The Irish standard., 1904-02-13
lowing Friday morning and was re-
moved to Armagh Jail.
ROSCONIAION,

uloNcu W Armagh jail.
ROSCOAIAION.
The lord lieutenant has appointed
William Jones, resident magistrate at
Boyle, to be Il resident magistrate for
the county of Carlow; Joseph kilbride,
resident magistrate at Duntanayhy, to
be a resident magistrate for the county
of RoScOmmOn, and Captain Walter
Edgeworth tombstone, to be resident
magistrate for the county OF Donegal.
SLIGO.
The death is announced, on Jan. 1G,
at Breeogue, Sligo of Ellen NJ, wife
of T. N. White, ]. p, and daughter of
the late Mathew Walsh, ]. Z. Funeral
took place from Sligo cathedral on the
18th after solemn requiem mass. The
death of this estimable lady, after Il
short illness, occasiOned much grief
among her friends and acquaintance.
The cortege that followed the hearse
to the cathedral was one of the largest
witnessed i'll the district for many
years, the long line of carriages and
vehicles being followed on foot by
hundreds of the people who loved and
respected the deceased because of her
charity and goodness.
TYRONE.
Miss Young has offered terms under
the new land act equivalent to 27h per
cent, reduction (22A years. purcllase)
on second-term rents to her tenants
on the Tyrone and Antrim estates,
formerly known as the Alexander es-
tate. The County Antrim tenants
have accepted the offer; but the Ty-
rome tenants, whose holdings are sit
uated at Mounterevlin, near Crooks
town, have declined.
TIPPERARY.
On Jan. Is Mr.. John O'Leary, town
clerk and returning officer for Cashel,
declared the result of the recent mu-
nicipal election as follows. there being
seven candidates for six vacancies:
Thomas Walsh (old), 226; Patrick
LOBBY new, 1911; Cornelius Carroll
(olD, 1879; Richard Quigley (old), 165;
Patrick Meany (old, 1852; DR.. Laffan
Odd, 1871; Philip Ryan (old), 100. The
first six We're declared elected.
Captain Davis has, through his
agent, Dr. Walters, Kilkenny, granted
reduction of Is per cent. to his Bally-
cuddihy tenants, OH account of the bad
season.
WICKLOW.
Mr.. j. G. McCoan who died on Jan
Is, in London, in his 10Th year, was
NJ. P. for Wicklow, from 1880 till 1850
He acted as war correspondent of the
Daily News during the Crimcan war
and afterwards settled at Constants
nOple, where he practiced as Il harris
ter in the consular court and founded
the Levant Herald.
WEXFORD.
About noon OH Friday. Jan. IS, q
dynamite explosion took place ut Grea,
| Island. on the Rosslare & Fishguarj
Railway Works. \ gang of nine nav
vies came upon a forgotten charge OF
dynamite embedded in the rock, which
| exploded when struck with a pick by
Il corkman named Patrick Leary. The
| nine men were hurled into the air
Leary being killed. Denis O'Sullivan
another corkman. sustaining severe i'll
| iuries to the head ana arm, from
which he can scarcely recover, three
| others suffering less seriously. and tho
remaining three getting Off with light
| injuries.
WATERFORD.
On Jan. is, intelligence reached
| Waterford Of sad drowning fatalit,
in the Harbor. \ boat occupied b,
an engineer named Tippett, employed
in the construction of the Rosslare rail
way. and his assistant, A. Hearne, to
gcther with two boatmen named Sher
| lock, father and son, was capsiZed of
Snow hill, and the elder Sherlock anC
the engineers assistant were drowned
The other two were saved by boa
from the shore.
WESTNIEATH.
| On the evening of Jan. 10, Mr.
Daniel Kearney, of Castlctown, who
had been living for some years pas
with his sister, Mrs. Lynch, at Ross
Mountnugent, proceeded with pony
to his brothers, in Castletown, for !;
cart to bring grain to the MILL 1t is
surmised that on returning the horse
ran away and got into bog on the
road, as at p. IN. the dead body OF
the man was found in drain, tho
horse having by that time eXtricatet
itself. a coroners inquest was helt
and verdict of accidental drowning
was returned, rider being added
that it was surprising more lives hai
not been lost along the road, which
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