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Show CITY OF DUBLIN. (Dublin Weekly Freeman. Sept. 23.) King Edward has presented two lion cubs from Nigeria to the Dublin Zoo. -4- The directors of the . DubUn and Kingstown Railway company recommend recom-mend a dividend of TVs per cent for the current half year. 4 The death is announced -of the Rev. Father Arnoux,. O.M.I., Inchicore. who was born in the year 1825. In 1S58 he was superior at Inchicore. . On Tuesday, a child aged one year and nine months was drowned at its residence in Lower Rutland street by falling into a tub' which- contained water. ' .... v.: The price of milk i? to bs raised in the city to 4d. per quart, on and after October 1, in consequence of the dry summer and the high price of feeding stuffs. On Saturday three children" "named Maher sustained severe shock by the roof of their residence, No. 10 Mary's Abbey, collapsing in fact, they had miraculous escape of being done to death.-. f On Tuesday night a youth named Edward Ed-ward Delaney made a determined attempt at-tempt to -commit suicide by cutting his throat In Stafford street. Jealousy appears ap-pears to have been. the , cause of the desperate act. A dinner and presentation, to Mr. James Collins took place on Wednesday Wednes-day In the North Star hotel to celebrate what is practically his silver jubilee with the Royal Liver Friendly society. There was a large assembly, and the proceedings were most enthusiastic. On Thursday the sixteenth meeting of the National Directory was held in the United Irish League offices, O'Con-nell O'Con-nell street. ' Mr. -J. E. Redmond, M.P., presided. A series of important resolutions resolu-tions dealing with vital matters of public pub-lic policy were carried unanimously. . On' Monday th're r-was , opened' at Lfcinster hall. Mblesworlh street, a very interesting exhibition of pictures -..rv ' " - of "Life in the West of Ireland," by Mr. Jack B. Yates. There are close on fifty. sketches, and all are exceedingly well deserving of attention. ' . -4 On Suhday -evening; Mr. James Moore, aged 45 years, 'manager and part proprietor pro-prietor of the X. L. laundry. Dolphin's-Barn, Dolphin's-Barn, was found drowned in tn; mail race of the works. ' At an iqUest hekl on Monday afternoon in the morgue on the body of the deceased a verdict of found drowned was leturned. On Saturday a verdict $f death from cardiac syncope was returned as the result of "an inquest held in Mercer's hospital on a cyclist named Wilson who fell ofT his machine and immediately expired while riding through College Green on Friday. The meeting of the Irish parly was held on Friday at the Mansion House. Resolutions were" adopted dealing with the party pledge and the support of the Irish race abroad. A further resolution resolu-tion placed on record the deep sense of the loss the Irish cause had sustained by the death of General P. A. Collins. On Friday afternoon in the drawing room of he Mansion House a presentation presenta-tion of a silver centre piece of Celtic design was made to Mr. and Mrs. John Redmond by his colleagues of the Irisn party. The spokesman on the occasion was Captain Donelan, and Mr. Redmond Red-mond responded on his own behalf and on the part of Mrs. Redmond. On a requisition forwarded to the lord mayor by Councillor P. T Daly, and signed by twenty-five members, a special meeting of the corporation will be held on Monday at 1 o'clock for the ; purpose of considering' a motion to rescind the decision arrived at recently to increase his lordship's salary far the year by restoring it to its former figure. ' , On Thursday a complimentary dinner was given in the Gresham hotel to Mr. John Redmond, M.P., by the members of the Irish. Parliamentary party and of the National Directory. Sir Thomas Grattan Esmonde, M.P., presided. Mr. Redmond's health was proposed by Mr. John Dillon, and the guest of the evening even-ing responded, and referred to the political situation. , f At a special meeting of the 'Dublin' corporation on Wednesday, the reports of the cleansing committee -recommending that refuse of the city should be conveyed in the first instance to a depot in Gloucester street, and thence removed re-moved by wagons over the tramway system at night, and that house and other refuse should be conveyed direct to the destructor lit Stanley street, j were adopted. " The council also decided to apply for a loan of 42,000 to complete com-plete the entire system of main drainage drain-age for the old city, and to adopt the report of the lighting committee recommending re-commending the acceptance of tender for the work of -extension of plant in connection with the electricity undertaking. |