The Irish standard., 1888-10-06
AN I't;lM.

AN EXTRAORDINARY outrage WaS COtn'
mitted on a person named John Butler,
at CladOcan, near RallymeDa, on
"Wednesday night, September H. IL
apl ears that the young man was xeturn.
ing home from a dance in the locality,
accompanied by a young lady, and
scarcely had they proceeded quarter uf
q, mile when Butter WAS set upon by
about half a dozen men and most Saw
agely assaulted. a mufnsr MAS torn off
his cumranicn, who. however, Effected
her escape aud gave The alarm. Ihe as
sallaD1s then uecamped, and their Vic
tim WAS subsequently found in al n'l~
consc. GUS state, His condition is criti-
cal.
CLAHk
at Kilrush, on tuesday, September
II, the case of publlcal.s at Labasheeda,
charged with refusing 10 sell goods to
tbs police, was allowed 10 stand for
three weeks, in order TO see if they
would benceforward Sell to them as
freely as tC OlNtr ptTsOne.
CORK.
Or. Kenny, M. F.. has been engaged
touring through his constituency III
Sou Cork, inQuirilg into the condi-
tion of tl,e teuantry III The districts.
A special Coercion Act Court was held
at Douglas, OH Monday september 8. to
inquire into y charge Of intimidation
and assault preferred againstan evlcted
tenant named Kelleher. 1t was al
legged that the defendant assaulted a
laburer vino had worked on a tarm from
which, 70 had been evicted by throwing
him down on the road and kicking him.
Kelleher was sentenced to three months
Imprisonment with hard labor. Notice
of appeal wss handed i'll. The ma lis
trates were Messrs Gardiner aud Red
mOnd, r. M's.
At the meeting Of the Cork Beard of
Guardians on the 18TH September, DR..
Tanner, Nj. F., proposed the resolution
condemning the arrest Of Fa her Ken
pedy, Of which he had given notice on
the last board day. He said Father
Kennedy was in Cork Jail because ha
had dons his DUTY to his oppressed dock.
Though he was sentenced ~ crimina;
in the ordinary way, brave Mir. Balfour,
who talked about even dealing with ali
classes Of mon, was afraid to tear the
eassock off his back, Not only that,
but he allowed him to celebrate Mass in
tho prison. An. amendment was de,
feated by n votes to Is, aud the original
resolution carried by "a votes to S,
several Conservatives having left the
room after voting tor the amendment.
Mr.. Parker, Conservative voted for
the resolution.
At the Cork Police Office, on the 18th
ult., a yong man VINO gave the name Of
P. A. Power. native of Clonmel,
dressed as priest, was charged Oh re-
mand with collecting money in the City
from shopkeeprs and others, under the
pretense that he was authorized to do
SO by the Melleray Monks to assist poor
students and build college for them.
Father Lewis, q member OF the commun-
ity, deposed that he did not know the
prisoner, never having seen him before.
No persons were authorized to collect
for Melleray. Poor students were
aided out OF burses, and there was no
present intention of building acOIlege
for their accommodation. There never
were as many as $50 students at Mel
leray. and those assisted out of the
burses were in a considerable minority,
and tho Abbot wished this to be made
known. Witness was questioned by
prisoners solicitor, Mr.. Wynne, re-.
garding a number Of letters, one from
the' late Bishop Of w acerford and one.
from Count Moore, in which the pris-
oner WIS i described as ! Is pious man
anxious g obtain ~ eccleslasti cal5 edu-