Irish News.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXII, Issue 13, 26 July 1895, Page 21

Irish News .

(From the Irish World,.) Artnagfll. — About fifty ej ctment caßea were heard at Markethill Qaarter Sessions a few days ago. Many, brought for very small amount?, and some for one year's rent, were on the estates of the following landlords: Karl of G'sford, Countess of Charlemont, the Commissions of Education, John Djuglas, Robert Jonn McQougb trustees of Charlotte Young, Rhv liichard Johnston, estate of Reims, Mr David Dougan, Hugh Boyle and others. Very faw of the cases were defended, and decrees were given. Clare. —Major Cullioan, sub-sheriff, visited Miltownmalbay protected by a posse of police and carried out two evictions — one on the property of the Carrol Is, minors, tbe tenant being John Snllivan, Sandy mount, who ban eight in his family. The evicting party next visit! d the house of Mr Patrick Harken of Ballymakea, on the property next of F. W. Crow, Ennis, and carried out a second eviction. The Sheriff and party then proceeded making seisures for rent, and seized a n amber of cattle, etc , belonging to three other tenants. Cork. — At Kinsale the takes of mackerel have been good' The fishing boats now number £50. Daniel Coveney, TractioD Abbey, Kinsale, has been appointed a Justice ot the Peace for the district. The new Justice is a staunch Nationalist. Michael O'Hea, Bock Lodge, Timoleague, has also been appointed to the Commission of the Peace. Jeremiah Murphy, Castleview, Little Island, Cork, alao holds a commission to dispense justice to the people. Derry. — Derry Chamber of Commerce, at a recent meeting, Alderman Pollock presiding, passed a resolution antagonistic to tbe Belfast and Great Northern Counties Railway Company's iDtention of constructing a pier at Magilligan. The Harbour Board also opposes it, Captain Coppin, constructor of the first screw trading steamer, died recently in Derry, at th 3 fine old age of 90 year?. He was born at Kinsale, in the County Cork, on October 9, 1805, ten years before Wellington and Napoleon met at Waterloo. He showed an early inclination for the sea, and while yet a very young man we find him in St John,s New Brunswick, a builder of stiips, Hia start in Derry arose from the fact that a local merchant, requiring a ship for the timber trade, Captain Coppin built and fitted up a vessel in Nova Scotia, took on a cargo of dpals and arrived at Derry quay when he was 25 years of age. Ii 1330— fifty-six years ago— he started business as a shipbuilder, engine and boiler maker, on tha Foyle. Captain Ooppin had a genius for invention, and gave much thought to screw propulsion for vessels, and to the amazement of many, and amidst not a littln ridicule and discouragement, he resolved to build a large steamer and proceeded at once with the erection of furnaces and to make every arrangement incidental to so serious an enterprise, The Q-reat Northern was the result. Donegal.— A meeting for the purpose of promoting light railways from Ballma to Sligo, Arigna to Ballisodare and Sligo to Bnndoran, was held in the Bligo Courthouse, recently, Col. Cowper presiding. Mr Collier, M.P., proposed " that we approve of the proposal to construct lines cf railway between the following places : Sligo and Arigna, Sligo and Ballma, and Sligo atd Bundoran, and that we pledge ourselves to assist the inhabitants of the districts they are intended to pass through in carrying out the undertaking." Down. — A liiid conference, under the auspices of the Barony of Dufienn Tenant Farmers Association, was held in tbe Martin Hall Shrigley, last week. The meeting was well attended. Mr Joseph Carr, who presided, said that the meeting, which was non-political, had b«en called for the purpose of supporting Mr Morley'a Laod Bill. This Bill, worthy of support as it wa«, was not final. They believed that the only solution of the question was the abolition of dual owner. ship. Dublin. — The new high ultar in the chapel of Sc Catherine's Dominican Convent, Sion Hill, B'ackrock, Dublin, was lately conse. crated by Most Rev Dr Clu'.cy, Bishop of Elphin. Fermanagh.-On the 20Lh of April, dietf, in Ros9lea ( John Mariin, who hud atUined thong 3of 109 years. He had a vivid remembrance of tLe roubloua times of '9S, and was wont to describe many stirring events he had then witnessed. He retained all his faculties, and was able to move about at,d attend to his business to the last. CSalway— Judge II 'nn, the Recjrder of Galway, on commencing the Quarter Sesiions in Bilh ,'tsloe last week, had verj light duties, not a singe criminal churg « being on the sheet, and the business consisted of tbe thirt\--ievm ejec'ments and 179 civil bills, only twenty of which were defende ), and five land cases. The Recorder did not think it necessary to have tho Grand Jury sworn ; be offered them his congratulation on the peaceful state of their division. The woollen factory at Galway is getting on splendidly. It is only necessary to pay a visit to the premises in Newtownsmith to see that there is every appearance of the building and machinery being

