CAVAN WEEKLY NEWS, Friday, October 20, 1876 MARRIAGES. BRABAZON and JAMES - October 12, at Clontarf Church, by the Rev. MACNIVAN BRADSHAW, Wm. Brabazon, Higginstown House, County Longford, to Kate, eldest daughter of the late Henry James, of Bailieborough, County Cavan. BENNETT and WALLS - October 18, at St. Saviour's Church, Dominick-street, Dublin, byh the Rev. Edward SHERIDAN, Adm., Cavan, assisted by the Rev. J. D. FITZGIBBON, Wm. Bennett, Edenberry, to Mary Anne Josephine, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Bernard Walls, Cavan. WISEMAN and NUGENT - October 9, at Kilmuckridge, County Wexford, John Francis Wiseman, Esq1., Lieut. Queen's Bays, to Ida Margaret, the daughter of John ROWE, Esq., Ballcross, County Wexford, and widow of Edmond B. Nugent, Esq., of Bobagrove, Mountnugent. DEATH. Ganly - October 14, at Castledermot, of consumption after a protracted illness, borne with Christian resignation, and in a full hope of a glorious resurrection, Annabelle BREDIN, aged 24 years, wife of the Rev Charles William Ganly, Rector of Castledermot. SUDDEN DEATH. - On Wednesday, James LEDDY, a cooper by trade, fell dead in Cavan Market-house while coopering a firkin of butter. Disease of the heart was the cause of death. ELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS. - On Monday last Messrs. HAGUE, John FEGAN, James MATTHEWS, M.D., James BRADY, John COSGROVE, and Charles STUART, were elected Commissioners for the town of Cavan, for the ensuing three years. KILMORE CATHEDRAL YOUNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION. The public opening meeting of this Society will, we understand, be held on November 8th, when a very pleasant gathering is expected. The adoption of the annual report of the Society will be moved by the Rev. Wm. CREEK, M.A., rector of Kildallon, and seconded by the Rev. E. M. MOORE, of Killeshandra. After that there will be a magnificent series of dissolving views which the Society have procured from Dublin. They will consist of view of the East, Constantinople, Moscow, Egypt, and the Holy Land, &c., and at such a time as this cannot fail to be of the deepest interest. A descriptive lecture will accompany the views. On the whole we can assure those who will attend, that they will have a great treat in seeing such a splendid diorama of the land, towards which the eyes of the world are at present turned. The proceeds will be devoted to the Library fund. MURDER OF A POLICE SERGEANT AT BRAY. Dublin, Wednesday Sergeant, O'Brien, of the Royal Irish Constabulary, stationed at Crinken, a village near Bray, was shot dead in the police barrack this morning while eating his breakfast. The murderer, who is a sub-constable, has been but a short time in the service. Acting on some sudden impulse he raised his rifle and shot the unfortunate man through the heart. The Evening Mail gives the following account of the occurrence:- This morning, at half-past nine o'clock, while at his breakfast, at the police station of Crinken, Sergeant O'Brien was shot dead, through the heart, by a sub-constable, who is in custody. O'Brien had been a long time in the service, and many years at Shankill, where he was much respected. This melancholy event has caused great excitement and regret in the neighbourhood. The belief is that the motive to the act was the fact of his having had occasion to report from time to time against the perpetrator as to his conduct in his police duties. Mr. Phineas RIAL and Mr. CALDBECK, J.P.'s, were promptly on the spot, and the necessary information were, no doubt, taken. Crinken police barrack is within a short distance of bray. The dreadful act was instantaneously committed - the unfortunate victim not having an instant's warning, or the chance of making any attempt to escape from the murderer. The gun which was fired was deliberately taken down by him from the rack in which it had been placed, and immediately directed to the breast of O'Brien and discharged. Dublin, Wednesday Night. Sub-Constable Patrick KAVANAGH, who shot Constable O'Brien this morning at Bray, has been fully committed for trial on a charge of wilful murder. He has been lodged in Kilmainham Jail, and will be tried at the next commission in Green-street. The murdered constable was several years in the force, and took an active part in the suppression of the Fenian movement. He had reported Kavanagh for some breaches of discipline. The barrack at which it occurred is Tilleystown, and not Crinkis. BALLYCONNELL PETTY SESSIONS. - Wednesday. (Before J. J. BENNISON, Esq., and J. T. DILLON, Esq., R.M.) ASSAULTS. Constable FEIGHERY summoned Alex M'ALISTER for committing an assault in Mr. Richard SURPLUS's public house. Fined 2 s. 6d. and costs. The Queen, at the prosecution of Peter KEARNS v. Michael HASSARD for assaulting him at Munlough. Defendant said complainant told lies to a girl and that was the cause of the row. Sent to gaol for a month. DRUNKENNESS. Head-Constable PHELAN summoned James MAGUIRE for being drunk on the 14th inst. Fined 5s. and