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THE OMAITA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , JUKE G , 1881. The Omaha Bee. PubTuhed every monuntf , e jcer > t ? end y. STlfc only Monday mnrnlnc < lilr. TmtMSnYMAlI. Onevear SWLW TWrwiMvwUw.SX.CO 8ix.Xlontli . . . .VOi > * m . . I.M f THK VTKFKLV RKK , T r r.uix . SKMmrt * CVamnni itatM nwt rmy tihntiU It to tl KMWB or Tut Jtw. . K' .vl. rrumy < Cow 3xn. OIH.V.JL OWk * and Pot < r $ i fc > ! aw if payable to the * r i j- . E. ROS1TWATER , Editor. TI. IVrc * i < 5n Charre of the Circu- THK DAILV I5KK. Indifatiorn for Monday , in the > Muuifft atvl Lovtr Mitiouri'al \ - en. Partly ttwdy vnlhtr , ( xcaiioiial , rcrieWf tn'mfa moitly ( atttrty , it < i o" tcvcr tt > ffraturtgciuralliiiiyh. Ir-o-jrois has now three English ecalps dangling at his waist. . GENERAL TYNT.U is said to bo seri ously implicated in Iho star roiito sirindles. Axrious E.vQnnEii. INo "corned" "beef is not subject to u line of $10 un der the Slocumb law. TUE attitude of Vice President Ar thur as a political huckstercr in : i dis grace to the administration , the party and the nation. ' THK Ideographic announcement that "Mr. Conkling in conlidont uf sue- cess" slipiild bo storeotyiiud. It would nave considerable type setting. THE Xihiliits are Raid to bo ex perimenting with the Kocloy motor. It has broken up every capitalist who lias invested in it , and might prove iicrviciblu in St. Petersburg ! ! . "Ann you going tolho ball this aft ernoon ? " is changed in the base ball fraternity to "aro you going for the lall thin afternoon ? " "Xot this after- jioon. " "Good afternoon. " PAKKELL declares that "tho Irish are saturated with disaffection , and justly so. " The reason probably lies in the fact that they have been sponzttl cpoa so long by lazy landlords. TUB number of dissatisfied N lain who are leaving for other state * .has grown beautifully small since the spring seeding has shown itself. THE largest elevator in the country Jias just been completed ufc Brooklyn for David Dows. It will store 2,500- 000 biuhels of grain , and its cost WUB § 2,000,000. GENF.RAI. GKAXT is on his way lo Albany to take a hand in Lord Hos- coc's came. Ho proposes to fight it : t on that line if it takes all summer. THE state board ofagriculturo offers fifteen thousand dollar * in premiums for distribution at the- coming juvte fairs. Every indication rxnnU to an unusually successful exhibition of th resources of our state. THE legislature of Now is in session. Its princpal : bturinwu will bo to cbooso a nucccsior in the hciiato to that pliant tool of monoj o- liej/E. If. Rollins. Bill Chandler lias copper-bottomed his trousers and is waiting for his chance at the sena torial scat. SKOIIKTA.HY WI.VLKW denies that there have been any dissensions in iho cabinet , or ] the slightest feeling of discord. Mr. Windom says that Iiis information and belief is that Jlr. 151aiio ( was in no way responsible for. the nomination of KobertHon This disposes of another "stalwart' lie. . LAST Juno the national convention -of window-glass manufactui era agreed to close their factories on the 1st o Juno or reduce their workmen'i ivngcs. A number of factories nov. rofuBo to stand by the agreement and continue in operation. A conven lion's arbitrary action could not stand against < stho ; demands of an active tnulo , and now daylight is BOOI. through 'Ihd agreement in'a number of places. WATKIMVOJIKS are very important factors in a city's industrial progress The grape-sugar company which ii about to remove its establishment from Buffalo to DCS Moincs , Iowa it is forcad to take thin slop because cause the city authorities charged tortionuto rate for water. At the fig itres demanded the water require * -would cost the company $42,000 jx > . year. At DCS Moinea the company will got water free ; corn , its principal -artfclo , can be bought /or 27 to 3 ( ent against 50 to 52 pouts in Buffalo , and coal will ' be ' & 0 to ) T6 cents per tot Ae > er ' * DISRUPTING TUE PARTY , The hopes of the democracy , and the fears of ft number of republicans , thM