The Irish standard., 1894-11-03
FERMANAGH.

teU. hHs DSeH dppOtHteu W tno SOn11uAo
sion OF the peace. Mr.. Crumlay is we'll
and favorably known throughout Fer
mansgb and the adjoining counties.
KERRY
In letter to Sport, Timothy Twohill,
of Kanturk, challenges Fitzgerald, +
Tra]ee, who recently defeated Nolan, Of
Carlow, to pley for the handbsll cham
pionship of ireland. In response, f'itz
gerald writes TO say be has written to
Tuohill Offering to play off The rubber IN
ote day in the Grattan street, Racq let
Club, Cork, for sum of not less than
ESQ. at cry time suitable to the Kan
turkman. The result OF this communi,
cation has not yet TRANSFERRED.
KILDARE.
| At the Mas Petty Sessions Court, on
October LIST, Patrick Wall, farm Zaborer,
in the employment of armer named
| John Meenehap, Of Cooltrim, near Don
edea, was put forward Ia custody charged
on remand with stealing the sum Of e91,
the property of bis employer, on the fair
day of Mas, the 18th ult. The prisoner
was returned for trial to the next Quar-
ter Sessions at Mas.
Kilkenny.
On September 9th, car loaded with
fowl, the property Of Mr.. Slater, fowl
and poultry dealer, was overturned IN
Parliament etreet, Kilkenny, opposite
the police barracks. At tbs time of the
occurrence, MIR and Mrs. Slater were IN
the car, returning from the Urlingford
fair. Both we're precipltated TO the
ground; but, with the exception of a
| shock, they suffered very little injury.
| I.ONGFORD.
| On September 2ath, an inquest was
held on the body of child named How
ard, in Longford Courthouse, by Mr.. j
| McGarver, coroner Death vas caused by
! cart running over the neck Of the child
( while 1t was creeping from the footpath
| ia st Joseph street. The jury returned
| q verdict of accidental death; but
Lecky, the driver of the cart. was ar
| rested and remanded 20 Mullingar Jail.
LOUVH.
| We regret TO announce the death of
! the Rev u. Doherty, G. S.. E., at Dun
dalk, on September 29th. For eight
years he was one OF the community OF
St. Joseph's there, and his quiet sim
plicity end cheerful gocd-nature made
him hosts of friends. Father Doherty
went to Dunaalk, after giving mission
in Liverpool, and his heart was bound
nd with the new Church Of st. Joseph
! Ills interment took place on October LIST,
in the cemetery attached to St Joeeph's,
Dundalk, Immediately after the Requiem
Office and High Mass, which took place
; in the new church, the Right Rev. Mgr
Murphy, ?. P. V. G, Drogheds, presid-
ing.
| At Altringham, England on October
5th, six Irish laborers were charged with
causing the death of Thomas Meakin,
aged 20, native of S .pshire, employed
as an agricultural laborer Oh farm near
Altringhanl. In the course OF drunk
en- STRAY A1eakin was stabbed with q
pitchfork, and died two or the days af-
ter. The evidence showed that the If
| isbmeD had received great provocation'
The Jury found s verdict for man
slaughter against John Gallagher, Pat
rick Durkin, and Patrick Gallagher, and
censured farmers son, named Will
liam Daniel, for taking part in the affray
The prisoners we're from Mayo.
MONAGHAN.
| On the morning Of October Sd, at halt
past three o'clock. fire broke out IN
Monaghan, in the premises OF Messrs'
McDermott, coach builders. The Vol
unteer Fire Brigade, I'M or command Of
Lieutenant McW1lliams and Secretary
Moore, were soon on thespot, where they
found the workshop and store in flames.
! A couple of lengths OF hose where imme-
diate!y LAID on, and after about two
hours work the fire was got under control
! QUEENS.
On the morning OF October 5th, the
| body of man named Edward Gleeson
was found in horribly multilated state,
on the Great Southern and Western
Railway line, at place called Cuddagh
about a mile aud half from Mountrath
station. The deceased was employed on
the ailway As milesman. On the pre-
vious night he was on duty as fog-signal
man. The night was dark and foggy,
and it appears that he had bsen up the
previous night also, on duty, got nc
sleep next day, and resumed duty on
that night at one o'clock, after which
nothing more was heard from him until
the other miIesman, who went on to re.
lieve him, found his body fearfully