COUNTY NEWS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 4, 23 January 1902, Page 9

COUNTY NEWS.

ANTRIM.— A Priest passes away. It was with sorrow and deep regiet that numbeis of Catholics m Antrim heard of the death of the Ke\ 1) McCartan, parish priest of ITannahstown The sal event took place in the Alater fnln lnoruin Hospital. "Belfast, in which Father McCartan was nnrspd during his last illness After laboring for close on If) years- in TortafeiiN Clena^y, Lishiun. and Baihnienn Father Me Cartan was appointed to ILinnahstown For 12 > ears he had dis-

charged his duties as parish priest of Hannahstown with a conscientiousness, earnestness, and zeal of which all who knew him have always, spoken in terms of the highest praise. CORK — City Officials. At a recent meeting of the Cork Corporation two important appointments were tilled— those of .Law Adviser and Town Clerk The vacancies were created by the death of the late Mr. Alexander McCarthy, who held the joint offices, which the Corporation now decided to divide. Mr. Barry C. Galvin, solicitor, and at present Executive Sanitary Officer under the Corporation was unanimously appointed Town Clerk, he being the only candidate. For the position of JLaw Adviser there were two candidates, Mr. Florence McCarthy, solicitor, son of the late Town Clerk, and Mr. Michael Murphy, solicitor. On a division, Mr. McCarthy was elected by 35 votes to !'.>. A Landlord's Opinion. Mr. Pierce O'Mahony, speaking as chairman of a United Irish .League meeting at Uunlavm, said that, though a landlord he was proud to stand on such a platform and to advocate Compulsory Sale and Purchase as the only solution of the Irish land question. He thought the landlords' time could be better occupied in smoothing the way for puichase than in complaining of what they called injustice done to them by the Land Act of 1881. The Exhibition. That our exhibition will be a gigantic success is now bej ond all manner of doubt (wiites ;i Coik toirespoudent). One has only to look at the last meeting of the Executive Committee to leel satished on this point. All the preliminaries aie m a very forward state, and so Kir the most sanguine expectations oi the promoters ha\e been Hilly realised The exhibition buildings aie bong rapidly run up, and e\en in thenpresent unfinished state present a very line appearance, indeed. The .site is \isited daily by laige numbers of citizens, .mil by all it is declared that a mote .suitable and charming spot could not ha\ c been selected for the great Exposition. The applications for space closed on November 30. and the only difficulty the committee are likely to experience is that of finding room for all. They may, at all e\ents, be depended upon to do what they possibly can in the matter. That out exhibition will be a truly international one can be seen from the fact that exhibits are coming to us f i oni Eng-* land, Scotland, France, Au.sti i.i, Hungary, .Russia, Italy. United States, Canada, West Austialia, Turkey, and Japan. The space applied for from Canada is exceptionally large, and with a » lew to meeting the demand, the executive ha\c decided to add another section to the Industi lal Hall Gratifying as is the widespread recognition extended to the exhibition, it is still nioie gi atil'ymg to know that liish manulaeturers are quite as wide awake to the opportunities of the hour as our friends in foreign parts. The number of Jrish exhibits will form a \eiy strong and notable feature 1 of the exposition. It is a hopeful sign of the times to see those amongst us at home, who sustain the few industries that remain to us, determined to keep ii breast of the tunes, and to geep pace with competitors f i oni abroad. DONEGAL. On No\ ember 20 (Jlenmore IToiisp, the fine old mansion of Sir Samuel Styles, three miles fi oni Stranorlar, County Donegal, was completely destroyed by lire The mansion was occupied by Mr. ANoodiow. a Scottish gentleman, who has shooting on the estate. The (ire is belie\cd to hnve originated while a servant was lighting a fire in a bedroom. A

large quantity of valuable property was destroyed. The horses were got out before the stable caught. The supply of water was very meagre.