The Irish standard., 1905-09-23

Martln S!attery, from his house and
land at 1rishtown, Co. Mayo, a few
| days ago, had to be abandoned, as DIR.
G. O. L. Mcguire, j. p, Claremorris,
certified that Mrs. Slattery, who is an
| invalid, was unfit for removal The
house, however, was taken possession
of by the bailiffs, and the old couple
were subsequently removed to neigh
| boris house. They have four chill
dren, had been in possession of the
place for the past 40 years, and had
| never been known to run arrears of
rent. The landlord, Mr.. Patrick ]. B.
DAILY, is solicitor, living in Galway;
and the reason he assigned for the evic-
| ton was that he wanted the place for
his sons
Roscommon.
The death took place few days
ago, at Mountcashel, in her 1O4th year,
| of Mrs. Mulvihill, sister of the late
Dean Gum. In her funeral cortege
were her two daughters, one of whom
had passed her eightieth year; two
grand-daughters and a host OF great
grandchildren.
At special Grimes Court" held
on August Goth, before Mr.. Williams
FULLY and J. p. Mulligan, man
named William Armstrong, was SEN
sentenced to a months Imprisonment
for breaking window, the property
of Mr.. X. L. Brown, r. NJ. The amount
| Of the damage was stated to be only
IS.
Sligo.
| The death is announced, on August
Goth, of Mrs. Henrietta Medium,
wife of Mr.. John Meldrun, senior
partner of the firm of Medium &
Sons, Castle street, Sligo. The de-
ceased lady had been ailing for some
considerable time, and had reached
the patriarchal age 81 years. The
funeral was largely attended by all
creeds and classes in Sligo.
Tyrone.
| On August 9th, the annual excur-
sion of the Coalisland and Stewards
town Total Abstinence Associations
took place to Dundalll. The party
We're accompanied by members of the
Sacred Heart, Irish National Forest
ers' Society, as well as by others from
Coalisland and other outlying districts.
The eXcursionists numbered fully 400,
and were under the care of their spir-
1tual director, Rev. S. Brown, C. c.,
who left nothing undone to make the
days outing as enjoyable as possible.
Tipperary.
! The proposed Cooperative Bacon
Factory, in Roscrea, is practically
assured, as $4,000 out of the proposed
capital Of 100000, has been subscrib-
/ ed, and it is confidently expected that
| the balance will be forthcoming be-
fore the list of October. The share
holders have all signed an agreement,
, binding them to supply all their pigs
j to the factory, for period of five
years, CT, in default, forfeit los. per
pig. Rev Father Cunningham, G. e.,
who originated the movement, has
worked hard in its furtherance, and
has received great help from Mr.. Tho
mas Dooly, Clerk of the Union, and
Mr. John O'Brien, auctioneer, who are
| the hon. secretaries to the committee.
| Hopes are entertained that the old
military barracks may be obtained for
| the factory.
Wicklow.
On August Goth, James Mcguire a
laborer, aged CT years, who lived near
| Redcross, about seven miles from
ArAlow, was accidentally killed while
training young ass, attached to a
cart The donkey became unmanage-
| able and upset the vehicle, under
which Mcguire was pinned. When
found about two hours after the ac-
cident, by his two sons, he was dead.
Westme ath.
| AS a result of the recent unprece-
dentcd rains, immense damage has
been done along the valley of the
Shannon. The floods, in few hours,
rose more than two feet south of
Athlone.
John Braclsen, farmer, of Mount.
| cashel, and his son, have been remand
ed for a week by the Magistrates, sit
ting at Kennagh Petty Sessions, on
the charge of assaulting Mr. j. Robin
son, sub-Sheriff,' and party of bail
ifs. The Sheriff had proceeded to
the farm of the accused, and attempt
ed to seize number of sheep in
satisfaction of decree. Bracken and
! his son prevented them. An in forma-
ton was then sworn, and father and
son were arrested and remanded.
Waterford.
On the evening of August 26th, Most
Rev. P. j. Ryan, Archbishop of Phila-
delphia, arrived in Lismore, to remain
; for some days as the guest of the
Venerable Archdeacon M'Grath, P. P.
Next day he was presented with ad-
dresses, both from the clergy and the
people OF the town, IN the sacristy at
tached to the Parish Church.