The Irish standard., 1908-01-18
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NEWS FROM lRELAND (!
Antrim.

Il Joseph Joy Magee, who is now in his
18th year, and has had an eventful ca
ssssSreer, the greater part of which was
spent in the police service of the Har-
Dor. Commissioners. Belfast has
Grown to large proportions since he
gs first knew it. There was then no docks
In the Co. Down side of the river, and
|. the hubs of the port were two docks,
zone of which was known as Limekiln
81 Dock, and both situated on the site of
/ what are now known as Albert Square
I and Queens Square.
VIZ Armagh.
ti$ In circumstances unusually pathetic
= q young farmer named McQuade was
recently conveyed to Armagh Lunatic
IL Asylum. A month ago he and four
other members of the family slept in
a chimneyless room containing burn
ing COKE near Ready. In the morning
er inmates being unconscious. few
/ days later the father and younger
LAX brother died from the effects of the
y poisonous fumes The occurrence prey
I s fused all food, eventually becoming in
FL sane
Carlow.
NH At the recent quarterly meeting OF
the Carlow County Council Mr. Walter
n McMurrough Kavanagh, D. L., chair
man. presiding on the motion of Mr..
Patrick Kelly. ]. p, seconded by Mr..
&a1gnatius Kelly. Mr.. Peter Byrne, of
Carlow. was unanimously
4 elected Returning Officer for the coun-
j ty.
r. Patrick Soden. father of the Rev.
# Patrick Soden, rector Of killesher.
Fermanagh, died at Crosskeys, Dec.
10, at the age of So.
NJ Clare.
Mr.. Francis OConnor, C. E., a wide
~ known architect, died at Ennis on
Dec. 16.
Lord Inchiqun has lodged claim
4 for e so for the malicious damage to
the dam at Skelanagh. Denis Nee
han, the occupier, claims 6 so for food
ing and hay destroyed, and Mrs. Mary
Frawley claims ga for the loss of
y sheep.
Miss Kitty Ryan. daughter of Mr.
T. Ryan. Kilrush. a young lady we'll
known on the concert platform in
Glare, Limerick and Kerry. now a stu
dent at the Loretto College, Dublin,
I has just won scholarship for a sec
ond time. thus emitting her to an adj
ditional twelve months course.
Cork.
Mr.. A. Roche NJ. P, iii his position
as Visiting Justice. on visiting Mrs
Bridget Murphy. recently. a bail pris-
oner undergoing months imprison-
y ment in the Cork Jail in connection
+ with Il cattle driving prosecution.
found that she was attired in the garb
of a common criminal, and at once no.
titled the Chief Secretary Of the fact
An immediate order for her release
was sent from Dublin Castle
On tho night of Dec. 10. picture
postal card factory on Maylor ST..
+ Cork. was destroyed by fire.
Donegal.
A girl named Mary Ntzhugh,, of Fin
tona, has been returned for trial,
charged with having by false pretens-
es obtained money and orders for board
and lodgings from clergy.
Early OH Dec. IS. a fire broke out
in a house occupied by three families
named Harvey, Doherty and Cannon,
+ in Malin Road, Moville. All the famil-
les were Obliged to make good their
Il escape i'm their night attire. The low
ser part of the premises was Quilted.
{ while Doherty and Cannon lost most of
gttheir household effects.
Down.
~ While Mr.. William ellison, J. p, and
y his two sons were working at steam
threshing machine on Dec. 10. at Mon
Tough. the boiler burst, and all three
i We're terribly injured. The elder man
5sSdied after removal to the hospital.
~ The death has occurred at Mel
Il bourne, Aus. of the Rev. P. O'Flynn.
& s. j., the Oldest priest in Victoria. in
Il his Seth year. Father O'Flynn was a
4 native of Newry. and had spent IS
i years in Hawthorn, Melbourne, where
previous to his illness he took an ac-
Il tive part in the administration of the
spartsh. Previous to going to Austral-
Eta Father O'Flynn was on the mission
4 In California.
Dublin.
s The fortnightly meeting of the Dub
lin Branch of the United Irish League
q was held on Dec. Is. in the offices of
1.-THE United Irish League, Upper Con-
x nell Street Dublin Dr n coefa,,