The Irish standard., 1892-01-16
IHE IRISH s. 1rDARD sATURDA Y. JANUARY 6.

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,al. In June last the Journal published
! statement referring to the funeral Of
The O German Mabon, to the effect that
David Sheehy M. p, addressing Mr..
Parnell. said, This is shameful; you
ought to get into the mans grave.
For this the plaintiff brought an action
for libel, and the Freeman's Journal
lately published an apology. which Mr..
Sheehy complained aggravated the orig.
inal offence. Hence the present action.
The Chief Baron refused to grant the
motion, holding that the apology was
honestly made.
GALWAY.
The dispensa1y district of Kiltormer,
in the Union Of Ballinasloe. having
been rendered vacant by the reslgna-
ton OF the medical officer on account
of Ill hsaltb, it became necessary to
elect successor, which was done on
Dec 18th. There we're two National
candidates, Or, Qulnlan, of Ballinasloe,
and DR.. McNamara, Of Corofn, County
Clare. Most of the members Of the
committee Of management are Nation
alists, and previous to the election they
held preliminary meeting 10 select a
candidate. Both Nationalist receiv-
ing an equal number of votes, Viz, 6, it
was determined 10 decide the m alter by
tossing halfpenpY. DR.. QlinIan won,
and the local Unionists, seeing the un-
animity which then prevailed among
their opponents, did not propose a can
didate, 40 that DR.. Qainlan was unaui-
mousIy elected.
LOUTH,
Father Henry Mckee, pastor Of Mon
asterboice, died on Dec Is aged sixty
one years. He was born in the old city
Of st. Patrick, Armagh, and at an early
age entered St. Patrlck's College, and
later the National College, MAMMOTH.
His first curacy was Lissan, County
Tyrone, and after two years in that
parish was transferred to Louthga).
County Armagh. The late Doctor
Dixon brought HIM to Drogheda, then
a primatial parish, in 1859. In 1872 he
was appointed parish priest of Monas.
terboice. Father Mckee was buried on
Dec. Is from the new church which he
had recently flushed. Archbishop
Logue presided at the throne. The
Solemn Mass of Requiem was celebrated
by Father Taaffe, P. P, of Tullyalien,
assisted by the Rev. H. McOscar. +. F..
of NOV, deacon; the Rev. j. Healv, of
Dunjeer, subdeacon; the Rev. Z. Sag
rave, Adm, Of Dundalk, master of
ceremonies. Archbishop Logue gave
the final absolutjon, after which the
cof1ia was borne On the shoulders of
transformers TO Inconsistencies Abbey,
where the remains were inferred May
he rest in peace.
LONt1tORD.
Miss Lizzie Farrell, daughter Of the
late z. Farrell, of Longford, and sister
of the Rev. Gabriel Farrell. of Trinidad,
and the Rev. J. f. Farrell. Redemptor-
ist. of Australia, made her profession
at st, Joseph's Convent, Longfurd, re-
Gently.
MEATH.
From the census of County Meath re
Gently pubji4hed, it appears that the
population is rs, 9S7, Of which 80, 29l are
males and 37,763 females. Ia 1881 the
total was 81, 479. 'lhe deuominatjOnal
proportions are: Catholic, 7l,69S, a de-
crease of 1868; Protestant Episeopa'
Iians, 4>Sl5, decrease Of 478; Presby-
terlans, 367, an increase OF A; Metho-
dists, so, an increase of 4. The num-
Der who can read aud write form IS per
cent, of the population which Is an in
crease of IL per can't upon the last cen
sus Those who can read only are per
cent, aud il|iterates are % per cent.
SLIGO.
While jury was being empanelled in
one Of the Glare cases at Sligo, on Dec.
16, a number of Catholics were told to
stand bv. among them being Alderman
Higgins. Mavor-elect. He protested
saying that for years past he had been
summoned to Assizea, only TO ind that
when called to the box he was ordered
by the Crown Solicitor to stand aside.
Judge Johnson said he could nob hear
anything on the subject, as the
Grown was exercising it's legal right to
challenge any jurors. Whether it was
good taste to the Crown Solicitor to
challenge man like Alderm 10 Hig.
aius was another question.
A Broad Hint.
Barry, having for years been an actor
in Dublin, was on the most familiar