The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-09-16
Kings County.

Tullamore Gaelic League has turned
eral disappointments. The Nenagh
Orchestra, all-Ireland champians, were
unavoidably absent owing to hitch
in the train arrangements. due TO the
railway strike. Rev. Z. Gibbons, C. c.,
Pahan, who is one of the foremost of
the Midland Gaels, wrote saying that
it was impossible for him to attend to
open the festivities, on account of i'm
perative parish duties which he could
not escape. He regretted the disap-
pointment very much, and hoped they
would be able to manage without him.
Another unfavorable circumstance was
the holding of an athletic carnival in
Rahan.
Kildare.
At the quarterly meeting of the Kill
dare County Council held here August
21st in the Courthouse it was unani-
mously decided to appoint delegates
to the Convention of the Town Ten
ants League. The following were Sc
lected to attend in Dublin--Lord Fred
erick Fitzgerald, Carton, Maynooth;
Messrs. p. J. Doyle, Co. c.. ]. p, New
bridge: and Charles Bergin, Co. c., ].
p, Abbeyville, Kildare.
Kerry.
We deeply regret to have to an
nounce the demise of Mrs. Patrick
Teahan, which took place at her resi-
dencc, Strand street. Tralee, after a
brief illness, fortified by the rites of
Holy Church. Her unassunling dispo-
sition endeared her to large circle of
friends, and her death will be felt
keenly amongst them. She was char
liable and kind hearted and will be
missed by the poor and needy who
were never denied her assistance when
invoked.
Limerick.
The situation in Limerick with re-
gard to the railway strike is one of
extreme tension. The men who are
members of the Amalgamated Society
of Railway Servants are keeping their
counsels, and the head officials of the
Great Southern and Western Railway
Company are taking precautions to
meet any eventuality at any moment.
They are refusing to forward any
goods or merchandise, and the great
est uncertainty prevails concerning
the action of the men.
Louth.
Before the departure of the a. m.
train from Drogheda for Navan on
August 81 it was found the points on
the line had been blocked, with the
result that the train could not get into
the Meath branch. A stone had been
wedged into the points
Peter Thornton, aged 5, was serious
ly injured by being run over by a mot
or car in Drogheda.
Loneford.
At a meeting held at Moydow, near
Longford, under the auspices of the
United Irish League on August Goth,
Mr.. j. P. Farrell NJ. P, delivered an
address in which he dealt with the
passing of the Parliament bill and the
Home Rule question.
Leitrim.
At the adjourned inquest this week
on the body of Mrs. Jane Tracy, who
died at Leitrim as a result of wounds,
DR.. Graham, who assisted at the post
mortem examination said that the
death followed upon laceration of the
brain, caused by depressed fracture.
Meath.
The quarterly meeting of the Meath
County Council was held on Monday
August 21st, and among the items ON
the agenda was the following notice of
motion by Mr.. Thos. M'Ivor the leader
of the Labor Party of Meath:-"That
this Council purchase National Flag
and that the County surveyor be di-
rected to have erected Flagstaff, the
members of the Council to open a
subscription list. the Chairman of the
County Council to receive subscrip-
tons from members and from the ex-
lied sons and daughters of Royal
Meath"
Monaghan.
Mr.. John Hamilton M'Cahon, senior
officer of Inland Revenue. Monaghan
was drowned while bathing at Lamb
Lake. near Monaghan.
Mayo.
A large meeting of all the members
of the Claremorris Branch of the
Amalgamated Railway Servants So
ciety was held at Claremorris recently
to consider the following telegram re-
ceived from the Joint Committee by
the Secretary of the Branch-"Joint
Executives have settled strike. Vic
tory for unionsm. All men return tc