The Irish standard., 1903-08-22
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ANTRIM,


with John Cooney, John johnson,
Robert Mcconnell and Arthur Nc
Council, went out on the Lagan in a
boat, and when opposite Harland &
VOLTS, Toner went to change seats
with Cooney, when the boat leaned
over to one side, the water came in,
and all fell into the river. The two
McCOnnells We're drowned, Arthur's
body being subsequently recovered.
ARMAGH.
On Sunday, July 26, King Edward
and his household attended service in
the private chapel at Mountstewart,
the officiating clergyman being Rev.
Oliver Goldsmith, and the sermon be-
ing preached by the Rev. DR.. AleXan.
der. In the afternoon the king and
queen, accompanied by the marquis
of Londonderry, left by motor car for
Clandeboye, the seat of the dowager
marchioness OF Dutferin,- passing
through Ncwtownards. Having re-
manned some time at Clandeboye, the
party went for Il motor drive, and SUBJ
sequently returned to Mountstewart
CARLOW.
The baroness De Robeck, whose
death OH July 10, is announced, was
the daughter of the late Mr.. William
Fitzwilliam Burton, of Burton Hall,
County Carlow. Her mother was Il
daughter OF Sir John Power On July
IS the remains of the deceased lady
We're removed from Gowran Grange
for interment in the family burial
ground at Nlondlins The coffin was
conveyed to st. David's church, Mas,
where it was met by the venerable
archdeacon of Kildare and the Rev. u.
w. Clover. The shops Of the town
We're closed and all the windows shut
tered during the funeral proceedings.
The report of the directors Of the
Cork, Bandon u South Coast Railway
company for the half year ended
June 80 recommends payment of Il
dividend at the rate of ~ per cent.
pc. annum on the ordinary stock
(Which will absorb 91,S00l, placing
f1,5OO in reduction Of suspense ac
count and carrying forward IL 53S
los I'd to the next account.
A new goods store is being con-
structed at kinsale. Mr.. Il. ]. OBJ.
Croker having received the appoint
ment of Irish traffic manager of the
Great Western railway, resigned his
position as general manager, and Mr..
John II. Kerr, who has been the COM
pany's engineer for the last twenty
years. has been appointed to succeed
Mr.. Croker.
DOWN.
On July % Il melancholy accident
occurred on the Dublin road near
Newry. Two women named Mrs. Nc
Gennity and her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Rice We're returning to their home i'll
Faughilctra in cart, Mrs McGennity
driving. and all went we'll until the
Acknowledge railway bridge was
reached, when the mare in the cart
started to so at a rapid pace, Mrs.
and Mrs. Rice, in jumping out with
view to recovering them, fell i'll front
of the cart and the wheels passed over
her leg, causing, a severe fracture.
Mare and vehicle then disappeared
and We're next heard Of when they
made their appearance at Mrs. Rices
house, no person being then in the
cart. The inmates of the house i'm
mediately instituted Il search and
found Mrs. McGennity lying dead Oh
the roadside With Il terrible fracture
of the skull. and further on they came
on Mrs Rice with her leg broken. An
inquest was held on the body of the
deceased Mrs. AIcGennity, and a. ver-
dict of accidental death was returned.
DUBLIN
Under date of July %, the Press
O'Brien, NJ p, had undergone a slight
operation for an affection of the throat
and had been ordered abroad for some
time.
that the Hibernian bank has had an
other successful llalf-year. The COM
plant of the shareholders is that they
are getting too small dividend Of the
profits shown. The board has funds
to pay a per cent. dividend and carry
forward a larger balance than Il year
ago But it sticks to the old scale of
dividends and thus disappoints eX-
pectations that We're not unreasonable.
The old trick of "bank touching"
familiar years ago in America, was
recently worked successfully i'll Dub
lin. On July % a gentleman belonging
to the city went to a bank in O'Connell
street to make deposit He was
standing at the counter when a re-
specially dressed man, who was &C.
companied by neatly attired young
woman, asked to be directed to Il GER
tain department of the bank. The
requisite directions We're given. but
while the gentleman was pointing to
the required portion of the bank the
stranger must have appropriated an
envelope which lay on the counter.
and which disappeared, and in it's