Daily Republican., 1882-05-02

Lincoln Lodge, No 3, Wilmington, 40
men, W. II. Hanna marshal
Excelsior Lodge, No. Z, Wilmington, &c
men, Geo. Hughes marshal.
Oriental Lodge, No. 13, Wilmington, 81
men, Geo. Ssuerhoff marshal.
Pennsgrove COrnet Band, 20 pieces.
Clayton Lodge No. 4, Wilmington, Al
men, wearinS SAfgh silk hats and
white gloves and carrying
canes, Jaules B. Tucker
N marshal,
Chesterville Cornet Band, l6 pieces
New London Lodge No. 2lS, New Lon
don, Pa, II men.
Diamond Lodge No l6, Kismensi, 81
men, Il. II. Williams marshal.
Adelphia Lodge, New Castle, 100 men,
John Hauce marshal.
Herman Division No. 3, Uniform Rank
Phila, IL men, Henry Reit, Sir
Knight Commander.
Washington Gray's Baud Philadelphia
% pieces.
Wilmington Division No. l, Uniform
Rank, AZ msn, VIM j. Jetferis
Sir Knight Commander.
Monumental Division No. 2, Uniform
Rank, Baltimore, 30 men, John
A. Schwarz Sir knight
Commander.
Officers of Grand Lodge Of Maryland.
First Regiment Band nf Wilmington,
25men.
Ivanhoe Division No. 2, Uniform Rank
rev CASTLE, "a men, w. w. Wolf.
kill Sir knight Commander.
The dedication services at the
knights Hall commenced at 1.15 o..
CLOCK, and were conducted by Supreme
Chancellor George w. Lindsay of Bal
timore. The ceremonies were Conduc
ted with the peculiar rites of the or
der and were highly interesting and
impressive.
Grand Prelats James P. Hayes OF
this city, offered prayer, asking the
divine blessing upon tho new hall; he
also read portion of our S,yiour's s
sermon on the Mount. the Supreme
Chancellor then look sprig of myrtle
and after the Grand Prelate had pro.
nounced it as emblematic Of friendship
the Chancellor declared the hall ded;-
Gated to the uses of the order. The
swords were crossed upon the Bible
an mblem of mortality was laid on the
swords, While the whole was surmoun-
ted by the myrtle as an emblem that
the great principle of the order
survive even death itself. The su
preme Chancellor then said "And now
in memory of Darn on and Pythias,
dedicated this hall to the uses of Friend
ship Addresses were deli vered by Ju
preme Chancellor Lindsay of Baltimore
Past grand Chancellor Ward Of Mary.
land and Grand Keeper of Records
Stansbury Wiley of Wilmington. The
choir of the M. Z. Church rendered
some exc llent music accompanied by
a fine Estey organ that was recently
purchased by the Knights of New Cas-
tie.
Among the distinguished uests wert
George w. Lindsay of Baltimore, Su
preme Commander of the Knights OF
Pythias in America; Supreme Chancel.
lor s. 8. Davis of Nashua, New Hamp-
shire; Past Grand Chancellor S. Il. Ma.
son, Grand Keeper of Records and Sea-
Jam-s Whitehead and Grand Master.
at A rus John W. Keene, of the Mary
land Grand Lodge; Frank S. Stone OF
Somerset Lodge, No. %, Massachusetts,
and the following members Of the Grand
Lodge of Delaware: Past Grand Chan.
cellor Samuel M. johnson, Jr., Grand
Chancellor Thomas M. Foreman, Grand
Vice Chancellor A. d. Sheldon, Grand
Master At Arms William Simmons,
Grand Prelate James P. Hayes, Grand
Keeper of Records Stansbury j. Wiley,
Grand Master of Exchequer Lemuel
Mari, Grand Inner Guard q. I. Fes.
mier, Grand Outer Guard N. w. Tallsy.
The nall is large three story brick
building on the corner of Union and
Delaware streets and contains two
large and handsome lodge rooms, one
on the second and one on the third
floor The room on the upper floor
where the ceremonies were held yester-
day is handsomely fitted up with wal
nut furniture with perforated bottoms
at cost of $3.50. 1t also contains a
handsome Estey organ which was pur.
chased by Adelphia Lodge from the
agent in this city. The building has
been completed at . cost Of about $l5,-
600. The room 10 lighted with large
aud handsome chandeliers which are
models of beauty. The ante rooms are
furnished with places for the safe keep.
ing of all the pharaphernslts of the Sir
KNIGHTS of the Uniform Rank. The
grand drill which took place in the
public square late IN the afternoon was
participated iu by Wilmington Divi.
ions only, who went through all the
evolutions with . precision that was
greatly admired by large crowd Of
spectators. The marching and knight
ly bearing of the mem bers of the differ.
ent divisions and lodges during the
parade was the subject of favorable
comment.
THE RED MEN.
About O'Clock yesterday afternoon
Minqua Tribe and Keokuk Tribe met
at their respective head quarters in this
city preparatory to starting to New
Castle. Shortly after O'Clock Keokuk
Tribe headed by the Citizens Brass
Band of Oxford, Pa, consisting of
20 pieces the whole under the marshal.
ship of Daniel Ross left their wigwam
at Fifth and Market streets and march
ed to the headquarters of Minqua
Tribe at Sixth and Shipley streets. The
latter tribe was under the marshalship
of Edwin f. Eckel and headed by the
Metropolitan Band of Philadelphia.
The Great Council consisting Of Great
Sachem Joshua M. Clayton, Great
Senior Sycamore Fred Schmidt, Great
Junior Sagan ore George s. Temple,
Great Keeper of Wampum George O.
Maris, Great Prophet Joseph Pyle,
Great Guard of the Forest Ferd Chairs,