The Irish standard., 1896-07-04

news FROM IRELAND
ANTRIM.
In the probate court Dublin, June l.,
case came up in which Mr.. Hewitt
Poole applied for grant OF probate to
document purporting to be the last will,
with codicil attached, of the late Rev.
Patrick J. HamiH, p. P, of Portglenone.
BY the will deceased left his library to
be conducted as lending library for the
parish; he gave to the st. Vincent de
Paul Society ESQ; left f10 each year for
five years as premiums for chiidren; anu
whatever else remained OF his estate was
to go to his brother Edward; and he ap-
pointed the parish priests OF Loughgullc
and Coleratne executors. Then he added
the "codicil'' on the same sheet OF paper,
in which he said: Il will and bequeatn
f100 to be given for masses for my IN
tention, for young priests who shall De
ordained for the diocese Of Down and
y
be called to God, or the following year"
The attesting witnesses did not recollect
the occasion on which they had attested
the will, but they were certain that they
| were their signatures, and that the test
ator had acknowledged it in their pres
ence. Judge Warren said the attesting
clause was wholly defective, and the
case must Stand over for an AFFIDAVIT
| from the attesting witnesses.
ARMAGH.
At the last monthly meeting OF the
Portadown town commissioners, Mr..
John Richardson, J. P, chairman pres1d-
irg. Town Constable Wilson reported
that numerous complaints had peen
! made to him about people having to wait
a. considerable length of time at the soft
water pumps in Bridge street. It was not
an unusual thing to see as many as
dozen carts waiting at a time, some OF
them with two or three barrels, so that
the twelfth man would have to wait an
hoelr and g. half for his turn. The town
clerk, Mr.. r. McGlatchey, said a pump
could be erected at cost of f1O. The
chairman was of the opinion that In the
near future the commissioners would
have to go In for something better than
pump, and while it was a pity to see
the people delayed, he considered the
commissioners would not be justified In
erecting third pump. Finally a COM
mittee consisting of Messrs. H. Richard
son, James McKill and Mr.. Acheson was
appointed to ascertain the price of a gas
engine and pump and cost of working
such machine.
-s CLARE.
nv NdoI1or,ooofk hac n12cp6 IN the no.
tice book of the house of commons
question respecting the case of the
Dwyer brothers, of Cragrae, Tulla, who
have for some time been under police pro
lection. These persons, when the pur-
chase of the O'E1ara estate, at Feakie,
by the tenants, was on the point of be-
ing concluded, interviewed and bought
the property over the tenants heads by
offering am additional years purchase.
They were in no way connected with the
estate, and their interference is bitterly
resented by the public opinion OF the
locality.
On June ii, in the vice chanceNors
court, Dublin, in the casesof Collins VS..
Spellissy, the plaintiff, who is lessee
under Capt. c. G. O'Callaghan, OF the
tolls and customs of the horse fair at
Spaniel Hill, near Ennis, sought for an
Injunction to restrain the defendants,
Spelliesy and Aherne, from interfering
with his patent rights, by holding horse
fair at Ennis, under the name of horse
show. ON the two days preceding the
date appointed for the holding of the
plaintiffs horse fair. The injunction was
granted, with costs against the defend
ants, who practically admitted that the
object was to direct the business OF the
fair to Ennis, because the fair at Span
Gill Hill was going down, and the tend
ency of the business was to go to Linn
erick. to- the detriment of Ennis.
CORK.
The bishop of Cloyne has written to
the Very Rev. Canon Carver, F. f.,
Castletownroche, expressing sympathy
with him In the recent burning OF the
parrish church, and inclosing a suibscgap-
ton Of f10O toward the restoration OF
the sacred edifce In connection with this
latter a public meeting was held IN Cas-
tletownroche on June to consider the
question Of rebuilding the church. me
Very Rev. J. Canon Carver was moved
to the chair, and a subscription list hav-
ing been opened, f500 was Immediately
subscribed by those present.
At Cork, on the afternoon OF June 6,
while some shunting operations were IN
progress In one of the sheds Of the Great
Western and Western railway terminus,
on the Youghal and Queenstown side OF
the station, an accident of a serious ma
ture occurred. A number of carriages
were being shunted under the shed, but
were not coupled to the engine, and
through some misunderstanding be-
tween the shunter and the engine driver
the brake was not applted in time, the
result being that the end carriage was
dashed into the stationary buffers at the
extremity of the shed, carrying them be-
fore it, crashing through the shed, and
forcing It's way right upon the spare
niece of ground from which the platform
is partitioned off from the iron railing.
Through the force of the collision the gas
reservoir underneath the carriages ex-
ploded. and the conclusion and violence
of the shock was such as to create con-
siderable alarm and commotion among
those in the station at the time, while
the horses OF the cab-rank adjoining
the parcels Office took fright and ran
about the station yards, but fortunately
no accident in this direction occurred.
DONEGAL.
During a thunder storm at Newtown-
Cunningham, on June 6, two men named
Campbell and Rutherford were struck
by lightning. and killed.
On the evening of May 30 a strange
Fatality occurred in Cookstown, by
which q Young lad named Coleman lost
hia lifa Deceased aged ID was the son