, 1869-04-27
ODD FELLOWSHIP.
Semi Centennial Celebration.
How the Occasion VAS Observed
Throughout the Country.
At Indianapolis.
Special Despatch 70 The Chicago Tribune,

At Indianapolis.
Special despatch to The Chicago Tribune
INDIANAPOLIS, April 70
At the last report Of the Grand Lodge l. y. q. F.
anh1yeTEaIy Of that Urdgr in this CITY, In oil applU-
p'1ate manner. II WIS found, however, that It
would ,,e Impossible 70 gather delcgatloas tfnm
tance many would hAse W truyel, and the cXpense
they would necessarily Incur. So district cclebra-
t'nus were gotten W at Madison, Fort Wayne and
ArHtionB Wcrc uaue 1ur the celebration here, aud
the promised attendance 10 Esea, tilal there was
~ Ta!n this morning, hut It luckily ceased III t1me
for tho PROGRESSION. The Incoming tr,lns wcrt
crowded. Eghty.scscn CATE caInc IN ioai.l
.loKu tu the EunIsiH, aud i humber uf 1AIes wrrr
included In thu various delegations. Nearly every
delegation brought ia,''l. Ainong which We nv
eon, Su,,lessillr. Columbus, FranEiln iii oonttg-
io1I. Dah.llIe, GusI~rt, lADAnnn unl i'erre Haulc
ftoln dlstai'cc, besides our htyera! city tAuds-
Tile It1nc,hhlou Naa thc !A.Hrat ever seel un u
slu,t!aI occasou III thB city, alli was composed Of
tito following:
GrEnlaIala l4n!se, Ealh,al loLKc.
ttHiii1.
rha'0*en'a hY!ss. i!s,;,, Clinton Lodge
C7awfordssi!lc Wagon Containing orpnans
franklin IEAnL
Marian EncaIulatsIcut, 4+uVrtssie 1Lo1He Clal5
l.,tl4c. lsrt.'kl,n Ldn II, Vernon l.'rlge,
Columbus Lu'.r, Hartford CITY
Lulge
l]ailti.
INx.t Lodge.
Band.
ccce'la Lodge, Mct1opotan Lodge. Putnam
Lod-r,
liAA.
Soblesri!lc Lodge Franklin Lolgc.
Hendricks Lodge.
Band.
Fayette Lodge.
Shclb5yllle l,a1ld ....
ChrltF 1NtUr, Lebanon 1Il1rt. ,I0hrSnn 10uon
Decatur Lodge, Anderson Lodge, Edward
Lodge.
Baud.
Covenant Lodge, Cicero Lodge, tent on wagon,
Acton Lodge,
Knlghtstown Band.
ku!ghtstoWn Lodge, hn!Qhtsiown Encanrmcnt,
Gfccnsbury Lodge, Carthage Lodge, Wluchrs-
ter Lo1Sc, Lcblnon EncAlnpt1cnt Moriah
Enc1Uptlent-
NInE Band.
Carriage continuing Grand Patriarch, Grand High
Priest md Grand Junlur Nafuen.
Land.
Grand Lodge oi tic State.
Wagon carrying FIiendshin, Losc and Trnth.
Wagon carrying Faith, Hope anu charity.
Grand lass Master and Orator Of tue Day in
SIX carriages containing officers Of Grand Lodge.
There we're thirty -llnc lodges and enca1npnlruts
III all onl thirteen brass bands The procession
made III eegnnt appearance throughout, as mAny
u the rcgallus were magnificent, nlI eo,nc ui the
lodges and encampnents caEt1r'l splendid 1auncts.
*oIAe Ieur ur i've handlst daughters Of ltcl,ekai,
assembled at Wesley Chapel, but, Of course, did
not Join the PROCESSION They we're from every
part Of the sae, representing alnlust eyeI5 lodge
III the StAte.
The procession marched through the principal
streets, aud Was over All hour passing given
| point
The following order Of exercises took place It
the Academy Of Music, which was denscly
crow del, hundreds being unable to gain admit
tancc: Voluntary ~ the choir: ode By the or
der; prayer hy Reg: 1saac ", Clark, G. Chaplain;
tHRinal poem by Rev. ]. II. Lozler; original
address b{ lien. Rotctt Dale Owcu; orlgnAl
Poem hy Dr.. O. Eyarts ode by tile order; Dene-
dlclou.
To-night the exercise winds up With grand
bo1l at the ODGrh f]ail