Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-18
SAINT PATRICK'S AT THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH.
Father Dalton's Lecture-The Drawing o!
the Lot aud the Entertainment.

Father Dal.ons Lecture-The Drawing OF
the 10. and the Entertainment.
The large basement of the Catholic church
was filed last night with an appreciative
audience to listen to the lecture on the past,
present and prospective future of Ireland,
By the Rey. William J. Dalton, of Kansas
City. Father Dalton is clear, logi,
highly polished and entertaining speaker.
lie dwells just long enough on each point TO
present it clearly, but never so long as to
brief and his narrative clesr, forcible and
entertaining. He reviewed the condition of
ireland briefly from the landing Of the Mil
icisns down through the period when Chris
tanity WAS introduced by ST. Patrick, TO
the English invasion, and so on through the
cruel period Of the pensl laws. He dwelt on
the religious and intellectual con-
ditIon of her people before their
subjuga,ion, and tol1 how an Cd
ucated and highly cultured people were
reduced IL a degraded state Of illileracy by
the cruel laws of ti,-'r coLquero=s. He
traced her history down the centuries To the
present time, and r:amcd ,ome OF her great
statesmen and her heroes. He referred to
many irishmen Who have won renown in
other countries, and especially in America.
in the professions, in the senate and legisls
tive halls and on many ssnguinary battle
field. Then coming down TO the present be
explained wha: the Irish leaie were asi-
tsting for and rhat viii probably be the re-
suit, after which he closed with brilliant
and highly poeticsl peroration. He was
greeted with frequent outbursts of applause.
Owing to lack of space we regret that We are
unable to give synopsis of the lecture.
The Knights of Pythias band furnished
excellent music and the choir sang
"Come back to Erin" The Harp that once
through Tara's Hail." and "Columbis, the
Gem of the Ocean" making very pleasant
entertainment After the lecture and a song,
supper was announced, during which the
drawing for the lot took place; two little
girls, blind-iolded, drawing the tickets
One drawing from box containing the
numbers of the tickets sold, and the other
from box in which WAS ticket marked
''the lot" mixed up with corresponding
number of blanks to the number Of tickets
sold. Capt. John Blsney, Hon. n. A. Eng
fish, Capt W. A. Richey and p. V. Healy
supervised the drawing, which resulted in
No. 2i5, held by p. A. Wyrick, drawing the
lot.
Mr.. Henry r. Farnum, of Oshkosh, Wis
consin, one of the gentlemen who is con-
nected with the coffee and spice jobbing
house and mills which are TO be established
in Wichita this spring, is in our city. OF
Messrs. Corner and Davis, the other two
members OF the firm, we have heretofore
spoken, as both have been in the city. This
is Mr. Farnum's first visit. and he comes to
US with very highly hsttering letter fro m
Hon John Hicks, of the Daily Northwest
ern, which letter bears the information To 81
Mr. F. is an old newspaper man. having
been connected with the Wisconsin Press
and the Chicago Times. For some years he
has been engaged in the business into which
he goes a: this point. The letter says further
that Mr. F. is IAN active, wide-swake. sue
cessful business msn, whom and whose ftEn-
lily the people of Oshkosh regret exceedingly
to part with" Mr.. F. says himself that be
finds Wichita even more than his partners
pictured, and the valley the finest country
he ever beheld. he left for Oshkosh last
evening 10 settle up his affairs preparatory
to bringing his family here. a. soon As a
house can be built, bu. before leaving he
wrote to a bro,her-ia-law in the wholesale
business ST Denver 10 come down and look
a; Wichita. The new spice snd coffee house
will be ready for operation BY June /.