The Warwickshire Herald. — 1885-12-10 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

OUTRAGES IN IRELAND.  In the mountainous district of Aragher, and in the same locality where the bailiff Tobin was so brutally murdered a few days ago, another bailiff has been disgracefully treated and beaten' but fortunately escaped with his life. The bailiff was serving some writs on tenants who refused to pay their rents unless the reduction of 30 per cent. which  they demanded was allowed [hem. As soon as he was seen crossing by the foot of the Galtee mountains, which he thought would have concealed him, word was immediately sent round to the people. limns were blown through the district, and the people gave chase to the bailiff, who ran away by the mountain as quickly as he could in the direction of Ballyduff, where there are a police barracks. The bailiff, fearing that his pursuers would overtake him, threw away the writs in a ditch, and then, thinking that he could not be identified with writ serving, he allowed them to overtake him. The crowd attacked him in a shameful manner, searched and beat him,the wouien being as bad as the men. He was divested of his clothes, and left in a state of perfect nudity, and allowed to make his way into Ballyduff in that state. The weather being very cold, the man was almost perished to death.  Early the other morning :10 men, some wearing masks, others with blackened faces, and more armed with guns and revolvers, visited an evicted farm at Ballyconray, county Tipperary, turned off the lands 35 cows on to the high road, and drove them in different directions. Two men who were in charge of the farm were awakened by the bellowing of the cattle. They immediately armed themselves and fired at the Moonlighters, who, in turn, discharged four shots, none of which took effect. The captain of the Moonlighters then ordered three of his followers to cross the field and attack the two caretakers, but the latter, seeing that they were largely outnumbered, ran away, and were hotly pursued by the Moonlighters, who halted three times and tired. The caretakers, however, reached their residence in safety. The Moonlighters, having tired two shots in the air, proceeded to the house of a tenant named Hourigan, who has been threatened with eviction. They compelled every member of the family to go on his or her knees, and promise solemnly that they would not give up possession unless at the point of the bayonet. The captain of the party then made all his followers swear in the presence of the famil that they would risk their lives to prevent the contemplated eviction. The party then left, but one of them returned and said, "Mind what we told you, don't give up possession, or it will be worse for you." The police are investigating the occurrence. Seven of the cows have been recovered.  The residence of Mr. Mowle, Queen's Park, Chester, has been burglariously entered. Miss Mowle was distorbed by her little dog making a noise and licking her face to attract attention. As the animal had been fastened up in the kitchen it became evident to Miss Mowle thai; some one had entered the premises below and opened the door. Lights were seen downstairs, and on the inmates of the house getting up it was found that the kitchen window had been epened, and that, on making a hurried exit, the burglar had left a pair of military boots behind. The adjacent house had also been burglariously entered, and there a pair of military gloves was found. It has since transpired that a private horn the 22nd Regiment, stationed at Chester Castle, is unaccount ably missing.