The Irish standard., 1905-06-17

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GALWAY.
Mr.. Charles Devlin intends to ask
the secreatry of state for the colonies
whether his attention had been called
to the speech delivered by the cover.
nor-general of Canada, advocating the
Galway route for the transmission of
mails and merchandise across the At.
lantic, and whether it is intended to
discuss this subject at the colonial
conference 1906.
MIR. BARLEY Rutledge, honorary Sec
rotary OF the CLAIM and Oughterard
branch of the United Irish League,
has been returned for trial. on a
! charge OF having written a threaten
ing letter to Patrick OToole, j. P,
who holds grazing farm at Glann
county Galway. Bail was accepted,
defendant himself in. 100 and two
surieties of $50 each. Mr.. j. H.
! Joyce, county councillor, and Mr.. Mi
chael Walsh, r. D. c., gave themselves
as sureties.
KERRY.
! 1t is estimated that property to the
value of 94O0 was destroyed by a fire
which broke out on May 10 in build
ing yard belonging to Mr.. Patrick
Murphy, contractor, Tralee.
On May 20 Miss Clara Crawford,
niece of Messrs. Musgrave Brothers,
Tralee, died suddenly. At the inquest
verdict was returned that death was
due to failure of the hearts action.
On May %, a man named John
Breen, residing at Castleisland, died
rather suddenly. Deceased was at
tending to his business when he was
taken i'll, and died a short time after
wards.
KILDARE.
| Encouraging reports of the progress
OF the Gaelic movement, in Kildare,
were considered and adopted at the
annual meeting of the Coiste Ceann-
tair in Dublin.
| LEITRIM.
| A Carrick-on-Shannon dispatch of
May "a says: Farmers from the Car
rick-on-Shannon district of Roscom-
mon and Leitrim state that the severe
frost which prevailed last night, and
| which was accompanied by a biting
north wind, has completely destroyed
the potato crop in the boys and moors.
/ Up to this the crop had been doing
very we'll. The stalks were we'll over
ground; but now they lie on the ridges
blackened. The upland potatoes es-
capped getting hurt. The oat crop has
also suffered.
LIMERICK.
At the Limerick petty sessions, on
May 10, Mr.. Hickson, R. NJ, presid-
! ing, four young men, named Real,
Heffernan, S. Frost, and Aherne, were
!, prosecuted for assaults arising out of
hurting match which took place at
Castleconnell on May IA. Evidence
having been given the chairman said
that, at the three last petty sessions
courts, cases of this kind had come
before the magistrates, who dealt with
! them somewhat severely by way of a
fine. The magistrates were deter
mined to put down those rows, and
would send the present defendants to
Jail for IA days with hard labor. Nc
Carthy and Brosnahan, who wheel
ed" for Castleconnell, would be put
under rule of bail. On the applica-
ton Of Mr.. P. J. O'Sullivan, solicitor
for the defense, Real and Frost were
let off with a fine of 81 shillings.
LoNGFoRD.
On May "a Edward Gomley, Of
Springbawn, Graanrd, was returned
for trial on Charge of having inflicted
injury on Timothy Cornell, of the same
place, which caused his death
On May II the death took place, at
the residence of her sister, Mrs. Don
Ion, Moydow, of Rev James O'Farrell
: at the age of So. For more than IL
months the deceased clergyman had
lapsed into a failing condition of
health, and was obliged to retire from
, active duty He was the youngest son
of the late William Farrell, of Augh-
: inc, Moydow, and nephew of Very
Rev. Canon Fitzgerald and of Rev.
James Fitzgerald, both we'll known
prists in the diocese of Ardagh.
! LOUTH.
At Dundalk quarter sessions, on May
"a, the county court judge, Mr.. w. H.
Kisbey, X. c., was presented by the
sub-sheriff with white gloves, emblem
atica of the crimeless condition of the
county Louth. His honor, in acknowl-
edging the presentation, said that the
county Louth occupies the premier po-
sition in this respect in Ireland. Over
and over again, sometimes for three
and for sometimes four sessions of the
year, he was presented with white
gloves, both in Dundalk and Drogheda,
fact which spoke we'll of the people
of the county.
MAYO.
At the Kiltimagh petty sessions, on
May %, Sir Henry Lynch Blosse pre-
siding, young man named Michael
Carroll was fined in the sum of s2 for
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