The Irish standard., 1905-07-22

ton and guinea costs to Hugh
Mackel, who sued Lord Enniskillen
for damages to his potato plot, caused
by his Lordship's agents, in entering
and cutting turf The plot had been
previously the subject of legal proceed
ings and Judge Craig commented
strongly upon the defiance of legal de-
cisiOns in favor of the plaintiff in this
case
Galway.
On the afternoon of June 9th The
MacDermott saved the lives of two
little girls who had accidentally got
into deep water at Salthill. He went
to the rescue without waiting to take
off any of his clothes, the necessity
for prompt action being at once ap.
parent.
Kings County.
The Earl of Rose, who is one of the
committee formed at the meeting in
the Dublin Mansion House, to arrange
for the proposed visit of the British
Association to Dublin, in 1907, is the
son of the Earl of Rose, whose tele-
scope, at Birr Castle, was one of the
scientific triumphs of the nineteenth
century, and still ranks as marvel of
skill on the part of it's maker. Sir
Robert Ball, the Professor of Astron-
omy at Cambridge, was, in his younger
days, the Earl of Rosse's Astronomer
at Birr. Lord Rosse's brother is the
Hon. Charles Parsons, whose steam
turbine promises to rank, in the his
tory of marine engineering, as MS
fathers telescope ranks in that of
science.
Kilkenny.
On June oath, special meeting of
the Corporation of Kilkenny was held
in the Town hall, for the purpose of
comforting the freedom of the city
upon his Grace Most Rev. John o..
Reilly, Archbishop of Adelaide, South
Australia, who is on short visit to his
friends in his native city after an alb
sence of some 36 years in the land OF
the Southern Cross. The occasion was
also availed of to present addresses of
welcome and congratulation from the
citizens. Councillor Edward O'Shea,
mayor, presided, and the other mem.
bers of the corporation were present.
Kildare.
At the Curragh Race meeting on
June 9th, the Scurry Plate was won
by Mr.. w. P. Murphy's Aura; the
Afternoon Plate, by Mr.. R. Croker's
Mallow Maid; the Flying Plate, by Mr..
Watson's Lady Anna; the Waterford
Testimonial Stakes, by Mrs. Sadlier-
Jackson's Juliet H.; the Lawn Plate
by Mr.. A. E. McKinlay's Blue Violet;
and the Kildare Plate, by Lord Ross
more's Laveton.
Kerry.
On June 9th a fatal cycling acci.
dent befell Mr.. Harold Sigerson Ma
hony, J. p, Dromore Castle, Kenmare,
the famous Irish lawn tennis cham
pion, near Caragh Lake. Details Of the
accident are not known at present, but
the presumption is that it happened
while Mr.. Mahony was descending a
steep hill. The deceased gentleman
was descended from an old family
whose name is, in many ways, con-
nected with the history of the country.
The marriage is announced on June
9th at the Cathedral, Killarney, by
the Rev. ]. J. O'Sullivan, G. c., Lixnaw
(uncle to the bride), of Denis, eldest
son of Denis O'Dwyer, Park Bridge.
Limerick, to Tessie, third daughter of
the late John D. O'Connor, Caher-
civeen.
Leitrim.
The death is announced in the Irish
papers on May 25th, at st. Paul, Minn.,
of Francis Rogan, of Derrybof1n and
Corloughcahill, Drumkeeran, County
Leitrim, aged 4s years.
Louth.
The Boyne Regatta concluded at
Drogheda, on June 9th, in delightful
weather. The attendance was very
large, and the sport was of a high
class order.
Longford.
In Longford town on June 9th, a
horse and an ass, the property of two
tenants on the Rhatigan estate, Lisa
meen, that had been seized under a
decree for rent, were sold on the Jail
grounds, by the sheriff. The animals
were bought in by the owners, for the
amount of the decree obtained. Subse-
quently they were marched trium-
phantly through the town, amid con-
siderable enthusiasm, decorated with
evergreens. The tenants have been in
negotiation with the landlord, for
considerable time, for the sale of the
estate, but his terms were too high;
hence the protest against paying rent.
Limerick.
The carnival, Garryowen H., held in
aid of the funds of Barrington's hos
pital, Limerick, was brought to a close
on June Oath, when an immense crowd
of people thronged the prettily laid
out grounds. Upwards Of 1900 per-
sons passed through the turnstiles,