The Irish standard., 1904-12-03
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alloy, near G;,rvagh, Il woman named
Hannah Hegarty who is stated to
have reached the remarkable age of
101 years.
In connection With the recent affair
at Hollywood Barracks, in which TWEEN
ty-eight soldiers We're confined to hos
pital, from the effects OF irritant pois-
oning, Professor Barklie of Belfast, re-
ports that the results of his analysis
of samples of the sputum, forwarded
to him, disclose the presence of arsenic.
1t is understood that the police are
making further investigations regard
ing the matter.
ARMAGH.
On November 9Th, in the Court of
Kings Bench, Dublin, before Justice
Kenny, the case of McVeagh VS.. Great
Northern Railway Company, was
heard Mr.. II. H. Calvert, INSTRUCTED
by Mr.. j. w. Simpson. solicitor,) ap-
piled OIL behalf of Elizabeth McVeagh,
for an order that the sum of 'f4O,
lodged to her credit in Court, in the
above action, should he paid out to her.
21 years, and was one of the children
of Mary McNeagh, who was killed in
the memorable Armagh Railway dis
aster OH June -, 1889. The Court
made the order sought.
C4AVAN,
Negotiations have just been con-
cluded for the sale of the Kellett es-
tate, and the terms are-23 years pur-
chase, OH clear receipts, and 23a on
those owing over one years rent. The
hanging gale and all other arrears are
wiped out, and sporting rights are
vested in the tenants. who all hold I'M
der judicial second term rents.
CORK.
On November 9th sad drowning
accident occurred in the River Lee,
near Sundays Well. A number of
youths who were playing in the vicin-
ity, had procured Il canoe in which
they proceeded to take trips on the
river. One Of the boys named John
Murphy, in the course of Il trip, cap
sized the canoe and was precipitated
into the water. One Of his companions,
William Kearns, jumped in to his aid;
but his heroic efforts to save his COM
panion proved unavailing, and the two
lads went down, before the gaze of
their comrades. The police dragged
the river and recovered both bodies
after about an hours search.
CLARE.
While awaiting music lessons at
their teachers, at Ennis, OH November
It'll, two little boys named MacNahon,
nephews of Canon MacNIahon, parish
priest of Clearecastle, discovered a
gun and cartridge in the room. Think
ing it was an empty cartridge, one of
the lads inserted it in the gun. The
cartridge, however, was charged with
powder, and the weapon being dis
charged, one Of the boys, John, aged ~
years, sustained shocking injuries. His
condition is precarious.
DONEGAL.
On the evening of November 9th, the
annual reunion of the Donegal EXiles
was held in Glasgow. Vigorous and
eloquent addresses were delivered by
Very Rev. Daniel Stephens, P. F., Ar
dara, who occupied the chair, and Mr..
Swift MacNeill, NJ. P. On the previous
evening, a similar meeting had been
held in Greenock, in the Irish National
Institute of that town, at which the
Rev. A. G. Ward, Adm, Carrick, Coun-
ty Donegal, who presided, delivered a
stirring address.
DERRY.
At Coleraine, on November 9Th, the
dead body Of Maggie Glenn, domestic
servant, Of Grangemore, the third vic
tim Of the recent boating tradegy, was
brought to the surface by grapnels,
and conveyed to the quay. The finders
We're Daniel Mclean and the father
and uncle Of the deceased. The body
was in the deep water channel, about
fifty yards lower down than the Light
Post, near which the two other bodies
were found, showing that the de-
ceased's clothing had foated her some
distance. This explains the repeated
screams heard at Kenvarra.
DUBLIN.
Rev. Mother M. Brigid O'Curry, the
last surviving daughter of Eugene o.
Curry, the great Gaelic scholar and an
tiquarian, died at Loretto Abbey, Rath-
farnham, on November 9Th.
The Freeman's Journal of November
10th announced the death, in his
eighty-fifth year, of Mr.. Edwin Hayes,
member of the Royal Hibernian
Academy. A painter of marine sub
jects, Mr.. Hayes Travelled widely, for
the purpose of learning scamanship
At the opening Of the session Of the
National Literary Society Oh November
It'll, MI. Il. w. Rolleston made refer
ence to a proposal to erect some public
memorial Of James Clarence Mangan,
in Dublin.
GALWAY.
The Relieving officers of Tuam
Union report that the potato crop this