The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-10-20

Ion. The chairman left the chair, re-
fusing to put the motion; but Mr.. T
O'Sullivan was promptly moved thereto
and the resolution was carried unani
mously.
KERRY.
An evicte1 farmer named Fitzgerald
residing at a place called Ahanacrinna
about mile from the village Of Abbey
dorny, and from Tralee. while digging
potatoes in a garden, shortly before
nightfall on the evening of September
"a, was fred at by two disguised meh
and wounded in the thigh, it is thought
! not seriously. The motive for the out
rage seems somewhat mysterious. Fitz-
gerald held the Ahanacrinna farm of
over loo acres conJointly with bis
| brother Michael, but there have been
numerous complications as to its man
agement since 1884, when the landlord,
a Miss Hartnett, of England, raised the
rent, the lease having expired. The
brothers were evlcted in 1885 for non
payment of rent, and the central and
local branches OF the /. n. League have
since been helping them. In the early
portion of the present year hey were
allowed on the farm as caretakers, and
have since been negotiating with the
agent, but the brothers have disagreed
as to the arrangement between them
selves for resumption of the farm.
When the two disguised men accosted
John in the potato garden Oh that
evening they placed him on his knees,
and asked him to give up the farm.
He promised to do so, and was then
told to get off his knees One of the
men had revolver and pointed it at his
leg. lie pulled the trigger, but it did
not 90 off, and then turned and fired q
shot III different direction, and seeing
then that the weapon was in proper
order, he turned to Fitzgerald, placed
the revolver close to his left thigh, and
having said, II won't hurt yoE much, y
be deliberately discharged bullet into
the unfortunate man 8 thigh. Yhe bull
let got Embedded in the front feshy
portion OF the thigh, above the knee
After firing this shot the two ruf1ians
coolly trotted off, and Fitzgerald s
daughter, who had followed her father
to pit the potatoes, having procured a
donkey, he got on his back and went
home. DR.. Crosbie, of Ardfort. was
sent for, but he decided On not extract
ing the bullet for few days D. j.
Newell, Head Constable Duffy, and
County inspector Singleton visited the
scene of the outrage, The injured man
does not seem to experience much pain,
and makes light of the whole matter.
No arrests have been made.
LEITRIM.
Gu Saturday, September %, Mr.. Hew-
son, j. T., Drumahaire, was round de-
handing possession from fourteen
caretakers on the Oi,pbert estate in
Donegal Only two months of the
caletakership have as yet expired. In
consequence the proceedings are looked
upon as exceptionally harsh. Besides;
the potato crop is an almost total failure
in the district, and starvation is staring
many of the tenants in the face,
LIMERICK.
A deserter from the Munster Fusiliers
was being conveyed from Cloughjordan
into Limerick recently, when he jumped
through the window of the carriage,
having managed to free his hands, and,
falling violently on the railway line,
lad his leg broken.
Twenty publicans in Limerick city
have been served with notices at the
suit of District Inspector Jennings, e..
I. G., informing them that it is the in
tention of the police to oppose their ap-
plications for renewal licenses at the
October Quarter Sessions, in conse-
quence of breaches Of the Licensing
Act.
MAYO.
Within the last few days one of her
Majessy's gunboats visited Glare
Island, having on board large posse
of police, over forty in number, headed
by the county and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
for the purpose Of carrying out evic-
lions, as cruel and barbarious as they
were unjust and unwarrantable, on the
property of he Misses Mcdonnell, Aas-
leagh. The number of eviction DEGREES
was 80 large that the agent, Thomas
Rutledge. Castlebar, found it necessary
to remain, with his force of police,
emergencymen, and bailiffs, for two
days on the island in order to execute
them. A settlement was effected in a
few instances through the intervention
of the Rey. Father Heany.
WEXFORD
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