The Irish standard., 1905-12-16
Queens County.


Court, No. >, before the Lord Chief
Baron and special jury, an action
: for breach of promise of marriage, in
: which Miss Jane brennan, of Mum
sey, Queens County, who claims dam
ages laid at $1,000, is plaintiff. and
Mr. Denis Lowry, of the same place,
is defendant, was heard. The de-
| PENDANT put in counterclaim for
tin refused to marry him, but the
Sill 900, on the ground that the plain
jury found against him. The case had
, not concluded at the rising of the
Court.
: Roscommon.
The Attorney General has appoint
! ed Mr.. Joseph B. Burke, of the Jnuior
Leinster Bar to be Junior Crown
Counsel for Roscommon vice Mr.. H.
j. Monahan. resigned.
, The hearing of the Boyle Election
5 Petition against Mr.. Thomas j. De-
wine. who defeated MIR. Jasper Tully.
} NJ. p, at the recent County Council
elections was resumed on Nov 18th,
The respondent was examined, and
denied all the acts of bribery, treat
ing, intimidation, etc, attributed to
him and his agents. Witnesses cross
examination had not concluded when
the Court rose.
Sligo. So.
2 On Nov. 18th, a conference of
branches of the United Irish League
in South Sligo, was held in Tober-
curry, at which delegates We're pres
2 ent from Cloonacool and Tobercurry
L Tobercurry Town Tenants Associa-
e ton. Achonry Branch, Mullinabreena
E Branch, Curry Branch. Moylough
| Branch, and Tourlestrane Branch.
. Tyrone.
Mr.. Henry Russell Kelly, a member
of the firm of Messrs. Longf1eld, KEEL
> ly & Armstrong, solicitors, 25 Claire
l street, Dublin, died at his residence
Howard terrace, Dungannon, on No
vember 21st He belonged to an old
+ Dublin family, his father, the late Mr.
William B. Kelly, having been solicit
tor to the Board of Works for many
years.
Tipperary.
On the morning of November 18th
the dead body of Robert Broad, Il resi-
: dent of the town, was found on the
!. rails at a point about $50 yards from
the Tipperary Station. Deceased, who
was about 26 years of age, lived with
his uncle, Mr.. Charles Sloan, who is
contractor for the new milk supply to
. the Tipperary Union, and SO far as
can be ascertained he was last seen
y alive about seven O'clock on the pre-
vious evening, When he delivered his
-. uncle's milk at the Workhouse. The
donkey and cart which he had charge
of, returned to Mr.. Sloans residence
= not been in good health for the past
couple of months.
|
a fire occurred on the morning OF
Nov 18th, at the residence of Mr.. j
!, A. Cullinane, merchant, Spa Well
:. House. Wexford, and resulted in the
. almost complete demolition of the res
idence which was the highest, and one
of the largest in the town, and ad-
joins the old County Wexford Club
i. The first signs of the fire were discov-
cred by one of the servants, Annie
Roche, who gave the alarm to Mr.
Cullinane, who got out by means OF
for the police and fire brigade. The
girl and three children were rescued
with difficulty.
Wicklow.
i, At midnight. Nov. 18th, the police
n at Wicklow. discovered that the
schooner, why Not" lying in the
harbor, was on fire, and that an old
$ sailor, named James Conway, who
f was sleeping on board, had been
burned to death.
q On Nov 18th, i'm the Parish Church
Sandymount, under the presidency of
Very Rev. DR.. Magrath, p. p, an in
, tiuential meeting was held, to in
!. augulate a memorial to the late Very
Rev. Cannon O'Hanon, p. p, the dis
tinguished author of the Lives of the
Irish Saints"
Westmeath.
On the night of Sunday, Nov. 10Th,
5 at Ballinghort, seven miles from Null
lingar, a servant named Mary Anne
Smith, and two children, aged and
6, daughters of Michael Kearney,
farmer, were burnt to death. The
servant took a lighted candle to put
the children to bed, and, falling
asleep herself, the candle ignited the
bedclothes. The bodies were almost
: cremated.