The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-09-25

FUNERAL OF EDWARD D. MEREDTH.-The
funeral Of Dir. E D. Meredith took place
Yesterday from st. James church. Temple
Lodge, No. 8, A. T. and A. NJ. Is. McG.
Fisher mastery, in charge OF Benjamin L.
August. Of Dove Lodge, No. 81 (marSAal),
after meeting at st. Adams Hall, proceeded
| to the Byrd.Street depot and received the
remains, which arrived from Kansas City
on the mail train about 1885 O'Clock, and
escorted them to the church, where the fu-
neral services took place at ! O'Clock. Rev.
Joshua Petcrkin. u. D., assisted by the
Rev. Moses D. Hoge, D. d., conducted the
services. The Monumental-C Church choir
was present and sang "Abide With Me "
and 81 Would Not Live Always" A
large number OF the friends Of the deceased
were present: among them Governor Hoill-
day and Colonel Taylor. There was large
and beautiful collection OF flowers. At the
conclusion of the services ut the church The
semains were taken to Shockoe-Hill Gene
tery and there inferred.
The officers of Fraternity Lodge, Enights
of Honor, attended the funeral in body
and participated in the services.
| The paI-bearers were Messrs. Samuel B.
l'Witt, of Temple Lodge; j. S. Crcnshaw,
| Of Dove Lodge; James Lyons, Jr.. OF Jop-
l.
| Lodge No. l0-repre$enting the Masonic
fraternity; William II. Talman and Mr.
sHaw, from the knights OF Honor; and
Cartain M. L. SpotswooG, Z. &. Leigh, Jr.,
! !. r. Tucker E. G. Taliaferro, Charles La
Ethrop, james Caskie, and John Lightfoot.
After the funeral letter was received by
| G.. Y. Meredith from Mr. 5. D. L;idd, Ill
whose office he was engaged ut the time OF
| his death, in which he says: - Your bro
ther had lost his reason. We have nodonbt
OF it, / feel that want not the slightest
shade OF doubt as to his mental condition,
when he died, to rest on the minds Of his
friends when all that remains Of poor Ned
reaches his old home"
,SoNs OF TEMPERANCE lCoLoREDl-Fi-
deity Division, No. l, has elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing quarter: r.
II. dams, worthy patriarch; Fl. c. Curtis,
worthy associate Il. =. Evans, recording
scribe; W. Fl. l.. Combs, assistant record
ing scribe: Moses Taylor, treasurer; WI.
Johacon, financial scribe; e. {. Graham,
conth ctor; j. a. Dudley, assistant con-
ducte-; James Lewis. inside sentinel
williams Powders. outside sentinel: George
E. Meredith, past worthy patriarch; W. Il.
L. Coglbs, local deputy grand worthy pa
triarch.
| ASbEry DlEISl0n, NO. 0S, mas elcClcu d.
r. Griffin worthy patriarch: S. A. Iay lor,
worthy associate; Miss SaIlie c. Whittle,
recordisg 6 scribe; E. ". Williams, trea-
surer.
Washh, gton Division. No. 81: S. A.
Banks, worthy patriarch; a. 7. Fleet, re-
cordiug .Scribe; E. FL. Gray, conductor.
Lieutenant D. W. A. Frayser, locai deputy
grand worthy patriarch.
The order is represented to have made a
large gain in this city. Preparations are
being made to hold series OF punhe tem-
perance meetings at the various churcbes.
A New ssD SUPERIOR STEAMER no BE
PLACED ON maE JAMEs-RIyER LIsE.-Ihe
Virginia Steamboat Company. with fbeNeW
,of giving our travelling public every possible
accommodation have just made arrange
ments for placing new steamer on Their
lline-not that she will be needed By the
travelling public before next summer, DIT
she will be on hand this winter to take the
Arieps place In order that the latter may
be thoroughly overbauled. The new steam
er will be an Improvement on the Ariel in
every way, being larger, faster, and more
elegant In accommodations. The company
will then always have spare steamer Tor
excursions, &c, and during next Old
Point season will run a daily line. The
public will greatly appreciate SUCH COM
mendable enterprise.
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