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Show j . ; .0 , Eatest Trisb news ALL AROUND IRELAND. J ' (Dublin Weekly Freeman. Oct. 14.) ' Five people were drowned in Garrr.- ( Tn Bay, Oonnomara, on Saturday,' vhile crossing to the island or ; . Jlauneragh in a small boat. The chief secretary writes to Mr. E. f Majrenis offering an unsworn inquiry I nno the recent occurrence at Diuin- l loe. ! Mr. lirogan (Catholic), formerly wstal clerk at Portadown, has been ippointed postmaster" at "vVatorford. 1 His Grace the Archbishop of Cashel ; Jistributed the prizes to the successful riupils of St. Angela's academy, Ur-ujline Ur-ujline convent, Thurles, on Thu.t-day. " On Wednesday the bank of Alexan-' Jra Graving Dock, Belfast harbor, gave ;vay, and sei jous damage was caused y the inrush of water. Several work- ( nen had narrow escapes. ITt has been reiwted in Ennis that he residence of General E. A. Gore, .". I,., O'Callagrhan's Mills. East Clare. vas attacked on Wednesdfly evening V tr.J five plate glass- windows broken. j 1 The position of the Nationalists in ' I Vorth Tyrone constituency has been f' naterially improved by the revision (rhleh has just concluded. - . Ximerack corporation on Thursday, v the mayor's casting vote, decided to idjourn the election of city treasurer :nd insert an advertisement ftatin? Lhat candidates should pass a test in ;he Irish language prior to election. The labor representation committee 1 ! eided on Wednesday to recognise Mr. I t CValker as labor candidate in North f Belfast, although he declared himself ! "V I L Unionist, j 1 ' ' ! "l ; . i A great Caman parade was held on I 1 Sunday at Mount Charles, Donegal, and If l letter was read from the lord bishop I I tf Raphoe on the subject of Gaelic J tames. ' '" '" ' i ; On Thursday at the meeting of the i " Dublin county council the proposal of '.he Lucan Tram company to extend its line in the neighborhood of Leixlip Kas conditionally approved of. :, I A range of outhou??s at the rear of -J II r. James O'Hara's licensed premises. Edward street, Lurgan, were destroyed ' ty fire on Wednesday. A horse and lonkey were burned to death. About twenty-live tons of hay. ten f : Ions of straw and some outbuildings I f rere destroyed by a fire which broke t on Sunday in the premises of Tat- ! -ick Shehan. a farmer, residing at Z,i ' Ticarstown, Matehy. I I The Very Rev. Dr. O'Riordan was ! I presented with an address from the 9 s-lergy, secular and regular, of the aiocese of Limerick on Monday, and j he delivered a reply In which he re- ! rerred briefly to Irish educational ' i Buestions. - -4 ' . ' The subject of the proposed with- I , Irawal of the Equivalent Grant hither- J - : to pavable in aid of the provision of technical instruction in Ireland was under discussion at the weekly meet-, mg of the Cork Technical Instruction committee on Monday. - : On Thursday Mr. John O'Donnell, M. ?., was ordered by Mr. Justice Boyd, t in the King's bench division, to go. to jail for three months in default of giv. I ing bail, for a speech delivered by him n September Srd at Irishtown in re- l I '.renc'e to the evicting of the Slatery family. . . . . . - r ,-; ' The financial statement submitted -f at a meeting of the committee of man- ' - acement of the Munster Training col- I j lege for Gaelic teachers on Saturday showed that the credit balance brought forward from, last year had been f?ub-ttautially f?ub-ttautially increased in the present rear's management. On Sunday an illuminated address and a valuable chalice was presented V to the Very Rev. Dr. O'Riordan by the Tiembers of the Catholic. Literary In stitute. Limerick, on his appointment s rector of the Irish college in Rome. The new church at Govma (.Co. Cavan) was solemnly blessed and opened to divine service on Sunday by the bishop of Ardagh and Clou ma e-nois. e-nois. The sermon was preached by Ihe Very Rev. Dr. Keane, O.P. ! A sad accident resulting in the death of a carter named Michael Murphy, Mur-phy, employed by Messrs. Strangman & Co., Waterford, occurred at Mullin-abat Mullin-abat on Monday, when the horse became be-came restive and overturned the cart on deceased, who