The Irish standard., 1886-10-23

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general annoyance since then. In
formation will be sworn, and the guilty
party can be identified by McKenna.
a farmer named James Tohill was
recently arrested by Sergeant S1nyth.
of Swateragh. charged with setting fire
to the house of Hugh Tohill, of Swa-
teragh, and shooting horse, his prop
erty, at Swateragh, about three miles
from Derry. No cause can be assigned
for the outrages. The prisoner and
Tohlll are friends. An Investigation
was held, and the prisoner was re-
manded.
An influential meeting Of lease-hold-
ing farmers and their sympathiZers met
in Derry, on Sept. %. TO take into con-
sideratlen the best means of placing
the grievances of. their class before the
Royal Commission: also to consult
generally on the subject Of the land
crisis and its effects upon their inter-
ests. The Rev. MIR. Anderson, Presby-
terian minister, Burt, on Lord Temple
toms estate, presided, and delivered All
effective address. The meeting ap-
pointed an executive committee to
look after their interests.
LEITRIM.
The revising barrister for this divi~
sion of the county sat in the Court
House, Mohill, on September 2l, for the
revision OF voters i'll the Mohill and
Cloone districts. Very little interest
was manifested in the proceedings. a
number IF names were struck off the
list, rates not being paid.
LONGFORD.
Mr., Joseph Wilson, Il. c.. the chair
man of the Longford Union, urged the
necessity for erecting artisans dwell
ings in the winter, on September 20.
The people are pushing the movement,
and other guardians are taking an in
terest in it, and there is every reason to
believe that the artisans will have de-
cent dwellings shortly.
LOUTN.
On September 22 the dead body of a
man named Owen Burke was found in
the River Boyne at the steamship
wharf, Drogheda. The deceased, who
was pilot Of the steamer Colleen Bawn,
was missing since September IS, when
1t was his turn Of duty to keep watch
on beard the steamer. ALI inquest was
held on the remains by the borough
coroner. when the jury, after hearing
the evidence, returned a verdict OF
Found Crowned.'
MAYO.
Fifty constables left Westport on
September q, for the mountainous dis
trict in the neighborhood of Rosekirk
Castle, the property of Mr.. Storey,
where $50 evictions are to be carried
out at his suit.
R(}SCOMMON.
The ev,ctions which were to take
place Oh September q, on the estate of
Mr. Wade, Of Saliyville: have been pre-
vented, owing to the interference Of
Father Costello, Of Ba]linasloe, who had
q private interview with MIR. ST.
George. the agent: Oh the preceding
night, which resulted in a settlement,
MI. st, George giving the tenants con-
cessious, and consenting to take one
years rent. When this was made
known, orders were given to have the
$50 police who were present sent back
to their stations. Father Costello also
interested himself for the FIVE men
evictea on September rs, and Mr. St.
George will allow them back on their
paying one years rent less than two
shillings in the pound They are in
general very poor, occupying miserable
patches Of reclaimed bog
IIPPEEARY.
Two soldiers have been arrested in
Tipperary On a charge Of snatching and
making off with watches which they
pretended they were abont to purchase.
TYRONE.
The Revision Sessions in South Ty-
rome were resumed at Moy on Septem-
Der ~. n large number Of the claim
ants objected to on both sides were
struck out, owing to the non-atten-
dance Of witnesses. Many of them had
been waiting day after day for their
cases to be decided, but owing to the
pressure OF work at the harvest have
been unable to continue iii attendance
further.
WATERFORD.
AT a meeting of the Waterford Guar
dians on September 233, the clerk read