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FROM IRELAND
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Antrim.
On the afternoon OF March 9th, a
respectfully dressed young woman,
about Is years of age. who had arrived
at Lisbourn Station, from Glasslough.
was found lying in a waiting room
with her throat cut, the wound having
been inflicted with small penknife.
After being attended to by DR.. st.
George, surgeon of the Infirmary, she
was conveyed to that institution,
where it was believed she would sur
vive. She gave her name as Lizzie
Brady, of Emyvale, Glasslough, Co.
Monaghan.
Armagh.
In the case OF Sarah Anne Pearson,
in Armagh Prison, under sentence of
death, the Lords Justices have COM
muted the sentence to penal servitude
for life.
At Ballybreagh, near Portadown, a
few days ago, the only son of Mr.
Thomas Greer was cutting hay from
a large rick, when the entire mass
toppled over, bu1ying him and little
dog by which he was accompanied
The youth would have been smothered'
to death, but that the dog burrowed his
way out of the hay, returning again
and again to his master, through the
hole thus made. The air admitted
kept the boy alive, til his father, at
tracted by the action of the dog, came
to the rescue, three hours after the
accident, and found his son doubled
up under the huge weight, but still
breathing, thanks to the air the little
dog had provided. The boy is now
almost completely recovered.
Clare.
On March 21st, in Ennis, Most Rev.
DR., Fcgarty administered the Sacra-
ment of Confirmation to about 500
children. In the course of an eloquent
address, the bishop said he believed
the country was being cured of the
evil of drunkenness to great extent.
Five beautiful stained glass windows
have been recently presented to Kill
rush Convent Chapel. They were de-
signed and executed by EARLY & Co.,
Camden street, Dublin.
Cork.
At the Assizes, on the record side,
there was quite an avalanche of ac-
tions for breach of promise of mar
riage. In an action brought by Mary
Sexton against Patrick Fitzgerald, in
which $500 damages was claimed, an
order for discovery of documents was
granted to the defendant, who resides
at Rylane, County Cork
An order for discovery of documents
was granted in the breach of promise
action brought by Winifred White, of
Kill, County Kildare, against John
Purcell, Quartermaster-Serg But
tevent, Cork. Intelocutory judgment
had been given.
In the breach of promise action Of
Miss O'Driscoll against Mr.. O'Flana-
gan, manager of Lyons & Co., Skib-
bereen, in which damages had been
assessed at $500, an installment order
for G5. a month was made by Judge
Boyd in the Kings Bench Division.
John Ryan, sergeant of the 4th
Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, who
was recently reduced to the rank of
corporal, and later took his discharge
as private, committed suicide by
hanging himself, on March. 29th, from
the staircase of his residence, Prin-
cess street, Fermony. Deceased had
been 171a years in the army.
Derry.
On March 28th, in the Masters Of
flee, Court of Kings Bench, Dublin,
before Deputy Master Greene and a
jury, the case of Erskine v. M'Naugher
came up, for the assessment af dam
ages. The plaintiff was Anne Erskine
farmers daughter, residing at Colon
Terrace, Pennyburn, County Derry,
and the defendant farmer, at Drum
haggart, in the County of Donegal. The
action was for breach of promise of
marriage. Judgment had gone by de-
fault, and the case came before the
jury for the assessment of damages.
After argument by counsel on both
sides, the jury awarded the plaintiff
f15O damages. The defendant had
been in America for some time, and
went back three or four years ago.
Donegal.
At Falcarragh, on March 9th, DR..
Mcdonald put off in gale with heavy
seas running, to attend poor patient
in the island of Innisbofin. The boat
reached the island safely, and the pa
tient was duly attended to. But, on
the return voyage, the boat was up
set, and the occupants were thrown
into the waves. The Doctor must have
instantly perished if a fisherman,
named Coll, had not swan to his
assistance, with long oar, which he
fitted under his arms. Coll then d.
vested himself of his clothes in the
water, swan to shore, and got to-
gether a volunteer crew, who went
to the rescue of DR.. M'Donald and
his comrades, which they happily ac-