Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-04
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Pittsburg Encampment No. will confer
the patriarchal degree on two candidates
Tuesday, September g. at the hall, 81 Fifth
avenue.
R. A. Lamberton Encampment No. l25 will
meet next Tuesday night ut its hall, 81 sixth
avenue, when it will have work and election.
A keg of nails will be opened.
Pittsburg Encampment No. will meet at
its hall next Tuesday night for work in all
the degrees. There Will be election for off
GERS also on this night and a large turnout
is expected.
Garfield Lodge No. 1910 will confer the ini-
tiatoly degree Monday night. September 5,
at its nall, corner Penn and Winebiddle ave-
nues. 1t would like to see all the brothers
that take parts in the team present on this
night.
The staff of J. B. Nicholson Lodge 5s5, l. O.
o. F., in addition to comforting the third de-
gree on two ofi own candidates, will CON
Freeman Lodge 1895 at their hall, Al Franks
town avenue, Thursday evening. An inyi-
tation is extended to all to be present.
Hazel Glen Lodge No. 1913 will confer the
first degree Saturday, September TO- when
all brothers are invited to attend. This is
one of the young lodges and is fiist forging
to the front. 1t will soon be numbered with
the best lodges in the district 1t will give q
grand excursion down the Ohio Monday,
September All friends are cordially in
vited.
Aide-de Camp Captain G. j. Eckstein, of
Canton Allegheny No. 80. P. NJ, has returned
from the State Encampment which was held
at Lake Ariel, near Scranton. As this was
the first encampment of the P. NJ. the boys
are highly pleased at its success and the
BrigadierGeneral, Ed C. Deans, Is, very
much eIated by the magnifcient success OF
their first attempt. The chevaliers of Cam
ton Allegheny No. 81 P. NJ, are very much
pleased at the success of Captain G. j. Eek
stein, who received a handsome prize for
the best mount.
Pittsburg Lodge No. 1876, the OLD reliable,
started work last Friday night by initiating
two candidates and it was away up in G.
The improvements made during the vaca-
tion were highly appreciated by the many
visitors from McKeesport, Glenwood, East
Liberty and two or three were present from
Ohio and Kentucky. The Southside was
also well represented and each and everyone
commended the lodge highly on its work
and membership and they all say that they
This lodge will confer the first degree next
Friday night and would like to see the hall
packed.
very large and enthusiastic meeting was
held on Wednesday, August 81, at Odd Eel
lows Hall, East End, in regard to the sti-
tuition of the new encampment, which will
take place at an early date. About a dozen
lodges were represented. A large number
of names we're secured, Garfield No. l04O,
Freeman No. 1881 and W. H. Devore No.
676 contributing the majority. Speeches
from the d. d. G. P. and q number of en-
campment members were the order of the
evening and were well received. The new
encampment has secured Mystic Chain
Hall for place of meeting. Ali are cordial
ly invited to be present on next Friday
evening, September 8.