o the field, for active
service, in the defence of the cause of loyalty to the government."

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VERY REV. JOSEPH D. MEAGHER, for years pastor of St. Louis Bertrand's
Church, in Louisville, Ky., has been elected Provincial of the Order of
St. Dominic in the United States, at St. Rose's, Washington County, Ky.

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The article in the _Dublin Freeman's Journal_, said to have been
inspired by Mr. Parnell, beseeching Irishmen to remember Mr. Gladstone's
difficulties, and to "be prepared to accept a reasonable compromise on
our extreme rights, if a sacrifice of our principal rights be not
involved," is in the true spirit. If this advice be followed, the
outlook will be hopeful for Home Rule.

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The most remarkable thing about the Irish elections is the fact that not
one supporter of Mr. Gladstone was elected.

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The College of the Propaganda announces that up to November 1st, in the
vicariate of Cochin China, 9 missionaries, 7 native priests, 60
catechists, 270 members of religious orders and 24,000 Christians were
massacred; 200 parishes, 17 orphan asylums, and 10 convents were
destroyed and 225 churches were burned.

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On the occasion of the Pope's Jubilee in 1887, ten cases of
beatification will be decided. Three "Beati" belonging to the Jesuits
will be canonized, viz.: Blessed Bergmans, Claver, and Rodriguez. The
Venerable de la Salle, Clement Hofbauer, C. SS. R., and Ines de
Beningain, a Spanish nun, will be beatified.

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LORD MAYOR OF DUBLIN.--At a meeting of the Dublin Corporation, Mr. T. D.
Sullivan, M.P., editor of the _Nation_, was elected Lord Mayor of the
city for this year. Mr. Sullivan is known all over the world, wherever
Irishmen congregate, by his fine and stirring humorous and pathetic
ballads for the Irish people. Personally, Mr. Sullivan is a gentle and
gentlemanly man, much beloved by his family and a large circle of
friends. He has always preserved the high-minded and patriotic
traditions of the _Nation_ newspaper, the columns of which were enriched
by many of his brilliant songs and ballads long before he succeeded his
brother, the late Mr. A. M. Sullivan, as its editor. Mr. Sullivan is the
father-in-law of Mr. Healy, M.P., Mr. Parnell's able lieutenant.