The Irish standard., 1890-08-23

AZ CORK. d 1sH
at the sitting of the county Corh
grand jury, On, July 18th. an application
was made on behalf Of the promoters o.
the proposed extension Of the MuskerrY
Light Railway to Donoughmore, for 9
baronial guarantee or 4 per cent PEI
|annum on $50 600 Of the capital re-
CURED. Evidence having been heard
for and against the proposal. the grand
jury sanctioned it by a vote Of s to 4.
The Messrs. Mahoney, Barney. opposed
the extension from st. Anne's hill
The area Of taxation was referred to
a committee Of the grand Jury.
DERRY.
AT Derry Asslzes, a jury awarded G3o
damages for SANDER to a farm servant
named Dallas. who appeared in prison
garb in court to sustain his case. being
under sentence Of four months lm-
prisonmenJ on the information OF the
defendant, his former master. who had
charged him with theft. Justice Muir
phy SAID the case illustrated one of the
defects of the criminal system, which
closes the mouths Of accused persons.
He telegraphed at once to the Lord
Lieutenant to procure the release of the
unfortunate man from prison.
DOWN.
The decisiod of the Protestant Bishop
of Down and Common on the question OF
the abstraction Of the Communion
Cloth with the letters II. II. 81 from
St. Mary's Protestant church in Newry,
has not apparently satisfied the Select
Vestry; and 1t is stated that they have
appointed a delegation to meet the
bishop on the subject.
DUBLIN.
On the evening of July 26th, at the
Workmen's Club, Wellington quay.
Dublin. Mr.. Foreman publicly present
ed to the three dismissed employees ct
the Great Southern Railway company,
Messrs Byrne. Bergin anda1syKelly, the
society grant Of ESQ each, together with
equal shares of the amount subscribed
for them by the men along the line.
Messrs. Bvrne, Bergin and Kelly have
been in receipt of IFS. weekly each
since the time of their dismissal, and
this presentation will not interfere with
this allowance.
GALWAY
At the Galway asslzes, Chief Justice
O'Brien heard the appeals of Martin
Fahy and John Morrissy. The appli-
cants brought an action against Con-
stables Murphy and White. Of Portum.
ma, for damages for illegal arrest and
Imprisonment, and in the court below
were allowed IS and e3 respectively.
Against this judgment appeals and
cross appeals were lodged. One OF the
appellants. Morrissy, has since been Inn
prisoned on a coercion sentence, and
was brought over from the Jail to the
hearing Of the case, and paraded in
court in the prison dress. The chief
Justice (''Pether the Packer'') dismissed
the appeal, with costs against the ap-
pellants.
KILKENNY.
at the Rosbercon courthouse, on July
2lst, before Mr.. B. G.. Bodkin, Il. NJ,
the investigation into the charge against
Edmond Hart for the wilful murder OF
his mother was gone into. The prison.
er, who had improved considerably in
appearance and manner since he was
last before the court, was brought from
Kilkenny Jail, by car, under strong
escort of police, and during the investi-
CATION appeared cool and calm, but did
not seem to take any interest in the
proceedings. He was fully committed
for trial at the assiZes on the capital
charge.
KINGS.
Mr.. John Powell, editor of the Mid
land Tribune and Tipperary Sentinel,
has been again served with summons
under the Coercion Act, for intimida-
tion. The summons is brought under
the statute of Edward III. This is
Mr.. Powell's third prosecution since
the passage Of the Coercion Act. and he
has already undergone two terms OF
imprisonment under it.
LEITRIM.
Mr.. Francis Mulvey, Of Carrick- on
Shannon, has started paper entitled
the Leitrim Observer, containing four
pages and % columns. IL Of which are
advertisements.
LIMERICK.
A meeting of the tenants on the
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