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Show frtsb Hews, At the half-yearly tnrt:- shareholders of the Dublin i;,,".'' Gas company, held on Tu- YC chairman (Mr. Charles Law..-.".. jY announced that the enmpan., .. posed to make a further re.j-.-Yj 3 pence per thousand cubic f. -t i:i price of gas in the city. Ti e .iirv, t., ' ; also got power to issue t: ! trY-share trY-share capita! to meet the n r-dsY- ' business of the company. '' A sensational incident oc urr-i n ; ; the Quay, Waterford. on Sutid.ty aft.-r. noon. A navvy named John Janvs,,). m under the influence of drink, c.ivesvi himself of his clothes and jumped jn,, the river. A large crowd was attra t-' l to the scene, and as the man ma l- n effort to swim, his position was extremely ex-tremely perilous. No life-saving a;-, -paratus was within immediate distaim-. ; Thomas White. George's street, jump-1 ; in. and with difficulty seized the ma:l and was assisted by Michael ;ni,k, Acting Sergeant Ronan and Const. ih Nicholson assisted in taking J..hn Jameson from the river, and he was i taken, much exhausted, to the lot k-up. I ' On Thursday, as a circus procession was driving through Kingstown, a litti-boy litti-boy named James Langan was knock down by the wheel of the band wa. ; ; gonette, which was driven by Hose Da- j vis of Irvir.estown, County Fermanagh, i gymnast of the troupe. The boy was I immediately carried into St. Michael's 1 hospital, where it was found he was suffering from five broken ribs an.l J severe internal injuries in the left side, f Doctor O'Connor, who attended to the i boy's injuries, has little hope of his ' life. Miss Davis was at once arrested t and charged with carelessness and I f negligent driving. I p- ; A serious condition of affairs has arisen in Kingstown within the past t -few days. Diphtheria has unfortunate- ly made its appearance in the town- jf ship. Several cases have been removed in the ambulance to Sir Patrick Dun' ; hospital. Owing to the outbreak it j ; has been found necessary to close a l school in the township. It is fw- that a second school will be closed in j . a few days also. The houses where the diphtheria patients have been re- . moved from have been thoroughly dis- infected. The sanitary staff of the j" Kingstown council are working with commendable exertions to cope with J I the outbreak. Mr. W. G. Barret, P. L. j G., has again given notice of motion I for the adoption of the infectious dis- f eases act by the Kingstown council. At the monthly meeting of the East t Limerick executive of the United Irish ; league the question of stopping hunt- ing in County Limerick was under dis- j cussion. I Mr. Fitzgerald handed in the follow- ing notice of motion: "I will move at the next meeting that hunting be en- tirely stopped within the county dur- ing the coming season, and that copies of this resolution be sent to ai! j branches within the executive." On Friday evening an aged woman, . named Catherine O'Shea. of about 60 ; r years, was found dead in her cottage j at Ballyboden, where she lived alone. At the inquest the doctor stated that I she died from apoplexy, and a verdict in accordance was returned. ." ; J! Mrs. R. J. Stacpoole, Strasburgh, Er. ; nis, met with a very severe accident on $ Tuesday about 6 o'clock, while driving ; on the Mill road, near the Ennis mills. The horse, a well-bred one, stumbled and then fell on its knees, Mrs. Stac- .-v; poole being flung with great violence . on to her head. There were some of t the miilmen in the neighborhood, and J j they hurried to the assistance of the j Injured lady, who was picked up in an j unconscious state. j j Telegraphic communication has been j I established between South Aran island ! and Inishmore. on Galway mainland, S j when the underneath wa3 the first j j message on the new line: j "Father Farragher, Kilronan: Greet- j j ing from Inishmore wire on behalf oi people; wish our beloved pastor length i j of years and happy days. I j "O'DONOGHUE AND COSTELLO." f j It Is right to say that the above- - mentioned station has been established j through -the congested districts board t in the interests of fishing at the re- ; quest of the parish priest. J Mr. John O'Donnell, M. P.. was ar- t rested on Thursday at Claremorris y railway station on a warrant issued by two removables at Birr. He va3 i , rescued from the police amid an ex- j citing scene, but was afterward reta.- , , en, and in the evening was conveyei . to Birr. 5 On Tuesday addressed were rrf" i sented to the Earl of Dudley, the f ', lord lieutenant, on behalf of the i oi- ; lege of Phvsicians, the Rathminos dis- s ( trict council, the Protestant ounS i Men's Christian association, and tne ; Dublin Orange lodge. ; The resolution of congratulations j from the corporation of Dublin to tt-3 j Holiness Poe Leo XIII on the coca- sion of his Pontifical Jubilee is to be t ; presented by some members of tne council accompanying the approaching . pilgrimage. The presentation will takj the form of a beautifully illuminated album, Celtic design, with Morocco cover, mounted in gold The following inscription will introduce the resolution, resolu-tion, which itself will be followed by the names of the members of the council coun-cil who were present on the occa- . sion: "Resolution of Congratulation fro." I the Municipal Council of Dublin, '.n- capital o Ireland, to Hi3 Holiness Fope Leo XIII on the occasion of his Fonn fical Jubilee." ... ! The album is being illuminated v ; ; the Misses Fitzpatrlck. Clonliffe roau. the well known illuminators and ner aldic artists. V I ! Our Belfast correspondent, writing on I 1 1 ! Monday, says: "I regret to announc , i I tile death of Mr. Michael McCartan. ex-M. P. for South Down, which too j Place this morning at his residence ' i Belfast. Mr. McCartan had lon J pied an influential position as a i licitor in the north' of Ireland and - raany year3 represented South J-0 . f |
