The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-06-25

holdings consisted of about 1G acres
their house was Il poor one and contain
ed practically no furniture. The evic-
ton was witnessed by none save two
policeman and the shcriff's bailiff.
Much sympathy is felt for the poor
victims.
SLIGO.
The death is announced of Sister
Mary OF Providence, Mother Superior
OF st. AIMS convent Victoria, British
Columbia. The deceased who was a ma
tive of Sligo, and OF the distinguished
family of Mathews, was one of the
most promising women in western Can
ada.
TIPPERARY.
Negotiations are pending for the sale
OF Lord Mountgarrett's estate. The
agent, Colonel Cahill, has demanded
% Z. years purchase on second term
rents from seventy Of the Lisdowncy
tenants. who have in return offered 10
and 81 years purchase respectively, to
| lHcllue one year rent.
At the Nenagh quarter sessions, Oh
June LIST, Mr.. ]. II. Moore county court
judge. presided. There WAS no criminal
business.
TYRONE.
Much sympathy is felt with Mr.. JAS.
Brodie, manager of the Omagh Gas
works on the death of his wife, which
took place on the 9th ult after short
illness. Mrs. Brodie recently went on
a visit to lNilmalculm, for the purpose
OF recuperating, but only With the stat
ed sorrowful results.
WESTNIEATH.
The tenants on the Clonbrush estate
of Mr.. Stanley V. Coote have COM
pleted arrangements for the purchase of
their holdings. The following are the
terms agreed upon: First term tenants
are allowed an abatement of % per
cent. (23 years purchase); on-judcial
tenants an abatement of 80 per cent
GIL. years purchase, and all arrears
OF rent up to May LIST, 1904, are to be
wiped out.
WATERFORD.
An inquiry has been started ut the
court house. Dungarvan, into the sub
lect OF Il memorial forwarded by the
hungarian urban district council,
praying for Il closed season for her
rings i'll the months OF March. April
and May i'll each year. Rev. NJ.
Creme was chairman, assisted by d.
IL. Lane, with Mr.. Il. w. l. Holt as
scientific adviser. One of the propos-
ais under consideration was the con-
structlon of the proposed new bridge
which would shorten the route to the
market With the fish. There were SOB
600 in the hands of the treasury, part
OF the railway guarantee, and they
should be entitled to some of this mon
ey for the construction OF this bridge
which would be Of vast benefit to the
fishery. The chairman said that they
would take all these things into con-
sderation, and they would consider the
statements made at that inquiry. and
in due time they would issue their 70
port.
WICKLOW.
The death is announced on June ID.
at her residence, Kilruddery, Bray, Of
Jane, wife of Patrick Cannon, aged 73
years-deeply regretted by her SORROW
ing husband and family Her funeral
took place OH Sunday the 9TH to Kill
macanoge.
On the Goth ult the ceremony of Re-
ception took place at the Carmelite
church, Delgany,. the young lady who
had the happiness Of receiving the re-
ligious habit being Miss Gertrude
Cummins, daughter of the late Mr. p.
Cummins, st. Mary's, Terenure, in reli-
sion Sister Mary Teresa Joseph. Ow-
ing to the recent death of her sister
the ceremony was private, only her
own Immediate friends being in at
tendance. Very Rev. b. ORielly. z.
F., Kilquade, officiated, assisted by a
number of clergy.
WEXFORD.
A number Of the evicted tenants on
the Coolgreany estate have been al
ready reinstated in their old holdings;
and rather important step has been
taken, towards restoring others whose
holdings are in the occupation of plant
crs, to farms of land which have been
acquired for their reinstatement by
the estate commissioners. About 1900
is being given to each tenant for i'm
provements, most of it being a free
grant, with the exception Of the tenant
who got the holding on which the
dwelling is situated. There are still
about Is tenants who are unprovided
for, whose holdings are occupied by
planters, but the estate commissioners
are in negotiations for farms elsewhere,