The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-10-19

ring the bell, some portion of the ma
refinery gave way and the bell, weighing
t:25 cWt., fell through two floors, about
| thirty feet, carry Ing, Kelly with it to the
ground floor. DR. Cronin was immedi-
ately on the scene and found that Kelly,
though badly wounded, was in no dam
ger. The bell was put up about seven
| years ago. #s.
i On September 10th, Mr.. Cornelius
/ Kearney, assistant county surveyor for
Down, passed away peacefully at his res
! idence, Garfield Terrace, Newry, after a
brief illness. The deceased gentleman
had held the Office for over forty-five
years and was highly respected. He
was employed by. all the principal land
lords and tenant farmers in making land
measurements, and was one of the best
known men In the country.
| ssaa DUBLIN.
| The Golden Jubilee" Of Our Lady's
Mount Haroldeross, Dublin, the former
novitiate Of the Irish Sisters of Charity
(noW known as the Hospice for the Dy-
ing} was celebrated with fitting cere-
n1ony on September 18th.
AT the adjourned Petty Sessions at
Rathcoole on September goth, the two
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employment Of Sir John
fSsknsfsaa were sdfain remlanded on the
ehaF Ea ofs4iringat and wounding Michael
ff,f5esga5sas and Philip Mulreed, on the night
III Sunday, Septembe 9Th, at SLEEVE
Ethdn1e, near :Brfttas.
~ On theee evening of September Goth, the
body OF q man was found in the Grand
Canal at Lesson street bridge, Dublin.
On the previous day boot and hat were
discovered on the canal bank near Wind
cor Terrace, and the police had the canal
dragged when the body was found, and
was subsequently, identified at Donny-
brook Police station as that of DR.. Thorn
as MoKeogh, OF Charlemont Mall.
Mr.. Thomas O'Keefe, aged "a years,
OF IL Charlemont Mall, Dublin, clerk,
had narrow escape from drowning
while bathing off the rocks between Boo
terstown and ,Williamstown, on Septem-
I Der 18th. He was bathing in about ten
feet Of water and forty yards from shore,
when he became weak and sank. The
Rev. Mr.. POLICEMAN, of the French, college,
Blackjack, who was bathing at short
distance of, noticed that he did not come
/ to. the SURFACE. and swan to the place
where he had disappeared. He succeed
| ed in catching Mr., O'Keefe by the hair
and arm, and struck out for shore. The
Rev. Mr. Ottman swan to his colleagues
| assistance; they succeeded in bringing
Mr. O'Keefe to the rocks and were as.
sisted by the Rev. Mr.. Paul, also of the
French college, The clersymen at once
proceeded to apply artificial respiration,
and after some time the patient was con-
veyed to YOUNGSTOWN Hospital, where he
was attended by DR.. Hougton, who stated
/ that he would be all right in a short time.
;,+ Y FERMANAGH.
/ On September Goth a report reached
NewtoWn-B Butler that, on that morning
a man named John McDermitt Of Land
brook, had murdered his wife by beat
ing her about the head with a wooden
naallet:s. MeDermott, some two years ago,
was an inmate of a lunatic asylum; and it
appears that his .neighbors noticed that
his manner was strange for some time
past :, The police at bnce proceeded to the
house, and found the woman lying in a
pool of blood in the kitchen with her
clothes on, as if she had not gone to bed
during the night. McDermott shortly
afterward. came to the police barrack,
saying: II have killed my wife," The
unfortunate man and his wife came orig
ing small farm upon which they lived.
They had no family. McDermott is
about 40 years of age; his wife was more
advanced in age.
lIgts :sli,. .oak6 eG3i
III GALWAY.
. At Dunmore petty sessions, on Septem-
Der 10th, the Widow Dislkin, and evicted
tenant, of Carnagur, was summoned at
the suit of Mary Blake for trespassing
on the land from which she was evicted
some time ago. She was fined los, with
the alternative of seven days smprison-
ment. Other sum monses of similar ma
ture against her were adjourned. Col.
Nolan's brother is the agent. The Widow
Diskin had been summoned some time
ago, but the surnmonses were withdrawn.
Al KERRY.
There is some talk of an attempt to re-
vive the ambregris industry In Ireland.
tt seems that in Mayo, Sligo and Kerry
ambregris is quite unknown IN trade,
though pieces weighing 81 ounces are re-
corded from these coasts. In 1907 it
brought from 25c to 45s, the trop ounce.
a. few years ago it was quoted at nearly
zoos per OUNCE
"A respectable widow, Mrs. Courtney,
residing at Aghacurreen, about two miles
from Killarney, was evicted from her
farm, q short time since, under the fol-
lowing, ceiIEEe,lnlstances: Mrs. Courtney,
whose rent, was ELL q, year, the poor law
valuation being IS, sublet the farm to a
man named Sweeny, a graZier. The
rent, Of which Mr.. j. T. Huggard is re-
ceiver, under court of chancery. was al
lowed to run into arrears by Sweeny, and
for, the arrears due on the farm, which
was held by SWeeny under deed, Mrs
Courtney was evicted, and has since been
residing in Killarney.
AT the last meeting Of the official VICE
guardians of the Killarney Union, Rel.ey-
ing Officer Rooney laid before the
guardians eviction notices at the instance
of Lord Kenmare against John DAILY and
Cornelius Leary, both Of Dooneen, near
Killarney. A5man named Daniel Dris-
coll, who wassone Of the sixteen tenants
eyicted by Lord Kenmare from their
holdings at Kacummin. appeared before
the board with his wife respecting the
out door relief The applicants, who had
been suffering from rheumatism for some
time past had been granted outdoor re-
lief for himself and wife Of .5s a week
The vice guardians continued the relief
for another fortnight.
sss 3 81 (, e. 80 49, KILDARE #
on the Il evening Of September 18th a
large hay barn containing upward OF q
hundred tons of first crop hay, the prop
! arty ofS Baron de RObeck GoWrangranRe