was afterwards found in a dying state on the road. V " Deceased, who was S3 years of age, i V I was married. V) J At n. metting of the Dublin county U council on Thursday a resolution was, on the motion of the chairman, unani- mously adopted declaring the opinion !of, the council that the provision for higher education in Ireland was wholly inadequate, and calling for a measure that would insure to the Irish people a higher education suited to the requirements re-quirements of the Irish, j Mr. John Redmond, M.P., arrived at I Tippcrary on Saturday night, and was J given a very enthusiastic, public re- I ception. lie made S. speech in reply. I. On Sunday he - addressed a great p demonstration at Doon.- Op. Limerick. I In his speech he 'dwelt on ihe r.eed of f demonstrating the. unity of the coun- 1 try, and defended tins policy and action I of the Irish parliamentary party dur- I ing the last two years. . j An adjourned lueeting of Lurgan 1 Technical committee was held on I Thursday evening. The ; principal re- ported that, as' compared with 140 Tvupils at the corresponding period last year, the number 'of students now on - the roll was 1S. "The Department of Technical Instruction Intimated their willingness to give grants in aid of the t purchase of apparatus, amounting in v the aggregate to close on 30. A respectable farmer named John (M'Dowell, residing in the townland of L.s idree, near Banbridge, died r.ud-demy r.ud-demy on Thursday night- The' decease: de-cease: who was about seventy-three years if age, wap in failing health- for I some time past. On Thursday evening t he complained of feeling a pain in his j chest. About an hour afterwards he I was seized with a sudden illness, and I expired almost immediately. . On Thursday His Grace, Most Rev. I Dr. Healy, Archbishop of Tuam, dis- Iributed prizes to the successful j nudents of St. Jarlath's College. Tuam. I at the recent intermediate examina- j lions. His Grace warmly congratuia- I ; red the students and professors on the I j brilliant results attained. , J At a meeting of the tenant of the f 1 Arnott estate, in Bandon on Wednes- i Jay. the action of the landlord in re- , fusine- to sfll except on exorbitant J terms. prd in p4-ncesine tenants who i j gre -unsble to Day tbi' present hieb i I rents. ws under consideration, and it j h-sis decided to Ftand by. thege t.ensns f j . who are rnrt"d out for .sneeiil treat-f treat-f 1 s ment. A defence fund was started for j Lhis purpose, and a large sum realized. Venerable Archdeacon Kilkenny, D. D., I p. p.. V. F.. who has been re-elected " t rhairman of the "Ms'yo County Com- t ? Tilttce or Agriculture and Technical In- 1 struction. criticises the schemes of' the : ''- Scpartment. w hich ..provide only for . . " - ' - -' r" w .,,,,' j, "r the teaching of adults, and says the rudiments of this instuctlon should be taught in the primary school?. The committee adopted a resolution requesting re-questing the department to allow children chil-dren of twelve years of age and upwards up-wards to attend the Technical and Agricultural Ag-ricultural classes. : - On Thurvs,dai the. picturesque watering water-ing place of Buncrana. was for the lirst time lighted by electricity, affording another indication of the progress that is being made in Donegal. The District Council CSo. 1) of Derry considered at its monthly meeting on j Saturday a report .from a specially j'.p-I j'.p-I pointed committee of its members I respecting the condition of old Glen-dermott Glen-dermott graveyard. The committee j was appointed after receiving a letter I from a gentleman of Scotland, pointing out that the condition of the cemetery where several prominent personages connected with. the siege of Derry were j interred was, when he visited it lately, I a disgrace to Protestantism. Mr. Webb. ! cine of the committee, said the members mem-bers at their inspection found bones and other human remains tossed about on the. surface of the soil within the cemetery. Thi was a very disgusting dis-gusting state of affairs. The council decided to adopt the report -of the committee, com-mittee, and take steps to carry out its recommendations. |