the ant.igonism of Boscoc Conk- ling to the administration will result in the disruption of the jwirty , are groundless. Xo sensible republican who hM fwscd through the cxpcr- ipnce * of the l.ost twenty years , fears any such otitcomo. Xor is there any thing in the present outlook which gives ground for the belief that ser- ions division exists either among the leaders or in the ranks and file o/ the republican i rty. The howls of a few factional organs are joined to the cries of a little chorus of disappointed oflicc seekers. Even in New York state where the conflict is waging , Mr. Conkling's adherents arc placed on the defensive and find themselves forced to apologize for , the partisan and ill considered action of their chief. By the mass of the party throughout the country , the dif ference between Mr. Conkling and the administration is viewed simply is an attack by a senator on the presidential prerogative and the subsequent troubles re suiting from thu resignation of Mcs.ifB. Conkling and JL'latt , nro looked upon as : i fitting retribution for an act of childish folly. The four mil a half million voters who cast Jieir ballots for President OaiTiold , .vhilo they regret that the ililliuulty las occurred and that party harmony ins been for a tiinu disturbed , cor- ainly do not vimv the trouble as a nutter in whoso solution in ono way > r the .other , party supremacy or ox- Htonco is in any way involved. Tim fact is manifest that in ho present controversy the only liH'croncu of opinions is amoni ; poli- ieiaiis. The republican party sup- mrts its president. Ninety-nine one- nmdredths of the press throughout ho country champion the lulinimstr-.v ion. In New York State itself , every eading republican jounul not only upl > orta lioneral C > Artiold , but oppus a ho return of Mr. Conkling to his ol.i ieat i i the seilato. A vast nwjorit if republican voters thrvnighout the erj- districts wliich M r. Conkling h.u Kxvstevl were hi * { wrsoaAl projvf Jy. iavo ivetitionixl lha K > gijliurv so fill lis seat in the senate ekisab-ir with a rorthier and taoro k > raJ rwprvaeatJk- ive a ntia who will wrw ku rorsr syen si the SAiriSw c ii . OTTS. p j oiul intiirwij. f Ba : 1 < 6 cj iaff ii ijv JJ J UEU > pcw&a- ' xle , thai ilr. CuclSaiifviEi Eu2 < ic a ie- < let a CL. L c is n-jum ftn rriatnnt Lw bit fjtSrurj irall waidn mi fiiii , IJHIU- irint dlM'niirsyvrinJL1 isn. ail suit ; QH u .ui. | ) - uuE ui iiiimjunwur u IKV- " Oisuic unC iimm uunu rtijiiflJIi-juni huvi ifi sL * jiurfj ftiTtuiir ivtwii Sntmi u nach lurta ji'irnnnJ ! illii < ruiif nfimu te can star cocuuiuiii. ( Quuur unt seward , Sefss i izi Gaw&xj S Cowed - owed thu coarse teJ tE ? rvsii t. { sLt- opublican forces oalyckn ti cp tL * : loscr and presented a more Dr.iiiJir : : tul invincible front to the foe. The "republican party , " says the Chicago Tribune , "follows no leaders. it in a parly of ideal , and cares little or individuals , except as they repro- ent these ideas and nro willing to abor to advance them. The more ac- ivo and ahlo of the laborers naturally ako a position in the van ; but if they alter , if their faith grows weak , or in lisgust cr linger they turn aside , others take their places , the ninku : lee mo , i ml the great party moves in without a halt and without ap- ; > recial lo losi of Htreugth , The do- loners may , trudge on for awhile in lonclincssand bitterness of spirit , but such of them as do not early regain Ihoir party fall back' ultimately , into the ranks of the democracy.which fol lows substantially the same paths as the republicans , only -a quarter , of n century in the pear. " A'.SUJT kvolving 53,000,000 for the. posiesiion i > f ono hundred and thirty- five miles of road lias boon brought Wy the Texas I'.acific against the South- cm Pacific. Ex-Judge John F. Dil lon and las law partner , Wagner Swayno , atu the attorneys for the plaintiff. .Mr. Dillon is the nephew of his uncb , Sidney Dillon , mid uill bo reinembtrcd as the party w ho gave the fumou4 cjecisioirin 'the'terminus question , Vaguer Hwayne is thu son of Justice Swoyne , of tlo | United