Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-07-24
The O'ConneII Centennial.

kse Se0nUeIi Centennial.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE CELEBRATION
y meeting of delegate from the Trie'l soci.
cites was held / It night at SaHgerpuni hall
10 perfect AR IIgc'neutS fO' the ,elebrliiOu
OF Tue teTt2ruiHi birlh dav of ID Yie' D'Trn
nell: John +. Be-. ett. CHIEF marshal oCcu-
pl0d The chair. with Mr.. s mon HOlloaan !
.ecretary. aud the following sCcieriCr were
repro ENID: H,Lolnian No. J. WaShiDVt m
Cay HiEcrni1u BenevOleL: y ISOLATION. Hi
beTnlan Benevolent As oci- lion No 3. West
End Hide man Society, Knights OF St Pat
rick KNIGHTS of ST. Peter, G~OrcetOyn HI
herman Society, Knights OF 81. Joseph.
Knights OF st. COlUmbklle. Kui hts of :
dominic, Young Catholic Friends Society.
knlgh's OF st. stephen, Catholic 10. ii
H,u3dineace Society, q ?rgetown; Junior
Mr.. Murphy moved that a " nmit'-- C-,-
slSting Of one from each society, be apnointe,i
as a committee of arrangements 10 decide
upon Programme; q iOplC;I. aud the follow
ing were appointed: MeSsrs. f.. 8. O'COnnor.
John MadIsan, t. F. Russell. Thos MunIz.
II. Il; {. Dahaher. NJ: Joyce, ID. J. Murphy
Jas. Il. Callan, NJ. Mailman. Jas. Collins
jas. Lackey, VIM. Smith. J. II Leonard ana
John Seaman. The committee subsequently,
report d that the So eieii'1 IN, ct on the even
Ing OF August 6, 1J75, at go O'Clock. neaf re
CITY Hal, TO have p pubIic parade in honor
OF Tue centenary of Daniel O'CC"lell; which
was adopted.
Mr.. O'Connor movct that the CHIEF mar
shal re- nc st the sections Ofthe different Cain
Ole churches 10 ring their bells ioyouSly a T
sunrise on the 9th OF August, for tEirty
nil uieS; adopted.
Tie committee appointed was directed -
seltct an orator. A motion was maze by Mr.
ITell that Mayor Kelley. of Ri.hrol- ne
requested 10 deliver the grafton. hat be with
ore" IL, ana the committee re- if~-i. and "a ter
some delay. reported u Il Rev. L. T. Bowie
be r@QueStcd - deliver an Grafton IN the Dc
casion, aud that Ger. ketcbam he invitC1 -
pr lie over The ssenbIy. Ir. UreI mnrc1
10 amend the report by inviting Mayo, Kei-
ley. of Richmond to deliver AZ Grafton a. D
IDS motion met much opposition. and lis
G G .Sioh WsS Kept up over an boar. Mr..
uleils amendment was aGre-l tu-23 in the
affirmative and IL IN the Ii, ,I,iye-4nd m
report was 2dOptCd.
On motion OF Major Urell. the chairman Of
- 'ch delegation, With the chief marshal y nj
assistants. was appointed as a committee of
arrangements TO erect stands, select grounds
and make all Other arrausements.
Mr.. OCOnnOr Offered lie OlutiOnS. which
were adopted: THAT all u1l 'Ormed SOcietics
ia the District who participated i'm the ias;
annual ?lr;de on March 18th last will
Participate in the coming PARADE and "tlat
all Americans, and those of irish birth AMI
Their descendants in the District Of Column
bia, who are not members of Irish societies,
are coidlally invited, ire 7pcctive OF creed, to
participate and take their place in Iiue as as
signed Them by the chief marshal"
IL was decided to leave the subject of music
On motion of Mr.. Danaher, the Invitation
TO mayor Kelley was made unanimous, aIter
which the meeting adjourned.
NEW MILK CARS ON THE w. K O. RR-
MIX cars have been attached To- all the pa
senger trains On the w. 4 y. Il. r.. for the
transportation of milk, and other light
eight TO Alexandria aud Wasain gton, and
are TO all appearances doing q good business
Every day they are filled with milk cars
butter, e-cs, buckets, etc.. boxes OF fruit AMI
in Iact With every kind OF light freight which
is 'Iken i'll lev hOIrs % market. In fact
butter and milk C,1n BOW be put upon the
tables of the people OF Washington the davit
is churned or MIXED from ne cows. This is
great advantage TO both CONSUMERS and pro
ducerS. In the one case consumers can nave
everything fresh upon their tables, ari, IN the
other, Pre- iucers can have a ready irark.-.
ana speedy returns for all the pro !uctS Of
lhelr gardens, diaries and OrchardS-tfankS To
re Washington and Ohio railrC9 I.-L2ulI1ua
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