Wichita eagle., 1888-12-13

this was the stage of the services that the
collections were taken up it would be
dispensed with on this occasion and eX-
tended to all cordial invitation to a meet
personally the bishop. The divine kindly
greeted them all.
After the reception those holding tickets
went to the Carey where was held
THE BANQUET.
Reaching the parlors of the Carey quite
a number of gentlemen of. the CITY who
had met the bishop during the evening
were heard speaking in high terms OF their
new acquaintance. They seem to estimate
that he IS not only able to care for his
church work, but is prepared TO deal with
the many questions common in rapidly
growing cities At 10 o'clock the dining
room door were thrown open and the pro-
cession,. headed by Mayor Allen and the
bishop, entered. The room presented an
elegant appearance-two long tables with
10 plates. loaded with the choicest pro-
ducts of sea and land. At center Of each
was pyramid of macaroons; the one at
the bishops table capped with mitre while
that at the other was decorated with
natural flowers so also were the beautiful
cakes and appetizing salads.
On the left OF the bishop was president
Of the board OF trade, \. w. Oliver. and
on the right Mayor Allen. All the chairs
were occupied aud few gentlemen were
not able to get seats. The divine blessing
was invoked by the bishop, after which the
menu was discussed at length.
MENU.
Oysters, New York counts. Oyster soup.
Tenderloin steak, Mushroom sance.
Saratoga chips. Sweet breads.
Larcuse, Quail on toast.
Peas Olives Celery. Picked walnuts.
Chicken salad Cardinal punch.
Pyaramid of macaroons.
Vanilla ice cream.
Decorated angel food.
Assorted fancy cake. Assorted fruits.
Coffee.
Mr. Steven Dumphy. who had charge OF
the dining room, had a very efficient
corpse of walters The services could not
have been better The delays common on
such occasions were happily absent and
everything went off smoothly The
spread was elaborate, in keeping with the
occasian.
Father Casey the toast master called up
on Mr.. NJ. w. Levy TO respond to the toast
of Catholics in the history of Wichita
and that versatile gentleman did respond in
the happiest vein commencing by refer
ring to the 81 1cere pleasure it gave him to
break bread in the company of real live
bishop He then spoke of that other Hem
Messy, who, he said. was not directly con-
nected with either church or prohibitions.
He considered Wichita's history would be
very incomplete without the names of the
Catholics who had been SO numerous and
had so much assisted in the building up OF
the city. and mentioned among other
names those of Mrs. Meyer, I. Nolan
mana, W. Griffnstein, Mrs. Fitzgerald,
Pat Healy, Capt. j. B. Carey, Fred.
Schattner and j. NJ. Steele. The enterprise
of mem bers of the church was to be found
on all sides in schools and places OF wor-
ship that would be a credit to a city four
times the size of Wichita. Lastly Mr..
Levy spoke of Father Casey. of his ability
and tact and of the work he had done, and
concluded by hearty welcome to the new
bishop.
Mr.. Edwin w. Moore handled the sub
ject, THE Lawyers of Wichita" in mas
terly style, telling some most humorous
and appropriate yarns Illustrative OF the
connection between church and bar, and
concluded by extending on behalf of his
brethren the right hand OF fellowship to
the honored guest of the occasion.
On behalf of the press Mr. Richardson,
of the News-Beacon. said few words, his
remarks touching Bishop Hennessey' S con-
nection with the press being especially
happy.
The doctors were called on for an address
but they shifted the responsibility from
one to the other and Father Casey called
upon Father Phelan, of St. Louis. This
gentleman kept the room i'll roar with
his dry humor, but suddenly he grew
grave as he bore testimony to the love
borne Bishop Henessy in the home from
that he came
The banquet closed with a few words
from Bishop Henessy, thanking his friends
for their hearty reception and trusting
that he and they would always dwell in