The Irish standard., 1896-05-23

ening Letter 81 mos 81 hess etters
are netOrt ously fabricated BY the police
agents, OBSERVERS Of the peace,
must have been hard pushed to show
something ofs|an earnest that they were
earning theirpa S3S
..Ss An Interesting report on the health OF
5kingstnWn township, for the year 1895,
has been. drawn up BY Dr.. Byrne Power,
medical officer Of the
towns The figures are not satisfac-
tory from one point OF view. lille the
death rate was 2222.55 per thousand, the
birth rate was ri o, so that there was
actually an excess Of deaths over births.
This has been al feature of: the~vital sta
tistics az King stewn for 10 out Of the past
IA years Dr. Byrne Power traces this
abnorlnal condition of things to the pow
erty of a large part Of the population. He
states that from careful Investigations
which he has made he estimates the pro-
portion OF poar in the entire population
as sone-thiI d : an extremely high propor-
tion. n "a. n. 5Sa H.
We deeply regretrto have to announce
the death of Mr.; M fchael j. Clery, Of the
firm of sClerys& Co., O'Connell street,
Dublin who died at his residence, Roe
buck, DundrMm, on the morning OF April
az, aboht $3.50 o clock. On the previous
SaturdaYxhe Was.in the, city attending to
business, AID the esta blishment Of his firm,
and ,appearsd TO be in. excellent health.
On Sunday the deceased gentleman and
Mrs. Clery were driving together for sew
eyal hours through the county Of Dublin,
and. he retired to rest that night, APP
parentlysin hts usual health. At about 8
o'clock next morning he was attacked
by heart failure; and died IN about half
an hour after the first symptoms mani!
tested the access Of the disease. Mr..
(sle.rryy. was one OF the leading men in the
COMMERCIAL life OF Dublin. He was all
his life connected with the drapery trade,
and ~ his great business ability, enter
prise and high character raised himself
to ayleadlng position, not only amongst
the mercantile men of Dublin, but in his
own. particular business amongst the
commercial men Of Great Britain. At his
deathlle had amassed an enormous for
tune, and was one of the wealthiest men
in Dublin. Mr.. Clery was also chair
man Of Channock & CO., OF Limerick, and
many years ago he also carried on bust
ness successfully in Galway. " He was In
lates+years q large landed proprietor in
the county Of Limerick, in. which county
ait Bulgadden, he was born 81 years ago.
There is at present only one survivor,
Mr.. Robert sClery, Of Athlacca House,
Bruree, of Mr.. Clery's family of eight
children.
.*s4 ..sa; 81 H., FEaMANAGH. '@
j At the last Enniskillen petty sessions,
Mr.. Jeremiah. Jordan, M. P, presiding,
three young men, named Lynch, Cassidy
and McKiggin, were. brought up, charged
with having stolen a sum OF money, and
several articles from two men named Cur
ran. on the roadside near EnniskSllen, on
Saturday night, April Is. Evidence hav-
ing been given the prisoners were return
ed for trial to the quarter sessions.
..... e. GALWAY.
, The Waterford, Limerick & Western rail-
was are now running cheap excursion
trains from Tuam and intermediate
stations, as they find that even cheap
travel pays better than the old high prlc-
ed system. ~
Emigration from the West of Ireland is
From Galway during the last
week of April 246 young people left by
the Allan liner Peruvian alone.
So beautiful and summer like has been
the weather recently in Galway. that the
Lancashire ,Fusiliers the detachment sta
toned. there at present march to the sea-
side at Kenmore daily and battle. This is
rather early for bathing operations but
the Thermometer has been standing high,
and Indicates summer weather.
- i. KILKENNY.
We regret. to, announce the death on
April 90, at Ballydowell, Freshford, Of
Mrs. Bridget Neary. relict of the late John
Neary, and mother of the Rev. Father
Fidelis, o. S. F. c., Cork, and Father Paul,
o. S. F. C., Dublin After solemn Office
and high mass at Tullow chapel, Fresh
ford, on the 3Oth, the interment took
place at TulloW. -
We regret to have also to announce the
death on April %, at Paulstown, County
Kilkenny, of Mary, wife Of Patrick Row
an.
The annual Kilkenny May fair, for cat
tie, sheep and pigs, was held on the LIST,
and was fairly well attended by the prin-
cipal cattle dealers from the important
local centers. The supplySwas more linl-
tied than in recent fairs. Beef was quiet,
and sold at ass per cwt; 3-year-olds were
slow in demand. Good in-calf heifers
fetched about f10; 2year-olds realized
quotations touching ON e.; calves were
disposed of at from f9 los to "a los. 81,
81 NM KINGS COUNTY.
G At the last meeting of the Edenderry
beard Of guardians, Capt. Danes presid-
ing, a lengthy communication was receiv-
ed from the local government board rela-
tive TO- the payment OF a sum OF nine
guineas to DIR. Lancaster, medical officer
Of Bally boggans. dispensary district, for
having attended some scarletina cases
which Dr. Duigenan, workhouse medical
officer, refused to attend, for fear OF
spreading the infection among some pa
tients in the maternity ward. The guar
dfans approved of the doctor action, but
local goVernnent board refused to sane
tioM the payment.. After urgent repre-,
sentatiqn from the guardians. and an ,ex-
olanation from DR.. Duigenan, the local
board finally sanctioned the
Of the nine .guineas to Dr.. Lam
EASTER. .s .s..s.
81 LIMERICK.
. At the last quarterly meeting OF the ex-
ec,ltiye committee of .1Thomond" exhibit
ion committee, held at The Athenaeum,
Limerick. Lord Emily presiding, it was
am onnceds that Lady Emily had received
fropqs Mrs q. II al,natyne q check for
LOO guineas towards the funds of the ex-
uibition. accompanied by.a letter express
lng: hope. that the fete would T be very