The National tribune., 1884-04-10

lesson, returning when through. and the con- |
ductor and guard in discharge of their regular |
duties If the secretary finds it necessary to |
communicate with the treasurer she makes her
request known to the president, and ii there |
is any book or paper to be transferred, the |
president directs the conductor to make the
transfer Let there be perfect order, and q
strict observance of rules and regulations.
Mrs. Josephine Weller, president Wetzel-
Compton Corps, Hamilton, Ohio, instituted
John III. Bell Corps, Washington Court House,
Ohio, March 18th, and installed the following
officers President, Mrs. Annie Hays; senior
vice president, Mrs. Louise jones' junior vice.
president, Mrs. Rachel Conuer; secretary, Mrs.
Nettie Bell treasurer, Mrs. Jennie Gorden
chaplain, Mrs. Ella Jenkins; conductor, Mrs.
Saliie Nelsheimer; guard, Mrs Matilda Craig.
Mrs. Weller says the president is an energetic,
conscientious worker, who thinks it no hard
ship to ride four miles to attend her Corps
meetings. and the Post will be strengthened by
band Of earnest women. John M Bell Post
is in possession of handsome new hall, where
the ladies win also hold their meetings The
G. A. r. have enlisted the musical talent of
the city, having first received half the pro-
ceeds of Billie Taylor" and now comes
Chimes of Normandy"
The officers of Henry Niles Relief Corps, No.
| 5, Elroy, Wis, wore installed by Past Com
lOm LlnQiSy, OF the 1T10HllR, on
the evening of March 9th, as follows: Presi-
dent, Mary L. Lindley; senior vice president,
Emma q. Turner; junior vice president, Anna
d. Brown: secretary, Allie Fowler; treasurer,
/ Nellie J. Booth; chaplain, Adeline j. Dowden
conductor, Phebe j. Fowler; guard, Joe A.
Lindley
The loyal ladies of Norfolk, Va, have ap-
piled for Relief Corps charter.
Mrs. H. P. Bennett, Mount Vernon, Ohio,
! who has been president of fournishng aux
! iliary in connection with Joe Hooker Post, for
the past two years, and through whose in
/ strumentality the society has been mustered as
a Relief Corps. is the wife of Comrade Bennett,
| a veteran of the Mexican war and captain of
! company a. 96th o. VI Captain Bennett was
captured at the battle of Sabine Gross roads;
was three months in prison, and quite broken
/ down In the service.
/ On March 18th Commander A. W. Benson
installed the following officers of George III.
Thomas Relief Corps, No. 13, Ottawa: Presi-
/ dent, Janette s. Snow; senior vice e-president,
/ Theodore Il. Jenness; junior vice e-president,
/ Augusta r. Wilson; secretary, Iottie E. Young;
treasurer, Mary E. Bowles chaplain. Mary w.
| Smith conductor, Hattie A. Heck; guard
Lavinia r. Cook. The Corps includes large
number of the influential and intelligent ladies
of the city.
The following are the officers of Stoddard Re-
lief Corps No. /, Worthington, Mimi, installed
/ by Commander l.. III. Lange, 4. d. G. to the
Commander-in-Ch Chief, on the evening of March
Sth: President Kate r. Town; senior vice
president, Cynthia McDowell junior vice
president Susan Wells; secretary, Hattie
Smith; treasurer, Mrs. Bennett; chaplain, Mrs.
| Free; conductor, Mrs. Brant. Stoddard Post
is a live Grand Army organization and proud
of having the first Relief Corps in the State.
They propose to keep the ball a rolling.
Captain J. G. Mcintosh, officer of the day of
Colonel Forbes Post La Plata Mo-, in applying
for Relief Corps charter, says the Post is -four
ishing with membership of eighty, but " we
want the assistance of the loyal ladies, God
bless them."
/ Applications have been forwarded, through
the Woman's Department to Comrade g. w.
Jackson, S. V. G. of William Bell Post, Dundee,
Mich: Comrade IL. III. Ragon, Lowell, Ind
Comrade L. Kidder, S. V. c., Connellsville, Pa.
