The Irish standard., 1905-07-22

on June 28th, in the matter of the es.
tate of the late Captain James Somer.
vile, of Ross House, Justice Ross gave
judgment holding that his children, by
young woman named Maryann
Clarke, the daughter OF a Sergeant
Major, whom he met and lived with
in England, were illegitimate, and that
the residue of the estate must go to
the legitimate relations, who should
be found entitled thereto. The parties
had been married in Ireland; but the
ceremony was subsequent to the births
of the children. James Somerville
died without making will, and the
result was that the little remnant of
AIS property did not go to his children,
some of whom were in extreme pow
erty, but was adjudged to his other
relatives.
Roscommon.
Among the visitors to the English
House of Commons on June 2Sth were
Senator Barrett of Cambridge, Mass,
and Very Rev. Bernard Hayden of
Kansas City, brother of the honorable
member for South Roscommon.
The tenants on the king-Harman
estate, who were induced to pay an
enormous price for their uneconomic
holdings, by the promise that they
would get share of "the plains of
Boyle" are finding, to their cost, that
either the will or power to fulfill the
promise is lacking.
Sligo.
A thunderstorm of unusual violence
accompanied by vivid flashes of light
ming and heavy rain, passed over Sligo
on June Gath. The disturbance con-
tinued for almost two hours; but,
strange to relate, a drop of rain did
not fall outside the Borough Boundary.
Very little damage was done to the
crops in the neighborhood districts;
but, at Calry, a valuable COW, the
property of Mr.. Martin Mcdaniel, was
struck by lightning and instantly kill
ed. Mr.. Mcdaniel himself had provi-
dental escape, being struck insensible
to the ground. In other parts of the
country the thunder and lightning
were of violent and destructive
character, and crops were seriously
damaged. Some few miles from Castle
bar man was killed by lightning, and
in the same locality several sheep and
lambs were also killed.
Tyrone.
On the night of June 23rd a most
disasterous fire broke out close upon
midnight, in the Dublin Road, Omagh.
When discovered in a building known
as the Ulster hall, it had obtained
such headway that Notwithstanding
the utmost efforts of soldiers, police
and the town fire brigade, the whole
block of houses in Dublin Road and
Market street comprising Shefield's
jewelry establishment and the prem
ises of McGrath, bicycle agent; Myles,
newsagent; Love, draper; Wilson, cos
tuner; Murphy, confectioner; and the.
grocery premises of Clement & Sons,
Pioneer Stores, were destroyed. No
lives were lost, but everything in the
houses were destroyed, some persons
having lost everything they possessed.
The damage is estimated at from e15,-
900 to 100000.
Tipperary.
On June 9th an inquest was held in
Cahir, by Coroner Cummins, touching
the drowning of two men, named Cox
and Murphy. 1t was stated in evidence
that they were Bible-readers, not long
in the town.
A sensation was caused in Clonmel
on June 25th, by the escape of pris-
oner from the County prison. He is an
ex-soldier named Moroney, aged about
25, who had been sentenced at the
Quarter Sessions, to 1S months i'm
prisonment for burglary at club in
Carrick.
Waterford.
A Waterford correspondent under
stands from prominent official in
Waterford that the government intend
to contribute from the sum set apart
for the building Of the abandoned Cork
and Fermoy line a35,00O towards the
purchase of the Waterford toll bridge.
Wicklow.
At special meeting of the Wicklow
Urban Council on June 2Gth, Mr.. S. v.
Delahunt, chairman, presiding-the
Town Clerk submitted the report of
the Auditor, Mr.. ]. A. Baker, accom-
panying which was copy Of an order
surcharging members of the Council,
in connection with the expenditure in
CURED in having Irish street-name
plates erected in certain streets of the
town-payment for which was disal-
lowed by the Auditor. The members
so surcharged,. three in number, de-
clared that they would resist the
charges made on them. Eventually,
on the motion of Mr. Collins, seconded
by Mr.. Murphy, resolution was
passed requesting Mr.. Cogan, M. p,
to ask a question on the matter in the
House of Commons.
Wexford.