The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-05-20
tie hopes are entertained OF his recovery.
No arrests have been made.
LOUTH.

In Dundalk on the evening OF April
18th, q special general meeting Of the
members Of the Young ireland society
was held to present one OF it's Oldest and
NEST esteemed members, Mr.. James
Campbell for IA years in the employ
ment OF Messrs. p Carroll & Co.., with
an address and testimonial, on his depar
.ture for America. The address was en-
crossed on the first page OF handsome
album, containing the "photos" OF q
number of the members, and with it was
presented gold watch and massive
chain. On the back of the watch were
embo. sed the initials ~. c." and on the
inside OF the case the words presented
to Mr.. James Campbell, on his departure
to America, by his brother members of
the Dundalk Young Ireland Society,""
Mr.. Campbell was an earnest worker in
the cause of Irish nationality and one Of
the most active members of the Young
Ireland Society, Of which he was one of
the founders, and member of the gov
ernlng committee since it's establishment
He was member of the boot ball team
that carried the name of the "Dundalk
Young Irelands" to the top-round in the
days of the Gaelic movement.
MAYO,
The first meeting of the Swineford
Board of Poor Law Guardians was held
on April 18th. There was full attend
ance and there were four OK Offices pres
sent. The total number of Redmondite
members on the board is now four and
the four ex-oficos are Tories. The three
chairs had been held up to tie present,
by three Redmondites. At this election
the whole state ct affairs was reversed.
Mr.. Mark Henry, the Nationalist candi-
date, defeated Mr.. A. J. Staunton, the
Redmondite candidate, for the chair
manship, by fourteen votes to eight, four
of Mr.. Staunton's hackers being Tories.
Mr. G Davitt, and Mr.. Patrick Gallagher,
DO b Nationalist, were elected to the
vice chair and deputy vice chair, respect
lively. The Redmondites proposed no
candidate for either of those latter Of
fees, so the, Tories did not vote; and the
Nationalist candidates were declared
unanimously elected. .~s
MEATH.
A meeting was held in Trim for the
purpose of taking steps to present Very
Rev. Hugh Behan, P. P, V. F., with a
suitable address on his translation from
the parish IF Trim to Tullamore. Father
Behan has been for the past five years
pastor of Trim, and during that time he
won universal esteem by his zeal in the
cause of religion and his unfagging en-
ergy in safeguarding the interests, spirit
ual and temporal, of the people COM
mitted to his charge. His removal has
been the cause of sincere regret to many
of his friends and admirers in Trim and
the surrounding district.
MONAGHAN.
Already the reflex action of the recog
milton of the Irish cottage industries in
the Great Worlds Fair, at Chicago, is
being felt on the other side of the ocean.
On April 18th, the Dowager Lady Ross
more attended at the Convent of St. !
Louis, Monaghan, for the purpose of
opening the ct. Macartin's Branch of the
Irish Industries. Lady Rossmore was
accompanied by the Rev. George Nc
Meel, ADM, Monaghan; Rev. P.J Lynch,
G. c.. do; Rev. Joseph Gallagher, G. c.,
do; and number of Sisters of St. Louis.
A number of the ladies of the town were
also in attendance. The workroom set
apart for the accommodation Of those
engaged in mastering the art of crochet
ing in spacious and airy apartment, |
kindly given by the Nuns, and when the
visitors entered they found q number of
extremely neat and tidy girls undergoing !
a course Of instruction from Miss Tier !
ney, the lady employed to initiate them
in the intricacies of fancy work. Nearly
one hundred pupils are at present on
the lists, and the hours set apart for
their instruction are from ten o'clock in |
the forenoon to. one o'clock, and from
three to six p. m. +
TJPPERARY.
We regret to have to announce the
death, FROM congestion of the lungs, of !
the Rev. M. Gleason, P, P, which took
place at his residence, Castleconnell, on
Saturday, April 18th. Up to the time of
his illness, although at an advanced age,
Father Gleeson had enjoyed good health
and had discharged all his priestly du-
ties with the zeal that characterized al
long and earnest missionary career.
Curate in several missions in Glare, as
we'll as in his native Tpperary, he was
promoted to the important parish of
isuoceeding the Rev. John
Kenyon, the friend of John MitchelD,
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