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Show I j latest Wish 8?e w$, ? I Antrim. t ,n an fiipine room at the Queen's S , , " (i Hi'lfast. William Brown, 53 I ar' 'old. of Everton street, Beifast, I t Vi'h an accident by a. fall and J "'l.-ined fractured ribs and contusions I f !"' !" ra--k. He was removed in the ! Imbulanctf to the Royal hospital. I additional information of a sensa- I ti'nai character connected, with the 1 ,tath of tne nvo men Aaron Magill - n-id Jamfs Cheeney, is now fortheom- lrj The circumstances connected 1 1 TviTh thp ad tragedy, which is one of I I the 1,1051 KpnFallonal that has ever i I taken jlH-e in the district, seem such I I Hs tn hall the ingenuity of tn police. I I The rress aPxiation is officially in-II in-II formed 1ne honorable secretary of f thf. (inind Orange lodge of Belfast If t,;,t Colon. d Saunderson, M. P., has t-nJen-d nis resignation as grand masr I f 1fT. His tsucoessor will probably '. be I I a,- minted at the next meeting of the f ir.d'po- The resignation is alleged ' to 1. du" to the attitude of a large num- of tli brethren at the South Bel- . fjvt election. Armagh. J allies McKvoy of Ballinamoney, a vavr about .r0 years old, was run J ov.t.Iiv a train and killed near his home recently. - . . Mrs. Margaret McAnallen Corr, who j tiad attained the age of 100 years, died ai the Mandeville Arms, Portadown, on per. 2.'! and was buried in Tullysarron , I'hristmas day. Mrs. Corr. who (v;is born on Christmas eve, 1S02, pos-I pos-I ii-ssed a remarkable memory up to her I death. Chi1. 'W. The Carlow m,; trates committed to the Asszeis T. '"tal Bridget Brennan, SI years old. who shot her mother and iht-n attempted suicide on Dec. 12. The 1 piil had been confined for some time in the lunatic asylum, but three years ago was taken home by her mother, ! contrary to the advice of the medical superintendent. The prisoner did not I seem to realize ! ?r position. Cavan, Matthew Gillick, of Termon, near Virginia, was returned for trial on the 2"th ult. for killing Henry Owens of Curraden, at Corratinner. Clare. Mrs. Catherine Hogan of Lakeview, forofin. died on the 24th ult. She was the widow of Timothy Hogan and was SO years old. Daniel McNamara of Kilkishen has lodged a claim for 60 compensation for the malicious burning of about twenty tons of hay. The act is widely condemned, as Mr. McNamara is much respected. j Cork. I In th magistrate's room of the Cork I police court, before Mr. A. G. "W. Har- I rell, R. M.. Andrew Moore, the man who stands charged with the willful J murder of the Rev. Mr. Bell, at Kil- I meen. on Nov. 1 last, was again put ji forward, and on the application of Dis- I j trict Inspector Gordon. Dunmanway, I s he was further remanded to Ballineen I I petty sessions. I A meeting of the executive eommit- !tee of the Greater Cork International exhibition. 1903, was held at the Municipal Mu-nicipal buildings. The lord mayor, who presdedi. said that they should that day fix on the date on which they would open this year's exhibition, and it was unanimously decided to fix r AVhit Monday, June 1. for the opening I; to take place. Alderman Phair and J Mr. Henry L. Tivy. J. P., were ap- ! pointed treasurers to the new asso-I asso-I ciatioiu : : . . IAt the weekly meeting of the Cork Guardians, the chairman. Alderman O'Connor, drew attention to the increased in-creased number of inmates in the , house, the total of the inmates now reaching 2.600, which was unprecedented. unprece-dented. Mr. Fitzgerald said there was n great dearth of employment in Cork, j The master said there were fifty-three ; tramps since the last board day, and there had been four tons of stone brok-; brok-; en He had to turn away 150 tramps recently. It was ordered that a strict ye be kept on admissions for the fu- i ture- Derry. I At a meeting of the South ward, I I rerry. Nationalist electors, held on ; ')pf- 30, th following vere nominated for 'he forthcoming municipal election: James K. O'Doherty, as alderman, and ; Nal McCarron and William J. Smith, ; as councilors. I Donegal. Through the exeitions of Canon alker, an evening school for young men has been started at Burtonport National school, under the management manage-ment and tuition of John Doherty, a national teacher. Down. Mi the 27th ult., in the John street "all. I)ownpatri-k, John Denbir, J. P., M'-sidine:. Henry McGrath, county council,. i- f,,r the Downpatrick division, was