The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-09-07


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]. 81 & ss ANTRIM.
5SSs Now that the paliamen tary elections
are over, the National lists of the North
have good reason to congratulate It hem
sselves&on the success with which they
have emerged from the various contests
in which they have had to engage. The N
results Of the paris entary ections in
the Ulster, Districts, leave the National
lists in absolute possession Of 16 out OF the
33 Ulster Districts, with three in winch
they had won by doubling" on, cand1-
dates who were elected, and decided to
sit for other seats, to be yet decided.
Only lb or the Ulster seats were contested
by the Nationalist, the others being so
thoroughly controlled by the Tories that
opposition would have been not only hope
less, but expensive. The Nationalist,
notwithstanding, not only won two seats
previously llel1 by Tories. but also IN
creased their majerities in five other dis
tricts--South Armagh, South Down, New.
ny, Mid-Tyrone and South F'ermanagh-
and decreased the Tory lnajoritles II three
Tory, constituencies--Nor and South
Derry and South Tyrone.
i, It is officially announced that Mr.. Hen
Try NJ Crawford, who was the late Mr..
isCunningham's assistant for many years,
| has been appointed by the MARQUIS OF
! Donegal ieputy and acting clerk OF the
peace for County Antrim. '5' :
| 4. ARMAGH.
| On the evening of Aug. eth, "a terrible
railway accident occurred at Richhill
Railway Station, by which a lahorer nam
+ cd Thoras Marshall was killed. De-
ceased, vho belonged to the townland Of
Hockey near Armagh, was in the em-
,Iloymen of a local timber conductor
named .Herr. who carries out large con-
tract for Messrs. Connick, timber mer--
chats, Dundalk At the time the acci-.
| 1nt occurred, he was engaged loading
timber for Dundalk on railway wagons,
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between two wagons for the purpose Of
uncoupling them, when some loose .wag-
ons from a train that was being shunted
on another line struck the wagons at
which the deceased was engaged, and no
was caught between the buffers and kill
ed instantly. The deceased, who was
about q years of|age, was unmarried, but
leaves a father, mother and several broth:
ers to mourn his loss.
CAVAN:
Mr.. +. P. Farrell Of Longford, was Sc
lected as the Nationalist candidate for
West Cayan. Mr.. Knox was returned
for both Derry and West Cavan, and as
he has elected to, sit for the first named
constituency, a. new election for West
Cayan will have to be held, subject to no.
tice from the Speaker Of the House of
Commons. 4
:.% CLARE. ,
The horse Of farmer named Moroney,
which was grazing on an evicted farm
near Scariff, was shot on the morning
Of August 9Th, by "Moonlighters." Dur
ing the past four months nearly half a
dozen horses'i in East Clare have been SIM
ilarly killed.
Mr.. Thomas O'Halloran, Quinville,
Quinn, has been appointed to the commits
sion of the peace for the County Of
Glare. -
~t CORK. 4
At meeting Of the Cork Corpora:
ton, on August 9th, Mr.. ]. Lowell hand
ed in a notice Of motion calling on the
government to amnesty the Irish politi-
cal prisoners At the same meeting, Dis
trict Inspector Mcguire, Macroom, sent n
a letter claiming $1,000 damages for
manning and injury received at st.
Anne's, shandon, during the recent
general election The application will
come before the presentment sessions
next month.
Mr.. VIM. S. Dunlea, of Bellevue, Fer
moy, has been appointed to the commits
sion of the peace for the County, Of Cork.
The appointment was made by the late
Lord Chancellor, and has given the great
est satisfaction in the district, where Mr..
Dunlea is deservedly popular.
AT midnight, on August 9Th, Kate Buck
ley aged "a, residing at9 Domintck street,
Cork. died suddenly, It is supposed from
heart failure q VA
On the morning of August TIN an ex-
policeman named Patrick Driscoll died
very suddenly at his sisters. residence, at
Laherdane, near Skibbereen. The de-
ceased, who was only some, 40 years OF
age, had served 81 years in the police
force, and was recently residing with his
sister, Mrs. Quincy, at Mardyke, Skibber-
cen. A few days ago he went to Laher-
dane on a visit to some friends who had
from America. On the morning
mentioned he got up in his usual health,
but ere the clock struck noon-tirae he was
dead. An inquest was held at Laherdane
by Coroner SlinkWin, BIZ, when the
medical testimony went to show thai
death was caused by fit Of apoplexy.
The; deceased was strong, hearty man,
and in the prime of life.
Z On August Sd, intelligence of a case Of
suicide reached Skibbereen., from Crock
haven, 4 comfortable farmer named
Michael Mccarthy, who had latterly d.s-
played somewhat Of an erratic tendency.
disappeared from the table at which he
WAS ealing with his wife and family. wb;s
suspected nothing unusual Soon after,
the wife went to an clubhouse to attend to
calves and cattle, when she was horror
by knocking against her hus-
bands body, which was hanging from the
beams overhead. She gave; the alarm to
her sons. who on taking down the body,
found life extinct AT the coroner's in
quest a verdict of suicide while suffering
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