The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-12
CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST.

Laying the Corner Stone OF the New Roman
Catholic Church by Archbishop 8Ic Clos ey-
Five Thousand Of rho Faithful In the Rain
Horses Killed BY German nIusic.
Many anxious Catholic eyes IN Teutonic heads, in
the neighborhood Of West Thirty first street. near
Eighth avenue, were turned to the cloudy sky yes.
terday afternoon. Upon air ceremonies and rain
are declared enemies, and as the dark clouds sent
down their aqueous torrents many thought that the
ceremony Of laying the corner stone Of the new
German church would be postponed. This, how.
ever, was not the CASE Tor the various German SO.
cletios began arriving, and the Archbishop himself
accompanied BY the Vicar General drove up In a
carriage
The new church will be directed BY Father Boz
naventura, OF
THE ORDER OF CAPUoINS,
and will be mnstered by fathers OF the same Order.
viii be 100 feet long by e5 fees wide. Archtectu.
rally II will DO the Gothic OF the thirteenth century.
and is expected TO be finished by Christmas Day
next
The site Of the church is on Thirtieth street. be.
tween Seventh ana Eighth avenues. 1t is In the
very mids. OF populous neishborhood and
Inhabited chieny By Germans, Of whose Spiritual
wants ii will take care. The large, open space
which has been dug out for the foundations looks.
suddenly swallowed up section of the tenement
houses around It, Tor they seem to be looking down
habitants were wondering where their red brick
brothers had gone Yesterdays ceremony was o
full to ne Tas rain
the inhabitants OF the tenement houses gave
it up. at length the strains of band
were heard and rush was made for the windows,
and next for the nousetops, where, as on the gal
leries Of SIX story amphltheatre, they
WATCHED TIE CEREMONIES
md m with
bands and banners AT their head, came pouring In.
There were present OF these st. Francis d'Assis',
the Assumption, st. Alphonsus, Our Lady OF Sor-
rows, ST. Josephs, ana OF course, ST. John the Bap-
tisr. squad OF police from the Twentieth precincS
under Sergeant McCullagh Kept the ground. Al
4 PROCESSION WAS FoRxRD
from the priests house and proceeded to lay the
corner stone. Among the clergy present were Arch
bishop McCloskey, IN his golden robes, with mitre
Fahers Wyrck and rer Father
others OF the Capuclns Fathers Krebs kessler, Pa
cicus and Laurentius, and Father Circus. OF Jersey
City. An awning had been erected over temporary
platform. but II was wholly insufficient TO keep
out the wet and umbrellas were therefore
beauty Of the ceremony, which was performed as
rapidly possible. There were about iour thousand
persons present and perhaps a thousand lockers on
from the brick houses Aforesaid After the corner
stone had been laid q short address In German on
the religious and social Joy Of the event, which
even
THE WEATHER COULD NOT DAMP,
was given by Father Circus. aud the Archbishop
having given the solemn benedlction, the assembly
dispersed.
An accident occurred In connection with the event
fortunately unattended with loss Of human life. AS
car No. As OF the Eighth avenue line was going
up town, past Thirty-frst street, the anil
mails drawing 1t were frightened by the
terrible music OF German band at the head Of
one Of the societies-Sr. Michaei's, is said. They
broke from the car and ran Wildly down the avenue
the outrageous music still tlnglng In their ears
til one OF them knocked his head against tele-
graph pole and Knocked
THE HARMONY q AND THE LIFE OUT OF HIN
at the same time. The other made down the ave-
nue. In the centre, and finding II as difficult his
companion to get the horrd strains OF his head
wen. full tilt against downtown bound car and
carrOmed against an uptown rolling ditto, getting
rid OF the Teutonc melody at the expense Of exist.
ence. Nobody was hurt.