The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-05-16

III iue6c VIC ualuc "a tuo
inmate Father oKeefe, OF Callan. wish he
Would let Us all forget BIN, but be wont, and
the latest news about him is that he has served
notice of = new action at law on his Bishop
(Dr. Noran); his charge this time being that
the Bishop upjustly attempted TO deprive him
of his parish, 1t appears that the Judge Sc
| lected by him to try this latest case of his is
no other than that good aud gentle Catholic
the notorious Keogh himself; and Father
Okeefe has publicly rejoiced over the pos
sibility that Keogh will assist him in putting
Cardinal Cullen once more Through q full
examination on the BalId Gang" 1t is not,
however, the Bishop only. bat his own parish
toner's, who are now insisting that he is no
longer their legitimate pastor. The two rural
chapels in the parish of Callan which remained
in bis possession after he had been suspended
and were kept closed by him against the
Bishops administra tors, have last been forced
open by the indignant people, and curates ap-
pointed by the Bishop have celebrated Mass in
them, of old, for the last three weeks. A
few hired mobsmen offered some resistance to
the opening of one of the churches on one OF
two Sundays, and especially on last Sunday
but they were overpowered; and now Father
OKeefe is going to prosecute for riot the hon
est men and good Catholics who drove them
out of the way! God help him ; he is fast ruin
ing himself, if he has not already, indeed &C
coDplished that achievement
The Synod of the Disestablished Church,
now in session here, has got unpleasanrly
mixed up with the liquor question. The OF her
day a prosperous distiller named Roe who is
restoring" Christ Church Cathedral-ene of
the most splendid of the edifices OF which the
Catholic Church in Ireland has been robbed by
the Protestants-built for and presented TO
this body commodious house IN which 10
hold its meetings. Beieg di.ti4!er and Pro-
testant, of course be naturally thought the
structure would be incomplete without ere
freshmeut" apartment. lie built "refresh-
ment" department, accordingly; and when the
Synod was about to assemble some other en-
terprising Protestant procured "a license, as l
presume, to sell all kinds of intoxicating liquor
therein. At any rate, all kinds are sold there
at this moment; and when the lay and clerical
legislators who daily celebrating in one
hall on the most sacred matters connected with
their church, feel weared, they have only to
pass into another hall close by to slake the
thirst of battle with draught of Bass bit
ter" or Guinness AK, the fruit of the
vintage of France, or of good old Irish whisky,
or of any other beverage that may snit their
| fancy or their constitution. Well what then 7
| Why pest this, that the Women's Temper
ance Association " of Dubiin-a strictly Pro-
! testant body-actually sent forward a petition
the other day to the Synod praying for the
abolition of the bar" in question, and re.
minding the members that until they set the
| example of self-denial in this matter, 1.-THE
efforts of Christs people for the salvation of
souls" would be of no avail, 1T is good
neither to eat flesh nor TO drink wine, nor any
thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or Is
offended, or is made weak" This text and
others were qnoted by the Association in sup.
port OF their petition but all was of 10 avail.
A M otion was made yesterday in the S. nod for
the abolition of the refreshment room in
Synod House and it was rejected by large
majority. Mr.. Roe, after all, made no mis,ak e
whatever when be build the bar! J.JC