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Show . 4 II I Catcst Trisb news Antrim I (From the Pilot.) At the first meeting of the new city . council of Belfast, for high sheriff, the name of Dr. O'Neill, was placed first, i Councilor Coatea second, and Alder- , I man Dr. O'Connell third. The Belfast linen trade shows a fair progress for the present season. The American market is strong, and promises prom-ises a bright future for the spring. Colonial Co-lonial article is stady, especially as regards re-gards Canada, but Australia is not doing quite as much as expected. South American markets are holding their own. Cavan. John Cochrane of Millmount. Baille-boro, Baille-boro, died on J? a. '23. lie was 66 years old. t Hugh Leonard has been elected chair man of the urban council of Belturbet, Fucceeding Peter Fitgerald. J. P. Pat-rich Pat-rich Keflly was chosen vice chairman. ! ' Carlow. David A. Webster, chairman, and Thomas Murphy, vice chairman, of the urban council of Carlow, have been re-I re-I letted. I Clare. Bartholomew' Culligan, J. P., has been, re-elected chairman of the ruban council of Kilrush, and F. J. O'Doher-. O'Doher-. J- r.f has been chosen vice chairman. chair-man. At the first meeting of the new ur-1,3 ur-1,3 n council of Knnis, on the motion of J. O. Molony, seconded by M. J. Cahill, P. J. Linnane was re-elected chairman j for the seventh year in succession. Michael Tierney was chosen vice chair- r man. , i ! : ' Derry. Jane McGowan or Derry died on the 17th ult. She was 60 years old. ', .' The death occurred on Jan. 23 of Mrs. Annie Anderson " of Tullyarden. ; Culmore. She Was the widow ot David Andersan and was SO years old. , Hugh Duddy of Durry, mate of the , schooner Mary Jones, was drowned in !the river Med way, England, on Dec. S. His body was not recovered until Jan. Dublin. Dr. Christopher jarey of Palmers-town, Palmers-town, Chapelizod, surgean.'died on Jan. nev John Kelly, curate of St. Catherine's Cathe-rine's church, Dublin has .been appointed ap-pointed pastor of Aughrlm. Countv T ieklovr. The marriage was solemnized on Jan JS in the Church of Our Lady of Refuge. Ref-uge. Rathmines. ; of 'Wliliam r." Arc-Carry, Arc-Carry, eldest son of the late John J. McGarry of Dublin, and Elizabeth C. McGIurk, daughter of James McGuirk of Chester Lodge, Ranelagh. Cork. James M. Burke. B. L.. has been re-"J? re-"J? chairman of the Prban council of Skibbereen. I At the first meeting of the new tionakilty urban council there were two candidates proposed for the position posi-tion of chairman, in succession to J. Obulhvan. Thomas Hill, merchant, and J. J Fitzpatrick. The former was ' ' elected by 5 votes to 4. Down. ! rVpry nev Jol,n O'Brien. V. G of J . Banbndffo, has been created a domes- I u? Prelate to the pope, with the title I c.f monsignor. I A farmer named James Gribben I "no w;,s subject to epiieptic fits, was round burned to death in his house In I Leitrim on Jan. 27. I A farmer named James Wilson aged I ;lhout 63 years .of Lisnafiffy. near Ban- ! nage. attempted to commit Euicide on th? 24th ult by shooting himself with I B revolver. He may not recover. I f Donegal. Mrs. Mary Ann McGlinchev. wife of Andrew McGlinchey of Moville died on Jan. 23. She was 40 years old. i I The death occurred on the 14th ult of I Charles Harkin of Muff, Culdaff. He I vas 75 years old. J. Sweeney of Letterkenny died re- cently. He was vice chairman of the I urban council since its formation, and I . . ' previously was one of the town com- I missioners. He was a sterling Nation- n'ist- He spent some years in the min- -j ing camps of Australia, New Zealand f nd the Ilockies