Wednesday, October 22nd, 1845

Firing into a dwelling.
On the night of Tuesday last, about the hour or eleven o’clock, a party of armed men visited the dwelling house of a small farmer, named John Deane, residing at Gloster in the parish of Lusmagh, they fired a shot through the door and another at Deane’s dog. On the following morning, Deane found a notice signed ‘Captain Rock’ at his door, threatening ‘eternal desolation and death’ to his son Michael Deane, if he continued to work for Mr. Lyster, of Derinsallagh Mills, at a lower rate of wage than is usually paid to carriers. Constable Kearney and party at Lusmagh, have been unremitting in their exertions since the occurrence, to discover the perpetrators, but without effect.

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