The Irish standard., 1896-06-06

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| play. 1t was worked for some time, not
without success, by a small company;
i but on the first trouble with water IT
was abandoned. Since then there have
/ been periodic runlors of it's reopening.
Specialist opinion has been had that the
mine abounds, not in coal mere, but in
aluminium, a much more valuable find
The coal is of the anthracite variety,
and is therefore, not only we'll adapted
for domestic purposes, but for brick
! kilns Or lime kilns it Is admirable; and
! lime is in special request in Cavan, not
for building purposes only, but as fer
49,. CORK.
On the 18th of May, a shooting acct
dent occurred at Queenstown Junction,
| in which young Queenstown lad had a
marvellous escape. Three young men
Mr. Fred Hall, medical student; Mr..
Robert Hall, of Pinehurst, Blackjack, and
Mr.. Chas Hall, son OF Col. Hail, were en-
gagged in rock shooting, On a farm at the
| Junction. Mr.. Robert Hall was loading
his rifle when it accidentally went Off
A young son of Mr.. O'Connor, named
Michael, aged about II years, was pass
ing when the gun went off, and the bull
let lodged in his right thigh. Medical
assistance was Immediately procured,
and the young fellow was removed to-
Queenstown. He Is progressing favor
ably, at last reports. * II
On May IL, in the court of the Queens
Bench, Dublin, David Sheehan, prisoner
in Cork County Jail applied through his
counsel that he be admitted to bail. He
had been returned for trial at the Fer
mOy Quarter Sessions on a charge Of
having fired revolver at his stepmother
Bridget Sheehan, at Rockmills, on May
2. Counsel said the ground OF the appli-
cation was that what was done did not
amount to firing with intent to kill or
MAIN, but only to common assault.
The prisoner had ben in America, but
recently came home, and was stopping
at his fathers residence where he had
been about ten days. While he was away
in America his father got married to
his present wife, Bridget Sheehan. The
prisoner was not on good terms with
his stepmother, and on the day of the
alleged assault he had sent note to
his father demanding that the father
should give him the same fortune (f400)
that he had given to sister of the pris-
oner. The father had received the note,
came down into the shop and had an
alteration with the prisoner, and told
him if that was what he. had come back
from America for he might go back again.
The prisoner then rushed into the kitch-
en- where his stepmother and her sister
were and produced a revolver; sAccqIM5
ing to his own version Of the matter,
when they saw the revolver they kne1t
down and he fired one shot over his
stepmother's head to brighten her, and
the shot struck the wall. The court adj
mitted the prisoner to bail on giving his
own security in ELS with two sureties
in f10 each to appear for trial.
The direct steamship sailings between
Manchester and Cork will be inaugur-
ated Immediately. The line of steamers
between the two ports will be known as
the Munster and Manchester line. The
pioneer ship of the new route will be the
steamship Liverpool, which was adver-
tised to leave Manchester on the 18th
Of May for Cork, calling at Waterford
on the way. She will leave Cork for
Manchester on the return voyage, via
Waterford; and henceforth regular
weekly sailings will be continued be-
DONEGAL.
At a meeting Of the Board Of Cover
nors of Letterkenny Lunatic Asylum, OH
May II, Mr.. w. H. Boyd, D. L., chairman
presiding, there were in all seventeen
governors, including the Most Rev. iDr:s
O'Donnell, present. Dr.. J.. C.. Martini
Resident Medical Officer, National Lying
In Hospital, Dublin, was, out Of eight
candidates, elected by the Catholic and
Presbyterian vote. by a majority Of one.
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49,. ~. DOWN. ~. - g, 5.
Though the new public slaughter
house, in Newry, erected at a cost of over
$4,000, has been open for over a month,
the local butchers, with one exception,
have not awaited of its faculties, with, the
result that the commissioners issued a
notice ordering the closing of every priv
ate slaughter-house, under a fine Of e5,
after the expiry Of the weeks notice
At the last meeting of the Town COM
missioners deputation from the BUTCH
ers appeared before the Board, and
sought to impress upon them the advis-
ability of amending some Of the regula-
tons. Ultimately settlement was. ar
rived at by the Commissioners agreeing
to reduce the charge for permission to
kill sheep from I'D: to Sd. per head, the
price for cattle Qs) and the regulations
being allowed to stand as they were. \.
~ ~s. .se. \ VI
DUBLIN. sa:is|
On May 18th, In the Green Street Court
house, before the. Recorder and eommm
Jury, Mr.. David Breen, ex-Superin tend,
.ent of the, Fish and Vegetable Market;
was indicted for having, during the time
that he filled the Office of superint dent
Of the market, embezzled f175, the money
OF his employers, the Dublin Corpora
ton. MI. Breen, it will be remembered,
was arrested in New York, and Brought
back on writ of extradition, though he
declared that the official records would
show his innocence Of the charge. The
case was tried before a, Dublin. City jury,
who, after an absence Of twenty minutes,
returned verdict Of not guilty. The re-,
suit was received with loud cheers by, the
crowded court, which the Recorder vain
" endeaVored to suppress. It Is expected
that Mr.. Breen will now sue the Corpora
ton for exemplary damages, as he has
been put to heavy loss and expense.
Rumors of designations in the Irish
Executive are again prevalent. Some
time ago It was said that the Chief Secre-
stary, Mr.. Gerald Balfour, had found the
cares Of Office too oppressive and that his