presented with 220 by his Nationalist, Na-tionalist, friends in recognition of his fc'-rvicc-??. Dublin. A f-pecial meeting of the public health committee was held at the city hall, und. r the presidency of the lord maynv to consider the situation created cre-ated by the discovery of another case smallpox in Dublin. . ' j . I , ' ls ''tare the Archbishop of Dublin I has inad. the following parochial ap- J'" :.;nr:-nts: Rev. Terrence O'Donnell, i '"'""ss"r H.,y Cross college, Clonliffe. To . parish priest of Fairview; Rev. ''-I Fennelly. c. C. Blanchards-"Aii. Blanchards-"Aii. to be parish priest at Blaneh- 1 honorable recorder, Sir Freder-j Freder-j K Fa kiner, sat in the court house, :'I'''et, and proceeded with the i iai ,,i prisoners. James CorJett, alias "h. was indicted for having on '' ' ' and on other dates falsely rep-.r..:UfJ rep-.r..:UfJ 1 "'"T-lf as a Catholic clergy-' clergy-' ! and by such false representation i i;a.,r. t Maria Brett, that he was be-" be-" i-':ng to the Dominican order, ob- ' 'o money from her. He was also "i.-d with obtaining by similar mis-.r.-s..r,tations to Michael Henry, '"n.-y an, lodgings. The prisoner had w"?'', th;,t his name was Father of Philadelphia. The prisoner, o spoke with an American accent, o''d",f"i R'"ilty and said: "I came ir,.,'! 1;, r; fri,m America last July, hav- - at thr- time a good position, and I -o iv uh me f i.ooo. all of which I: u , V drink-" The recorder said he n,''"1 '"' f-'hid if he could send the prls-bro',.-)"11' "f lhe f'ountry again. If vr.-v UI' aPain he would receive a w ni rVn:P Sf'nten-':'. but at present he In . ,' ' him off with two months' ba'u !i"R,nf'nl' and he could then ' America in the spring. T) Fermanagh. tlio'1r,?la '"ara has resigned from on dl5;rict council of Lisnakea n "-eunt of ill health. ti'i:alu",hUR!a!8tic mettIne of the Na-!v Na-!v "f the parish of Derrygonnel- Wal i on Jan- 1 t0 organize the Wrup ?unch of the United Irish 1-repjdpj he Hev- p- Hackett, curate, 'he pn?' t?1 amonS those present were ArneY- ' Eu?n McMahon, pastor of ' Jponneiu. 7 McGrath- curat? Der-Jrhn Der-Jrhn ,. ; Jpremiah. Jordan, M. P.: arrol!. county councilor; K. M. bot?roafVahrd'man f the "a.ke Addressee v anS and J' C- Leonard. Mahon Mr ?nmade by ?ather Mc-The Mc-The organize nrnan and Mr' Flana?a". llshed. 10n was firmly re-estab- i Galway. de?dh'frd J Lee-f Galway, whose durnV?hrna0rliUanCed laSt year Vw kP amentary contest last CotonJ ? h ;esulted 3n the return of "eipers of William Redmond, M. P. He In nnfm S?m-e years a Prominent figure served alrcles ln his native city He anL0n,the urban district council fimePvW b0ard and was at one . was ! fhairman of the latter. He i IrfihLiaweVe member. o the d I Kerry. zin'm 'Sul";M- a prominent ti-Kildare. ti-Kildare. recen?lvUdden dlaths OC(lu'-red in Naas ahet I' nA afherwoman named Eliz- on fhf nn ed SUdden,y on Dec- 29- a"d er S SV'nay an army Pension- guadd?rrtriwiing-was - - Kilkenny. S dled n Jan' 2' He was SrtesN in tL Pu,ar and Partiotic I hu !!f ". he dl0cese of Ossory, and his appointment some years ago to the pastorate of Ballyhale was hailed in Kelkenny with delight. Father TValS as the preSIdent of the Ballyhe branch of the United Irish League. King's County. At a special court of petty sessions 1 ,:l:comt nouse before t n! ? ,J- Woulfe Flannagan, R. M in the chair, and Samuel R. Kerr, J. p teeter Berminehnm a r,ii.i j n' K . ' """c-ascu mail rlJ Jfarming class- was charged on remand with the wilful murder of his rather, Patrick Bermingham. an old Suaeed 86 years' by kicking, him to fitn Jl ? ,?iri;stnias day at their residence, resi-dence, Ballybrien, a lonely country district dis-trict 'between PhHipstown' and Eden-aerry. Eden-aerry. The court sat until a late hour and concluded the taking of depositions. deposi-tions. The defense was reserved, and tne prisoner was returned for trial on the capital charge to the spring assizes. as-sizes. Leitrim. At a meeting of the Arigna branch of the Lnited Irish League, held on Dec. -1. J. Keavney, J. p., presiding, over 150 members were enrolled. ; At the petty sessions, held in Ballina-more Ballina-more on the 20th ult.. a young man named Peter McCartan prosecuted his mother, Mrs. Bridget McCartan, for assaulting as-saulting him with a tongs. The magistrates magis-trates adjourned the case for six weeks to see how defendant would conduct herself in the meantime. limerick. Rev. Thomas