The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-06-27

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on Saturday nigh &. May 80 from hear
i disease. For a period extending upward
i Of 40 years MI, CWssen had discharged thu
lduties Of teacher Of the Finuge Nationa
School, winning the commentator Of hi!
! his ssuperiors in the educational depart.
ments, the respect Of his pupils and the
esteem and regard OF ALL About three
years ago he resigned from his onerOus
1 position, and Two years subsequently he
1 took over possession of a grocery AND
! stationary premises in Church street
where he had been carrying on success
fuI business up to the time OF his unex-
| pectel demise #
In Killarney on June 2, occurred the
sudden death of Mrs. Hanoria Murphy, q
respectable widow, living on the Port
read, a short distance from the town. The
deceased, who had entered OH her so s.
though ailing some months, was in good
| health, and was busying herself about
her domestic work, when she got i'll, and
shortly died, after receiving the rites OF
the Church. The cause Of death was a
rupture Of a blood vessel in the lungs
eliminating in heart failure.
KINGS COUNTY.
| We regret to announce the death Of SIS
ter Mary AlOysius Conlan, which occurred
after brief illness, at the Convent of Mer-
cy, Clara, on the 31st ult Deceased, who
was daughter Of the late Mr.. Stephen Con-
Ian, of Walshestown, Newbridge, County
Kildare, was in, the seventeenth year of
hr,o 1{svs,, -
her age
On June /, an inquest was held in Tulla-
| moore, on the remains OF Mr. William
Webb. licensed trader, Blueball, who had
died in the worl1house infirmary on May
dentally sustained at Pallas Lake, week
! previously. Aeverdict of accidental death
was returned.
LIMERICK.
A young man named Patrick Coghlan
met with a sad death in rather inexplica-
BILE manner in Limerick ON the night Of
May 81. He was found by Mr.. Thos. Cot,
lying in a trench close to the canal, in an
unconscious condition. apparently from
suffocation. There was water and asdepth
of mud in the trench. With the aid of
some men who were passing, the unfortun-
ate man was got and brought to Barring
toms Hospital, where he fingered uncon-
scious for about an hour, when he died. At
an inquest verdict of accidental death
was returned.
At the opening of the last Limerick
Quarter Sessions, the high sheriff presented
Judge Adams with white gloves, there be-
Ing no criminal cases. Judge Adams said
that the condition Of the calendar was Al
happy Indication Of the state of the county
and city, which were never more Orderly or
peaceful. It was regrettable thing that
grand and petty jurors should be brought
away from their homes and occupations,
when there was nothing for them to do
This matter had attracted the attention Of
Parliament, and 1t was said that there was
no remedy, but he thought that a remedy
could and should be found.
LoUTH.
With general regret, in town and coun-
try, the announcement of the death Of
Lieut.. Rodolph Smith was learned, which
took place on June list, at his fathers resi-
derce, Green Hills House Drogheda. For
some months past it was observed that the
deceased gentleman was slowly but surely
passing away to the better land. To the
latest, he was up and abroad, hopeful and
cheerful, with the usual kindly word and
greeting for all who knew him. He was the
eldest and last survivor of the sons of Mr..
Ralph Smith, y. p. - The deceased served
some years in the 18th Highlanders.
.. ID MAYO.
At the last Claremorris Petty Sessions,
an alleged clerical impostor named p. j..
O'Malley was charged with obtaining
money under false pretenses, and the lar
ceny of breviary and stole the property
of the Very DR.. Kilkenny, D. D., P. p
The dispositions of the Very Rev. Father
Kilkenny, Father McDermott and Father
Reilly showed that the accused called on
them, in C1aremorris, representing himself
as a. clergyman in trouble with his Ep.sco-
pal authorities. He was attired in clerical
garb. DR.. Kilkenny gave him half a crown
and the other clergymen gave both money
and food. Some questions in Latin foiled
the accused, and, suspicion having been
aroused, the police were communicated
with, and he was Immediately arrested.
The breviary, stole and some pawn tickets
were found in his pockets. The prisoner
asked several questions to show that he re-
ceived no money, but that It was given vol
UNFAIRLY He stated that he was native
of Westport, and had been in America.
After some evidence had been rendered,
the prisoner was remanded for eight days.
SLIGO
We announce, with regret, the death, on
June 8, of Mr.. John Bruen, master pilot,
Rosses Point. Deceased was Ga years Of
age, and was for many years las was his
father before him) master of the pilots at
Roses Point. He was proprietor of the
Elsinore Hotel, and was wellknown man
in the locality.
WEXFORD.
Farmers throughout Wexford are COM
planning OF the effects of six weeks
drought. A few light showers fell on June
I'd and 3d. but so parched was the landk
after the protracted drought that it alb
sorbed the slight rain Immediately, and ap-
peared as if none had fallen. Pastures
have been almost entirely destroyed,
while large portion of the green crops
have not yet been sown. %
THE Niger
Learned Reasons Why Our Brother Is