The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1919-01-11
News from Ireland

also searched Mr.. P. Landers' house
for arms or seditious documents, but
found none.
KILDARE.
The Newbridge Town Commission
ers passed a resolution expressing
deep regret at the death of the Rev.
Father MacLoughlin. o. p, and tend
ering sympathy to his relatives and to
the Community at the Newbridge
Dominican College.
| KILKENNY.
The death took place, following in
fluenza, at the Friary, Kilkenny, Of
the Rev. Father Chrysostom, o. S. F.
c., Master of Novices. He was son
of Mr.. George A.. Sutton. Sundays
Well, Cork, and completed his reli-
giOus studies on the Continent.
Already meetings have been held in
support of the candidature of Mr.. w.
T. Cosgrove, the Sim Fein representa-
tive for Kilkenny City, which is now
amalgamated with North Kilkenny. In
Callan meetings have been held in
support of the candidature of Mr..
James O'Mara, the Sim Fein candi-
date. 1t is said that Matt Heating,
M. p, may be again the Dillonite can
didate. Mr.. Cosgrave has been re-
turned unopposed.
LEITRIM.
| Mr.. James NJ Dolan was selected
as Sim Fem candidate for Leitrim.
The Dillonites have nominated Thorn
as Fallon, chairman of the Leitrim
county council, as their candidate.
| LEX.
| The Irish Party will be ousted from
Queens at the coming general election.
No longer has the party that once held
the county and the country in it's
grasp any respect among the people,
who are disguised with Liberal hacks
and recruiting sergeants. Sim Fein
is sweeping the country.
LIMERICK.
| The Most Rev. DR.. Mailman has
made the following appointments in
the Diocese of Limerick: The Rev.
Michael O'Carroll to the P. p, Loug-
hill, the Rev. Stephen Culhane to be
p. p, Stonehall; the Rev. John Con-
way, to be G. c., Bulgaden; the Rev.
Michael Toomey to be G. c.; Tourna-
fulla; the Rev. Patrick Kirby to be
c. c., Banogue
LoNGFoRD.
| There were three deaths in Long
ford from the influenza epidemic. The
post office staff is seriously depleted
owing to the outbreak. A number of
cases in the town and district are con-
valescent, and no fresh cases have
been reported. On the whole Long
ford has not been hit so hard as other
districts with the epidemic.
LoUTH.
The death of Patrick Hanlon, a
i widows son, whose body was found
at the bottom of 21-foot we'll at Be-
nagh, near Carlingford, was probably
accidental according to the finding of
the Coroner's jury, who expressed
sympathy with the family. The moth
err and two other sons were so ill with
influenza that they were not told of
the tragedy.
MAYO.
At special court in Longford, Miss
Lena Sharkey and Miss Winifred Shar-
key, Strokestown, charged with hav-
ing seditious literature in their shop
on October 10, refused to recognize the
court, and were bound over to keep
the peace, but, refusing bail, were sent
to Sligo Jail for month, whence they
were taken in a military motor car.
MEATH.
The Rev. John Gingles, who died
from influenza, was the youngest son
of Mr.. T. Gingles, Kells, and was or.
dained on May rs at Wexford. He
was about to proceed to the Australian
mission.
MONAGHAN.
! Messrs. Owen O'Duffy and Daniel
| Hogan, on returning from Belfast jail,
had cordial welcome home, being
carried shoulder high to their houses.
Mr. ODuffy, addressing the gathering,
requested that there should be no
cheering or procession on account of
the epidemic now raging.
| Within week at least five persons
in Clones succumbed to pneumonia, in
GLIDING Mr.. John McAuley, merchant,
Fermanagh street.
OFFALY.