Mulqueen, curate for the last, seventeen years in Colock, w as called to his reward recently. He was a native of County Limerick, and was in his forty-ninth year. - Mr. Timothy Flanagan. J. p., chairman chair-man of the Corofin district council, a cqercion prisoner, who was removed from Limerick prison suffering from typhoid fever, and subsequently ' put into the lunatic asylum, was discharged today. , "News lias reached Lfmerick 'bf the death at his residence. Tower Cressy, Camden Hill, London, of Mr. William Materson, chairman of the well known bacon curing firm of Messrs. J. Matter-son Matter-son & Sons, Ltd. The deceased, who had reached his 71st year, was elder brother of Mr. Jaseph Matterson. J. P., and fourth son of Mr. Joseph Matter- uu, wno semea in Ireland in 1S20 and founded the bacon curing business. He was chairman of the provision trade section of the London chamber of commerce. com-merce. Longford. A concert in aid of the Presbytery fund was held in the schools of St. Joseph's Convent of Mercy. Longford, on the 29th ult. Rev. P. Dolan, Adm., is to be congratulated on the success which attended this annual concert organized or-ganized by him. Louth. The Dundalk branch of the United Irish League on the 2Sth ult. chose these officers: James McCourt, president; presi-dent; T. S. Murphy, vice president; Patrick Hughes, treasurer; James Hughes, secretary. President McCourt held the same office last year. He is a member of the county council. Mr. Murphy is a poor law guardian. James Hughes served as secretary last year. During 1902 325 members were enrolled in the branch. Mayo. The death occurred on the 27th ult.. at Turlough Park, Castlebar, of one of the j oldest magistrates and deputy lieuten-. lieuten-. ants of the county, C. L. Fitzgerald. He was one of the descendants of the ancient line of the Fighting Fitzger-alds, Fitzger-alds, and was very popular. Relieving Officer Higgins on Dec. 31 was served "with notices for eviction, at the suit of Lord De Freye, in the cases of Charles Gordon of Cloonaraugh, John Keenan, sr., and John Keenan, jr., both of Kilgariff. The number now under notice of eviction on the Murphy and De Freyne estates is twenty. For-i For-i ty ether evictions are pending on the I Murphy estate. At the opening of the Mayo criminal sessions his honor. Judge Dane, K. C, addressing the grand jury, said he wished them all a happy and a prosperous pros-perous new year. He was glad to inform in-form them that there were only three cases to go before them, none of which would give them any trouble. One of them was dated so far back as 1901, so they had practically a very clean calendar. Heatn. The ceremony of celebrating the first public mass in the new church of St. Patrick, Trim, took place on Christmas, Christ-mas, the celebrant being the Very Rev. M. "Woods, V. F. Father Woods also preached. Monaghan. Laurence Markey of New street. Car-rickmacross, Car-rickmacross, aged about 65 years, a highly respected inhabitant, died suddenly sud-denly at his residence on Dec. 23. He leaves a family. At Monaghan petty sessions on Dec. "3 Francis Drummond. ticket collector at Monaghan station, summoned Thomas McAleer of Monaghan, for assaulting as-saulting him and abusive language. For the assault McAleer was fined 10s 6d and costs. The case for abusive language was withdrawn. Queen's County. Mary Daly was hanged in Tullamore nrison for the murder of her husband. Vnhn ' Daly, at Clonbrock. Queen s coSnty on the 16th of June last. The woman's fortitude at the last moment was remarkable. On the way the unfortunate un-fortunate woman prayed loudly,' and continued answering the responses to the litany on the scaffold. Death was instantaneous. She was attended in her last moments by the Catholic chaplain. chap-lain. Father Gilseman, who was assisted as-sisted by Father Fitzsimmons. Since sentence of death was passed upon her, Mrs. Daly had fully co-operated with the ministrations of priests and nuns, and was completely resigned to her sad rate. The last execution took place in Tullamore jail five years ago, when Hector was hanged for shooting his father-in-law in County Westmeath. Roscommon. Mr. Terence Glaney, late secretary of the County Roscommon grand jury, died after a severe illness, at his residence, resi-dence, Frenchlawn house, Balllntubber, on Tuesday. Mrs. Egan, wife of Michael Egan of Clooncunny, Strokestown, died on Dec. 2i. She was 61 years