The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-04

| college. and they will be ready for occu-
| pancy on next Tuesday. The baptistry
and all the parlors have received new
| coats of paint.
Classes Will be resumed at st. Peters
College on Tuesday. September z, at nine
i A. NJ.
letter was received at the college
| yesterday from Cornelius Breslin. better
known as Con-" stating that he would
arrive in New York tomorrow from his
trip to Ireland. Con-" through the
given a two months vacation. last July,
for the purpose of letting him take a
trip to his native home in ireland, to
visit his relatives. whom he had not seen
for many years.
day. September Z. !.
| last Wednesday, September /. 1t was a
| grand social and financial success. All
the articles were disposed of by Alderman
watch went to Wilton street; The beauti-
full range. presented by Rin{le & Son, was
| won by Mrs. Fitxhenry of Steuben street.
The Irish !, donkey was won %osn by Mrs. Fo Ok
painting, the work of Mrs. Fitzpatrick
of No. 105 Mercer street. was won by
Michael Doyle. Father Harlin could not
give the exact amount realized, as all the
returns for tickets. etc.. have not been
made.
VI MS " IudQQCu dil0 liz oblG pa
ants, was a grand success. The many
and handsome articles and portrait OF the
reverend rector, presented by VIM. Bar
TEAR. of Broadway, New York, was pur-
chased for $50 by a friend in New York.
The bazaar, under Mrs. Mylotte and Mrs.
Lawson, was besieged all the time. Inc
assistants were literally worn out. TOO
much praise cannot be given to them for
the way they worked. Father HARM Is
fortunate in the selection of good workers.
The candy and variety tables had to
Prau1tontlv ran1eOiS1 their stock While the
refreshment table did a thriving business
under the able management OF MRS. LOT
The Misses o'Connor were in charge of
the ice cream stands and were kept busy
all the time serving out cream, Wniie
their assistants carried II on Trays 70 tne
palms taken from the conservatory OF
Father Harpes.
The last night so great was the crowd
that some one remarked, Why the
whole city seems to be here" In fact,
it looked so. The jam was so great tina
Miss Stanton's lemonade well had to be
st. Peters Lyceum stood at the back and
beck of Father Harlin, and deserves
great praise, especially Messrs. john Fer
FL Floyd ,dnJ J. F. Murphy, Michael Hart, Ed.
Mccoy, John Graham, Patrick McLaugh-
lin, Peter Conboy, Fi~tzhenry brothers, Ed.
Barry. George Seibert, Lillis brothers.
The regular church services Will be re,
sumed next Sunday. The late mass will
be 1O11 o'clock A. M, and the evening
service at 1880 P. M.
81. Patrick,s.
The second day of the garden party of
st. Patrick's Church, in Bramhal Park,
was wen more successful than the first
The attendance was very large the
pretty park was crowded all the evening.
The money realized from these parties
will go toward building the new hall for
the Catholic Club. The church has very
- n -lr 49, ~ RI CfdTf yff now
work was to be begun this fall but Tor
some unknown reason has been deferred
until the coming spring.
1t was because the last party given
by st. Patrick's was so successful, de-
spite the rain, which came down in tor
rents the whole week during wnich the
roll decided to hold another. The second
promises to eclipse the first and the re-
ceipts up to date are highly satisfactory.
The refreshment booth did a good BUSH
stock before Closing time. There were
pretty girls going around, with pen,
cm ana p nmbr rdH and several Other
very valuable articles. The girls in
charge of the little tents were kept busy
chowder. On the exhibition platform a
bagpipes and fiddle held sway and some
good jig dancing was seen.
was the dancing platform, which was
crowded all the evening. until the strains
of the band playing Home, Sweet Home
reminded the dancers that it was time
to depart.
There is some ak among the members
Of st. Patrick's Catholic Gu OF organic
ing a football team. As there are some
difficulty should be encountered in getting
a frst-class team together. The club will
hold a meeting next Thursday evening,
transacted. The club Is also thinking of
getting an athletic team together to COM
pete with the other Catholic clubs in this
the other Catholic clubs because Of it
having an excellent track On which to
practice. The track is situated at the
an excellent condition, having been lately
rolled and barked. Mr.. Thomas O'Day
viii look after the interests of the athletic
team. M
ST. Bridgat's.
The cast for the three-act drama en-
titled Nevada" has already been Sc
lected and the members will begin re-
hearsing next Sunday. The date of the
play is quite a long time off, but the
no one in he company making mistakes
when the time comes for producing 1t.
The young people will rehearse in the club
night in each week until the middle of
next November. The play will be produced
for three nights and the dates have been
Mr.. Thomas Kermode and his able as
sistant. George Sanderson, of the Enter
tainment Committee, say that this drama
will surpass all previous successes.
One of this clubs famous smokers will
be given on the 9th of this month in the
school hall. Mr.. Kermode is now select
Ing the best talent o~btainable for this
occasion and 1t is said that the pro-
gramme will be excellent.
Next Tuesday evening at eight O'Clock
the regular semi-monthly meeting will be
held in the Lyceum rooms on Montgomery
street.
Tomorrow morning at the eight o'clock
mass all the young men of the parish will
receive communion in a body.
st. MichaeIs.
A large meeting was held last We'd
nesday night in st. Michael's Hall, for
the purpose of arranging a receptinn to
be given to Mgr. J.. De Concilio, rector of
his church, upon his return from his
years vacation, which he spent in Italy.
There were large delegations present
from the Catholic Benevolent Legion, St.
Matthews T.. A. B.. Holy Name Society
and Ancient Order of H~ibernians.
A parade of all the organizations in the
Parish will take place around the dist
rict of this parish, and when 1t is over
they will all march to st. Michaels Hall,
where the reception will be held.
The Rev. Father Talon will make the
welcoming address on h of the par
ishioners, and there will also be aanumber
of prominent speakers present.
The regular season of St. Michaels
Club will open about the middle of this
month, and it promises to be a very live
ly one.
St. Luey's.
The outing of ST. Lucy's Glee. Club next