The Irish standard., 1919-05-03
Connaught

many years secretary of the Town
Tenants Association.
Ballymote magistrates expressed re-
gret at the transfer to Athenry Of
head-constable Dorah, and passed
votes of coincidence to P. w. Nc
Geary, ]. p, and r. Morrison, ]. p.
on their family bereavements, and also
to the relatives of the late ]. D.
O'Brien, ]. P.
Carrick.on-Shannon Guardians ex'
pressed sympathy with B. Murray
d. c., on the death of his sister, Sister
Dominic of the Marist Order, at Tub
bercurry, where she was nurse in
the infirmary, and with the Marist Sis
ters on the death, in London, of Sister
Scholastic, for many years a nurse IN
the guardians infirmary.
Robert Anderson was, at Derry AS
sizes on Saturday last, tried before a
Judge and special jury on. a charge
of unlawful assembly at Colgagh, Co.
Sligo, on the 10th of June last, and
also with melting to riot, and with
using reasonable and seditious Ian
guage. In sentencing Mr.. Anderson
to twelve months Imprisonment with
hard labor, Justice Kenny said that,
consistent with his political opinions,
the prisoner conducted himself at the
hearing with perfect propriety. He
was a man of evident education.
Early on Thursday morning a force
of police raided the homes of num-
Der of young men in the Monastera'
den district. Four arrests were made.
These included Jim Hunt, of Moygara,
the famous handball player, who has
had many an exciting escape While
ION the run" for political offenses.
The four prisoners were brought to
Sligo on the morning mail train,
where, before a special court, the
jurisdiction of which Mr.. Hunt stated
they did not recognize, they were SEN
fenced to three months imprisonment
In default of bail on charge of col
lecting funds for An Dali Eireann
without a permit.
]. Clancy, the elected representa-
tive of the people of North Sligo, on
An Dali Eireann, attended the first
meeting since his release of the Sligo
County Committee of Agriculture on
Thursday. Alderman Jinks, who pre-
sided and who said he differed in poll
tics from him, paid warm tribue to
Mr.. Clancy's ability as Secretary OF
the Committee and expressed high ap'
probation of his having the courage
of his political convictions. He also
referred in complimentary terms to
the manner in which Mrs. Clancy had
discharged her husbands duties as
Secretary during his enforced alb
sence. Mr.. McManamy and several
other members spoke in similar terms
and Mr.. Clancy suitably replied.
Drumreilly Sim Fein Club have ex.
pressed sincere sympathy with Thorn.
1 as Carter, vice president, on the death
of his wife, and also with Michael
O'Reilly in his recent bereavement
caused by the death of his mother.
At Ballinamore Quarter Sessions
Frederick G. Youell, Ballinamore, pro
cessed the Cavan and Leitrim Railway
Company and the Midland Company
IN Qo $hn nj
21 sacks delivered to the defendant
companies for carriage to Hunter anG
Co., Dublin, and which were not de
& livered. It was stated the Midland
Company had settled with plaintiff
and the case was dismissed withou
y prejudice.
At Ballinamore Quarter Session,
Judge Brown said the County Cour
Judges were doing their best to in
crease the process servers salaries
and the process servers thanked hi
n Lordship.
The firm of Twibill and Son, Dun
II dalk, sued number of Ballinamor'
!, men at the Quarter Sessions for tn,
price 'of coal ordered by defendants
4 which coal defendants refused to. &C
cept delivery of, claiming it was no
what was ordered. After length,
@ hearing DEGREES were given.
Boyle workhouse, which was CON
ss mandeered by the military authoritie
4 last October, was surrendered o.
Monday last, when the Guardians rel
VI VI ,resentatives and some of the official
Of the institution met the military rel
resentatives at the workhouse. It i
II expected the inmates sent to Carricl
on-Shannon workhouse will be immt
u diately brought back to Boyle.
4sg So virulent has the "fu" epidemi
KS become in Strokestown district tina
r DR.. Forde had to request the Gua1
" dians to convert the old, disused pt
lice barracks at Ballykilclyne into
temporary hospital for patients. Th