The Irish standard., 1898-10-22
ARM A.GH.

On Thursday, Sept. 90, an old farmer,
named John Brennan, of Firgrove, near
Armagh, who had reached the patriar-
chal age of 100 years, was buried in Clon-
feaclc churchyard. The deceased was a
man of wonderfully clear memory, and
| could wildly recount his experiences of
| the terrible prosecutions to which the
IN his boyhood days. He remembered
distinctly occasions when the celebration
of the holy sacrifice was ruthlessly inter-
rupted by the rude and unexpected visit
OF the priest hunters, and he was wont
to narrate a Renaissance of how a mar
ket cross in Armagh--a beautiful work
of sculpture-had been viciously broken
by sledges by the Orange faction. The
est inhabitant of the district-perhaps
| the county-as he had outlived all his old
associates.
CORK.
On Sept q Il fatal accident took place
on the Cork, Bandon and Coast railway.
at Assolas, within a few hundred yards
of Skibbereen station, the victim being
an Old and respected NAVY named Jere-
miah Murphy. The 5 o'clock train from
Baltimore passed completely over his
body. killing him instantly. The de-
ceased was uncle to Whitehead, who
went through a long term of imprison
mcnt in connection with the dynamite
scare. Dr. Roycroft of Skibbereen, was
in immediate attendance on the sufferer
but he was beyond human aid.
DERRY.
On Sept. "a six Sisters of the Order OF
Mercy, four from the convent at Derry
, and two from the convent at Carndon
agh, with two postulants, Miss A. Mullan,
Neville. and Miss Diver, Carndonagh,
left Derry for the diocese OF Perth, Aus
tralia, accompanied by Rev. John Nc
I.aughlin as chaplain Several of the local
clergy and pupils of the Sisters schools
saw the nuns off at the railway station,
and a lcavriaking of a most pathetic
character was witnessed between the
convent girls and the pious immigrants
DUBLIN.
The Dublin Evening Telegraph says
there is a rumor atloat that throws curl
GUS light on the lord mayoralty question.
There is, it is said, Il little deal" on
foot. John t. Redmond. it appears,
has allowed his modesty in the form Of
cantlidaturc for the mayoralty to be over
come; the Tories are to support him, and
Sir Robert Sexton will be consoled with
the office of high sheriff. When the
storm has passed over. the Tories are to
get the mayoralty some other year by a
Redmonditc alliance similar to the pres
ent one.
| KERRY.
| A sad case of drowning took place on
Sept Is. at Rusheen. near Ballybunnion.
when Michael Wallace. son of William
Wallace, los. his life. The young man
had been out surveying meadowing, and
returned home about y. M. and stated
to his mother that he would go bathing.
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was made for him when, at low water. his
dead body was found, lying face upward.
The deceased was a great favorite with
the community at large. He had spent
two years in Clongowcs college. and was
also member of the local football club.
IIOUTH.
BY the death of Mother Mary Malachy,
which occurred on Sept. 26. the Dundalk
community of the Sisters of Mercy has
lost one of it's best known and most
capable members. and the orphanage OF
st. Joseph attached to the convent, Its
foundress and directress. Mother Ma
lachy belonged to an old and respected
local family. having ben sister of the