Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
Grand Army Shot.

PosT ISIS sick list is a large one just at pres
ent On it are Comrades Bishop, Parker,
Ulmer DALEY. and ZeddeL
AN auspicious opening is assured the fair of
Post 2S6 next Saturday evening. The details
are well in hand, and successful run is ant1ci-
pated.
CoMRADE CYRUS BUssEy, Assistant Secre-
tary of the Interior. was in the city Thursday
and was called upon in large numbers by the
comrades of this vicinity
CoMRADE A. P. BURCHF1ELD. of Post 162
Past Senior Vice Commander of the Depart
ment of Pennsylvania. was able to be out on
Friday after being confined to his home with
quInsy for a week.
THE fifteenth annual reunion of the Associa-
ton of the Twenty-eighth, One Hundred and
Forty-seventn Pennsylvania Volunteers and
knap's Battery will be held in Philadelphia,
Monday. November "a
CoMRADE w. o. RUSSELL, of Post Isl, has
had siege of 1t as the manager of the glass
factory at the Exposition, and it has told on
him. HIS comrades hope soon to see him in
the best of health again.
AN open meeting and musical and literary
entertainment will be held by Post l57 on
Thursday, November l3 The amusement CON-
mittee is engaged IN securing good array OF
talen. Ten cents admission will be charged.
A RECEPTION will be given by Colonel o. H.
Patterson's Hall, next Thursday evening. 1t is
for the benefit of the relief fund. The Com
mittee of Arrangements is leaving nothing
undone that all who may attend may enjoy
pleasant evening.
ALL arrangements for the bazar of Post 8Ss
Ladies' Auxiliary to be given on next Friday
and Saturday are completed. Everybody who
attends will undoubtedly have pleasant even
ing. 1t will be in the hall in the telephone
Dulldlnr ALLEGHENY Diamond
and Sandusky streets.
PosT ISIS fair will open at Slater's Rink. Mt.
Washington, on next Saturday evening. The
arrangements for the opening are nearing
completion. The Ladies of the Woman's Relief
Corps, the ladies of the q. A. R. and other
LADIES are working hard assisting the post with
the project Success is certain.
PosT S's meeting last Monday evening was
one of the largest that the posi- has had for
some time. 1t was also one of the mos: inter-
esting. Post l55 was present on fraternal
visit and several members from that post
spoke. Two recruits were mustered, and re-
cefved the usual hearty welcome. There IS
much interest in the Detroit Club, and 1t is
growing rapidly.
JoHNsA. HUNTER Posi- of Leechburg, will
have Festival and supper next Friday and
Saturday. A contest between the iron mills of
Apollo and Leechburg for gold watch will be
part OF the festival and all will have chance
TO give something for the old soldiers A gen.
eral invitation is extended to everybody. Last
night the post was presented with tine oil
painting of John A. Hunter, for whom the post
was named. IL was presented by DIR. R. P.
Hunter, brother of John,
ADJUTANT D. A. JONES' of Post Isl, desires
that the friends of soldiers who are buried in
Southside cemeteries, over whose graves no
headstones have yet been placed, send the
names of such to him. SO that they may go on
lief Af III. ha1 DIST ~
Government. He also desires the rank, COM
pany, regiment and date of death of 80 of the
90 names he already has. 1t Is important that
this be attended to- as it is desired that all the
headstones be placed by next Memorial Day.
KLoPFER's HALL has been secured by Post
Al, of Lawrencevile; for its open meeting next
Wednesday evening" 1t is hoped that this hall
will be large enough to accommodate the posts
many friends. All comrades of the G. A. r.
and all old soldiers who are not members, also
their wives and families, are cordially invited
to be present. An evening of enjoyment is
promised all who attend. Department CON-
mander Denniston and other prominent COM
rades will be present A good programme has
been arranged and preparations have been
made for large gathering
TOMORROW evening the ladies of Moody
Circle No. 81 will hold an open meeting and en-
tertain the members of Post 155 and visiting
friends. Refreshments will be served. and
every preparation mas Deen made to make the
occasion a most successful and ENJOYABLE one
The reception will be purely informal, and a
large number of very distinguished visitors
both of the ladies' organization and of the
Grand Army, will be present The objects of
the society Will be explained by the President,
Mrs. Linhart, and the efforts which have been
crowned with success to establish a soldiers
widows home treated of by ladies whose work
made the institution an established fact. The !
meeting will he held in Dietrich's Hall, South
ern avenue. Mt Washington, and the friends of
the soldier as well as the veteran himself, are
cordially invited.