The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-11-21

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Derry.
At meeting of the committee of
management of Derry lunatic asylum
the resident medical superintendent,
DR.. C. e. Hethington, reported that
the number of patients in the asylum
was 562, as compared with 554 at the
same date last year. DR.. Patterson,
who resigned his position as senior
assistant medical officer on the 9Th
inst, has been succeeded by DR.. Wat
son.
The sudden death is announced of
Alexander Mcbride, one of the prom
inent business men of Portstewart,
who was candidate for seat on the
new board of town commissioners.
The death has occurred at Derry of
John Goligher, ]. P, who was asso-
ciated with the textile trade.
Donegal.
The new church, Bruckless, County
Donegal, of Celtic Romanesque style,
Is 97h feet long, and across the tran.
septs, 541A feet WIDE There is seat
ing capacity for 700 persons, 40 Of
whom can be accommodated in the
large gallery which occupies the west
end of the nave. The principal en-
trance is from the west end by an
imposing porch with moulded arch
supported on pillars having moulded
caps and bases. The roof is con-
structed of Columbian red pine prin.
cipals with curved ribs, and the CELL
ing is finished with fiber plaster d.
vided into panels with heavy pine
mouldings. In the sanctuary are three
affairs of richly carved marbles. The
floor of the church is of wood laid on
concrete bed in mastic, and the ves-
tibules and entrances are tiled. Ma.
sorry and concrete were the principal
materials used in the construction of
this building, and the walls were
treated externally in cement. New
entrance gates of ornamental wrought
iron work and moulded concrete piers
have been erected. Michael Sweeney,
builder, Strand, Derry, carried out the
whole of the works in the erection
and furnishing of the church, and Ed
ward ]. Toys, Derry, was the archi-
tect.
Dublin.
Liberty Hail." the headquarters of
the Irish Transport Workers union,
together with eight houses on Eden
quay. has been purchased by James
Larkin on behalf of that organization
for the sum of $500, which was paid
in cash. The lessee's interest has an
unexpired term of 800 years.
Fermanagh.
On October II the spade factory
and mills Of James Mcmahon, J.. p,
at Shamrock, Roslea, County Ferma-
nagh. were destroyed by fire. It is
understood the damage is covered by
insurance.
The death is announced, October rs,
of Rev. P. Owens, G. c., Backlog.
Three thousand British troops will
be quartered in Enniskillen this win.
ter, and will include the 4th Reserve
Battalion Inniskillings and the 18th
GU. V. F.) Inniskillings. The U. v. F.
Dragons Qnniskillings) will probably
be transferred from Enniskillen to
Belturbet.
Galway.
The late P. ]. Foley, ex-M. P. for
Connemara, left estate of the gross
value of 9194,330. He left his prem
ises in Fernwood avenue. Streatham,
London, S. W., to his daughters, Mary
Baron and Agnes Esther Foley; his
residence, The Grange, Levisham
Park, S. e., to his wife; and, after
subsidiary requests, the residue Of the
estate he left as to one-third upon
trust for his wife for life, with re-
mainder to his step-daughter and his
four children in equal shares; one
third upon trust for his sons. Pat
rick, James and Edward G. Foley;
and one-third upon trust for his daugh-
ters.
Kings.
In TullamOre on October "a Alloy
sius Brennan who had been remanded
at the previous sessions in $50 bail,
was sentenced by the local bench of
magistrates, w. Callan, r. NJ, pre-
siding, to months Imprisonment
with hard labor increased to five
weeks to permit of an appeal, for
tearing down a British army recruit
ing poster. r. T. Barry, crown so.
licitor, said If the offense had been
committed in any other country the
accused would have found himself
with his back against wall with
bandage over his eyes facing a firing
party.
A largely attended meeting was held
on the Lord Digby estate, Kings
county, to further the movement to
have the untenanted land on it pur-
chased by the estates commissioners,
and divided among the uneconomic
landholders on the estate. Rev. s.
Mcdonald, G. c., presided, and among
those present were M. Reddy, p. J..
Meehan and w. Delany, M. Ps.