The Irish standard., 1896-05-02


regret VS.
heath &c Revsssss f
spiritual dire1t0 sof sstts fArfch,
lege, Maynooth VII icihs iinlp nhtant post
he had filed Tor Inanys years. pescapded
from a. much estee med tam ily IN the town "a
OF ClonnleI ipperaly, q ia ther| AZ eTs
was born III ting 4 So. His early
studies were made at ST. ST. Johns Col
lege, Watersfo III 81 avfng comple ted the
usual preparatory I lining In 1848 he
entered Maynootfl he rscenesof his fu-
ture 1abors; nd after 8 course distin-
guished by great. pfety and intense de-
votion to shislswork,. he was ordained
priest in 1854, and straightWaY sought
for admittance into the congregation Of
the mission. Father Myers, as aszealous
and hard Working Yincentian. did good
service In various capacities I'D the cause
81 God for the long period. Of 42s.years.
In the irish Ctb1lege .tf Paris, In st.
Peters church, P41ib shefpagh n and
among therspoor lin Shsm cid; lei con-
sunled some730 years of his.life, la boring
as a truevson of st. Vincent, with indie
fatigable zeal to promote Gods glory
and to save mems SOULS i. .4.
GALWAY. s .t.5 .@ IVA:
Early on the morning of April z, the
house Of a tenant named, HYnes, at Els
iker, who was to have been evicted, was
found on fire: The police and the vii
layers tried in vain to.sextingnish the
flames, and the house was reduced to
ashes. Hynes had lived, alone, and it
was feared he had, been. burnt to death,
but search was made ID the ruins for his
remains without any trace being found
of him. at''s $685. - 'sszss Y
KERRY.
In an eloquent and touching letter to
Rev. Canon Davis. which we publish
this week, Mr.. Sexton bids adieu to his
old constituency Of North Kerry and
member" who is to succeed him. The
promises his assistance to the new
greatness Of Mr.. Sections services to
every Irish cause and movement en-
hances the poignancy OF the regret of
his severance from the parliamentary
life in which he was SO great a power
for his country good. "A sterling ma
tionalist, Mr.. ichael J...Flayin, has been
selected to succeed Mr.. Sexton. It was
+ condition imposed by the convention
and frankly accepted by the candidate,
that Mr.. Flavin, if elected, should hold
the seat only as trustee for the late dis
tinguished member, should Mr.. Sexton
feel himself enabledsto resume his place
in the parliamentary party s':st.sfr II. :
Isl s:5s KILDARE.
An election, of medical officer for the
Rathmeret and, Kill y dispensary district
of the Mas 4Uuipn took, place on April
6. There were four candidates for the
position, but only, two were proposed
and second ed DIR: DEMPSEY, of Dublin,
and DR.. Crinnion, Of Rushwee, S1ane,
county Meath. On poll being taken
Dr. Crinnion was elected by seven votes
to five for DR.. Dempsey. DR.. Crinnion
after reading a distinguished medical
course in the Catholic University School
Dublin, where he secured medal and ex-
hibition honors, took out his degrees
last summer. Since then he has been fol-
some time resident physician in the Ma
tional Maternity hospital, HOLES street
Dublin.
KILKENNY.
The religious profession of Miss Mag.
gle berwick, lin religion Sister NJ 'Bap.
tisD daughter of Mr.. Philip berwick,
Oldtown, took place on Easter Monday
at the Convent Of Mercy, Callan. The
Most. Rev. DR.. Brownrigg officiated, as
sisted by a large number of the local
clergy. A number of the friends of Sis
ter M. Baptist also assisted at the pro-
fessionJs1 $500 go ~2-et ~. T.. "s.s} r..
At the last Thomastown petty sessions
Capt. Price was fined "a for having been
found On two different occasions fishing
without a license. .s.. ,.s..
KINGS COUNTY.
: Three Tories captured the honorary
offices in the Edenderry Poor Law, I'm
element attended in full force on April
{, to vote in their nominees, and some
Tories turned up who had not been seen
months. Capt. Longworth Danes, J. p,
CACCCCu GAdA4 man, dnu IM1 II.
Beaumont Nesbitt vice-chairman. Mr..
G. C..sTyrell, ]. P, was proposed for the
position of deputy vice chairman by the
Tories. The Nationalist put forward
Mr.. Hackett, but he was defeated for
the position by rs votes to 8. viii. E
/. On April Z a case possessing great
deal of interest came before the Moys-
town, magistrates: Michael Gallagher, a
special bailif, was prosecuted for hav-
ing seriously ASSAULTED Mrs. Anne Kill
lion, Of Ulonbpiin tear Belmont, a
tenant clifford Roses, on the 9th of
February Mrs. Killion, aged TO- who
was only now able to appear for the first
time, deposed that a sheriff's party, con-
.sisting Of three bailiffs, including the
defendant, came to her farm to execute
a. decree for rent. The head bailiff, Will
liam Gully, seized two COWS but said he
would not take them if she gave him
e., which offer was afterwards reduced
7 to Fl. He took the, cattle and she fol
lowed him Oh a donkey cart with the
FL, which he accepted but refused to
release the icattley Her son came -on the
soene when witness told him that the
cattle were settled for. Arrow then oc-
! CURED, and. in, it. Gallagher struck her
three times on the head with IA stick.
Gully took out revolver and told the
men to stand aside and he would shoot
her. William Gully positively denied
giving any undertaking to return the
cattle, but admitted receiving the FL.