The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-01-14

IN touch IN DIS early yOuAn anu mhA
hood. He leaves seven children, twenty
two grandchildren, and twenty-six great
grandchild
DUBLIN.
Mr., T. Harrington and Mr.. J. E. Red
mond, NJ. P's., whose names were mem
toned as candidates for the position OF
town clerk OF Dublin, have written to
say that they do not intend to seek the
position.
FERMANAGH.
Annie Flynn, who was recently evicted
by Mr.. Thompson, Ballyshannon, agent
of Ely property, died after her eviction
in her former hen house. There was no
fire or fire place, but bucket of turf was
kept in it to warm the feet, and this had
to be changed about as the wind changed.
The size of this clubhouse is 10 feet by
80, and when Annie Flynn was dead
her feet protruded from the door, and
she lay thus until coffined. She was
only As years Of age. About o'clock
one morning her brother awoke and
heard her make curious noise; before
he got up she was dead. Her converse
ton was all of Thompson, and she said
tho afternoon of her death that il he
killed her, as he was trying, her spirit
would haunt him as long as he lived.
GALWAY.
The Queens Bench division has de-
claJed the election of Messrs. Fiatley,
Monroe, Walsh, Cummins and Glynn as
town commissioners OF Tuam, held on
October Is last, void, on the ground OF
Irregularities.
KERRY.
An eviction of a peculiarly harsh ma
ture was carried out last week on the
lands OF Hollmount, near Baltimore
The tenant was named John Coakley,
and the landlord-the representative OF
the late Captain Pagan. In 1882 the
captain had reduced Coakley's rent from
928 los. to e22, but the captain having
died his representative called upon the
tenant to ay up forthwith arrears to the
amoust of EGO, which sum was made up
of the reductions voluntarily made by
the late landlord. Being unable to pay
poor Coakley was evicted.
LEITRIM.
At the Connaught winter assizes in
Sligo last week Thomas Costello. Car
| rick-on-Shannon, pleaded guilty to hav'
ing embezzled sum of ESQ odd, the
property of the executor of the late Mich
ael Costello, merchant, Oarrick-on-Shan.
non. Sentence was deferred.
LIMERICK.
A large cooperage store belonging tc
Mr.. Thomas Peel was burned last week
in Limerick. The military and corpora
ton fire brigades were in attendance
but their efforts were greatly hampered
by an insufficient supply Of water. The
loss will be over el,O0O.
MAYO.
Lord billions agent last week refused
demand for Is per contradiction made
by 400 tenants, at Charlestown, county
Mayo. The tenants did not pay.
ROsCOMMON.
The mission, which has been carried
out in Boyle during the past fortnight by
Very Rev. Father Roman, S. j., and Rev.
Father Naughton, s. j., was great re-
lipious success. Besides the two Jeeuits
about twenty other priests we're in at
tendance.
SLIGO.
Thomas Scanlau of Eagle Lodge and
Stephen street, Sligo, was recently unan-
imously chosen by the town council as
mayor of Sligo for 1898. The election is
popular, the mayor-elect being a Ma
tlonelist.
TIPPERARY.
At the last meeting of the Thurlee
branch Of the National Federation Mr.
.rhomas Laffan, Cashel, was unanimously
nominated to act on the central council
of the National Federation for Tipperary
WATERFORD. .-.
The retreat for the Third Order of ST.
Francis, which was recently brought to a
close at the Franciscan church, Water
ford, was very successful in every way.
TWO CLERICAL 1MPosToRs.