, 1875-10-11


and INCREASING Catholic population In tho goutl
Division, In ghucrat siyie of architecture II vii
! rcsomblo very nearly tho Church Of tho Iloly
Sanc, which has loeontly been erected OH ths
North ait,c. although ii will not competo it
e.ze with that magnificent structure. Il
| Will 10 csess.shhrctl. having nara nnc
tsinscl,t. and lis cntifo length will DO iGo feat
Across ths tlAnHort IL Will mcasuts 10l foot, aat
| u teet aeiots Tho bJdv Of tho church. Tho de.
| ttsu is. Of COURSE. f}o&hie The tower will he
nhous 2nD feet high, aud will be In Tie cantro Of
tho front. Tho sdc walls stll be 28>1 feet aboyo
grsde with Gabes extending upward tu di..
tance or feot, making Tho hoght GO foot IN ali
Tho estimated cost of tho ci,iico Is 3l25,00O.
The architect Is Keotsy, Of 1}roo*iyr, NJ. r.
Mcnard being tho superintendent aud ,tr j. r.
Humphrey Is tho contractor for that pa,t OF tbs
; bun. thus far completed which con 4istt only
Of tho formulation walls. A to tte material. II
has no: yot leon dcc'det wht.hor tu uss rtonn or
, brick, tue uiEot eIco III clpepso being about
4in.htD OH The "ho!e building.
Iho cosnar.slono n'ed OIL this ocrA>on de-
serves particular n1o'ltton fEhn tho fact of its
lting tbs largest eyrr laid In Chicago, Tia
We1rot tIettiY about toll tons. ani II meaAnres
feet tnchea III Thickness. u Was iakou from
Naiket q quarry nt L.onl,n lilo box, which il
IL customary 10 dcruAt beneath tho corner
atoieS OF pnblto buildings. contained TN tlia
" HntlLsuC1t+ Hhf|lIk HD0N II bRtlll lH-
scriptson q tho OBJECT that the ssuno WAS laid
Oct. ~. 1875, on tho 2ist Sunday after rorsn-
cost Ulsssss i. urans tefng rrohfdout OF thc
Cn'te-l States. DnsiIea ih,4, tlere wsrs copies
Ut Tho Chicago daily pspets. and several coins
Of this years manufacture.
lie most m,rcnt feature Of tho celebration
for such it uas. although calie.l detl.catlon--
was tho procession OF ali the Irish Boc!ettes,
which rms about ! mi!ea IN length and contained
nearly 7,u0O pcrrons. According to the pro-
Erannc, tho societies should hare met on Dos
ptaines street at tla''-past O'Clock and formed
III procession. On acco INT Of tbs large nn,nbcr
o! societies relroseutcd. huucvar. aud pocauHo
satns O.! them n+re quito tatdy. 1t vas nearly 3
o'clock bofore tho procehaIon began To n,,ye.
TIC var'ous s.,c.as!es aeto arranged in four dl-
TGtG41s Id tollown:
ti'st D,v,si1H-So. l. 81. Jsm., Total Abstinence
cic.y; No. J. FA,hre Mathews To.l Aas,i4ence So.
riey; NJ !. d. DssAgess Tota! Abstinence satisfy
IT. raisrka Total Abstinence soeItty; So I, Nativity
Tutni ALtsfneaco sos.lsy: No. 9, Young afrns Ttil
Antlnsuse sosit:, No. !, 81 rias Tot.l A1aliuauco
,,:;t teaS a. ys,5 g.;slss n.nsyon. 50
o; sse.ty; e. psttiof. ssEs st. ,lsst.
nan psneyu!.ht 10 lrty; No. L. 81. Coiu,nhkills Nil
!h"d U4ea,,'.--as.i. i. branch No. I Emerald peus.
is S:.nss ST ~ y. ], ur.a:ll ". Do: No. ;,
R7.Aca No. = do no. 8, hranch No. 10 d.,
FOURTH Dtr,s an-Sp. l, division No. | OF tho Au-
No. :. d,vt,.on No. i 10: No. j. division No. do
No. 5, dyi1ou No. $ do: No. q, d!v!stun No. i do;
No. !, division So. do No. u davIslou No. s DO.
The line Of march "as somewhat circuitous
taking II heYcral Vt tho principal tho.ongAfaros
on tho Weht aud Snnth 9idea nndit MAS o'clock
before tho head Of tic procession reached Tho
CHURCH. 1loanahlle Vast ooucollrAe Of peopn,
nearly no. 0o0 III nualter, bad assembled iu tho
nctxhborliood Of tllc platform uhtre tho ser-
v!coa vero to bo had, aud great dcsi Of tilsor-
der was manifested. Tho caaaal'tties OF half a
dozen policemen were fully teal Cd III preserving
ofds1, AMI it must be sam thas their efforts sadly
fal.od. 1he croHd WAS quito boIatoruuY, mon,
women. and children bang jammod toge etaer iu
an aurecpen:zabo heap. After a great deal of
dlsHcnlty. lano mas made through the multi
tude for thc pioceaeion, wh.ch cams Oh Wabash
avenue frutn ths B11lth- An The vnrtous sooic-
ties passcd they wors onooroa b. sher respective
friends. and TIC bands attached to eacll body OF
mtn played lively a.s which wore anything but
suited to tho day OF tho occasion, II toos about
sla!t ~ hour TOT the ents"o procession to pars.
At ionRth, after tho lAss OF tho white -plumed
and Freon -sssncd mareAorp lad gona, Utshnp
Fo'ey, preceded by q Eulnber Of boys IN black
robas, and followed BY heyoral pltesI1, ascsndod
tho p!atfnsm which btd been temporarily oroct-
oil tor tue uccaeiou. Tho aas,at1ug minister's
woro tho Roy. Fathers lh'rdau, Loydon Cou-
way. Eagau, Flauu,gan. DonaLue, Lyons, Dor
noT. and tho Rev. DIs. J3u:Ior aud aIcMullsn.
The Bishop was arrived ID bis utlolnl robes,
to tue rsAr OF tho building, whoso = cruas f,ad
beon orocsod over the placs Of tho altar aud this
sacred npJt "he cousccrs.o1 4nd blo1esd, aco5rd-
ing to tue ,isual custom. They thou returned to
tho llsauy. fla thou descended to tho ground
beslde The corsaE.stooo and, with 4 small trov-
81. p!acel Sons nioltar underneath. Ho tllon
bp;Inkled II with huly water, aud afterwards,
Accom- anlta By the sten LINZ priests. marched
dtop, tins DrIcaHh bong Ca1t6i tina c{rniint ~ tbc