The Irish standard., 1886-12-11
THE IRISH sTANDARDH SATURDAY, DEGEMBER ~,

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at the time, and the Dailiffs had to re-
turn to Killarney without etfectin9
their object. Mrs. . Leary subse-
quently proceeded to the Estate Office
of Mr.. s. M. Hussey, the a.ent in Ira
lee, and was allowed some indulgence to
m set the rent.
Early on the morning of Nov. IL. a
party Of bailiffs and police seized a
number of cattle for nOn-payment OF
rent on the farm of Thomas Naughton,
of Ballyduhir, near Listowel. They
were driving away when a number OF
men sprang from behind a ditch and
scattered the animals in all direction,
When the cattle had been driven be-
yond reacn Of the bailitfs the party at
tackled the latter aud the police, who
were on a Car and in the act Of driving
on to L,stOwel for assistance. One OF
the men cut the traces Of the car, and
the whole of them fell on aud beat both
ballitfs aud police. The latter returned
towards LisLowel. Horns were blown
the night in the neighbor-
hood of the seizure for the purpose OF
the countrymen together
to prevent the cattle from being taken,
and the next day ListOwel was full oI
people who watched the movements Ot
the bailitfs. The police were also rein
forced.
MAYO.
Eviction processes are Icing served
on $40 tenants ON the Castlebar estates
of lord Dillon.
A National League demonstration
was held at Castlebar on Sunday, Nov.
z. MIR. Deasy, Member of Parlia-
meut, denounced evicting landlords;
Miss Gardiner, the evictor, to
a woman possessed Of a demon, who,
when she died, went to hell, but was
kicked out of it again. BY obtaining a
Parliament in Dublin the release of the
Mayo political prisoners, and the disap-
pearance of landlordism would be sure
to follow.
QUEENS COUNTY.
An inmate of the Marlborough Luna
tic Asylum, named Elizabeth Scale,
committed suicide by stlangulation
on November 7.
ROSCOMMON.
On the extensive estates of Lord
Kingston, in this county, the tenantry
have made up their minds to stand or
fall by the s'Plan of Campaign" prom
ulgated by United Ireland, recently.
They held great public demonstration
on Sunday, November 81, at which Mr..
James O'Kelly, M. F., and Mr. William
o Brien attended. After which, with
the active sy mpathy and assistance of
the Rev. Father Reddy, p. p, measures
were Immediately taken to collect the
rents into an Estate Fund.
TIPPERARY.
The calimpostor, the'' Rev" Jones
pleaded guilty at Thurles, on Nov. 6. to
charge of obtaining los. from Mr.. Mac.
Beth, of the Bank Of Ireland, Thurles
Branch. The Rev. Lucas Scott stated
that the prisoner obtained Is. from him
on pretence that he required it to el-
able him to return TO his church in En-
gland. Other similar evidence haying
been given, the prisoner was committed
for trial.
At the Tipperary Quarter Sessions
ON Nov. IL, an action was tried in which
the Tipperary Guardians sought to re-
cover penalty Of e20 from Col. Bag
we'll Purefoy, a local landlord. for not
having served notice on the relieving
officer of the eviction of tenant of his
named Bradshaw. The defence wa
that a notice had been served mention
ing the date and the townland, but
through accident, Braoshaw's name was
omitted, and the name OF Patrick Ryan
another tenant, who was not evicted at
all was substituted. The Judge thought
the law had been sufficiently complied
With, and dismissed the action on the
merits.
TYRONE.
Mr.. Gilbert McHugh, j. P, died at
his residence in Castlederg, on Sunday,
Nov. Z, after brief illness.
There was a large attendance of mag
istrates and people at Fintona, ON No
vember Z, the day for which the per-
sonation cases were adjourned. The
only case tried was that of MIR. JOSEPH
Lynch, Nationalist, who was charged
with personating one Thomas Lynch
and also with perjury, which latter
charge was withdrawn by the Conser-
vatives, as they failed altogether t,
sustain it. After considerable hustle
on the part of the Conservatives, the
case, which is believed to be withou,
fnnndatinn vvaa aent for trial to the