The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-12-01

eloH IN Ireland OF any hollhii SosAo
lie boy or boys, man or men, of the
surname OF O'Laverty, being between
the ages of eleven years complete
and twenty-three years complete I'M
til said boy or man shall have attained
a trade or profession.
Dublin.
Rev. Brother Fleming. a distin-
guished member OF the Christian
Brothers Institute, died on Nov. 3, at
the house Of the Community i'll West
land Row. Dublin. The deceased had
reached the age of IL years, over 40
OF which We're spent in the great
teaching Community mentioned. For
some ten years he acted as superior
in the schools of the Order Of st.
Johns. New Foundland, and subse-
quently he filled a similar position at
Mount Sion, Waterford, afterwards
becoming superior at the Synge- street
schools, Dublin. During the last three
years he had been in failing health.
On Nov. g. the Dublin Recorder
heard a singular case of a man named
Michael Burke, of Ovoca road, who
died last July in the ninety sixth year
Of his age. He was a landscape gar
.dener, and after having come in for
fortune OF $4,000 by the death Of
a relative became so niggardly that
he would not give his wife enough
money and feed and clothe her. She
had, in consequence, to apply to a
brother and a nephew for money, and
they now sued for it as against
Burke's estate, and were awarded
es6 IS and ego respectively, with
costs.
In the Presentation Convent, Lu-
can. Miss Josephine Smyti. eldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Valentine
Smyth, of Castle Park road, elena
geary, was received into the Order
on Nov. 6, taking the name in re-
ligion OF Sister Mary Agnes.
Galway.
In an interesting letter Mr.. Dillon
further explains the very peculiar de-
vices by which Captain Shave Taylor
wooed the electors Of Galway and
managed to ,cntrap a few innocent
Nationalist votes. For months past,
in the English phase, he nursed the
constituency. Captain Shave -'Taylors
Newspapers purported to give his
opinion in favor of the legislative in
dependence Of Ireland. The Unionists
voted for him as a supporter OF the
patriotism and good sense of the
electors of Galway that, with all his
devices, he was left in a hopeless
minority.
90 Kerry.
The death Of Mr.. T. Morrissey, Ma
tional Teacher Interchangeable, on
Nov. 4, has occasioned Widespread
public regret and sympathy. Deceased
extremely popular in the district.
Kildare.
1t is shocking to think that vandal-
ism of a graveyard will be repeatedly
INDUCED in, but such has been the
case with the Downings burial ground,
where collins have been torn up and
skulls and bones are exposed to pub
lie view in a most hideous manner.
The attention of the district council
has been directed to the appalling
condition Of the place, and no time
should be lost in putting a stop to this
dissertation.
Kings County.
Mrs. -Alesbury, mother of Daniel
and John Alesbury, proprietors of the
we'll known saw mills at Edenderry,
died OH Nov. :. The family is one Of
the most respected i'll the locality,
and her death removed one whose in
terest in the welfare and prosperity
Of the town was always the most
pronounced. Her funeral was at
tended by large concourse of
friends.
Limerick.
On Nov. S John Donoghoe, of Par
teen. night Waterman at the Tax
Weir Fisheries, Limerick. accidentally
fell into the Shannon and was
drowned.
Louth.
Great sympathy is felt with Con-
stable Dixon on the death of his
wife, which occurred on Nov 7. De-
ceased was born near Dundalk anu
was in the prime Of her youth. What
makes the matter even sadder is that
the late Mrs. Dixon's mother was
buried two days before.
At the Convent of st. Etheburgas
Deal. Miss Mary Anne Byrne, young
est daughter Of the late Mr.. An
thony Byrne, Charleville, Stabannon,