The Irish standard., 1905-04-01
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found not guilty, on an indictment
charging him with the attempted muir.
der or his wife. 8
Four young men named Peter
Gaffney, Thomas Fitzpatrick, and two
brothers named McCarty, from the
Cloone district, were each sentenced
to four months Imprisonment, with
hard labor, for an assault on a young
man named Bohan.,
Michael McHugh, farmer, and his
son, Bernard, both of Lismoyle, were
sentenced to six months imprison-
ment, with hard labor, and a second
son, Joseph McHugh, to four months
for brutal assault on an old Land
Lacquer named Owen Stanley, whose
extensive farm the McHughs have had
possession OF for number of years.
The marriage is announced. on
February 10th, at st. PatricK's Church,
Mohill, by Rev. P. Dalton, G. c., of
James Murnane, Head-Const. r. l. c.,
son OF the late Edmond Murnane, Ca
herconlish, Co. Limerick, to Rose, eld-
est daughter Of the late James Nc
Morrow, rIX-Head- Const. r. |. c., Mo-
hill, Co. Leltrim.
MAYO.
The Local Government Board has
agreed to contribute toward the dis
tress relief schemes in six electoral
divisions of Westport Union, and have
postponed consideration of the
schemes for the other electoral divi-
sions. This decision has caused great
dissatisfaction among the Guardians
of the Union, and at their last meeting
the chairman stated that unless works
were opened in several other districts,
deaths from starvation were probable.
On March 6, in the Land judges
court, Dublin, before Justice Ross, in
the matter of the estate OF Philip
Taaffe, Mr.. O'Hagan, solicitor, having
carriage Of the sale, applied that the
offer of the Congested Districts Board
at 1887 be accepted. The Congested
Districts Board originally proposed to
purchase the whole estate for i3O, 900;
but in order to facilitate the distribu-
ton of the proceeds, the estate was
divided into four lots and the first
three were sold in June, 1904. The
matter now came before the court on
the proposal OF the Congested Dis
tricts Board to purchase the fourth
lot, the lands of which are situated
at Curranniagoun, and include the
town of Ballyhaunis and it's tolls and
customs. There being no objection,
an order for the sale was made.
MEATH.
Most Rev. DR.. Gaffney, bishop of
Meath, visited Navan, during the first
week in March, in connection with his
triennial examination for confirmation.
On March he confirmed some 26O
children belonging to the parish, IN St..
Mary's church, Navan. Next day he
visited Johnstown, where he also ex-
amined a number of children for con.
firmation.
QUEENS COUNTY.
On March a meeting of the Ossory
Evicted Tenants Restoration commit
tee, appointed by the Ossory Division
al Executive of the U. I. L., was held
at Mountrath, the Rev. ]. J. Byrne, c..
c., Mountrath, president OF the Execu-
tive, in the chair. Two claims of evict-
ed tenants were mentioned by Mr.. J.
L. Fitzpatrick as coming from men,
bers of the Rahen branch, whose hold
ings were situated in the LEX divi-
sion. It was decided to bring these
claims under the notice of the LEX
Divisional Executive.
ROSCOMMON.
In the Land Court, Dublin, on March
2, the lord lieutenant was granted per-
mission to surrender his tenancy Of
the house and grounds at Rocking.
ham.
Castlerea March cattle fair was
changed this year to Tuesday, March
IA, instead of the third Friday, owing
to the national festival coming on the
latter day.
TIPPERARY.
The annual collection for the Irish
parliamentary fund was held on Sun
day, February &c, in the vicinity of the
gates of the Catholic church, Cashel,
and the local leaguers are to be con-
graduated on the sturdy manner in
which they faced the harsh weather
to accomplish their noble task. The
collection proved a great success,
priests and people subscribing gener-
ously, and a munificent sum will be
forwarded to the trustees in due
course.
At the last meeting of the Cashel
Board of Guardians Mr.. Richard Chad
wick, v. c., presiding, resolution, re-
ceived from Tipperary Union, was
unanimously adopted, denouncing the
fact of the landlords and agents con-
spiracy, now being worked by the
emergency lawyers of the country.
through which they jointly and sever
ally attempt to coerce the tenant farm
ers into paying exorbitant prices for
their holdings, as witnessed in cases