The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-07-13
Independent Order of odd Fellows


The officers of Ruth Lodge No 9 D. of r.,
were installed by Grand Chaplain Joseph S.
Bolway.
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Grand Treasurer l. A. B. Espey and Grand
Secretary William 2. Allan were unanimously
reelected to their respective positions.
Grand Patriarch f. A, Norway retires from
the high position he occupied during the past
year with the commendation of his fellowPatri-
archs.
The two lodges located in the southeastern
part of the city have a combined membership
of 1885, During the next fiscal year this num-
ber will be increased to 500.
The Grand Lodge should meet on the third
Wednesday to enable the standing committees
to have more time to examine the delayed re-
ports from subordinate lodges.
Magenenu Encampment No. received the
Grand Patriarch and other grand officers last
Friday night. The installation of the officers
of the camp for the new term was concluded.
Washington Lodge No. 6, Golden Rule Lodge
No. 81, and Martha Washington Lodge No. 3,
Daughters of Rebekah, and the Grand Encamp
ment of Patriarchs meet on Tuesday evening
next
Friendship Lodge No. II is again called to
mourn the loss of member. Frank Douglass
Douglass, was drowned in the Potomac on We'd
nesday.
Grand Representative Oliver Dufour was the
recipient of many congratulations at the meet
ing of the Grand Lodge last Wednesday night
upon being able to again visit and participate
in the proceedings.
4 brief synopsis of the proceedings of the
Grand Lodge will be given in the next issue of
THE HERALD. The protracted session occupy
ing three days, adiourning last Friday night
rendered it impossible to prepare an intelligent
resume for the present issue
In compliance with the request of the Grand
Master of the Jurisdiction of Wisconsin, the
grand and past official degrees were conferred
upon an honored member of the United States
Senate, the Grand Lodge of this jurisdiction
unanimously voting to confer the same.
Representative B. F. Crawshaw 'held the
fort' at the session of Thursday last. The
lengthy reports from the committee on supervi-
sion, of which he is the learned chairman ex-
hausted the subjects of which they treated, and
his mastery arguments in support of the posi-
! tion assumed by his committee were the subject
of favorable comment.
Naomi Lodge No. l, D. of R., met last Mon
day night. The retiring Noble Grand, Mrs.
| Martha Z. Duvall, was presented with beauti-
full bouquet of flowers and vase, as a token of
appreciation of the satisfactory manner in which
she performed the duties of the Office during the
past term. The Grand Master was also pre-
sented with a similar token of regard.
Grand Representative Mark D. Brainard, who
has for many years ably represented this juris-
dction in the Sovereign Grand Lodge, was
again reelected for the term Of two years. The
fact that he was the unanimous choice of the
Grand Lodge is evidence of his popularity and
an estimate of the appreciation in which he is
held by all the members of the Grand Lodge.
The Grand Lodge is to be congratulated il
taking positive steps toward obtaining suitable
regalia. Five years ago Grand Master Crandal
first recommended that the dilapdated articles
be replaced with new, and since then eacE
Grand Master has urged the matter unavail
ingly. The next grand visitation will probabl,
see the grand officers wearing the full regalia o
their office in compliance with the law.