The Irish standard., 1910-06-25
Armagh.


named Leeman, messenger, in the
employment of Messrs. Johnston and
Annesley, merchants, by discharging
gun at him. Leeman's injuries are
X: not considered serious.
Antrim.
3 A sad drowning accident occurred
y in Larne Tough on the evening of the
25th inst, when man named VIM.
- Darragh, "a years of age, fell from the
:. side of the steamer Dunaira of Glas-
:. gov. A life belt was thrown out, but
Y. he missed it, and again sank. The
= vessel was turned around and when
+ belt was thrown, which he also missed.
?. He then sank, and was not noticed
to rise again. Although search has
been made for the body, it has not
- yet been recovered.
y Cork.
So At a meeting of the Cork Corpora
s. ton, Mr.. w. r. McMullen was elected
e Harbor Commissioner in succession ;o
the late Mr.. Murphy, defeating Mr..
Attridge by 20 votes to IA.
a. Clare.
Z Mr.. P. j. Webb, commercial instruc-
tor in County Clare, has been APP
z pointed commercial instructor by the
= Waterford Technical Institute, subject
to the approval of the Department.
Donegal.
- At a meeting of the Joint Committee
i, OF the Donegal Railways Mr.. Fl.
Forbes of the Great Northern Railway
y company, Ireland, was appointed Sec
rotary and traffic superintendent.
q Mr.. John O'Donnell, j. p, at a spc-
cial court at Bundoran, has remanded
+, Pat McGovern, Drumdutf, on the
- charge of numbering a man named
70 Gilmartin at Drumduff Bridge.
= Down.
i" The appointment to the magistracy
. for the Balynahinch district of Mr..
Peter Mcmillan, Sevaghan, Lough-
linsland. has given much satisfaction
II locally. brother of the late Father
u Mcmillan, p. p, Balymena, he is
~ vice chairman of the Downpatrcll
"a Guardians, being one Of the oldest
members of the hoard.
Dublin.
Mr.. NJ. NJ. Davitt, son of the late
Michael Davltt, who has had a distn-
gished course in University, Dublin,
has been elected auditor of the Uni
versity College Literary and Histori-
cal Society. He obtained the society's
good medal for oratory this year. the
: silver medal going to Mr. r. A. Ro-
" nayne.
Kildare.
a A general meeting of the Maynooth
= Onion will be held on Wednesday,
. June %. After High Mass in the Col
V lege Chapel the general meeting will
be held in the Mcmahon hail. His
= Eminence Cardinal Logue will pre-
side. The paper to be read will be
on the clergy and Irish historical
b studies by Rev. J. McCaffrey. May
Il ings will be held, the first in the Nc
- Mahon hall at which His Eminence
Cardinal Logue will preside.
Kilkenny.
The Order of Priesthood was con-
!, ferred on the following students Of
~ ST Kieran's College, Kilkenny. in ST
Mary's Cathedral. Kilkenny, recently,
" by the Most Rev. DR.. Brownrigg,
( Bishop of ossory; Rev. r. Green, Os-
Y sorry; Rev. Claude Warren, Leeds
e Rev. Cornelius Hartnett. Rev. Patrick
Dore, Rev. Daniel Cronin, Wellington,
!. New Zealand: Rev. Peter Bennett, San
!, Francisco; Rev. William O'Donnell,
b. Hexham and Newcastle; Rev. Michael
~ Brady, Adelaide, Australia; Rev. Pat
VI rick Hackett, Lismore Rev. Ignatius
g Collins, 0. S. F. c.; Rev. Coleman
r Griffin, o. S. r. c.; Rev. Cyril O'Sul-
i, Ivan, o. S. F. c.
n Kings County.
A very enthusiastic public meeting
~ of the United Irish League was held
at Ballycumber. Kings Coun-
ty. Mr.. J. Kelly presided. A stirring
4 address was delivered by Mr.. Michael
!, Reddy, M. p. A letter of apology for
~, absence was received from MI De-
!. laney, M. P. In the course of his ad-
Il. dress. Mr.. Reddy denounced the
Il Messrs Goodbody, the tobacconists,
who hold five miles of grass lands in
81 the neighborhood they will not sur
render.
Kerry.
At a meeting of the Munster Pro-
y vincial Council of the Association of
Ia Secondary Teachers in Ireland vote
So Of thanks was passed by Mr.. T. O'Don-
~ nell, M. p, for his efforts to improve