Rev. N. J. Bies

BIES, HAGEMAN

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 6/19/2009 at 20:14:24

Bellevue Herald, November 14, 1899.

A LONG VOYAGE
Rev. N. J. Bies Will Start About January 1, 1900, On An Extended Trip. He Will Visit Many Countries.

We take the following account of the Rev. Father’s intended trip around the world from the Dubuque Telegraph. It no doubt will be of interest to many of his parishioners.

About January 1, 1900, Rev. N. J. Bies, a Catholic priest who has charge of St. Joseph’s Parish, Bellevue, Iowa, will start on a trip around the world if all necessary arrangements can be completed by that time. The journey will be across the country to San Francisco, thence by Pacific mail steamship to the Sandwich Islands, 2,000 miles, where he will first visit at Honolulu on the Island of Oahu. From there to Yokohama, 5,000 miles, a side trip from this place to Manila, a distance of about 600 miles will be taken. From Yokohama the trip will take him to Singapore, 2,500 miles, through the Mallacca Straits to Calcutta and Bombay, 1,500 miles. These India cities will be visited at some length. From India the route will lay to Aden and then through the Suez Canal to Alexandria, Egypt. The Holy Land, especially Jerusalem and the places made famous in history will be one of the principal features of this extended trip of over 30, 000 miles. From Egypt he will cross the Mediterranean Sea to Naples, Italy, thence of Milan and Rome. The Paris Exposition will be visited and then a trip through England and Scotland and thence to New York and back home will conclude the trip.

Rev. Bies, for many years the pastor of St. Joseph’s Parish has built up a fine congregation. He has just completed a $4,000 parochial residence, a fine two story brick, 22x50 feet, equipped with hot air, electric bells and all modern improvements. The interior is finished in southern pine. The plans were made by F. Heer & Sons, Dubuque, and the contractor was Jno. Vandanacker.

Rev. Bies has an able assistant in the person pf Rev. Joseph Hageman. Together they supply the spiritual needs of the large congregation and that of the Spruce Creek mission several miles from Bellevue.

Rev. N. J. Bies gravestone
 

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