The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-04-23
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The Grand Lodge Of West virginia
met In annual session at Odd Fellows
Hall 10 this city. yesterday morning q
half past nine o'cl' OK.
All the Grand Officers except G. p
Snyder, B. W. Grand Warden, vert
present.
The roll o. Lodges being called, sixty
three out Of the six,y-iour wers. found
to be represented.
On motion the reading Of the pro-
ceedings o. the last session was dispen-
sed with and the proceedings as printed
were adopted.
The Grard Master appointed the fol
lowing committee on credentisls.
Josepb Tolliver. w. E Anderson and
John Park.
The Grand Lodge took recess.
After the recess the report OF thu
committee on Credentials giving the
names o. the Past Grsnds entitled, &c
seats and those emitted the Pact Official
and Graz Lodge Degrees was read.
Alter the Past Officia! Degree va,
conferred on those entitled the Grand
Maser ann, unced the following Stand
ing Committees
On Finoree A. Peck, henry
Wallace and 7 A Miller
Committee on tie State Of tho Order -
Jas. Holh gawor,h. NJ L Campbell
NJ Hays. D s agile and J Wintermier
Committee on BY Laws % @ Crsw
lord, u. w. Su,itn AM F Martin.
Committee on Charters --Thoma,
johnson, Q. c. Hassper and John
Davis
Committs. on Appeas-J F, Smith
J w DEADLOCK, James IL. Todd, A.
Tr.uh a. d P Darnell
H A Uthman aas appointed Assis,
,ant G and Secretary for The session.
A communication rendering the use
Of the Wheeling Library to the use o.
members OF the Grand Lodge during
the session WIS read, and accepted With
tbanke.
The Grand Master appointed Messrs
Baird, Bickel and Ellinsham, com.
mi,tee to draft reln!urrons OF respect re
Is,ive TO the de 9TH Of Past Grand Tress
urer R T r berts
pc. NJ John F Smith, presented
q memorial relative TO tue death o.
Part Grand P g Van Winkle, late o.
Parker.hurs l. dsp No 7, which wss
ordered to be spread unon the minutes
Various spers were received and
referred TO the different com nittees.
The Grand Master, Wheeler Reeves
read his Journal 1t Oh ows there have
heen $50 limitations during the year
| SO admitted bv card SO Reinstatement =
IIs Withdrawals, IL exrnlslons, 2St
dropped rom the rolls, "A deaths O. d
8 cue pensiona showing the total meme
ber-h,p OF 1900 in tie State, . gain o.
269 above last year There have been
$50 brothers relieved, AZ widowed 'sm
lies relieved and a brothers buried
There has been Il 670t4 paid Tor re.
lief OF broth. re, >456 IL tor widowed
families. s39ll tor education and
AlI2 90 to- huryiug the dead, making
a total OF $12 27S % expended Tor relIe'
&c The Journal presents many Other
matters Of Interest tothe order II wal
referred to Brothers George Edwards
W., &c and McKelvey Tor distr button
The Grand Master prese' ted the pa
per. in the appeal case Of Jacob Har'
low, which were referred TO the Com
mittee on Appeals
The committee 10 distribute the mat'
tiers in the Grand Masters Journal
reported, referring the matters TO th'
differ ut committees.
Brother George Edwards Samuel
Faris, and J NJ. Houston were appoint
ed an Auditing committee.
A telegram vas received from Bro
Myer, from Charleston, an nou nc'ne tha
the necessary papers or the incorpors.
ton of the Grand Lodge ad been issued
The Grand Lodge adjourned until
o'clock this morning.
GRAND ENoAMPNENf.
Tuesday Evening, April "a
The Grand E campment met at
o'clock all the Uffi 'ers except D. Myer
J. 6 w, bsiug present
The Grand Chief Patriarch appointed
Pstrisrchs, A g. He'll, j. NJ. Todd ane
w E Anderson committee on Finance
j. Campbell, Samuel Bickertor
and C. A Lester committee on Griev'
aDce.
Jas Toll'ver, D 8 Rentsch ant
JOHN Young committee IN Conference,
J A. Wiley, n II. Van Cleve and
G. w. Smith, coumiltee on Correspon
dence.
The Grand Chief Patriarch read BIZ
Jonrual which Was re erred 70 TIT
different conn tees.
Tn. Grand Encsmpment degree wal
con erred on tue Past Chic Patriarch
there present W bo had not received it.
The report OF the Grand Scribe anc
InJ To ,,,er wars road ard reierred