The Irish standard., 1918-12-07
News from Ireland

mass at Newbridge church. The Of
ficers of the Irish Guards sent beau
tiful wreath, and the non-commis.
stoned officers of the late Lieut. Col
Greer's battalion were represented.
The chief mourners were: Hon. Eus-
tace FitzGerald (father), Hon. Mrs.
FITZGERALD (mother), Capt. Greer and
Mrs. Greer Hon. G. FITZGERALD, X c..
(uncle), Capt Derrick FITZGERALD, l. G..
(brother), Mr.. w. FITZGERALD and Mrs.
FITZGERALD, Brig.-Gen. Waldron and
Mrs. Waldron, Gen. Smith Bingham
and the officers of the Curragh Staff
attended.
| Dundalk Harbor Board expressed
regret at the death of Capt. Brown,
accidentally killed in France and adj
journed as a mark of respect.
In st. Peters Church, Athlone, Thos
j. Kelly, second son of Patrick and
Mrs. Kelly, Longford, was married to
Miss Frances O'Connell younger
daughter of Denis and Mrs. O'Con-
nell, O'Connell street, Athlone. The
ceremony was performed by the Very
Rev. Canon keane, p. P, Athlone, as
sisted by the Rev. Father Newman,
Adm, Longford.
An Interesting case was heard at
Ballymahon Quarter Sessions in which
cruet, which was won at the Lanes
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Thomas Murtagn, Clonfower, Lanes
boro, sued Mielmel J. Ryan, of the
same place for G5, the value of the
cruet Plaintiff said he won the cruet
at the Lanesboro sports and left it in
the house of the defendant, who had
refused to give it up to him. The de-
Tense was that the cruet was deliv-
cred up to the plaintiff, who had stat
ed he intended to present it as we'd
ding present to a friend named Don
lon. The case was dismissed.
T. B. Bolger, j. p, marlborough, is
a brother of Very Rev. Father Bolger,
who was decorated by the French
Government and was some time pre-
viously appointed P. P. of Carlow
Graigue. In the March German often
sive he had miraculous escape from
death.
The Meath Farmers Association
adopted resolution demanding no
further compulsory tillage for the
county be required on the ground that
it was bad policy from national
standpoint, rendered the land useless
for fattening cattle, did not produce a
compromising amount of human food,
was uneconomic, and asking the De-
partment to receive a deputation on
Tuesday. Col. Sir T. Everard, Bart,
said he would lay these views before
the Tillage Advisory Committee on
Wednesday. Mr.. M'Kenna said that
the tillage regulations produced a
larger supply of a very Indifferent
character at the expense of turning
good grazing land into WORKOUT til
lage.
The late Patk. O'Brien, victualler
and contractor, of John street, Kells,
having left his farm at Grange to
trustees to devote the income from it
to the maintenance of his grandchil-
dren, p. ]. O'Brien and Teresa O'Brien,
until the latter attained Fl, when the
farm was to go absolutely to Patk. j.
O'Brien, the elder of the two. Mr..
Justice PIN adjourned on application
to administer under the direction of
the Court in order that counsel might
submit a scheme for equal division
of the income between the two grand
children, Mr.. Lardner, M. P. (instruct-
ed by Messrs. Murphy and Mooney
for the plaintiffs; Mr.. Tobias (instruct-
ed by Messrs. Cochrane and Co.. for
Patk. J. O'Brien; and Mr.. R. R.
M'Cutcheon INSTRUCTED by Mr.. ]. M.
Kennedy for Teresa O'Brien.