The Irish standard., 1904-08-20

uetI MlutlletoWL, uaSe DeeQ stricken
with the disease. Strict precautions
have been taken to prevent a spread
of the malady. The Money family
and a neighbor named Thomas Mixer
nan, who was in the habit of visiting
at their house, are being isolated.
DUBLIN.
1t is rumored that Mr.. NIurrough
O'Brien-one of the chief land COM
missioners-has sent in his resisna-
ton.
1t is With deepest regret we an
nounce the death of Very Rev. Mon
signor Plunkett, parish priest of
Booterstown. and vicar general. The
deceased, who was one of the best
known and most loved of the priests
in the diocese Of Dublin, passed, on
July %, to his heavenly reward after
long period of suffering. NIonsignor
Plunkett was at the time of his death
61 Years of age. He was born in the
city of Dublin, and received his pre-
paratory education in Castleknock col
lege, afterwards going to Maynooth,
and then to the College of st. Sulpice,
Paris. After having served as curate,
he became administrator of Westlund
Row parish, and was sent to Booters-
town as parish priest, on the death Of
Rev. Father Pagan, PIP, in the year
1889, and was some time afterwards
made vicar general.
On Sunday morning, July "a, Mr..
John ID. Tevlin, a solicitor, was found
dead in the coffee-room of the Verdon
hotel, Talbot street, Dublin. The de-
ceased, who was about forty years Of
age, and a native of Kells, County
Meath, had been living in the hotel
for the past year and a half. He was
in delicate health. and was frequently
Il patient of DR.. Rice's in Talbot
street; and it is supposed he died Of
Il sudden attack Of heart failure.
GALWAY. -
At the Galway assizes a man named
Martin Treacy, found guilty of assault
on Rev. w. Colgan,f at Athenry, was
sentenced to six months imprison-
ment ut hard labor.
The committee of the Connacht Feis
have decided to hold an industrial ex-
hibition in connection with the Feis,
which is to be held in Galway on the
18th, 18th, and 18th of August.
In Spiddal, on July IS, Most Rev.
DR.. Mccormack, bishop of Galway, adj
ministered the sacrament of conlirlha-
ton to large number of persons in
the parish church. The school chill
dren We're catcchised in Irish as to
their knowledge of the Christian doc
trine, and the bishop spoke most high
ly of their proficiency. During his
thirty-two years as bishop, he said, he
had never met better. If the example
set by the teachers and by their eX-
ccllent priest, Father Conroy, We're
generally followed their grand old Ian
guage would soon flourish once again.
Father Pagan delivered powerful
sermon in the vernacular; Father: Con-
roy and the teachers received many
congratulations. The bishop next day
proceeded to- the western portion Of
the parish, where the children had
also been prepared in Irish. = -
| The marriage is announced, on June
80, ut the Church Of st. Francis, Mer-
chants Quay, Dublin, by the Rev.
Father Bernard, O.F.M., Ennis, broth
err of the bride, of Thomas J. Halton,
son of the late Thomas Halton, of
Dublin, to Ellen Teresa, only daugh-
ter of j. NJ Kneafsey, DC, Of Cliff
den, County Galway.
KERRY.
The. intcrnent of the late Mr.. p.
Kennedy, Woodford, Listowel, who
died on July 10 at the age Of "A years,
took place in the family burial ground
Listowel, on July 20, and by it's d.
mansions his funeral proved the wide
spread respect in which the deceased
had been held, and the general regret
of his demise. Mr.. Kennedy was
father of, the Rev. M. Kennedy, ST.,
Shanghai, China; Rev. =. Kennedy,
PIP, Clunne, Victoria. S.A., and of
Sister Margaret Mary and Sister
Mary Berchmans, of st. Joseph's, Sac
ramento Cal; of Mr.. John Kennedy,
Gloster, England, and of jeremiah
and Robert Kennedy, of New York.
At the interment the officiating clergy
neil We're: Very Rev. Canon Davis,
PIP, We. and Rev. Father Sheehan,
&C, Listowcl, Rev. Father O'NIa-
hony, Boston. was also in attendance.
$ KILDARE.
On July 10, in the bankruptcy court,
Dublin, before Justice Boyd, the case
Of Nrurtha Doyle, bankrupt, was men-
toned. The bankrupt traded at Cur
! teen, County Kildare, as a farmer.
The assignees wished for information
as to his property and he was sum-
moned on the 9TH of July to attend
court to give evidence, but had not
attended.
Mr. II. Doyle INSTRUCTED by Mr.. 9.
III. Cochrane, solicitor) applied on be-
half of the assignees for warrant
to arrest the bankrupt for his non.