The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-03-21
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1 fast. died from heart failure, follow
( ing spasm of the CLOTHS, caused by a
Il piece of bread accidentally lodging in
\ his windpipe, while eating his supper. /"
! Prior to the occurrence Elroy had
& complained of shortness Of breath.
Y Y An unoccupied house at Tallygarley,
the property of James Walshe, Ballee.
was destroyed by FIRE early on the
I morning of Feb. Is, entailing a loss
q OF s2O0.
Armagh.
Mary Kelso, who never married,
died recently at Acton, at the age Of
102 years.
Married.-Feb. IL, in st. Patrick's
Church, Portadown, by Rev. Father
Mcdonald, G. c., with Nuptial Mass,
William James, eldest son of Arthur
Walsh, Woodhouse street. Portadown.
to Mary Elizabeth, eldest daughter Of
Thomas Mcdonnell, 46 William street,
Portadown.
An inquest was held on Feb. IL, into
the circumstances surrounding the
death of Andrew King, a retired farm
er of Mullaglass, whose dead body was
taken from flax hole on the night
of Feb. z. The jury returned YER
dict of accidental death by drowning.
Cavan.
The Cavan Urban Council has ap-
piled for loan of 100000 for the pur-
pose of improving and extending the
waterworks system of the district.
The Lislin evicted tenants will
shortly be reinstated in their old hold.
ings.
The following deaths have taken
place: Recently, Mrs. Anne Reilly,
neutrality-suspicious.. 16, Mrs. Bridget
Reilly, Drumshiny.-Feb. Is, James
McCabe, Barrack Hill, Belturbet.
Clare.
During thunderstorm which pass
ed over West Clare, on the afternoon
of Sunday, Feb. Is, lightning descend
ed the chimney of house at Cloloney,
Ennistymon, instantly killing a man
named Michael Egan, and knocking
unconscious two other persons who
were in the same apartment.
Carlow.
The Rev. Joseph Dempster, rector
of the SCOTS Church, in Carlow, died
on Feb. Is. He was highly esteemed
by all creeds and classes in the town.
Died-Feb. 10, William Henry Pat
terson, of Quinagh House, Carlow
Feb. II, at 2 Burrin street, Carlow,
Thomas She'll, aged II years.-Feb.
10, at Private Hospital, Dublin, Minnie,
beloved wife of H. P. Sheridan, Sphinx.
Mr. Molloy, NJ. p, has received no.
tice from the Estates Commissioners
that as the application of Mrs. Mary
Condren for reinstatement in her farm
on the James Newton estate was not
lodged before the date MAY 1, 1000
specified by the Evicted Tenants Act,
she does not come within the class
whom the Commissioners had power
to provide for under the act.
Cork.
The Local Government Board has
sanctioned a loan of 100000 to the
Skibbereen District Council for the
purpose of erecting laborers' cottages
and repairing existing ones. The loan
will cover period of seventeen years.
The late Mr.. w. Morton, gunsmith
and antique dealer, of Cork, left estate
valued at G5,6SO, the bulk of which
goes to his niece, Mrs. Fanny O'Con-
nell.
Fermanagh.
A largely attended public meeting
was held in 1naskea recently to sup
port project to have the level of
Tough Erne lowered by two feet, in
an endeavor to prevent the periodical
flooding of almost 1900 acres of land
along the shores of the Tough from
Belleek to Belturbet. The flooding has
caused heavy and serious loss to
the farmers.
Some time ago the Fermanagh Joint
Technical Instruction Committee in
> creased the salary of Miss NJ Mcguire,
crochet teacher, Derrylin, from G45
to $50 per annum, owing to her in
creased work in connection with the
new class at Teemore, which was
B opened in June last. The department
has sanctioned the increase, which
dates from the first of August last.
Galway.
Owen ]. Klyne has been appointed
4 to succeed his late father as Relieving
Officer of the Spiddall District.
Died recently, John Burke, Garnar.
( EFFICIENTLY, Mrs. P. Costello, Spid.
dali.
The famous and historic Martin es.
i tate of Connemara-called by Byron
the trackless wilds of Connemara"-
and situated in the barony of Bally'
nahinch, in the County of Galway, has
changed hands for the last time. On
the confscation Of the vast territory
& from, the original owners, the OLA
herties. in the time Of Elizabeth, II