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for North Kings County in room of
the late Mr.. Haviland Burke. Patrick
Adams, c. c., Tullamore; E. ]. Ora
ham, G. c., Blue Bell Kings Co.; P.
j. Birmingham, C. c., Ballycommon,
Tullamore, were nominated, and Mr.,
Adams was selected.
Kildare.
On the motion of Joseph O'Connor,
seconded by John Healy, J. p, Kill.
dare County Council passed a resolu.
ton appealing to all classes to rally
to the support OF the Kildare Hunt
Club In the altered state of it's flnan-
ces, and thus prevent its break up.
which, 1t was urged, would be nothing
less than calamity to breeders of
stock, to the farmers, and to the sport.
ing element in the county.
At the Church of Our Lady of Vic.
tories. South Kensington, London, by
Rev. F. P. A. Macirone, Lieutenant A.
II. Brain, A. s. c., formerly Kings
own (4th Royal Lancashire Regi-
ment). son of Colonel List Brain and
Mrs. List Brain. Highfeld, Ryde, Isle
OF Wight, was married to Nan, daugh.
ter OF James, Magrath, Mariaville,
Maynooth. -
The death has taken place of F. M.
Gray, Mas. Mr.. Gray for many wears
past has been member of the sport.
ing stats of Irish newspapers and
also has acted as Curah correspond.
ent for many papers.
Longford.
Joseph Mulryan, Lisnageeragh,
EdgeWorthstown, has resigned his
membership of the Granard No. I Dis.
trict Council.
q. A. Duffy, ]. P, has been umani.
mously elected temporary chairman Of
the Louth County Council during the
absence of VIM. A. Doran, J. p, with
the British forces at the front.
The Louth County Council has
passed resolution of regret at the
retirement from the managership of
the Hibernian Bank at Dundalk and
Crossmagier of j. j. Flynn, J.P.
On the motion of Mr.. Johnson, sec.
onded by Mr.. Kerley, the Dundalk
Harbor Commissioners co.opted Har-
ry Brown, member of the Board
Leitrim.
A marriage ceremony was solemn
lied at st. Mary's, Carrick-on-S Shannon.
the contracting parties being James
McGreevy and Miss May Keenan,, Car
rick-on-Shannon. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Father Newman,
C. C.
At the hospital, Carrick-on-Shannon,
the death occurred of Malachy, second
son of the late Patrick Byrne, mer-
chant Hillstreet. County Roscommon.
In the land judges court in Dublin,
in the matter of the estate of Florence
H. Parke and others, Mr.. Blood, X. c.,
applied on behalf of the solicitors
having carriage for an order accepting
an offer of the estates commissioners
to purchase the lands, which contain
2S5 acres, for e2,21S. Justice Ross
made the order sought.
The death is announced of Mark P.
McDermott. EMacnadille, Carrick-on.
Shannon. The deceased belonged to
fine old Roscommon family, and was
one of the most extensive land own.
ers in Roscommon county.
Limerick.
A hay store belonging to Mr.. Foley,
Limerick, has been totally destroyed
by fire, which also considerably dam.
aged the premises at the rear of Mrs.
Toomey's mineral water works.
T. Freeman, postmaster, Kilmallock,
has been transferred on promotion to
Birr.
The Limerick City Regiment I. N.
Volunteers has organized a cavalry
corps.
A number of Belgian refugees, who
have arrived at Glenstal, have been
provided with cottages in the park by
Sir c. Darlington. Twenty-one wound
ed British soldiers, who were treated
in Barrington's hospital have returned
to their regimental depots.
The death occurred recently Of
David O'Shaughnessy, draper and auc-
tioneer, Rathkea1e. The deceased was
father of P. ]. O'Shaughnessy, M. P.
and Of w. O'shaughnessy, clerk of the
Limerick asylum committee.
That girls dislike to feed pigs was
one of the reasons for the decline in
the number of these animals in the
country given by P. Walsh, Cappa-
more, before the Limerick sitting of
the inquiry into the pig-breeding in
dustry.
=: Meath.
A serious accident occurred at Rob-
instown Cross, when a pony driven by
Peter Wilkinson, Kilmessan, fright
ened by motorcycle ridden by DR..
Ryan, Navah, ran into the ditch, the