Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-07

open meetlPg 70 oe neld by Post Ioy g rTa ~,
campfire will be lighted. All comrades anu
the public are cordially invited.
THE widow of Major James Lowery sent
from Old Point Comfort her usual Memorial
Day contribution to Adjutant Lambert, or
Post 8, for the general fund. The contripu-
ton was used, as is the custom, solely ior
the decoration of Major Lowery's grave.
THE comrades Of Post Ss were very much
pleased over the kind action of the woman's
Auxiliary in serving lunch on Decoration
the Veterans, Sons Of Veterans and their
friends were invited to partake of q very
palatable collation..
CoMRADE DANIEL AsHwoRrH's address at
the Decoration Day ceremonies Of Post sS6
was a very fine one. The comrades were
greatly pleased with it. Although Post 236 8
ceremonies failed to connect with the me, e
mortal Day newspaper reports, they were OF
the best order and quite elaborate.
PosT Isl is soon to be presented with two
of the handsome Memorial Record Volumes
recently presented to the Allegheny and
other posts. The doners in this case are G.
L. Magee, Oliver and Roberts Company, ID.
/. Gourley, James E. Duncan, William Finn,
John Dalzell, Adams & Co. and Mrs NJ. q.
Warner.
The ladies Of o. h. Rippey Circle No. 81
Ladies of the G. A. R., who served lunch at
the Lawrence Turner Hall to 600 of the
veterans who turned out to pay tribute to
their dead comrades on Decoration Day,
kindly return their thanks to those who SO
literally gave and to those who rendered
assistance.
PAST DEPARTMENT COMMANDER DENNIsToN
and wife and Comrade W. r. Ford, of Post
23O and daughter Returned from Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, on Thursday evening. They
attended the unveiling of the monument to
the Andrews Raiders on Decoration Day.
Major Denniston reports that they mad q
very pleasant trip.
THE production of the Tittle Recruit" by
Post 15l at the Bijou last week, notwith-
standing the hot weather, was q financial
success. Frequent outbursts of applause in
dicated that auditors were well pleased.
The ladies and gentlemen who assumed the
different roles deserve great credit for their
efforts to assist the post.
CoMRADE W. J. KENNEDY, Of Post 8, died
last Thursday. He will be buried by the
post this afternoon, the services being in
charge of the post. Comrade Colonel John
A. Danks, who commanded Kennedy's regt-
ment, the Sixty-third, will oficiate at the
grave. Comrade Kennedy's death Is the
ninth in Post this year.
A RESOLUTION was passed by Post 1T last
Thursday evening, thanking Battery B, the
Washington Infantry, Profs. Rinehart and
McCargo, Miss Simpson, Sixth ward; Miss
Louden and Miss Hunter, Fourteenth ward;
Rev. c. E. Locke, S. B. Hendricks Publishing
Company James McKibben and Post l57 9
quartet, for assistance in the Memorial Day
ceremonies at Oakland Cemetery.
THE second annual field encampment OF
the Clarion and Jefferson Association Sons
of Veterans will be held at Reynoldsville
July %, 20, 80 and 81 AS this encampment
will be the largest and most important of its
kind of any ever held in the State, it is de-
sired that each and every camp in Clarion,
jefferson and adjoining counties be fully
represented. An interest has been awakened
at Reynoldsville and they are aroused and
determined to make the coming annual the
most interesting meeting ever held in this
part of the State.
On Memorial Day Charles A. Ogden, a
lawyer of much prominence, delivered the
principal address at San Antonio, Tex. He
advocated the building of q gigantic monu-
ment, which should overtop the Washington
Monument, and to be erected in memory OF
the valor and patriotism of Federals and
Confederates alike. The G. A. r. post there
took the matter up and extended an invita-.
ton to all posts of the G. A. R. and camps OF
Confederate veterans in Texas to cooperate
in the movement. 1t is said that the move
ment is likely to assume national char
acter.