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being then in his 106th year. among
other singular achievements, he, it is
stated, had been known to cut down
with his own hands, his field of corn.
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The tenants on the Ellis estate, part
of which adjoins the town of Abbey
feale, assembled by appointment at the
court house on Saturday for the pur
pose of arranging terms for the pur-
chase of their holdings with the agent,
MIR. Peter Fitzgerald, Limerick. par
ticulars of which have been already
published Rev. Father Casey, P. P:
Mr.. D. Leahy, solicitor; Mr.. w. O'Con-
nor D. c.; and Mr. NJ. j. Moloney
spoke on. behalf of the tenants. The
negotiations had no definite result, and
Lit was agreed on to allow matters to
| stand for a week.
Mr.. Justice. Gibson opened the
commission for the Ulster Winter As
size county in Belfast on Tuesday.
Charging the grand jury, he referred
| to the general peaceful condition of
| the north of Ireland, and said reports
| from the police officers had shown him
that this position of the country was
in a most satisfactory state. He re-
fefred in particular to four murder
which, he said, were of terrible ma
! ture. The grand jury returned true
| bill against the man Diver for the
| murder of his mother in county Done
gal.
The Leinster assizes were opened at
Waterford on Tuesday by Chief Baron
Palles, who. addressing the grand jury.
said their business would not be of
long or difficult character, although
their jurisdiction extended over so
many counties. Twenty-one cases were
to be tried. These counties-eleven in
number-were in a peaceable and sat
isfactory condition. Abiding to the
boycott case of O'Keeffe, Tallow, he
said it had become part of the history
of the county. il was tried twice, on
each occasion there was a disagree
ment OF the jury. County Waterford
was in a. satisfactory state, except for
that case:
On Tuesday Mr. Justice Johnson
opened at Galway the winter assizes
for the province of Connaught. Adj
dressing the grand jury, his lordship
said that, considering the large area
included, and the extent of the popu-
lation, the number, of bills to go be-
The cases numbered seventeen or
eighteen, and with one exception were |
of the ordinary kind. Amongst the |
Sligo convictions was one in which the
accused was charged with writing a
letter with view to compelling a GER
tain person to refrain from doing what |
he was legally entitled to do-namely, |
to sell goods to a party who had in |
Cured the hostility of his neighbors. |
In this case Mr. Anthony Calvey |
pleaded guilty, and was released on his
own recogniZance.
At Bansha petty sessions on Monday |
Count Moore. prosecuted by Mr.. John |
Cullinane, NJ. p, for having, on Oct.
1 last entered upon the lands of |
Cloghera, in the occupation of Roger
Ryan, in search of game, without COM
plainants' consent. The prosecution
was brought under the land act of
1881, and 9th and 2Sth Victoria. Evil
deuce having been given of the tres
pass, which Mr.. Cullinan admitted,
Ryan, the tenant of the land, and an
other tenant, Daniel O'Brien, proved
that under the previous landlord, Ma
1or Bunbury, they had enjoyed the
right of allowing their friends to shoot
over the lands. After a long consider
alton the bench decided to dismiss the
case, believing that the tenants con-
sidered they had rights over game, and
that Mr.. Cullinan acted bona fide
1t was with much regret that the
people of Drogheda heard the an
nouncement of the death of Mr.. John
exmayor of .Drogheda, which
occurred on Monday, having succumbed
to heart disease. For the past half
century Mr.. Mangan was foremost in
every cause for the good of the people,
his name being a household word on
the lips of everyone-rich and poor He
was high sheriff, and also mayor of
Drogheda. In the early days of the
Land league he was imprisoned in
Dundalk Jail as suspect under the
regime of Mr.. Forster. On his release
ne was received with popular rejoic-
ngs in Drogheda, Examinations, bon
les, ETC., a triumphal procession, with
Tags and bands, meeting him outside
The town. He was a member of all
he public boards of Drogheda. At the
Door law board he was particularly
anxious for the welfare of the aged
nmates.'
A mysterious affair has caused a
sensation in and around
galway A young lad named Michael
ieraghty, aged 10, has disappeared
rom the Catholic Industrial school at
Salthill, just outside the Cite of the
Tribes, under very peculiar circum-
stances, and the most careful searches
III over the country have failed to
discover his whereabouts. The lad is
| native of Mullingar, and his mother s
es1des at 40 York street, Dublin. He !
las been an inmate of the industrial !
school at Salthill for the past two
'ears. About week ago he received a
etter from his mother informing him {
hat his sister had gone out to South
Africa in order to be married. The
natter it is believed preyed on his
mind, and under the influence of his
melancholy he managed to elude the
'igilance of the staff of the institution /:
he night after he received his moth
RS letter.
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Most Rev. DR.. Gaffney, lord bishop
# Meath, has received the following {
etter from a Dublin gentleman, who z
wishes to remain anonymous, and has I
ubscribed &240 toward the new cathe- l
ral of Meath:
My Dear Lord Bishop: l have read {
With the greatest pleasure your pas I
oral letter, and sincerely hope your i
ouching and powerful appeal will meet '
With hearty, widespread and gener- I
us response. As Meath has been large |
Y depleted of both its population and I
is resources, it is most desirable that C
S many Independent persons as posi-
lie outside your historic diocese should 1
ally around your lordship in your ar I
uous undertaking, and prove them 4
elves, by their generous contributions, C
1orthy sons and daughters of their I
oefathers, who forfeited not only their q
torldIy goods, but even their lives