The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-08-29

| otdCCS COlc5ul (Nl. JdItcS ID. Id11CyJ, ANo
SIS Donegal square, south, Belfast, clerl
iii the employment, Of the consul named
John D. Cook, aged 80 years. and residing
a. No. Daiseytield. street. Skankiil road
after performing his duties in the off1ct
left at about O'Clock, and shortly after
wards was discovered in the basement
story Of the place, with his threat GU
from ear to ear. A razor was found be
side him which he had borrowed tina
morning from man named Carey. De
ceased was well known in: football circles
No motive can be assigned for. the deed
| ARMAGH. ..
On July 80, Mr.. Thomas J.. Peel, Coro
ner for the Mid Division of Armagh, helt
Fan inquest on the body Of young mar
named Thomas Liggan, who resided ii
the townland of Damolly, and who me-
q shocking death on the previous evening
from injuries received while endeavorinf
to mount a horse. From the evidence
| it appeared that Messrs, Corr, of Brack:
ley, were buying the horse, and the de
ceased attempted to mount him, but wa!
knocked down, the horse falling on him
The jury returned awerdict OF accidental
death.
! $3.50 CORK. u
The ancient civic ceremony of Throw
| ing the Dart was performed on August
| 6 by the Mayor of Cork, Sir John Harley
Scott. The function has, for the last thlr'
ty years, been performed triennially,. the
last occasion on which the event occurred
being during Alderman Roche's mayoral-
| IT, a large company assembled on the
steamer Innisfallen, which proceeded
| ,}e;I bo ho Havira or p9rtad
! point midway between Poor Head and
Cork, the Mayor, who had assumed his
official robes. and was attended by his
! sergeants and the sword and mace bear
| ers, assembled the bridge of the steamer
and cast the; dart into the sea. at the same
I time proclaming his official jurisdiction
over rhe port A sumptuous dejeuner
| followed. e. q 49,. -, ~. ~...
At the last "a specially meeting of the
| Middleton Board of Guardians, the chair
| man (NIr M. R!ordanD presiding, and for
ty guardians present, the board proceed
! ed to the election Of a rate collector fol
No. district of the Union, in room of the
late Mr.. NJ. Quirke, who died very sud
denly. about a month ago. In order to
! take part in the proceedings, several ex-
of1icio guardians (Who are remarkable for
their absence at board meetings. put III
an appearance. There were seven can
ddates for the posjtion-Messns. j.
Quirke, J. Leahy, p. Moore, j. Riordan,
NJ Morrison, NJ Murnane, and M, J. For
rest After an exhaustive polling the
first named applicant (Mr. Quirke} was
declared duly elected by 81 votes to 1t
cast for Mr.. Leahy in the final poll.
The London Gazette contains the OF
ciai announcement of the grant of bar
onetcy to Mr.. Robert Penrose Fitzgerald,
of Lisqulnlan, County Cork. 1t is unnec-
essary to state that the baronetcy has not
been conferred for any services to Ireland
as nation The new Knight" belongs
to the "rare old Tory aristocracy.
DERRY.
We regret to announce the death of Mr..
Francis McGlade, J. P, which took place
on July 31st, at Meliifont, Derryyolgie
avenue. The deceased gentleman, who
was a native of Draperstown, County
Derry, was we'll known in Belfast, where
he was for upwards of forty years en-
gagged in the wholesale and retail spirit
trade. and possessed an estate at Glen
columbkill, in the Glenties. He was re-
spected by all who knew him as an up
right and public-spirited citizen. His
death will be regretted by many friends.
DONEGAL.
We also regret to announce the death
of Rev. Cornelius Boyle, G. c., Ballyna-
feigh, at a comparatively early age. The
deceased clergyman was native OF DON
egal, and pursued his collegiate studies
in the Irish College at Salamanca, Spain.
When the parish Of BaHynafeigh was
~ T>ot1 4oI
ate to the Very Rev. Robert Orchard,
past month he had been confined to bed,
and he gradually sank until he passed
peacefully away on the morning Of Au-
gust list, fortified by the rites OF Holy
Church
DOWN.
|, We regret to have to announce the
death Of Rev. p. McCartan, the venerab BILE
parish priest of Saul, who departed this
life at 2:30 p. M, on Sunday Aug. 2. The
deceased clergyman had attained the
grand old aga of II years, having been
born in the parish Of Kilcoo. County
Down, May 4, 1926. Having passed
through the Diocesan Seminary and
Mayn0oth College, he was called to Holy
Orders, and was ordained by DR.. Heating,
Bishop Of Ferns, ON February 6, 1S4S
Owing to the exigencies of time, the de-
ceased WAS required to act as assistant
in several parishes, both In Down and
Antrim. In October, 1866, however, he
was transferred from the curacy of
Crossgar to be a. parish priest of Armory;
and in 1877 he was appointed as parish:
priest OF Ballygalget. Subsequently he
was promoted by. the most Rev. DR.. Dor
rian' to the more central and important
parish of Saul, from whose historic sur
roundings he passed, on the End inst, to
enjoy the reward Of his labors. He had
asked to be relieved in June last, owing
to ill-health, and his request had been
acceded TO. During his last illness the
DECEASED was .assidously attended by the
VERY Rev. P. O,Kane, P. F., ". f., Down
patrick, and in his last moments he was
assisted by Father McGarry, who sue
ceeds him as parish priest.
DUBLIN.
According to the latest official (British)
statistical returns, the population OF Ire
land is still going down. The births, an
nually, exceed the deaths. but emigration
still steps mas q counterbalancing agent
and drains the country of the flower of
it's youth. Within the period embraced
in the last quarters report, Ireland has
lost 11,145 in population, which brings