SUvtfs suprtmo court. Such a team ought to bo able to exercise enough influence to bnlhloxo any railroad in the country. SDMI : die , but none resign Mr. Jumea A. Mnrr , chief clerk of the first assistant posuimster-goncrul , celebra ted liia oightj-finst birthday last week and the employe * of the department presented hin. with n silver service as a testimonial ) f their good will. Mr. Marr 1ms beui in the postoflico de partment over fifty years , during which period lie always accommodated his political views to the peculiar complexion ploxion of the party in power. OKK thousand stocking weavers are coining to this country from GhomU nitz , in Germany. Consul Kaley will ' 'probably l > o on hand to direct this movement-to Nebraska whuro wo have BO many ' . 'tender feet , . " THE IOWA SENATORSHIP. Wo admire and respect the man who dares to avow Ins honest spnti- inenls , oven when opposed to tlio view * wo hold , and thu principles wo advocate. Wo despise and loath the moral paltroon who dons the mask of hyj > ocrisy , .and makes profession of faith that is not within him , because it is popular. The contest now in progress over the Iowa scimtorship presents a most extraordinary spectacle. We see men who have been life-long lackeys of corporate monopolies make public denial of their pint record nnd swear by nil that is good and holy that they sincerely entertain views wliich for years they have been coin- bulling as monstrous heresies. We see mull who have been thu paid re tainers of the Credit Mobilior corpor ation in the lobby of the national legislature vaunt their devolion lo Iho producers and urging Ihu regulation of the railway Irnflic. Wo see mnchino politicians who have been notoriously strikers and lionchmen of corporate monopolies , qhampion thin bogus anti-monopoly candidate , and wo are uma/.cd thai sumo holiest and intelligent republi cans have been duped by thcso pro- lenders. In Nebraska such brazen duplicity would moot with the severest rebuke , It remains to bo seen whether Iowa can bo hoodwinked by such bare-faced imposition. A few days ago wo quoted from the open loiter of lames K. Wilson , in which ho planted himself on the antimonopoly - monopoly platfoim. Since then tlio great speech of Mr. Wilson at the Ilonnopin canal convention , prepared expressly as an electioneering docu ment , has been suread broadcast over Iowa. If Mr. Wilson had no record behind , that sj > eech would make most anybody lieliovo that ho is an micoiuprotnisiui ; enemy of monopolies. Placed side by side with hw record , that speech stamps Mr. Wilson as a cun ning , scheming , double-dealer. To c-ap the climax of humbug nnd deception , the champions of Mr. Wil son jviu ; to the paimary election re cently held i Marshall county , which Mr. Wilson i * said to have carried by ovvr sCO nujoriy. We * 11 knew how iucfe pciouriw anj conducted and wfeo.3 sviiiaci * csia be placed on them ij aa jwcsttt or" public sentiment. Bos ( STYE tf ihu ; rspcbiicoaj of Maria - ia S. iruciwj EAT * allowed themselves " . ) &u tiiai''Oil'iii no eadors- anr Mi WHiwn while he b nuiinic 'iniltic ' svDiucctxa ih y should aim auiminiiii tauci c lunji ? aad Honor , viiu ici iiiisauirJ T d iTor of curbing tiimir iziunnAi. I jrufiiin tii UiiUiivntaluu ; s nii ? 3Cunfiiu , 'vil ri-n n'j iE = rr in- uxiiusiiuu fiHE-.L" ' Tliii at T3 Ljgnlitare iniiir. ! < . .vEiuu iTiii sruit iavnrdneu of u a iisyni anti-monopo- at THZ * gitufon of the Chicago papers fyrsrthe "Arnm-thd-rrrcr" transporta tion of grain , in not at all remarkable in the face of the following estimates ot the relative cost of shipping grain to Liverpool from Chicago und St. Ixjuis , which are furnished by the St. LouisVtof ( Vtof hlilppinjf n btmlicl of com from CliiouK" ' " I'lvurjiooli.i l.tl < u iirul c.inal : C'onti. Lnko ruto to JIulTaln . fi.OO ( ' ; mal rntci anil toll . . . . . li.-.j IiiHiirnnce , livko . -7 jievixtor ; nt Jiiifal ! ( . 1 .00 . - Ocean freight tn LiNorpoiil . 5.00 Ocean iiwurmico . , . 51 Total C'ont of hljipiiIiiK a ljunlu'1 of com St. LOUH to hiyeiiiixjl New Orleans : Ct-ntx. IHverTato to XcxV Orleans . 