The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-16
THE PITTSBTRG HEALER.
SEEMING MIRACLs OF SKILL AND
FAITH AT TOY HILL.

Pra6St-PnyS &c an = ne GrOund de
walked OF KissedlSick People from
all over the Coupry seek the Heal
ing Infiuence-A Cpple Commended
TO Walk DroppedHer Clutches.
From the Ne,o9ork World.
P1rTsBURG. Pa. Jue 13.-From dawn
until sunset to-day atieast $1,000 people
visited the Church of ts Most Holy Name
on Troy Hill, Alleghen, where the Rev.
Father. S. G. Mollinger the priest physi-
cian. commemorated s. Anthony's day.
About one-fourth of thepilgrims had ills,
real or imaginary, to beured. Apparently
the venerable priest has nt lost his power
20 heal with medicine an invocation, for
during the day there werenany cases which
seemed to demonstrate lis power. Num-
hers of the visitors have peen on the mount
several days awaiting In gony the hour the
holy influence of which night bring them
the relief which, during5ears of suffering,
had been sought in vain Not few of the
hoping ones, whose homes are at distant
points, have been camping out in the
churchyards, their can being exhausted.
Light-fngered gentry made havoc in the
crowd.
few minutes bepre O'Clock in the
morning Father Mollnger, after night of
fasting and prayer, celebrated mass. At 6
and Z o'clock he repested this service. AS
he passed up the ssle of the church he
sprinked about himholy water, and as he
left the church policeman preceded him to
make lanes in the crowd. Through these
avenues fbe priest Srode, the people kneel-
ing at his feet, Kissing his garments and
hands and even the ground which he
pressed. Where it was difficult to pass
tie old hut sturdy priest seized men
and women by tts shoulders and hurled
them aside. Whel he met children or Grip
ples he sought hnderly TO move them.
Father Mollnger ooked pale and worn out.
After the mGnine masses he bore through
the crowd the vessel of gold containing
holy relics. The gilded pgure of st. An
thony, holding theinfant Christ in his arms,
browning the spirsof the beautiful chapel,
smiled down on tie mass OF humanity as
the suns rays bathd it in golden glory.
During the sertces 1000 people were
crammed into thechurch, which is calcu-
lated to hold about1, 900. Pathetic scenes
we're frequent. Thtlast of the cripples and
suffering to leave tn chapel after mass this
morning was Miss Ella Bresnahan. the
daughter of PittsbFger. The jewels that
bedecked her denotd the social rank that
hands and in her ears Her sight, she says,
has been almost fullyestored. This is what
she says about the cue:
For long timeI have been almost
totally blind and hare paid hundreds of
dollars to physicians Tho failed to cure me.
Ny parents sent ne hire. When l arrived
on Tuesday had tope helped on and off
the street cars, as | cold not zee enough to
move about unaided. l saw Father Mol
scriDtion which | hadhlled. My sight at
once began to improveand to-day can see
ns we'll as any one. left pair of eye
glasses in the church. have no further
use for them. l am gdng home with my
sight entirely restored. "
An engineer named HrkinS of Nashville,
Tenn, who has been suffering from a run
ming sore caused by ealding, says that
Father Mollinger has aved his leg from
amputation. Miss MFy Pendergraf of
Cincinnati, and Miss Mggie Brown Of Cow
ington, KY, who are attic home of Officer
james Burke of the PitEburg police force,
came TO see the priest OF last Wednesday.
Miss Pendergraff was suffering from sciatic
rheumatism and Misc Brown from a spinal
disease, and both were unbIe to walk unas-
sisted. They say that thy can now walk.
One boy came from BelleVernon, Pa, to be
cured of an epileptic Election. He was
seized with fit in the midst of the crowd
while Father Mollinger vas sprinkling holy
water and had to be carried off. Mrs.
Mary McHugh of Providence, r. l., and a
Mrs. Ferris of Bradford Pa, came suffer-
ing from rheumatism. Mrs. Ferris says
she had to be carried before she came, and
al n ugh she mas not yei had a personal in
terview with Father Mdlinger, is able to
walk with but little assistance. Joseph
Cans of the Twelfth wad, Allegheny, says
that Father Mollinger his healed him of
long standing sbscess % the arm.
One of the patients is Mrs. M. j. Clarity
of Scranton. She has been on the hill sew
erai days without CONSULTATION with the
priest, but she had treatment from him sew
eral months ago and has received his general
blessing. She says:
81 have been to fourgeen physicians for
certain trouble of mHE, aud Father Mol
lnger, the fourteenth isithe only ons who
ever helped me. If Eat not come 10 him L
would have been in mn grave now.
John c. Booth of Columbia. Pa. suffer-
Ing from tumor on his hip, said the most
wonderful case he knew of was his
own. He HAD not beai cured, but merely
relieved from suffering by the priests treat
ment several months ago, and now be is
back again to get further treatment. Be-
lore coming to Father Mollinger he had
been to consult the celebrated DR.. Agnew,
who told him that the disease would kill
him in two months. The young man has
faith that the tumor will be cured this time
ana that he viii recover entirely. Mrs
John Cunningham Of Louisville, KY, came
to Mount Troy last Thursday. She was
suffering with acute rheumatism in the
lower limbs and was uuabe to walk with
out crutohes. Yesterday afternoon she had
the first opportunity of SEEING Father Mol
linger
What ails you?" he asked.
Il am terribly afflicted with rheumatism
and have not walked for six years without
crutches.n
Get up and WALK. commanded the
priest.
Mrs. Cunningham let fall her crutches
and rose from the chair. She walked to the
other end of the room and back again. She
says that she feels certain OF being perma-
nently cured.
Here and there cases are found where
patients think they have been cured and find
mat they are wrong. One of the miracles
reported yesterday was the cure of young
woman, Miss Gibbons of Baltimore. who
was a paralytic. She was seen by the
World correspondent. Two women sup
ported her, one on either side, as she pain
fully hobbled away from the church towards
her boarding house. The perspiration stood
out on her face in great drops, and an ex-
preston Of agony overspread her features,
showing the powerful effort and the agony
the walk cost her.
The following case illustrates those who
come to the priests with fancied ailments:
n. w. Stockton of Chicago, ILL, came under