Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-02
GEORGETOWN,
How Covenant Lodge Celebrated the Odd
Fellows Anniversary-Other Happenings.

FELLOWS Annfversary-OtherH Happenings.
In the presence of a crowd that occupied
seats. aisles and doorways Covenant Lodge,
No. -, l. o. o. F., last night celebrated the
hftieth anniversary Of its organization. Dis
tlnguished lodge men from Virginia, Maryland
| and all the surrounding states were present on
the occasion. and orators were as plentiful as
pretty women.
The stage Of Linthicum Hall. wherein the
exercises were held was draped with patriotic
bunting. and suitable emblems and beautiful
bouquets lent an additional charm to the scene
After the opening PRAYER an address of
welcome was delivered by Past Grand w
| H. klopfer. Then the secretary gave a his
tory of the lodge, told of the wonderful work il
had performed and ranked it with the most
beneficial organizations OF the nineteenth CEN
fury.
vocal solo by Mrs J. Albert Houghton fol-
| lowed, and the applause il gained proved con-
ciuslvely how meritoriously it had been rem
| dered
Grand Master B. f. Crawshaw's address was
Characteristic OF the speaker. concise and to
the point, yet possessing all the flowers Of
oratory. Mr.. Henry Hazards recitation won
appreciative applause and Miss Sauter for her
| three collections a veritable ovation One more
address by Mr.. L. c. Wood and the Columbian
quartet, composed of Messrs. Souder, Hunter,
Evans and Mawdsley, made its first public APP
pearance and scored an instantaneous hit
After the literary and musical exercises came
refreshments and then dancing. Among those
who helped to MAKE the event the success it
Rifell. past grand Thos. J. Jones, past grand:
J. j. Cherrey, past grand: Geo. W. Evans, WE.
| Clapp, Samuel. Cottrell jr.. II. q. Cornwell
II. r. Cooke and H. C. James.
The honorary committee was composed of
Past Grands J. D. Cathell. S. C. Palmer. Geo.
| II II Il ~
son, '. Shinn, j. +. Payne q. Brown. VIM. A.
Hutchins and William Monkey Reception COM
| mittee-Past Grand Master Theo. f. kinney,
Past Grands W. II. Kiopfer, W. II. Harvest,
W. H. Rawlings. Geo. Bennett and brothers
Noble Grand J. s. Irwin. \. ID. MackaH II.
Wolff and Geo. NJ. Burdine.
The members composing the floor committee
| were DR.. I. j. Jones. conductor; Samuel Cot
trell, jr., W. H. McShea. W. E. Clapp. r. Il.
Cook, ]. I. Cherry and L. N. Riftiey. Among
those present were Department Grand Warden
John II. Wool. Grand Warden Theo. Mead,
Grand Secretary Hunt. Grand Treasurer Easily,
Grand Representative Sitter, Grand Warden
Sorrell. Grand Conductor I. J. Jones. DIR. Y.
Shinn, the oldest member of Covenant Lodge:
| Grand Master Kendell of Virginia, Past Grand
| Master Watt, Past Grand Master Stans-
bury, Past Grand Master Henry Hazard, Past
Grand Master Kenny. Covenant Lodge has a
membership Of 1855.
CANAL MATTERS.
There is important news in canal circles to-
day. The great four-mast schooner Sycamore
has been chartered by the Meredith winship
Company and sailed from Boston yesterday for
this port. She will supplement the collier
Shawmut and is expected 20 arrive in eight DAYS
She will carry out about 100 tons of coal
The Sycamore was built at kennebunk. Me-, in
1891, has hailed from Toledo. Ohio. but accord
ing to the most recent blue book of the naviga-
ton bureau claims Fall River as her home and
J. G. Crowley her principal owner. The
Sycamore registers !, 2S4 A tons gross. .220 70
tons net, is 2l9.5 feet over all. As feet on the
beam and 20.6 feet in hold. Her signal letters
| are X. J. L. N.
Boats to arrive on April 80 were: F. Flanagan,
Capt. ]. Moore; barge c. F. L. Bealle, Capt.