turned oat a first-class job. The walla and roof of the principal fao. Tory are now complete, and the floor is laid down in concrete. Last week a good part ot the machinery arrired by the Kincora from Liverpool. There are spinning, weaving and carding machines, in fact they have got on the ground a fall plant to take ap the raw material till it is turned out in finished cloth. Apparently the most difficult part of the work is the erection of the turbines. In order to take fall advantage of the water power ia caße it should be needed in future, the contractor had to lower the mill race by six or seven feet ; in width thirty by fourteen feet. The bed happens to be a hard, solid rock, and had to be cut away, and by lowering it to the extent mentioned it will be a force equal to ten borse power on oaa wheel and twenty horse power oa two wheels. Kerry.-— Daniel Dtlyof Knockaderry, near Farrenfore, who with Timothy Casey of Killahane was convicted at the Cork Winter Assizes in 1885 and sentenced to fourteen years penal servitude for attacking the dwelling-house of the late John O'Oonnell Curtin of Castlefarm, waa released from Cork Male Prißon, where, with his fellow prisoner, Casey, he had bean transferred from Mountjoy some time ago. On tbe night Mr John O'Oonnell Cartin's bouse was attacked that gentleman lost hia life, being shot dead, as was alao a brother to Casey, who ia still confined in gaol, Mr Curtin was secretary to the Irish National Land League at the time, and it appeared that the attacking party bad oo other object in attacking Mr Oartin'a house than to demand a gun which he refused to give up, with th© sad result chronicled. Several memorials had been presented to the Lord-Lieutenant praying for his release, as he was at the time of his conviction the chief support of his aged father anJ mother, who had given up all hopes of ever aaaing him again. The ex-prisoner is completely broken dowu in health, and this is probably the reason why he has been set at liberty. Kildare.— The centenary of St Patrick's College, Maynooth, will be the occasion of presenting his Holmes?, Pope Leo XIII,, with an illuminated addres9 from the president, professors, and students of the college. The address has just been finished and Bent on to the | Irish College, Rom' 1 . It is in the form of an album or book shape, with eleven pagee ot pure Celtic ornamentation. The abundance of the designs that go even to complete one of its pages makes one wonder, as each page is different. The colours of its pages are soft and harmonious, yet brilliant to suit its Celtic designs. Opposite to tha title pa^e ia a handsome monogram surrounded by shamrock "C.8.P.M., 1795-189.1 " Ihe title page is extremely beautiful, with the Papal arms and heading of addreßs in Celtic letters. The text of the address is in Latio, blso in Celtic lettering. Throughout the pages are miniature paintings ot Maynooth College, the chapel, the library, Muckrosa Abbey, the Eock of Cashel, Holycross Abbey and the Ruins of Clonmacnoise. Ivinierick. - Patrick Collins, residing in tbe mountains of Knockenare, one mile from Tournafulla, died recently at the &xc of 105 yeirs. He was tending cattle, and in full possession of bis faculties up to the day before his death. The people who have lived on this mountain have always been remarkable for their longevity, several having gene well beyond the century. Mrs Fahy and her three sistere, who were recently returned for trial on the charg9 of forcibly resisting eviction at Curranstown, near Clonmel. are confined in Limerick City Priaon. They were visited last week by the Mayor (Mr William NolaD, T.C), Mr James O'Mara, J P., and Mr John Guicane, who spent some time conversing with the accused, intelligent and very respectable women. They stato that mnce their committal a large reduction haß been offered to the tenant of tbe farm in dispute. Mayo. -It ep-aks well for the Foxford Dairy Industry that exhibits sent from there to the B^llsbridge, Dublin, exhibition got second pnz3 from all lieland. Butter making according to modern ideas h«8 been introduced into Foxford quite recently. The Siaters of Charity, who have worked so hard to make this industry a success, must be in the first place congratulated. A word of praise is also due to Miss Mary Ellen Jones and Miss B. A. Devaney, who prepared and made the butter that gained the coveted prize. Queen's County.