in America. ' f . . " Galway. I The death occurred on Jan. 26 of I Mrs. Christina Daly, wife of James D. S - TJaly, r.. oX Castle Daly. She was 64 1 3 cars old. - I Irs. Mary Forde Of Gort, widow of j Patrick Forde, and mother of Mary. I Tatrick. Thomas and Michael Forde of Ashland, Wis., died on the ISth ult. 1 ' Fermanaflh. John W. Martin of Enniskillen, vet- J crinary 6urgeon, died on Jan. 24. I On the20th ult James C. Maguire, J formerly of Ballyshannon, died at I ' "Mountain View, Bundoran. the resl- 1 deuce of his brother Very Rev. P. Ma- I cuire. late of Irvington-on-the-Hud- I son, N. Y. Deceased had reached the J age of 78 years. Mr. Maguire was a 1 native of Garrison, and was a descend- 1 ant in the direct line of the historic IMaguIres of Fermaugh. He spent fifty ears In Bundoran and was one of Its leading merchants. - ' 1 Armagh. .' j Charles Johnston,', high' 'sheriff of I County - Armagh", , 'has -ben re-elected I chairman of the Portadbwn town coun- ! t il for the eighth year in succession. A deputation of the tenants on the Forkhrll estate of. Captain Alexander met the. agent on Jan. 31 .with reference refer-ence to the purchase of their holdings. The landlord offered to sell at twenty- iour ana one-na!t yoars1 purchase on second term rents." The tenants agreed to increase their previous ? offer of eighteen and one-half years' purchase to twenty years' purchase, and it was linally agreed to leave to the estates commissioners the question as to what sum. if any. in advance of twenty and not exceeding twenty-four and one-half one-half years' purchase the tenants should pay. Kilkenny. Joseph Devlin, M. P.. and Patrick O'Brien, M. P., addressed four meetings meet-ings in North Kilkenny on Sundav. Jan. 22. The principal one took place ! t Freshford, at which Cannon Walsh J presided. Branches of the United Irish f League were established in each dis- tricu I Practical steps 'are being taken by prominent men to revive .the woollen I industry in Kilkenny, which at one time employed 3,000 people. The pro- i moters of the scheme have formed a I limited liability company. The direct- orate consists of men of success in ! ' ' business, and the enterprise bids fair to be established thoroughly and profitably. profit-ably. Leitrim. The Arigna Branch of the United Irish League has chosen these officers and committee: President J. Keavny, J. P.; vice president. C. Dulgnan; treasurer, treas-urer, P. Tymon; secretary, R. M'Manus; M'Ma-nus; committee, P. Lynch, J. Mulhern, D. C; J. Green. T. Christy, G. M'Der-mott, M'Der-mott, F. M'Manus, R. Creamer, J. M'Kenna, T. Cullen. P. Mulhern, F. Taafe, P. M'Loughlin, H. Byrne. J. Keavny. J. Flynn. P. Flynn. B. Scan-Ion. Scan-Ion. J. Keavny, M. Lee. T. Gulhen, P. Cullen M. Duignan, P. Gaffney. P. M'Manus, Sligo; J. Cullen, P. Walsh, J. Nagle, and T. Cullen. Kerry. I -'Seed potatoes are being distributed by the Tralee Guardians throughout the Castleisland, Brosna, Knockna-goshel Knockna-goshel and East Kerry districts. ; The marriage was solemnized on Jan. 19 in St. Ann's Church. Curraheen, Tralee. by Rev. Joseph O'Kelly. O. P., of Limerick, brother of the bridegroom, assisted by Rev. Maurice Fitzgerald, curate,-cousin of the bridegroom, and. two other priests, of David O'Kelly, second son of the late Michael O'Kelly, of Tralee, and Maryanne Gallivin, daughter of Patrick Gallivan, of Tone-vame, Tone-vame, Tralee. . . , MonaghanV, ; Rev. Aleander McLerney, pastor of Tydavnet, died on Jan. 26. He was 33 years old. , A branch of the Town Tenants' Association As-sociation has been formed in Castle-blaney Castle-blaney with these officers President. P. Smith, J. P.: