The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-21
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There will be limitations this week in Centen-
nial, Capital, and Indianapolis lodges.
Fidelity Lodge, D. of R., is prospecting finely,
admitting new members at every meeting.
The Rebekah Degree lodge at Greenfield has
been revived, and new lodge will be instituted
at Atlanta on Tuesday, March 80.
Indianapolis Lodge elected one new member
and received three Populations, on Friday night
The three degrees were also conferred.
Canton indianapolis, No. g. has fixed the first
and third Thursday nights in each month for its
meetings. The first meeting under this arrange
ment will be held April l.
Carmel Lodge visited Corinthian Lodge on
Friday night, bringing with them a candidate
for the three degrees, and the team of the latter
conferred the same in a creditable manner.
Prudence Rsbekah Degree Lodge will be in
stituted at Arcadia on Tuesday. The grand in
structor will officiate, assisted by lady members
of Olive Branch and Fidelity lodges of this city.
Sixteen persons have signed petition for
canton of Patriarchs Militant at Shelbyville.
Inquiry in that direction comes also from La
grange, Terre Haute and Knightstown. Wabash
will petition to merge.
Irvington Lodge is having quite revival On
Friday night they paid Indianapolis Lodge a
fraternal visit, bringing with them several can
didates for the degrees, who were duly indicted
into the mysteries by the staff Of the latter
lodge.
T.. G.. Beharrell. P. G. R., .. Fl. Lyman, P.
g.. of Columbus, o., were in the city on Thurs
day, and visited the studio of Mr.. Mundhenk 70
critcise the Colfax bust. They say the perfect
likeness the artist has wrought in the clay dis
arms criticism.
General Pfafiiin and J. w. McQuiddy have gone
to Covington, KY, to visit General Underwood,
to consult on matters pertaining to the new de-
gree of Patriarchs Militant in this State. They
will return tonight The grand instructor will
90 to Franklin to morrow and hold school of
met 1afia ~, Irhn cd of hat az
The grand instructor instituted Clay Encamp-
ment, No. 165, at Harmony, Clay county. on the
18th instant. Twenty-four members were ad-
mitted, advanced and exalted, and the following
officers were elected and installed /. N. Kill
man, G. F.; Jesse Nickerson. S. W.; j. NJ Wick
roy, H. p, John Sharp, J. W.; John Schotler.
| scribe; Louis Rohrig, treasurer
The committee appointed at the last meeting
of the Grand Lodge to present the claims of In
dianapolis for the permanent location of the
Sovereign Grand Lodge will forward to the COM
mittee of that body having the matter in charge
an invitation to locate the headquarters here
The central location, the splendid hall accom-
modations, the low rate of expenses per capita
are some of the inducements offered. ST. Louis
Chicago, Columbus, O., Boston, PHILADELPHIA
and Washington City are also candidates, but
unquestionably Indianapolis is the most CEN
trally located. and should be selected as matter
of economy.
General Pfaff1in has completed his staff with
the following appointments: Chief of staff,
with rank Of Northumberland F. Fl. Foster of
Pierceton; assistant adjutant-general with rank
of major, John A. Furgason, Indianapolis; as
sistant inspector-general, with rank of major. J.
F. Wildman, Muncie; assistant quartermaster-
general with rank of major, d. b. j. Schafer,
South Bend; assistant commissary- with
rank Of major, John g. Keller. Goshen;
assistant chief of equipment, with rank
of major, D. j. Allison, Logansport; as
sstant surgen-general, with rank of major.
w. E. Jeffries, NJ D., indianapolis;
assistant judge advocate, with rank Of major,
Charles E. Cooper, Kokonao; aid de-camp, with
rank of captain, T. A. Whorwell, LaPorte; aid
decamp, with rank of captain, William Gray,
indianapolis.