The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-01-09
MON AGHAN.

On December 9th, the Most Rev. DR..
Donnelly, Bishop of Clogher, presiding,
the Rev. Father Coveney, of tie Dom
inican Order, preached the annual char
ity sermon in aid of the Monaghan
Christian Brothers. The collection
amounted to between $50 and e70.
QUEENS.
MIR Richard Lalor, M. p, is seriously
i'll. The venerable member for LEX
has been known for nearly half CEN
tury as one of the staunchest Of Irish
Nationalist,
ROSCOMMON.
In the Land Court, Dublin, on Dec.
18th. the following took place: Estate Of
A. S. Kirkwood, owner; NJ L.. Payne
and H. Lister, petitioners Net rental
of e168 les. "a ou5 Of 235 acres OF the
lands of Cioonagb, Barony of Boyle,
County Roscommon. No bidding.
SLIGO.
On December 10Th. an inquiry was
held at the worknOuse, Sligo, by Mr..
O'Brjen Smith, of the engineering de-
partment of the Local Government
Board. as to the necessity for enlarging
the Tawnagh and Balinakili graveyard
TIPPERAR1.
A large demonstration in favor of
amnesty for the political prisoners con.
fined in English jails took place at
Clonmel, on Dec. 9th. Contingents
were present from the surrounding dis
tricts, and a special train which was
run from Limerick brought large
number, as well as from the intermedi-
ate stations along the line. On the ar
rival Of the train from the Limerick
junction, procession was formed at
Clonmel Station, and, to the music Of
several bands. marched through the
principal streets of the town. At two
O'Clock the processionists drew up at
Hearn's Hotel, from the balcony Of
which they were addressed. Mr.. Pierce
Mahony, M. F., who was the only
member of Parliament who attended
the demonstration, which was compos-
ed of. the supporters of both political
parties. ALI the speakers at the meet:
ing were Parnellites. Alderman
Wright was moved to the chair.
TYRONE.
On December 9Th, Very Rev. Canon
Rice, P. T., Cooksrown, who is at pres
ent working very hard TO increase the
building fund for betrayal of the very
large cost OF the new converts and
schools recently erected beside the
Catholic Church, Lay, visited DuDgan-
non, and made most successful az
peal on behalf OF that object at both
Masses in the Catholic Church of St.
Pat1ick's in that town. The collection
to the large SUM of $50.
WATERFORD.
An address Of welcome was recently
presented to Sir Richard and Lady
Musgrave on their return from their
honeymoon to TouriD, the family seat,
which is situated on the banks Of the
far-famed Blackwater, close TO Cappo~
quin. The tenantrY arrived at Tourin
in long procession Of cars, and were
most cordially received by Sir Richard
and Lady Musgrave, the Dowager Lady
MusgraYe and the Misses Musgrave, all
Of whom On making their appearance
we're enthusiastically cheered. Sir
Richard Musgrave then came forward
to receive the addresses OF che tenant1y,
which were read by the Rev. Richard
Z. 2. Sir Richard having
the concentrations, the
tenantrv were subseq uentlY entertained
to a samptuous dinner. Sir Rlchard
Musgrave occupied the chair, and the
Rev. Father O'Donnell the vlce-chair.
The health of Sir Richard and Lady
Musgrave was cordially drank, and
most enjoyable evening was spent.
WICKLOW.
The census returns for Wicklow tell
an old and familiar story. The county
of the O"rooles and O'Byrnes has suf-
fered in the last half century, like most
other parts of Ireland, such diminu-
ton of its population as IS not to be
paralleled in any other civilized land.
In ls41 the population of Wicklow was
l26. l43; in 1851 it was 99,979; in 1861 it
had decreased to So 479; in 1871 to 49,
e67; in 1881 still further TO 1886; and
in April of this year it had ACTUALLY
gone down to 62,136. Those figures
have simply a frightful significance,
for what they mean is that half a CEN
fury OF Union rule has been worse for
Wicklow than all the wars Of the past
AS to the religious census OF the county
it appears that the Catholics are 70 3
per cent, Of the total population, the