Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1911 — COLLEGEVILLE. [ARTICLE]

COLLEGEVILLE.

Thursday and Friday were the days for the regular bimonthly tests in all the classes. On last Sunday, St. Joseph’s day, the principal college holiday. Father Kanney was the celebrant of the solemn high mass. Rev. Ig. Raugh, Hanover Center, delivered a sermon very appropriate to the celebration of the day. In the evening a delightful concert was given by the band. The first real base ball game of the season was played last Sunday morning when the would-be varsity suffered defeat at the hands of the Religious, who shut them out by two scores. It was a good game, and only for Harrison’s wild heave over home that let In the two runs, the game would have gone Into extra innings. Among our latp visitors were the following: Rev. F. X. Schalk, Burkettsville, Ohio; L. Schirack, Winamac; L. Lohmiller, Pulaski; V. Schuette, St. Joseph, Mo.; 1. Raugh, Cook, Ind.; J. Cotter, John R. Welch and Miss Mary Brennan, Indianapolis; Edwin Fettig, El wood; Miss Theresa Maloy, Mrs. T. Hennahan, Gas City; J. A. Fralich, Tipton; Miss Ruth Dufrane and Miss R. M. Rolillard, Oswego, N. Y.; J. A. Hoxman, Chicago; J. Hartz and Miss Marguerite Hartz, portThe real varsity is slowly rounding into shape. Weather permitting, games are played daily and in the final line-up the following members will probably seek the rooters’ support: Grathwohl will hold his old job behind the bat. Harrison shows UP best on the slab, but he has not yet arrived at that flinging stage at which anything like perfect control may be spoken of, but the crack of the bat from his delivery will be a minimum. Fiely and Lill are next in Hne and will ably take up the burdens. Hipskind has no dangerous contenders to dispute his claims to the overrunning station. At second, Whitcomb, who scoops the ball and heaves it to first in true Johnny Evers style,

has a sure berth. The short lot will be easily watched by McArdle. The third cushion has thus far not proven a secure resting place to any one, and of the many candidates for the position there is no telling who will Anally find the place agreeable. There is ample choice picking when the meadow positions are distributed. Monticello papers this week published a tabulated statement of the record of jail imprisonments for the past twelve years, showing the causes of confinment and decrease since Monticello and White county became “dry.” Last year there were 28 people admitted to the jail, which was the least with the exception of the year before for twelve years, as far back as the record goes. In 1899 there were 73, in 1903 there were" 88 and in 1904 there were 109. In that year there were 66 sent to jail for drunkenness in Monticello and last year there were only 6, which indicates that intoxication has become much less with the passing of the saloons, notwithstanding the fact that some people maintain that there is more whiskey drinking now than there was when the saloons were on hand. For the past two years there has not been a case of vagrancy in Monticello, but there bad been as high as 21 during a single year. The Democrat of that city says there may be no connection between drunks and saloons or between the absence of saloons and the absence of vagrants, but thinks readers will draw their own conclusions. If you are going to do any fencing this season see that new “Royal” woven wire fencing at Rowles ft Parker’s. The fencing Is the best, and our prices mean a saving to you. ROWLES ft PARKER. We have our sixth car of the 1910 crop of Michigan sandgrown rural potatoes in transit. Fancy, table or seed stock, unloading day from car, in ten bushel lots, 50c a bushel. JOHN EGER.