0.00 liner iimiiuueo . , , . 15 Tramportutioii from barge to titenwcr .i"iO Ocean i-ftte , Now Orleans to Liverpool 0.00 Ocean iiuvironco . . . ( K ) Total I'iflS ' 4'heso figures indicate that the movement [ now in progress is based on sound and economical principles. A statement oHhc cost of shipping grain from' Omaha to St. Louis by river and rail , will be the next tiling in order and vrhcu made , will bo in teresting reading for our fanners. THE UKK acknowledges the recopt of the first number of the Oawhn Sim- day Jtein , the lini-.ll successor of Dick Stools' sparkling weekly , formerly published nt Central City The now pajxjr is | ; iot only worthy vf thofprmor reputation f it's editors , but is in every respect a credit to our city , and deserving a hearty support from our citizens , Ho fills u place which has been vacant heiotoforo in Omaha journalism , viz : A bright , spicy and original local weekly , edited by a school of journalist ! ) who are doing much to give the Great West n high place in the temple of humorists , Wo bespeak for our new contemporary long and prosperous existence. I ? Di'W.vo the month of May 70,052 immigrants landed at Castle Garden. At this rate ono million inhabitants would bo added to the population of the United States during the coming year or what is equal to double the number of the present population of Nebraska. Combined with the nat ural growth of 'population and cbntin- tinued at that rate , the next national census will aliow a population of sev enty millions in the United States. What rorolution inch marvelous growth will make in the next TIIE CROPS , Tun HER presents to-day the result of our enquiries relating to the condi tion of the crops throughout the slate and western Iowa. The summary is an interesting one , first for our fann ers , and indirectly to every merchant in the west. The prosperity or de pression of trade and commerce is so closely and intimately dependent up on the annual harvest that the pros pect of an abundant yield can hardly fail to be cheering news to the wholesale - sale and retail dralers throughout this section of the country. Notwithstanding n novoro and prot racted winter and a wet spring the crop prospects are on the whole unusually favorable for a heavy yield and n bounteous liarvest. The acreage of all cereals , excepting , winter wheat , shows a nmrkcd increase both in Ne braska ami Town , The acreage of Rpring wheat is grcally increased , in BOIIIC counties of Nebraska 50 per cent , in others leas. An average would give an aero- ago of perhaps ! W per cent over last year with protpects of a heavy yield. In the wcsteni poition of Nebraska , especially throughout the llopublican valley , the outlook for a largo crop is most pioiuisiiig , as thu acreage has boon nearly doubled and the grain IIIIH come up thickly and strongly. The winter wheat crop , excepting in some portions of Western Iowa , will bo levt than hist year the se verity of thu winter season and the plowing up of many hundred acres for corn planting being largely responsi ble ; for the decrease. Corn is not making as good : i show ing as illicit bo desired owing to late planting and a moist spring , and from present prospects will fall nearly 10 per cent. l > olow last year's yield , The earliness uf the season makes any cer tain prediction impossible , buttho in creased acreage , which will scarcely fall below tlftyen percent. , seemsun der favorable circumstances , to assume a crop fully equal to last year's har vest. ( If the smaller grains the acreage has not been materially increased. Oats and barley are in remarkably good condition. Rye shows n dimin ished acreage with the probability of less than a three-quarter crop. In the Republican valley the acreage of broom corn and millet has been great ly increased and in other portions of the state more attention has been paid to the planting of flax seed. All of these products will show a greatly in creased yield. So far aj can bo detennined from present re ; > orts the outlook for large crops is more than good and our fann- er miy J-xik