The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-10-06

delivered an anti Home Rule speech,
In the course of which he said that
for himself he would prefer total sep
aration from, England to Home Rule in
any form. 49, : *:
- Sligo.
At recent meetings of the Corpora
ton and of the Harbor Board refer
ence was made to the proposed Can
ming Factory in Sligo, and at the Cor
poration meeting 1t was suggested
that Mr. M'Hugh should be asked to
communicate with Captain Capron,
who has been in Sligo looking for a
site. The latter was agreeably i'm
pressed with the location in and around
Sligo, but the Harbor Board demand
ed an excessive tariff which Mr.. Capron
declined to pay. and therefore all ne
gotiattons were abandoned.
.'''' Tyrone.
A wedding, which aroused much
interest in local Gaelic circles, was
recently solemrized at Strabane. The
contracting parties were Miss Agnes
Gormley daughter Of Mr.. John CORN
ley, Strabane, and Mr.. Michael v.
O'Nolan, B. A, 1. r. O., Strabane. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. Ger
aid O'Nolan, professor st. Malachy's
College, brother of the bridegroom, as
sisted by Very Rev. DR.. McHugh, P. p,
strabane; Rev. A. O'Neill, c. c., MUIR
log; and Rev. Peter O'Nolan, c. c.,
Dublin, also a brother of the BRIDE
Tipperary.
A young girl named Mary Anne
Holohan, farmers daughter, was
killed by the Thurles train, on Sept.
10. Her head was completely several
from the trunk, and was carried about
thirty yards on the engine
On Sept. II, Very Rev. Canon Flaw
in, P. p, S. S., Peter and Paul, Clon-
mel, was appointed Chairman of the
Clonme1' Asylum Committee. A let
ter was read from the Dublin Indus
trial Development Association, stat
ing that complaints had been made
that a contract for English made beds
and wicker chairs had been made by
the Asylum Committee. 1t was de-
cided to give Irish firms a chance of
competing in future.
Westmeath.
On Sept. 4, the Right Rev. DR.. Hoare
officiated at the ceremony at the Relig-
ious Profession Of two Nuns in the
Convent Of Mercy, Moate. The Relig-
ious who had the happiness of pro-
nouncing their final vows were Sister
M. Winifred Walshe and Sister M. Ur-
sula Martin.
Wicklow.
Mr.. Denis Kehoe, whose family was
one of the most respected in the town
of Balttnglass, died at his residence.
on Sept: 9, after a brief illness. The
deceased was in business in the town
and his many excellent qualities won
for him in a marked degree the esteem
and affection of all those who came
within the circle of his acquaintance.
Wexford.
In Ramsgrange; Wexford, on Sun
day, SeIt. 8, a memorial to the late
Canon Doyle was Unveiled by Mr. t.
b. Sullivan, his lifelong friend and
fellow worker in the cause of faith and
fatherland, who in the course of an
interesting address said the old times
in their worst features were passing
away never to return. Under the cir
cumstances he appealed to the people
of the country to show a kindly face
and to: give friendly welcome 10
every Irishran, whatever his class or
creed, who offered or desired to go with
them even part Of the way.
Waterford.
The tenants on the Tybroughney
estate Of Major Power, Of Bellevue,
with their solicitor, Mr.. J. P. Quirk,
met the agents Of the estate with
their solicitors, Messrs. Whitney and
Moore, on Sept. 49, when agreements
were signed. The first term tenants
receive = reduction of 6s. in the pound
(21h years purchaser, and the non.
judicial tenants the same reduction on
their old rents as reduced by 30 per
cent. All the tenants signed save two.
An Old Maid Says
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