The Irish standard., 1905-07-15
From. IRELAND
Antrim.


Antrim.
On the afternoon of June 20. at the
Queens Island Works, Belfast, plank
fell upon a red-leader named William
King, while at his work, and carried
him off the staging, with the result
that he fell 80 feet. He was removed
to the Royal Victoria hospital, suffer
ing from fracture of the skull, and
died soon after admission. He was
IS years of age and resided at st.
Lenard street, Newtowards Road.
Armagh.
On June z the Blackwatertown po-
lice found the body of a man, about
SO years of age, in the Blackwaetr riv-
er, which appeared to have been i'm
mersed for considerable time. Sub
sequently the remains were identified
as those of Alexander johnson, who
had been missing for some time.
Carlow.
On June II Most Rev. DR.. Foley,
bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, offici-
,ated at the usual Pentecost quarter
tense ordinations at Carlow cathedral.
The bishop was assisted by Rev. l..
Brophy, S. T. L., dean of ST. Patrick's
college. The following students were
ordained to the priesthood: Rev. P.
Healey, for Rockhampton, Australia;
Rev. Philip Brady, Alton, U. S. A;
Rev. D. Healey, Wichita, U. S.; Rev.
J. Kelly, Pittsburg, U. S.; Rev. w.
Meany, Plymouth, England; Rev. J.
McManus, Los Angeles, U. S.; Rev.
]. O'Sullivan, Leeds, England; Rev. J..
h. Denvir, Portsmouth, England; Rev.
J. F. Moloney, Perth, Australia.
Cavan.
Mr.. T. M. Farrelly, U. l. League,
divisional director for East Cavan, pro-
posing at the Bailleborough district
council, on June II, resolution in
favor of pledge~bound party, spoke
at some length on the position of Mr..
William O'Brien, M. P. Among other
resolutions of the same character one
was presented from Charleville (coun-
ty Cork) district council, which the
chairman declared was most oppor-
tune, in view of Mr.. O'Brien's pro-
posed visit to the town.
Clare.
On June 19, in Belfast, man named
Owen Donohue, about IS years of age,
and unmarried, fell into the hold of
the steamship Seapoint, owned by
Messrs. Fisher, Newry, and received
serious injuries about the head, which
rendered him unconscious. The in
jured man was engaged placing the
matches on the main hold, when he
stepped on loose hatch and fell a
distance of nineteen feet, the hatch
falling on top of him. DR.. Huston was
summoned, and, having examined the
injured man, ordered his removal to
the Royal Victoria hospital. The un.
fortunate man belongs to Glare castle.
Cork.
= On June 18 Rev. Father Peter
O'Leary delivered a speech at the Fer.
moy Feis, in which he said that every
man in the country should learn a lit
tie Irish, If he wanted to know what
was going on around him. 2
While driving donkey and cart to
.Cloyne on the evening of June 20 John
Grogan, a farm laborer, aged about 70
years, accidentally fell off the cart on
to the road, near the entrance to the
town, fracturing his collar bone. He
was conveyed to Cloyne police bar.
racks, where, despite every effort OF
medical skill, he succumbed within an
hour.
Derry.
On June IL Patrick Hassan was
brought up at Coleraine on charge
Of numbering his mother, Kate Has
san, a widow, at Towneyrankin, be
tween Garvagh and Swateragh. The
accused was remanded. At the inquest
the jury returned an open verdict The
coroner suggested that the prisoner
had been drinking ether, and strongly
commented on the practice.
Donegal.
On the same day that the election
took place in Cork, Mr.. John Muldoon
barrister-at-law, was nominated as
candidate for North Donegal, and
elected without opposition, to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Mr.
William O'Doherty.
On the morning of June 20, in 8
heavy gale, one of The Rosses' salmon
boats, manned by Hugh James and
John Gallagher, of Tully Island, and
James Boyle, Milltown, was capsized
between Owey and Aranmore. The
crew, having clung to the gunwale fol
an hour, were rescued in an exhausted
condition by Patrick O'Donnell, Eight
er Island. The submerged boats ant
nets drifted out to sea-.
Down.
The upsetting of an oil lamp or
June 20, in the bedroom of a grocery
in Donaghadee, resulted in the deatf
of the proprietor, Francis Aicken
aged 60, and the complete destruction
of the premises. Aicken's wife barely