The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-11-29
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

NS~ If the Recording Secretaries or some
other members IN the several lodges, tcho may
feel an interest in keeping this column replete
Nth neeCS showing the doings Of the order, wiN
send items of interest to this office, care editor
L. o. o. r. column, or TO Grand Master II. c.
Hazard, or Deputy Grand Master Crawsha,0,
the same tOiU reach their intended destination
and receive proper attention.
Covenant Lodge No. 13 and Martha Wash
ington Lodge No. 3, which always go hand in
hand in matters of sociability and all the af-
fairs OF Odd Fellowship, have already begun
considering plans for receiving their friends
on New Years Day. 1t will ne remembered
that at their reception given on the first day
of the present year both their lodge-rooms
and annex were by far too small to receive
them social and fraternal greetings.
The friends of Past Grand P. D. Ranke, of
Union Lodge and Magenenu Encampment,
sympathize with him in his recent bereav-
ment. Some two weeks ago his daughter
while out driving, was run into by runaway
horse and thrown from her carriage, receiving
acompound fracture of the skull. She never
recovered consciousness and died on last Sun
day, the 22d instant The interment was at
Reading, Pa, on Wednesday.
Union Lodge No. II conferred the Sd de-
gree on Monday evening. One application
for membership by initiation was received,
and one by deposit card. This lodge is going
steadily on in the good work, applications for
membership being received at every m Getting.
No work will be performed tomorrow even
ing, the evening having been set apart for
the fifty-first anniversary of the lodge.
Fred ID. Stuart Encampm ent held special
meeting on Monday evening for the purpose
of comforting the Royal Purple degree upon
three candidates. This encampment gave a
pleasant entertainment and hop at National
Rifles Hall on Tuesday evening, which was
we'll attended. Among those participating in
the musical and literary programme were
Mrs. DIR. Leach, Miss Laura Bangs, and Messrs
Page, Keefer, Sailer, Skein, Wilkinson,
Pruett, Herzog, Hay, Kaufman, Heilburn,
Page, Hecht and Freidlauder
The Grand Master, accompanied by tho
other officers of the Grand Lodge paid an Of
fetal visit to Excelsior Lodge No. II, on
Monday evening. In the examination of the
officers as to their knowledge of the unwritten
work of the order, the Vice Grand, Brother
A. o. Burgdorf, and his supporters, showed
themselves to be particularly bright Odd
Fellows, and were the recipients of words of
praise from the Grand Master and Grand
Representative. An examination of the
books of the lodge disclosed a steady in
crease in its financial condition. This lodge
will work the lnitiatory degree tomorrow
evening.
A meeting of those interested in the for
nation of new canton in East Washington
was held on Thursday evening at which a
preliminary organization was effected. Joseph
Burroughs was elected charm an, d. l..
Hazard Secretary, and William j. Palmer
Treasurer. The meeting was composed OF
enthusiastic, determined Odd Fellows, and
the new canton is already an assured success
An adjournment was had until next Thurs
day evening when the association will again
be called together at z O'Clock in the Union
Lodge room.
All present at Magenenu Encampment No
on last Friday evening expressed themselves
as more than pleased at the manner in which
the officers exemplifed the written and un-
written work, and conferred the Patriarchal
degree before the officers of the Grand En-
campment. While this encampment is not
increasing, perhaps as rapidly as some others, it
is not going backward. Its officers are young
and progressive, and proved upon this occa-
sion that they are fully competent to discharge
their duties in every detail At the close OF
the degree work general good time was had
the herdsmen proving themselves fully equal
TO the emergency.
1t is pleasing to note that the publishers
and editor of the Three Links, are members
OF the order IN active service Grand Secre-
tary William +. Allen is one of the busy men
in Odd Fellowship. The Past Grand Master,
while Secretary of the Grand Lodge, a posi-