The Irish standard., 1918-12-14
C0NNAUGHT

Lieut.-Col. Campbell has been re-
elected chairman of Sligo Harbor Com
missioners, having held that Office for
the past five years.
p. ]. Andrew, B. E., is announced
as the candidate of the Irish Consti'
q tutional Progressive Party for County
SLeitrim, which, under the new fran.
chise. will return only one member.
The Sim Fein candidate is ]. N. Nolan.
The present members are F. E. Nee
han and T. ]. Smyth.
The selection of A. McCabe by Sim
Fein as Parliamentary representative
for South Sligo being held to be irreg.
ular, P. O'Domhmallain (who refused
to allow his name to be submitted
again) presided at q Sim Fem Execu-
tive meeting at Ballymote and sug-
gested that Countess Markievicz be Sc
lected. Mr.. MCabe's name was also
proposed, and the meeting was ad'
journed till next Sunday for the final
selection.
In the Co. Sligo. football champion
ship on Sunday, Monasteraden and
Cuilmore drew, the score being Mon
asteraden 2 goals; Cuilmere goal 8
points.
The share capital of 100000 for the
Castlerea Milling and Development
Co., of which The O'Conor Don is
chairman, has been over subscribed.
In addition to milling, the company
will supply Castlerea with electric
light.
A large number of the clergy and of
the general public attended the flu.
neral of Very Rev. D. Travers, o. S. A.,
Prior, St. Augustine's, Galway, which
took place at Forthill, following Office
and High Mass at which Very Rev. DR..
Bowen, o. S. A., Provincial, presided,
and Very Rev. Father Aloysius, O. S.
F. c., brother of deceased, was cele-
brant.
Under the new franchise the number
of electors in North Roscommon is as
follows: Parliamentary, 14,172 men
and 1886 women, making total of
21,2S5. Local Government, 1889 men
and 6,9S3 women, making total of
2O,2S2. South Roscommon-Parlia,
mentary, 14,S19 men and 1874 women,
making a total of 22,093. Local gov
eminent, 1926 men and 1918 women,
making a total of 2O,7O4.
There is still no trace of Mr.. Smoth,
manger of the Northern Bank, Mohill
who, it is feared, was drowned in the
Shannon on Wednesday morning OF
last week at Jamestown. A cap sup.
posed to belong to him was picked up
floating in the river.
Lieut.-Co Bryan John Jones, Lem,
ster Regiment, was killed in action on
the 26th of October. He was much in.
terested i'm the history and archae.
ology of Ireland, and his family for
many generations resided at Head.
fort Castle, Drumsna.
The marriage arranged between Cap.
tain Malta Costiesco-Glyka Assistant
Military Attache at the Rumanian LIE.
cation, with Miss Eileen O'Conor
daughter of the late Sir Nicholas
O'Conor, British Ambassador at Con.
stantinople, and Lady O'Conor, will
take place at the Brompton Oratory
London. The O'Conor family seat is
near Castlerea.
The Countess of Kingston visiting
Boise received cordial support for her
Shamrock Fund for the benefit of
Irish crippled soldiers and sailors. In
an interview, she spoke in glowing
terms of the work of the Irish regi.
ments i'm the war; paying special trib.
utes to the Rev. Father Lane Fox, the
late Rev. J. Gwynn, s. j., and Lieut.
Michael O'Leary, v. c.
There was decline in the price of
pigs at the Roscommon fair on Mon.
day. Animals which would have read
lily fetched $40 and G22 a fortnight
ago were quickly disposed of at so
and &3 per head less. Large sows
were sold down in quotations.
The influenza has spread to the Bal
linlough district and some cases have
been admitted to Castlerea work-house
hospital The cases are not of viru
lent type. Castlerea town is fortu
nately free from the outbreak.
Count Plunkett, writing from Biz
mingham Prison regarding his selec
tion as candidates for North Roscom
mon, says he is proud to represent the
pioneer CONSTITUENCY, and he desired
no greater honor. He was not at lib
erty to say more at present.