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About one o'clock on the morning of
May 18th, a fire broke out in the Horse s.
shoe Bar, owned BY Mr.. john Hanna, and AM
situate i'll Bridge street, Il EIiisburr. The
residents Of the neighborhood were
aroused from their sluznbers by the
niercing Sskrieks. of women, apparently.
in distress. On looking out Of their win
dows, they were startled to observe the
licensed premises in flames, and a young
woman, aged about l8 years.. ard her
little 10 year old brother, standing in
their night .gownssa at one OF the windows,
two stories up, screaming for help. For
some minutes. there appeared to#sbes no
visible means of .rescNing the children
from their perilous position, and the ut; ut
most excitement prevailed. Very soon,
Constable William Werner and
Constable James English, who were pa
trolling an adjoining street, We're at
tracted to the spot. and being unable to
effect an entrance to the premises. called
to the girl to jump out. She courageous
ly did so and dropped into Constable
Verner's arms, without sustaining the
slightest injury, but her rescuerss sfloul-
der was sprained by the heavy weight
falling on him, the distance from the
window to the street being about Is feet.
The other child followed his sisters ex-i
ample, and. was safely caught by Con-
stable English. Mrs. Hanna, a lame
daughter and a. second son had effected
their escape by: the. rear OF. the house
The fire brigade accompanied <, by a
manual engine, arrived soon afterwards,
and as by that time the building was
completely enveloped in flames, and no
hope whatever remained Of saving any
part Of the house, the firemen turned
their attention TO saving the adjoining
establishments, the inmates of which
had got safely out, and we're very sue
cessful in their efforts. In about an hour
the fire was completely under control,
and all fears allayed.. Mr.. Hanna, the
was. away .frem home at the
time of the occurrence, on a visit to
some friends at Sydenham. It is stated
that the loss is covered by insurance.
r--s.>s.,,. ARMAGH.
At Ready, on May Sth, an inquest was
reid before Mr.. T. G. Peel, coroner, and
a jury, touching the death of John. Hee-
nan, by cutting his throat, as detailed in
our last. DR.. Donnan, of Ready, deposed
that ON. the. previous Sunday: night de-,
ceased was suffering from erysip elias,
and was suffering very severe pain. A
man named McStay gave evidence that
he and a nephew Of The. ;deceaesd, named
Ted Heenan, were in the same bedroom
with the deceased when the decd was
committed during the absence of any
light in the room. The jury found that
deceased committed suicide, while tenn
pOrarily insane. IS. IN s.!.%, Z" ~
~ CLARE .@.. :
On May II, before the Lord, Chancellor,
in Dublin, Mr.. Robert w. Frost, of
sfxmilebridge, was admitted a solicitor
Of the supreme court Of judicature, in
Ireland. MIR. Frost, who obtained high
places in all his examinations, served
his apprenticeship with MIR. John Dun
don, solicitor, Limerick and intends to
practice in that city,
CORK. s:x
On May II a local government board of
inquiry was held in Middleton, by Mr.. r.
OBrien Smith, inspector under the
board to consider an APPLICATION made by
the town commissioners Of. that town for:
a sanction to loan of f3,250. for the pur-
pose of erecting rs houses for the work
ing cleaase The decision reacts with the
board in Dublin-or rather we should
say, the London board for such it is
without the approval of which the Irish
people are not allowed to appropriate Or.
expend their own money for their own
benefit in. any public work or i'm
provement. Another strong ar gument
for the necessity of home rule. <sst
In the>probate court, Dublin, on May ~,
before Judge Warren, in the case Of, Rior-
dan VS.. Riordan, (known as the; Gloyne
divorce case), Dr.. P. D.. Fle1nming applied
for an order ON the part of Mrs. Elizabeth
Riordan, that the respondent, DR.. Rfor-
dan should pay ESQ alimony, as no set
Element had been arrived at. Judge War
rem, without b earring ounsel on the other
side, said he.must make ahforder for the
payment of ESQ on account OF arrears
due, to be payable out OF the dividends
from the London and Westminster Bank
shares, held in the case, with seven gum
cas- cost Of the motion. ss al ss, "A
After lingering illness, Mr.. r. g.
Brady, Bandon, peacefully passed away
on May L.. The, deceased held the posi-
ton of collector OF gas rates in the town
for many years, and by his. courtesy and
genial disposition earned we'll merited
popularity with the public. He was well
known as sporting man, and for several
years was the life and soul of coursing
His funeral was largely and respectfully
meets in the Bandon street district.
attended. f4-sF sIsa
On May IS, at the. Middleton Pre-
sentiment Sessions, for the barony Of
Imokilly, the initial step towards meet
ing the demands Of the Great Southern
and Western Railway Company, for the
protection Of the II seawall at = Youghal
was taken by the magistrates end cess
payers of the barony.a a presentment
for the work was lodged by, Very Rev.
Canon Keller. P. p, and Rev. Canp Canon
Jones, ID: D., Youghal, and the sum ap ,-
piled for was f23,367. The court was.
crowded during the day, and deputa-
lions attended from Youghal, Cork, and
other public places. to support the appli-i
cation. Mesrs. NJ. j. Murphy T. s.
Coppinger, ;. r, and other ratepayerrs IS
complained of the action Of the Great
Southern and Western Railway Com,
pary in not sending some one son their
behalf to represent the company at the
present sessions, and state what the Rail-
way Company was prepared to do.
After some observations from Mr.. Hold
nett. solicitor. who stated that the
Youghal Town Commissioners would
contribute $1,000: for te proposed works.
evidence was given in support of the
presentment, and latter 3 very length