The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-14
PLAIN DEALER.
EVERYTHING In TIE LINE OF
JOB WORK,
Bill Heads, Cards, Pos
ters, Circulars.
Satisfaction b neaiDess, Pr0nDlaess ~
Plies euarlatsel.
e~0ive % . tsial bssors eedagiae s,7swhs0
THE PATRIARCHS.
The Triennial IT Chicago Practically .
IN Emd-some Price Winners.

IN End-some Prixe- Winners.
CHICAGO, Aug. 9.-The Odd-FellowS
gathering is practically over. 1t Is true
the exercises do not formally close until
tonight, but nearly everybody who came
here to attend 1t, except sundry Major
and Brigadier-Generals and those Pa
triarchs or Odd-Fellows who have en-
tered for prizes, his gone home. Numef.
ically the cantOnment has not been
any thing like the success the public
was led to expect. The man who has
charge of the stamping of railroad tick.
cts, making them good for return pas
sage, said that up to 5 o'clock yesterday
afternoon between 10000 and $1,000
tickets had been presented. This rep
resents pretty closely the number
OF strangers the cantonment has
brought to the city. General Under
wood said he could give no esti-
mate of the probable receipts OF the en-
terprise. II there is an excess OF re-
ceipts over expenditures part OF IT Is to
be turned into the treasury of the Sow
creign Grand Lodge and the remainder
is to be divided among number OF Odd
Fellow charities.
Friday evening was set apart for the
Generalissimo's reception, grand bali
and promenade concert in Battery d.
II was 10 o'clock when the grand march
was formed. After few numbers OF
the dance programme General Under
wood presented the cash prizes for the
best exemplification OF the work OF sub
ordinate and Rebekah degree lodges.
The committee OF judges handed In the
following report Of awards:
For Subordinate Lodges-Ffrst prize, North
Star Lodge, No s. Minneapolis, 500: second
prize. Wicker Park Lodge, No. 81, Chicago
800: third prize. Fort Dearborn Lodge, No. 2lA,
Chicago, FOO
For Rebekah Degree Lodges--F'irst prize,
Naomi Lodge. No. 8, Columbus, O.. s5O sec
ond prize. Elite Lodge, No 2, Chicago 10;
third prize, American Lodge. No. ia Chicago.
roo Fourth prize, Ruth Lodge. No l. Omaha,
Neb, set OF regalia and jewels, special prize BY
Roundy Company, Chicago.
A special prize Of = silk plush robe
was given Mrs. Anna r. Alston, of Ma
omi Lodge. Tho committee made
special mention Of the work Of Mrs.
Berger, Of Flora Lodge, No l52, Of Chi
cago, and upon recommendation Of tho
Generalissimo special prize Of $50 was
awarded to her.
The drills on the Lake Front in the
| afternoon were meagerly attended. Tho
cantons participating were Marion. Of
Marion, Ind, the present holders Of tho
first prize in class A; Wichita, Of Wich-
ita. KAN; Indianapolis No. 2, Of In
dianapolis, Ind; Ann Arbor, OF Ann
Arbor, Mich; Elwood, of Elwocd. Ind,
and Amsterdam, Of Amsterdam, n. Y.
Following the canton drills came the
| individual contest for the best-crilled
cheyalier in the sword manual This
afforded lots of sport. There were
three prizes offercd-Ss5, $50 and
S2a There were fifty-five con-
| testants. When . chevalier made >
mistake, he left the line. Tho last
three to drop out Of the line were w. >.
Winters, Of Canton Indianapolis, No. 2;
T. H. Campbell, Of Canton Van Vert,
| and p. Morrison, Of Canton Occidental,
No /, Chicago. and they were awarded
the prizes in the order named.
The individual contest for line OIL
GERS in the sword manual followed i'm
mediately after that of the chevalierS.
| The prizes were Of the same amount -
for chevaliers. The first prize was
awarded to Captain J. II. Wise, Of
Canton Logansport, Logansport. Ind. ;
the second to Ensign A. I. Wolcott. of
Grand Canton Excelsior, Of Chicago,
and the third to Captain E Rott, of
Canton Frank. Germantown, @.