ANGLO CELT - April 14, 1853 ---------------------------------------------- CAVAN UNION -- TUESDAY, APRIL 12. The board of guardians of this union met at the ....... hour to-day in the board room. M. BLACK, Esq., in the chair, afterwards R.......ws, Esq., J.P., the chairman. .......guardians present -- A. Brush, Edw. J.P.; Messrs. J. Rogers, S.N. Knipe, A. Berry, T. Reilly, ....y, W.Foster, jun., R. Buchanan, O. Donegan, ....ylor, B. Gaffney, P. Gaffney, R. Fegan, L.... W. Brown, P. Donnelly, and W. Pratt, Esqrs. ..... minutes of last day's proceedings were read by a clerk, and authenticated by the signature of the chairman. (etc - cannot read) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORONER'S INQUEST - VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER. --Dr. Macfaden, one of the coroners for this county, held an inquest at a place called Knocknashamoyer (Knocknashamover?), about five miles S.W. of Cootehill, on the 26th March, on view of the body of a small farmer of the name of Samuel WOGAN. who resided and held about ten acres of ground in that townland. The circumstances of the case as elicited in evidence are briefly as follows -- the deceased was returning home about eleven o'clock. p.m., from the fair at Cootehill on the 11th of that month, with an empty cart accompanied by his daughter and another young woman, her cousin (daughter of James WOGAN of Carnassses, who was tried a few days ago and narrowly escaped conviction for the murder of Mary TRAVERS) who were escorted by a young man of the name of John MASTERSON, a hand-loom weaver, who resides at the old pound of Cootehill ; and when arrived opposite to the country residence of Edward M'INTOSH, Esq., J.P., at Campstown, about half a mile from that town, the decea! sed observed that MASTERSON was, as he imagined, rather too familiar with his daughter, and directed her to leave his company and get on the cart, which offended the latter, and let(sic) to an altercation which resulted in the deceased being knocked down and struck on the head with a large stone by MASTERSON. However the deceased appeared not to be much affected by the beating he received, as he walked into Cootehill and home again on the day following, but immediately became ill, and was attended by A. D. M'CARTHY, the medical superintendant of the Tevenanass Dispensary, who treated him as a fever patient, but it subsequently appeared on being visited by Surgeon Wm. STUART of Cootehill, that his disease was inflammation of the brain, of which he died on the 25th March. Dr. James SHARP of Cootehill made a post mortem examination of the body, and deposed that deceased died of abscess on the brain, produced by inflammation, although there was no fracture of the skull, and on! ly a trifling cicatrix was observable over the left eye. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased died of extreme violence which he received from John MASTERSON on the night of the 11th March, 1853, whereupon the coroner issued his warrant against him, but he has absconded and left the country, and it is supposed is gone off to America. The Rev. Thomas SKELTON, of Ballyjamesduff, diocese of Kilmore, departed this life, on Sunday morning, the 19th instant, after a fortnight's illness of malignant typhus fever, caught in visiting a parishioner. Never lived a man more esteemed and respected, or died one more universally regretted. Protestant, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, all mourn as for the loss of one dear to them. The Church can ill afford the loss of such a minister, for he was indeed one of whom she might be proud. Eloquent and earnest in the pulpit, he preached the Gospel in its fulness and freeness with force and power. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COOTEHILL UNION. At the first meeting of the newly-elected board of guardians of this union, held at their Board-room, on Friday, the 1st April inst., Lord CREMORNE was unanimously elected Chairman of the Board for the ensuing year, Colonel CLEMENTS Vice-Chairman, and Andrew Allen MURRAY, Esq., Deputy Vice-Chairman. The following ratepayers were elected members of the Committee of Management of the several Dispensary Districts as follows: -- COOTEHILL DISTRICT. Messrs. Pat HORAN of Cootehill ; John BERRY of Fairmount ; Edward M'NULTY of Cootehill ; Captain JOHNSTON of Millmore; Messrs. Felix O'REILLY of Cran ; Samuel BARRON of Killycloghan ; Edward SHARPE of Killyclare, and William WORTHY of Lisnagoan. DAWSONSGROVE DISTRICT. Messrs. Thomas DANSON of Drumary ; John JACKSON of Cremorne Green ; Richard M'CLEAN of Faultagh ; John LISTER of Dundrenan, and Joseph CRAWFORD of Drumbrain. DRUM DISTRICT. Messrs. George MANNING or Ardamagh ; John F. ELLIOTT of Lislin ; William RICHY of Racreghan, and William ARMSTRONG of Woodlodge. TULLYVIN DISTRICT. The Rev. Samuel CROOKSHANK of Ardmore ; Messrs. Edward SAUNDERSON of Tullylurcan ; Thomas SMITH or Carrickallen ; Pat DEVINE of Kilnogarbet ; Matthew DOUGHTY of Corn een(sic) ; Peter BRADY of Lappanbane ; Terence M'ENTEE of T..uajum ; James VOGAN of Cornasass ; John MARSDEN of Tullyvin Mills, and James ADAMS of Drumleague. