The Irish standard., 1904-08-20

sat at a special court in Birr
on July 80, to take dispositions in
charge of larceny against man
named Patrick Regain. The accused
was in the employment Of Mr., Pat
rick Hector, Sharagh, and while the
family were at mass on the previous
he broke into the house, as
alleged, and took away pair of boots.
a few days afterwards he was arrest
ed and lodged in Birr Bridewell. The
remanded him in custody
to LORNA petty Sessions.
LIMERICK.
On July % a man named Richard
Hickey, of an advanced age, who re-
sided midway between Kilmallock and
Charleville, walked distance of half
Il mile to where his grandson was ut
work. When within view of the lat
ter he complained of feeling weak.
When the grandson reached him,
Hickey complained of pain in the
region of the heart, reclined on the
embankment and died at once.
On the evening of July % a sad
drowning accident occurred in the
Shannon at Limerick, two lives being
lost. Some young girls We're returning
with milk from the Condensed Milk
factory at the north side of the river
when two of them, Catherine Griffip
aged Is, and Mary AI'Mahon, aged 10,
partially -undressed and waded into
the river. Close to where they enter
ed the water there is a subway from
the river to the milk factory, and
when the tide rises on the flow there
is Il great rush of water therein from
the river. The girls, being unaware
of their danger, We're swept into the
subway and drowned without, so far
as can be ascertained, anyone witness
ing the occurrence. Some time after
a man passing observed the girls
clothing by the river side, and report
ed the matter to the Thomondgate po-
lice, who organized a search party,
and eventually the bodies of the two
girls We're recovered from the subway,
life having been apparently extinct
for some hours.
At the Limerick races on July %.
Period won the Thomond plate, Brax-
ton the June plate, Bould Derry the
Summer plate, Fluttcring Heart the
City plate, Reynard the Holiday plate,
and Lady Cashel the Munster plate.
In Pallaskenry, on July 10, the fu-
neral obsequies of the Rev. James Mo-
loney, PIP, took place amid every pos
sihle manifestation of SORROW, and in
the presence of an extremely large
number of the clergy and laity Of the
county and city of Limerick. Office
and high mass commenced at II o.
clock, at which Most Rev. Dr. O'Dwy-
er presided. The celebrant of the high
mass was Rev. ]. Murphy, &C.; dea-
con, Rev. j. O'Shea, &C.; sub-deacon,
Rev. Stephen Culhane, &C.; master of
ceremonies, Rev. J. Dwane, G. c.;
chanters, Rev. NJ. Murphy, Co.. and
Rev. 4. Fitzgerald.
ROSCOAINION.
The marriage is announced, on July
%, at Lisacul Catholic church, County
Roscommon, by the Rev. A. Devine
brother Of the bridegroom, of Martin
]. Devine, Lecarrow, MS, County
Mayo, son of the late 2. Devine, Car
racastle, to Mary Jane Oates, Lisacul
national school, daughter of L. Oates,
Sunhill, Sligo.
SLIGO.
While proceeding nome from Sligo
n few days ago, Michael McSharry, a
servant in the employment of the SUBJ
sheriff of Leitrim, Mr.. William Waugh,
Dromahaire, met with serious acct
dent. 1t appears that the horse which
N1cSharry was driving SHE'D a short
distance outside the town, throwing
him off the car, the wheel of which
crossed his neck. Medical assistance
was Immediately procured by man
who witnessed the accident, and Nc
Sllarry was removed to the county in
Urinary, where he is now progressing
as favorably as could be expected.
under the circumstances.
TIPpERARY.
On August 4, Cardinal Vannutelli,
the papal legate visited Thurles, where
he was the guest of the archbishop Of
Cashel. He afterwards visited Queens
town as the guest of the bishop Of
Cloyne.
On the morning Of July 10 news
reached Thurles that James Winston,
gamekeeper on the lands Of Mr.. C. N.
Clarke, at Holy Cross, village three
miles from Thures, had accidentally
wounded two poachers while en-
deavoring to shoot their dogs The
men, whose names are John Brett and
Thos. Ryan, Of Dundrum, entered on
the preserved lands of Mr.. Clarke on
Sunday morning, and between 3 and
1 O'Clock the gamekeeper observed
them beating the coverts with two
dogs, when, from a range of fifteen
yards, lie discharged a shot, it is a.
legged, at one Of the dogs, but the mis-
sile struck one of the poachers in the