The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-04-20
coNNAUGHT.

Thomas Deignan, Sim Feiners, who
said he would go to Jail rather than
pay fine of 10 shillings and l pound
costs and enter into bail imposed at
Ballaghaderreen for assalEting a Dill
lonite named Michael Tower, came be-
fore the magistrates on Tuesday, paid
the fine, and entered into recogni-
zances.
Rev. w. Newell, c. c., Moyoulien,
has died.
At a public meeting at Creggs, Co.
Roscommon, it was stated that there
were 1000 acres of untenanted land
in the district, the owners of which
have failed to comply with the Tillage
Order, and that there were over 500
uneconomic tenants seeking land.
A banner presented in the presence
of the King and Queen, in London, to
the battalion of the Connaught rangers
who formed part of the first Expedi-
tionary Force, was dedicated by Right
Rev. DR.. Plunket in Galway on Friday
in the presence of distinguished con-
gregation, and the ceremony closed
with the playing of God Save the
King" by the band of the regiment.
A further remand for eight days
was granted at Boyle on Tuesday in
the case against the five men charged
with the raid on Rockingham House.
The defendants were: George Plum
ket, son of Count Plunket; P. j. Del
ahanty, J. E. Feely, j. j. Turbett, Jr.;
]. f. Harran, and the charge was one
of burglary. The accused had been
on remand in Mountjoy, but the re-
mand on Tuesday, was to Sligo prison.
They refused to recognize the author
ity of the Court, but there was no
demonstration by singing of making
intersections, which marred the pre-
vious proceedings.
An adjourned case against Mrs.
Winifred Grady, of Malaghroe, Co.
Sligo, for selling butter at Is. Cd. per
pound, being in excess of the control
price, was disposed of at the Boyle
sessions on Wednesday. At the pre-
vious court it was held that no sale
took place and fresh summons was
issued for offering for sale. She was
fined los. and l pound costs.
There were three summonses against
Hugh Stewart the Mills, Boyle, at the
local petty sessions on Wednesday
under the Flour Mills Control Order.
In the first case he was summosed
for not making weekly returns, in the
second for not making monthly re-
turns, and in the third for manufac-
turing flour without an admixture. Mr..
Stewart said he considered he was
justified in not spelling mems wheat
by using the admiXture, and said he
would not do it. Mr. Johnson, r. NJ,
said that Mr.. Stewart could not take
advantage of the other millers who
complied with the law and fined him
2 pounds in each case, with 20 shil-
lings cost.
For some time past there has been
a regular bacon famine in Carrick-
on-Shannon, but the situation was re-
lieved on Thursday by the arrival of
a large consignment of Canadian-Am-
erisan and Irish bacon to the firm of
Flynn & Co. The firms large Glen
tele will, we are sure, be quick to avail
of what is at present novelty" in
these parts.
T. Duignan, Secretary Gowel Sim
Fein Club; M. Lynch, Kiltoghert; ].
Keaveny, Balinawing; 7. p. McNabo-
la, Taish; J. Murray, Drumsna; and
AT
returned for trial at Carrick-on-Shan-
non to the petty sessions on bail,
charged with forcibly entering lands of
J. O. Lawder d. L., and others at
Kiltoghert.
1t is rumored that the lands taken
over for cropping from J. H. Gill
NOR, Ballinascarrow, will not be let
less than pounds per acre instead
of the price of 4 pounds fixed by the
Sim Feiners.
Lieut.. Cunningham, who won his
promotion on the field second son OF
Sergt. Cunningham, Ballymote, has
been spending short furlough in Bal
lymote previous to leaving for France.
One of the most popular and re-
spected citizens of the Co. Sligo died
on the 4th inst. in the person of Jas.
O'Rourke, merchant, Colooney. The
news of his death at comparatively
early age caused painful shock to
his innumerable friends and admirers
He was nephew of the late Venerable
Archdeacon O'Rourke, who in his day
was one of the greatest clergymen in
the diocese of Achonry.
LElNSTER.
Verv Rev. 7. Murray, p. P, Aries