The Irish standard., 1906-01-27

ing Journalists. but for tho past
couple Of years he may DO saii to
have dropped out Of public lice He
had been ailins for few weeks, and
despite the efforts Of his medical at
tendant, DR.. Cope. the end came. Mr..
Coote was a member Of the 1sallyfsn
family of that name.
Roseommon.
Jim Dooley. Of Roscommon. while
beating for shooting party on the
lands Ct Derrane, near Roscommon,
IN Dec. %, was accidentally shot in
the head, and so seriously injured that
he had to be removed to Dublin for
treatment.
Mrs. i4ailnon, an extensive fow', and
egg dealer, who had several bran. +
establishments in England, was found
dead in d room of the K :chen Of her
shop in Church street, Roscommon, on
Dec. 31st.
Sligo.
Mr.. James Ward, Of Castelar,, Tho
is undergoing a sentence Of six
months imprisonment as an ordinary
criminal In Sligo Jail, for ALLEGED anti
enlisti:ig se1ition, as the result of the
trial ut the accent Winter Assizes, has
teen ,rr osea to Castlcba, Jail On
Dec. % he was visited b: Alderman
Flanagan, ]. p, Mayor Of Sligo, who
foun. MI. Ward in the best Of health
and spirits. Since his inca. ceration
he suffered very much IF IN lumbago.
which recessitated his removal to the
hospital For a week.
Tipperary.
On Dec. 29th a convention was held
at Clonmel for the purpose of select
ing candidate for the Parliamentary
representation of East Tipperary. The
Very Rev. Dan M'Donnell, P. p, VIC,
presided. The sitting member, Mr..
Thomas Condor, was unanimously Sc
lected.
The South Tipperary convention
unanimously selected Mr.. John Cul-
Imam, M. p, of Bansha, as the Ma
tionalist candidate for his old CEN
stituency at the general election, and
Mr.. Kendall E. O'Brien, M. p, was, at
Thurles, unanimously selected as the
Nationalist candidate for Mid-Tipper-
airy, his present seat.
Tyrone.
The festivities in Omagh, during
| holiday week, caused the courts to
work overtime. Two special courts
were held, and many who had in
dulged too frequently had light sem
fences imposed upon them; while
others were let off with warnings.
A man named Charles Quigley, of
Lisnamallard, fell off car, on Dec
81, in the town, and dislocated his
arm. He was treated by DR.. Todd,
]. P.
Waterford.
Mr. p. j. Power, M. p, was unani-
mously selected as the candidate for
his present constituency in the East
Division of the County Waterford.
The death sentence on Christopher
Lehman. now in Waterford prison, has
been committed in penal servitude for
life.
Wicklow.
At the meeting of the Shillelagh
Board of Guardians, on Dec 80, reso-
luton was adopted requesting that
the 100000 a year at present spent
on veterinary inspection be utilized
for the appointment Of one hundred
and sixty veterinary surgeons.
Westmeath.
The westminster Gazette" states
that Lord Castletown of Upper Ossory
has definitely rejoined the Liberal
Party, and will in future vote with
the present government in the House
Of Lords. Lord Castletown's father
sat. for nearly thirty years. as Liberal
member for Queens County, and was
given the resuscitated title Of Castle
town" by Mr.. Gladstone.
wexford
In South Wexford, the convention
unanimously agreed to select as the
candidate for the district, Mr.. Peter
French, the present member, who has
represented the constituency for the
past % years in Parliament.
On Dec. 2Sth the schooner Mary
Gertrude, of Wexford, bound from
Eswansea to Castleton, was seen to be
in distress in the Candy Roads. Ten
by. The local lifeboat proceeded to
the vessels assistance, and eventually
rescued all her crew. Another schoon-
err, the Dennis Carthy, also of wex-
ford, bound from Newport with Goals,
was also in distress in the same
neighborhood. The Tenby lifeboat
again put off and brought back the
crew, which numbered four.