The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-08

their owners, which would be OF much
value for teathinAg, and sthe governors
of the academy Sly they would be glad
to hear Of such, either as donations or
at moderate prtceM
At Windsor Castle recently Queen
Victoria conferred The decoration Of
the Victoria cro3'}41 a it Lieut.. Edmun.
corps for e the Indian al Staff
kand, on July 2Stha last 1t is hardly
necessary to state that Lieut.. Costello
is an Irishman. All the more is the
pity that he should be engaged in bad
| cause-which the supporting of English
! rule anywhere is, unquestlonably, for
an Irishman.
GALWAY
A meeting of the members of the
Galway committee in aid of the move
ment for honoring the memory of the
men CT SO was held at the Grocers'
| Assistants rooms. Young Ireland
buildings, Cross street, on Dec. S. Mr..
F. Usher, presided, and referred to the
progress that had been made since the,
movement was started On the previous
Sunday. A coed number OF names and
subscriptions had been received, and
the club in Galway promised to be-
come q strong one. conversation
arose with reference to the exclusion Of
members OF parliament from the exec
utive in Dublin. Several members cX-
pressed the opinion that the Irish mem
bers had no right to be excluded; and,
on the motion of the chairman, second
ed by Mr.. Shine, Tuam. a resolution
was unanimously adopted that, If TIE
executive wished to have the support
of the people, the members Of parlia-
ment must not be excluded
KILKENNY.
On Dec. 13, in Dublin, before Justice
Madden and a common jury, the case
was tried of Alice Mcdonnell VS.. Thos.
Harrington. The action was brought to
recover damages laid at $500 for per-
sonal injuries received by the PLAINTIFF
by fall from the defendants public
car, while she was being driven as a
passenger between Kilkenny and Ur-
lingford, the accident being owing. as
alleged by the plaintiff, to the neglig-
ance or the defendants driver Tho
jury returned a verdict for plaintiff of
ESQ damages.
KERRY.
On Dec. II, fatal roaching affray
took place at Caprnnagrown, near
Watervlle, where the bailiffs and police
were attacked by about twenty-four dis
guised poachers. The latter used their
spears in the onslaught which took
place, and one of the police Sergeant
Warren, it is said, was compelled to
fire a shot in defense CT his life, ia
tally wounding a man named Thomas
Fenton, who resided at a place. called
Cloughola, in the Waterville district.
Fenton was picked up dead, and his
body was carried by bis companions 10
to house of a man named Shea, who re-
sides at CaherEarnagh, situated about
three miles from the scene of the &C.
currence. Deceased was fine speci-
men of physical manhood, and was
| about % years Of age
KILDARE.
In the petty sessions court in Mas,
| on Dec. II, Major w. R. Bell, AIN
American officer, was brought before
Messrs. Versey Fitzgerald, r. NJ, ami
Algernon Harvey, M. p. on charge Of
having obtained money under false pre-
| fences. The case had been adjourned
| from the previous Tuesday. From The
evidence ii seems that the major ar
rived at Monasterevan on July 18th
| He said that he belonging to a COM
| pany which was established for The
purpose of making peat out Of bog stuff
! and that he had 100000 at his back
major made himself very popular He
carried on certain experiments with
a view to ascertaining if the peat de.
rived from the neighboring boys would.
| dllSI DiSSlllS luIOuSu lue IGIlllGu plt'-
cess. be suitable for fuel. However, he
left without paying his hotel bill, anil
this brought him into trouble, and he
was arrested and confined in Kilkerry
| Jail. He was, however, bailed by Col.
Turbull and Mr. Cadel, engineer, No.
90 Wellington quay, Dublin. who is
making the machinery necessary to
carry out the peat operaton; and the
case was returned for trial to Mas
| quarter sessions
! LIMERICK.
| The death took place on Dec. 8. at
his residence, Glenworth street, Liner
! ick, of Mr.. Dyer, a we'll known veteri-
nary surgeon. Mr.. Dyer had obtained
eminence in his profession. which ne
exercised with an ability that gained
for him recognized authority. Lis
contributions to qhe literature of We
terinary science were numerous.
LoW1H.
On Dec. 4, familiar figure in Dun
dall passed away in t., the death of Tom
Hanratty who was ,Ihearly 60 years a
news vendor in TIE Town He was The