The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-25
FRATERNITY NOTES.
I. O. O. f.

The initiatory degree was conferred by Merid-
ian Lodge. No. 4S0, on Wednesday night in fine
style
Philoxenian Lodge, No. A, will work the
| initiatory ON Wednesday night. We are glad to
see this old reliable lodge wheeling into line
again.
The lodges Of Terre Haute win hold Colfax
memorial service this afternoon consisting of
appropriate vocal music and an address by Col
McClain.
The initiatory degree was conferred on Friday
night by Corinthian Lodge; also, the first and
second degrees. On next Friday night the
initiatory and third degrees will be conferred.
Olive Branch Lodge No. TO-, D. of r., has ac-
| cepted the invitation of Naomi Lodge No 60, of
Columbus, o., to attend social and exempliSca-
ton Of the work on the 9Th Of February, and a
| delegation will go over.
| There is more interest manifested by the No
| BILE Grands Of the several lodges to learn cor
| rectly the secret work than for many years. It
wants nothing but little time, and is great
satisfaction to these officers that their nstruc-
| tions will be correctly given.
The Ridg y monument will be erected in Har-
! lem square, Baltimore, the city having granted
/ the privilege AS soon spring opens the foun-
| dation will be laid and the superstructure
| pushed to completion so that the unwilling may
take place in September during the session of
the Sovereign Grand Lodge.
! Lodges generally throughout the State are
| holding memorial services in memory of Schuy-
! Ter Colfaxs No man was held in higher esteem
| by the Odd-fellows of the State than he, and
| charters will be draDed and resolutions adopted
IN recognition of the sad event which has de-
| prlved the order Of an earnest defender.
The Oddfeliows Mutual Aid Association has
added third division of $500 to the other divis
| ions. Daughters of Rebekah and the wives,
daughters aud sisters of Odd fellows are admit
| ted to this division. The late Schuyler Colfax
held certificate in the first division of this
citation for 81 500 This is said to be the only in
surance he had ON his life.
| There are nine lodges in this city with mem
bership of over ]. 200. During the term of six
| months, ending Dee. 81 these lodges paid 465
weeks benefits to sixty seven of their members;
| relieved ten widowed families paid for relief to
| members So, go; widowed families $142. 81; for
burying the dead, 81, 115; making total relief
So, 927 61. The total resources of the lodges are
$67, 05578.
at o'clock, in the Grand Lodge Hall. This
| service is held in respect to the memory of
! Schuyler Colfax. p G. r. There will be music
| by the choir of the First Baptist Church. prayer
by Rev s. A. Bright, and an address by the
Grand Secretary 1t is not confined to the Or
der. cordial invitation is extended to the pub
lie to be present.
Metropolitan Encampment No 8, of this CITY,
having accepted the invitation of Grand
Patriarch Porter, to prepare for rendition Of
the dramatic work Of that branch of the order,
in May, before the Grand Encampment and rep
resentatives from the Encampment of the State:
the members are requested to attend the next
| meeting of the Camp, Monday Feb. 2, when the
| first rehearsal will be held.
Theo. P. Haughey obtained some very inter
esting photographs of the Colfax obsequies, while
at South Bend One Of them, showing the
casket with the corpse lying in it, and Mr..
Haughey and Thos. Underwood, two lifelong
friends, standing by it, will BIZ especially graft
flying to the friends OF Mr.. Colfax who were
unable to be present at the funeral, and take a
last look at one, who while in life, loved his
fellow-fnen.
The meeting Of Olive Branch Lodge No 10,
D. of r., last night, was largely attended. The
following officers were installed by the D. D. G.
M. Charles Wonnell Mrs. Ellen Laporte, noble
grand; Mrs Arvilla Bistline, vice-grand; Mrs
The lodge has admitted to membership during
the year sixty (61) persons. It now has 277
members, is the largest lodge of any branch in
the State and has acquired quite State and
national reputation for good work.
Last Sunday in this column was mentioned
the circumstances connected with Mayor
Latrobes initiation into the order, at Balti-
more We have been permitted to read letter
from Grand Secretary Theo A. Ross of the
Sovereign Grand Lodge, contradictng the state
ment that when the mayor was applied to for
permission to erect the Ridgely monument in
one of the public parks, that he regarded the
order as an insignificant one and Ridgely a
nobody The grand secretary says Mr.. Latrebe
was no stranger to the good works of the order,
and was an intimate friend of Ridgely and re-
garded him as a man of great intellect, and an
honor to any institution, and especially SO to the
city in which he (Ridgelyl was born and lived all
| his life. The secretary says that the only rea-
! son why Mr.. Latrobe did not become an Odd
fellow sooner in life, was, perhaps, that no one
1 suggested the idea to him.
Masonic.
Adoniram Grand Lodge of Perfection will con-
fer the degrees t4o to 90 inclusive, upon a class
OF city candidates next Wednesday evening.
| Very little work is being done at present in