The Irish standard., 1898-08-13

he nad distinct recollection Of his
parents having sheltered fugitives con-
cerned in the great rebellion of SO. who
escaped from other parts of ireland to
the lonely spot in which he lived and
died. He was a great admirer of O'Con-
nell, and stauhch Nationalist to the
last. q:
KINGS COUNTY.
On July II, the Nationalists of Eden
derry held great centenary celebration
to honor the memory CT two brave 80
insurgents who were executed there 100
years ago, and who's ashes repose in the
local churchyard-Father Mogue Kearns,
native of Winkinstown, Taghmon; anu
Col Anthony Perry, of Perrymount, near
Coogreany. Two of the bravest among
the lnsursent leaders, they fought gal
lantly IN their own country as long as
there was even the remotesl nope of sue
cess. Then they carried the warfare in
to Kilkenny and adjoining counties. and
were eventually captured and executed at
Eoenderry. AT the meeting Mr.. William
Kennedy presided. Several thousand
persons were present. A splendid monu-
ment has been erected over the ins,lr-
gents graves In the local churchyard.
LIMERICK.
EARLY on the morning Of July 90, Ed
war Fitzgerald, farmer, aged "a, was
sleeping in he'd with his brother at their
residence, near Kildimo, when a thunder
storm passed over the district. Fitz-
gerald was struck by the lightning and
Killed Immediately. The brother was
unhurt. The storm was of unsual Sc
verify and accompanied by heavy DOWN
pours of rain.
| MAYO.
At the conclusion of the criminal h,;si
ness OF the assizes in Castlebar Judge
Murphy took up the case of Roche VS..
Holes, in which the plaintiff was Pat
TICK Roche. of Treenagh, in the parish
OF Movgownagh, and the defendant, Mrs,
Annie Holes, of Garden street, Ballina.
Inc proceedings were taken to estab-
llsh the last will and testament of Ed
ward M. Roche, a returned America"
VINO was uncle of the plaintiff, and who
died ON the Sth Of January, 1898, leaving
a considerable property in United States
ponds. On the o ther hand. the defend
ant. whose husband was second cousin
OF the deceased, tnpugned the validity of
that will on the grounds of undue in
fuence and mental incapacity and sought
to make valid a previous will, made in
her own favor month or two before
the second one. The old man had been
for several years living in the house of
the defendant, lnr1si1ortly before his de-
cease went TO reside with the plaintiff.
! at Treenagh, "A village seven or eight
miles distant from Ballina. There was
considerable hard swearing in the tes-
timony produced On both sides, and the
jury finally found q verdict for the plain
tiff 81 %,
TIPPERARY.
Delighted wifi the charms of the
Shannon Lake District on the occasion of
their cruise last summer, the British ca
noeists are coming over in large num-
bers this season. Already some mem
/ bers OF the association have arrived and
they expect to be followed soon by other
large battalions of their body. The
great bulk of canoeists may not come in
the same organized manner as last year,
but it is said the big majority, if not all
OF them. intend revsting Lough Derg,
either in company with other tourists or
as distinct branch of their own asso-
citation.
WATERFORD.
The Official Gazette announces the
appointment Of Henry Charles Villiers
Stewart, Esq, of Dromana, Cappoquin.
to be deputy lieutenant for County
| Waterford, and also of Sir William JOSH
ua Paul, baronet, of Ballyglan, to be
deputy lieutenant, vice Sir Robert Joshua
Paul, deceased.
| WEXFORD.
In the record court before the chief
justice. an action for breach Of promise
of marriage was heard, the plaintiff be-
ing prepossessing young woman named
Bessie Morris, belonging to Moyglass,
and the defendant James Carroll, for
merly of Moyglass, but now residing at
Maudlintown, Wexford. The amount of
damage claimed was $780, Evidence
having been given, the jury, after an alb
sence of a quarter of an hour, returned
verdict in favor of the plaintiff, and as
sessed the damages at sG25. The in
terest in the case centered in the fact
that Carroll, who was laborer, had
been left by his aunt, Anne Deacon, sew
eral houses in the Faythe, Wexford,
which brought him in rental of E1 a
week, and after getting these houses, be-
| gan to think he might do better than
marry Bessie Morris.
WICKLOW.
At a largely, attended meeting OF the
members of the Billy Byrne" branch of
the Wicklow Mems 'ss Centenary Asso-
citation, held on July %, the president,
Hugh Mccarthy, in tho chair, rcsolu-
tions We're passed repudiating the action
of some members Of the Dublin corpora
ton 'in nominating for the position of
lord mayor ones,,wh9 condones the acts Of