forward to a prosperous i isua ami a heavy harvest. ' THr'appotntnient of Senator Kahlo , of Indiana , to the consulate general of Berlin , is not popular in Germany. Consul Kreismann , who has held the place for twenty years , has greatly attached himself to the German people who think the manner of his removal insulting in the extreme. It appears that Consul Kreismann was not even asked for his resignation , and the first intimation he had of any intended change was the announcement in the newspapers. Kahlo is an insignifi cant Iloosier politician who says that he Bought the office to please his family , and will do till lie can to encourage Gorman immigration to Indiana , This is about as extended a view of a national mission an a mnall- boio Indiana politician could bo ex pected to take , but it speaks very lit tle for the sagacity of the state de partment in selecting such a man for so important an office. . * K difficulty of obtaining reliable news of the troubles in Ireland is in creased just at present by the efforts of the English ministry to prevent e > rrect reports of the disturbances which uru daily occurring in that dis tracted country , from reaching the public , A'government which do- Hcends to tampering with the mails and suppresses dispatches contradict ing grtssly exaggerated reports of outrages , with no other view than that of inflaming the popular mixd against the Irish , is dos6n'ing of the severest denunciation. , THK Button Jteyintcr revives a well- known bit of political history and tolls a chunk uf truth when it says : " .Something like a year ago The Omalm Republican imnqunccd day by day , until the ailling of the Columbus convention that Nebraska was solid for Grant. Majorities wdro put down in figures , But when the convention met it was found that figures do lie most \ illaiuuuflly. Fully two-thirds of the convention were for Dlaine. Now The Republican , with oven less truth , is saying that Nebraska is al most bolid against thu President in the Colliding business. " L.uui ; ; quantities ot grain are being shipped to Buffalo from Chicago for four cents a bushel. It costs three cents to transport , a bushel of grain across the Omaha bridge. SAIUH DGUNHAIUVT is soon to bo married , and the bolls will again bo ringing for Sarah. The Dubuque Illflt uiocUUon have raude preparation for a grand festival on the lth ) of June. It li txpeotal tint 5,000 trtogen will bolo the city. The street * wilt be appropriately decorated and iUu- ul&ated. | 7HE LODGES. St. John's Ledge A. P. A. M ; Scottish Rite Gleanings. The Triple Link items of Interest - torost from Various Orders. Tito Free Mnaons- Aa the summer days approach , the time draws near when the craft will bo called from labor to refreshment and work in the lodges bo suspended for the summer months. Wo realize dur ing this season perhaps more vividly tlian ever before the fact thai Iho G. A. 0 , T. U. is at work raising lo a de gree tliat wo cannot behold , temples of beauty all over the earth , The forests don their livery of green , the lawn becomes bright and glossy nnd the dew decks all nature with pearls and diamonds. This season when ac tive labors within the tyled doors cease for a time , reminds us and is sym bolic of the rest and pleasures of a coming season that is in store for nil Masons , n time of refreshment to come in the hereafter in immortality. INSTALLATION. The constitution of Mt. Moriah Ledge of Perfection , No. 2 , A..A. ' . S. ' . It. ' . and Iho installation of its of ficers took place on Monday evening , May 27th. A number of the brethren outside of the order were present and witnessed the beautiful and impressive ceremonies. Grand Commander Al bert Pike 33 ° , escorted by Auditor General Win. M. Ireland 33 * and R. C. Jordan 33 * of the Supreme Council , togelher with Win. R. Bo wen 33 ° wore met ut the door and received by the lodge in due form. The master Gus tavus Stevenson 32 ° then surrendered his gavel to the Grand Commander , the wardens stations being filled Ye- spectfully by Bros. Jordan 33 ° and Bo wen 33" , Inspector General Ireland acting