The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-04-27
Imposing Ceremonies.
Taying of the Corner Stone of the St..
Johns Catholic Church.
Great Crowd Attends the Auspicious Occasion
The Grand Ceremonies Much MARRIED
by Rain Storm.

On last Sunday the big keys OF
our city were turned over to the
knights of ST. John of Logan, one
of the most handsomely uniformed
organization in Southern Ohio,
who in turn unlocked and threw
open the portals of our Hospitality
inclined little city to their visiting
brethren and their wives, mothers,
brothers, sisters, sweethearts and
friends. What would have proved
gala day for the handsome
knights and their host of admiring
friends was sadly marred by a
heavy downpour of rain in the
afternoon. Sunday morning the
sun cast his glowing rays over
clear expanse of the heavens ana
many were the prayers that were
whispered that the day might re-
main so, but unfortunately such
was not to be the case; by ten
o'clock the sky began to take on
leaden color, the wind raised ana
everybody dreaded the coming OF
the afternoon. Notwithstanding
the threatening weather this did
not deter an immense concourse
of representative citizens from all
over the valley from attending.
Six special trains bringing their
uuoto of excursionists from Co.
lumbus, Jackson, Welston, Zanes'
Vile, New Lexington, Shawnee,
Athens, Buchtel, Lancaster, New
Straitsville and other contiguous
points, unloaded their precious
cargo of human freight at the Lo-
gan depot, while many hundreds
from the surrounding country
drove in in buggie3, carriages and
other vehicles of every style and
dissertation until in the afternoon
the principal streets were packeo
with surging mass of 5000 good
r natured visitors who smillngly
elbowed each other in order to
gain a vantage ground that they
might better witness the street
pageant. At two o'clock the local
= order of knights headed by the
Queen City Band appeared on the
street and marched to Gallagher
Avenue the starting point, this be-
ing the signal for the visiting
bodies to fall i'm line. At 2:2O the
signal for the column to move was
given, but almost before the signal
was given a light drizzle began tt
: fall and before the line of march
8 was half covered the rain was
8 falling in torrents necessitatine
r the abandonment the parade
features OF the cermonials. The
i moving column was made up o
g the following bodies:
e Div. A., knights OF st. George o
q Lancaster headed by the Mechanics
S Band of Lancaster; knights of st
John, Lancaster; knights of st
q John, Logan; Knights of st. JohI
" of Buchtel; Military Band, Lam
y caster, Young Mems Institute o
=, Lancaster; Logan Band, A. o. FL
r. Buchtel; A. o. H. of New Straits
N vile. Mr.. James r. Smith acte'
as Grand Marshal, assisted by tn
following aides, w. j. Ryan, b. [
% Reber and T. J. Shannon.
D The heavy rain not only marre'
IL the parade but was also the caus
u of temporarily postponing the lay
., ing of the corner stone. AT fou
~ o'clock the Rev. Bishop becam
convinced there would be no cesss
is tion from the food gates of heaven
and proceeded in nasty drizzlin
n, rain to bless the walls and perforI
ID the impressive cermouy OF layin
OF the stone, thence repairing 10 In
IN old church, which was packed
s. suflicatiop, and delivered shol
but eloquent sermon appropriat
lr to the occasion.
Il. The receptacle under the ston
80 contains a peice of each denomin'
- ton of the coins of the Unite
~ States medals Of the sewers
church societies, relics of the TO
:, mer church buildings, cards, pi
- lures, copies of the local pape
and a m anuscript stating that til
cornerstone was laid on April 2
at A. D. 1897, the year of the indepe
IL dence of the United States and ii