Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-19

culcated ana endeaVOr 10 give tne nOVltlaIe
the deepest impression possible as he ad-
vances toward knighthood.
The d. ID. @. c. of Harmonic Lodge, No.
As, of Wymore, warns lodges and members
of the order against one &. f. Atwood, who
was expelled from Harmonic Lodge, No, 4S,
year and a halt ago for embez2ling lodge
funds. He is reported as In possession of
forged official receipt, showing dues paid TO
July l. 1889, by means of whcih he may at
tempt TO visit lodges.
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Last evening Excelsior Lodge No. ESQ, F.
81 A. M, Council Bluffs, held special meet.
ing for the purpose Of conferring the degree
of Master Mason upon DR. A. p Hanchett.
An enjoyable banquet followed the work.
The new hall for the Scottish Rite consist
ory, in Council Bluffs, for the United States,
their territories and dependencies, is fast ap-
proachng completion. Within "a week or ten
days the bodies will be in their new home,
prepared to work finely. Although the or
ganizatiou is one of the youngest, locally IT
numbers about seventy of the most promi-
nent masons of this part of the state. As
| soon as the new hall is ready for occupancy
there will be n number of others initiated
into the mysteries of these higher degrees
Next Tuesday evening there will occur the
regular meeting of Bluff City lodge, ~. +. Il
=. M, Council Bluffs. The meeting will be
of special interest, as the recent circular of
UHc NlaSIer IS 10 De
Jon W. Lounsbury.
San Antonia (Tex.) Express: John w.
Lounsbury, of Omaha, Neb., died at his
rooms on Laurel street at s o'clock n m,
Tuesday, May Z, and the funeral services
took place at Trinity church at l p. m, the
| next day. after which the body was taken to
the Southern Pacific station for transporJa-
tion to his late home at Hammondsport,
N. Y.
The deceased was born in the southeastern
part of New York about thirty six years ago.
| Reaching the estate of manhood with lib
eral education he chose the profession OF the
| law for his lfe's work and entered the Michi-
| gan law school at Ann Arbor. Here he gave
evidence of the ability which characterized
his later practice, and at the graduation of
| his class he was made the valedictorian.
In this connection the romance OF his life
| deserves mention. AT the law school was n
young lady Of unusual merit as a student and
| she was chosen the poet of the class. The
| collegiate friendship was continued and in
| time the valedictorian and the poetess were
welded.
After the graduation Mr.. f.ounsbury went
| to Omaha, where he built up large and lu-
| cratlve practice, where his little daughter
was born and where the dreaded lung trouble
asserted itself He came here last fall, ac-
companied by his wife and child and it was
thought he was improving constantly, indeed,
a week ago arrangements were being made
for the family to go to the Catskills to pass
the summer, but the tide turned and rapidly
ebbed away.
He was prominent member of the knights
of Pythias, and at his death the local men,
bers of the order took charge of the arrange
ments for the funeral ana guard of honor
| from the uniformed rank was detailed to re-
! man with the body while ii is in the city.
Modern WOodntn.
No. I20 had a rousing meeting and made
two limitations. The camp organized re-
Gently in North Omaha, is fulfilling its prom
Use of rapid expansion and doing good work
| for the cause
A. o. u. w.
The fourth annual ball of Pattsm outh
lodge, No. 8, in F'itzgerald's hall, was
| grand affair. Frank Boyd, Leonard Ander-
son, M. Mauzy, Harry Coolidge, Herman
| Spies and M. Traver composed the reception
committee, and the floor managers were
| Charles Hemple, Frank Hager, John Sexton
and William Latham.
AT the grand lodge session in Hastings,
closed early Thursday morning, officers and
| supreme representatives were elected as
named in THE BEES special dispatches. No
changes worthy of mention were made in
| the laws, with the exception of the altera-
ton of the beneficiary article conforming to
| a requirement of the supreme lodge, and
thorough classification of existing laws was
! effected.
The finance committee was authorized to
appropriate an indefinite discretion
ary amount for the entertainment
of the representatives Of the Supreme lodge
soon to assemble in this city.
The local committee in charge Of arrange
ments locking to the care Of the Supreme
representatives will meet in DR.. A. II. Pat
toms Office Friday evening.
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The Ulysses lodge enjoyed a big blow
out last Saturday evening and had
an all night meeting, dining at the Blue
Valley house at IL o'clock at night, and at
O'Clock in the morning. Two new members
were initiated and the first, second and third
degrees taken by others. Some eight or ten
histing brethren from David City and Gres
van were present.
A new hall is to be built, this summer, at
Cortland.
G. U. q. o. f. Entertainment.
The conce and festival gwen Thursday
night in Masonic hall by the G. U. o. O. +.
and Household of Ruth was well received by
the large audience. Threatening weather
cut the programme short and the addresses
of Rev. II. It. Ewing, II. Scroggns and G.
+. Franklin were postponed. Thomas and
Lcslle'S CnOrlstOfs sang some new songs eX-
cellently. The banquet was arustically
spread by Assistant Manager S. II. Dorsey
The entertainment was repeated last night
in the hall Of the societies, corner of Burt
and Sixteenth streets. The following was
the committee in charge: William O'Neil
James Robertson, j. Bruce, II. Buckner, Dr.
M. o. Rickets, S. Brown, G. a. johnson.
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The Northwestern Legion of Honor, of
Council Bluffs, gave pleasant social, Thurs
day evening, TO their members and friends,
at X. II. Hall, corner of Main and Willow
avenue. There was large number present
and the evening passed very enjoyably.
Choice refreshments were served.
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Tangier Temple will be established in the
oasis of Omaha Friday, and it is given out
that it will be the greatest thing in the Ma
sonic world this side of Chicago Visitors
will be on hand from Leavenworth, Chicago.
Cedar Rapids, Lincoln and Kearney. The
delegation from the last point will journey in
a special car.
Horsford's Acid Phosphate
Makes Delicious Lemonade.
A teaspoonful added to glass of hot or