The Irish standard., 1905-06-17

large quantity of hay and other feed
ing stuff, bedding, and number Of
valuable farming implements. The
damage amounted to several hundred
pounds. At periods the whole country.
side was lit up by the flames.
SLIGO.
On May % the third annual Sligo
Feis was opened, uder the most IA
vorable circumstances. The assembly
room of the town hall and the ada
cent rooms were crowded with COM
petitors and those anxious to witness
the competitions and view the exhibits
in the art and Industrial sections. The
language section was more ample in
scope, and drew out a larger number
of competitors than it did last year.
In the Irish history competition the
number OF entries was very large in
view of the fact that the Feis was
only to last two days; while the art
and industrial section included no
less than 40 competitors in the various
branches.
TIPPERARY.
Arising out of the question of the
use of the courthouse, Clonmel, by
outside bodies, the South Tipperary
county council have instructed their
solicitor to take counsel's opinion as
to the proceedings to be taken for the
recovery of damages for injury to fur
niture and fittings in the courthouse,
and, as to whom the title to the court
house was vested in.
At Clonmel borough sessions, on
May "a, the magistrates dismissed a
case in which Mr.. VIM. Casey, presi-
dent of the Associated Petty Sessions
Clerks of Ireland, sought to recover
shilling in respect of stamp which
he alleged had been attached by him,
to statutory declaration, made for
the admission of a patient to Clonmel
asylum. A case has been stated for
the court of kings bench.
TYRONE.
A young lad named Thomas Rods,
and his father, we'll known contrac-
tor in Tyrone, were badly injured by
the premature explosion of a charge
of blasting powder, on May 1S. The
boy had both arms blown off, and died
in the workhouse hospital. The coro.
ner adjourned the inquiry for eight
days to notify the inspector of mines.
The scandalous example of Orange
bigotry as directed against a county
Tyrone schoolteacher, which formed
the subject of an action in the Dublin
courts, recently, is to be brought to the
notice OF the house of commons, by
Mr.. Reddy who will ask the chief Sec
rotary whether he will see that the
action of the defendant, Coote, is
brought under the notice of the lord
chancellor, with view to his removal
from the commission of peace.
WATERFORD.
At a special court, at Waterford, on
May 20, two steerage passengers on
! the Glasgow steamer Portland were
| charged with having caused the death
of fireman Of the vessel, named John
Reid, native Of Glasgow, during a
| drunken brawl. One of the accused,
Dougald McIndewer, was discharged,
but the other, Malcolm McKinnon, was
remanded in custody.
WESTMEATH.
On May 81 largely attended public
meeting was held in Multifarnham, to
to complete the reorganization of the
local branch Of the United Irish
League. Rev. J. Murphy, P. P, occu.
pied the chair, and among the speak
ers was Sir Walter Nugent, who, in
the course of his speech, said that
men of all classes and creeds are grad.
ually coming to the conclusion that
the present system of government in
Ireland was failure, and that Irish.
men should be allowed to manage
purely Irish affairs in their own way.
He did not believe in such ambiguous
measures as the so-called "devolution."
WEXFORD.
On May 81 no less than three splen.
did meetings, under the auspices of
the United Irish League, were held in
South Wexford, and were addressed
by Mr.. Denis Johnston, organizer, and
several local Nationalist. The first
was at Piercestown, after last mass,
the second at Murrintown, five miles
distant, and the third at Rathangan.
In each place the people assembled in
large numbers, and branch Of the
league was established amid much en-
tnusiasm. Very Rev. Father Fortune,
P. p, consented to act as president of
Piercestown branch, and Rev. w. Han.
Ion, G. c., president of the branch at
Murrintown.
WICKLOW.
At the Bray sessions on May 20
Head Constable Griffin charged three
fishermen, named Bartholomew Nay
lor, William Cleary and Pat Cranly,
for having, on May IA, broken into the
tearooms owned by Mrs. Lacy, and
taken therefrom portion of a ham and
some bottles of mineral water. The
accused was returned for trial.