as Master of Ceremonies , The lodge was then dedicated with the us ual allending symbols of wheat , oil and wine. The dedication concluded , the following officers were installed for Iho ensuing year : Gustavus Stevenson , 32 ° , V. M. ; John G. Tayior , 21 ° , S. AV. ; Lewis II. Korty , 30 ° , J. W. ; Charles P. Ncedham , 30 ° , Oralor ; Geo. W. Nal- tingor , 30 ° , Secretary ; Elbert T. Duke , 30" , Treasurer ; Gustavus Anderson , 30' , Almoner , John J. Monoll , 28" , M. of C. ; Fiauklin T. Ziinmer , 30' , Sr. Export ; Fred James liurthwick , 30 ° , Jr. Exp. ; W. E. Annin , 30 ° , Capt. of Guard ; Charles Turney , 18 ° , Tyler , and J. S. France , 18' , Organist. ST. JOHNS LOlOE. ) Of the throe Blue Ledges of our city , St. Johns Lodg , No. Ho , A. F. & A. M. , although the youngest has gained an enviable character among the craft for admirable work , oftlcionl officers and Iho general good manage ment of its atfairs Masonic. During the past season it has done a larger amount of work than either of the other lodges , and its membership is nearly abreast of the largest in the state. Owing to the departure of Bro. Kcnr , .1. W. , thu south has been vacant of a regular elected officer for three months past. The E. A\ degree will bo worked next Thursday evening THE KOVAI , A1WJII. { $ The first meeting of delegates , out of which arose the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons , was held at Boston , October 24 , 1707. This convention adjourned to meet at Hartford in January , 1708 , and there organized the Grand Chapter of Iho northern slalcs of | America. On the ] Jlth of January , 1709 an ad journed meeting was held , which re solved to change its name to that of "General Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the northern states of America , " but on January 0 , 1800 , the present style was adopted , viz : "ThoOoneral Grand Chapter of R. A. M. for the U. S. of America. " The sessions were first made septennial , and New York was fixed as the place for the first con vocation , September , 1812. But it failed to meet ; at the appointed time , and n convocation was held in Now York City , Juno 0 , 1815 , at which important measures were taken for the regularity and peima- nenco of the organization , WA8IIINOTOX AND THIS SENATK. The Hon. Francis Baylies , in his eulogy on the life and character of P. G. M. , Iho lion. Benjamin Russell , who died in 1815 , says : "While in Iho army ho had seen a mooting of Freemasons , among whom was Gen eral Washington , and ho was puzzled to disccni how it could bo that n ser geant'also in the lodge , should bo nbovo his venerated chief ; Ihis led him lo inquire inlo the practical benefits of Masonry , and resulted in his joining Iho order , in which ho finally rosp lo be a Grand Master. " CIIAFT CULLINOS. Past Grand Master G. W. Lin- ingcr is expected homo next Wednes day from an extended tour through Europe and the Holy Land during wliich ho has made a study of Masonry in foreign lands , Albor Pike 33 ° Grand Comman der of the suproiiio council , A. ntul A. S. R , , for uio southern jurisdiction of the .United States loft on Friday for the east accompanied by Win. M. Ireland 31 } ° auditor of the supreme council. The weeks visit of these brethren in Omaha has been produc tive of great'good to the craft and will long bo * reniombertjd by the brethren of theorder. The Sir Knights of Mt Nebo Com- mandery No. 11 , of Hastings , Neb , , have issued inagiiiOcent invitations for the installation reception and ban quet of their commandary which lake place on Juno 1-jth at Hastings. Freemasonry is quite prosperous in China , At Shanghai there are three lodges , working under English con- slilulions , two under Scotch , 9110 un der Americans , and ono under Ger mans ; two chapters , one English and ono American ; ono Mark lodge , be sides several bodies of the Sc&ttish Rito. A now English lodge , Northern Ledge , No , 670 , was recently consti- There are ninety-one bodies of the Ancient and accepted Scotieh Rite working under the southern jurisdic tion. tion.Tho' membership of the respective