Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-03-18
LOCAL NEWS.
IRELAND'S PATRON SAINT.
celebrating 80. PatricksS naN

iA-iclO1S SEhN lItS YESTERDAY AND INpNS-
ING DEMONSTRATION To-DAY-rHE PRDgEs-
SION, ETC.
reference was made i'm some OF the CarhoIf,
churches yesterday 10 the day being the appi-
Nersary OF lreland's patron saint, and IN -
Patrick's church there was a solemn high mass
and panegyric address ON the saint hy Rev
John Foley, ID. ID. Father Walter otiicia-aS a.
mass, assisted by Fathers Brewery. of Prnyi.
dence hospital, heane and Rarotti Tba
choir, under the direction of Prof Richter
rendered Generali's mass, in & ;" Neni." hy
DletSch; offertorium, "Sit Nomea Dl,Di6i
Bcnedictum." The attendance WAS .aE.a
every seat being occupied.
THE CELEBRATION TO-DAY.
lo-day was hNed upon for the outdoor cole
bration, and the weather up to one q clock w,S
az mat could be desired. At an early hour.
aIthongh the time for the assembling of The
@ VARIOUS lrlsh- American societies was fixed for
NOON, ue helShborhood oi the City Hall began
20 W center oil attraction for hundreds Of
Ptop,s, anu immense crowds gathered on The
1l,S 'S haii Steps: In the streets there were wa
CONS. carts and barrowS. and the cries sI
oranges, levy dozen" and Peanuts five
cents quart, were heard from an ouar,srs
lhe orange and peanut men were hustled o1
ground. ''''
VISITORS FROM BALTIMORE
Promptly at noon the Knights oi ST LANA
uouS, OF Baltimore, with Neber'S band of .b3-
city. escorted 10y the Knights of St. Co!nn-
kelle, OF this city, appeared on the ground
THE PRoC CESSION,
very imposing one, started over the rollUw-
ing route shortly after one o'clock: Down g.,
street 10 PENNSYLVANIA avenue, 10 lSt street
northwest, around Naval monument up Pom
sylVania avenue To Executive mansion, 10 and
around circle, INTO h street. to 18th 10 &,
street, to 10th, 10 III, To 9th. to PennSyIyapia
City Han. -
The order of procession was as follov,s.
Mounted police chief marshal ThoS Munig !.
special aids, Nj. Emmett Irell and L. NJ kelIy !,
aids, Patrick Maher, Michael McCormick,
John Fogarty, j. r. BranSon. Andrew {; "a
son. James Lawler.
m First DicjSi0R-ASSiStant marshal. John
Taylor aids, Thomas I. Kane, j. Naion-y,
Michael Shughrue, Thomas Heaney, john
Sullivan, Patrick Sheahy, II. Harrington
knights of 81. Patrick. headed by Doach'S
band of p pieces. drum Major Mackeyl la
men IN line. in black suits. green haldric ana
swords, chapeauN. with green feather. ThoS.
Ragan ana Corcoran. National fag aEj
green Tag with harp and SunburSt.
hnIlShts IIli us OF st; ignatiuS. of Baltimore
headed by Neber'S banda fine looking body
nt - men, headed by Edward McCouTt a,
tired in black, with white baldric and sword.
eehaPeaHN, ea white and green feather, national
nag, and nag with the Irish emblemS
Knights of 81. Columkillc. s. 65men-grae1 ana
gold baldric; under command of ID. CunneW.
john Lawler, ID. Sullivan, and John Malaney
marshalS. American flag, and flag with piy
lure ol saint pleading before the kings ior
the bardS.
Knights of St Bernard. NUMBERING aho,,.
20 men, with drum corps, they wore blue bal
dric, white belt, caps with geld band. and pre-
SSented very handsome appearance. /. SUI
llyan, commander.
Knights Of ST., Joseph, Is men; uniformed
IN black, with blue baldric, chapeauN. sword
white and green feather. J. I. Graham com
mander, with k. L. Taylor, NJ. Grant and A
Flynn, deputies.
Second DiriSjOR.-ASSstaut marshal. n N
Z. Danaher; aids, VIM. Ryan, Edw'd ) PARK
inSOn.
Washington Light Guard drum corps.
hDlghtS oil 81. Peter under command of Ma
lorJ. L. Barrett: this body wore purple ba l.
rlcS, swords. gauntletS, anu ChapeauN with Tho
Insignia OF crossed keys, and presented a fine
appearance.
Knights CT St Stephen. headed by drum
corps, numbering ~ men, red belt and can
two flags In line, under the marShalShip OF j.
w. ConSadine.
knights of st. Joseph. No. l, headed by
Independent drum corps about ~ men IN
line, with John Lynch commander uniformed
IN blue baldrlcS, swords, chapeauN with white
and green feathers.
THIRD DiCiSiOR.-ASSi>tant marshal, Hilbert
Cannon: aids, George W GiddlngS, lanes
Mccarthy, John Reilly, NJ. MalOney, Edward
Lynch and L. Murphy
Washington City Hibenia Benevolent So
ciety, about 225 men in line. headed by PiS-o-
liza band. ttheir first appearance) This body
had fine banner. with portrait of Washing
ton in the 'front.' and several flags and they
wore green SaShcS with Slouch hats haarinss
the initials on the front
Hibernia Society of Baltimore. marShaled by
John Shea fine looking body of l0e mem
uniformed similar Ia the preceding society
and headed 10y Swans band of that CITY
Hibernia Benevolent Association. uniformed
as The proceeding, with several flags headed
by a section of the Marine band.
w. {. Hibernlan Benevolent Society No =
numbering ~ men, headed 10y drum corps
and marShaled 10y James Butler uniformed as
the preceding.
Washington Hihernian Benevolent Society.
numbering a men. maT>haled by L. % Brrn
Fourth Observation-Disclosures Marshal t.i,
naty aids, j. Sullivan, NJ. L. kelleher, +. Cal
win. NJ. Murphy.
Georgetown Hibernian Society. headed by
Washington city brass band, numbering bout
100 men, with two flags in the line, and banner
with the harp and vol dog. SurmOunted by
the eagle. w. b. q. Thorn, ChaS Ofiut and 4
Bra mel, marShalS
Catholic L. A. Society of Georgetown. with
fine banner, representing the demon being
crushed under foot. with motto, I'VE have
conquered = numbering over 30 men.
West End Hibernian Society-green baldric
&c, headed by I. b. Heitma4 president, and
marshaled 10y James Harmon, w. Kinsloe
Robert Hoy, and M. +. DAILY.
4 large lot of carriages, with friends brought
up the rear. This was one of the finest pro-
ceSsiOns of the kind ever seen hereabOuts and
the societies looked well and marched we'll
This evening grand ball and theatrical enter
talnment will be held at Odd Fellows Han
There Will also be banquet, and the usual
speeches, &c.
REVIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT.
w Nhen the head OF the procession arrived op-
poSite the Treasury, Aids UreIl and Schugrlie
rode Oh ahead, and alighting i'm front of The
White House, were shown into the yestibulp
Here they were met by the President, who went
out on the pOrtlcO and reviewed the proceS-
sion as il defiled through the carriageway Sec
retary SchurZ WAS also oil the pOrticO. As
each organization passed the President the
members saluted him. and he returned the Sa-
lutte.