The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-03-23
CORK.


Murphy ON the occasion of his mar
riage Mr.. O'Moynihan presided. The
first toast Of the evening, ireland a
Nation" having been drunk, the chair
man, in making the presentation,
which took the form of a massive mar
bic timepiece, referred to their guests
honorable connection with every ma
tional movement in, the town, and his
great services to the Young Ireland
Society since it's inauguration. Mr..
Murphy having replied, songs, recita-
lions and speeches were contributed
by Messrs. Fitzpatrick, Healy, O'Con-
nor, Mcdonnell, Curtin, Coveney, Muir
ply, Crcedon, etc. Mr.. j. Healy pre-
sided at the piano.
DERRY.
The Most Rev. DR.. O'Doherty, bish-
op Of Derry, in his Lenten Pastoral,
said:" The war in South Africa, in
which torrents of blood have been
shed, intimately concerns us, as so
maly Of our unfortunate countrymen
have been, and,still are, engaged in it.
From all we read of it in it's inception,
and in the mode in which it has been
conducted, it forcibly reminds us of
the wars waged by England in this
country. Then, as now, under the
specious preteXt OF introducing civili-
alton, tire soldiery shot down unarmed
and unotfending men, slaughtered de-
fenseless women and children, burned
and ravaged the country, till our island
became almost a wilderness. Then did
the government favorites get posses
sion of the lands they coveted for that
was the only civilization they aimed
at. From all we can learn the war in
South Africa is precisely similar, and
the conviction forces itself upon us
that it is simply war of greed for
gold, war of love for domination.
Let us pray for the souls of the Irish
Catholic soldiers who fell on the battle
field"
DUBLIN.
In the pastoral letter. of Most Rev.
Dr. Walsh, archbishop OF Dublin, and
in those Of the other members of the
episcopacy, Catholics are warned
against the evils wrought by the cir
culation IN Ireland Of pernicious litera-
ture, the work chiefly of Saxon minds
and hands. Many tons of this offensive
stuff are dumped into every Irish port
from England every day i'll the week.
FERMANAGH.
Several branches Of the United Irish
League have been founded during the
past few weeks in this county, and
lively preparations are being made in
many other districts to establish
branches.
GALWAY.
The whole-hearted manner in which
the Brothers Of st. Patrick, in Galway,
took up the study of Irish makes the
neighboring schools look mean. The
Brothers look on the work as duty to
their country, and as such they per-
form it. The Rev. A. ]. Considine,
president of the Galway Branch, at
tended the school few days ago to
distribute the book prizes awarded by
the committee of the Central Branch,
Dublin, at the National Festival, held
in the Rotunda in May last. Before
distributing the prizes, Father Consi-
dine addressed the pupils in Irish, and
afterwards in English. He congratu-
lated them OH the earncStness and de-
ermination with which they had taken
up the study of Irish in the past, and
hoped they would continue the good
work.
KERRY.
u case which excited interest was
to be tried on Feb. 10 at Rathcorlnac
Petty Sessions. The defendants were
John Gleason, Patrick Leahy and
Daniel Leahy, charged with intimida-
ton toward Michael Fitzgerald, who
occupied a farm. One hundred and
fifty persons from Lisgoold and Bartlc-
my marched into Rathcormac and
cheercd loudly for the United Irish
League. Mr.. Fitzgerald, who was
principal witness, was proceeding to-
ward the court house, when he sud-
denly collapsed. District Inspector
Nerrall, seeing that he was in a dan
Gcrous condition, dispatched messen-
gers for clerical and medical aid The
Rev. Father O'Donoghue arrived in
time to anoint him, and ten minutes
after DR.. Barry arrived lie pronounced
him dead. On his death being made
known to the people, they proceeded in
a body to the chapel and prayed for
the rcpose Of his soul.
LIMERICK.
At the city police court of Limerick
Feb. Is, in connection with a prosecu-
ton by the police against five men for
riotous behavior the presiding magis-
trate. Mr. Hickson, II. NJ, said the
Bench would dismiss the summonses
against the defendants. Apart from
the legal aspect, there was serious
point underlying it. The disturbance
was caused by the unpopularity of DR..
Long, who had sworn that he was the
paid emissary Of the Church Missiona-
ries to Roman Catholics. lie admitted
that his work was that of proselytiz-