The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-04-23
FROM IRELAND
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ARMAGH.
While Mrs. Cassidy, widow of MI.
Joseph Cassidy, urban district council
lor, Armagh, was kneeling at Lenten
devotions, in st. Malachy's church, OH
March %, she was seen to suddenly fall
forward. Several friends carried the
unconscious lady to the vestry, and Il
priest was summoned to her assistance:
but she died a few moments after
wards. Heart failure was the cause of
uer death.
CLARE.
In the court of Kings Bench, Dub
4.h. on March 30, in the matter of the
Munster Loan and Discount company
against Devine,-Alr. Lynch INSTRUCTED
by Mcssrs p. S. Connolly 4 Coz ap-
piled on behalf of the plaintiffs. carry
ing OH business in Cork, for an order
for receiver, by way of equitable exc
cution, over the salary of the defend
ant. 1t appeared that he and his wifn
are teachers of the National school at
Kilkee-in receipt of about $3.50 year,
and the plaintiff had obtained Il
judgment for upward of f4O, and al.
legged there We're no other means of
getting payment. The court made the
order sought payment to be made at
the rate OF Is quarter.
CANAN.
The National festival was celebrated
in Sherlock, on March IL, by the hold
ing Of public meeting under the aus
pieces of the local branch of the L. 1.
league. Messrs. Denis Johnston, l..
Ginnell and I. NJ. Farrelly were the
principal speakers. There We're some
dozen bands present, besides crowds of
country people, and a procession
through the town took place. On the
motion Of Patrick OReilly, county
councillor, seconded by Thomas
O'Reilly, Mr.. Il. NJ. Farrelly was moved
to the chair, and addressed the meetin.
in a spirited speech.
CORK.
On March 3 news reached FermOy
of what looked like an attempt to wreck
the $40 p. III. train from Fermoy to
Waterford. AS the train was crossing
the viaduct which spans the Blackwa
ter, about half mile from Fermoy sta
ton, the driver, Daniel Lynch, noticed
that at a short distance ahead two
large boulders had been placed. one OH
elrner rail. He reversed the engine
and the brakes were applied, but, new.
ertheless, the engine struck the stones
with such force that the left guard was
broken and the right one loosened. No
further damage was done. The police
subsequently arrested young lad by
the name Of Michael Barry, of Clondu.
lane, aged II years. 1t appears that
Barry, together with another boy
named Crosse, II years of age, had
played truant from school, and on the
above date they went to the railway
line, near the viaduct, and placed the
stones on the rails, to see what would
happen to the train. This is the state.
ment made by the boy Crosse. Barry
was brought before DR.. Williams, J.
P, and was remanded for trial to next
rermoy petty sessions.
DERRY.
In the Land Judges court, in Dublin,
on March 8, before Justice Ross, in the
matter of the trustees of the Richard
Olphert's estate, Mr.. Leech INSTRUCTED
by Messrs. Crookshank and Leech
solicitors), applied for an order for
leave to sell, to the urban district coun-
CT. of Coleraine, three rodos and =
percbes of land adjoining Coleraine to
he added to another portion Of the
lands intended to be used as public
park there. The price offered was
f155, which counsel said was a reason.
a~le figure. Ine court approved of the
acceptance of the proposal and allowed
the parties attending their costs.
DOWN.
construction of the new line of railway
from Ballyroney to Castlewellan,. fol
the Great Northern railway company
had been progressing very satisfactory
ly till lately, when trouble has been
reported, as arising on the wages ques.
ton. Heretofore, the laborers have
been paid at the rate of SGD per hour
and they now demand an increase to
412d per hour. This demand, it is
stated, the contractors have refused
with the result that the men have
ceased work, and have expressed their
determination not to return until their
demand has been acceded to. In conse.
quence all work on the line is at a
standstill.
DUBLIN.
On March % information reached
Kingstown that Captain Michael
O'Shea, of No. IL Wellington street,
kingstown, had been drowned off the
Wexford coast. 1t was stated that Cap
tain O'Shea, John McNally and Patrick
Cullen, all of Kingstown, had left
lAingstown for Southport, in the yacht
Zulu, on the previous evening, and had
gone as far as the Blackwater lightship