The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-21

in the yard and dancing VIII be going ,oT
all the time in the College Hail. which
has an entrance leading right into this
yard: The dance music will be Furnished
BY k lest fws F days The mef Boofhs have have beer sel
getting decorated and the way they, are
laid out in the yard with the excellent
very fine sight. invitations have beer
extended to the Davis Associations. the
Board of Aldermen and a large number OF
The parochial schoolhouse has been all
renovated, as 1t win open some timefdur-
ing the month of September
There Will be a meeting Tuesday
evening for the Young Ladies' and Gentle
church.
evening Of the Young Mems Lyceum. as
the member will be very busy attending
to the work at the garden party.
st. Bridges,s.
The garden party which has been going
on since last Monday evening for the
beneft of st. Bridget's Church has met
with great success and it will continue un-
til next Monday evening. On the. last
handsome bicycle viii take place. The
party is being held on the plot of ground
In front of the Sisters house. on Mont
gomery street. which extends almost back
to Mercer street. A large fence has been
erected about the ground and every even
ing a fine sight is witnessed when all the
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the top of the fence are lighted. Last
evening there was an exceedingly large
number Of people present and a good sum
of money was taken in. Every evening
from eight O'Clock to eleven dancing goes
on In the School Hall, which adjoirs the
Sisters house. and the dancing is well
~patronized by the younger people OF the
| parish.
The success of the party is due mainly
to the efforts Of the aides and gentlemen
of the different committees. who have
worked very hard since the party started.
They are
Gate-Thomas Kelley. Patrick Egan,
Games-William Sprouts. Philip McGov-
ern, Thomas Burns and James MeTiernan.
Bar-JOhn Whalen, Thomas Sheridan,
Joseph McGurr, hi Egan and William
Lyons.
Floor Committee eff the dancing room
James Murphy.
The ladies in charge are:-Misses Brown.
Burgess, Jennie n Mamie Caveny. Null
and Walsh. The ladies' just named COM.
prise the Woman's Catholic Benevolent
Legion of st. Bridget's. And the ladies
work all the week are:-Missey Marion,
Coffey, Condor, Corcoran, Wilson. Collins,
Kelly and McGovern.
The seventh annual outing of the choir
of ST. Bridget's. last Wednesday. was a
| great success and the members say it was
the finest they ever had.
There will be a meeting of the Young
Mems Lyceum on Monday evening at their
clubhouse. All the members of the club
are exerting themselves to sell the tickets
for the great smoker that will be held on
September q. 1t will open the season.
ST. PatrIck's.
The Rev. Father L. c. NJ. Carroll, rec
tor of st. Patrick's r. c. Church, Bran
hall and Ocean avenues, has decided to
give another garden party shortly, which
will be held in Bramhall Park, adjoining
the church. Father Carroll hopes for.
better weather han that which favored
last garden party by Father Carroll was
an enormous success, despite the rain
which fell every evening on which the
festivities were in progress. and he says
that the next one which will be given on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday. sSeptem-
Der 2. 3 and 4, will eclipse the previous
decorated with flags and bunting, and in
the evening the booths and tents will be
adorned with Chinese lanterns. which
will give the park a beautiful appearance.
In addition to this there will be dancing
each evening on the handsome platform.
which is situated on the Clerk street side
OF. the park. On the same side of the
park there will be shooting on the two
rifle ranges. and several pretty tents will
also be erected, in which pretty girls will
make coffee and chowder for the patrons.
The ladies who had charge of the booths
and tents at the previous party will take
charge at the coming one. 1t has not
yet been decided whether there will be
any games or not on the last day.
At the meeting of the directors of ST.
Patrlck's Club last Thursday evening, I'VE
hundred copies of the constitution and
good st~andingscan secure copies from the
Financial Secretary. Owing to the next
regular meeting night of the club falling
the following Thursday.
Security Council, c. B. L., will meet In
Arcanum Hall, Jackson and Clinton ave-
Fyf5, next ke Ml19ndfasy s new eyen nnTst i and ID Rs ss
Patrick's Church., will be received Into
membership.
ST. Paui,s, Gre.DviIie.
The Rev. Father Joseph Mcdowell, who
was appointed by. Bishop Wigger to sue
ST. Paups R. c.. Church, Greenville, will
assume charge of the parish work on Sun-
day morning Father Mcdowell will
the intention of the congregation to give
the new rector a reception on the day of
his coming to ST. Paurs, but in accord
doned.. The -parishioners are very much
pleased that Father Reilly, the assistant
rector Est t Is SEE going to stay in their midst.
very popular throughout his parish.
The ST. Paul's Catholic Clu will hold
its next regular meeting on Sunday even
yice-President Thomas Fitzgerald. who
was thrown from his bicycle three weeks
ago and had his leg fractured, is around
%o@-e%@ AteS (AA ~ L ap jill -
cling.
st. tLucyss.
The work on the Convent of the Sisters
of st. Lucy's school is now going on very
rapidly and will probably be finished be- |
fore the time appointed, which was some
time in December. The Rev. Father Boy
Ian is seeing that the schoolhouse gets a
thorough cleaning, and there will be two
new classes this year, which were very
badly needed, as the population of this
section Is increasing, and he doesn't want
to turn any children away when the
school opens next month.
The Rev. Father Mclaughlin will be
greatly missed from st. Lucy's, as he
was very active in the parish and we'll
liked by every one connected with 1T,
He is now on a vacation, and upon his
return, which will be about September 1.
he will be transferred to st. Mary's Of
this city.
Father Brown. of ST. Paul's Church. |
Greenvflle, who was assistant to the late
Rev. Father Tighe, will fill the place left
vacant by Father Mclaughlin, and 1t
won't be long before the people of st.
Lucy's parish will find out thai Father !
Brown is a hard worker. Father Brown
will more than likely celebrate High
Mass in ST. Lucy's tomorrow morning at
half past ten o'clock.
All mi
Work on the new Lyceum and school
building of All Saints Church., at Wilton
and Lafayette streets, is progressing very |
rapidly. The walls are all UP and the
frorf elevation ic oopop1pfod 1tha a1r, i