Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17

Rellaire seems to have dropped the pro-
iect of forming uniformed division, We
never hear anything more about 1t. what
is the matter, brothers?
The arrangements for the seventh ami
yersary of Mystic Lodge, at Elm 1roYe,
are assuming definite shape. The INVITA-
tions we're issued and Kramer secured yes
terday.
Hilles Post No. go, G. A. R., of Barnes
willie, o., have elected Geo. Z. Hllles, +; Y; !;
II. s. Barnes, S. "; l. r. Lane, J. " T. /.
Petty.O D.; T. J. Carr NJ; II. w. BAKER,
Chaplain; J. S. Ely, surgeon; Jonathan
Ellis, o. G. The Post numbers forty-four
members.
Or Tuesday evening last the Andrew
Mather Post, at Parkersburg, was honoreu
by the presence of Gen. Paul Vanderyoort,
of Omaha, Commander-in-Chiet oil the ".
A. r. of the United States. He was on an
s b. Jones' senior aide-de-camp on the
Generals staff. An impromptu meeting
was gotten up and held in the court house
in that city. The house was filled and the
meeting good one. Col. Taggart presided
and General Vandervoort made very me
address. Good speeches were also MADE Dy
General Barna Powell, Rear Admiral Clay
Leonard and Captain Egan.
Thoburn Post, G. A. R., No. Y, OF Mar
tins Ferry. is in a fiourishing condition.
About 500 is in the treasury, and the PoSt
has the largest and fines. hall in Msrnas
Ferry. An organ will soon be purchased.
The Auxiliary, recently organized, Is
very effective one, and has decided on
holding monthly socials in this hall. AZ
the last meeting resolutions were passed
authorizing the committee to bring the
matter of enlarging the Soldiers Home, at
DAYTON, before the Department OF ONO.
A very nice little campfire" was held IN
the hall, last night and big one will be
held some time in the near future.
A. A. I. & s. W.
A nailers' lodge of the A. A. /. q s. w.
has been organized by the nailers employed
at the I.aughlin Mill, and who formerly be-
longed TO Carroll Lodge. The Lodge has
been named the William Woodruff Lodge,
and the following are the officers: Presl'
dent, John A Brown; Vice President, Geo.
Llovd: Financial Secretary, James Tana'
hay: Treasurer, VIM. Woodruff; Record
ing Secretary, VIM. Woodruff; Guide, Ed
ward Milligan; Inside Guard, Charles
johnson; Outside Guard, Harry Robert
shaw.
Wanetta Tribe. l. o. r. NJ. No. IS, oil
Martins Ferry, has membership of sixty
five, and new members are received every
meeting night. The financial condition
could be no better This lodge meets every
Saturday night. 1t vas organized in 1870
This tribe led by eX.Grand Sachem J. L.
Irwin, accompanied by thirty members oil
the Bellaire tribe went up to Brilliant last
night where Tribe No. 1O3 was organized.
MISCELLANEOUS MYSTIC MATTERS.
Iowa has 1872 lodges !. o. o. F., with
1854 members.
The Masons of st. Johns, Newfoundland
are completing a so, 900 Temple.
St. Johns Lodge No. 6, A. F. and A. NJ,
of Norwalk, Conn, points with pride to is
charter granted in l7G5.
New Hampshire reports sixty-seyen
lodges /. o. o. F., with a membership OF
S,232, a gain OF 225 over last year.
The special committee OF the Supreme
Lodge OF the World, Knights Of PythiaS,
have completed the revision of the ritual.
The Committee on Revision OF the Con-
stitution, appointed by the Supreme Coun,
Gil, American Legion of Honor, recon-
mend a thorough overhauling of the laws
of the order.
Arkansas, Colorado, Dominica, Illinois,
Indiana, Liberia, Mississippi, Missouri,
New Jersey, New York, North Carolina,
Ontario Pennsylvania, and South Carolina
have colored Masonic Grand Lodges
Missouri Lodge has contributed $3.50, st.
Louis Lodge $500, and Mound City Lodge
$50 to the fund for erecting monument
on the odd Fellows lot in Bellefontainee
Cemetery, st. Louis. OF the So, 500 required
81, 800 have been paid in.
A $1,000 building, with spacious ante.
rooms, banquet halls, and lodge room, be-
longing to Fellowship Lodge, No. 345, A.
+. and A. NJ, was dedicated at Joplin, Mo-,
Nov. Is. The lodge room is considered the
finest in the State outside OF st. Louis.
The Supreme Commandery, Knights OF
Universal Brotherhood will hold it's next
annual session at Danyille, Ills. At the
last session in Cincinnati, T. II. Myers was
elected Supreme Commander, and J. e.
Mcbride Supreme Captain-General
The Hon. Seymour, Dexter of Etmlra, is
Grand President of the Grand Lodge En-
pire Order Mutual Aid Of New York.
There are 10 lodges in this new order rep
resenting a membership of nearly 5000,
and $4,000 have been paid out to the fam
lilies of deceased members.
The directors of the Masonic Tempel
Company OF London, Ontario, have organ.
lied gift enterprise for the purpose oil
clearing off the debt upon the Temple and
replenishing the benevolent fund. There is
question as TO the legality of the craft
conducting lottery for any purpose.
The Order of Knights of Labor is now
the strongest colered order in America, al
though as yet having a foothold in ten
States only. Since it was founded over
$500, 600 have been paid to the >keirs of the
deceased members. Moses Dickson, OF
Rock Island, Illinois, is the present Chief
Grand Master.
J. Ross Robertson has presented the Ma
sonic Benevolent Board OF Toronto with 9
circular plot of ground in Mount Pleasant
Cemetery to be used exclusively for Ma
sonic burials. The plot measures 60 feet in
diameter, and is a perfect circle, decorate
with Il thousand plants, arranged in the
form of Masonic symbols.
In New York State there are 81 Com.
manderies Knights Templar, with $50.
members, of which New York city has 8
with ], 35l members; Brooklyn 4, with 52C
members; the river towns 10, with LOB.
members; northern New York 5, with
800 members; central New York II, with
2,19O members; and the southern tier g.
with ], 100 members.
No travelling brother need feel lonely in
SlOpPAHs az OhlO. II hO 10
Mason, he may visit Mansfield Lodge, No
IS, instituted in 1918; Mansfield Chapter
rs, and Mansfield Council, No H. both in
stituted in 1913; Venus Lodge, instituted
in lS47. or Mansfield Comnandery, h. T..
instituted in 1869. If ne is an Odd Eel
low, Mansfield Lodge, No. 10, Richmond
No. l61, andMohican Encampment, No. ID
will be open TO him. Knights of Phythias
to the number of l24 and division of the
Uniformed Rank will receive a travelling
Knight; while Pearl Lodge. No. 80, X. Of
H., Mansfield Council, No. 9, Royal Area
mum, and an organization of the National
Union will look after his interests if he
belongs to either Of these orders.
Mrs. II. G. Oliver sued the Supreme
Council, American Legion of Honor, al
San Francisco, to recover 5000 claimed Il
be due on account of the death of her hus
band, member of the Union Council, No
16S, of East Oakland. Itappears from the
argument of counsel that on the examina
ton papers, after the question relative Il
the condition of respiratory organs the
local physician wrote NO" The medica
oxaminer-ln-chief stamped the word "Ir
regular" opposite the NO" and returned
the paper. The local physician erased thu
word mo" and inserted YES" and re-
mailed the paper to his chief. This was OF
May 6, 1850, and nothing has been seen o
the paper since Mr. Oliver died in Noyem