National Republican., 1883-08-23
A CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY.
Tournament nt Forest Glen in Cciebro-
tion OF the Establishment OF Sc. Johns
Chapel One Hundred Years Ago.

Tournament nt Forest Glen Ln CcIebra-
tIon OF the Establishment OF Sc. Johns
Chapel One Hundred Years Ago.
Yesterday was gala day at Forest Glen,
Montgomery county, Md, nine miles from
this city. The occasion was the centennial
anniversary of the establishment of st.
Johns chapel at that place. The scene of the
celebration is richly historic. IL was origin
ally the property Of Archbishop Carroll, by
whom the mission was founded, Aug %,
1888. The property was afterwards trans
ferred to his brother, Daniel Carroll, who was
member of tho convention which
framed tho constitution; also, member of
the first congress, and one of the original
three commissioners of the city of Washing
ton. The present place Of worship is frame
building, twenty by forty feet, with ca
pacity for about two hundred persons IL is
the gift of Anne Carroll TO the parish, and is
familiarly known as the Carroll chapel.
Tho principal feature Of the celebration
yesterday was tournament, which was wit
messed by over 9, 900 people and participated in
by the following gayly caparsonod sir knights
Knight of Gilpin, Jesse Iciskell knight of
King John, Harry Swart; Black Knight
Robert Swart; Knight of Waterloo, William
Fiddler; Knight of Colesville. Arthur
Sullivan; Spanish Knight, T. II. Free
man; knight of Will-if-I-Can, Frank
hrAlt, EAfl OIL WARWICK, William NaIcIai
Russian Knight, Frank Mulligan; Knight
of Beppo, Bowie Clark Knight Of Joan of
Arc, NJ. G. Clark, and Greek Knight Il.
z. Clark. The judges were Il. c. Stubbs, ID.
Muligan, and NJ j. Brown; heralds, George
McSweeney, l.. b. Graves, and l.. =. MARROW.
The tiltiug was quito exciting, and after tho
usual number of tilts the judges announced
that Mr.. Robert Swart the Black Knight,
had won the first prize, with Arthur Sulli-
van, Knight of Colosville second, and Will
lam Waters, Earl of Warwick, third.
The interesting ceremony of crowning the
queen of love and beauty, Miss LYDIA Glca-
sou, handsome young lady, was then per-
formed in the chapel by Mr.. Swart, and tho
crowning of Miss Cissel, first maid of honor,
by Mr.. Arthur Sullivan, and the second maid
of honor, Miss V. l.. Waters, by her brother
William Waters.
Hon. r. T. Merrck was unable to be pres
ent and the GRAFTON was delivered by MIR. ID.
j.. Riley, whose remarks were quite eloquent.
The address to the queen was delivered by
Mr.. 7. A. Lambert, of the Washington bar.
The Beethoven quartettc rendered several
excellent selections, rs did Mcssrs Maudsley
and Mcguire The entertainment concluded
with magnificent display of fireworks and
dancing in pavilion which had been erected
in the grove.
The committee having charge of the
matter was composed of Messrs. Riley,
Brown, Stubbs, Mcguire, Forest, and Miller.
Among those present were: Rev. Father
Rabbi, pastor of tho chapel; Messrs. John
Talbert, James Dorsey, o. S. p. Fowler, OF
Montgomery county; James Fitzmorris, of
Washington; the Misses McDermott, Mr.. Re-
petit, of the firm of Weller & Repetti, Miss
Anderson, Miss Corrigan, Mrs. McDermott,
Rev. Fathers Edelin,, Hughes, Ryan, Tarro,
aud DIR. Dooley, Of Capitol hill.