The Irish standard., 1904-01-23

the year 1870, being purchased in that
year by the present Mr.. Stephens
iather. The terms upon which Mr..
Stephens agreed with the tenants for
the sale of the estate allows them a
further reduction OF IS. in the pound
upon their present voluntarily reduced
rents; and he also accepts half-year's
rent, to the Ist OF November last, in
full discharge of all rents due by the
tenantry; and he hands over the sport
ing rights to the purchasers. The
terms work out at 20 years purchase
OF the reduced rents, and give the ten
ants reduction of nearly 13s. in the
pound on the rents payable in the
year 1881.
GALWAY.
About five o'clock on the morning of
December goth, a serious fire broke
out i'll the licensed premises occupied
by Miss Casey at the corner of Will
liamsgate street and Eglinton street,
Galway, which forms part OF block
known as the Colonial buildings, own
ed by Messrs. Green & Sons, Dublin,
i'll which is large warehouse, where
they carry OH all extensive grocery,
wine and spirit business, trading as
Francis MacNamara & Co. The fire
engine was promptly got to work, but
the fire made rapid progress, and with
i'll all hour Miss Casey's premises we're
completely Quilted; the floor of the
Royal Galway institute, which is sit
uated overhead, was burned; and for
part OF the time it was doubtful if Mac
Namara's warehouse could be saved
but it was. 1t is said the damage will
amount to about $1,000.
KERRY.
During the progress OF the Tralee
coursing meeting on December Goth,
a respectable North Kerry farmer, Mr.
Jeremiah Nolan, a member of the Lis
towel county council and brother to
Mr.. M. ]. Nolan, vice chairman of the
county council, was seized with fit OF
apoplexy and died in less than twenty
minutes. Doctors Plerse (Causeway),
and Keane (AnnascauD we're in
prompt attendance, but pronounced the
case hopeless. Luckily, Father ALL
man, c. c., Kenmare, was on the
scene in time to administer the rites OF
the Church. At an inquest, subse-
quently held, verdict OF death from
cerebral apoplexy was returned.
KILDARE.
Early on the morning OF December
goth, the police in Mas received in
telligcnce that the house of a man
named John Kenny, at Osbertstown,
had been burned to the ground, and
that his daughter, Kate, had lost her
life in the flames. Kenny and his
daughter lived alone in cottage, at
the back of which runs the Liffcy. They
had retired the previous night at 1890,
and about II o'clock the old man was
awakened by cry from his daughter
that the house was OH fire. Her bed
room was separated from his by the
kitchen, which was also the living
room. -'= 60 -~
KINGS co.
On December Goth, the extensive
printing and publishing concern i'll
Birr, of Mr.. John Wright, proprietor
of the Kings county Chronicle, was
totally destroyed by fire, along with the
premises occupied by the Birr Young
Mems Christian association, owned by
the same gentleman, which occupied
the uppermost fiat. The fire broke out
between 7 and o'clock in the MORN
ing, and in ten or fifteen minutes
spread with such rapidity that the ell
tire building became mass of flame.
Efforts were directed to the cutting off
of Mr.. Wright's fine residence in the
Square, which happily succeeded. 1t
is conjectured that the fire commenced
in the Young Mems society's portion
of the premises. The premises were
fully insured.
LEITRIM.
Mr.. M'Adoo, manager of the Cavan
and Leitrim railway has proffered five
tons of coal to the poor of Ballina-
more, provided that fund be started
to further augment the offer made by
him.
LOUTH.
Mr.. ]. ]. Flynn, manager Of the
Hibernian bank in Dundalk, has been
selected to open new branch in
Cavan.
The owners of the Kirwan estate,
near Knockbridge, have intimated to
the tenants that they would be willing
to sell at such figure as will secure
their present net income The figure
mentioned would be about 20 years
purchase OF second term rents.
LONGFORD.
On St. Stephens morning, word
reached the constabulary at Leixlip
that man named Michael Sweeney,
aged 81, had been found dead i'll his
bed by Mrs. Ellen Doolan, who oc-
cupied another room in the same
house. Sweeney was for many years
el1i ployed OH the Midland Great West
ern line as milesman, from which posi-