F. Hoff: Consolidation No. II, Capt f. Hot;
barge Florence. Capt Marconier; barge No.
ia, Capt George Quinn; barge Florence, Capt
Marconier: barge E. Pratt, Capt J. McGruder.
Florence, Capt Marconier. with passengers.
barge -Four Brothers, Capt J. W. Collier, with
lumber, salt fish, &c.
Boats to arrive on Saturday were as follows:
Barge J. j. Alexander, Capt j. Renner; barge
Cuba, Capt Singstum; barge Judy Bradley,
Capt o. Hammond; Consolidation No. IL,
Capt. S. Taylor: barge ". A. Leetch, Capt II.
Shsffer; barge J. L. Nicholson, Capt W. Hill.
Those TO sail on April 29 were as follows
Barge ". d. L. Waluridge. Capt W. McMullen:
barge Isabella. Capt y. E. Stevens; barge No.
124, Capt n. E. Stevens; barge Garnett F. B.,
Capt. W. Benner; barge Judge Douglass, Capt
". Bowers; barge No. 1874. Capt W. Swain;
Consolidation No. 2. Capt. W. Curtis; barge
Seneca, Capt. I. Thrasher; No. l0l, Capt. L.
Eichelberg.
Boats to sail at Cumberland On the 2sth for
Georgetown were: To Meredith, Winship 4 Co.,
barge No. 12s, Capt E. Morse; barge No. lo3,
Capt. O. Grove; barge Daniel Linl1ins. Capt o.
Grove; barge Here / Am. Capt J. Swain;
barge Judge Cox, Capt c. Shaw; barge Com
| soiidation No Is, Capt. c. Fox. To Meredith,
winship Co.. barge Little Walter. Capt.
Zeigler: barge Muskingum, Capt. A. Teeters:
barge Mary Mertins, Capt. John lice; barge
A. Greenless.
Boats to sail at Cumberland on the 29th for
Georgetown were follows: Barge No. LOG,
Capt. H. Swain, ll6 tons. 10 Meredith, Winship
& Co.; barge W. E. Grove, Capt W. A. Ashby.
ITO tons. do; barge Judge Stake, Capt. Mccoy,
lis tons. do; barge W. j. Adler, Capt. ]. Rey-
nolds. III tons, do; Consolidation No. 1, Capt
o. Kretzer, ll9 tons, do; Consolidation No. 81.
Capt. W. Bartlett. 1l9 tons, do. barge W. II. c.
Bayley, Capt Ben Stride. 1l3 tons. do; barge
Samuel Henry, Capt w. II. Patton, 1l6 tons.
J. T. Agnew Co. j; barge John Honeway, Capt.
Joseph Higgins. 1l3 tons, do.
MONTHLY STATEMENT.
The monthly report Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal Canal Company will be as follows:
From the opening Of the canal on the 18th Of
March, up to and inclusive of April so, there
were loaded at Cumberland 39l boats, bearing
Al, 7s2. 600 tons of coal For the corresponding
period of last year there were shipped 2Ss boats
and 81 $40 tons of coal. Thus the increase this
year over last is in boats, 103, and in tonnage,
l3. 212 tons. OF the 391 barges which were
loaded at Cumberland 2s9 came through to
Georgetown and 1902 stopped at intermediate
points. This marked increase in canal business
gives feeling of all-round satisfaction.
BELIEVES IN ELECTRICITY.
Capt. jackson Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
I'canal notes several exceptions to the state
ments made by Capt. Hobbs in an interview
| a few days ago with a reporter for The STAR.
He believes that the towline and the shaggy
mule are back numbers and that the electric
barge is the inland marine vehicle OF the
future. Two miles hour is too slow to
travel in this age Of electric shocks. He thinks
the trolley experiment on the Erie canal viii be
q success.
FIRE NEAR FORT MyER.
The dwelling of Mr.. Vincent, near Fort Myer,
was burned to the ground night before last, and
all the furniture and other contents DESTROYED.
With the exception of S75 in gold, which was
found after the flames had died out, near
$500 in cash was lost
Magistrate Randolph Birch Of the Arlington
district, while in Alexandria on business yes
terday, was thrown from his buggy and Sc