treasurer, Peter Daly; secretary. Bernard M'Ardle: committee. commit-tee. J. O'Brien, Peter Corrigan. Patrick M'Gahan. Patrick Breen. Sr.. Frank Kelly, John Brannagan and John Far-rcll. Far-rcll. King's. The marriage -was solemnized on Feb. 1 in the Cathedral. Sligo, of John J. Magan. son of James Magan. of Dublin Dub-lin and Moynalvoy. County Meath. and Bridget M. Byrne, s-erond daughter of Thomas Byrne, of Edenderry. Meath. Andrew Gugerty has been for the third time elected chairman of the Urban Council of Keils. He is vice-chairman vice-chairman of the Rural District Council. Coun-cil. i- Very Rev. M. Woods. V. F.. of Trim, has been adopted a member of the Committee of Management of the Mul-lingar Mul-lingar District Lunatic Asylum. Bryan Fagan. of Stackallon. Xavan. a publican and farmer, has been awarded 5 for Injuries which- his horse sustained at a gate of the Great Northern railway. . j Mayo. Thomas F. O'Doherty. a medical student, stu-dent, died on Jan. 22 in Dublin. He was a son of. M. J. O'Doherty, of Rose Cottage, K'iltimagh. 'At the annual meeting of Westuort Trban Council on the motion of John Walsh. J-: P.. seconded by J. Ryan. William Doris. J.. P.t vice-chairman of the Countv Council, was for the third time elected - chairman, and Myles Staunton was re-elerted vice-chairman (also for a third time). Louth. .Mrs. Mary Smyth of Mapastown. Ar-dee, Ar-dee, widow of James Smyth and mother moth-er of Canon Smyth of Drumintee, died on Jan. 26. She was 94 years old. The death occurred on Jan. -22 of Mrs. Marg-aret Byrne of Bailevland. Louth. She was the widow of Bryan Byrne, and was 87 years old. Longford. At the first meeting of the new Gra-nard Gra-nard urban council Francis Reilly. chairman, and Terence Leonard, vice chairman, were re-elected. Reilly being be-ing returned for the seventh time and Leonard for the fifth time. .. -- - - j At the first meeting' of the new urban ur-ban council of Longford on the motion of Thoms Duffy, seconded by Peter Igoe. M. P. Molloy. P. P.. was re-elected chairman: and on the motion of Thomas Plunkett. C. C. seconded by Samuel Wilson. J. P., Mr. Tgoe was reelected re-elected vice chairman. Limerick. Mrs. Landers of Newtown. Ellard, widow of John Landers, died on Jan,. 26. She was 76 years old. At the election held by the new corporation cor-poration of Limerick, James Flynn. the outgoing high sheriff, was placed first on the list for the shrievalty by twenty-four votes against thirteen for: Councillor Long. Councillors Cuddihy and Joseph Ryan were placed second and third on the list. ( Queen's. Mark Walsh has been ro-clocted chairman of the town commissioners of Maryboro. , On Sunday, Jan. 22, at a meeting of the Ossory divisional executive of the United Irish league a committee to communicate with the landlords in the division who have evicted farms; requesting re-questing them to state whether they are prepared to reinstate their evicted tenants, was appointed. It consists of Rev. J. J., Byrne, curate of Mountrath; Rev. John Maher, pastor of Clonaslee; Rev. J. Dillon, Admr. of Borris-in-Os-Eoty; Rev. M. P.'lCennedy, curate Of Raheen; P. J. O'Gorman and M. Fitzpatrick, Fitz-patrick, J. P.. C. C, of Mountrath; Arthur McMahon, C. C, of Cuddagh; John Dowling,. C. C. of Mountrath. E. B. Collier of Castletown; James Con-iby. Con-iby. C C.T P. Kirwan of Borris-in-Os-. sory; P. Kelly of Camross; John Williams, Wil-liams, C. C, John Twoomey, T. C-, of Mountmellick, and J. J. Fitzpatrick of Raheen. . Roscommon. John M'Drury, labor member, was unanimously -re-elected chairman of the urban council of Boyle on Jan. 23 for the fifth time -In