The Irish standard., 1888-01-07
QUEENS COUNTY.

QUEENS COUNTY,.
| An English clergyman has under
taken to supply a large quantity of
hand-knit hosiery to the aged or in-
valid poor Of The Luggacurran district.
ROSCOMMON.
Colonel King-Harman, M. f., Irish
under secretary. received deputation
of priests and number of his tenantry.
He said those tenants owing two and a
half years rent had shown no excuse
for non payment, but he was willing to
allow areduction eff 40 per cent. on ar
reafs, the tenants paying all expenses.
With regard to the application for a
general reduction on rents payable up
| to May last, he observed that this
would be unfair to those tenants who
had paid, but agreed to grant rsduc,
ton of 10 shillings in the pound, and to
further consider individual cases.
Resolved by Kilmore branch, I. N. L.,
at recent meeting "We, the officers
and member Of the Kilmore National
League, having heard with profound
feelings Of deep regret of the sad and
melancholy death Of our beloved pastor,
Rev. Z. O'Boyle, z. F., good and holy
priest, paragon of virtue, and friend
of the poor and oppressed, do now ad-
iourn our meeting as a t1ibute of re-
spect to his memory, and we beg to-
place on record our heartfelt feelings of
affection at the loss of such sanity
priest, who was always unremitting in
his pious and Jealous attention to the
spiritual wants of the people OF Kilmora
and Aughrim'
SLIGO. :.
The winter assizes for Connaught
were opened by Judge Johnson at
Sligo on the 5th ult. Addressing the
grand jury, his lordship said for the
whole province there were twenty.
nine cases to be heard. He made no
comment upon the state OF the county
as regards crime. AS mo news is
good news" his lordship did not deem
it necessary to express an opinion on
the criminal statistics. =
TIPPERARY.
At Especial court held at Clonmel on
the 9Th inst, a respectable-looklng
Young farmer named William Carroll
was charged on remand with having
stolen Gl53 from another cattle dealer
named Richard St. John, atothe fair
held in Clonmei on November 5.
The business of the Munster winter
ssssizes was resumed December 8. Ed
mond Cummins pleaded not guilty to
an Indictment charging him with hav-
ing on the 30th June, 1897, at Balm
raha, county Tjpperary, stolen seven
bullocks and two yearling heifers, the
property Of tho Land Corporation of
Ireland. The prisoner was found
guilty.
TYRONE.
Early in the mouth the remains Of
Phillip McShane, late Of San Francisco,
were received at Strabane railway sta
ton by number Of friends and con-
veyee1 to the family residence at Ros~
geer. whence they were removed to
Clonleigh burying- ground for final in
terment. The deceased had expressed
wish to his executors in California
that bis body should be brought home
to Ireland.
WATERFORD.
Lismore fair was feld on the 14th Of,
December.
Lord Waterford's tenants on the Cur
raguore estate were warned to pay rent
on the 9th ult. to Captain Candy, the
agent, at Carriclx SUR. Previous to
meeting the agent, tho tenants who
have joined the plan of campaign held
meeting and decided to appoint a
deputation to wait on him and lay be-
fore HIM their demands. But to their
surprise, on entering the hotel, the
agent announced that he had received
Instructions to receive no deputa5lon,
and would not even listen TO their de-
mands. Whereupon they withdrew
and communicated to the rest their
short interview. This had the effect
of making many Of the waverers join
the plan at once, and show by their de-
termination that they resent the insult
offered to their priests and leaders.
Their demands were for fifty per cent.
on a half years rent, the reinstatement
of William Shenehan, evicted tenant,
and the withdrawal Of all proceedings
in the superior courts.
WESTMEATH.
The remains of the Rev John S.
Jolly, rector and vicar Of Athlone,. were
inferred in the cemetery of Cornamagh
on the 9Th ult. The funeral 'certego
was very large, aud the shops in the
town were closed asSa token Of respect
to the deceased gentleman.
WEXFOKD