Gorman bodjoa is 43,931 Under the Grand Lodge of Den- mark there are nine lodges and 3.112 members. The Grand Lo < lgo of Hungary has , it seems , twenty-two lodges and 1,101 , members , Sir II. R. Coleman , of Louisville , has recently returned from a pilgrim age through the Holy Land , bringing with him mpny relics replete with in terest to the craft. , , Seven Templar bodies existed in England as early as 1706. Tlio crand body numbered in England and Wales at last retuni , 110 commandcrics. In the flitted States there ( iOO comman dcrics and f > 0,000 Knights Templar. Ancient Accepted S. R. Undies of the Orient , of Rochester , N. Y. , held their thirtieth semi-annual reunion , commencing on the 22iul of 31 ay , and ending on the 25th. Louisville is noted for its celebra tion of St. John's ' Day the 24th of June. Formally years the Masons have made St. John's Day the most populai festival of the whole year in Louisville. It is a general holiday. litisintM is suspended ) and o > erybody paiticip.ites. This year it will bo observed on a more extensive scale lhaii ever. The festivities ate to be gin on the 22d of Juno , and last three days. Sir kiiijht James A. Gnrlield willntttnd. Tlio Odd Follows. Oregon held the twenty-sixth an nual session of its grand loilgo on the 18th. Seventy-three lodges were rep resented by about 200 members. Three thousand nnd twenty-nine members are reported , being an increase of 128 for the year. Fourteen thousand three hundred and fifty-live dollars and forty-three cents has been paid out for relief during the year. The assets of the lodges tire $ U2,47- . There seems to bo some dilliculty between Grand Sire Roth , ef the Ger man empire , and the patriarchs of that jurisdiction. He has suspended Farnsworth - worth encampment , No. 1 , and ex pelled several of its members for insub ordination , and also suspended the D. G. lodge of Brandenburg for persist ent violation of law. It is also re ported that all of the lodges of IJerlin ( except Humboldt , No. 0) ) have with drawn from the jurisdiction of the grand lodje of Germany. Eighty-six jjthousand is now the number ot members in Pennsylvania. The order is doing better there now than for two or three years past , and it is thought that the Keystone state may yet giin the point for which it was aimng some time ago , namely , 1,000 lodges , 100,000 members. Fidelity Lodge , No. 14 , D. of R. , was receinly instituted at Concord , New Hanpahire , with 177 chaater members. The cncimpment books in Gorman have just icon completed. The deitxio chartshavo been received at Baltinurc mid are ready for deliv ery. The encampment charts are promised ly the 1st of July. A charter has recently been issued for Priiis llendrik Lodge , Nc. 3 , Am sterdam , Netherlands. The order prospers very well in Holland. The Odd Fellows of Cincinnati will dedicate n monument , erected to the memory of the dead of the order , at the session of the Sovereign G. L. The French brethren will bo pleas ed to know that the rituals in the 1'Yoiioli livnguage nro now buitii ; | > iinl * ed , and that the degree hooka are also being completed. The Grand Ledge of Wisconsin will assemble in Milwaukee on the 7th of June. The oflicers' headquarters will be al the Ncwhall house. A delega tion of grand officers from California will pay them a fraternal call , .MISCELLANEOUS. Over 300 now members of the A. 0. T , W , have been admitted in Califor nia during the past month. The Royal Arcanum reports a mem bership in the Eastern States of 30,000. American Forestry is doing steady work on the Pacific coast. The now body of the American Le gion of Honor started in Omaha begins its history with brilliant prospects. Considerable activity is noted in the Knights of Pythias. [ Direct ell communications and mat ter for this department to "W. E. A. " Fraternal Societies , BUB office , Oma ha , by Tlursday of each week. ] BOILSD DOWN. Creston h to have a new church. Kcnkiik i | to have a liuckot-Hhuj ) . OoveiiiorfSear willili'liver the Fourth of July niutini at Mareiif ; " . ] ) es AloinM expects to ( jatlicr in a BlaH factory , wlil'li will employ 1200 hands. Lo Mars > ill hold a city election on thu ICth instant Diilmrmoeomplaliu ) of a scarcity of ten- eincnt hou&i , Fruit ] pn i > ccU in 1'olk county nro not cncoura m ; } The graui loilgo of Iowa f ! oed Templars incuts in Alfona on August 30 , Waterloo partlon are planting 100 acres of lieam Th now ireamery at Humboldt It ready to begin ojifrations. Tliuro un compl'iinU from all parti ) of the stute of i lack of laborers , The niirene | court < > f Iowa will meet at DCS Moincrion Tuealny , Juno 7. Oslnloo.