-ground of St. Bridget's, Aharney. The cortege was an immense one, and consisted of all classes and creeds. Sincere sorrow was felt by all at the demise of one who hai for forty years unceasingly worked for the good of the agricultural classes. Limerick.— Mr, McEnery, editor of the Limerick Leader, who is confined in Tullamore Gaol under tbe Coercion Act, has been subjected to the most brutal treatment by the prison warders. D. Moorhead, of Tullamore, has brought the matter to light The treatment inflicted on Mr. McEnery would not be given to a wild beast. An immense flood recently swept down the Feale River, the like of which was not seen for thirty-two years. Numbers of cattle and sheep were carried away, also large quantities of oats, straw, aad timber. A vast amount of damage was sustained by fa r mers whose lands adjoin the Upper Feale. The County Bnige in course of erection at Duagh was destroyed. A fifteen acre field belonging to tbe Knight of Kerry was cjmpletely submerged, destroying large quantities of corn and potat )es. Queen's County. — The members of Maryborough League have determined to stamp on land-_rrabbing in the county, and have given intimation of their resolution to all whom it may concern. Some persons have already been mentuned in Castlej jrdan and Nenagh distncts. Tipperary. —Leonar 1 Courtney. M.P., and Mrs. Cjurtney. who were staying in Tipper«ry for some Jays, hive proceedel to the \\'e=>t of Ireland. They will sp«nd some tim^ in Conniueht, inquiring into the coodition of arTiir-i arising from the potato f aluie. An extraordinary meeting of ihe people and National League representatives was held last sveek in Tipperary. From the people of this County P>alfour nor Smith-Barry may n:>t expect peace unul justice has been done tbe tenan s. Although tbe people's h<inds are quite full of work relating to National League matters, yet the men of gallant Tipperary gave a helping hand to assist in obtaining an amnesty for the men confined in the inhospitable English prison because of tbeir love for native land. The meeting \va< a success-, and every poruoa of Tipperary was well and faithfully represented. Four boys have been served with summonses under the Coercion Act, charged with forming part cf an illegal assembly, etc., calculated to str ke terror into her Maj 'sty's subjects. Tbeir n<mes are Michael Horgan, Terence Qui^ley, James O'Ooonor, and John Fitzgerald. They are between 1G and 20 years of age. John E, O'Mahoney, the popular editor of JVi n Tq>perary t who has been frequently ltnprisonel under tbe i oercion Act was recently arrested at the Limerick Junction chareed. with us-i ig intimidation towards the tenants of Mr, Smith-Birry in Tipperary. Mr. o'M.ahoney vs now so accustomed to arrest and imprisonment that he will be astonished wnen Balfoui's kmj attentions shall be discontinued. Tyrone. — The mills and premises of Mr. Senior, at Drumreagh, were recently attacked, all the wm lows were broken and other Benous injury doi c, No arres s have been made. The residents of D^vgavy and Aughagnllon as a rule live to a good round age. Two weeks ago a man agei 105 and a woman aged 95 were to be seen as sprig itly as you please working in tbe harvest fields in the townlands. A visi'or quite unknown in the Cookstowa locality recently passed through — i i , a young cyclone. It ture up trees, raised water, rtnd did a little gen-eral damage ; but it was only an infant, 100 yards wide, and lived to run a mile. Those who saw it can estimate wbat a full-grown one could accomplish in the destruction line. Rev. J. McElhatton, Strabane, has left for America to collect funds for ibe erection of a new Catholic church in Straban , County Tyrone, Diocese of Derry. It is expected here that his countrymen, especially those from Tyrone or Derry, wul render htm substantial aid in his arduous work. Strabane has strong claims on the American people, as it is the birthplace of Andrew Dunlap, who first printed and published the Declaration of American Independence, and who was editor of the first daily newspaper pub.ished in America.

M Waterford.-Thc Mayor is taking steps to organise a S£S.taCih3a." tbe bratalities perpetrated oa Ilißh

T . Wexford,— Amongst tbe paper* communicated to the International Medical Congress held recently ia Balm was one oa the rational classification of skin diseases by D. Greene, of Ferns. S™ inTv 8 Bo . exhi Q Dl . ted two new surgical appliances. bi 8 own inventiOD, in the Medicn-Scieatific Exhibition