The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1905-12-23

ieAeeulloH having Deen given Dy MI. .
Dunwoody, solicitor. Justice Kenny !.
admitted the will to probate.
i. Meath. -
AT the last Quarterly Meeting Of
Meath County Council, Mr.. John
Sweetman, chairman, presiding, Colonel
Everard moved the adoption of the re-
port on Agriculture and Technical In
struction for the year 1906. The scheme
amounting to a total of e2,96S total
of e2,96S for live stock and agricul-
ture.
Mayo.
Among the recent subscriptions to
the Slatery Eviction Fund, We're CO
from Michael Davitt, NJ. P. and 81
from the Thurles Branch of the United
Irish League. In his letter, which ac-
companied the subscription, Mr.. Davitt
said that he hoped Mayo men who take
a pride in the part played by their
grand old county in the combat against
lfelonious landlordism, will support the
:efforts of the Irishtown Branch of the
lUnited Irish League to provide home
for the widow and orphans Of Mr.. Slat-
terry, out of which they cannot be trust
by Irish land lord, or by English law.
Queens County.
Justice Meredith has decided, in a
case on "se Marquis of Lansdowne's
estate situate in the Queens County,
that the Estates of Commissioners were
entitled to make free grants to evict-
ed tenants who had purchased their
holdings under the Land Act of 1908,
for the purpose of enabling them to
make purchases of stock and imple-
ments. Justice Meredith referred a
question as to the power of the Es-
tates Commissioners to make an adj
vance in a particular case, on the es-
tate of Mary H. Nevins, back to the
Commissioners that they might deter
mine the matter of fact involved in it.
Roscommon.
The argument against the return of
!, Mr.. Devine, who defeated Mr.. Jasper
, Tully, NJ. P, in the recent election was
, continued on Nov 2S, before Mr.. D.
B. Sullivan, K. c., who announced that
, he would not give his decision in the
petition until he had heard the petition
lodged against the return Of Mr.. De-
vine and Mr.. Cunningham to the Dis
o trict Council and Boyle, No. 1 Division
Sligo.
At a special Court, held in Balinas-
:. loe, on Nov. Goth, Oliver Young and
!, his wife, aged respectively IS and 80
were returned for trial to Sligo AS
sizes, charged with stealing two COWS
and six bullocks, on the night of the
!. Sth, or the morning of the 9th of No
vember.
Tyrone.
In the Court of Kings Bench, Dub.
Margaret Hardness V. Joshua Dickson
Black Mr.. Cecil Atkinson INSTRUCTED
by Mr.. VIM. James Venables solici'
= tori, applied on behalf of the plaintiff
Margaret Hardness, who sued by he
father William Hardness, of Killy
gonland, Co. Tyrone, farmer, for 6 50
damages for breach OF promise OF mar
riage The allegation of the defend
y ant was that plaintiff was of improp
err character. The Court made an or
der for interlocutory judgment, cost
- TO NO in, bo
V Tipperary.
In the town of Tipperary, On the even
ing of Nov 9th, a great public meet
ing was held in the Female Nationa
School here to protest against the ac
ton of the Treasury and the Boar,
y of National Education, with reference
to Primary Education in Ireland, AM
especially the teaching of Irish in tn
N National Schools. The attendance wa
= very large and representative. The c
Il J. Hickman Band played through tn
was held under the auspices of tn
II local branch of the Gaelic League.
Il Wexford.
From New Ross, on November 2Sth
: after Solemn Requiem Office and Higl
u mass the remains of Very Rev. VIM
P. Dundon, o. S. A., were conveyed t.
Limerick, for interment in the Angus
> tinian Cemetery there. Father Dun
: don, who had been debilitated in health
: for many years, had celebrated his las
: Mass in the Chapel of the Carmelit,
y Convent, on Sunday, after which h.
: became faint, and died in a few hours
The deceased, who belonged to thu
City Of Limerick, was 62 years of age
q He was educated at Castlenock, Callan
and Louvan, and was ordained b!
:. Bishop Furlong in st. Peters College
Y Wexford, in the year 1867. He ha:
n been Prior of Dungarvan and Lime.
d rick, and came to New Ross thret
r years ago.
q Wicklow.
e| At special meeting of the Wick
8 low U. D. Council, on November 23rd
it was unanimously decided to cree
Irish name plates on all the streets O.
IS the town, and to take down the Eng
:, 1ish ones