The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-11-28


riage and pair and there took up his
residence. During his stay he lived
sumptuously, his food being supplied
by local hotel. The guardians, how.
ever, it is. stated, charged him
guinea a week for his lodgings. The
bill, it is reported, has not been paid;
but, per contra, the "lodger' has left
behind him, apparently as compensa-
ton, silver service. Mr.. McGroary,
it is said, was successful engineer
who had returned to his native coun-
try to have some sport and for the
benefit of his health; and he went to
the workhouse intirmary for the con-
venience of his doctor, who used to
visit him there.
DOWN.
In Derry, on Nov. 2, the body of a
man found drowned in the Foyle was
identified as that of John Murray, be-
longing to Ballyhalbert, County
Down. The Identification was made
by w. j. O'Neill, cattle drover, who
informed the police that he had seen
the deceased in Belfast Oh the occa-
sion Of King Edwards visit. Murray
then told him he was going to Derry
to look for work. This was the last
occasion he saw the deceased alive,
and on reading the description of the
body found he came to the conclusion
it was that Of Murray. Deceased
leaves, according to O'Neill, a wife
and three children.
The marriage is announced, on Nov.
3, at the Church of the Visitation,
Fairview, by the Very Rev. DIR. Nc
Donnell, P. P, of Thomas, third son
Of A. Laird, of Croskilt, County
Down, to Bessie, eldest daughter of
the late Thomas A. Reddin, st. Mich
ael's Howth road, Clontarf, County
Dublin.
DUBLIN.
We regret to have to announce the
death of Mr.. Henry Joseph Gill, M.
A., of Roebuck House, Clonskasgh,
head Of the eminent publishing house
of M. H. Gill & Son, Dublin. AS an
active director of several other COM
mercial concerns, Mr.. Gill displayed
conspicuous business ability; nor was
his ability confined to commercial
channels alone. For several years he
sat in parliament as a Home Rule
representative and discharged the
duties of his position with unosten-
tatious self-devotion until ill-health
compelled his retirement.
On the morning of Nov. 6, Joseph
Lushen, who had been station master
at Chapel for the last thirty four
years, was killed under peculiar tragic
circumstances. The deceased was
after connecting two good wagons,
during the shunting operations, and
was getting out when he was caught
between the platform and the car
riage and bruised in frightful man.
ner about the abdomen. He fingered
until three O'Clock, when he died in
great agony.
FERMANAGH.
The lord lieutenant has appointed
John Gray, heretofore resident mag
istrate for the county Of Cork, to be
resident magistrate for the county
of Fcrmanagh and William James
O'Haa, heretofore a, resident magis-
trate for the County Fermanagh, to
be Il resident magistrate for the coun-
ty of Cork.
GALWAY.
For Connaught winter assizes JUS
tice Andrews will open the commits
sion at Galway on the LIST of Deem
Der.
1t is not perhaps generally known
that Queens college, Galway, which
has been the latest scene of the ex-
ercise of the "no-C atholic-need-apply"
policy of the government, is in it's
structure modelled on Christ church,
Oxford, the college of Sir Robert
Peel, under whose government the
queens colleges were established.
Lord Lieutenant Dudley and Mr..
Wyndham have given another proof
of their determination to maintain
Protestant ascendancy as by jobbery
established. They have refused to
add another Catholic to the three
who alone vary the perfect Protestant
monopoly of the Galway college profess
sOriate.
KERRY.
Distressing accounts are being re-
ceived from the various localities in
the Brosna, Castleisand and other
East Kerry districts of the great in
jury done to crops by the heavy
floods.
On the evening of Nov. 4 it was
reported to the Kenmare police that
the dead body of man was seen
hoating in the water near the sus-
pension bridge about quarter of
mile from the town. The body was
found and brought ashore. 1t was
that Of man between 40 and As years
of age and bore no marks of violence.
The deceased was apparently in good
circumstances as national bank notes
value for f179 and a silver watch
| were found on his person. Owing to