The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-01-10

the verdict in whose case mentioned at the
beginning. Whether these results will en-
courage him to persevere with the remainder
of his .'twenty-four libel actions" I do not
know. may add, that he has announced that
he is bringing out book in January, in which
he will profess his acceptance of the Vatican
DEGREES, and attempt to show that in defying
his Bishop and vilifying what he calls the
Ultramontanes, he is only acting as Catholic
priest should! AS might be expected, his Pro- |
| testant friends and sympathsers are quite dis |
gusted with the idea that their pet-this "fne,"
Independent" "hig h-minded," -" courageous"
Catholic priest-should believe in the official
infallibilty of the Pope; and if he continues to
adhere to that dogma, should not be surprised
to see him cast off by them altogether as bad
job.
Last evening took place the annual meeting
of the Dublin Total Abstinence Society-one
of the most useful bodies at present existing
in this city. The meeting was successful in
point of numbers, but the only man of more
than ordinary note present was Mr.. A. N. Snl
| livsn, NJ. P. From the annual report gather
these items-that during the last year 654 per-
sons have signed the pledge (for the first time)
| at the weekly meetings of tho society that
| 300 addresses have been delivered by various
| speakers at those meetings; that the society
has distributed no less than 100 900 tracts dur
| ing the last twelve months; that o splendid
| Temperance hall is in course of erection in
| Townsend street, and that literary debating
! club has been instituted in connection with
the society, which is attended by large num-
| Der of persons of all ages. I may here men
tion that Mr.. Sullivan, NJ. p. at this meeting
expressed himself confident that the Sunday
closing bill would be carried out next session.
Amongst those who especially active just
} now in this great movement are-to their
honor be it said-some Of the leading Protest
ant clergy of Dublin. Amongst the Catholic
clergy there is no one more active than the
Bishop of Galway, DIR. McEvilly, who has
effectually established Sunday closing through
out the entire extent of his vast dioceses. And
there is room enough and to spare for a hum
dred laborers like him. The Drink Demon is
spreading destruction far and wide. In the
daily papers of this day-to take one instance
, ont of q thousand-two horrible deaths from
drunkenness are recorded from Kings County.
In enc case q farmer and his wife were at mar
ket in the town of Clougbjordan. They went
home drunk. Next morning the woman was
found dead in drain, and the husband still
? in stupid state near his house. In the Other
case, a man in Shinrone was induced by two
3 other friends" to drink pint of whisky. Th'
t sfriends" left him in the public-house, and tn
= next morning nothing of him was found bu
. his charred remains!
Q On yesterday a meeting was held in London
It under the presidency of Chevalier OCleary
i MP, (Wexford county, to organize an 1risl
It pilgrimage next summer to Lourdes and Paray
l. le-Monial. 1t is intended to invite the CO
/ operation of Father Burke and His Eminenc
n Cardinal Cullen, and to send banner whicl
= will cost two or three hundred pounds.
l. J.J. c.