old. Besides her husband she leaves a family. j The death has occurred, much to the regret of all the people of the surrounding sur-rounding districts, of the Verv Rev. P. H. Canon Kelly of Cootehall, County Roscommon, after an illness of a very brief duration. By his demise his flocc suffers an irreparable loss. Sligo. In the chapel of the convent bl Mercy, Sligo, on Dec. 19, Dr. Clancy, bishop of Elphin, ordained the Rev. Joseph Jo-seph Leonard, C. M.. a priest of the vincentian order. Father Leonard is a son of Mrs. Leonard of Sligo. Michael Henry, a" young man living In the suburbs of Sligo, died in tne bligo county infirmary on Saturday from the effects of a wound said to be inflicted on him the night before. At an inquest held by Coroner Fitzgerald, the jury found, according to tne medical medi-cal evidence, that death was due to fracture of the skull. William Callag-han Callag-han has been arrested. Tipperary. Mr. M. Hogan, Cullen, who was until recently chairman of the Tipperary Teachers' association, received from them a few days ago an address ln recognition rec-ognition of . his valuable and lifelong services to the Tipperary association. Mr. Hogan having suitably replied, the deputation presenting the address, which was read by Mr. McKeown of lankerstown, spent a pleasant evening. even-ing. A, very sad affair is reported from Killenaule. It appears that a quarrel arose between a man named Cooke, in the employment of Mr. R. Hemphill. J P., and an emergency man named Ryan, near Killenaule railway station. 1. is alleged that Cooke threw a stone at Ryan, which missed-him, but unfortunately unfor-tunately struck his child. 5 years old, on the head, killing it. Cooke was subsequently sub-sequently arrested. Tyrone. A special court of sessions was held in Omagh on the 27th ult., when Joseph Jo-seph .Moan was charged with the murder mur-der of Rose Anne McCann at Ba-doney, Ba-doney, near Trillick, on Nov. 20. He was remanded until Jan. 5. Waterf ord. On Sunday night a child belonging to Mr. George Croker, The Mall, Water-ford, Water-ford, was fatally burned. The Rev. Edmond Mooney, pastor of Carrickbeg and the second eldest pas tor in the dioceKe of Waterford, has passed away. Born at Kill, eighty-four years ago, he was educated subsequently subse-quently at Maynooth, where he had a most distinguished course. Thirty years ago he was appoiniea from the curacy of Ballyneal pastor of Carrickbeg. Carrick-beg. He was a fluent XJaeliq speaker, and many of his sermons and addresses were delivered in the native tongue. Wicklow. Mrs. Susan McDonnell of 13 Main street. Bray, died suddenly of apoplexy recently. - - . '. ' At .Greystones on Dec. 30, while a servant in the employment of the Rev. Mr. Bulett of Delgany, named Emily Kelly, was walking with her sweetheart she fell dead. Thomas King, a tramp laborer, will be tried at the quarter sessions to be held in Wicklow on the 26th inst. for stabbing James Murphy of Rathnew. Murphy is in a critical condition. Wexford. Near New Ross, Thomas Quigley, a farrier and mill owner, was killed on St. Stephen's day by being dragged in between the spur and crown wheels of his mill while in motion. Following on the news of the approaching ap-proaching sale of the Ely estate under the provisions of the 40th section of the act of '96, comes the announcement of the Rogers Mackesy estate in South Wexford, also being placed in the land judges' market. It comprises about 1,200 acres. Westmeath. At the quarter sessions at Mullingar on Monday for the County Westmeath, County Court Judge Curran, K. C, addressing ad-dressing the grand jury, . said: Mr. Foreman and gentlemen of the grand jury, there are only some five or six cases to go before you, all of which are ordinary crimes which will occur in a large county like Westmeath. The county is in its normal state quiet and peaceful and. therefore, J must congratulate you on its condition." The storms recently resulted in the flooding of several Irish towns and country districts. In Newry, Athlone and Mullingar the Saturday market had to be postponed by reason of the floods. Some miles from Mullingar the Royal canal burst its banks, and a young man named James McGrath, who left his home with a lantern to assist his brother, missed his wav and was drowned. On either side of the Shannon the country is submerged for a considerable distance. In Coieraine district there have been heavy floods. |