The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-04-26
frantic effort to assist her mother.
She afterwards attempted to rush


for fresh fields and pastures new,
The next house was soon surrounded
by the gIittering bayCnets and pom
derous rifles. and as the result of tnt
fearless descent of the forces, an ole
man of SO years was carried out on 3
chair and placed beside a ditch. Al
Philip McCaffertv 3 his chlld was found
to be dying. and DR.. Allen, having re-
fused to certify it for removal, the evic
zion had to be postponed. Denis
O'Brien. an old man of over 80 years
presented a most affecting sight as he
tortered from the home in which he
had lived from youth, and IN which he
had hoped to spend his declining days
Ills clothing was veritablv OF shreds
and patches, aud his married daughter
was evicted from still more wretched
hoyel adj ,inine her fathers, the mater.
1al Of which was turf, and which was
without any ventilation. When the
house Of Catherine Ferry was reached
Father Boyle drew attention to the TACT
that the tenant was a helpless invalid
and asked that the army surgeon be
sent for. The agent refused. and
Father Boyle warned them of the con-
sequences. After considerable delay
the aren't announced that eviction
would be adjourned till to morrow, tu
enable the friends to remove her to a
place of safety.
IN ALL TWENTY FIVE EvICTIoNs TOOK
| PLACE
today, and On their conclusion the agent
approached the press representative and
said THAI any inf ,rnatlon IN their pos
session could be had for the press, but
the representative said liz reply that as
the press was excluded from the military
Gordon the information offered would
have to be dispensed with. The evic.
tions will DO renewed and probably
concluded to morrow or Friday.
! The correspondent telegraphing later.
says: [ am in a position to state
positively that the government was
averse to granting forces for the present
evictions. which are bound to attract
great notice, but the agent expressed
his determination to carry out the law
himself, and leaYe on the government
the responsibility in case there should
be any breach of the peace. The gov
ernmeut, therefore, surrendered and
granted the forces.
The first tenant evicted on Thursday
was Edward GALLAGHER OF Ballyness,
| who had spent close uDon e3OO in build
| ing the house and reclaimiug the farm.
| for in this as in all the other cases
houses We're erected, and all the i'm
provements were made by the tenants
themselves. but notwithstanding his
| Investments and improvements, he was
evicted for non.payment Of the COM
paratively trialng sum of 81 los. Ned
McIlroy's Case is still harder one.
According to his own statement the
landlord owes him over e7O for house
"a debt which has been accommodating
for thirty wears. In addition the poor
man bitterly protested that he had paid
another 91O0 purchase money for the
farm and ESQ in improvements anu
buildings, all of which was condscated
for a debt of 928: He offered to pay al,
that was claimed if the landlord would
pay what was claimed against him. bat.
needless to say, the offer was not &C.
cepted.
JAMES GALLAGHER WAS EVICTRD FOR
THE SECOND TIME
from a shelter beside the crumbled
walls of his former home. The rent
due amounted to sM and the improve
ments which he had effected to double
that sum. John Magee's case Was still
more noteworthy, tor inclusive OF the
purchase money Of the farm he had in-
vested fourteen times the eutire amount
claimed by the landlord aud 40 times
the sum in dispute between the land.
lord and tenant. After the eviction his
wife was found huddled at the corner
OF the house and beside dung heap,
whilst her child was clinging affection
atrly to her. The sight was painfully
affecting.
Tue evlcting forces then started for
Drumnatlnnv. the scene of the famous
resistance of last May. Along the route
the marks Of devastation were manifest
Dismantled dwellings and ruins of once
happy homes met the eve at every turn,
aud the whole appearance was that Of u
country through which a hostile army
had swept. When the farm OF Pat
Doohaa was reached the sheriff and
agent were met By the tenant who de-
clared that he had already been eYicted
from another farm and house and that
in both cases he had been most harshly
treated. he claimed refund OF over
elO0, which he declared he had paid to
the agent for the tenant right. hut the;
only reply which he received was an in
timasion that he was now 8 trespasser,
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