Morning journal and courier., 1885-10-21
ops FELLOWS.

The Grand Encampment Session Work of the order i'm Connecticut | Review of the Year-PrOm1nent Delegates Present.
 The annual session of the Connecticut
 grand encampment of Odd Fellows was held | in Hartford yesterday, the officers and prom ! inent delegates present being: Ellery Camp, l grand patriarch; R. E. Paddock, grand high | priest; I. H. Coe, grand senior warden; F. Botsford, grand scribe, J. W. Smith, grand I treasurer; w. H. Cox grand junior warden | Oliver Woodhouse and Hiram Francis, repre- l sentatives of the sovereign grand lodge; W. w. Tucker, acting grand marshal; R. H. | Johnson, grand outside sentinel. Past l Grand representatives, George N. Moses, l Charles W. Smith, Charles B. Foster, J. L.
 Hungerford and James Craig. Past chief patriarchs, Stephen Terry, W. Frank Peck | ham, Julius Atwood J. R. Greenfield, J. B. | Boardman and James E. Williams, William | Astheimer, w. H. Harrington, w. H. Ford, I W. H. Tyler, George H. Waters, Charles Riddle, J. B. Clemmons, J. B. Norton, Will liam H. Chapman, E. Buxbaum, Conrad l Lohse, Charles A. Newell, David Dickerson,
 Horace Leonard, Henry Pardieu, J. W. Price, | William Ridley, J. F. Kramer, George P.
 Southworth, Charles H. Beaton and Louis l..
 Andrews.
 THE ANNUAL ADDRESS.
 The annual address was delivered by 1 Grand Patriarch Camp of New Haven. II l showed the order to be in good condition and | working harmoniously February 16, 1885, l dock, Grond Senior Warden Coe, Grand Junior Warden Cox and Grand Sentinel | Burr, Grand Patriarch Camp visited Midian
 encampment of Hartford, and witnessed the ! work in the second and third degrees, which | was well done, the officers being well up in | ths'r parts, and all the members lending | their aid to make the work all that it should | be in those degrees
 There are now twelve uniformed degree camps in the State Of the annual State pa- rade June 4, the grand patriach says: "In | all respects it was the finest parade that the uniformed branch of the order has ever held l in this State, both as regards numbers and I appearance, the camps turning out with full ! ranks, and in some instances nearly the en- | tire membership. The fornoon was spent in company and battalion drill. showing mark | ed improvement over the previous year. In the afternoon grand street parade was given | through some of the principal streets, termi- | hating on the parade ground in front of the | Capitol, where the column was reviewed by | the grand officers, and the exercises of the day concluded by dress parade, which re- | fected credit on both the officers and men. :" The Grand patriarch regrets the absence Of ] legislation regulating the degree camps and advises that committee be appointed to | take the subject into consideration and re- port legislation if practicable.
 THE GRAND scR1BE's REPORT. The report of Grand Scribe Frederick Bots= l ford, of New Haven, showed 8 membership of 1880 at the close of the year, June 30, 1885, being net gain of 73 for the twelve
 months. There were 23 deaths during the year and 70 suspensions The number of in- | itiations for the year was 172.
 THE GRAND TREAsURER's REPORT. The report of Grand Treasurer J. w. Smith of Waterbury was as follows: Total receipts grand encamp-
 ment SoI9 20 Total fund of subordinates July 1, 1884. -. $19,ss4 1S for fiscal year ........... . s,77o os
 Total. ............................ 8ss,594 a5 Amount paid for relief. .....---.. S3,13 50 Amount paid for expenses 4,6%2 72 $7,75O go
 Total ........................ ssos s44 Oe