The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-05-30
The Catholic People Preparing for
Big Event.
THE SCHOOL is TO BE BLESSED
The Exercises will be Held Next Sunday
Afternoon And Catholic Societies
of Ashland and Washburn
Will Attend In Body.

among the Catholic people OF Wash
bum, the event being the formal
dedication and tlessing of their new
school. The Catholic people pur-
chased the old town school house
last winter, and by a judicious ex-
penditure have made a very credi-
/. e school building of it. The cere-
monies are to be held in the after
noon The school will be blessed
after the formal manner and cere-
monies of the Catholic denomination.
For the occasion the Catholic Order
of Foresters and the Catholic Knights
of Ashland, together with the same
orders from this city, accompanied
by the Columbian Guards of the st.
Louis Church, will attend in body.
They will form procession at the
Church at half past three o'clock,
and will march to the new school,
where the exercises will be in charge
of the Very Reverend Michael
Reichardt, of Ashland, who will be
assisted by the local Church people
in formally blessing the Church,
after which Rev. Reichardt will de-
liver a sermon. Following the SER
mon the school will be open for in
spection, and the ladies of the Church
will serve refreshments to those who
desire, the proceeds to be used for
defraying the expenses of Sundays
services. One of the rooms in the
Church building, which can now be
utilized, owing to the large amount
of room which the church and
schools have at their dispose, will
be fitted up for frst-class gymna
sum- The furniture for seating the
new school is expected to arrive the
latter part Of the week, and it will
be placed in the building at once,
although it is doubtful whether the
new school rooms will be used for
school purposes until the beginning
of the school termin the fail.
The Congregational Church peo-
pie postponed their excursion which
was to have taken place last Friday
night, on account of the GOODNESS of
the weather The excursion will
take place this evening.
The storms of last week caused
the Iumbermen all kinds of trouble,
and in consequence of the breaking
of booms the bay was literally full of
logs. The damage was very great,
and the tugs have been kept busy
getting the logs together again.
Louis Angvick was brought to the
hospital from one of the camps
Thursday. During the heavy winds
on the latter day the unfortunate
man had been struck across the neck
by falling tree. Medical and
surgical aid were of no avail, and the
unfortunate man died Friday. The
remains were taken to Ashland,
where the deceased had relatives,
| for burial.
George N. Wiswell and wife, of
Milwaukee, passed through here
Monday enroute from Houghton,
where Mr.. Wiswell has been for the
purpose of looking after the interests
OF the Prentice Brownstone Com
panv, of which he is receiver Mr.
and Mrs. Wiswell and a party of
friends will spend the summer at
Houghton.
The new county board took hold of
the county's business in business
like way at their meeting last week,
and as soon as they were organized
got down and handled matters in a
very commendable manner. One Of
the resolutions passed by the Board
was the instructing of the closing of
/ the corner entrance to the Court
House grounds, and authorizing
Supervisor Nelson to have macada-
mixed walk built from the front door
of the Court House to the street in
front of it. The grounds have been
plowed up about the Court House,
and will be put in good shape, which
will make the site look much mora
desirable.