The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-03-07


sister roe Jan1es Misnunock, of n Barrack
street, ulIamore, m her Goth year. 81 s5
..ssS LEITRIM.
IA woman named Cronogue, residing at
Drumnadobe was seriously burned by a
lamp ON Saturday She tried to extinguish
the burning oil by blowing it out and her
hair became ign:ted while doing so, and
soon her. head was, a mass Of flame. Her
hus baudsran to her assistance immediate
~ and quelched the flames by throwing a
cloth over her head, but not before the
unfortunate woman was seriously burned
on the forehead and upper parts Of the
head, She was removed to the int1rmary
in .Carrick, where she is progressing fay-.
orably.
II t.t ~LoNGFORD.
On, Friday the body of a cfildaWas ex-5
humed near Tubberpatrick, owing to- sus-
kpicious circumstances connected With Ito
death. The mother Of the child was
woman named Mo Cnnchy, in the habit OF
travelling with st:nkers. It was about six
months old and illegitimate: Some days
before the examination the mother went
from KiInaleck, where she was living, to
Tubberpatrick, where her father lived,
carrying the child with her. After short
delay she returned without the child, and
the constabulary observing this began to
grow suspicious. Having made inquiries
they found that, the child was dead and
buried at Tubberpatr:ck. They had it ex-
humed, and a post norton examination
NV, y0r Moirn ofor1
who. in deposition stated that he be-
>lfeved the child died from suffocation. 1t
was neglected, and no food had been given.
to It for days. There were marks of vio-t
lence on the face On Thursday the wom
an McConany and tinker named Reilly,
with whom she had kept company, were
brought before Mr.. Kilkelly and re-
manded to Mullingar jail. a.
Mr.. Thomas Duffy, Longford, has been
elected delegate for the County Longford
blythe unanimous voice Of the Irish Ma
.tional Federation branches, in room Of
Mr.. J. P. Farrell, Mp, who VIII reside.
permanently in London.
- LOUTH. ~.
Rose Dunbar had an action against the:
Ardee Board of Guardians, claiming e..
600 for the death Of her son, who, while
sick in the hospital, jumped from win
dow and was Killed. The case was lost.
but the judge recommended the guardians
to.give the mother ESQ
LIMERICK.
At the meeting of the Sarsheld Branch.
Irish National League, in the Town Hall,
Limerick, lately, Mr.. ]. M. Buckly pre-
sided. Those present were Aldermen l..
Carr, NJ. Donnelly. r: A. Gleeson. J. St.
Lawrence, J.. Slattery, A. White, P. Her
bert and~P. O'Reiliy. honorable secretary.
Mr.. Donnelly proposed and Mr.. st. Law
renee seconded the" following resolution,
which was adopted. "That we look upon
the present cry for unity by the Fedora
tionists as vail of their defeat and fail
ure and we agree with the declarations of
Mr.. John Redmond that we are willing
and anxious to have union with masses
Of the people on Independent lines, but
we will never consent to- union with the
Federation leaders, who betrayed their
leader and brought ruin and disgrace on
the national cause
MAYO.
Rev. I. P. Connolly presided at a re-
cent meeting of the Achill branch of the
Irish National Federation. Other members
Anthony Murphy. Denis Mcnamara, Pat
Fabian, Anthony Ntzhugh, Francis Burke,
Pat Tools, etc.. The following resolution
was: adopted: "That, having read with
pleasure the letter of Mr.. Davitt, M. P.
on unity, we call upon all sections of the
Irish Parliamentary party to leave off all
quarrels and unite against the common
enemy ,t,,-
Mr.. Michael Lyden. poor rate collector,
proceeded to Innisturk and to Innisturbot.
two small islands off the coast of Mayo,
for the purpose of collecting outstanding
seed rates and to make seizures. He was
accompanied by ba:liff and ten police
men. A small sailing boat was hired, and
they reached Innisturk, but all the doors
were locked and barred, and they left
without doing business. They then pro-
ceeded to Innisturbot,' about a mile dis
tant, but were opposed on the quay by
crowd of men, who assaulted them with
They retreated, but made another
effort to land. Again they were foiled,
Mr.. Lyden and several of the policemen
being injured The head constable refused
the demand Of the police to fire on the
rioters Their boat was much battered.
but was able to bring the party back to
Clifden, where medical aid was obtained
for the injured. =
......> ..... 81. MEATH.
2 Mrs. Finn, sister of Father Hughes.
Beauparc, died lately. widely regretted.
The requiem services were held at Donore
and were numerously attended. /