The Irish standard., 1896-02-08
FERMANAGH.

A. sad accident occurred on the night
of Jan. IL neaN Belcoo, on the Sligo,
Leitrim and Northern Counties railway.
While the $40 train from Enniskillen to
Sligo was nearing Belcoo station re-
spectacle farmer named Barley Ma
grath, of Ki.eyfeanon, was returning
home from BelcoO along the rails, when
he was run over by the passing train and
killed instaataneously. The unfortu-
nate mans residence is only a short dis
lance from the place where the fatal ac-
cident occurred.
GALWAY.
The lord lieutenant has appointed as
high sheriff of Galway county the Hon.
Robert e. Dillon, of Cloubrock, and for
Galway town, Major Michael Charles
Hackett, Railway Hotel, Galway.
In Ballinasloe, ON the morning OF
Jan. IA, two houses, which were under
one roof, collapsed, resulting in loss OF
life. Mrs. Sarah Flanagan lived with
her tive sons, Patrick and Thomas, and
a daughter-in-law, Lucy Flanagan, In
four-story house in Dun]o street, near
the corner of the Market square. The
adjoining house was occupied by Mrs
Anna Leech and her two nieces, Esther
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heard overhead by Thomas Flanagan,
who ran to the back of the building
shouting to his mother to run She
however, could not open the door. All
of a sudden: the front part of the house
fell in. The partition walls between the
houses also gave way, and Mrs. Flana-
gan was caught in the ruins with rotten
timber, mortar, etc. Mrs. Leech and her
two nieces luckily ran to the back part
of their premises just as the front from
roof to basement fell In. Patrick Flana-
gan was out at the time. Willing hands
were soon at work clearing away the
debris, and the imprisoned people, with
the exception Of Mrs. Flanagan, were
soon liberated. After an hours hard
work the body of the missing woman,
who had been crushed to death, was dis
covered. ,s
The Most Rev. DR.. Healy, coadjutor
bishop of Clonfert, was the recipient OF
a cordial welcome at Portumna on his
return to his diocese from Rome. In
his reply, in feeling language, he ex-
pressed the deep pain he experienced
from the progress OF evictions in his do
cese. He said: when hear from time
to time sometimes of the evictions and
more times Of the exactions some Of you
have to suffer, don't like to refer to
those things; it grieves me, because
feel so powerless to help. If could do
anything to help or enable the poor peo-
ple to keep their homes I would spare
no effort to serve you (applause). When
I hear the poor people are compelled to
leave their homes it is a great source of
regret to me- The district is, of course,
on the estate of the Marquis of Clanri-
carde, whom justice and humanity are
alike powerless to affect.
On Tuesday, the 18th of December,
1895, the imposing ceremony of a re-
ligious' profession took place in the
handsome chapel attached to the Con-
vent of ST. John OF God, Wexford. The
young lady who had the happiness OF
making her final vows was Miss Ellen
Gulling lin religion Sister Mary Francis
Borgia), fourth daughter of the late
Dominick Cunning, Farm, Williams
town, County Galway. The convent
chapel was beautifully decorated for the
occasion. The bishop of the diocese
ofiiciated, assisted by the Rev. Thomas
Murphy, chaplain to the convent.
KERRY.
Sir Maurice C'Connell died on Jan. 16
at his residence, Killarney, in his 74th
year. He was nephew of Daniel
.O'Connell, the liberator. He is succeed
ed by his son, Sir Daniel Ross O'Connell,
who was born in 1869.
f On Jan. II, after an illness of many
months, James NlcKenna, of Ding!e,
died in the 55th year OF his age. De
ceased was uncle Of the Rev. Patrick ".
McKenna, P. F., of Southend-on-sea, Els
sex. In every movement in the cause OF
nationality he lent himself and his purse
in It's aid. How much he was esteemed
was shown by the very large concourse
Of people, from far and near, who ac-
co,npanied his remains to Kildrum
graveyard, where they were inferred. He
has left widow and six children to
mourn his loss.
with much regret we announce the
death of jeremiah Murphy y SON to Pat
rick Murphy. Of the Square, Killarney,
which took place on Jan. -. The de-
ceased, who followed the trade of car
penter, had barely reached his 10th year.
Fer .ame time past he had been suffer
ing from severe attack of influenza, to
which he finally succumbed. His re-
mains were inferred in Muckross Abbey.
at the adjourned monthly meeting OF
the Killarney town commissioners on
Jan. 10, the town clerk read a letter from
the Earl Of Ken1nsre In reply to reso-
luton adopted by that body at a former
meeting asking His Lordships' IL he
would negotiate with the commissioners
with the view Of returning to them the.
f air Hill markets and tolls, from which
lie some years since eyicted them, as the
result Of a litigation 4 in the superior
courts. Lord Kenmare wrote assfo1lows:l
81 beg to express my regret that ! am
unable to- entertain any proposal re-
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