Morning journal and courier., 1883-03-19

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 the Churches-The Street PrOcession- Ths Shamrock Club in BirmiDg ham Knights of St. Patrick Banquet. The birth of Ireland's patron saint was ] duly celebrated in this city on Saturday. At 1 9 o'clock in the morning high mass was cele- l brated in many of the Catholic churches.
 At St. Patrick's church Father Haggerty de- livered brief address. In the course of his
 remarks he referred to the present as the dawning of brighter era for Ireland. ] In the afternoon the parade of the Irish societies took place. The sidewalks in and
 about the Green were crowded with men, l women and children who had assembled to witness the forming of the line and it's de- | parture The line was formed under the d.
 rection of Chief Marshal Thomas K. Dunn on Temple street, the right resting on Chapel 1 street His aids were Peter J. Clyne, James Landers, Daniel Doody, John Reynolds, Pat l rick Higgins, Dennis OConnor and John Me | Carthy. After the marshal and his aids
 came the societies in the following order platoon of twelve police under the command of l Howe band of bridgeport, twenty pieces. | Second division of the A. O. H., fifty in number.
 Patrick McGuinness, president me eomnah1 n was 9
 TessallP. TsgalRPea with '"'ra'' '''l0t' 'n' f's ~ = N [ division A. 0. 1 gan, president colors, Iri.h
 ! Third division A. 0. H., forty men, John D. Gun l ningham president; coors, Irish. ,,, ,,-,. First division A. o. H., sixty men, William Roach, ! president; celors, Irish and American
 | St. Patricks T. A. and Benevolent society, GO men, | headed by the Duffy Hall drum corps; ". 5. Green,
 marshal; colors, Irish and American; o,r,r Carriage containing Fathers Mulholland and OCon- ! nell and William Kelly and Daoiel Su dvan. St Patricks T. A. and B. society, 100 in nCmoee
 headed by the Sassacus drum corps; marshal 1hoh- as P. Coleman colors, Irish.
 St. Mary's T. A. and B society, 40 in number; ID ar shal, John O'Brien; colors, Irish. , 47 The Garments society, 30 in number all lnoun'eo Although many of the Irish societies were l unrep! esented, yet the number ln inc Wss ] sufficiently large to mako very crecltaole I appearance After marching over the line ! previously published, they returned to the Green where the parade was dlsmlSseo- ! The third annual banquet of the Shamrock | club. of this city took place at the Bassett house, in Birmingham, on Friday night. On arriving at their destination the club was es corted to the rooms of the Sylvan Star Social club where the business meeting was held At this meeting the following officers were elected for the ensuing year !; President, r. F. Bohan; vice president, w. D. O'Brien secretary, J. c. Dowd treasurer, John
 Leary trustees, J. H. Keefe of New Haven, W. O. Kelly, Ansonia; J. Redmond, Wal lingford, and J. E. Walsh, Danbury. About midnight the club with invited
 guests repaired to the Bassett House, where
 sumptuous banquet awaited them. City
 Clerk Pigott acted as toast master, which IS
 an assurance that this part of the programme
 was successfully carried out.
 The first toast was "i he Event We Cele
 brate," responded to by J. c. Dowd.
 ESThen followed the Thirteen Original Colonies" responded to by W. c. Kelly
 ''The Minute Men of '75" was responded to by
 Captain J. H. Keefe, while J. J Redmond, of
 Wallingford, replied to ''The Declaration of
 Independence" M. F. Scalnon responded for
 ''The Press" Next followed ''The Crossing of the Delaware" with response by James
 E. Walsh, of Danbury MT. Gerard spoke to the toast Our French Allies, and W. D. O 'Brien to ''Our Industries" J. B. Querllinan, of Ansonia, responded to the toast Our Visi- tors.'' Then followed impromptu speeches and
 mid mirth, speech and song, the hours sped away until o'clock in the morning. un- animous vote of thanks was extended to MT. Kellogg of the Bassett House, and his assls tant MT. White. The members from this city returned home on the early morning train.
