The Irish standard., 1895-10-26

MalachVS ClCfCn, BelldSt, diiu Vel J 1scS.
Robert Crickard administration OF ST. Pat
rick,s Church, Belfast Vicars-F'orane, OF
Belfast and adjoining parishes
ARMAGH. ,t
On September Path, the news of the
death Of Professor VIC. Wood, in Lon
don. reached Armagh, and was received
with universal regret. Professor Wood
was born in Armagh where he spent the
greater. portion of his life, and where he
and his family were highly respected: He
was the eldest son Of the late Mr.. Charles
Wood. tenor in Armagh Cathedral.
News reached Armagh on September
23d, of "a serious accident which had be-
fallen the Rev. Thomas Callan, C. c., Bal
]ymacnab, who on. that day had been Sc
verely bitten by, pet setter dog, with the
result of cutting a leading artery. IN his
hand. Father Callan was Obliged to go
to the county infirmary, and place HIM
self under the treatment Of Or. Manserghl
Palmer, the resident surgeon, who after
great difficulty stopped the flow OF blood,
which had considerably weakened the
reverend gentleman. He is now cons'd-
cred out Of danger % 'sf,
'ss5 e.. i. r., CARLOW. 49,
A committee has been formed in Carlow
to promote a memorial to the. late Most
Rev. DR. Comerford The movement was
initiated on the suggestion OF the Bishop
of the diocese, Most Rev. DR. Lynch, the
Very Rev. Patrick Foley, president OF
Carlow College, has been requested to&a
as treasurer, and the Rev. John Cullen,
And. Carlow, and the Rev. John Delaney,
| yice-president of Carlow College, were
appointed honorable secretaries.
= go. .-rfs,s, s.zGAVAN. :. So y -
Sir Charles Cameron; the official ana
ly:st, Dublin, having declared that@there
was no trace of poison in the. ylsceras antf
other organs Of the man, McDermott. ex--
humed at Laragh, James and: Mary Pun
kett, who we're held in custody in connec-
ton with that is known as the Cayan
mystery, were. discharged on September
9th.
Is. @ CLARE - ...ss
On September 21st, farmer named
Thomas Sheehan was admitted into Kill
dysart Union Hospital N a state OF COM
plete collapse, caused by accidentally slid
ingsont a hay fork, which had been placed
perpendicularly against a. hay-rlck, Whlch
Sheehan was engaged in making. The
tines of the fork entered the lower part OF
his body and passed out above the left
hin. intlicting injuries from which 1t is
scarcely probable the unfortunate victim
will recover. 1877,
An accident having a fatal termination
occurred in Kilrush, about half-past seven
o'clock on the night Of September 25th:
During a thunder storm, a~young morse
taking fright at the vivid fashessof light
ming, broke away from the gate to- which
he was hitched, and rushed through the
streets, knocking down in Grace street an
old man named Pat Cullinan, killing him
instantly The skull and chest OF the I'M
fortunate man, who was a carter by occu-
patton, were smashed in by the hoofs OF
the animal. The night was intensely
dark and the public lamps were unllt.
go. CORK. .,..s =<
+ For considerable time back eviction
DEGREES have been pending in the tWn-
lands of Tor Head and Gottycrassing, on
the verge of the broad Atlantic, due
south of Skibbereen, on the estate of
Pierce Cormac and others, sformely
owned Dy the late Mr. Attridge, Of Cas-
tletownsend but for years back in the
court of chancery. Against three of the
tenants, named Keane, F1allahane and
Mcguire, <.eviction proceedings had been
instituted and the DEGREES for possession
obtained; but the court was slow: to put
the grim sentence of the law into force.
Eventually, as nothing could be done
lowing to the poverty OF the tenants).
the law was again put in motion, and de-
crees were obtained under the ''eviction-
made-easy' clause, at the Skfbbereen
petty sessions: The evictions we're ar
ranged to be carried out. few days ago
by the sub-sheriff, a protection force Of
police was requestioned; and these, with
the agent, were on the scene at the hour
appointed, where they. awaited, for the
sheriff until after midday, when, after
taking last survey from the hilltops
for his approach. they decided on
abandoning the evictions. for the present;
and returned homeward to Skibbbereen.
Intelligence Of the death, at Malta, of
a young Irish nun, has reached Cork, of
which city the deceased religieuse was
native She belonged to- the order of the
Little Company of Mary, and died on the
18th of September, at the Convent of
Sienna. Her name in religion was Sis
ter Mary Stanislaus, and she was a
younger daughter Of Mr.. James O'Con-
nell, of st. GATHERINGS place, Cork. The
deceased was in the ninth year of her
religious profession, and was only 81
years Of age: |. &,
On September % an interesting fete in
honor Of the golden jubilee Of the SUI
perioress Of the Middleton y Presents ton
Convent, was held in the presence of a:
large tconcoltrse Of the people =of the
town. During the exercises an address
from the pupils was also presented ito, the
,,.o,roron n m ~ her i1, which the 1aftpr.waS