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY OF NEWS. Labourers in Carlow county are in demand at 1s. 4d. and 1s. 6d. per day for spring work. The barony of Raphoe, Donegal, is proclaimed under the Crime and Outrage Act. A short time since, Mr. FLEMING, poor rate collector of the Dungarvan Union, attended a wreck auction at Whiting Bay in the county of Waterford, and has not since been heard of. The "navvies" employed at the Cork tunnel have struck and demanded that their wages be raised from 12s. to 16s. per week. Sir William BOYD has presented to Louis Napoleon the first, second, and third volumes of his "History of Literature," and tendered the homage of the dedication, which was graciously accepted. The total number of vessels preparing to sail from Liverpool for Australia is sixty-four, and the total amount of registration tonnage is 35,761. The fleet contains some of the largest and fastest-sailing ships in the world. A Rev. Mr. CLERK, who has geologically surveyed New South Wales, says he has been nine months travelling over auriferous regions in that country, and that the indications of gold reaches over an extent of 16,000 miles. It is said that the Count de Chambord has protested to the Court of Rome against the intervention of his Holiness in the coronation of the Emperor of .............(article ends here.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE EXHIBITION BUILDING. An unfortunate accident occurred on Thursday last at the Exhibition Building, which, for the time, has cast a gloom over all connected with it, and has been attended with a melancholy loss of live. It appears that about eleven o'clock, a number of painters were employed painting one of the domes, for which a most ingenious scaffolding was employed, on which a number of persons could work, and it had the great advantage of being moveable. On the scaffolding -- the fall of which has led to the catastrophe -- the fixtures were in some respect imperfect, and the whole was precipitated to the ground from a height of fifty feet. Three of the unfortunate men were almost killed on the spot ; one had a compound fracture of the leg, and nine others escaped with bruises and other injuries, not supposed to be of a dangerous character. An inquest was held to inquire into the cause of this melancholy accident. The following are the names of the men who fell with the scaffolding: -- William HIGGINSON, dead. James MALONE, do. Nathaniel BOOKER, do. Walter ANDERSON, not expected to recover. Benjamin BEAMISH, severely injured. John NOLAN, do. William CLARKE, do. Edward TAYLOR, do. Philip HANCOCK, do. Charles KILLEEN, slightly injured. James CARR, do William CARDIFF, do. Peter LEARY, thigh broken. Two escaped uninjured. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COOTEHILL UNION -- ELECTION OF GUARDIANS. The following is the list of the guardians returned for the under-mentioned Electoral Divisions, in the above Union, for the year ending 25th March, 1854: Aghabog -- William DAILY, Drumary. Anny -- John MULLAN, Cumry. Ashfield -- Thomas GRAHAM, Carrickavalvy. Canningstown -- Robert KELLY, Drutamin. Cootehill -- John M'GAGHAN and Francis BRADY, Cootehill. Cormeen -- John ANDREWS, Tattybrack. Corraneary -- Pat M'CABE, Dernakesh. Dawsonsgrove - None. Drum - Thomas LEARY, Cormeen. Drumcarne -- Thomas BRADY, Mullacroghera. Drung -- Bernard M'CABE, Drumowna. Killypenagh(Killynenagh?) -- David HOLMES, Cornaglare. Knappagh -- Bernard M'ENROE, Cashel. Larah North -- Philip SMITH, Artina. Larah South -- Patrick O'CONNELL, Moneycass. Lisnaveane -- James HARPER, Liseveny. Rakenny -- Owen FOY, Lisboduff. Tullyvin East -- Joseph ADAMS, Rakane. Tullyvin West -- Michael BRADY, Teevenass. ==================================================== County Cavan Newspaper Transcription Project