The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-30
SUNDAY SUBJECTS.
Preparations for the new
Bishop of Davenport.
City announcements and 9TH
err Religious topics.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

e. church tomorrow at 1915 by the pas
tor. Young peoples meeting at 6:45 p m.
Sunday school 9:15 a. m.
No evening service because of the yearly
bible meeting to be held at the First Bap
| fist church.
First Baptism orning services, sermon
by the Rev J. B. T. Patterson. Mary and
Martha as types of Christian character
Union prayer meeting at o'clock.
The annual meeting of the county bible
society will be held Sunday evening at the
Baptist church The address will be de
livered by the Rev j. B. T. Patterson
His subject viii be, "The Bible, the only
antidote to some immense perils that beset
us as people.
Trinity church, Rev. A. B. Allen, Rector.
Morning sermon '.Hallowing the Divine
| name necessary to effectuai prayer" Ev-
ening sermon, third of series on the
Lords Prayer.
United Presbyterian-Rev. j. A. Rey
nolds, pastor. Morning sermon Hal
lowed be Thy name" Evening sermon,
'The Gospel of Mark as acknowledged by
Ingersoll.
Broadway Presbyterian-Rev. J. c. Hal
liday, pastor. Morning sermon THE Rich
Fool" Evening sermon, "A Great Mans
Commission"
Christian Chapel-Rev. Irving A. Searles
pastor. Morning sermon 1.-The Passover.
Evening sermon, :'The Shooting of Presi
dent Garfield"
RECEIVING A BISHOP.
The new bishop of Davenport will arrive
by the c. r. I. s. P. from Chicago this
evening The following committee on re
ception left for Chicago last night, and
will escort the Rt Rev. DR.. McMullen, the
new Bishop, to Davenport:
This afternoon Hon. P. O'Mara, and 6
number of prominent members of the
Catholic church of this city, left for Colona
to meet the Rt. Rev. McMullen and party
Revs. Fathers Cosgrove, Norman and
Burke, of Davenport;Re Father Laurent
of Muscatine; Vice President Melchert, of
the Board of Trade; Nat. Mitchell, John
Often, B. FL Pollman, Andrew Miles, Geo.
W. Kerker, Thos. O'Brien, P. l.. O'Meara
Esq, City Clerk John McSteen, f H
Nevens; Aldermen T. g. Claussen and A.
W. Cantwell; George Fl. Ballou, of the
Democrat and Edward Russell of the Ga
zette.
The new Bishop was born in Ball-a. ma
hinch, county Down, Ireland on the Sth OF
March, 1888. The family came to this
country in 1887, and settled in Lower Can
ada. They subsequently moved to Ogden.
burg, New York, and from that place came
to Lockport, Illinois. The new bishop at
tended college at Chicago. and after grad
uation in 1868, he entered the Urban col
lege at Rome In 1853 he received a de-
gree of Doctor of Divinity. He returned
to America, and was appointed
pastor of the ST. Louis church in
Chicago. He was mainly instrumental
while located at Chicago in building church
es with different suburbs of that city. In
1861 he became president and rector of the
University of St. Mary of the Lake He
occupied the position of president of the
university being assisted by the Rev. l. j.
McGovern as rector until 1866 when the
building was closed. Shortly after the
trouble with Bishop Duggan occurred, DIR.
McMullen visited Rome and intimated that
Bishop Duggan's resignation would be ac-
cepted if ordered. He was induced to take
this course on account of the mental con
dition of the Bishop. The Bishop soon
afterwards became insane, DR.. MeMullens
action was generally approved.
In 1869 DIR. McMullen was assigned to
the church at Wilmington, and rewarded
under Bishop Foley made him rector of the
Chicago Cathedral
In 1877 Dr. McMullen was appointed
Vicar General of the Chicago Diocese, and
at Bishop Foley's death was made admins
traitor of the Diocese
On the arrival of the Bishop and his es-
cort this evening, the following procession
will be formed
Marshall o ,Meara and Assistants Croak and Ruhl
Strassers Union Band.
st. Marguerite's Sodality.
st. Patrick's Benevolent Society.
ST. Mary's Total Abstinence Society
Hibernian Benevolent Society.
The City Band.
st. Joseph's Society.
st. Bloysius Society.
Children's Sodality
Reception Committee in Carriages.
The Clergy in Carriages.
The Bishop OF Davenport in Carriage.
Visiting Laymen in Carriages.
Citizens in Carriages.
Great Western Band.
Citizens on foot
The procession will move on 4th to
Brady, south to Second, west to Main,
north to 10th, east to Perry, south to 18th,
east to Iowa, south to 10th, east to st.
Margnerite's church. at the south front of
which Mayor Henry viii deliver an address
of welcome on behalf of the citizens gener-
ally, and M. N. Cannon an address on be-
half of the Catholics in the city, to both OF
which Bishop McMullen viii respond
PROSECUTING.
Information from Philadelphia states
that what has herorne known as the ssScull