Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-08-13

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nesdays.
Endowment Section No. 424 meets semi.
monthly at Elm Grove. ~ >tdsG8 81
The Uniformed Division meets twice q
month in Beck's block. s, o -rsr.rs. p
There are four Endowment Sections in
this State, viz: One at Charleston, Kama
wha county; one. at Grafton, one at Pied
mont and one at Elm Grove, near this city.
The knights of Pythias has grown more
rapidly since their introduction in this
Stan any other secret organization.
+ THE AMALeGxArIoN.
1 None of the Wheeling representatives. OF
the Amalgamation in attendance on the
Grand Lodge at Chicago nave returned.
| c. D. Thompson, one Of the most intelh.
| gent from workers in this city, has been
again made Vice President for this district
for the Amalgamation.
Ed. Rogers, for the last two years Vice
President Of the Amalgamation, has sue
ceeded Meal" Thompson as Trustee for
Wheeling. A good selection.
Col. Aaron Mills, of Bellaire, has taken
an active part iu the proceedings at Chicago.
Capt. Newt" Linch, of Wheeling, is
one of the influential delegates from Wheel
ing
The sublime confidence Of the strikers
here in the ultimate success OF the strike is
certainly very commendable.
Crescent Lodge is the banner in Wheel
ing just now. 1t has worked all summer,
and was the first in the Union to get the
mill operators to sign the scale.
The Whitaker mill is the only Wheel
ing mill in operation.
Nearly all the mills are ready to 90 to
work, so far as condition is concerned.
Some runaway mules from pasture
| field gave rise to the rumor that the Etna
mill would start up next Monday. But it
| won't.
The new buildings and pudding stacks
| at the Etna mill have, given that locality
the appearance of quite city.
| There is not even q rumor Of a start up.
ODD FELLOWSHIP
| Since the PRONUNCIATION OF the new
/ work" amongst the Odd Fellows, largely
/
ship in having the work we'll done. AS
| consequence, in various localities quite a
| rivalry has sprung up between different
| lodges, as to which can best perform the
| various interesting ceremonies peculiar to
| the order This is producing increased in
terest in the order and is rapidly building
| I'D this most beneficial of all orders.
The various Odd Fellows lodges Of this
city have had quite boom in the acces-
sion of members during the past year. At
| present, owing to the strike, there is
| full in the limitations; but many persons
seeing the benefits derived from belonging
| to so powerful IAN organization. are merely
waiting till work gets more plentiful, to
"ridethe goat" and become veritable Odd
| Fellows.
In the Encampment branch the highest
| degree of Odd Fellowship, there is consid-
| cradle talk at present of organizing uni
| form lodge. the procurement OF handsome
! uniforms and suitab eaccoutrements andthe
adoption of asystem OF drill, likely
not all end in talk. II this lodge material
| ICES our Masonic brethren will have to
| look to their laurels in the way Of good
| looks and drill on parade.
| Handsome improvements are about to be
made in the Odd Fellows Hall building.
! The exterior is being painted, and propo-
sition to oil fresco the halls and ante rooms
is under consideration. When completed
| the improvements will make cosy and
handsome home for our Odd Fellows.
Virginius Lodge No. 2, the oldest and
wealthiest lodge in our city, will celebrate
| its fiftieth birthday before long, and though
ND in years as a lodge, it has some OF the
| Youngest, pushing and enterprising men,
| bers to be found anywhere. We do not
mean youngest in years but in action, Tor
though conservative to great extent, 1t is
amongst the foremost OF any enterprise for
the good of the order and always sets a
good example, at least for other lodges to
| follow.
Excelsior Lodge No. 40, the youngest
lodge in the city, has lots OF push in it,
too, and the members follow the motto Of
! its name, always striving onward and up
ward. 1t fast increasing in membership.
Wheeling Lodge No. 8, during last win
ter, had added to it considerable strength,
| by the consolidation with il of one of the
weak lodges Of the city. 1t has rousing
membership, and is quite prosperous.
Franklin Lodge n. has made consider
able progress during the past year, and has
| increased its membership very consider
ably. The boom carried Franklin Lodge
| with it, and it makes handsome showing
as result.
Pamela Lodge No. IL, numbers amongst
| its membership some of our best Odd Eel
| lows, and has the honor of calling the
present Grand Master of the order in this
State one of its members. Though it has
this distinction it is not bit proud, but
comes upnobly to the work with the sis
ter Lodges of this city.
| In South Wheeling both Eureka and
| Concord Lodges have had boom in the &C
cession of members, and both Lodges are
| fiourishing.
| Vim. Tell Lodge No. has had heavy
drains on its treasury during the past year
by reason OF an unusually large sick roll.
| Nevertheless it has a good large German
membership, and noble hearted men like
German friends always make things go, 30
VIM. Tell fourishes with the rest OF the
lodges.
| West Virginia, o. X. J. Ellifritz, Esq,
makes a splendid officer. His pains taking
interest in the order and his frequent visits
to the lodges in the various sections OF the
State, have helped along the good work
wonderfully: and the best of tits he never
seems to tire in his efforts to build up the
cause of Odd Fellowship.
@. A. R. NOTES.
The old soldiers of Wellsburg are making
ARRANGEMENTS To organize post of the Grand
| Army of the Republic at that place, and AS
there are quite number in that vicinity,
we look for quite large post
Since the disbandment of Thoburn Post
No. 4, of this city, there don't appear to be
enough patriotism or vim in the numerous
veterans TO attempt the organization OF an
other which is queer to say the least, as
there are seven first-claSS posts in different
parts of the State. Make up boys, there IS
nothing like organization.
Spangler Post, No. 90, Department OF
Ohio at Bellaire, Ohio, is rapidly coming
to the front as wide-awake Post OF the
Grand Army of the Republic in the Tenth
District, Most of the boys are uniformed,
and they have succeeded in organizing
Ladies Aid Society, who propose to join
with the Post in every laudable movement
in keeping up the patriotic and fraternal
feeling which should exist among them.
We are glad to hear from one of the com
rades of Drummond Post No. 203, OF st.
Clairsville, O., that that they are getting
along finely, and as soon as the rush and
hurry of harvesting are over expect to re-
cruit very largely,
At the last meeting OF Branum Post No.
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