The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-15
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80 @5~ MAYO:
For the vacant position of master of
the Castelar, workhouse there were
six candidates, there being two United
Irish Leaguers- Messrs. gladden. and
Conroy. On Aug. 10, the election took
place, when a preliminary meeting of
the Nationalist party was held at Fee
ney's Hotel. Mr.. Conroy was elected
by large majority, and when the
election proper took place at the work.
house Mr.. Conroy was proposed by
Mr.. John -NIcNulty, chairman, North
Mayo Executive, seconded by Mr.. P.
Higgins, county councillor and chair
man of the Nationalist party When
the news became known it was re-.
ceived with general satisfaction, and
Mr.. Conroy was the recipient of nu-
merous congratulations.
vROSCOMNION.
On Aug. 10, Rev. T. H. ,Cummins and
Rev. r. Gearty returned to Roscom-
mon after an absence of three years in
America. Although their visit to Ros-
common was uncertain up to the last
moment, yet preparations had begun
for their reception, and vast crowd
had assembled at the station long be-
fore the train arrived. AS soon as the
train was seen approaching in the dis
lance cheer after cheer went up from
the assembled hundreds as gladstone
greeting to the reYerend gentlemen,
and when their familiar faces were no.
ticed in the carriages the joy and en-
thusiasm of the multitude We're full
and free and hearty to the wide limits
of a royal Irish "cead mile failthe."
The reverend gentlemen were received
at the presbytery by Monsignor Nc
Loughlin, and Father Cummins deliv-
cred an interesting address to- the as
semhled multitude, in which he de-
tailed his experiences in America, amid
frequent and enthusiastic applause
He paid magnificent. tribute to Irish
faith and Irish generosity in America.
WATERFORD. =,,,.5a,.
The Great Southern g. Western Rail-
way company is to! take. over the rum
ming of the Waterford & Limerick rail
way system on and from jan 1 next
The traffic manager of the latter COM
pany, Mr.. Vaughan, will, it is believed,
retire on a ,gratuity, and the feeling
locally is that with regard to the gen.
eral staff the precedent of the taking
over of the Waterford & Dungarvan
line will be followed by the Great
Southern s. Western retaining the SER
vices of the Waterford & Limerick
staff generally. Mr.. II. G. Burgess,
Irish traffic manager. of the London &
Northwestern Railway company, was
in Waterford recently, furtherins the
companys interests in view of the
pending amalgamation.
WEXFORD. .-. -
We regret to announce the death, on
Aug. 10, at the age of so years, of Mrs.
John Shell, of Luggacurran. The de-
ceased, who was the wife of a ster-
ling Nationalist, was evicted from her
fathers home during the Luggacurrap
campaign, and had since resided with
her Authoritative Mr.. M. Shell, Cros-
sard She leaves five children, four
sons and one daughter, to mourn her
loss. She had been n long time ailing,
but her death was an extremely Happy
one, fortified by all the rites OF Holy
church, The funeral took place on the
21st, when the remains of the deceased
were inferred in the family burial
ground at Wolfkill.
~ WEXFORD. i'
On Aug. Is, Mr.. T.. w. PIN ;chair-
NAM and the directors of the Dublin,
Wicklow & Wexford Railway com
pany, entertained a large company at
luncheon at the Station Hotel, Bray,
on the occasion Of the rcopening of
that establishment. The public were
better acquainted with the hotel under
it's old name of "Breslin's Royal Ma
rine." Since it became the property
of the railway company it has UNDER
gone complete remodeling, under the
supervision and personal direction of
Mr.. Frank Bethel, and has been re-
named the Station Hotel.
WESTMEATH. e..
A rather novel ''strike" has been
commenced in Mullingar. The rate
payers of three electoral! divisions have
resolved on striking against the pay
ment Of the rates struck by the county
council for the current year. The rea-
son alleged is that an excessive rate
has been struck. in the reports made
by the adjusting officers, appointed by
the local government board, these di-
visions were represented as being hea-
Willy in debt at the expiration Of the
poor-law system; and to clear off this
Indebtedness an extra rate, in addition
to the ordinary one of I'd. to the pound
for the half year, had been struck,
making an extra rate of Is. I'd. for the
whole financial year. AS the ordinary
rate, without the extra one, was very
high, the ratepayers deputed some Of
their number to examine the accounts,