The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-10-24
Tulsk, which had been drawn up by
Mr. L. Shanagher, was adopted.
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TITPERARY.
Mr.. }. III. Barnes of Ballyglashee
has offered to sell TO forty tenants on
his property at Grangemocklcr. Mr..
J. j. O'Shee, Nj. p, Carrick -on-Suir, is
acting for the tenants, and stated that
the landlord would make no distinction
between first and second term rents,
but would sell to all on the basis of
% years purchase Of the rents actual
ly paid, whether abated or judicial
All the tenants, except four, were also
required to pay a half years rent in
November, and the landlord gave the
tenants one week to consider his offer,
when, If not accepted. it should be
taken as withdrawn. The annuity
would be 25 per cent less than the
rent. Mr.. O'Shee said the offer of the
landlord was far worse for the tenants
than that at which the Duke of Len-
ster's estate was being sold. Under
the circumstances he was directed by
the deputation at once to decline the
landlords Offer but asked whether
Mr.. Barnes would agree to request
the estate commissioners to estimate
the price of the estate, Il course which
the tenants would be glad should be
awaited of. Mr.. Barnes said he would
decline to do that and that the terms
he had now stated he should get or
otherwise he would not sell.
TYRONE.
At the petty sessions court in Cooks
town on Sept. %. Il respectfully dress
ed woman clad in deep mourning and
apparently about 80 years of age was
brought up in custody charged With
having assaulted an Old man named
Francis O'Hanlon. The woman. who
gave her name and address as Mary
Devlin of Glasgow, had arrived at
Cookstown that morning, having taken
Il return ticket from Belfast She in
quircd where O'Hanlon lived and
when a neighbor went into the house
he found the old man, who was scri-
ously ill, lying on the floor with Il
bucket of water splashed about him.
When the neighbor intcrfered defend
ant threw bowls at her. The defend
ant, in reply to the court said that
she had only spoken ''uncivilly" to the
man and that there was an old quarrel
between her and the O'IIanlons. The
defendant. who was an entire strany-
CT in the town. was unable to find bail
and WAS removed in custody and or
dcred to be kept in Armagh Jail for a
fortnight unless she should find Sc
curity for her good behavior.
WATERFORD.
a few days ago the people of the
united parishes of Grange and Ard
more presented an address. together
with splendid five-year-old horse and
a silver mounted set of harness. to
their beloved cllrate. Rev. Qualy, G.. G.,
at his residence in .irdmore. as Il
token Of theil. gratitude for the good
work he has SO unstintcdly done while
in their midst.
WESTNIEATH.
After the death of the reverend
pastor Of the united parishes of Roch-
ford Bridge. Milltownpass and Meedin,
Very Rev. Peter Pagan. who laborco
in the sacred ministry for ffty-thrcc
years, it was decided that suitable
memorial should be erected to his
memory. \ committee of the parish
toner's was formed and their choice
was to erect worthy monument over
his grave at Meedin cemetery. The
design selected was exceedingly beau
ufu! and appropriate and Mr.. Fitz-
patrick, Glasnevin. carried it out in
due course to the satisfaction of all
the promoters. The monument is Of
pure white marble and stands twelve
feet high. 1t represents an angel with
outspread wings alighting to strcw
flowers on the grave. The people sub
scribed literally for the monument,
and the committee, after defraying
the expenses of the monument, rcsolv-
ed to allocate the surplus to some
memorial in the other churches of the
parish. To Rockford Bridge Parish
church was presented q massive mon
STRANGE, and in Midtown church was
placed neat marble holy-water font
each bearing Il suitable inscription.
WEXFORD.
Lady Frances Doyne, daughter Of
the sixth Earl Fitzwilliam and wife
of Mr.. Charles AIervyn Doyne of
Wells, Corey, died on Sept % ut
Homeside, near Derby, England. The
deceased was born in 1912.
On Sept %, in Wexford, Alderman
George MADDEN and Mr.. William
Doyle, J. p, committed to the Ennis
corthy lunatic asylum Captain Les
lie II. Leigh, formerly Of Sion House,
Kyle, Wexford, as Il dangerous luna
tic. This, indeed, is an extraordinary
end to dramatic case. At the second
last Wexford assiZes Judge Kenny
sentenced Leigh, a man Of fine cduca-
ton, to six months Imprisonment for
frauds of most audacious character
OH various jewelers. and manufacture
ers in Dublin, Waterford. Cork, Lon