The Irish standard., 1893-02-11

tons, with q view OF acting independ-
emily, the result being that the entire ar
rangement collapsed. .
TIPPERARY.
On January 10th, the ceremonial OF
inaugurating the recently constructed
Nenagh waterworks was carried ont, at
the reservoir in Newtown, about 81
miles from Nenagh, by p. j. O'Brien, NJ.
P. There was large attendance. The
entire works (which are on the gravita-
tion SYSTEM, were carried out in accord
ance with the plans of Mr.. r. P. Gill, G.
E., Nenaqh, and under his supervision
and control. The contractor was Mr.. NJ.
Walsh, Fosnes. The river runs through
a deep valley in the .neighborhood of
Killaloe Slate Quarries. A large en-
bankment across the valley at the lower
end, which stands fifteen feet high, and
is seventy five feet wide at the base, and
six feet wide at the top, forms one end
of the reservoir, while the steep, precipl-
tous sides of the valley which assume a
semi circular form together with small
Ter embankrnent at the upper end COM
plete the enclosure of the reservoir,
which is three acres in extent and capa-
BILE Of holding five million gallons of
water. The filters and pure water basin
are regulated by an elaborate system Of
valves, by means of which the water can
be let into any one of the chambers. The
water in the reservoir stands fifty feet
over the highest point in the township,
and the military barracks, and is 100
feet over the lowest point. In the even
ing banquet was held in the Hibernian
Hotel at which there was a large attend
ance.
y WESTMEATH. 49,.
The Sydney Freeman, of November 49,,
records with deep regret the death Of the
Rev. Mother of the Yass Convent of
Mercy, Sister Mary Clare. The deceased
lady, whose name previous to her reli-
gious profession was Miss E. Mcdonald,
was native Of Weetmeath, and was one
of a, band of heroic Sisters who left Ire
land to found convent in the "Bush,"
at the request of the venerable Bishop of
Gou'burn, Most Rev. DR.. Lanigan, and
the Very Rev. Dean O'Keefe, of Yass.
Mother Glare had been nun only nine
years when she was called to her reward.
A few hours before she breathed her
last, Mother Mary Glare received the
last rites of the Church from the Very
Rev. Father Alphonsus, Superior of the
Paesionist Order in New South Wales,
who at the time was conducting Mis-
sion in St. Augustine's church, Yass;
and the last prayers were recited at the
grave by Dean O'Keefe.
. WEXFORD.
On the night of January. 9th, about
half-past 10 o'clock. Mr.. James r. Han
rahan, organist, Farnogue cottage, met
with an untimely death by falling over
Wexford quay. He was alone Ut the
time; the quay is dangerous at this part;
the night was one of the darkest during
the season, and it appears Mr.. Hanrahan
accidently fell into the water at the
outer edge of the Crescent, opposite the
railing. No one saw him at the time,
and 1t was only when some people heard
cry from an Arklow schooner which
was lying directly opposite the place,
that the fact became known. Three
young lads, Charles Vie, Maurice Null
laly, and boy named Murphy, who
lives at the Crescent quay, were the first
on the scene. Mutually ran for the life
buoy, which was hanging on the lamp
post, and in the space of a couple of Sec
onds from the time the alarm was heard
from the schooner, he had thrown the
lifebuoy. The deceased grasped it for q
moment, but was unable to retain his
hold. Mr.. c. Murphy then procured q
boathook, and the deceased was brought
out after being three OF four minutes
immersed. He was then unconscious
but life was not extinct. ....
Two Men and Girl.
This is certainly an odd title for a
book and the story itself must be an odd
one, for the title of novel usually lends