 The shoot of the Irish American Rifle club
 at Quinnipiac range on St. Patricks day re- suited as follows:
 The POO yards Individual Match-James O'Connor, 21, Turkish pipe; William F. Murphy, 20, bronze statue; P. O'Connor, 20, maDtel clock Michael O'Connel, IT, match safe; William Lynch, 15, box cigars; L. O'Brien, IA, bronze match safe. Side match for San oyster supper-James O'Connor, 3S; William F. Murphy, 8; John Donnaher, 34 James Bradley, 24. Total 135.
 P O'Connor, 34; L. O'Brien, 37; s. Co.,
 han. 28; James Reynolds, 31. Total, 13o.
 In the evening the club enjoyed pleasant celebration in Clan na- Gael Hall. The pri zes won were presented at the festival. Town AgentJames Reynolds presided and Lawrence O'Brien was secretary. Very pleasant re- x marks were made by James Bradley, l.. O'Brien, T. K. Dunn, Matthew McMahon and Lott J. Cunningham. The committee of arrangemen ents for rifle shoot on Fast day consists of P O'Connor l.. O'BrieD, James
 Bradley, T. K Dunn and Michael O'Connor
 The sixth annual banquet of the Knights of St. Patrick took place at the City Hotel on Saturday night. The dining hall was Y very tastefully decorated with flags. The ta- ble was beautifed by handsome bouquets of natural flowers that stood in the center and at either end Three large rustic bouquet
 holders were suspended from the ceiling over the table, containing flowers.
 At the head of the table sat the president, Senator Plunkett, while on his right were
 Francis Donnelly and Bernard Reilly, and on
 his left F. McKenna, P. B. O'Brien and Will liam Geary. At the foot of the table sat Vice President Michael Healy. He was flanked on the right by William Moran and on the left by his brother Daniel Healy. The other Knights presents were Michael Dillon, F D Craig, Michael Fahy, Peter Reynolds, Dr. NJ. c. O'Connor, T. F. McGrail, N. Can non, Dr. M. A. Cremin, Peter McHugh, P Cullom, P. Creegan, J. J. Sweeney, T. J. Fox, E A McGowan, H. J. Reynolds, James Reilly, W. M. Geary, J. G. Healy, Bernard Clark, P. Doyle, c. T. Driscoll, Andrew c. Smith. John Maloney, Thomas Cronin, P.
 .icKiernan, William Moran and Patrick Bowling. The toast master, Colonel John G. Healy, read letter of regret from Alexander | Troup and one also from the only honorary member of the organization, Miss Jennie Dill lon Secretary Plunkett made neat opening | speech, in which he contrasted the tyranny l in Ireland with the liberty here of John Waddock, brother member. | The toast ''The Day we Celebrate' was | pleasantly responded to by Michael Dillon. | In concluding he hoped that ere long Elm | met's epitaph might be written. Corpora ton Counsel DriscolI spoke we'll to the toast I '.The United States, and P B. O'Brien on Ireland" The singing by President Pun l kett of ''The Harp That Once Through l Tara's Halr' was applauded. In the absence | of Alexander Troup, J. J. Sweeney spoke to | the toast The State of Connecticut.
 Michael Dillon sang 'eThe Star Spangled | Banner" Photographic greetings were ex- changed with the Hartford Knights. Then | Patrick McKenna responded nicely to the | toast ''The Knights of Patrick Thomas | K. Dunn was assigned to the toast "The City | of New Haveu.'' In his absence Patrick I Doyle and Edward Mccarthy spoke briefly. | ''The Poets and Poetry of Ireland" were | cared for by Dr. Cremin.
 T. J. Fox spoke to the toast 1.-The Bar" which he considered was grand subject. He | did not believe that St. Patrick had said tha lawyers cannot enter heaven.
 To the toast ''The Shamrock Michael | Fahy responded neatly, making one of the best speeches of the evening
 In silence the following toast to 'Our Chaplain" was drunk: Tn the silence of your sick chamber the Knights of St. Patrick extend their affectionate sympathy"
 Then Dr. O'Connor responded to t'The | Medical Profession and MT. McGrail to ''The Ladies'
 It was very pleasant occasion and suc- cess in every particular.
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