The Irish standard., 1905-04-22

in respect Of the setate, In the Queens
! county, was E21. 400. Council mentioned
that the Examiner was not able to
complete the schedule. The case was
allowed to stand,
Roscommon.
At Boyle, on March 22d, child
named Pat O'Connor, was committed
to an Industrial school for six years,
for attempting to derail an express
train, by putting stones on the rails.
Since his mother had been placed in
the Lunatic asylum, the child had
been running practically wild.
Sligo.
At Bow street police Court. Lon.
don, on March 9th, John Conroy, an
elderly Irishman, was taken before
Mr.. Marsham, for extradition to
America on the charge of embezzlng
money in the United States. The
| prisoner was arrested at Ballymote,
soon after his return from America,
where he had been living for some
time. A remand was ordered.
| Tipperary.
1t is stated that Sir William Butler
intends to reside in future at Bansha
Castle, his place in Tipperary. He
is expected to take up his residence
there next Autumn.
In the Court of Kings Bench. in
Dublin, on March 29th, before Justice
Boyd, in the matter of the goods of
Francis Vaudeville, J. p, Ballydine,
County Tipperary, deceased, an ap-
| plication was made on behalf of Mary
Jane O'Brien, of Castle street, Car
rick-on-Suir, a sister of Francis Man
deville, for an order that the caveat
entered by Theresa Fowler on the 18th
January, 1905, be set aside, and that
applicant be at liberty to apply for a
grant of administration to the estate
and effects of deceased. The matter
was allowed to stand.
Tyrone.
| Major Williams, who retired recent
ly from the Enniskillen Fusiliers,
after thirty-five years service, died
suddenly on March 25th, at his resi-
dence in Omagh.
On March 29th, the representatives
of the late Captain Stack met the
Tyrone tenants and their solicitor,
Mr.. James Toner, in order to sign
final agreements for purchase. The
estate borders the Glenmornan proper
ty of the Duke of Abercorn, and lies
near Donemana. The terms agreed
upon were 211A years purchase on
first term rents, the first-term reduc-
ton being one of Gs. in the t. All
| rights, including game and .bog-the
latter very valuable asset-are made
the absolute property of the tenants.
| Waterford.
On the evening of March 10Th, at
a meeting in the Waterford Town
Hall, addresses were delivered by the
Most Rev. DR.. Sheehan and Mr.. 7. P.
Gill, in furtherance Of the erecting of
a technical school in the city.
Connie Meruin, who was sentenced
to seven years penal servitude, at
the last September Quarter Session
in Waterford, has been released. 1t
is conjectured that there was a flaw
in the order made by the Judge.
Westmeath.
Most Rev. Joseph Higgins, D.. D.,
whose translation from the bishopric
of Roclshampton, Queensland, to that
of Ballarat, in the Province of Vic
toria, Australia, was precognized in
the Consistory held recently in the
Vatican, is Westmeath man. Born in
the townland of Relic, parish Moyvore,
about 67 years ago, he graduated in
the seminary of Navan, from which he
passed to the College of Maynooth.
In that great ecclesiastical institution
he pursued his studies at the same
time as the archbishops of Dublin,
Tuam and Melbourne, and on their
completion he was appointed to the
curacy of Tullamore, Kings county,
and when barely three years priest
he was placed in charge Of the Dio:
cesan Seminary of Navan. In 1870 he
was elevated to the dignity of doctor
of divinity by Pope Plus TX, and in
1884 he was appointed parish priest Of
Delvin, and vicar-forane of the dean
cry of Mullingar. Cardinal Moran, in
far-off Sydney wanted an auxiliary
bishop, in 1ssS-S9; his thoughts fell on
DR.. Higgins, and after considerable
delay, he was elevated to the episcopal
| dignity.
Wicklow.
On March 27, the Coaling Lightship,
whose station is off the Wicklow coast,
was brought into Kingstown, damaged,
as result of collision with the steam
er Holderness, of Glasgow. The acci-
dent occurred when there was thick
haze on the coaling bank, where strong
| currents prevail. The lightship was
struck in the bows and portion of her
stem was carried away. The damaged
| lightship was replaced at the coaling
bank by a reserve ship and crew from
Kingstown.
{ On the morning of March 2G col