The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-04-27
The odd Fellows.

VIII the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the World
meet here in 1892?
j. r. Petty, P G.. r. is regular attendant at
his lodge meetings.
Past Grand Sire Nicholson will arrive in Wash
ington at noon tomorrow.
Four candidates were initiated in Harmony
Lodge No. on Monday last.
An Odd Fellows home for widows and or
phans is needed in the District.
Don't fail to greet Maj. Gen. Nicholson as an
Odd Fellow. He is one to the core.
Grand Patriarch Norway will visit officially
Columbian Encampment No. April 30.
Capt. r. A. Mclean is a busy man in the Or
der. Prompt attention to duty is his motto.
Magenenu Encampment No. meets Friday
night next at Odd Fellows Hail. Navy Yard.
Lodges meeting tomorrow night will adjourn
Immediately after attending to the wants Of the
sick.
Circulate it among the brethren that THE
lowship.
Brother Champion presided at the meeting of
the general committee on anniversary last We'd
nesday night
Fred D. Stuart Encampment No. received
the Grand Patriarch and his staff on Tuesday
evening last.
Subscribe for THE SUNDAY HERALD-20c. per
month, delivered at your residence early Sun
day morning.
Brothers John B. Ward, L. A. Latchford, and
William Early have donned the uniform of the
Patriarch's Militant.
Odd Fellows are requested to subscribe for
The SUNDAY HERALD at the business Office, 400
Tenth street northwest.
Central Lodges team make no mistakes in
the rendition of the ritual. This is in great
measure due to the management of Brother j.
B. Ward, its conductor.
Federal City Lodge No. 20, having removed to
the corner of Ninth and streets northeast, eX-
tend an invitation to all brothers to come and
visit them in their new quarters.
Brothers E. c. Curl and A. G. Thomas, with
the cordial assistance of Past Grand Master
Watt, have successfully revived the dropping
fortunes of Mechanics Lodge No. Is, of George
town.
Golden Rule Lodge No 81, on Tuesday; Fed
eral City Lodge No 90, on Friday, and Cove
nant Lodge No. 13, on Thursday of this week
expect an official visit from Grand Master Fra
zier and his subordinate officers.
Metropolis Lodge No. 16, corner Ninth and
D streets, continues to hold high place among
the lodges of the order. The Grand Master was
well pleased with the proficiency of the officers
and complimented the lodge very highly.
The ''Chauncey Club was formed by the Sc
lection of Col. Shackelford as Chairman and
CdDI II. A. -hCLedll as secretary anu treasurer.
Twenty chevaliers who propose making the trip
to Chicago in August handed their names to the
| treasurer.
Capt. Shackelford is in receipt of communi-
cation from Central Lodge No. %, Columbus,
| Ohio, notifying lodges that j. G. Frampton is
! travelling over the country defrauding members
of the order. He is man of fine appearance
! and address.
The memorial day proclamation of the Grand
! Sire, dated the 18th instant, announces the sec
ond Tuesday in June, or such other day as may
! be deemed proper, on which the various lodges
| shall engage in appropriate exercises in tribute
to the memory OF their deceased members.
Letters lately received from Mrs Rea, Presi-
dent of General Convention, residing at st.
Louis, intimate that she is contemplating accept
ing the generous invitation of the Secretary of
the District Convention to come and visit her
until after the annual meeting in May next.
The veteran jewels, to be worn only by mem
| bers who have been twenty-five years consecu-
| lively in the order, are now in the possession
/ of Brothers s. w. X. Handy, John T. Given,
John A. Shackelford, James Hughes, w. D.
Crampsey, William II. Stewart, and William
! w. Danenhower.
Company G, Patriarchs Militant, could not re-
sist the temptation of testing the new canvas
carpet, which they were invited to the Hall to
inspect. Under the command of Col. Shackel-
ford the company displayed remarkable progress
in the tactics of the degree, and reminded us OF
the quick evolutions of the Chicago Zouayes.
There seems to be a unanimous opinion
among the ladies of the three lodges of Re
bellahs not to send delegates to the called con.
yention at Topeka, preferring to await the
decision of the Sovereign Grand Lodge upon
the legislation now before them relative to the
degree from the authorized convention before
participating in future conventions.
The proceedings of the last semi-annual ses
sion will not be printed. The committee OF
printing at that time failed to make any recon-
mendation relative thereto, consequently the
new committee are soliciting bids for the neces
sary printing of the proceedings for two years
upon which to base recommendation to the
Grand Lodge at the annual session in july
next.
The handsome (bouquet) necktie worn by
Past Grand Master James A. Watt at Marthi
Washington Lodge No. 3 sociable was the ad
miration of the ladies present, the only regre
being the fact that the p. G. NJ could not tint
a mate to it among all the beauties there pres
ent Brother Fleming and his genial lady de
serve thanks for their cordial hospitality on the
occasion.
The report of the Grand Secretary to tht
Sovereign Grand Lodge for the year ending De
cember 81, 1889, contains the following infor
mation Membership, 1,65l net increase, SO
members relieved, 276; widowed families re
lieYed, "a; members buried, "A; relief of mem
bers, $3.50; relief to widowed families
S2,9593O; education of orphans, $202; buryinG
the dead, S72O; special relief including employ
nent Of nurses, $970 The Rebekah lodges have
93 brothers, l27 sisters; expended for relief