The Irish standard., 1892-07-16

aE IRISH S1ANDAE
the first Catholic church. The Bishop,
before his conservation, was priest OF
the diocese Of Columbus, Ohio, and in
1883 he was placed as Coadjutor over the
See of Galveston. He is on his way to
Rome, but on his return he intends visit
many more remarkable localities in the
Old Land.
QUEENS.
A number of Irish postulants were re-
Gently received into the congregation of
Our Lady of Mercy, at Broken Hill, do
cese of Wilcannia, New South Wales, in
the church of the Sacred Heart, in the
presence of large congregation. The
Right Rev. DR.. Dunno, Bishop Of Will
GAMMA, ofhciated, assisted by the Rev.
w. 81. Connolly, Rev. P. Carroll, Rev. S.
O'Shea, and the Rev. Colman Casey.
The ladies received were:-Miss Essie
Loughlan, county Wexford lin religion
Sister M. de Sales), Miss Bride Lynch,
county Kilkenny lin religion Sister Mar
garet Mary Alacoque), Miss Kathleen
Harrington, county Cork lin religion
Sister Mary Teresa), Miss K. O'Brien,
Limerick lin religion Sister M. Gonzaga),
and two lay Sisters-Miss Margaret Nc
Grath, county Clare. lin religion Sister
VeronicaD and Miss Nolan, Queens
County lin religion Sister Lucy. The
Bishop explained the interesting cere-
mony, and cordially congratulated the
seif-devoted Sisters on this accession to
their numbers. The postulants formed
part of the large number secured for
the diocese by the Bishop during his
late visit to Ireland.
SLIGO.
During severe thunder and lightning
storm on June 10th, two men were struck
dead. One of the men, named William
Rooney, was killed while passing Glen
dale County Leitrim) police barracks.
The other was young fellow named
Patrick Carroll. He was cutting turf on
a mountain neAr Drumcliffe, in company
with another man named Carroll, when
he was struch by lightning and was
killed instantaneously. His companion,
though badly scorched, miracuously es-
capped. ..-..
TIPPERARY.
Mother Mary Margaret O'Halloran,
Superior of the Vepery branch of the
Presentation Convent, Madras, India,
died on the 9th of May. The deceased
Rev. Mother was born at Fethard, in
1848. In 1874 she entered the Presenta-
ton Convent, Limerick, whore she
labored for ten years and devoted her
life to the education and religious in
struction of the poor. When, in 1884, an
appeal was made by the Most Rev. DR..
Colgan for laborers in the convent in
Madras, Mother Margaret readily re-
sponded to the call of God, which she
recognized in the earnest appeal of the
then Bishop and Vicar Apostolic of
Madras. Her remains we're inferred
within the precincts of the cemetery at
tached to St. Roque's Chapel, near Mon
egar, Choultry, Madras.
WATERFORD.
Since Mr.. Harry D. Fishers imprison-
ment, in Waterford jail, he has been
treated as any prisoner convicted of a
crime, saving the recommendations and
allowances accorded by the Visiting JUS
tees to him as a frst-class misdemean-
ant. He is allowed to receive business
communications and answer them, but is
confined to his cell for % hours each
day, which has seriously affected him,
while the glare of the whitewashed walls
has had most injurious effect on his
eyesight, which has for considerable
period not been very strong. He has
been visited repeatedly by Alderman
Manning, Mayor, and also by Mr.. W. r.
Ward. He speaks very favorably of the
courtesy with which he is treated by the
officials of the prison.
WEXFORD.
On Saturday, June 18th, police con-
stable named John Harry, of Oulart sta
tion, attempted to commit suicide, while
on his way into Ennlscorthy, by jumping
off Cooladine Bridge, which crosses the
Blackwater, on the county road from
to Oulart. Constable
Harry, who is a native Of Crossmaglen,
has been about a dozen years on the
force, being recently stationed in Crog-
han and Corey For some time past he
has been ailing, and on the day mon
toned, accompanied by Constable Lar
isse, he left Oulart by car, with the in
tention of going into the Enniscorthy
Workhouse Infrmary on certificate
from DR.. Ryan, that he was suffering
from nervous debility.
WICKLOW.