costs. Sub-Constable DOUGLAS summoned same defendant for being drunk on the 15th inst. Fined 5s. and costs. Head Constable Phelan summoned Francis HAMILTON for being drunk on the 17th inst. Fined 2s. 6d. and costs. Constable FEIGHERY summoned John M'TEAGUE for being drunk on the 29th September. Fined 10s. and costs. Same v. Francis M'MANUS for a similar offence. Fined 2s. 6d. and costs. Sub-Constable CANTILLON summoned Thos. ROSS for being drunk on the 29th of September. Fined 2s. 6d. and costs. Sub-Constable Douglas summoned Peter REILLY for being drunk on the 8th inst. Fined 5s. and costs. DESECRATION OF THE SABBATH. Constable Feighery summoned James MAGUIRE for desecrating the Sabbath day by digging potatoes. Defendant said he was only digging his dinner after coming from the chapel. The Constable said defendant told him it was for pigs he was digging the potatoes. Fined 2s. 6d. and costs. ROAD TRESPASS. Constable ANDREWS summoned James Campbell for allowing his goats to wander on the public road. Fined 6d. and costs. Same v. Larry GILLAN for allowing his pig to wander on the public road. Fined 6d. and costs. LARCENY. The Queen, at the prosecution of Edward RUDDEN and Charles RUDDEN, v. Pat COYLE for larceny of boots and money. It appeared that defendant came to complainant's house saying he was asteray, and asked to be allowed to remain until the moon would rise. He was permitted to sleep in the barn, and in the morning when he went away it was found he had taken a pair of boots and 10s. with him. Sent for trial to the Quarter Sessions. ELECTION OF LORD PLUNKET TO THE BISHOPRIC OF MEATH. On Wednesday, the Synod of Meath elected the Right Hon. William CONYNGHAM PLUNKET, fourth Baron Plunket, and Precentor of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, to the Premier See of Meath. The Lord Primate presided, and the Lord Chancellor acted as Assessor. The proceedings were conducted from beginning to end with most becoming solemnity. There were no speeches, no proposing or seconding of candidates, but silent voting. Three times the suffrages were taken, and from the result of the first vote it was clear that Lord Plunket was supported by a large majority of both clergy and laity. At the third and last vote Lord Plunket had the suffrages of all present save five. We congratulate the laity and clergy of the diocese upon the choice they have made. They have a distinguished scholar, an eloquent preacher, a pious and laborious divine, a kindly and courteous gentleman set over them. The place vacated by the lamented death of the late Bishop is worthily filled. ANOTHER IRISH ROMANCE. - THE COLLINS ESTATE. Abut the year 1852 a young man named Collins emigrated from Lahinch, county Clare, determined to try his fortune in the Californian gold fields, and the result of several years' hard work was that he realised over £18,000. About two years ago a man named John SULLIVAN came over to Limerick from California, and represented to the relatives of Collins, and also to his father, now aged about 97 years, that he had died in a lunatic asylum in California, leaving some property, but alleging that it was worth very little. After cheapening the article upon which his mind was bent, Sullivan offered old Collins £100 if he would assign him the property, at the same time stating that it was doubtful if it would even realise that amount, but as he was a distant relative he would advance them that sum, and save all further trouble on their part. Old Collins believed Sullivan's statement, and, after some further negotiations, assigned his right to his son's property for £100, which Sullivan paid down in hard cash, and the assignment was witnessed before Alderman TINSLEY, who acts as American consul in Limerick. In the meantime a rumour reached Limerick that the property left by the younger Collins was worth £18,000, and John Collins, a brother of the deceased, who then resided in Australia, hearing of the affair, started for California and made inquiries, the result of which is that he has a lawsuit pending against Sullivan in the California Chancery Court. The Collins as claimants to the estate of the deceased, who never married, contend that Sullivan obtained possession of the property by a friend, in representing to old Collins that the estate was worth only £100, when in reality it amounted to £18,000,; and they further allege that when old John Collins signed the deed of assignment, in presence of the American Consul in Limerick, he was not in a sound state of mind, and that he had been in an imbecile state for fully three years before he signed the document which alienated the £18,000 to which he was legally entitled. A Limerick solicitor has taken evidence as to the claims of Collins' relatives, and returned it to the Court of Chancery, before which the case is still pending. If the Collins succeed, a division of the property will give each of them about £4,000, which would prove most acceptable as they are all in very humble circumstances. (County Cavan Newspaper Transcription Project)