The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-01-26
LOCAL MATTERS.
Rpai Firth.


dent Mack presiding.
-sblearam was received from Hon.
simon Wolf. oi Washington. ID. &, now
c,n.ll--eueral at cairo. Egypt, aud who j.
,hoirr5n ~ the Board oi Control Of the
OrpAan Asylum Fund Of the District, in
which ne sent hi- greetings, and asked that
LEGISLATION should be continued In the in
tevst o. the orr hans.
telegram was al,o received from Dis
trir Grand Lodge. No. ,, in session a.
Louisville rs. returning their fratornal
greeting. in response 20 telegram sent 10y
Obi, Grand Lodge.
The Lodge proceeded 10 the election Of
officers for the ensuing wear. with the fol-
lowing result: NJ. j. SoiomOns. OF >ayan-
nah. president; Lee Wolff, of Baltimore.
hr,i Ur>pre>iden'; ID. II. stern, Of Char
hffe-yillc. second yice-pTesidcnt; \. Good
man. 0i Baltimore. treasurer; DR.. :. Il.
Wolfe of Baltimore. secretary; j. !. jacob
~on. Washington, >ergcant-lt-armS; VIII
um L0venstcin. 81 Richmond: L. \.
We'll Of Savannah: +. 81. Mordecai. OF
Charleston: !. j. Mack. of Wilmington,
Board OF Control - Orphan Asylum Fund
Tor three years.
The Lodge then proceeded 10 the uutiR-
l.hed business Of yesterday. which WIS The
motion ~ Mr.. " iiliam L0yenstein - re-
consider the vote Dr. which the Lodge
ad0med the report 81 the Committee on
Change of Constitution whereby brother
should le suspended who owes only
fhre- months dues After discussion
by Ne,,r,. L0ycn>tcin, EZe6iel. and Julius
Sfr2us. Of this city. ana Colonel Well
OF Atlanta. in the affirmative. and NeS>r>.
Adelsdorf and others in opposition. the
vote W., rc,on,dercd and the amendment
rejected. which leave, tie laW as formerly
that q brother must be- six months in IT
rears before De can De suspended. The
report Of the committee was then adopted.
An invitation oi North State Lodge to
meet 10 Wilmington, y. c.. next year, was
accepted
The Grand Lodge then took recess I'M
al 4:3l p. NJ, when the report Of the COM
mittee 0n Endowment wu, taken mp, and
after amendment. rcc0umitted 20 the coM-
mittee Tor perfection.
BALL AND BANQUET.
The arrangements made for the evening
entertainment were rs complete as could be.
Even the inclement nature OK the weather
Lad been looked after. and canvas awn-
iug reaching from the sidewalk 10 the en-
trance OF the armory had been provided.
Under this q carpet was stretched in order
90 more completely Offset the dlsagreeab.e
nature OF affairs.
ON the second foOr-the drill-room Of
The armory-abOut . O'Clock one Of the
m1st brilliant scenes Imaginable was wit
u-,-ed The room Was decorated with
taste, wreaths and flags OF the various
state, included in the Fifth district Of the
order Of B'na Birth as We'll a. other
states, being seen on all sides. The open
entrance % the room wa. covered By a Va
rie1ated curtain. intended % keep out the
cold air from beneath, but It answered the
purpose insuficiently. and the chilly at-
mosphero swept II aside until after awhile
thr doors below were ordered 20 be closed
-Four hundred people were on the door,
and when Laube's lund struck up the
grand march, and the richly-dTessed ladies
and gallant men. many of them wearing tbe
badges Of the order and brilliant button
hole bouquets. fled pas- il certainly made
pretty picture and one rarely seen.
Quadrillt, waltzes. polkas, lanclers, &c,
followed until midnight when the banquet
took place.
In order % properly provide for the sup
pr bridge Wa- Constructed, connecting
ArmOry Hall with sanger Hall. in which
the repast Was spread. The bridge was
covered with awning, aHd q carpet was
spread upon the floor, aud no difficulty
wa, experienced in making the passage
from one building 10 the other. Ia the
hall timetables. extending the entire width
oi tle room, were set. and $40 seats were
placed so them. Pyramids of fruits and
foWef- OTplmented them, and q supper un-
surpassed hy any seen here on any occa-
sion lurdened them. supplied hy Mr. VIII
Tam III. Zimmerman. the caterer selected
for The occasion.
40 midnight the brilliant throng Sled
over the bridge and discussed The splendid
fsaH ne banquet afforded, and aiterward,
ut1rBed 10 the ballroom. whore the dane
boz was resumed and kept up according 70
ihe programme until nearly morning, when
o w0K.d up W3.h an Old Virginia reel.
Representatives from thiriy-twO lodges.
from TIN Ststcs Of Georgia South Caro-
lima. NosTh Carolina. Nirginis- District Of
Columbia, and Maryland, were present.
aud among other Mr.. Theodure Peyser
and family, from Sew York; Nr. Jacob
Cohen, Hr. G.. May and Others. from Pc
tersburg, aud Mr.. VI. /. Heesherg. from
DaTfiile, IRE present ~ Representative.
Of isdges. The entlfe affair was a brilliant
success.
Tut WE.rx ER. Yesterday was decided
~ the most disagreeable day experienced
here tlas winter. The cold. drizzhng rain
which fell slowly dlTgng the dg was
formed into a sheet ~ soon Is IL touched the
ground. rendering pedoirianlsln dmgef-
Ous in the extreme. Those who were com
pellcd 10 be out abandoned the sidewalks
and took 10 the middle Of the street. Egen
with this precautiOn many we're unable TO
keen their feet. and the falls OCcasioned BY
the ley condition Of the streets were too
numerous 10 mention. At mdnight lax /
night the rain Wa ~tiil falling, and the in- 4
diraiions are that those who undertake to
make the hazardous experiment Of 8 voyage 4
along our public th0rOughiares will ma u
even more dangerous than on yesterday.
4 LIGHTHOUSE on TuE JANEs.-GeEersu
o. T.. BIbcock. lighthouse engineer, hay-
mg been requested by the Lighthouse Board
% inquire into the necessity OF erecting
agiihOE.e AZ Hog Island, on the James
nyef, has written letter 10 the chairman
u tae Board strongly recommending the
establishment II lighthouse at tha. point,
% Sif built in ten feet of water On line be-
,"on The present can-buOy and the main-
80 u tbs islaud. The petition to the
s'sAhou,e Board asking fer the lighthouse
80 siused by almost every shlp-owner and !
=, -. n o. the James river, on the ground 6
~ .S0 nasigztion IN that vicinity was attend !
~ VIA ntat danger. General Babeock |
ls9s la9.r.sd their petition, aud asks that II be Q