The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-04-29
ODD FELLOWS CELEBRATE.


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with Great Eclat.
Canton Jersey City, No. 2 P. NJ, l. O.
o. f., celebrated the seyenty-first an nj
versary of Odd Fellowship in America by
giving a grand reception and hop at
Cooper Hall last evening. By ten O'Clock
the hall presented q beautifully pictur-
esques scene. A number of silk banners
of various Cantons and lodges were con-
s~picuous points of the decoration, and the
handsome uniforms of the Jersey City
Canton and Canton Kiehl, of Williams
burg, which attended in a body, lent in
SEPARATION to the pretty ball room picture.
Most of the members were accompanied
by their wives and daughters, who
tripped gaily through lanciers and
waltzed to the strains of a fine orchestra
stationed in the gallery.
The Jersey City Canton gave an exhi-
bition drill in which a number of military
manoeuvres were executed with precis-
ion. Canton Kiehl, of Williamsburg, at
tempted to snatch b laurel from the
home canton's brow, and came very near
succeeding. The two drills were inter
esting features of the affair. Captain
MarinrS, or the nome canton, and Cap
tain Weir, of the visiting canton. made
clever speeches in which they coDgratu-
lated each other on the drills. and pledged
a continuance of the friendship hitherto
existing between both bodies.
Tie grand march was led by Floor
Manager George S~charfenberg with Miss
Flora Costello; Assistant Floor Manager
William G. johnson was with Mrs. John
son; of the Floor Committee William
Whyte with Miss Whyte, w. j. Baldwin
with Mrs. Baldwin, John Metz, III. Ros Q
and r. Coulson; Reception Committee,
Captain L. H. Marinus with Mrs. Mari
nus, Lieutenant Colonel George Stevens,
r s,4oo~< AH ATO4r. c,~ M @
Pearce, Captain S. Morgan and Lieuten-
ant j. w. Kun.
Captain and Mrs. l.. H. Marinus, Cap
tain Morgan, Lieutenant Craig, Lieuten-
ant j. w. Kull and George SPOTS. staff
officers of the First Regiment of New
Jersey; Captain Charles Weir, Lieutenant
Martin Hoffman Lieutenant Conrad Bech-
told, Commissary Captain Louis Antonio,
Color Bearer Otto Wohlgenuth, Assistant
Surgeon w. v. butcher. Of Canton Kiehl,
of Williamsburg, No. %, the majority of
the staff of the Third New York Regi-
ment; of the same Canton were Cheyaliers
Charles w. R~einstorf, +. Schellia, L Frey,
7. kuhlmann. Y. Weller, Henry FRANK,
A. Wohlgenuth, Charles Williams, r.
Bardewerfer, j. Schellas. Charles Reich
erU, G. Hessler and William Reichert.
Mayor Grassman, of Hoboken, repre-
sentative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge
and honorary member OF Canton Jersey
City, and Captain George p. Appleton, OF
Concord, N. H., past commander of Can
ton General Stark No. 4, Second Regi-
ment N. H., were among the distinguished
visitors present. Others present were
Edwin Randall and ]. b. Oettidg, of Ris-
ing Star Lodge, i. o. o. f.; Miss Burnie,
Mrs. J. B.. Getting, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Bell, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Costello, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Coghill, Mr.. aud Mrs.
Joseph Lawson, Mr.. and Mrs. William
johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. John Kull, Z. A.
Leacraft. Mr.. and Mrs. H. 1rossbach,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ward, District
Deputy and Mrs. j. j. Bagley, John
Coleman, of Sumner Lodge; Ensign
A. S. Pearse, Miss Lora Taylor, James W.
Langton, Frank ellison, Miss Gilman,
Moors, James Bagnall, Jr., James Hall
and sister, Mrs. W. H. Tice. Mr.. Conrad
Dame, Mr.. John H. Meyer, Miss Graham,
Miss Carrie Daruser, Mr.. Murray. Henry
Dingler. George Foote, Mr.. and Mrs. Sid
ney Baker, Mr.. Chesterfield, Miss Grace
Ellery, P. G. p. Charles Carpenter, Cap
tain Stoop, of Palestine Division, X, of p;
Mr.. George zeigler, Mrs. Henry Gross,
Mr.. Charles Sackse, Miss Lizzie Sackse,
Miss Lottie Bishop and several hundred
others.
For the Odd Fellows Hall.
The capacity of Kessler's lower hall
Was tcotc0 1dSt HA&up dS IL ud0 u6f6I pttu
before. The occasion was the second en-
tertainment given by Steuben, Summit
and Alpine Lodges, in aid OF the Odd Eel
lows Hall building fund. Where all the
people came from was a mystery. AT
eight O'Clock fully fifteen hundred per
sons occupied every portion Of the audi
forum and balconies, and still the
crowds poured into the corridor. Five
minutes later the doors were closed, and
at least 200 ticket holders, unable to OBJ
tain an entrance. Went away disap-
pointed.
The entertainment was an excellent
one. Orchestral music was directed by
Prof. Fred Neukirch. and vocal solos by
w. w. Pollock, Mrs. Campiglio and
George Osborne We're applauded and en-
cored. Marshall p. Wilder, the popular
humorist, received an enthusiastic ova-
ton. He was accompanied by Edwin f..
Randall. pianist.
The comic operetta, Penelope, or
Kitchen Courtship,'' was very cleverly
enacted by Messrs. Gerald Blake, j.
Lloyd Morgan and w. 2. Turner and
Misses j. Pritchard and E. Bartholf.
The entertainment concluded with the
farce, "Taming the Tiger and when the
hall had been cleared of the chairs a large
company took part in the reception and
danoin0