The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-02-05

servedly earned. Miss Elizabeth Finn,
though perhaps not very we'll known to
Dublin audience, will certainly be
heard of, and sought after, in the fu-
ture Her rendering of For All Eter-
nifty sung with sweetness and gen.
tlcness, was greatly appreciated, and
she was recalled again and again. To
an imperative encore she sang "Thora."
Kings County.
Addressing the Grand Jury, at the
opening of the Birr Quarter Sessions
recently, Judge Curran said the two
cases to go before them were very
small, and he congratulate them upon
the calendar. and also upon the salts
factory condition in which he found
that division Of the county.
Kerry.
The blarne for the refusal Of a loan
to the Listowel District Council for
the erection of artisans dwellings, has
been laid on the wrong shoulders 1t
is not the Local Government Board
that has refused to loan; but those
representatives Of the British Treas
ury, the English Board of Works in
Ireland AS a matter Of fact, the Lo-
ca! Government Board sanctioned the
application of the Listowel Council for
a loan of e $500. on the 2Sth of Oc-
toher last, and i loan of $1,000 for
Cs 1ovs t@ I,
Gil. The Board of Works intercepted
the practical repeal, by Treasury
ukase, of the provisions of beneficent
social legislation placed upon the
Statute Book by the agreement Of all
parties in tho State.
Limerick.
Tho Right Rev. DR.. ODwyer, Bishop
Of Limerick, has subscribed R5 to-
wards the fund for the relief of dis
tress in that city.
The Limerick No. 2 District Council
have adopted resolution urging on
the Glare Co. Council the necessity
Of erecting the proposed bridge over
the Shannon at Doonass Falls in pref
erence to other suggested sites. The
Rev. Father Kennedy, PIP, Clonlara,
who addressed the Council, strongly
supported the Doonass proposal.
Louth.
The funeral Of Mrs. Lavey, wife of
DR.. Lavcy,. Dundalk, was attended by
Cardinal Logue great number of the
clergy and q large and representative
attendance Of the laity Of Dundalk.
Deceased was exceedingly popular In
Dundalk and the greatest sympathy ia
felt for her husband and y~Nng family
in their bereavement.
Meath.
]. W. Gregg has sold the farms of
Causc3town and Dressogus, near Ath-
boy, County Meath, to H. M. Harti-
gan at big price. They comprise
about $50 acres of land, which will
be utilized by the new owner for the
purposes Of high-class stud farm.
Mayo.
I At u meeting on January 10, of the
Castlebar Urban Council, q letter was
read from the Very Rev. Dean Gilman
tin, Vice-President of Maynooth Col
lege, returning his sincere thanks to
tho Council for their resolution of
congratulation and good wishes on
the occasion of his appointment to the
Bishopric Of the ancient and historic
Diocese of Clonfert. He concluded by
expressing his best wishes for the
prosperity of Castelar,.
Rosoommon.
Judge Wakely, at Roscoanmon, dis
missed an action brought by Owen
Ryan, wcll-known County Roscom-
mon horsebreeder, and exhibitor at
the Dublic Horse Show, against the
Midland Great Western Railway Co..
for damages for injuries to a hunter.
valued at .e150, while it was being
unlocked at Ballylnoe Railway Station.
His Honor pointed out that the horse
had been booked at owners risk, and
the company were not liable unless
Intentional and wilful neglect was
proved against their servants.
Sligo.
The late Miss Catherine Cunning
ham, of West View, Wilton, Black
burn, Lanes; who left estate of tho
gross value of 95,521. bequeathed.
among other legacies, $3.50 to the
Bishop Of Elphin. $3.50 to the Prior of
the Dominican Priory in Sligo, e10
to the Superior of the Ursuline Nuns
in Sligo, e 10 to the Superior Of the
Convent of the Sisters Of Mercy, St.
Patrick's, Sligo, 6 80 to her servant
Mary Arthur, and s1O to her servant
Katie Gibbons.
Tipperary.
The death took place on Dec. 20, at
his residence, Newtown. Nenagh, aft
err very short illness of Thomas
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