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Show ; ! caftst lri$b Wtm ,.: i -I:'- TJLSTEE. : j i' The boycotting; of Catholic traders I . ( . by the Orangemen of Ava district lor '. ' i ! some time past is being done so openly ' ' , ' that the local branch ot the United Irish league has had to refer I to the matter. 1 . ' It was never expected the tactics by : ; l'ortadowu towards Catholic shopkeep- ! ' i rs would be ti .ed on the County Cavan, ! but evidently in this a mistake was j , made. There are ninety Catholics for . ten Protestants, jet the Orangemen of ' ', if Arva have not hesitated to begin a boy- ' i cult. Anglo-Celt. ; : In optnlnt; '.he spring as.slzes at j Downpatrick on March 11, Lord Chief ' i Justice Cherry congratulated the gran , ' ' !- jury on the erread of the temperance movement in the county, to which his ! Jord.ship aitributed the diminution In , j crime in the county. I In the list of successor at the recent j examinations for solicitors" apprentices j j.ihn F. Smith, son of Patrick Smith, r Castleiil.iney, passed successfully. Mr. .. S ' smith had previously passed with dis- Ii ' tinction the xamination in criminal and constitutional law and law of evidence evi-dence of Dublin university, and has now Ni!.v the final examination to pass. Workmen employed by the Irish Peat ' 'i Development company at Derryland, wear Portstown, dug up in the moss a iiuantity of butter which it believed to have been embedded in the peat for i over 500 years. It was enclosed in a firkin hollowed out of a tree stump and covered by a !id having a neatly worked 'r handle, carved out of the same piece of wood as the lid. For the "find" a large I ' price. lias already been offered. j MIWSTER. Miss M. Ryan, daughter of Michael Ryan, Emily, has entered St. Leo's con- vent, Carlow, and as-sumed the name of Bister M. Albins. Aldorman Joyce, M. P., in acknowl-i acknowl-i edc;iiiK a resolution of the Limerick Guardians supporting the Irish party. .; points out that the budget hits the rich man, and the rich man only, m the main taxes. The number of emigrants who left Ireland during February last was 896, being a comparative increase of 12. The combined emigration for the past two months, however, showed a comparative net decrease of 100. The death took place on March 7. at Mercy convent, Porthlaw, of the Rev. Mother Aloeoque O'Donnell, reverend mother of the community. Deceased be-lonafd be-lonafd to a highly respected family in , : South Tipperary, which has given sev- - eral members to the services of God. LEINSTER. James Crowe, who for a number of ' 1 " years filled the position of station mas- , ter at New Ross, has been appointed agent for the Dublin and Sonthaastern Railway compeny at Waterford. ' Schemes for the erection of artisans' dwellings at Carlow are being pushed forward with much vigor. The Urban council have applied for a loan of 5000 ! for the erection of at least seventeen cottages in Gaigue. , A new and important industry- has just been launched at Werford. The 1 pioneers are Mr. J. A. Cullimore and Mr. ' ; F. C. Kauders. formerly president of the ' , Californian Fruit Distillery association, who is well known as a consulting , chemist at both sides of the Atlantic. They are engaged in the production of , champagne, sparkling burgundy, ginger wine and lime juice. i The Clonrell'ck grazing ranch, which . " was recently the subject of litigation, has hwn inspected on nehalf of the , estates commissioners with a view to distribution amongst the uneconomic I holders. ! C0NNAUGHT. Opening the Sligo spring assizes on March 7. Justice Kenny said he was ' 1 pleased to gather from the constabulary returns that there had been a very 1 ' marked improvement in the state of County Sligo. John Moran, D. C, Park, has been appointed livestock correspondent for . ! the County Mayo, to the department of agriculture, a position carrying with it 1 tan:ial salary. Captain Rryan Coope, M. P., is now qualifying as the latest "Carrion Crow" M. P. Having failed to get the Rivers-town Rivers-town men r;ed again, his latest question ques-tion in parliament is about the Gurteen Branch V. I. L. and MeDermott's farm. Mr. Plrrell says the police are to watch the branch in future. The Claremorris District council unanimously rdopted a resolution de-daring de-daring "that in their judgment the attitude at-titude of the Irish party towards the government on the question of the veto and the budget was p. correct one. |