The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-08-30
L. O. o. f. Notes.

ES- If the Recording Secretaries or some
other members IN the severdl lodges 1cho may
feel a., interest II, keeping this column replete
acih ae,US showiI,g the doings Of the order, tviU
send items Of interest to this office care editor
l. 0. o. Z. colunln, or to Grand Master IL. c.
Hazard, or Deputy Grand Master Cra,cShag,
the same lViN reach their Intended destination
and receive proper attention.
The Rebekas gained nearly 19,O0O members
in 1896
tory degree upon two candidates on the first
Monday night in September
Danbury, Conn, boasts of lodge, pro
gressl which has membership of 225, al
though only five months old.
Brother Dinsmore of Beacon Lodge, paid a
fraternal visit to the Bundle of Sticks on
last Thursday night, and was accorded an
Odd Fellows greeting.
Grand Warden j. H. Wood, of No. 20, has
returned from his outing, and, judging from
the muscle he has developed, there will be
some tall hustling in Federal City this fall.
Union Lodge No. Il, Harmony Lodge No.
9, and Federal City Lodge No. 20, continue
to receive applications, notwithstanding the
summer weather. They are active workers in
season and out of season.
Past Grand Sire Underwood, of Kentucky,
was in the city last week. 1t is said he favors
making all Sd degree members eligible to
to the Patriarchs Militant, of which he is the
commander or generalissimo.
P. g., George Bennett, of Covenant Lodge
| No. 13, of West Washington, was a visitor at
| the meeting of Beacon Lodge on Monday
| evening" His visits are nowhere appreciated
more than in "Young Beacon"
The Grand Master has appointed Past Grand
j. W. Champion, as Grand Instructor for
Eastern Lodge No. Z, in place of p. g., j. NJ.
! RouX, whose business engagements will pre-
vent him from holding that position longer.
Columbia Lodge No. 10, moulns the loss of
another member, Brother j. w. Smith, hay
ing departed this life upon the 25th instant,
| after passing the four score years allotted to
man. The brother was buried by the lodge on
| Thursday, the 9th instant.
Master John Long and Past Grand Repre-
sentative j. Thomas Petty, two of the we'll
known members of the order, are prevented
| from attending their lodges with that regu-
larity with which they were wont on account
of the former residing at Laurel, Md, and the
| latter at Falls Church, Va.
The Manchester Unity, of the /. o. O. F.,
our friendly English rival, has recently is
sued circular containing some interesting
statistics, showing a membership, January /
| 1891, of 673,073 Increase during year 1890
81 ,183. The increase in 1889 was 1883, show
ing that 1890 exceeded the record of 1889 by
more than 60 per cent.
Federal City Lodge is doing her full share
in booming the Encampment branch of oul
order, as well as the Subordinate, and he
members have chosen Fred d. Stuart No. Z
as their field the latest recruits being Yict
Grand r. ii. Wood, Secretary G. II. Baxter
and Brother j. L. Gilbert, who received th'
Royal Purple last Tuesday night
The Bundle of Sticks of Union Lodge gav
very pleasant excursion to Colonial Beacl
last Wednesday on the steamer Leary. Th
excursion was under the management o
Brothers Lew Callisher and Oscar Hermann
to whom much praise is due for the very ex
cellent manner in which everything went of
The Bundle realized about 500.
Where the next session of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge will be held, is an open ques
ton. Ii is well understood that Chicago vii
expect it, and no doubt get it in 1S93-th
year of the Worlds Fair But where will
| 90 in 1892? st. Louis has it this year. Las