The Irish standard., 1893-08-19

had been discharging his sacred minis
try before his appointment to Ballyna-
bracky, in 1887. On July 10th, on his
way to join his fellow-priests in the an
nual retreat at Navan, he consulted DR..
Cox in Dublin, who advised him to fore
go the exercises of the retreat. Being
anxious to participate in the blessings OF
the retreat, he reached Navan that even.
ing; but next morning he felt unable to
undertake the duties of the retreat, and
returned to the doctors care, at the
Middleton Hotel, Dublin. On July IA,
being perceived to be much weaker, he
received the last Sacraments, and at
seven o'clock that evening he was called
to the reward of his labors. Next even
ing his remains were met at the Hill of
Down Station by a vast concourse, in
GLIDING nearly 100 vehicles, and were
borne to the church at Ballynabracky,
where they remained till the funeral
obsequies, on Monday, July 18th.
QUEENS.
On July 18th, in the Court OF Appeals,
Dublin, final judgment was given in the
case OF John Mallon against the Great
Southern and Western Railway Com
pany. AS already reported, it was an
acton brought by Mr.. John Mallon, a
chemist, living in Dublin, against the
Great Southern and Western Railway
Company, for injuries alleged to have
been sustained by him, at Portar]ington
station, through the bite of q 8, which
was at the time in charge of the dsfeLd~
ants portere. The case had been tried
by the Lord Chief Justice and special
jury, and plaintiff obtained verdict for
9100, which was subsequently set aside
by the Court of Queens Bench. From
the latter order the present appeal was
brought. The Lord Chancellor held
that the plaintiff was entitled to succeed,
as the Railway Company had clearly
been guilty of negligence. happening,
however, that counsel for the plaintiff
had consented to accept ESQ, the verdict
was reduced to that amount, plaintiff to
get, in addition, costs of the appeal, ard
costs in the court below.
TIPPERARY.
At Clogheen petty sessions, on July 10
(before Col. Longbourne, r. NJ, and Mr..
Edwin Taylor, j. P.) young man of the
farming class named Denis Leary, was
brought up in custody on charge of
having killed James Lonergan, one of
Lord Lismore's woodrangers, at Shanra-
han bridge, on the morning Of Sunday
July 9th. Considerable interest was
conferred in the trial, especially as the
accused had been arrested at Queens
town, just as he was about sailing for
America, under an assumed name. 1t
appeared that the two men quarreIled at
a party, end the deceased subsequently
attacked Leary, who knocked him over a
bridge, and he died of conclusion of the
brain. The prisoner was committed for
trial.
WATERFORD.
An incident of an extraordinary char
acter occurred in Waterford on July II.
An English clergyman, Rev. Henry Bon
nerwell, who is the son-in law of gen.
tleman residing outside Waterford, came
on visit to the family of the latter.
As he was walking through Barron
strand street with his father-in- law, he
was accosted by Captain de Lacy, a we'll
known magistrate and leading Catholic
gentleman in the county, who turned on
the parson and gave him vigorous
beating with whip. The case came be-
fore the magistrates at Petty Sessions,
on the 21st, and after evidence had been
heard, it was held that Mr.. de Lacy, who
considered himself wronged by state
ment of the Rev. Mr.. Bonnerwell, was
The aggressor, and the court imposed a
penalty of los. Sd. and costs on him.
WEXFORD.
Recently, as the laborers employed by
Mr.. Walsh, the contractor for the new
at Drumgoole, Enniscorthy,
y ere making some excavations, they
came on q cannon ball, about seven
pounds in weight, embedded in the earth !
about ten feet under the soil. The fore
man and men examined the bullet min
ntely, and came to the conclusion that it !
was one of those fred from the solitary !
field piece which the insurgents used
With such powerful effect on their enc
mics in the earliest stages of the battle !
Of Vinegar Hill, IN the memorable year
If 1898. The bullet, which is Of ordin-
Try pattern, preserves it's original shape,
md is at present in the possession OF the |
'oreman of the works.
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