The newly-eleeted officers of Eugene Rawson
Relief Corps, Fremont, Ohio, are as follows
President Mrs. r. B. Hayes; senior vice -presi-
dent, Mrs. ID. A. Rauck; Junior vice president,
Mrs. w. Z. Haynes; treasurer, Mrs. J. Bartlett;
secretary, Mrs. G. Thompson; chaplain, Mrs. j
Rawson conductor, Mrs. +. A. Bristol; guard
Mrs. E. III. Simpkins.
Dunkirk, Ohio, is frst-class Grand Army
town, and Comrade Isaac Defendeffer com
nler-boy at the age of fourteen, is wide awake to
all that pertains TO the best interests of the
Post. As result, Edgar Post has now prom
ising Relief Corps, whose officers were installed
by Mrs. Lois f. g. Holbrooke, of Toledo. on the
evening of March 26th. The officers are as
follows: President, Mrs. Rebecca L. E. Bron-
son; senior vice president, Mrs. Martha J.
Wood; junior vice-president, Mrs. Amelia c.
, Edgar; secretary, Mrs Lena L. Hebenthal
, treasurer, Mrs. Isabel Shuey; chaplain. Mrs
Parena Darst; conductor, Mrs. Julia Show
guard, Mrs. Catharine Bowers. Mrs. Bronson:
husband was killed in the army, and her life
: is steadily devoted to works of charity an6
,, patriotism. The welcome extended by the Pos
, TO the ladies was very inspiring, and after the
, installation an hour or more was given up Il
,, the pleasant interchange OF fraternal senti
ment. It is proposed by the Post to set aside
one weekly meeting in the month as ladies
; night" an example worthy of all following.
On the 20th ult. Commander G. F. Rowell, o
, | A. r. Macdonald Post, No. SO, Of Mazomanie
) completed the organization of L. Z. Park Relic
! Corps, No 6, of Black Earth, Wis The follow
ing named ladies were installed as officers
President, Mrs. j. E. Bardsly; senior -presi
, dent, Mrs. G. F. Rowell: junior viee-president
Mrs. c. Burnett; chaplain, Mrs. A. Mills; sec
> retary, Mrs. j. Ford; treasurer, Mrs. B. Dodge
conductor, Miss Rose Couillard guard, Mrs.
( ID. Wood; organist, Mrs. A. A. Steensrud.
Comrade r. c. Towsley, Parker, Oak, write
us that Relief Corps No. 1, auxiliary to Carle
9 ton Post. No. IL, Of that place, was institute,
on the lst of March, and has the following Off
: GERS: President, Mrs. Vim. 2. Morton; senio
: vice-president, Mrs. G. Brooks; junior vice
president, Mrs o. King: secretary, Mrs. Nor
: ton; treasurer, Mrs. i. o. Webster; conductor
e Mrs. L. w Gage; guard Mrs. Neil Van Ness.
Mrs. Mahala Penley, Lewiston, Me-, sends u
z the following list Of the officers of Custer Relic
! Corps, No. 5, installed on the 18th ult. by Mrs
Sarah E. Fuller: President, Augusta GetchelI
4 senior vice e-president, Nellie q. Ham; JUNO
s | vice president, Eliza Knowlton; secretary Ma
hala Penley; treasurer, Aznla Bagley; chap
lain, ANGELA Allen; conductor, Rosa Prentiss
guard, Josia Sherman.
q Mrs. Luella NJ. Cooke, secretary of Tod Relic
Il Corps No. 3. Youngstown, Ohio informs U
: that the Corps adopted resolutions of regret a
s it's meeting on the 9th ult on the death c
: Mrs. Gertrude E. Williams, member of th
Corps.
= Mrs. E. J. Leppelman, Augusta, Kan, write
US that the Relief Corps auxiliary to l.. /
King Post, Augusta, Kan, gave ball and sur
/ per on the 22d ult., which cleared $125.
- - Waltham Relief Corps will hold fair, con
,s mencing on the 18th inst, and Charles Russo
,s Lowell Relief Corps will give a grand ball o
a the same day.
y Mrs Turner, who made the famous autograp
d album which she donated to the Soldiers Hon