The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-09-07
TIPPERARY.


On Aug. 10, at Nenagh petty sessions,
before Captain Hill-Poe Gin the chair,
Messrs. John Smithwick, Robert J,
Waller, John f. Tumpane, Thomas
Ryan, and John Harry, District In
spector Shell prosecuted farmer
named AIcGrath, Of Rathnaleen, on a
charge Of having assaulted and intimi-
dated one Thomas Connors, a laborer
employed on the evicted farm lately
held by Mr.. Adam Birny, at Tyrone.
McGrath, who made no defence, was
fined Is. Cd. for the assault, and was
bound to the peace on the charges of
threatening and intimidation.
TYRONE.
On the evening of Aug. 15, a man
named Thomas Devlin, spirit grocer
and fowl dealer of Coagh, Cookstown,
was returning home from Magherafelt
in spring cart, accompanied by two
other men named McIvor and Devlin.
when he was shot behind the ear by a
bullet which entered the skull and
came out at the cheek. 1t is alreged
that at Coolshinney schoolhouse a num-
her of men were sitting on a ditch, and
that Devlin replied, "No Boyne." Two
shots were fired by the men, one Of
them struck Devlin, who fell out Of
the cart, and was afterwards conveyed
to Magherafelt, where he was attended
by DR.. Auterson and the priest. He
is not expected to recover.
WATERFORD.
y project is on foot by which it is
intended that the Waterford corpora
ton and the county councils of Kill
kenny and Waterford should unite
with the. Great Southern & Western
Railway company in building a new
free bridge, in opposition to the exist
ing toll-bridge. Judging by the result
of the election the feeling in the West
ward is strongly in favor Of the new
project.
WEXFORD.
If the Castle administration hest
tates about protecting the lives Of
Catholics from infuriate Orangemen
in Belfast and Portadown, it is evil
IDENTIFY resolved to leave no doubt as
to it's determination to preserve all the
rights of the proselytizers in Wexford.
The news comes from that town that
the Camolin men, the prosecution Of
whom, recently, at Petty Sessions, on
charge of attacking a preachers
shanty near the village failed, were all
arrested on Aug. 16 between 5 and 4
O'Clock in the morning and were
brought up before Mr. Albert NIeldon,
the Removable" Castle r. NJ, in
special petty sessions court at Ferns.
When the case was called, the ere
movable CURLY informed the local
and county magistrates, of whom full
attendance was present, that their
services were not needed, as, under in
structions from headquarters, he was
going to try the charges himself, alone,
which he did, with the result that he
returned nearly all the accused men
for trial at the next assizes for the
county, though witnesses were present
to show that some of them were not
within miles of the scene, on the occa-
sion of the alleged attack. Bail was
allowed in all cases. The names of
those arrested arc: Thomas Conroy,
John Doyle Barney, John Doyle Doo.
LAM, Patrick Lawless, John Breen,
Denis Kenny, B. Kenny, J. Byrne,
James Murphy and r. Lett
WICKLOW.
The sale of the late Charles Stewart
Parnell's effects was continued and
concluded on Aug. II at Avondale. The
day was devoted to the books and
fairly good prices were on the average
realized for the books and manuscripts,
of which there was large collection.
The last work Of the general collec-
ton sold was Sir James Wares "Whole
Works Concerning Ireland" by Harris,
plated, 2 vols, calf, Dublin, 173945,
which sold for f12 Then some $500
volumes of miscellaneous literature
were put up in lots and rapidly dis
posed of, and the Avondale sale con-
cluded. The total amount realized by
the entire sale has not been stated.