The Irish standard., 1896-02-15

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a letter was recently read at one Of the
Dublin corporation meetings "A from sA
Lane JoyM with reference to banalnce ol
f140 which remained in the hands Of the
trusteesHof the public fund raised for the
erection Of the O O'Connell monuments 1t
was suggestedS that the fund be used for
keeping the monument in repair. but no
final action was taken in the matter. 4:
The judges who will go ON the Leinster
circuit are the chief justice and Justice
Andrews. ss
: In the Southern police court, Dublin, on
Jan. Is, a we'll dressed young man named
Michael j.. Coleman, of Clontarf was put
forward charged with having on various
occasions between the 9Th Of May, 1895,
and the 10Th OF january, 1896, EN- bezzled
upwards Of $500 received by him on &C
count Of the Junior Army and Navy
Stores. Nos. q and "a D'Olier. street,
where he was employed as chief cashier.
After hearing the, preliminary evidence,
the prisoner was remanded for a week
without bail
A clever young Dublin lady, Miss Reta
Oldham, now residing in London. has re-
ceived intimation OF her success In gain
ing the Joseph Hume scholarship in po-
ltical economy, value EGO, at the Uni
versity College, Cover street. London.
The competition was severe. Miss r.
Oldham took her NJ. A. degree at the
Royal University, Dublin, in 1894.
LIMERICK.
=" constable O'Conroy, of the Milford po-
liee did not otreturn to his station on the
expiration OF a, leave OF absence recently
given. him to attend the funeral Of his
father. He returned as far as the village
OF Milford, and was next day seen at
promcoilogher and later on at Tullilease.
There is no trace of his movements after
that The river Deel was dragged by his,
comrades, lest ne might have been
drowned
,, In consequence OF recent proceedings in
the queen'ss bench, by which the names
Of T. ,lHIartigan, T. c., and j.. Mcmahon,
7. C., We're, esXpunged from the Limerick
burgess roll requis;tion has been served
on the mayor, calling on him to declare
vacancies I'm the wards represented by the
gentlemen named. A reQuistuibn has also
been served in the case Of %. F.. McNam-
ara, whose name does not appear on the
burgess roll for 1895. The mayor will, im
all probability, comply with the request,
and direct a new election N each case.
The burgesses who presented the reuutsi-
ton were J. O'Donnell and E, Tob;n. The
mayor has referred the reuuisition to
James Dundyn, law adviser to the corpor-
alton, and it is unprecedented that diff
Guilty may arise in the matter A similar
case arose, some years ago and the opinion
then given by the mayor waS that vacan-
cies arising on the same lines as the pres
ent could not be filed up.
Among the deaths at Krlgersdorp,
South Africa, following the collisions of
DR.. Jaanesons raiders with the Beers, is
that Of David Mcdowell Fraser, youngest
son. of Gen. Sir David Fraser of The
Grange, Castleconnell. Mr.. Fraser was Sc
riously wounded ia the engagement and
died .oIl,the 18th of January He was in
his 3Sth year
An old woman named Ellen Cary died
at TanlkssrylstoWn, near KiImal-
lcck, at the advanced age Of 100 years
She retained possession OF all her facuI-
ties to the last.
The death is announced, on Jan. Is,
from appop}exy, OF Thomas Enright
OBrten, deputy lieutenant and custos Ro-
tuloru7n for the County Limerick Mr..
UBrlen was q Jealous supporter of the
Irish Parliamentary Party and q manif-
cent subscriber to the Nationalist funds.
He was a member Of many local boards,
bnt,. owing t@'failing Health, he took no
active part OF late. He was appointed
Lieutenant ,.,,ef: the county by the Glad
Stone. ;goyerngn ent, and In the discharge
Of his. duties gave the greairest popular
..
A man named James sheedy, residing
in Reeves Path, was conveyed to Barring
toms Hospital ON Jan. %, in Limerick,
suffering from a fracture of the right
thigh, the result of an accidental fall in
William street, owing to slip OH the
greasy footDath, He was detained in hos
..-. .,.....i, LOUTH.
The lord lieutenant has appointed as
high sheriff Of Louth county Mai. Patrick
James Waldron, Raleigh Club. London. d
Michael Bolton, Of Milltown, Dromis-
iAA-h, Was 6eAtitClCA W IlS lStLhEiS Et Lew
weeks ago at the age of 10S years. He
his faculties TO tile last, and his
recoalections of Olden times were distinct
and interesting.
We deeply regret to announce the
Death on Jam. 22 of the Very Rev. Francis
A. Doyle, 0. S. A, st. Augustine's, Drog-
heda. It is only a few months since we
chronjcled the celebration of the golden
jubilee OF this good and venerable friar
Of the Order of st. Augustine. Born of
most respectable parentage at D,1nlnain
near the old Annesley seat. about II years
ago. Father Doyle early evinced g. desire
% join the old Order of Austin Helm.ts,
with which his family for generations
had been connected, and he was ordained
IN Rome 81 years ago and offic.ated for
some years in Malta, and was afterwards
prior of Caila.n convent. The remainder
If hAs. sacerdotal career was spent in
h oglieda: where, in conjunction with his
the late Father Patrick Kelly,
le, was ma ipl w. instrumental in the build
ngx of the beautiful church Of the Angus
inian Order; and convent house attached
ind in fntroduc:g in the district the mod
,rn style of ecclesiastical architecture He
aas provincial Of the Irish Augustin.ans
rom 1871 to 1875. The interment took
place in the vaults of the Augustinian
shurch, Drogheda, on the 23d, after SOL