The Irish standard., 1895-10-12

" 81 ord 1sisa,t sw hose first ofhciaI
act sSto GIVE the happy despatch tor
Biz intended I'd eoncede tot the thoLcs
| of Coleraine and Derry votes In their own
| towns. The. Coleraine Town Commission
ers, like the Derry Corpo ton, who rep-
recent Al minority Of the city for which
they presume to- speak, are devotedly at
taehed to a Gonsti tution that thus but
tresses carefully up the last relics Of
Orange ascesld ancy. ,s## 81
DONEGAL % 5s$S5
f Asmeeting Id furtherance Of railway
extens on to GWeedore was held In Let
lterkenny, oh September 18th. Mr.. Boyd,
Dill, presided. "A deputation attended
| from Dnufanaghy. Two routes, Meena--
dreen, without guarantee, and the coun-
| ty Ileitrim line, were exhaustively dis
cussed, and sthed discussion resulted in fay-
or of Meenadreen but at the instance OF
Rev. r.. Kane. Presbyterian Minister, the
choice was. left open for the fuller ex-
| precision of public opinion Of the residents
! of the coast route requiring guarantee.
! Rev. James McFadden, PIP, Gweedore,
who was present, advocated the Meenad-
reen route: 4,
se,, Il i. IA ,3ss{gss DOWN.
On September 18th, there died sudden
4 ly. at KilEeel, a. man with whom almost
every visitor to Carlingford Tough dis
! trict, during the past half-century, must
have, been familiar. The deceased, Harry
Doran, driver of.the car between Kilkeel
/ T oH,,+ oh
acter For over fifty years he piled be-
daily. III
r On the morning of September 18th, an
aged woman named Catherine Daney, was
| found dead on the hearth at her house,
Backseayiew, Warrenpoint. She lived
alone, and it is surmised that while pre-
pairing breakfast she took a weak turn,
and, falling against the CRATE, sustained
injuries which brought on her death.
| On September 18th, at a special Petty
! Sessions Court held in Bangor, James
Csuhcart. A Central street, Belfast, and
several other Ballymacarrett Orangemen
were charged with having assaulted and
! beat Rev. C. X. Pooler, of Newtownards,
and Mr.. H. Fletcher, a farmer, thereby
occasioning them actual bodily harm, on
| the 31st August, last, at Granshaw. The
lroWdias We're all convicted and the leader
! received the same sentence as the evicted
| tenant lately sent to Jail for informing a
man that certain cattle had been fat
tened on his ey:cted farm. They will
be all out In time to vote for law and
order, 80 III and to cheer Lord Cado-
gan Whe9lshe goes North. On such foun-
| dation is the fabric of Unionism in Ireland
llaid. T.
& DUBLIN.
An East Indian dispatch states that on
the 9th of August, the British military
| dent to one of the men of No. g Com
panY, Southern Division, r. A. A young
| and promising man, Gunner Patrick
Spencer O'Brien, went bathing in, Sap
per's Bay, the usual resort. Of all soldiers
| in Alden He swan out about so yards
| from shore and on his return, when a
short distance from land, he gave Shout,
and some comrades in the water swan to
his assistance. When they reached him
they saw a pool of blood about
| him, and found he had been bit
ten by a shark through the thigh;
! in fact, the upper part OF his leg
was almost gone and he bled to death.
He was a fayorite with all who knew him,
a steady; we'll behaved soldier who had
| enlisted, ,at Dublin in March, 1891 The
meh 81 the r.. a. at Alden feel the, deepest
| sorrow for his relations in the County
| Wicklow.
On September 7th Mr.. Thompson re-
| tried from the contest for the alderman
| ship Of the North City ward, Dublin, and
Mr.: John Reilly; accordingly, had a walk
oyer for the position.
I%5ssEln the evening of September 10th gas
explosion occurred at the sub-postof1ce,
! 5 Lower George street, KingstoWn, caus-
| ing considerable damage and excitement,
| but fortunately no personal injury. Some
workmen belongin to the Alliance Gas
ICompany were engaged during the after
| noon examining the fittings of the Of
! flee, and one of the men was in the act
1 of searching for a leak when quantity
of, gas which had been confined under the
| floor exploded: Fortunately there were
| no customers about art the time. The
/! place looks a complete wreck, but it is
| believed the damage is. not serious.
In the Northern Police Court, Dublin,
on September Eth; William HaWston, an
fold man, was charged with having dis
charged a pistol at his son. on the pre-
vious evening, at 1876 Philsboro road.
Domestic trouble and drink were the
| origin of the fracas The accused was
ordered to enter into bail, himself in ESQ,
with two sureties Of ELS each, or to be
imprisoned for a month.
In Dublin, on September 18th, the Jew
ish Meat and Provision Company were
I fined III O FOL the sale Of unsound meat
10 Two of their customers.
AT the Rathcoole Petty Sessions, on
September 18th, charge against two
ganekeepers named John Hickey and
! Michael Mills, in the employment of Sir
John Kennedy, was on the list for hear
ing, The accused were charged with
shooting at and wounding William Null
reed and Philip Deegan, of Slievethoras,
near Brittas, on the night of September
STh. The accused were not in attend
ance, and when the case was called there
was no professional gentleman present
on the part of the Grown. The police
asked for a remand, as the wounded :, men ne
were not out Of danger: After consldera-
bic discussion the case was adjourned for
a week. II
On September 11th, the Lady Wolseley,3
a Dublin cross Channel steamer, with
one hundred passengers on board, ran
aground on the Goodwin Sands, about 8
o'clock in the morning. during blind-
ing rain storm. After about six hours
detention she was got off, unharmed, and
landed the passengers at Ramsgate.
GALWAY. s:
An accident, which was nearly attend
ed. II With serious consequences, occurred on
Railway inst ont