The Irish standard., 1905-02-04
Of Justice, London.


Branch of the United Irish League,
Messrs. John Francis Small, Daniel
Murtagh, James O'Hagan, and Robert
O'Rorke, were selected as the official
Nationalist candidates for the forth
coming municipal elections. The out
going councillors-Messrs. Arthur
Mccain, John ]. McAneney, John
Treanor, and John McEvoy-were
proposed, but were rejected by large
majority.
FERMANAGH.
On Jan. 18th Very Rev. George
M'Meel, P. P, of Whitehill, Ballina-
who recently returned from the
Eternal City, was presented with an
address, by his parishioners, ccagratu-
lating him on his having the high
degree of Doctor of Divinity conferred
upon him by one Of the greatest
Universities in Rome.
GALWAY.
On the morning of January 7th, the
death occurred of Mrs. st. George,
Tyrone, County Galway. Mrs. st.
George was in her 9th year, and was
connected with the leading families in
Galway, her late husband, Mr.. Chris
topher st. George, having been at one
time Member for the County.
On Jan. 7th, after being missing for
thirty-three days, the body of young
man named Patrick Ivors, from Kilt
magh, County Mayo, was recovered
from the Corrib River, at Galway.
KINGS COUNTY.
The recent death of DR.. Thomas
Wood, the nonogenarian physician, at
Birr, does not deprive the Irish me-
dical profession of it's only member
in the nineties, DR.. George Ellis, of 81
Lower Lesson street, Dublin, being
well past ninety, and his father lived
to be an nonogenarian. The medical
profession can be rivalled by the Bar
in nonogenarian members. Three emf
nent Irish lawyers Of the last century
lived to be nonogenarians,
KERRY.
The attempt to renew negotiations
with Lord Kenmare, for the sale of
his estate in Kerry to the tenants, bas
proved abortive
Don Jan. z, successful Gaelic en-
tertainment was held at Brosna. Re-
personalities We're present from the
counties of Cork and Limerick.
Edward Melville Phillips Wynne
has been appointed a Resident
Magistrate for Kerry, to be stationed
at Tralee; and Captain Charles Pastor
Crane, D. S. o., to be stationed at
Killarney.
Mr.. Jeremiah Roche, Castleisland,
has been elected Petty Sessions Clerk
for the district.
Maxwell v. Blacker Douglas, Bell
vue Park, kidney, County Dublin,
has been appointed high sheriff Of
Kerry.
LIMERICK.
1t is believed that the disestablish-
ment Of the Irish Constabulary will
now proceed at rapid rate. Within
the last six months twenty-five sta
tons were closed, the total number
in Ireland being about a Thousand;
and orders have been been given for
the closing of large number of ad-
ditional stations. In the County
Limerick, five stations are being
closed, and in the whole country it
is said that about one hundred will
be shut up at once.
At the last Limerick Quarter Ses-
sions, before Judge Adams, MIR. Char
les Jefcoat, science and art teacher,
sued the Great Southern and Western
Railway Company to recover Ell 18s,
the value of the contents of a trunk
which went astray between Limerick
and Wolverhampton, last August.
The Court gave decree for five
guineas, holding that the Company
was not responsible for money placed
in the trunk by the plaintiffs wife,
without his knowledge
LEITRIM.
On Jan. 9Th, public meeting Of
the Nationalist of Gowel was held,
outside tile chapel, after last Mass,
Mr.. Denis Johnston, organizer and DR..
O'Neill, Coatbridge, and the Rev.
Father Nangle, G. c., Gowel (who pre-
sided), were the speakers.
LONGFORD.
Mr.. Andrew Todd, X. c., has been
appointed Senior Crown Council for
Longford, vice Mr.. M. Drummond, X.
c., appointed County Court Judge; Mr..
r. E. Osborne, to Junior Crown
Counsel for same county, vice Todd.
Arising out of the recommendation
of the Longford Board of Guardians,
that the rate in aid of the Agricultural
and Technical schemes in County
Longford be stopped, the County
Committee has decided to invite an
expression Of opinion from the other
County Boards on the subject.
LOUTH.
At the recent preliminary examina-
ton under the Pharma ceutical Society
of Ireland, Miss Lily Roe, daughter
of the late Mr.. Thomas Roe, J. p,
Dundalk, obtained first place in compe-
tition with large number of can