The Irish standard., 1912-11-16
| XNEWS FROM IREL ANDi
Armagh.

Clontygora touching the death Of Jo-
seph McNamee, a farmer sixty years
of age, who died the previous day as
the result of injuries received on Oc-
tober 10 through falling over the side
of his cart when proceeding home
from Newry.
Antrim.
A cottage occupied by James Getty
at Belfast Castle demense was de-
stroyed by fire on the afternoon Of
October 5.
The death took place at Ballycastle
on october 10 of Alexander McAlis-
ter, grocer and hardware merchant
who had for many years been Clerk
of Petty Sessions.
Cavan.
ants, at an early hour on October Z,
carried out the eviction OF Mrs. Mary
r. Reynolds, Main street, Bawnboy,
for non-payment OF rent due to the
representatives of the late Col. Betty
for a small farm of land in townland
of Kilsob and a house and premises
thereon. Mrs. Reynolds offered a
substantial sum to the agent in the
hope of effecting a settlement, but it
was declined.
Clare.
The Very Rev. DIR. Hogan, Vice
President, who has been elected Presi-
dent of Maynooth College, is a native
of the Diocese of Killaloe. His &C.
clesiastical studies were made in the
famous College of San Sulpice, where
his course was an extremely brilliant
one. For nearly twenty years he has
now been connected with the Narlonal
College of Ireland, as Professor of
Modern Languages and later as Vice
President. He Is perhaps the ublest
as a writer of clear and graceful Eng
lish is we'll known to all who are read
ers Of the Irish Ecclesiastical Rec
ord" of which he has been editor
since 1894. when DR.. Browne. the then
President of the College, was pro-
NOTED to the episcopal charge of the
Diocese of Cloyne.
Cork.
The death occurred on October Is
at his residence. Patrick's Hill. Cork,
of DR.. Thomas Moriarty, who had for
the past thirty years acted as doctor
to Cork Male Prisons. He WAS a
member of a distinguished Limerick
family.
A shocking threshing machine acct
dent occurred at Ballygarrett, about
two miles from Mallow on October 16,
by which farmer named Patrick
Lane lost his life. 1t would appear
that while feeding the thresher he ac-
cidentally slipped into the drum, and
was so badly mangled that he died
shortly after.
Derry.
Opening Derry City Crown Sessions
on October IA Judge Todd said only
three ordinary cases We're listed since
the last quarter, and he congratulated
the Grand Jury on the fact.
Down.
Sister Mary Bernard Maloney has
been appointed to the nursing staff in
Newry Union hospital.
The late Very Rev. Hugh Mayor
rian, P. p, v. F., Ballyphilip, Porta-
ferry, by his will dated May 4, 1912,
left e200 towards the building Of the
new schools which testator was hav-
ing erected in Portaferry. The rest
Of his estate to be applied to charit-
able objects.
Dublin.
A little girl named Mary O'Byrne,
aged nine years, while going upstairs
to her bedroom at "a North Leinster
street. Dublin, with a lighted candle
in her hand, let the candle fall. The
flame ignited her pinafore and al
though lodger extinguished the
blaze she died from the effects of the
shocking burns she received.
A fatal motor accident occurred on
October 10, between Palmerston and
Chapelizod, when motor car, the
property of H. w. Young, Inchlcore,
ran into two men named Shannon and
O'Driscoll, injuring both seriously.
The injured men were taken to Stee-
ven's Hospital, where a few minutes
after admission Shannon died. Young
was driving the car.
Cd Fermanaqh.
The death has taken place of DR..
Clarke, well known and esteemed
physician resident at Tempo, Ferlnan-
ash.