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Show Due Trisb m j (From Boston Pilot.) Cork. I Iiichard A. Miixwell and James D. Burke, trus- S es, are, it is announced, going to sell their es- : tate at Coolnavokig, West Mukerry. The tenants of Tlie ) 'Donovan met at the town lml, Skibbereen, on Dec. 3, to consider what they V should otfer for the purchase of their holdings, ami 1::' n waited on Dr. Kelly. Bishop of Boss, stating 1 ; they had unanimously decided to offer eigh- I ' 1,, n yoars' purchase for second term rents, as they , -ould afford no more. j h of Mary Twohig, at the age of 05 1 I ; vars, .ccurrcd en the r.th u'it. at Coolnedane, I 1 Ma.-room. Deceased ued to relate many pathetic 1 ; liv ident- of ;hr days of the crowbar brigade and battr-ring ram. She enjoyed perfect health through- I I . "m Ilf'r long career. She used to knit and read up ' j j to a few weeks prior to her illness." : -i Dublin. . ' Christopher Feunell, of Ilanclagh", a customs of- iux-r, died on tin- T.th ult. at the age of 72 years, j He leave- a wife and familv. " Ihe death crurrod on Xov. :J0 at The Grove, Uallybohill. of Mary Sweetman, last surviving annghter of the late Christopher .and Mary Sweet-vian. Sweet-vian. John WhyJe. J. P.. f Tivoli. Clontarf, died . "n r-c ;i at the age of 02 years, lie was the own- I' : f r of a very large business concerned with the sale f glass and china ware. He had several large' ' ; ' v'ores in Dublin. I Donegal. Daniel Gallagher, an ex-Xatlonal schoolteacher, ; died .suddenly at his residence in the townland of Clencough, near Mountcharlcs, on Xov. 2S. De-; De-; c ,'a sud was about 70 years of age. i , Mrs. Thomas Devine of Mullingar, Ivillygordon, I ; recemly. She was a splendid type of the I Irish Catholic woman and was highly, respected. Iii Ve maiden name was Kelly. The" family is I f i. . descended from Maine, son of Xiall of the Xine ' - ' : Hostages, supreme monarch of Ireland in the fourth century. The ancestors of the deceased lormerly owned extensive land properly in the district dis-trict now known as Ivillygordon. but the confisca- j " lions of James 1 and those of Cromwell deprived 'm of their rightful patrimony, obliging them to become tenants on the lands which they had for tnturies owned. The OMvelly dan is well known in Ihe records of Irish history for their having . - offered such a stubborn resistance to ihe early Xorman and Saxon invaders on the plains of ; Mcath, Boscommon, Gahvay and Mayo. It has sent I forth poets, scholars and prices, many of whom' " :i:!Ve attained to the highest ecclesiastical dignities , in the Irish church. Others have in the military profession gained immortal fame in the service of France, Spain and Austria. Many of their de-M-endants remain in France and Spain even to - prosent day. Mrs. Devine leaves three sons, 3 ',ne oJ- whom is Thomas Devine of Anaconda ( Mont. f Limerick. ' , 1j In Xov. 25 in Parteen church, Dr. T. P. Flynn c of Kilkishen, County Clare, second son of Paul T 1 lynn, of Clare Glens, and Anni? M. Eldest dangh- ur of Dr- J- Brennan, of The. Cottage, Parteen, I s were married by Ilex. E.Russel. the pastor. I . i h A Joputation of the tenants on the Caufield s- I tate nccompanied by Father Molonev, pastor" of " 1 - 1 ""askcivy, and Father Condon, pastor of Stone- hall, attended at Pallaskenry on the 28th ult. The , agent's representative said that Mr. Caufield had distinctly stated that no reduction of the rent would bo allowed, and that no proposals of sale would be entertained until the rent was paid. The tenants, who numbered close on 200, then left without with-out paying the rent. Kerry. On Xov. 21, in Kilcummiu. Killarney, Rev. Steven Fuller, the pastor, assisted by Achdeacon Mangan, V. G., of Kenmare, and Rev. Michael Fuller, the pastor, united in marriage James Egan, the solicitor, eldest son of the Jate James Fgan of the Innisfallen hotel, Killarney, and Bridget Fuller, youngest daughter of John Fuller of Kilfeighney. A deputation of the tenants on the Warden estate, es-tate, on the 28th ult., waited on the landlord, and were introduced by Rev. M. Hergan, parish priest. Colonel Warden refused a general reduction on the present rent, but said he 'would out expect the ten-ants ten-ants to p.iy as much as other years, and would take into consideration each case individually. He did not give the cise of the evicted tenants' his favor- able consideration. He would probably give a definite defi-nite answer as to sale in the course of three months. Longford. A craobh was btarted recently at a public meeting held in the town hall, Granard. It was decided to call the-branch after the patron of Clonmacnoise St. Ciaran and to form a reading room in connection with it. Officers were chosen tfs follows: Uarchdaran, T. W. Toomoy; Lens-Fachdaran. Lens-Fachdaran. P. Kicrnan; Cisdeor, John Pett'it; Ru-i.aire, Ru-i.aire, T. C. O'Gorman. " ' ' At a meeting of the tenant:-, on the Maconehy estate, held recently. Very , Rev. E. Mahon, presiding, pre-siding, it was decided to offer the landlord twenty years' purchase of second tenii and eighteen rears' purchase of first term rents for his property." Mayo. Mrs. Brennan of Killeen house, Claremorris, died on Dec. 3. Lilian M. Sears, youngest daughter of Mark I . Sears, of sealo, died on Xoc 30 at the age of Hj years. A meeting of the tenants on Gather's esiate was held at Claremorris on the 3th ult The ugent was in attendance and demanded twentv-tnree twentv-tnree years .purchase. The tenants declined to give more than rtghteen years'; bur it is understood mat eventually -an agreement was arrived at at twenty and one-half years' purchase. Tyrone. . A meeting of the tenant fanners in -the Allgo-land Allgo-land part of the Earl of Castlestuart's Castlederg estate was held at Killeter, on Dec. 2, aud it was ecided to offer eighteen years purchase for tehir holdings. On Dec. 3 u meeting of the tenants on the estate es-tate of Hon. Arthur Harris was held in Coalisland. Mr. MeDarrell presided. The landlord offered the estate for sale. at twenty-six and twentv-three yars. The tenants agreed to offer twenty-two .cars purchase on the second term rents and nineteen nine-teen on the first term rents. Tipperary. Mrs. Massy has offered to sell her property near Bansha to her tenants at a price which would give them 30 per cent on the first judicial rents and 20 per cent (twenty-four and one-half years' purchase) purch-ase) on second judicial. At Templemore petty sessions, on Dec. 3, Mr. Brennan, secretary of the Castle Ivy branch of Ihe Lnited Irish league, was charged with assault- I ing a man named Hynes, rent warner and hog ranger for the Earl of Orkney, lie was returned I lor trial to the March assizes. |