The Irish standard., 1918-05-25

Hubert Colon, late of Maynooth Col.
lege, aged twenty-five.
At the annual meeting of the A. O.
H. County Board of Kilkenny the fol
lowing officers were unanimously
| elected: President, Mr.. j. P. Hughes
]. P; Vice President, Alderman Clo
| hosey; Secretary, Mr.. Denis O'Car.
roll, ]. P, Castlecomer; Marshall, Mr..
p. Duffy; Trustees, Messrs. ]. Nolan
Graiguenamanagh; ]. O'Sullivan, Kill
macow, and P. Comerford, Kilkenny.
| AS high price as G1,0O5 was
realized for a farm of about twelve
acres of land in the Soran district at
a court auction in Longford court
house. The farm belonged to the late
| Mr.. Lee, formerly master of the Gran.
ard Workhouse, and in connection
with whose property equity proceed.
ings had been going on for some time
1t was purchased by Mr.. Lee, who
| also figured in the suit.
At a meeting held at Edenmore
presided over by Mr. John Murtagh
and attended by Mr.. j. P. Farrell, NJ
p, resolution was passed condemn.
ing and protesting against any at.
tempt to apply the Man-Power Bill to
Ireland, imposing CONSUMPTION on an
unwilling people. Similar resolutions
were passed at Carrickmacross, Mayo
County Board, and hundreds of other
Nationalist organizations.
Drogheda (North) District Council
protested against the borough not hav-
! ing representation on the Advisory
Committee appointed by Mr.. Burgess
to go into the price of coal, and it was
| decided to communicate with the Cor
poration and the Harbor Board with a
view to having representative appoint
ed from Drogheda.
Mr.. 7. Chapman, manager, Athlone
Printing Works, received notification
by telegram from the competent mill
tary authority that the ban of suppress
sion as far as the general printing and
all publications Except the West
meath independently had been re-
moved. Athlone, Tullamore, and Cas-
tlerea Councils and Athlone Guardians
passed resolutions of protest against
the suppression of the Westmeath In
dependent.
Eggs sold at Is. per dozen, at re.
cent Athlone market. ......
In an action by Mr.. Cornell, farmer
and cattle dealer, Moate, against
Messrs. Colo, farmers, Ballymahon, for
$3.50, alleged to be due to the plain
tiff as defendants manager, settle
ment was reached by which the de-
PENDANTS agreed to pay the plaintiff
G225 and costs.
Rev: Hubert Conlon, B. D., late of
Dunboyne House, Maynooth, who has
died at a private nursing home in
Dublin in his twenty-ffth year, was
son of Mr.. p. Conlon, N. T., Tobber-
clair, near Athlone, and was ordained
two years ago. The chief mourners
at the funeral were: Mr.. P. Conlon
N. 7. (father), Mrs. Conlon (mother)
Messrs. Patk. and William Conlon
(brothers), and Mr.. and Mrs. Spain
(cousins).
Miss May O'Byrne Tin religion, Sis
ter Mary Aidan), daughter of Mr.. H..
O'Byrne, Ballindaggan, Enniscorthy,
has been professed nun in the Mercy
Order at Carlow.
Two hundred engineers employed at
the Millroad Iron Works, Wexford,
(Messrs. P. Pierce and Co.. have gone
on strike, their demands, made
through the Amalgamated Society of
Engineers, not being granted.
The attention of the Railway Execu-
tive has been called to the matter, Mr..
Wardlle told Mr.. French in Parla-
ment on the latter drawing attention
to the contemplated curtailment of
the train service between Dublin and
Wexford, which, he said, would disar-
range business over all S. Wexford,
and leave practically no time for deal
ing with the English mails.
Irish and Papal flags were feature
of an elaborate street decoration
scheme at the celebration of the Gold
en- Jubilee of the Wexford Holy Fam
lily Confraternity. The members held
procession through the streets, and
Benediction was given in the grounds
Of the Church of the Immaculate Con-
ception by Rev. Father Wickham, c.
c., Spiritual Director, and the Papal
Benediction was impaired, after the
reading of a message of greeting from
his Holiness Congratulatory adj
dresses were delivered by Most Rev.
DR.. Codd, Rev. FIR. Hannigan G. S. S.
R.; Rev. w. Hanton, P. P, Pierces-
town; and Rev. J. w. O'Byrne, C. c.,
BOuIavOp11a