Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-12


rics of winter parties on the evening of
October 80, at the Metropolitan hall. The
Musical Union orchestra has already
been engaged, and Il brilliant affair is in
preparation.
Capitol Lodge, a. I. & A. NJ, held its
regular communication on Monday
evening.
The business meeting of Covert lodge
took place on "Wednesday evening" Wor-
shipful Master j n Wcstbcrg on the
cast and $ $. Auchmocdy, 5. w, on the
west Three applications for member
ship were received and ballotcd upon.
This lodge, according to Il card recently
put forth, has 40 members in good
standing, and is next to ST. Johns lodge,
the largest, withal the youngest, in the
city. Its regular communications are held
on the first Wednesday OF each month.
St Johns Lodge, A. f. Il A. M, held
its regular meeting on Thursday night,
when one initiate rode the goat This
lodge is building up surely, but surely
and substantially With Il membership
of 1850 it is now the largest in the city.
L. q. q. T.
Omaha Lodge No ., |. q. q. F., in.
itiatcd one new member last week
URcbckah lodge, l. .. @. f.. is now doing
work recently introduced in eastern. us
we'll as some of the western states. This
work is different from the old in that it
cmbodies several new modes, characters,
etc. 1t is meeting with no little favor.
AT the recent session of the sovereign
grand lodge of Odd Fellows in Balti-
timorc it was decided to institute Il new
and improved uniformed degree. The
local degree is to be known rs the Patri-
procure charter for this degree which
will cause the uniformed degree now cN-
isting to be merged with the new one.
GOAT HAIRS.
The Omaha assembly No. 39l4, X. of
H., will hold their first annual ball on
Thursday, October 18th, at Little Casino
rink.
The grand assembly of the Knights of
Labor has been in session in Hamilton,
Ontario, duritg tho past week. The fol.
lowing figures, taken from the report of
the grand secretary and treasurer, will
interest Omaha members of the order
The increase in membership in Amcri.
ca during the past year was - per cent.
Following is II statement of the growth
of the order for the yeor ended june 30,
1885: Assemblies organized, T,0il; rec
ognized, 81; lapscd, 1854; district assem-
blics organized, 10; lapscd, =; local as
semblies in good standing, l,6l0; mcm-
bers in good standing iOl ,06G; in arrears,
1,3?0; total, 711305. The balance sheet
shows the following: Total receipts,
$40, 78i: total expenditures, $50, 50?; bal-
ance on hand July 1, $0,2i0.
Grand Lecturer p. T.. Ellis, 40. =. W
has returned to Nebraska, and will at
once enter upon his work of building up
the present lodges of the order and in
stituting new ones in this state. He is at
present the guest of Dr.. S. h. Pattcn,
Fremont.
Deputy Master II. Il. Yolton who is in
the city organizing u lodge of the new
order of the Modern Woodmcn of Amer
lea is meeting with good success. The
following are some OF the charter mem
bers: NJ. Parr, John n. Wostberg, c. =.
Brown, Silas l.. AuchMoedy, John II.
Butler, A. w. Edmiston, Geo. $. Meek,
c. p Hehley, b. r. Ball, j. G. DreXel,
Geo. $. Cott jerome II. Coulter, NJ. o.
Maui VIM. Cott, ID. N. Miller, M. r.
Puritte, Alfred Yinly, J; h. Wenzlcr,
August Bcnzon, j. III. Griffin, H. j. Full
Ter, b. j. Scannell