The Irish standard., 1897-10-09

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one in town II only they could get four
or five feet by means Of which they
could enlarge 1t. Now they practically
had that site. They had got the area
on lease for 999 years, for ELS year.
and that area would be sufficiently
large to enable them to erect church
capable of seating from eight 70 nine
hundred people and suitable paroch-
ial house. The works will be irume-
diately begun and carried on slmul-
taneously.
| MAYO,
| With great regret We record the
death, on September 2, after brief ill
ness. Of Mr.. 7. S. Ryan. motel proprie-
tor, of Claremorris, whose courtesy and
attention many have experienced. His
funeral took place on the 4th, at Balla
and was large and representative.
| Mr.. Laurence Gildea, Jr., of Castle
bar, has been deservedly recognized ty
the Humane Society, by the presenta-
tion of the honorary vellum, for brave
ly saving child from drowning in the
river.
| ROSCOMMON.
On Saturday, September 4, and again
on Sunday, heavy rain fell in Castle
rea and neighbor'hood. The low-lying
| lands We're submerged in several feet
Of water. The crops are in so bad a
state that much alarm is felt for the
coming winter. The grain crops are
irreparably destroyed, as also is the
hay. On Sunday night violent hur-
ricane passed over Castlarea, and did
much damage to stacked grain crops
SLIGO.
The Board of Works have COM
menced repairing the ancient and his
toric abbey of Sligo. Interments in the
burial grounds surrounding and at
tached to the building have been dis
continued for some time past Ey sealed
order of the Local Government Board.
At special meeting of the Tobber-
curry Board Of Guardians, on Sept. 13.
the question Of the acute distress pre-
/ vailing in the union was brought be-
John O'Dowd, County Delegate, who
said the prospects never looked blacker
for the people during the past fifty
years than they do at the present time.
A resolution was adopted by the Board,
calling on the government to take
steps Immediately to cope with the i'm
pending distress, otherwise famine
must inevitably ensue.
TIPPERARY.
On the evening Of September 13, a
melancholy occurrence, resulting in the
death Of a man named John Doherty,
took place at Carney, Borrisokane,,
about five miles from Nenagh. Three
respectable inhabitants of the town
were out shooting, and. going on the
| land of Mrs. Hogan, for whom Do
helty was caretaker, he demonstrated
with them. A dispute ensued. Doher-
ty seized one Of the sportsmen's guns,
and man Of his own name, Michael
Doherty, endeavored to get it back. In
the scuffle the weapon exploded and
John Doherty was shot dead. Michael
Doherty has been arrested.
WEsTMEATH.
! A case of much interest in connection
with the arrangement of poor law val
uations, as they affect local taxation,
was heard at Moate Sessions on Sep
tember IS. The plaintiffs were the
guardians Of Athlone Union, and they
summoned Mr.. Thomas Flanagan, mill
owner, Killeenboylegan. Moate, to re-
| cover G5 As. poor rate, alleged to be
| due from him. The defendant largely
improved his mills and extended them.
His valuation was in consequence rails
ed from G13 los. to e54 5s. by the poor
law reviser Against this excessive val
uation Mr.. Flanagan appealed, and the
commissioners Of valuation reduced the
valuation G35 10s.) the defendant was
willing to pay rates. Notwithstanding
the reduction, the plaintiffs contended
that Mr.. Flanagan was only to have
| the benefit of the reduction in the flu
ture, and that as his rates were struck
on the higher valuation In the past,
he would have to pay on that. The
magistrate ruled that the defendant
should only pay the rates claimed on
the revised valuation. An appeal
against this decision was Immediately
lodged on behalf Of the Guardians. This
case governs several others pending.
notably that of the nuns of the Bower
convent. who have also refused to pay
| the poor rate. as they consider an ex-
cessive valuation has been fixed upon
them, and have appealed from the de-
cision Of the commissioners Of valua-
ton to the chairman Of Quarter Ses-
| siOns.
WEXFORD.
The Rev. Robert Rossitter C. c., left
Enniscorthy, on September 16, for the
novitiate of the Vincentian Order in
Ireland at Blackrock, with view of
becoming a member of that religious
community. having resigned his curacy
in the Cathedral, Enniscorthy, into the
hands Of Most Rev. DR.. Browne, bishop
of the diocese. During the many years