The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-10-05
independent Order OF odd Fellows.


dates last Thursday night
Canton G, Capt. Shackelford commanding,
had eighteen Chevaliers out at the drill last
night.
Past Grand John Enders has made up his
mind that Oriental Lodge shall resume the
palmy days of old.
Odd Fellowship is one of the finest fruits of
Christian civilization and the staunchest bull
wark of order and virtue.
Deputy Grand Master Sherretts is improving,
but, it is feared, not sufficiently to attend the
visitations, which are usually held at night.
Columbia Lodge No. 10 conferred the I'd de-
gree on one candidate and received as visitor
Charles G. Fisher, of Seaport Lodge No. 6s, of
Brunswick, Ga.
Naomi Lodge, Daughters of Rebekah, fair
committee met last Monday night. a large
amount of business was transacted and contri-
buttons reported. Among them was magnificent
one from Grand Representative Dufour in aid of
the project. The ladies feel greatly encouraged
by the kindness of the friends of the order to
aid them, and they are now assured that success
will crown their undertaking.
The Grand Canton Patriarchs Militant met on
Friday evening last, and after the initiation of
candidates considered the invitation from Monu-
mental Canton No. g of Baltimore to be their
guests on Thanksgiving Day, which was ac-
cepted. The invitation from the ladies of
Naomi Lodge No. 1, Daughters of Rebekah, to
attend their fair at Odd Fellows Hall, Navy
Yard, in November, was also accepted.
Grand Master Kinney, accompanied by the
other officers of the Grand Lodge, will visit
Covenant Lodge No. 13 at their hall, Congress
street, Georgetown, on Thursday next, and Me-
chanics' Lodge No IS at Our Hall, on street,
Georgetown, on Friday evening, 10th instant.
The interest displayed by these two lodges in
increasing Odd Fellowship in Georgetown will
attract large attendance from all the other
lodges on these occasions.
The three Grand Representatives who attended
the session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge at To-
peka Kan, from the jurisdiction Of the District
of Columbia, having completed their labors
| Sept. 20, have returned safe and sound. This is
| particularly gratifying to the ORDER especially
with Bro. Oliver Dufour, whose health was so
precarious before the time for his departure that
he seriously thought of foregoing the pleasure of
once more associating with his colleagues on the
| floor of the Sovereign Grand Lodge.
The Grand Representatives from this iurisdic-
| tion evidently stand high in the estimation of
| the Grand Sire, Underwood, for he appointed
| one of them on three of the most important
standing committees of the Sovereign Grand
| Lodge-Representative M. ID. Brainard as chair
| man of the committee on the judiciary, also sec
| ond on the committee on distribution of grand
officers reports; Representative Fred A. Stier
on the committee on the Patriarchal branch of
| the order, and Representative Oliver Dufour on
| the committee on the state of the order.
| of excluding saloonkeepers from the ORDER de-
cided that the remedy lay in the ballot box. A
| severe blow was dealt to the Daughters of Re-
bekah in the resolution adopted to discontinue
| the national convention. The amendment tc
make eighteen-year-old males eligible to mem
bership was lost by a vote of ITO to 55, not q
two-third vote, the representatives from this
jurisdiction voting in the affirmative. The
| action of Grand Sire Underwood in interfering
in the executive acts of the Grand Masters OF
| Illinois and New Mexico was not approved
| The next session will be held at St. Louis in
September 1891. Grand Secretary Allan, in
submitting his report from this jurisdiction to
the Sovereign Lodge, says: San increase OF
thirty-six in the membership Of the subordinate
lodges is the result of earnest and faithful work
on the part of the active participants in the
affairs of the lodges"
The musical and literary entertainment given
by the Degree Association of Mechanics
Lodge No. Is, in Georgetown, was decided
success, the hall being crowded to its utmost
capacity. An excellent programme was pre-
sented, which included greeting by Past Grand
Il. G. Curl, solo by Miss Annie Cook, banjo
and guitar by Messrs. Bause and Greenwel
recitation by Joseph NJ. Harris song by Miss
Emma Hayward, recitation 10y Miss Cassie Sib
ley piano duet by Misses Della Perry and Reni
Gray, recitation by Dr. White, recitation by
Bro. Thomas b. Southwick, banjo and mouth
organ by East Washington Quartette, recitation
| by Grand Warden Henry c. Hazard, song by
Miss Edna G. Allan, and banjo solo by Mr.. j
| Bause. The exercises were closed by singing
''Auld Lang Syne' by the audience after which
every one was abundantly supplied with ice
cream and cake. The association will give an
other entertainment on Nov. 81 on larger
SCALE The team of No. Is are to be congratu
lated on the success of the social