The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-04-25

OF the selected sites had to be aban-
doned, and, he added; that owing to
the compensation awarded for sites,
the local authority had to fix higher
rents than had been originally sug-
gested. The present scheme, said Mr..
Malone, would merely touch the fringe
of the question.
Kilkenny.
The question of acquiring plant
which at present supplies the town of
Callan with electric light, has engaged
the attention of the local traders and
others interested, and the negotiations
which have been in progress for some
time past have resulted most salts
factorily.
The Kilkenny Urban Council have
passed a resolution protesting against
the abandonment of Kilkenny as a
venue for the Technical Congress. The
Mayor described a letter from the as.
sistant secretary of the Congress, stat
ing that accommodation for dele
gates was not sufficient, as an insult
to Kilkenny.
Kings.
At Birr Quarter Sessions Miss Ger
trude' M. Houlihan, of Clonaghill, was
awarded $40 damages against G. A.
Lee, merchant, of Birr, for being
knocked down by his daughter, aged
IA, who was riding a bicycle in Duke
street, Birr
The death took place recently in
Mullingar Workhouse Convent of Sis
ter Mary Xavier Cantwell, who was
80 years old, and in the f1fty-eighth
year of her religious life. The de-
ceased belonged to distinguished
Kings County family, being daugh-
ter of the late Edward Cantwell, of
Tullamore; a niece of the late Most
Rev. DR.. Cantwell, former Bishop
of Meath, and a cousin of the Rev. Pc.
ter Cantwell, of Dunboyne.
leitrim.
The young farmers of the Corries
District, Carrick-on-Shannon, have
formed Farmers Association, and
have decided to purchase number of
implements, such as plows, harrows,
rollers, sprayer, and a corn thresher
and winnower, which will be hired
out to the members of the association
at very moderate terms. The work
has been actively taken up by the az
ricultural class and keen interest TAX
en- in the movement.
County Court Judge Brown, X. c.,
at the opening of Carrick-on-Shannon
Quarter Sessions, was presented with
white gloves, there being no criminal
business, and he expressed pleasure
at the peaceful state of the county.
His honor was welcomed to the coun-
ty by Mr.. Cox, B. L., and Mr.. Corscad-
den, solicitor.
Longford.
Last week the Corteen ranch, the
property Of Mr.. Lestrange, and situated
about three miles from Longford, in
the Clondra direction, having been
sold, was divided up among number
of adjoining small tenants. The farm
contains over 100 acres and is very
good land.
On Wednesday evening, March rs,
an old man named John Gunshfnan, of
Abbeycartron, was the victim of sc.
rious burning accident.
The death has taken place of Mrs.
Mary Geraghty, Ballymore. at the ad-
vanced age of 1O2 years.
Limerick.
At,,the opening of the quarter ses-
sions for the City of Limerick, Mr..
Stephen O'Mara, city high sheriff, ad-
dressing County Court Judge Law
Smith, X. c., said he had great pleas
ure in presenting his Honor with
pair Of white gloves as token of the
freedom of the city from crime.
The funeral Of Sister Mary Alacoque.
Connolly, Superioress of St. Mi
ehael's Hospital, Kingstown, took place.
after High Mass and Office to the
cemetery of the Sisters of Mercy Or
der at Goldenbrfdge. The deceased.
who was native of Limerick, was
aged ~ years, and had spent 48 years
iii the Order. She was superioress of
sts Michael's Hospital for ten years,
and previous to that had been in
charge Of Brickfield Lane Convent for
five years, while for IL years she was
mistress Of novices at Carysfort Con-
vent.
Monaghan. -..
i The funeral Of the late Right Rev.
Monsignor O'Nefll, r. p, Clones, took
place amid general manifestations of
regret, and large number of clergy
and sympathizers were present at the
obsequies in the Sacred Heart Church,
Clones.
A Coroner's Jury sitting in the Coun-
ty Monaghan Inffrmary found that
Mary McGeough, aged "a years, of
Aughmaclin, an inmate of the insti.
tuition, had died from heart failure,
accelerated by injuries received from