The Irish standard., 1901-05-04

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of by the members to present him with
gold medal, as slight token of their
appreciation of his services.
CLARE.
The newest society" shopkeeper in
London is Miss Mora O'Brien, daugh-
ter of Lord and Lady Inchiquin, WHO
has started in millinery at the Marble
Arch. Certainly few people became
pioneers to more purpose than the late
Lady Granville Gordon, who was the
first of the great world to go into bust
ness on serious SCALE Miss O'Brien's
desire to strike out on line of her
own is not unintelligible. All Lord
Inchiquin's children by his second
marriage-who are seven-are 'daugh-
tiers, and all are unmarried. In ALL
Lord Inchiquin has fourteen children
DERRY.
After the conference dinner, in
Derry, on April 9, Most Rev. DR.. O'Do-
herty, presiding, it was publicly an
nounced that the dignity of domestic
prelate had been conferred by the Pope
on Very Rev, Charles McFaul, P. F.,
Waterside, and that of doctor of divin-
on Very Rev. Charles McFaul, P. P,
lumb's college. Monsignor McFaul is
of long residence in the city and Wa
terside, and is deeply respected by all
who know him. Rev. Professor
O'Kane is an M. A. of the Royal Uni
yersity, and had notable college ca
reer.
DUBLIN.
Rev. Brother O'Callaghan, superior
of the Christian Brothers schools,
Synge street, Dublin, died on April 10.
His constitution, undermined by the
arduous labors Of the charitable work
to which he had devoted his life, gave
way under severe attack of pneu-
monia. During his last illness those
traits Of his character which had won
for him the affection Of his religious
brethren, throughout life, endeared
him still more by his saintlike dispo-
sitiOn with which he awaited the last
moment. His sincere piety and true
Christian patience were the ediication
Of all. By his demise the Christian
Brothers have lost one of their best
and most devoted members.
GALWAY. g..
At meeting Of the priests of the
Clifden deanery, on April 4, it was
resolved:
''That we, the priests of the deanery
of Clifden, in conference assembled,
deem it duty to enter our solemn pro-
test against the oath-as blasphemous
as it was insulting-which His Majesty
King Edward VII. took on his Access
sion to the throne; that we call upon
the Irish members to spare no effort
in having it, with other disabilities
affecting Catholics, speedily removed
from the statute book; and that COPY
of this resolution be forwarded to the
home secretary, to the chief secretary
for Ireland, MIR. G. Wyndham, M. P;
and. to the chairman of the Irish Par
liamentary party, Mr.. John E. Red
mond, NJ. p.
KERRY.
On the morning of April 10, depu-
tation Of leading 'loyalists'' of Tralee
assembled at the railway station with
the object of presenting the Duke of
Connaught with an address on his ar
rival. On intimation of the fact being
conveyed to the duke, he peremptorily
declined to receive the deputation or
the address, on the ground that his
visit was entirly of an unofficial nature
and also that since he has been in
mourning lie has refused to accept adj
dresses elsewhere. and could not CON
sistently depart from that decision.
LIMERICK.
On April II a man named Ross, Il
corporal in the First Battalion, Royal
Munster Fusiliers, was arrested in
John street, Limerick ,on charge of
being absent from barracks in Tralee
| without leave. Ross had been on ac-
tive service with his regiment in South
Africa. was wounded in the knee and
invalided home. His sick leave had
expired few days previously. He
was removed under military escort to
Tralee.
MAYO.
At Swinford quarter sessions, on
April 10, before County Judge Richard
Dane, Constable James Costello, of
Charlestown, sought to recover $3.50
damages for injuries received on the
night Of the 25th Of January last, while
he was engaged in arresting prison
er. Mr.. J. P. Mannion appeared for
the claimant land Mr.. Alfred Berkeley
for the Mayo county council. A large
humber Of witnesses were examined,
and 1t appeared that the claimant was
arresting man named Harrington,
when he received kick in the ankle,
from the effect of which he was unable
to do duty for two months. The par
ties who assaulted the constable were