The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-04-07
Roscommon.

/ March 18th. the hearing of the appeal
in connection with the burning of the
carctaller's house on. the Ardkenna
farm. near Tulsk. was gone into. Cap
tain Caulfield French was the appellant,
and he claimed e150. Justice Holmes
saic the evidence pointed to malice
He reversed the decision of the court
below and gave Il decree for G 40. with
$40 lis. Cd. costs. to be levied off the
Stckestown rurl! district.
The funer,! took place from St.
Peters church. Athlone, on March 10Th.
of Rev. ]. Fallon, c. c., Drumcliffe.
Bishop Clancy, who was Il great per-
sonal friend of the deceased. came the
the ceremonies.
| Sligo.
Mr.. John O'Dowd, NJ p. for South
Sligo. arrived in Glasgow on March
14th. and addressed large meeting
of Irishnlen G: tombstone the same
evening", Horcfulness was the key
note of his opinion regarding Ire
lana.
Ihc annual Irish language procession
took place on March II. ut Sligo. Rain
fe'l heavily during the morning and
at frequent intervals during the after
noon, but. Notwithstanding these cir
: cunlstances, the procession was one of
imposing dimensions. More than 5000
people participated i'll il.
Tyrone.
Il An exhibition of farmers mares
, was held in CookstOwn, on March 3.
f foo the selection of animals for sires
2 approved OF by the department of agri-
$ culture. The Tyrone county committee
offered ten nominations three of which
were confined 10 farmers whose vulu-
alton exceeds $50 and the remaining
| seven open to farmers under $50 val
uation. There were 81 entries, and
4 tho judge expressed his appreciation of
f the class of animals shown by the
j. farmers OF the lower class valuation.
). Tipperary.
Al the rccep. meeting of the Clon-
mel asylum committee. Very Rev. Dean
$, | M'Donnell, P. F. " c., presiding, four
:, | applications were received for the po-
I sition of assistant medical officer of the
( institution, rendered vacant by the APP
Y pointmcnt Of Dr.. p. Hefrernan on the
Indian medica. service. Dr.. John II,
= Fitzgerald. Bal!intaggart, Ballingarry.
t County Tipperary, at present medical
:. officer at Cabirteely, was elected to
i the position.
: Wexford.
a y deputation from the Wexford cor
poration and harbor commissioners.
t consisting of J. ]. Stafford, mayor; II.
j. O'Connor, solicitor to the corpora
4 tion: w. Armst, ong. chairman of the
harbor board: j. r. Walsh. secretary;
J. sinnott, representing the harbor
. commissioners, and J. NJ. Weldon, the
!, shipowners. waited on Mr. Bryce on
E March IA to impress upon him the de-
1 sirHbility of providing for the dredg-
: NY: ana Improvement VI HGNlOFu ltlr-
! Dor. Sir Thos. Esmoude. as Il member
t for the county, and William Redmond.
M. r.. as forlnc" representative of the
Borough Of Wexford. accompanied the
5 degradation.
5 Father kavanagh. O. Il. NJ the dis
tinguisilcG historian OF Ninety eight,
r has been transferred from Wexford to
! Carrick-on-Suir. His kindly nature
and love of country have endcared him
to Irishmen everywhere
Waterford.
DIR. Sheehan, Bishop of Waterford,
has transferred Rev. p. Burke. C.. c.,
, Kilgobnet. to BallypOreen, and the Rev.
p. Byrne. C. c., to Ballyporeen, to Kill
machthomas.
I'll Westmeath.
/ at Il largely attended general meet
? ing of the Multyfarnham Branch
United Irish League. Rev. James MUIR
phy p. r., president in the chair, on
March Is. Sir Walter Nugent. Bart,
5 sasd the contemplated free Importation
| of Canadian store cattle would be fa-
ia! to the small farmers and producers
, of the country. and the meeting pro-
tested against the measure.