People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1895 — Catholic Notes. [ARTICLE]

Catholic Notes.

Mr. Charles Warden, a member of St. Augustine congregation, died last Saturday and his remains were interred in the Catholic Cemetery Monday morning. Mr. Charles Warden was a good industrious man. Temperate, honest and square, possessing to a marked degree the rare faculty of attending to his own business, he had many friends who respected him for his manliness. His death was a great surprise to his numerous friends, no one looked for the fatal ter-

minatk«| <*f <a*e ig recommended to the piooa nravers of the faithful. J f Rarely, if ever* has % 'celebration at the coljegte beefc ®ae£ an occasion of Mjoyipent W' this year’s Military Day. The serenity of the sky seemed to have an effect on the boys, for every part of the out door programme was entered into with a vim and determination and rendered in sucb a manner as to elicit the admiration and applause Of every one present. The College Battalion first marched out to meet the G. A. R. Post of Rensselaer. who had come out in a body, whereupon the two com panies and the military band took their respective places for the dress parade. Both the L. L. G. and B. C. G. are to be complemented on their excellent drilling. Some of the manoeuvres performed by the B. C. G. were of the highest proficiency. The L. L. G., composed chiefly of the smaller boys, were hardly less precise in their movements. The interpretation by the squad of “Recollections of War” was well appreciated. This with other stirring selections by the military band contributed greatly to increase the general enthusiasm. Rev. Father Maximilian, chaplain of the St. Joseph’s College Battalion, welcomed the visitors and introduced the speaker of the day, Rev. Father Fred Wiechmann of Gas City, Indiana, chaplain of the Indiana National Soldier’s Home.

The speaker briefly reviewed the great struggles of our country, lauded the patriotism and heroism of her defenders and emphasized his remarks by calling special attention to the G.. A. R. Post of Rensselaer. He held the audience in wrapt attention by relating several stirring incidents .of the civil war as he remembered them from his boyhood days and closed by calling upon the youth of America to love and defend the country dnd preserve the liberty which had been bought at such a dost. Father Wiechmann fully sustained his reputaiion as an orator. His oration*w r as eloquent throughout and the attention and frequent applause given to it»hy the audience showed that it> was highly appreciated- by' theta. At the close of the exercises,: three hearty cheers were-g’fer&n for the Grand Army, old. ■ ■

Some time ago tho newly -Organized team under the natpgypf; “Star and Crescent” • hadd dppq< some earnest practicing, .after which an easy victory was antic; ipated, but when the teamsi'tiMt for the first time on April seemed at first as though the; ••'SS I . and C.” had everything their own way, and although they, claim to ‘ ‘spreading terror aiqopg. their foes,” the scales rapidly turned and left the victory to .the “Eagles.” ,V " Since then the scheduled yaine had been looked to with great anxiety as the “Crescents” 1 '’ate very solicitous to keep up thOir fame.

Iu the afternoon oi last Sunday the teams above mentioned resumed their position on the diamond for a new combat. Much interest was centered in the game as it was hard fought; both teams taking the lead at different intervals. The energy of the pitcher, and catcher, no doubt, helped in a great way to win the well-earned laurels for the “Eagles.” The batting on both sides was pretty fair. Pierson and Theis of the “Eagle” team distinguished themselves as heavy batters. Also the right and left fielders, Pierson and Stolz, won applauses by their professional catching, we can but highly commend them. One thing we can not overloook was the umpiring of Messrs. Lutz and Conroy, who by their just decisions rendered the game devoid of that disagreeable feature called “kicking.” After a hard fought siege of about one and a half hour the teams retired with a score of. 9 to 12 in favor of the “.Eagles.” The short notice and consequently the lack of practice caused many errors on the part of both teams, nevertheless the playing was very interesting for the base ball enthusiasts of Collegville:

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