The Irish standard., 1896-06-13

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Mr.. BaIfour, bearing the signatures Of
people In Connemara, who take this:
means Of thanking the honorable gen
tlenlan for his services to- the country
by the construction Of the Galway, OugE
terard and .Clifden Light railway. Z
+ 1t is with feelings Of deepest sorrow
that we this week chrcnicle the death Of
Mrs Finnegan, wife CT John F'inzegan,
BalAnasloe, which sad event took place
on May -, at her residence, in that tos'Tsl.
Much sympathy was manifest at her
early demise by the people OF Baliil:o-
sloe, who only Il few short months ago
were congratulatiag her OIL the occasion
OF her marriage The funeral cortege
left Ballinasloe on the 14th, en- route
for the family burial ground at Castle
rea, followed by an immense cenceurse
Of people.
KILDARE.
We regret to announce the recent
death ofMrs. Kate Archibald of Giltown.
County Kildare. Mrs. Archibald was al
aunt of Mrs. p Nolan, of Newark, n. j.,
and Mr.. P. Kelly. of Orange, n. J.
The Rev. L. ]. Hickey, 0. F., has been
elected Provincial III the Irish Domtni-
can province. Father Hickey lately Wis
tied Newbridge, where he was the recip-
lent OF a beautiful address from the still
dents Of the college there, under charge
of the Dominican Fathers.
Edwin Stocton, canteen keeper in
Mas military barracks. was arrested In
Manchester, charged with having, dur
ing the month of February, embezzletl
goods. the property Of Maj. William S.
H. O'Neill Royal Dublin F'usiMers. and
other mem bers of the Mas Military CALI
teen committee. The prisoner was
brought up before a special court in Mas
on MAY 81 and was rennanded by MIR.
II. Hendrick-Aylmer the presiding mag
istrate.
With extreme regret the people of
Atky learned, on May 16, Of the death
of Miss Ethel Fitzgerald, only daughter
of Mr.. r.. Fitzgerald. late manager OF
the branch of the National Bank in taht
iowa, and now one Of the banks in
spectcrs in Dublin. Deceased was only
in her 18th year. Her interment teok
place, ON the 18th, in St. Michaels ceme-
terry, Athy, the funeral being attended by
Representatives of every class and creed
in the community.
KERRY.
At the last county at large present
rasnt sessi o1ps, in Tralee, a presentment
fos sla6S2 19s 4d was passed by the In
s,iecser. general Of coustabulary for ex-
ira, uolice in Kerry for the half year
ended March 81, 1896 The amount for
the corresponding period last year was
f2,0s7 lis. Yet Kerry, during AL this
period, has been one Of the crimeleas
counties in Ireland.
Another tourist reform has also
broken out suddenly in Killarney, where
the town commissioners and the royal
tb1lsta bulary have decided that the
hawking of turf ought to be put down,
because the sight 81 this little Irish in
dustry that "helps to pay the rent
might be objectionable to some cock
ney tourist, who with nlisft suit on,
may have come over to feast his un:ip-
precialve eyes On the glories Of the
lakes After this our New York re-
formers" must take a back seat on the
donkey bench. They cannot hold
rush light by the side Of the Killarney
selons.
On May IA, In Listowel, Dr. j. Clancy
house on the body of a farmer named
jeremiah Enright, residing at Gtlhard.
and aged about 60 years, who had died
suddenly on the previous day. Enright
bad come to Listowel in connection with
the May fair, and was apparently in his
usual health and spirits. Some time IN
the afternoon he was about to enter Mrs.
O'Sullivan's premises, at Market street,
In company with friend named Mulvi-
hill. Enrig1it suddenly fell to the
ground, and when Mulvihill stopped
down to pick him up life was extinct
DR.. O'Ccnnor stated that death was att
:tributed to, disease Of the heart, and the
Jury returned verdict based on the
medical testimony.
Mr.. Gerald Coyle, son Of Mr.. J. Coyle,
Day Place, Tralee, has been appointed to
the important position of assistant as
sayer to one OF j bhe~ principal gold min
ing propssxies lin The sTransvaal. Mr..
Ccxie has emily been three years in South
Africa.
SHrEt, Bernard McGovern, r. I. c.
Tralee, hasSbeen promoted to the rank and
pay Of head constable, and has been
transferred to BantEy.
The death is announced, on May 4, OF
Mr.. Thomas Stritch, Of Ballyhefgue, one
of the last of that old and faithful band
of teachers who were appointed ON the
introduction of the national system. He
taught for nearly forty years in the
Boqyleenshere national school, where
numbers of grown-up boys flocked be-
times from other parishes to receive his
instructions, and many and fatterms
are tia reports left during that time as
70 his efficiency, zeal and success in the
discharge of his onerous duties One
Of his sons, Rev. Joseph Stritch, is rector
of Graceville, Mimi, and he also leaves
daughter, nun, in Australia. His re-
mains were accompanied to Balyhiegue
churchyard by large and sympathetic
o1course, the burial service being. read
by Rev. F. Mccarthy, P. P.
d. KILKENNY.
The laying Of the foundation of the
new St. Patrick's church, in Kilkenny,
took place on Sunday. May "a, after SOL
.emn high mass, which was celebrated In
st. Peters at II 80 O'Clock.
On the night of May 81 sad occur
renee took place outside Kilkenny City.
"A collier from Castlecomer, named Col
Inns, was proceeding homewards, with a