The Irish standard., 1888-04-28

prlsOnment OF one month IN GalWa!
Jail for speech delivered at Newbridg'
on JanuaryS. A large crowd welcomed
Mr.. Finlay home.
SLIGO.
At Sligo Borough Petty Sessions or
March &c, Joseph Wallace and JOSEPH
Gaughran were sentenced to two
months imprisonment with hard labor
for assauliing a private in the Irish
Rifles. Wallace was sentenced to a
further term of two months for an as
sault on constable; and another pris.
oner, named James TimmOns, to three
months for hard labor for a similar Of
Tense.
TlPPERARY.
On the morning OF March Is, four
houses on the Limerick Road, near
Upper airy, were set Oh fire maliciously.
A discharged soldier named O'Donneil
was arrested on suspicion.
! Forty Coercion summonses have been
issued against the members Of two local
bands in Carrick- ION SUR for having
played through the streets of that town
On the occasion of Mr.. Wilfred Blunt's
release from prison.
TYRONE.
The Orangemen of South Tyrone are
calling upon Mr.. T. w. Russell to re-
sign his seat in Parliament.
WESTMEATH.
The educational endowment com mis-
sion has been busy in Athlone.
All the Nationalists felt keenly the
sudden loss OF the member for St.
Stephens, Dublin.
WATERFORD.
MI. Laurence Power, Carrigreen, one
OF the most prominent Nationalist in
the county Waterford, was arrested On
a warrant by Sergeant White, charged
under the Coercion Act with intimidat-
ing two men working on an evicted farm
at Darrow. The accused was brought
before Mr.. huntsville r. NJ, and re-
manded to Stradbally Sessions, bail be-
ing accepted for his appearance.
A young mal named Phelan, residing
near Kilballyquilty, was remanded to
Jail ON March a, charged with having
7onCo1 tho 1E L.; E.,<l
prisoner returned home from Carrick
on-Sulr late On the night Of March Fl,
after having been drinking, and finding
the door locked reused the family. and
ON gaining admittance struck his father
on the head, fracturing his skull.
WEXFORD.
A very amusing scene occurred on
Bridge Street, New Ross, when Gather
inc Cavanagh, an old lady, successfully
resisted company Of bailiffs An
ejectment decree for non-payment OF
rent has been for some time past in the
hands of sheriff for execution against
Miss Cavanagh, and on several occa-
sions attempts have been made to exc
cute it, but without success, the old
lady having barred the door. On March
20, however, a determined attempt was
made to execute the decree. A party
of bailiffs armed with crOWbars and
hatchets, and accompanied by few
policemen, proceeded to the house
about midday, when the attack was be-
gun. The old lady was aware Of the
approach of the law officers, for she
had prepared for the Assault. She ap-
peared at q second story window, aud
as soon as the bailiffs began their work
she commenced to throw out hot water,
flower pots, bricks; and other articles,
which came down in showers on the
heads of the officers of the law. The
battle ragged in this way for some time
amid the laughter and cheers of a large
crowd of the people who had collected.
After some time the baliffs were COM
PEELED to suspend operations. The old
lady afterwards addressed the crowd
from her window on the cruelty of her
landlord.
WICKLOW,
A Wicklow correspondence of the Daily
Expressfurnishes alleged details respect
ing the alleged confession of Daniel Mo.
Rarity, one of the men recently con-
victed at wicklow Of the murder of the |
old man, :Fitzmaurice, at Lixnaw,
county Kerry. He distinctly, on the
night preceding his conviction, stated
to the Crown Solicitor (says this cores.
pondent), in presence Of two other wit
nesses, that four men We're engaged at
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