— The recent monthly fair at Maryborough was well stocked with cattle, and numerous buyers from Dublin, Cork, Waterford and Limerick attended. Prices remained unchanged and y;ood business was transacted. Best cattle fetched LIG to L2J each ; smaller animals, Ll2 to Llo ; Bpringers, Lls to L2O , milch cows, LH to Ll7 ; strippers, L Bto Lll ; 3-year-old heifers and hullocke, Ll2 to Ll4 ; 2^-year-olds. L 9 to Lll each ; I£-year-olds, L 6 to LB. Fat sheep fetched 50s to 55 i each ; hoggets, 35s to 40j ; lambs, 253 to 30d each ; mutton, 8d per pound. The pig fair whh small. Best bacon pigs went at 38s ; and coarse heavy pigs at from 28s to 30s ; bonhams, 10i to 14s. SligO,— - Bakers in the town of Sligo have struck work because the employers are compelling them to woik eitra hoars and give no remuneration, and also are introducing too much boy Hbour. Xipperary.— The sale of the interest ia Mr Jeremiah D'Alton'a farm at Tiermoyle, Nenagh, waa held on Friday by Mr

John F. Turn pane, auctioneer. The farm, considered one of the beet in the district, contains 123 acr^s 1 rood and 23 p'rehee, I P.M , subject to the yearly rent of £175. It was purchased by Mr James Ooffey, Solicitor and Coroner, in trust of Mr John Dwyer, of Carrigdawson, at the figure of £2,825, exclusive of five per cent auction fees. Mr Michael RonayDe, evicted tenant, near Ardfinnan, was arrested last week and lodged in Clonmel prison on a charge of contempt of court for going back to live in a house attached to his former dwelling. Mr A. Power, Sub-Sheriff, attended in the Clonmel courthouse And put up for sale the farm of the Widow Woodlock, Rathaaum. near Fethard, to satisfy the landlord's writ of fi fa for £182 rent, and about £20 costß. The total claim was £182, and the tenant offered half of this, but the agent refaaed it and then proceeded to the pre•ent extreme msasurea. The lanllord'a representative bid £100 for the farm, and the tenant declining to bid higier, the laailord was declared the purchaser. Tyrone.— A Manchester syndicate, which has been sinking for coal near Dunganuon, County Tyrone, came upon an extensive •earn of splendid quality, 190 yards from the surface, and from calculations made by Mr Munro, mining engineer, an abundant supply will be ready for market early in April. Tue discovery has caused great excitement ia the neighbourhood, and country people nocked to the works from surrounding districts. The quality is and to be ■uperior to the best Scotch. A scandalous display of Cringe ruffianism was made at KUly. man recently. A widow named McWahon, who in early life had been ft|Catholic, on her marriage with th • une'e of 8 r William McVtahin, Bart., conformed to the Prot'stant religion, and had b°en for some years living at Killyman. Becoming seriously ill, however, 1\ T r3 McMahon sent tor Dean Byrne, anl was reconciled to the Ca'holic Church and received the last sacraments. She was then in the pos■ession of all her faculties, and declared, in the presence of two witnesses, that it was her wish to bs reconciled to the Cuurch, an 1 also that Bhe bad of her own free accord sent for the prießt. Mrs McMahon died that night, and the next day Mr KHly, solicitor, Dungannon, who was the 8)le executor, called upon Dean By ne and arranged with him that the funeral should take place the fo'lowing Tuesday, and that her remains were to be brought to Killyman Catholic Church, where Mis') and the usual burial service wou'd be held. On Tuesday morning Dean Byrne was again waittd npon by Mr Kelly and informed that as Mrs McMahon had lived as a Piotes. tant, and recently itceived the eacramenc in Kiilyman Protestant Church, he conld Sic no reason why hhe might rot be bunoJ as a Prottstant. Of course this wai protes'cd against both by D_an Byrne and by the sister of the deeeve I. But the Orange edict had gone forth, with the result that th 3 funeral procession passed by the Catholic chapel and graveyard and entered tha Protestant cburcb, wh«re the service, according to the Protestant rite, was gone through in defiance of all appeals and expostulations.