The Irish standard., 1888-12-29
KILKENNY.

KILKENNY.
William Goodwin died at Thomas
town on tne 3Olh of November.
| AT TIE meeting Of the Kilkenny Cor
poratlon on Thursday, the 9Th inst, p.
M. Ega1l, NJ ayor in the chair, the fol-
lowing resolution was unanimously
passed: That We protest against the
foul and gross insult to the people Of
Kilkenny and to the country gwen by
the Government during the past week
by sending in force OF police to i'll
timidate and excite the people On the
| occasion Of the Allen, Larkin, aud
O'Brien procession, and to endeavor to
excite tie public mind. by which the
unbroken peace ct our city has ben
disturbed and Il state OF riot and tumult
brought about, solely by the action of
the Government
KERRY.
Our Tralee correspondent writes on
Sunday, the 2nd inst: Mr.. O'Connor,
T. c., Killarney, sentenced to six
months Imprisonment with hard labor
by Remnvables Roche and McDermott,
at special Crimes Act Court here OF.
Wednesday, for soliciting tenants Cd
the Kenmare estate to adopt the Plan of
Campaign, WAS Internationally released
from 'rrales Jail this morning. The
reason for this extraordinary move on
the part Of the authorities has not
TRANSFERRED. The prisoners solicitor in-
tended TO test The legality Of the sen
tence before the Excl.eu uer Court 10y
applying for q writ Of habeas corpus.
LIMERICK.
Mrs. Kate Campbell died at Gin, on
the end inst, aged los years.
Our Limerick correspondent says:
John Nash, farmer, Of Cola, was on
December Z. arrested for contempt OF
conrt, having cut hay on an eyicted
farm On a property under the control OF
the Court of ChaneeGy He was lodged
in the county Jail
At q Coercion Act Court at Rath-
keale ON the 5rd inst, Daniel Seaman
and James Seaman were sentenced to a
months Imprisonment for resisting
eviction. Evidence was given that it
took the sheriff two hours to eject the
prisoners: Poles were thrust through
the windows and hot water thrown on
the pollce.
a correspondent says: What prom
Uses to be tough struggle is likely to
be opened on the estate Of Lord Castle
rosse in the ueighborhood of Hospital,
county Limerick. The tenants Of Lord !
Castlerosse in this district number
about one hundred and twenty, and
they state that on last gale day the
agents, Messrs. Hussey and Townsend,
promised them a reduction of 20 per
cent, but when, during the first week of |
December. they went to Fay their half
years rents they were informed that
they would be allowed only Is per cent.
The tenants sent a letter to the land
lord OH tina subject, but before an
answer came back MIR. Rolands, sub
agent, put in an appearance at the rent
Office in Hospital to receive the rents.
The tenants refused TO pay unless they
got the abatement thew were first pronn
Used. The agent would not listen to the
demand. The tenants left without
paying anything, and on the second
next day they were served with writs.
The tenants are now determined to
fight the matter out to the bitter end.
and it is rumored that they will adopt
the Plan of Campaign.
TYRONE.
On Sunday, December 2. the new
parish church of Errigal Kieran, Bally-
gawley, county Tyrone. was solemnly
dedicated to the patronage of St.
by his Grace the Primate, the
Most Rev. DR.. Logue. Nearly every
part of the archdiocese was represented
by clergy and laymen. For many years
past the cbapels of this parish have
been. if not literally in ruins. at least in