The Irish standard., 1895-12-07
DONEGAL.

3. Z. CoASG0Ea1L.
On November a fatal accident oc-
Cured at the railway station, Liscooley
which is on the Donegal narrow gauge
charge OF man named Patrick Slevin.
He was llurrying to open the gates for a
special train from Stranorlar to Strabane,
when he was caught up before his duty
was completed at the gates, thrown
against post and badly crushed by the
passing train. He was conveyed to Lif-
ford Infirnlary, where he fingered i'll
great agony till next morning, when he
died.
Mrs. Harry O'Neill, proprietress of the
Royal Hotel, Bangor, was accidentally
suffocated on November 2. She was in
the habit of taking narcotics, and on that
day took double dose before lying down.
found her in their bedroom suffocating,
with two false teeth fixed in her throat,
and, despite surgical aid, she died.
Mr.. Arthur Stanfeld, clerk of Hills
borough and Moira Petty Sessions, and
clerk of the Hillsborough Gas Company,
died suddenly at his residence Eillsbor-
ough, on November 5. He had attended
the meeting OF the directors of the Gas
Company on that evening, but COM
planned of feeling unweN, and, on return
ing to his home, he was attended by DR..
Boyd, but died suddenly in the doctors
presence.
A shocking discovery was made on the
morning of October o., about 6 O'clock,
by laborer named Robert Laudersdale,
residing at Cross, q short distance from
Rathfriland. 1t would appear that Lau-
dersdale entered the house next door to
his own, which was occupied by an army
pensioner named Samuel Murphy, when
he was mortified to find Murphy lying in
bed with a large wound i'm his throat,
almost extending from ear to ear. The
unfortunate man had committed suicide.
while temporarily insane.
Il, DUBLIN.
The eighty-first anniversary Of the
birth of Thomas Davis was celebrated
on Nov. d. in the Ancient concert rooms,
Dublin, under the auspices Of the Young
Ireland League. Mr.. John O'Leary pre-
sided, and, in the course of his opening
address,, said he had always taken
Thomas Davis as his prophet and his
guide, but he did not think very much
was known OF thought of Davis in the
present day There were five divisions
of so-called Nationalist parties in Ireland
and America at the present time. A
very pleasing concert of Irish music was
then given; ana between the first and
second parts Of the concert an address
appropriate to the occasion was deliver
ed by Mr. George Coffey, B. L., who said
that in his own time or since, no man
had exercised so great g. power for good
over the hearts and intellects Of young
Ireland as Thos. Davis. To rouse in the
people of ireland a consciousness of ma
tionality was his one thought. The
movement which the Young Ireland par
ty founded awaited now the young men
of Ireland to carry it forward.
Mr. Shanks, T. c., has written to the
Dublin town clerk, rendering his resig
nation, as one of the municipal represen-
tatives of the Royal Exchange ward.
Mr. William H. Litchfeld has been ap-
pointed traffic manager of the city of
Dublin Steam Packet Company, in
place of Mr.. Mills King, who has re-
tired.
The Dublin Gazette announces that the
next Leinster winter assiZes will be held
at Wicklow. the Ulster assizes at Cork,
and the Connaught asslzes at Galway.
In the Dublin registration district the
births registered during the week end
ing Nov. 2, amounted to 17A--87 boys
and 81 girls, and the deaths to 211-106
males and los females. The deaths:
which We're 80 over the average number
of the corresponding week Of the last
ten years, represent all annual rate of
mortality of 215 in every 1000 of the
population.
A number OF sudden deaths occurred
recently in Dublin. On November 4.
Humphrey Balbraith. q coachman, aged
SO years, died suddenly at SO Lower Rut-
land street On the same evening Anne
Sexton, aged 70, died suddenly at her
residence. Is Kelly's row. She had suf
fered from rheumatism. John Byrne,
an army reserve man, aged SO, died on
the same evening at his residence
Coady's Cottages Blackhorse lane. He
Saturday. On endeavoring to proceed to
business on Monday morning he was tak-
en- ill and died from heart disease. On
the following day Or. Kenny held an in
quest at the morgue ON the body of Ellen
Josephine Calvin aged IL years, who had
died at the residence of her mother, II
Summer place. DR.. j. D. Kenny, who
made the pcst-mortem, deposed that
death resulted from cardiac syncope.
Verdict accordingly,
On Nov. 4 DIR. J. Kenny coroner, Dub
lin, held an inquest in the morgue on the
body of Peter Ennis, an old man, who
resided at 1O6 Summer Hill The medi-
cal evidence was that his sudden death
was die to. cardiac syncope. Deceased
had been brought home on the previous
evening by a young man, who said he
seemed to have suddenly taken ill in
the street. He died as he was being con-
veyed upstairs to his room. A verdict
of death from natural causes was re-
turned
On the afternoon of Nov fire broke
out at Eblanas villas, Grand Canal
street, Dublin. in small shop owned by
Miss Mary McCann. The fire was caused
BY the npsetting Of a lamp. Two casks
of petroleum. which were in the shop,
we're rolled into the yard, and thus the
danger of a more serious conAagration
was averted. The fire brigade quickly
extinguished the fiames and the damage
done was not serious.
sss Sci FERMA;NAGH.
On Nov 8 Information reached the po-