The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-07-18

about Il fortnight previous to the cleo
ton. On the advice OF the county
solicitor, the chairman of the county
council was about to disqualify Mi.
CORY as candidate, when MIR. Cory
raised the point that, as he had never
been member OF the county council
under which he now sought an office
OF emolument, the section Of the act
did not refer to him, and that, there
fore, lie was eligible for election. Mr..
Corry's Interpretation OF the section
was accepted, and he was elected by
u majority OF the council.
MONAGHAN.
On the night Of July 9th, prisoner
named Bernard Sherry, belonging to
Monaghan, committed suicide in his
cell iii the Armagh Jail. The deceased,
who was aged ~, was charged, at
Monaghan petty sessions, with as
sault, for which he was convicted and
sentenced to six months imprison-
nlent. He was conveyed to Armagh
Jail that afternoon. At nine o'clock
nothing unusual was noticed; but, OH
the ten O'Clock visit, the jail-warder
found the prisoner suspended from the
ventilator, and quiet dead. Deceased
had been a number OF times in Arm
agh prison.
On June 10th, an extraordinary
scene occurred in Monaghan, in con-
nection with the suicide OF Bernard
Sherry, in Armagh Jail. About half
past eight, p. H., when the congrega
ton We're returning from retreat in
st. Macartan's cathedral, a young
man named james Sherry aged about
~ years., brother of the suicide, be-
came violently insane, and attacked
a man named Thomas Duffy, OF Drum
hirk, who had been a witness on Ber-
nard Sherry's trial. He was arrested
and conveyed to the police barrack.
At ten o'clock the same night special
court of petty sessions was held in the
court house, when the dispositions Of
Duffy and Sergt. 'M'Loughlin were
taken, and lie was returned for trial
to the Monaghan quarter sessions, ut
which the opinion in the case was that
the lunatic asylum was the proper
place for him; as his grandfather had
died i'll the asylum, his grandmother
was found drowned in the canal, and
his mother threw herself into the canal
some time ago, and threatened to take
her life; while his brother committed
suicide in Armagh prison, as stated
above.
QUEENS COUNTY.
In the court Of kings bench, Dub
lin, Oh June 23d, before Justice Mad
den and jury, a laborer named
Murtha Downey, was awarded t2OO
damages, against Robert Coyle, farm
er, Of Ballyhyland, Queens county,
for breach Of promise Of marriage to
his daughter, Nora, and judgment was
given for that amount with costs.
SLIGO.
The London correspondent of the
Edinburg Scotsman" says that Hon.
w. Bourke Cochran, Of New York,
has sent to Mr.. Horace Plunkett,
president of the Irish agricultural
board, check for 100000, with re-
quest that he will eXpend it for the
benefit of Sligo, the birthplace of the
exile statesman. Mr.. Plunkett, after
full consideration, has resolved to de-
vote the money to the building and
starting of a sawmill, for which there
is a promising opening in Sligo. The
generous gift is in keeping With the
patriotic character OF the donor; and
it is to he hoped it will be applied in
a way to produce the best results he
would desire.
TIPPERARY.
On the morning Of June 21st, in
Thurles, Most Rev. DR.. Fennelly, arch
bishop Of Cashel, conferred the order
Of priesthood OH the following stu
dents Of st. Patrick's college:-For
the diocese Of Cashel, Patrick Molon-
ey, Richard Lee, William Fogarty,
VIM. Corcorn, William Stewart, John
Deere; for San Francisco, John Pow
er; for Toronto, VIM. Ryan; for Well
ington, New Zealand James M'Manus.
Much regret is felt in Clonmel dis
tlict at the sudden death, through
acute pneumonia, Of Mr.. John Walsh,
Baptist Grange, brother Of the Hon.
Thos. Il. Walsh, of Washington, ID. c.,
who WAS United States commissioner
to the late Paris exhibition. The lat
ter was very devoted to the deceased
and visited him some years ago at the
Grange. Through the deceased the
Hon. Il. T.. Walsh annually distributed
considerable sums among the poor Of
Tethard' When deceased fell sick bis
brother was appraised Of the fact by
cable, and DR.. Little, of Dublin, was
called in, but deceased succumbed on
the 10Th ult. He leaves one unmarried
and two married daughters. Ills i'll
terment took place at Kilmurry, near
Carrick.
The marriage is announced, Oh June
18th, at the church Of st. Andrews,
Westland Row, Dublin, by the Rev.
j. Seaman, p. p, Clonlara, Limerick,
Of James Brophy Fenlon, Inland Rev.