The National tribune., 1895-10-10

THE BETSY Ross HOME.
husband till his death, and earned a livelihood
by selling tobacco. cigars, and candies, displayed
in window draped in red, white and blue,
with the famous portrait OF George Washing
ton and his friends in the center.
Mrs. Mund had lived in the house 40 years.
and was the possessor of numerous historic
portraits and paintings, as well as relics and
curios She had no children, and an effort will
be made to have the city buy the house and
preserve it.
BUCKEYE PROPHET.
The editor of the Buckeye published at Troy,
O., home of Past Department President Sarah
Winans shows himself a born prophet in closing
a handsome review of the Journal OF 18TH Ohio
Convention, published under the personal
supervision of this excellent officer and woman,
when he says:
g. 1t is said with opportunity comes the man
who can make the most of it, the same can
be said of women. The high executive ability
manifested by Mrs. Winans during the year
she was President of the W.R.C. places her on
the list of those whose services are needed in
our public benevolent institutions, and to some
of them sooner or later she will be called"
DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA.
DEAR TRIBUNE: Antietam Corps. &C. Peta-
luna. has membership OF about so, some OF
the brightest women of the place being in its
ranks. Through their influence flag salute
is used in the grammar schools.
dime social, given by Antietam Corps was
well patronzed; proceeds we're used for the pur-
chase Of flag Besides recitations there was
vocal and instrumental music, and war remi-
niscences by the veterans
That old stand by, Lyon Corps, 6. Oakland,
gave an exemplifCatioD OF the ritual with rep
resentatives present from Rollins Corps, Stock
ton, and Garfield, Lincoln, and Meade Corps,
San Francisco. The Inspector and OF her officers
OF Department pronounced the work well done.
At the close of the r.ualistic work President
Eliza Shepherd declared recess, when a choice
collation. was served. Distinguished visitors
present were Department. President Alta Com
stock Department Senior Vice President Man
nah. Department Secretary Susie /. Harris, De-
partmsnt Treasurer Lottie Forbes. Department
Inspector Amy Robson. Department Counselor
Elizabeth Darcy Kline. Js
Margaret E. Bell, Department.. COrrespon-
dent.
DEPARTMENT OF OHIO.
Department President Salina Sprngsteen, of
Ohio, announces in General Orders, No. 6, tho
division Of Ohio into IG districts with an as
sistant at the head of each, under the general
supervision of Department 1nstituting and In
stsiiiDg Officer Ellen Applebaugb.
Twenty-seven additional Corps contributed
to the Soldiers Home piano fund, and IL to the
orphans educational fund.
Journal of 18th Department Convention Is
now ready. and can be secured at W.R.C Head
quarters, Cleveland, On receipt of 10 cents a
copy.
DEPARTMENT OF MICHIGAN.
Michigan had 90 votes in National Conven-
ton. including IL delegates and five out of IL
Past Department Presidents.
Past National President Emma Stark Hamp-
ton, always ready for any duty devolving upon
her, has accepted the Office of Departments
Counselor OF Michigan, vice Ann NJ Barney,
resigned. because of i'll health. President
Emma +. Knapp is to be congratulated upon
securing the able services of one so thoroughly
" Her name is a household word in the homes
of our W.R.C. ladies'"
Michigan has been divided into Is inspection
districts. with as many assistants to cooperate
with Department Inspector Isabella L. Jones,
of Grayling Past Department President ALA
seba Bliss will inspect Corps 22S. A. So, So 20,
1872, So and 81.
The Department of Michigan made ready re.
Spouse in aid of the Relief Corps of Sand Lake,
burnt ont. and now that they are called upon
to assist tho family OF a member of Bull Corps,
Ecorse, called to her rest after a surgical opera
ton, leaving an invalid husband and six chill
dren, they sure to exercise the same spirit
of fraternity.
Past Department President Mary Sherwood
Kinds has resigned as Chairman of the Com
mittee on Patriotic Instruction. and her sue
cessOr is yet to be named.
Michigan has inaugurated a series of II Dis.
trio Conventions, and the following District
Presidents announced in the Order: Lydia
Hopkins, Detroit; Emma E. Cole, Jackson;
Hattie p. Thompson. Flint; Corneia s. Perry,
COldwater; Charlotte Brown, Kalamazoo;
Anna Graybill. Greenville. Lucy Reed, HUB
bardston; Nina ID. Kinsey, Saginaw; Maria
Bontecon, Petoskey; Stella Ii. Rolph, Escam-
bia.
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