The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-27

and a kitchen range, were a~uctloned or
The pretty girl contest was won by Mis-
May Kenny who beat her rival MS
The new parish school building .whic.
is now in the course of construction,
nearing completion. The carpenters. an
painters are busy on the interior and mop
10 finish by Christmas Day, as Fathe
Sullivan would like very much to sa
mass there on that day.
st. PauIss, GreenvIIIc.
On Monday evening next a fair an
bazaar Will be opened in st. Paul's paris
hall on Old Bergen Road n Lsndel
avenue. The fair will continue for on
week and will be under the direction 0
Father Mcdowell. The receipts will, Q
course, go toward the church fund Tn
ladies of the parish are at present bus:
decorating the hall and arranging the dif
ferent booths along the walls. Enter
tainments Will be given each evening I'm
der the direction of Mr.. George Riley.
All SatnIs'
The fair of All Saints r. C. Church
in Lafayette, which closed last Thurs
day evening, was a decided success. Fa
Their Meehan estimates the receipts a
about s., 500, which will go ward paying
off the debt of the new parish hail OF
Lafayette and Wilton streets. in which
the fair was held. Prizes were awarded
and the few articles left over We're aue'
toned off.
st. PETERS,.
On Wednesday morning last the students
gathered in the hall at eleven A. M. te
enjoy a literary and musical treat pre-
pared for them by the debating societies
The entertainment was gotten up in ac-
cordance with an old custom at the col.
lege in honor of Thanksgiving Day and
proved a very enjoyable event. on the
stage were seated Messrs. P. Hamill and
Nicholas Marnell of '9S, the president and
secretary respectively of the debating So
a carefully written and well rendered
speech IN the origin and meaning OF the
day.
Mr.. NJ. Breen, 90, read the Governors
of the day. Speeches were made in turn
by Messrs. Mccoy, '9S, McCauley, '9S, and
Wiele, '9S. The last named gentleman
read a mastery paper in Latin on the adj
of membership in a debating So
ciety. Selections on the piano were rem
dered at intervals during the performance
by Messrs. P. Guterl, 20, and J.. c. Nc
Enroe.
ST. BrIdget;s.
Rev. Father Dornin is now hard at work
for the Monster fair and bazaar
will be opened next week in 81; Brid-
gets Hall on Mercer street. All tne So
cieties of the church will work. to make
wim Ia 1aif fows ;s rSs ~ sSn rns f fund There
are at least seven different societies in
this parish mostly composed of women,
when all these active people get
they will get them filled before the
close of the fair.
There will be at least a dozen booths
and all of them will be in charge of ladies
Of the parish. They will be Handsomely
and filled with many useful ar
ticles. The fair is expected to last at
least two weeks, Il it is hoped that a
good sum will be realized by it gas 1t Is
greatly needed.
The next regular meeting of ST. Bird
gets Lyceum will be held on December
when the election of officers for the
coming year win take place.
1T. Lue1's.
St. Lucy's fair. which has been in
progress for the past ten days in ST.
Hall. on Grove street. will ON
a close next Thursday evening. 1t
been more successful than the Rev.
Father Boylan expected it to be. The
sales during the past week ave been
very large and all the booths did a very
brisk business.
The work on the Sisters new convent,
and in the course of another
month they will be able to occupy their
new home, which will be a very hand
one when it is finished. The pro-
leeds of the fair will go towards the
off of the debt on this building,
Father Boylan is very well pleased
with the good results SO far.
ST. NtcheaI's
The Board of Directors of St. Michael's
Club will issue their regular monthly an
louncement card for December during the
irst of next week.
A large number of entries have been re-
for the billiard and pool rourna-
nent between the members that will
he games will be very interesting, as
of the experts with the cue have al
eady entered.
From Everywbere.
There will be no missions given in
next year, but 1898 will be a
year of preparation for the priests
# that diocese. Bishop Mcdonnell has
trranged a grand missionary coup that
will take in the entire diocese. m
ne january and ending December 81.
$50. The idea is to close the century
With prayers and fasting, in accordance
With the desire Of Pope Leo Kill, who
wishes to consecrate the epoch of tram
from one century to another by
n extraordinary invocation of the divine
assistance of Jesus Christ as a happy
expected that other Bishops will follow
Bishop McDonnelfs methods during the
losing hours of the century.
Archbishop Seghers, popularity known as
he Apostle of Alaska. was murdered by
is servant while on a missionary trop to
he then unknown but now celebrated Yu-
River, on November %, 1856. lie was
native of Belgium, and his body now
III oI- III CIV . \ditlC0ia iy d
T~ancouyer's Island.
The Monastery at West Hoboken is
till in the hands of the decorators, and
sill hardly be finished before Christmas.
his church is very well known among
he Catholics of the country, many quiet
being made every year from
is ant parts of n~eighboring States. Nu-
lerous miracles lave been wrought there,
nd there are always a number of peo-
lie in waiting for the blessing of the
riest who has charge of the relic.
The p~arishioners of St. JOseph's, in
Vest Hoboken, who have been worship |
ing in a frame building for a number
t years, are about to erect a perma- |
ent structure, to cost at least $50, 900.
Forty-four acres of land have been pur- |
convenient TO the Catholic Uni
ersity, at Washington, on which will be !
a Franciscan Convent. Eleven Of
he most learned Franciscans, now at
to the Pope's household in various |
apacities, will come on here to establish
Convent. Work is to be begun at
nee on the new building, which is to be
f white marble, and it is said that the
a received the personal atten- !
on Of the Pope, who has endorsed them
fter careful scrutiny.
Edward Mccoy, a well known member
st. Peters Lyceum, went to St. Alloy
US fair last Saturday evening, and after
iking a number of chances on different
one of which was the $50 dia-
lond ring. he went home, never thinking
lat he would be lucky enough to win
He was notified the next day
lat he had won the handsome ring. The
Ienibers of the Lyceum and his Friends
re congratulating him upon his good