The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-10-28

DR.. Richard Lawlor Burtse.l who, in
1891, was removed by Archbishop Cor
rigan from the /rectorshtD of the
Church of the Epiphany, Second ave-
nue. and East Twentyfirst street. is
likely to be reappointed to his former
charge to fill the vacancy caused by
the death last week of the Rev. DR..
Peter j. Prendergast. When DR.. Burt
sell was sent to Rondout, DR.. Prender-
CAST was made his successod as rector
of the Epiphany parish. DR.. Burtsell
was ecclesiastical counsel for the Rev.
DR.. Edward McGlynn in that priest S
controversy with Archbishop Corrigan
and worked assdduously in the interest
of his client. 1t was said at the time of
DR.. Burtsell's removal from a promi-
nent city charge to a country pastorate
at the order of the archbishop that he
was thus disciplined because of the
activity and energy he manifested in
the defense of DR.. McGlynn.
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The wedding of Miss Laura Nc
Laughlfn, daughter of ex-Register
Hugh Mclaughlin, the veteran Demo-
cratic leader in Brooklyn, to DR.. James
A. Roache of $50 McDonough street
was soleannized by Bishop Mcdonnell
on Wednesday. Mr. Mclaughlin, who
is the Dick" Croker OF Brooklyn, has
already made provision for the future
home of his daughter by the purchase
of $4,000 house at S12 jefferson ave-
nue.. and his wedding present will be
deed of the property. The marriage
of Miss Nellie Mclaughlin, his other
daughter, to the late DR.. Alexander F.
Carroll, more than ten years ago, was
a notable event in Brooklyn The we'd
ding presents We're SO numerous and
costly that a big granite vault was
built under the sidewalk of the Carroll
home on Washington avenue for their
reception. Their value was variously
estimated at from 100000 to $3.50, 600.
From time to time there have been ru-
mors of attempted invasions of the
vault by robbers, and it is said that
the choicest treasures are now in the
keeping of a safe deposit company.
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On Nov. % next, the Rev. William
Lambert of Mason City will be priest
fifty years. He win be the first MEM
Der of the West Virginia clergy who
will have the honor of spending fifty
years in the priesthood, and hence it
will be the first golden jubilee ever cele-
brated in that diocese. Rev. William
Lambert was born Jan. 90, 1927, at
Chartered, Washington county. Pa. His
father, William Lambert. came to
America from County Wexford, Ire
land, in 1872, with his uncle. DR.. Lam
bert, second Bishop of St Johns New
foundland. He was a boy of about 10
years at The time of the rebellion of
1898, and was an witness to the
defeat of the English troops at the
battle of QUART HILL He was never
tired of telling his children in the long
winaer evenings of those terrible times.
and the cruelties committed on the
people of Wexford and used to con-
clude by saying that if all Trishmen
had fought as the Wexford men did,
Ireland would have gained her freedom.
Not liking the climate of Newfound-
land, he migrated to the United States
and took up his permanent residence in
western Pennsylvania. Here he mar
ried Lydia Jones, daughter of a Quaker
family, whose ancestors came over to
Pennsylvania with William Penn. On
account of her marriage with an Irish
man and a Catholic her parents looked
upon her as a disgrace to the old Eng
lfsh Quaker stock, and severed all re-
lations with her. Shortly after her
marriage she became a convert to the
Catholic faith, and was to the day of
her death a devout, practical Catholic