The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-02-22

BENCH, aSAi ,iMlSS "A. NJ. Cassidy, second
daughter. Of the late James Archibald Cas-
sidy,,J. P,,tef the. well-known firm OF
brewers and sdistillers, Cassidy & Co.
.'''5S p "2' DUBLIN.
. Our Irish exchanges announce the
DEATH on January %. at her residence,
Main street, May7ooth; CT Mary Anne,
widow Of the late William Briody, May
nooth. and sister of the Most Rev. DR..
Duggan late Bishop Of Chicago, and Of
Sister Mary Jane, of St. Xavier's Convent
of Mercy, Chicago. --~.
It is stated that the Coastguards in the
stations on the Irish coast have received
intimaticn to hold themselves il, readiness
to join g,lardships *at any moment"
"a On the Northeast Asstze Circuit Justice
Holmes and Justice Gibson VIII go out on
Tuesday. the Sd OF March. Sc
The directors of the Great Northern
Railway of Ireland at their last meeting
resolved (subject to audit TO recommend
a dividend for the half~vear ended 31st
December 1895, at the rate OF esA pel
cent per annum Qess income tax), placing
to the reserve fund $4,000, and carrying
forward a balance of f24,113 to The next
account. .~~
At the annual meeting Of the directors
of the Provincial Bank of ireland the
chairman, in moving the adoption Of the
report, which recommended the usual 10
per cent dividend, quoted from the letter
Of a land agent to the proprietor of large
estate in Ireland, in which the writer
stated that for twenty years the rents had
not been SO we'll pad The report was
adopted
The Lord Chancellor Of Ireland has ap-
41o Eo(1 Jn117 10 No
commissioners to administer oaths for the
Supreme Court Of Judicature in Ireland:
John Russell Stritch, Esq, 8 Eustace
street, Dublin, solicitor: Henry T. Child
ley,s' Esq, sb5 Great Brunswick street
DEbl:n, solicitor: ''.. '~
A dispatch from Eastbourne, England
dated january %, states that Col. William
Westenra Taylor, who had been staying
at Eastbourne, was discovered dead in bed
there. A bottle and tumbler which had
contained chlorodyne were found beside
him. Deceased was 81 years Of age, and
had retired from the Eighty seventh Foot
Irish' Fusileers) He had recently con-
suited q specialist as to his eyesight,
which was failing, and received an unfa-
vorable report
On January %, in the Nisi Prius Court
Dublin before Justice O'Brien, sitting to
hear appeal from the recorder, the case
of Nugent vs. Bolton, which was brought
under the Employers Liability act, came
ON for hearing. 1t was civil bill appeal
from a dismiss pronounced by the Re
ccrder. of Dublin, at the last zilmainham
Sessions, in all action brought by the
plaintiff, a laborer in the employment Of
the defendant, who is builder, for in
juries sustained by him, on the goth OF
August last. while working in a. tunnel in
Messrs. Guinness brewery. The defend
ant was executing some work in the brew
cry, portion of which consisted Of con-
Meeting two tunnels, and in using sledge
supplied by the foreman portion, of the.
hammer flew off and destroyed his right
eye. The recorder had dismissed the case,
as the hammer was not produced. Jus
tice O'Brien reversed the decision of the
recorder, and gave a decreee for f1o0 in
favor of the plaintiff.
.. - DERRY. ...
Tn,Derry, on January "a, the mayor, Al
herman Bell, with the scrutineers appoint
ed for the purpose, sat in the Guildhah.'
when the voting papers of the burgesses
were, gone over and the number for and
against the corporation bill for municipal
extension, etcs decided, The Catholic cit
izens had previously, in public meeting,
under the presidency Of Most Rev. Dr..
O'Doherty, protested against the bill as an
attempt, BY gerryn1a nderins, to neutTalize
municipal reform, and perpetuate sub
TODD
stantially the deprivation which the Cath
oiic rate payers have now to endure, viz,
utter exclusion from represents or EN-
ployment in the corporation. The poll
was taken OIL a burgess list numbering
eight hundred and ten votes, of whom only
one hundred ar,d fifty were Catholics. The
franchise, is the old ten pounds valuation.
The voting resulted as was anticipated, i'll