The Irish standard., 1900-09-01

who knew him, and beloved by his
family, friends, and neighbors.
DERRY.
The project of submarine railway
tunnel between Ireland and Scotland.
I from some point on the Derry coast.
is again being mooted. 1t is said that
Lord Londonderry is interested in the
l project, and has headed an influential
deputation to the first lord of the treo.
sury in favor of a guarantee on the
capital necessary for the construction
of the tunnel. Mr.. Balfour promised
that "the matter should have careful
| investigation" which means that the
Tory cabinet will do everything posi-.
BILE to kill the project, as one that
might be of some particular benefit to
Ireland particularly.
DUBLIN.
The emigration returns for last July
show that during the month 2,174 per-
! sons left Ireland for America and
other places abroad. This is slightly
less than the number for the CORE
spending month of the previous year;
but any hopeful deduction that might
| be drawn from such figures would be
erroneous. as the total for the seven
months of the present year, Just
elapsed, shows an increase Of 5000 as
compared with last year, the figures
being $4,000 for the first seven months
of 1900, as against $4,000 for the same
| period of 1899.
! GALWAY,
I On the morning of Aug. the body
of a woman, supposed to be Mrs Kate
Lynskey, from Knocknacarra, Carna,
was found floating in the roads, out
side the Galway pier-head, by three
fishermen named Dolman Flaherty,
Stephen Flaherty and Patrick N1ul-
kearns, who were returning to their
fishing boat. Mrs. Lynskey had been
missing from her home since the pre-,
vious Thursday (race day.; but it was
not expected that anything serious had
happened her. Her husband, after two
days, notified the police, and diligent
watch was kept for her, but nothing
transpired until her dead body, which
was barely recognizable, was found
in seven feet of water, outside the
pier-head.
KERRY
In Tralee, on the evening of Aug. 0,
two men, named William Myles, car
penter, and John Sullivan, a laborer,
were admitted to the county infrmary,
suffering from injuries received by
falling from building in Castle street.
The strange part of the accident is
that, after Myles had fallen and frac-
tured his wrist, he was assisted to the
infirmary by Sullivan, who witnessed
the accident, and who subsequently
returned to the building to cover in the
4 work for the night. While so engaged,
he slipped on a corrugated iron roofing
and fell to the ground, distance of
about IA feet, sustaining serious in
juries to the spine. Both men were de-
tained, but are progressing favorably
under the treatment of the house sur
geon, DR.. w. b. Hayes.
KILKENNY.
At Kilkenny petty sessions, on Aug.
8, Messrs. p. J. O'Keeffe and q. L.
Keane, proprietors of the Kilkenny
People, were returned for trial to the
assizes, on the charge of having pub
lished a report of the United Irish
League meeting, at Mullinahone, in
which shopkeepers, tradesmen, and
workmen were directed to boycott
Messrs. Barton, Of Ballyline, county
Kilkenny. Both gentlemen are sturdy
fighters and sterling Nationalists. Mr..
e. T. Keane, the editor, is Listowel
County Kerry man, and is in every
way a credit to his native town. The
manager, Mr.. p. J. O'Keeffe, is n
straight and uncompromising Irish
man, who will never finch from the
| consequences of his action as q Ma.
tionalist. The defendants were ad-
mitted to bail, themselves in f2O each,
with two sureties Of FLO each.
| KILDARE.
On the night of Aug. 2 large tract
of turf bank about 40 perches by 80,
situated at Kilberry, on the property of
Mr.. Arthur Robert verschoyle, sepa-
rated from the main portion of the
bog, and split into immense blocks
The face of the bank, which was 1S or
20 feet deep, has moved down some
distance, while the level, or cut-away
bog in front, on which an immense
quantity of newly-cut turf was placed
to dry, was raised up distance in
some places of 10 feet. In places there
are large natural channels, through
which water is now flowing in strong
volume. A very large quantity of turf
in process of being saved was sub,
merged and destroyed. The people
living in the immediate vicinity have
been greatly alarmed, fearing still
further movement Of the miles of bog
extending between Athy and Kildare
railway stations, and of which this
particular section forms a part. A
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