Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-15

and has the following officers at the pres
! ent time:
w. Fl. Black, N. G; T. s. Bennett,
treasurer; Thomas Fear, R. S. N. G.:
| w. c. Jones. warden; W. E. Powell
| S. Bledsoe, I. G; Dave Smith, V. q; c..
]. Hohl, secretary; J S. Butcher. L. s.
n. G.: Nat Wilson, conductor; II. L.
Cook L.. SIS; C. A. Hall, L. S. V. g.;
John Robinson, o. G. The treasury Is
in good shape and there is a nice little
bank account for the widows and
orphans and the lodge is interested in
two building associations.
Fort Worth lodge, No. 251, was Or
ganized on the 9Th day Of February .
1873, by N. M Mabeu, John A. Thorn
ton, Il. 81. Butler, William Walters,
Il. NJ. Morrow, J. L. Clark and John
Davis. The present membership is fifty
seven.
The present officers of Fort Worth
Lodge are: n. g., C. W. Schmidt; V.
g., w. G. Dean; secretary, Martin
Doscher; treasurer, A. Hummel; war
den, Wesley Dalton; l. e., Wesley Dali
ton; o. g., F. A. Askew; R. S. to N.
g., T. Cornwall; L. s. to n. G.. Charley
Bell; r. S. to V. g., r. l.. James; L.
s. to V. e., George Becker.
junction City Lodge No. $50 was Or
gained June 25, 1872, by the following
Scarlet members: n. M Maben, A. NJ.
Overton, R. Downing, P. g.; 1. Nj.
Smith, S. Patterson, Brothers w. A.
Westover and - Stuart. The first Off
GERS we're: n. G. N. NJ. Maben; V. G.
A. NJ. Overton; secretary, W. A. West
over; treasurer, NJ. d. Mccall.
Queen City Encampment No. l03, L.
o. o. F., was chartered on February 4
1888, by the following officers: w. S.
Essex, chief patriarch; B. H. Ship,
high priest; R. IL. Tucker, senior
warden; George H. Schober, scribe;
j. d. Nichols, junior warden;
Thomas Watten, treasurer; Ben NJ. Ter
rell, guide; W. E. Powell, inside senti-
mel; Dav Smith, outside sentinel; W. Fl.
Barrett, first watch; C. ]. Hohl, second
watch; F. C. Boerner, third watch;
Jacob Schober, fourth watch. and j. II.
Maddox and n. Buck, guards.
This was the commencement, and to.
day in little over two years, they have
following officers: C. w. Schmidt, c.
P; J. NJ. Perry, Il. p; ". G. Dehn,
S. W.; Thomas Fear, J. W.; Nat
Wilson, scribe; j. Cauker, guide;
W. c. Jones, LIST w; 7. S. Bennett,
End W; Us. Butcher, 3rd W: ]. J.
Miller, 4th w: W. f. Powell and
Wesley Dalton, guards of Tent.
The encampment is in a good finan-
cial standing.
MASONIC.
There is no order more firmly estab-
lished in Fort Worth than the Masonic,
haip in oil IoIp
tiers and communicates located
in Fort Worth, all of which
are in good condition as
to membership, finances and influence.
Unfortunately for the purposes of this
article sufficient data could not be OBJ
tanned before publication to give an ex-
haustive review of them, and special
article will be devoted in them in
the near future, their Importance and
prominence demanding snch distinction.
A. o. U. W.
One of the strongest secret social or
CARNATIONS in the city is Alma lodge
No. 105 of the Ancient Order of United
Workmsn. Charter was granted on o.
tober 8, 1889, by Grand Recorder VIM.
P. Cole of Dallas and Grand Master
Workman A. K. Taylor of Marshall.
The charter was granted to 81. D. Priest,
P. NJ. W.; M. 7. Bradley, NJ. W.; J.
M. Collier, overseer; G. c. Drake, re-
corder; B. c. Evans. finanoier; w. F.
Sterley, receiver; Jerry Deems, guide;
E. Wyatt, inside Waterman; +. e.
Hoffman, outside Waterman.
The order is practically for purposes of
benevolence and insurance, its motto be-
ing charity, hope and protection. Pre-
vious to the organization of Alma lodge
there were in Fort Worth Hope and
Amity lodges which coalesced with
Alma, which now has over 100
members. The present officers
are. NJ. W., C. G. Drake; P. Nj. W.,
N. T. Bradl ey; foreman, J. Garrison;
overseer, F. E. Hoffman; recorder, NJ.
d. Priest; finanoier, Thomas Smith; re-
corder; j. NJ. Collier; guide, Jerry
Deems; inside Waterman, E. Wyatt;
outside Waterman, j. w. McCrackeI.
The first post of the Grand Army OF
the Republic was organized in Fort
Worth in 1884, and was largely the result
of energy exerted by Col. d. s. Brown
of this city. This first post was named
Fort Worth, and was No. 4 of the de-
partment of the gulf. The charter
members were as follows:
Abel H. Bennett, Daniel s. Brown,
Jesse C. Cooper, Thomas Clark, George
W. Davenport, Waldo P. Golf, George
w. Hill, Conrad B. Morgan, Joseph
Mayer, E. Marthell, James H. Orr,
William s. Parmly, S. B. Riddle, Henry
C. Wharton.
The commanders of the post since its
organization have been: W. S. Parmly,
1884; H. e. Wharton, 1885; F. W.
Bradley, 1886; Sam Emerson, 1887; D.
s. Brown, 1888; w. P. Golf, 1889; ]. N.
Diehl, 1890.
The first department commander was
f. j. Davis, who held that position in
the department of the gulf from 1871 to
1873. In 1885 the department of
the gulf was reorganiZed, and
Fort Worth became part of
the department. of Texas since
which time the following department
commanders have held office: W. d.
Wyle, 1885: o. T. Lyon, 1886; William
H. Sinclair, 1887; ]. c. DEGREES, 1888;
A. q. Malloy, 1889; A. K. Saylor. 1890.
When the Fort Worth post was re-
into the department of Texas
the name was changed to the William S.
Psrmly post. Following are the officers