The Irish standard., 1896-02-29


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were adopted tavoring the construction Of
q railway from Loughrea to Portumna
and Birr:
A melancholy drowning accident oc-
Cured on JAM Is. at the village Of Clad
daghduff, ten miles from Clifden. A
team Of young fellows were playing
football on the banks of Baurnarusheen
Lake. One of the players accidentally
kicked the ball into the lake. when a
young fellow named Martin Driskell di-
vested himself of his clothing and swan
out for the ball. Before he could make
the shore again he got cramps and
was drowned. Deceased was about %
years of age.
KILDARE.
At the lst meeting of the Mas board
of guardians T. P. Fitzpatrick IN
DR.. F. Faulkner, resigning the position of
medical officer to the infirmary The doc
tor, in his communication, referred to
his period of service upward of SO years
in length, and expressed keen sense OF
regret that, owing to illness, his con-
nection with the institution should now
cease.
KILKENNY. i
Thomas Eyre, Hell street, Berkeley
square, London, with his usual char
ity and consideration, forwarded twenty
pounds to the Rev. r. Walsh, P. P, for
distribution among the poor of Priesthood.
In the Bankruptcy Court, Dublin, on
Jan. %, the case of Michael Morris came
ON for hearing The bankrupt was a
farmer and publican at K:maganny. He
was examined by Mr.. lgnatius O'Brien,
for the assignees, and denied that he had
paid Messrs. Barry & CO., Cork, the full
amount of tl1eia. debt since the date of his
bankruptcy. He gave them horse which
they returned, and he afterward sold the
horse for thirteen pounds, which he gave
to Timothy Curran, Of Waterford, another:
He paid Robert Ellsworth, from
whom he also got goods, twenty six
pounds, the price of another horse. He
could not tell how much he had paid
Messrs. Goodbody, but he supposed that
fifteen pounds had been, paid by his SIS
ter to Miss Fehan, of Thomastown, his
sister in-law. He would sendup his books
and any receipts for payments IN his
possession to the assignees. The further
hearing OF the case was adjourned.
~% KINGS COUNTY.
At Tullanore on Jan. %, Mr.. Richard
Bull, under sheriff Of Kings county, sold
by public auction the tenants interest in
sume holdings situate on the estate OF
MIR. Thomas 2. D. Seymour, Ballymore
Castle, Ballinasloe, and Mr.. John Reding-
ton. The holdings were sold under war
rants Of fl. IA. obtained in the superior
courts, and the tenants concerned with
Mr. A. NJ. McDermott, sub-agent OF the
were present. The first hold
ing put up was that of Bridget, Michael,
James and Maria Flanagan, which con-
sisted Of sixty-nine Irish acres OF tue
lands Of Feargariyive, held under judi
cial order, at an annual rent OF Els. The
full amount of rent and costs for which
the execution had been obtained was
e252 IT'S 3D.. and the tenants interest
was bought in at this price by Mr.. Nc
Dermott, acting in trust for the estate
The next was the holding Of Mr.: James
P. l.. G.. consisting OF thirty
three acres Irish, held under a judicial
order at the rent of f38 los. per annum
The total amount for which the execu-
ton had been levied was fl52 IS. lld.,
and the tenants interest was purchased
at that figure on behalf OF the landlords.
In neither case did the tenants make any
bid. .., g..
KERRY.
ON Jan. %, in the Listowel court house,
Dr.. J. Clancy, coroner, held an inquest
into the circumstances surrounding the
death of a farmers wife. named Ellen
Fealy, who previous to her death reslo-
,d with her husband, jeremiah Fealy, at
Derha, a short distance from the town.
The woman died on the Oath, and the
coroner deemed it desirable TO order
nest mortem on the same evening, when
4 jury was empaneled, but the further IN
yestigation was adjourned until the 18th.
when, on the medical testimony, the jury
returned a verdict that deceased had died
rom peritonitis.
A respectable farmer named David
aealy, residing at place called Boskeen'
Mangerton, recently received serious IN
uries on the head by falling OF morse.
DR.. Maybury having dressed the man
Wounds recommended him to go to the
hospital, but he would not go, but went
home to Klgarven, where he hes In pao
condition.
At meeting of the Killarney vice
guardians, on Jan 20, a printed docu-
nent, containing manuscript entries, is
sued by the land purchase commission
IRIS, as vendors, against Charles shea'
! member of the late board of guardians.
vas laid before the board. Another evlc-
ion notice at the suit of Robert r. Rae
against Timothy Jer, Mary Foley and
Margaret Twon1ey, for the possession OF
he lands held by them at Killeentlerna,
about six miles from Killarney, on the
coach road to Tralee, was laid before the
BOARD.
LEITRIM.
Mr.. Edward Reynolds, Esker South,
has been elected venterinary in
;pector of Hohill Union by the unan-
nous vote of nineteen guardians, the
entire number present. Mr.. P. J. Oar
lis, M. r. G.. V. S., Longford, was the
,nly other candidate.
LIMERICK.
About the 9th of January, the aged
mother and relatives of Mr.. John Daily
lave been consoled by the receipt OF in
allicance which shows that the prisoner