Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-08-30
TINE SACRED HEART CHURCH,
points About tho Handsome EdiGcc
IN LA dedicated Next huuIax.

10 be Dedicated Next Sunday.
The interior work on the Church Of the
Sacred Heart, at the corner OF Tenth and
Madison streets, is being completed
rapidly, and by Sunday next the fine
edi6oe will be In readiness for the dedi-
cation service. A corps of plasterers,
employed by William Conner, is about
putting on the finishing touches to the
walls OF the main audience room, and
carpenters are busily engaged in putting
In position pews purchased from the
Jackson & Sharp Company. The high
altar, made Of marble, Is being erected
in the sanctuary by David
son & Bro, its manufacturers.
This magnificent piece Of work, recently
described by EVERY EVENING, cost O.. 500
and is the gift of Eising x LANCE. pork
psekers on Orange street above Fourth.
a foe marble altar, smaller than the
high altar, presented to the church by
Frank Drexel Of Philadelphia and John
aud Eva Fox OF this city, arrived from
New York yesterday and will be erected
Ia the church Immediately. Nicholas
Goldberg, the well known artist ia paint.
ing the walls of the sanctuary and James
+. Trsynor il putting in gas fixtures.
This handsome edifice ia of Roman
style of architecture, is built OF brick, is
richly trimmed with marble, was erected
with plans furnished by Il. T. Durand,
Philadelphia architect, and will seat coo
persons. Harry Laps did the wood work,
Clark & Co. the outside painting and the
Jackson & Sharp Company furnished the
doors and communion railing. The
young ladies' societies of the church will
purchase 4 carpet, the young men will
buy a sanctuary lamp and the married
ladies will pay for the communion railing.
About So 900 worth of windows, the
glass in which ia of fine quality and
handsome design, have been presented to
the church. The cost of each window
was 800. In the sanctuary there are Is
windows, very handsome indeed arranged
in a ssmi-oircle. The middle one, a aift
from Bishop Becker, is called the sacred
heart To the right are windows named
after st. Paul, ST. John, St. Andrew, st.
Jacob, St. Matthew and St. Simon (named
in the order in which they are arranged)
presented by the Rev. Patrick Kelley,
Vicar General, John and Eva Fox,
Joseph Beste, William McMenamin,
William and Margaret Stewart and s. G.
Simmons K Bros, respectively. To the
left of the sacred heart window are
windows named after St. Peter, St. James,
st. Thaddeus, st. Philip, st. Thomas and
st. Bartholomew. (named in the order in
which they are arranged) presented by
Bernard aud Mary Beste, Conrad Keller,
James Bradford, Wilhelm and Maria
Haugh, a gentleman who does not wish
to have his name made public and Daniel
Bickta respectively. In the north wall
OF the church, near the sanctuary, is a
circular window named after St. Benedict,
presented by the st. Benedict Beneficial
Society, and in the south wall is one
named after st. Scholastica, gift
from Joseph and Mary Eising. In the
north wall there are six larger windows.
The first one was presented by Thomas
7. Twibill, the second by the Rev.
Matthew Mcdrane, the third by George
Truschler and Engelbert Neumaier,
the fourth by Nicolaus Ellinger and
Nicolaus Mas and the fifth by Fidellis
Berner. The last window was donated
by gentleman who does not wish his
lame mentioned. In the south wall there
are also six large windows donated as fol-
lows The first by August Bierman and
August Blckta, the second by Peter and
julia Muller aud Harry c. Turner,
Esq., the third by Gustav and
Rosa Konitzer and Franz Xaver Koeberle,
tue fourth by Mrs. James Byrns and
Elisabeth Fullmer and the fifth by
Helena Roller, Adolph Koch, Catharine
Biyer and Elizabeth Schstifer. The last
window in this wall was also presented by
q person who does not wish to have his
name made puolio. Truba & Freitah of
New York, furnished the windows.
The dedication service, which will
commence at IL O'Clock, will bs preceded
by street parade by Catholic societies.
Tickets of admission to the gervice are
being soli at 81 each.