The Irish standard., 1896-05-16
LONGFORD.

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FAT the opening of the last Longfort
Quarter Sessions, County Court Judge
ICurran, in ad dressing the Grand Jury
said he had great pleasure in cong ratu
lating them upon the satisfactory STATE
in which he found the county, the 20 num- u
Der OF crown bills togo before them be
line only two unimportant cases, n II
| at the last meeting of the Dispenser,
Committee OF the; Abbeyshrule Electora
Division, at Killenbore, DR.. GeraghtJ
was elected by a large majority Medica
| Officer for the district. 53 si B.
LOUTH, 81
On Monday, April goth, the remains q
Miss Mary SiGford Davis, eldest daugh-
ter Of Richard Burleigh Davis, Wes1
street, Drogheda, were inferred in st
Peters Cemetery The funeral cortege
was very. large and respectable, includ-
ing the mayor, sheriff, magistracy mem
bers of the public bodies, merchants
OCCASIONAL men and trades. The coffin
was borne on the shoulders Of the young
men OF the fathers extensive drapery
establishment.
On April 23d, the Drogheda Quarter
Sessions, Judge Kisbey, was presented
with pair of white gloves, by the Sub
Sheriff, Mr.. T.sByrne, as there was nc
criminal business. u
MAYO.
The obseauies 81 Mrs Finn, sister OF
Canon Lowry, of Gurteen, were carried
out in very solemn manner, on April
2Oth,s in the Cathedral, Ballaghaderreen
The celebrant of the Solemn Mass coram
episcopo, was the Rev. D. Gallagher
deacon, Rev. NJ. O'Flanagan; sub-deacon
Rev. Pr. Hurst. The chanters were Rev
Fathers Daily and Devine. In the choir
were: Very Rev Canons O'IIara and
Lowry, p. p. ,s;sVery Rev. Fathers Dun
can ard Kayaney, G.. C.'s; Rev. Fathers
M'Donnell, Finn, Morrisoe, Henry, Null
ligan, M'Keown and Cawley. The Rev
James O'Connor, Adm, Ballaghaderreen
acted as master of ceremonies.
Another Of these periodical outbreaks
of fever has occurred at the Castelar,
Asylum, resulting in the death OF one OF
the male attendants named Thomas
Roach, quite young man, having only
twelve months service.
+, On April 9 the impressive ceremony OF
the solemn profession Of three Nuns
took place at the Convent of Mercy, Ar
dee, County Louth. One of the young
ladies protested was Miss O'Malley.
Aughamore His Eminence, Cardinal
Logle, Archbishop Of Armagh and Pri-
mate Of all Ireland, ofdciated
The notice Of the death, III Matebele-
land, of Mr.. Thomas Langford and his
wife, which we publish, will be read with
regret. Mr. Langford was the son OF ex-
Lieut. Langord, r. ~, Of Blackrock,
County Cork, and his wife was the
daughter Of the Rev. C. 3. Tones, rector
IN 20 A
Tones, Inchigeela, County Cork. What
adds an additional sorrow to the sad
event is that the marriage had taken
place only eight months ago.
81 MEATH.
On April 10, the relieving officer. for St.
Mary's division of Drogheda Union was
served with notice of the intended eviction
of Mr.. Patrick Fullam from his farm-hold-
ings in Donore county, Meath The farms
were purchased by Mr.. Thomas Carew. OF
Kildangan, Co. Meath, in the Land Judges
Court, who recently demanded possession
Of Mr.. F'ullam, and was refused.
A meeting Of Mr.. Fullam's friends was
held lin the Mayoralty House, Drogheda,
on April "a, to consider the present position
of his affairs. Very Rev. John. Curry, p.
r., ". F. St. Mary's Drogheda,. presided.
The following resolution was passed:
"That the committee, having considered
the threatened eviction of Mr., Fullam, re-
grets very much that a reasonable settle
ment seems unatta;nable; that it gratefully,
accepts Mr.. Maguire's. offer Of his vacant
residence in Dunore as avtemporary home
for Mr.. Fhlllam and his family in case the
eviction Is proceeded with, and that Mr..
Gogarty and Mr.. Mcdonnell, builders, be
requested to inspect the house and have the
necessary repairs effected forthwith .
The eviction, it is expected, will be car
red out without any delay or let-up. !
On April Is, Most Rev. DR.. Nulty pre-
sided ID the chapel Of the Loretto Con-
vent Navan, at the reception of two young
ladies. who received the white veil-Sister
Mary Josephine Miss White) and Sister
Mary Gabriel (Aliss Kelly, Limer:ch. SIS
ter Mary Gabriel has been appointed to the
branch house in Mu,lingar. Sister Joseph
inc will be attached to the teaching staff in
the mother house at Navan.
MONAGHAN.
On the morning of April .21, about 3
o'clock, terrible explosion, which mar
rowly escaped causing serious injury, oc-
Cured at the residence of DR. Hall, j. p,
Rowatree, Monaghan. Nothing is abso-
lutely known of the actual cause Of the dis
aster, but Dr. Halls own theory is that it
was caused by gas. So great was the force
of the explosion that the roof was literally
blown of the waiting and consultation
rooms. t f $500 .lt-s5
-.. QUEENS COUNTY. =
At the last Mountrath petty sessions:
Mrs. Sarah Young was prosecuted by the
police for having retaken possession OF
holding from which she had been evicted on
the I'd Of April The evidence of the care
taker; THOMAS sRourke, was that the de-
PENDANT smashed IN window and: thus OBJ
tanned possession. j. She was Immediately
arrested by Constables Mannock and Null
lang, who witnessed the occurrence, they
having been on patrol duty in the neighbour
hood at the time Proof having been Civ
en- Of tn execution by the shreih Of the orig
:nal decree Of eviction, the Court sentenced
the defendant to six months tmprison-
ment S5g @ G5
a &. ROsCOMMON.
The Boyle Town Commissioners have
taken steps to get electric lighting IN the
town. They have applied to. the Local
Government Board fora loan. Mr.. Stew
art, OF the Academical institution, his sup
piled ia very valuable estimate of q scheme
to utilize the water power in thear:ver to
produce light. VI