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Show THE llrAIMXIliELAND. The Contending Pactions in the North Eligo Eleotiou Had a High Old Time Yesterday, BATTLES WITH BLACKTHORNS, Parnell Denounced at Easter Morning Mass but ths MoOartyites Were Ra-ceived Ra-ceived With Showers of Stones, Si.ir.o, March 30. Yestordsy was ths liveliest day so far in ths North Sligo election campaign. By 8 o'clock in the morning the streets were alive with people listening to the musio of several bauds. Parnell's contingents, wila their leader, were out engaged in personal per-sonal canvassing. Parnell met with a hostile reception nt Strand Hill, whora he found it impossible to hold a meeting meet-ing owing to the piercing yells of bis opponents, and he was finally compelled com-pelled to retreat to Sligo. The bishop of the diocese, together with the priests of the whole district, denounced Parnell Par-nell to their congregations at mass this morning. Tho anti-Parncllites, Serton and Colley, Maurice Hoaiey and Michael Ditvitt and their party, bent on an unfortunate un-fortunate attempt to carry the fight into the enemy's country, started for Tireogh district, addressing small gatherings gath-erings on their way till Tcmpleshy was reached. Here hoslilo camps had been formed. The Parnellites maintained a sullen silence, but thuir oppouents, with wilil ringing cheers, welcomed tho reinforcements. The Parnellites gathered gath-ered on the brow of tho hill, armed with blackthorns and other weapons, threatening to move toward their opponents, op-ponents, but the police interposed aad with a line of bayonets awed the autag- onists and the storm subsided, amid muttered threats and curses. All now moved in the direction of Dromore, west, where, after a similar similar scene the Parnellites plied thoir opponents vigorously with stones until they were chased and clubbed by the police. Micnael Dsvitt led his adherents adher-ents off, all ducking their heads and some covering themselves with rugs to avoid the fusilade of stones. Pinker-ton, Pinker-ton, a member of parliament for (ial-way, (ial-way, had his head cut aud several others oth-ers were injured. Trying to enter Kaskey the anti-Par-nellites found the road barred by a formidable array of Parnellites and on the advice of tho police they retreated in tho direction of Sligo amid another shower of stones aud other missiles. The party roached Sligo in the evening; where they addressed a large meeting. They gave a detailed account of th day's ' happenings and the treatmenl they received, which they declared tha Parnellito leaders organized on the previous pre-vious night at Sligo. They all vowed veugcance, . |