The Irish standard., 1905-08-12
FROM IRELAND
Armagh.
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Armagh.
IN Portadown on July 18th, Coroner
Atkinson held an inquest on the body
OF local dealer, named David Quinn,
aged SO, who had died from the effects
OF poison. On the previous Friday
morning, deceased purchased an
ounce of laudanum in a local chem
lists shop, which he afterwards took
IN a quantity of whiskey. He was re-
moved to the Union hospital, where
he subsequently died. The jury found
that deceased committed suicide while
temporarily insane.
Antrim.
Twelfth of July fatalities have been
numerous this year. A dispatch, dated
Belfast, July Is, says:-While an
Orange procession was, yesterday
evening, returning from Strabane,
Robert Smith, farmer, was seen to tot
ter and fall from the ranks. He was
removed to a house on the roadside,
where doctor, hastily summoned,
pronounced life extinct A man named
Quinn, while proceeding to an Orange
demonstration near Bangor, yester-
day, also suddenly expired on the
roadside. The death in each instance
is attributed to the heat. At Cole
raine, a young Orangeman named
Samuel Henry was killed by a pass
ing train. He was from Castleroe.
Glare.
On July 14th, the interment took
place at the Convent of Mercy, Ennis
of a venerable member of the coin.
munity, Sister Mary de Sales Mac
Mahon. The deceased was in her
6Sth year, and in the 45tE year OF her
religious profession.
Cork.
On July 18th Mr.. John O'Connor, ].
p, Carrigrohane, visited Edward Muir.
I.hy, the only Watergrasshill defender
now remaining in prison and found
him in good health and spirits.
The Commission Assize, for the
county Cork, was opened on July 14th,
in the County Courthouse, by Justice
Kenny, who was accompanied into
court by the County High Sheriff, Mr..
E. Pike. Justice Holmes was engaged
in the City Courthouse throughout the
day, hearing appeals from the West
Riding.
In the house of Commons on July
11th, Secretary Mr.. Long, in reply to
Mr.. Abraham, said an application for
reinstatement to his former holding
had been received from Thomas
O'Keeffe, an evicted tenant on the
Wallis estate, Curriglas, Gonna, coun-
ty Cork, and the Commissioners would
consider the application if the estate
came before him.
Carlow.
At the Coroner's inquest on the
body of James Kelly, who died from
the effects of injuries received at at
football match at Bagnalstown on July
16, the jury having found the cause Of
death, added rider stating that, ow.
ing to the scandals that occurred in
connection with large football
matches, they should cease, especially
on Sundays. The deceased was only
21 years of age. Thomas Hayden, a
young married man, residing in Car.
low, has been remanded, charged with
having caused Kelly grievous bodily
injury.
Derry.
On July 10Th, Justice Gibson opened
the Assize Commission for County
Derry, and, in addressing the Grand
Jury commented on the recurrence of
party feeling in the Magherafelt dis
trict, deploring that better under.
standing could not be made to prevail,
and urged all to unite in cordiality
and friendship for the interests Of
their country and their native land.
The day was occupied in the trial of
Patrick Hasson, indicted for the mur-
der of his mother, Catherine Hasson,
at Swateragh on the 7th of June
Donegal.
Justice Andrews, in opening the
Assizes for Donegal, on July 18th, said
the three cases that came before him
did not appear to have any general
significance, and in no way detracted
from the peaceable condition of the
county.
William James Glenn, farmer,
Meenvalley, near Stranolar, pleaded
not guilty to an indictment charging
him with assaulting Robert McCready
and Neil Burn on the 14th of February
last. The jury acquitted the prisoner.
Down.
On the morning of July 18th, the
dead body of man named Bernard
McGrath, of Grove Hill, Edenderry,
Banbridge, as found floating in a dam
adjoining the Brookfeld Weaving
factory. The deceased, who was a
farmer, about Sc years Of age, had
been missing from his residence since
the morning of the 18th. At the in
quest, his wife said that the deceased
had been eccentric in his habits lately
and had been in the asylum about
twenty-four years ago. The jury re-