succession. An action in which Mrs. McMorrow of Boyle sued Jasper Tuily, M. P., for damages for trespass and assault, was dismissed on Jan. 26 at the Boyle quarter quar-ter session. The judge held that Mrs. McMorrow Mas a trespasser in Mr. Tully's house. Tipperary. Patrick Cleary of Tipperary. draper, died on Jan. 24. He was 70 years old. County Councillor Thomas Ryan has been elected chairman and Edward Murphy vice chairman of the Urban council-of Thurles. Michael Davitt has been re-elected chairman of the urban council of Cajsh-el. Cajsh-el. He has held the office five years. He is a member of the county council. Waterford. Matthew E. Young, esq., of Waterloo house, Ballytruckle. l.as been appointed appoint-ed high sheriff of Waterford city. P. F. Walsh of Tallow, has been reelected re-elected president of the west Waterford Water-ford exeeuttye of the. United Irish Leagu,e. He has held the office six yeara William Stack. J. p., of Ballin-. ameela, has been chosen vice chair man In succession to Mr. Power, who had failed of re-election to the executive. execu-tive. James C. O'Brien of Lismore lias beeju r,eTele;tc4. troaeurer, Dr. P. R Dfrinehy delegate or the directory, and Alex Heskiri of Tallow' and Thomas Keane of Cappoquin. secretary and assistant secretary respectively. Si I go,' In' opening the Sligo quarter sessions ses-sions on Jan. 30 the judge congratulated congratu-lated the grand jury on the peaceful state of the county. W. J. Lougheel, jTp., has soid his Carrowloughlin r state to , the estates commissioners. "The property comprises com-prises lare grazing tracts, and ft is expected that tnese Will be divided in order to enlarge the tenants' small holdings. Tyrone. " ' The.. death occurrsd on. the 13th ult of James McGrath of Gortnagarn Mountjoy east, Omagh. 'The Omagh urban council" has chosen County . Councillor . Michael Lynch chairman, and Michael Mujlen, vice chairman. Mrs. Bridget Rogers, wife of Bernard Rogers of Falaghern, Ballygawley, sis- . ter of Rev. CharUs Montague, curate al Loughgilly, and niece of John Montague. Mon-tague. J. P., or Garvaghey, died on Jan. 20. : ( , Wexford. ,T. J. Byrne of G. Dcmpsey of the urban council of Enniscorthy, chair man and vice chairman, re-elected. At the first meeting of the new Gorey town commissioners there were two-, new . candidates for the position of chairman. Mr. Graham, chairman last year, haviifg died previous' to the election. The candidates were rPatrick Doyle and John Whittles. Whittles was elected. ' Wicklow. ; The death occurred recently "of Mrs. Bridget Hanlou of Blessington. She was the widow of Thomas Hanlon. Witlteua Magrath of Blcssington. victualled, vic-tualled, died on Jan.- 22. He was SI years old.- He was one of the leading stock breeders in Ireland. i A most serious situation has arisen In Arklow in consequence of the dis- employment of about two-thirds of the hands engaged in Kynoch's factory.' Westmeath. At a meeting held on Sunday, Jan. 22, at Rosemount, Kilcumreagh parish, a branch of the United Irish league was formed. . Luke Raferty presided, and among those present were: David Slavin, . J... Buckley, J. Ward, C. Gren-nan. Gren-nan. H. Smvth, P. Dcly. M. Lyman, J. Molloy. J. King, J. Duffy, D. . G.; T. King. E. Gorry, T. Keenan and P. Conway.- ; A Westmeath'"' centenarian passed away on Jan. 27 in the person of James Kelly, who had reached the age of 105 years. He was an agricultural laborer. He retained all his mental I faculties to the last. He possessed a clear memory, and often recounted j stirring events dating from his in- J fancy up to th? time of the White I Boys and the Fenian movement. |