--.ilms just organized an auco coiii { > .iiy n ith a capital of 100,000. CJlny coilny ha * 1,000 acres of peat beds accorUiik' to tlio Btata Ueologidt'n report : From evt- corner of tba utRte conii'j th most ( , 'lfwin , ; uccount of the prospect. necroju. It ii propineil to connect by telephone n.11 the town In Jouoi county , with . \na- lucuu the camty seat. It U setfeil that JeflfcrnoH h to hare the Wftrnnv-jii20 linouf tlioVabnli from lei ) Moiriu Bliolilou ptrtleH hnvp taksua contract to break 1,000 acred for Close Bros. & Co. iu Ojceola coiuty. The spire if the new Methodist church in Den Moiies will be 10) feet high , mak ing it tli ? li.ledt ; in the city. Ottuuiwa'i new street rar track ii helug imehed will great energy , and will teen bd completil , On Juuo } 5th and ICth will occur a pub. lie 8 la of . ' 00 ehurt-horua at Marshall. town. Hands of nmlgrantwagoas pass through Ida Grove ( early every day. There U ageneral belief that the yield of fruit thU Hcum , in uu > ot parts of the Btate , will be eitrencly light. John A. i u > non h.vj armed at hU home M Ded Muinn. and will remain Uivro till fall. , The Severtli Day Adveutists will hold their camp-piectlng and conference at the fair groundj DM Molnod , beginning on the Oth ! u < J , W. Mdntyre , a young Englishman , was drowned in the DM Moiiies ri > cr at , Des Moinex , tlio other day. Two counterfeiter * were sentenced at DM MnincM trn other day. one for six and the otlur for nine month * , The nnnu.il Mcthmliit camp meeting of the Davenport district will bo held on the grounds of the association , near DeWItt , commencing TucKiay evening , August 10 , and continuing ono week or more. | The Hilda coal company purcliaied eighty acres of coal land ot Abo'rilith ( ' ( , of Osknloosrt , the other day , the consideration being 98,000. Articles of incorx | > rntion of the Minnesota seta , lown Southwestern railroad company hiuobccn filed with tlie state secietarv Capital stock. S3 , < M,000. ) Principal phxco of business , drccnc. The board of tni'teei of the asylum of feeble-minded children at ( jlenwoin hn\e contrntUd a debt of Sli.llK ) by cnnlessnes * and extravagance , nnd nro imahla to make good the IOM , A few da > B ago the ll-ycar-old ilatislilor of a fanner ming uenr l > imln ] > was bitten on the wrist by a rattlesnake. The girl lingered in terrible agony fur twenty-four hours when death put nn end to her niiscry. Council IMuffi has another rnilro.-vd fa prospect , the M Inncsnta , Iowa nnd Wc-.teni which when built will run from Ia I'res- cent , Minn. , through Decorah , I'linrlc * City , Greene and Ackley , low a , to Council llluirs. Audubon Advocate , 1 : "Two wagom drawn by eight yoke of cows , Imiling from Greenfield , parsed here yesterday on thtir way to Dcadwood. One wagon bore cnw enormous chicken coop containing between 400 and 50U fowls , A young an living on n farm about tou miles west of Hampton , named Unb- ert lurr. ) . while planting corn the other il y wai struck by lighiniug and itistnufly killed. Tim upper part of hU body was terribly blackened. Th Plymouth camp-meeting will bo hiltl ftt VnuyhiuV grove , nix milns south cnstof LcMuH , commenrim ; Juno ID , and closing on tlin IS.'d. Thrt 1'lyiniuth otunty chftrgts will hold their quarterly mo ltiigt , t the tame tijie. MeUwn 2 and 3 o'clock Monday morn ing Kirkpttrick uml Iliutis' drug store , MeG'im S : Sketer'n peuerxl s > tiire , Freo- 1 ml & Turner's ami Philip Hit wick's sa loons : > t Atlantic were eutirely consumed by tire , only ouo billiard tib'e ' bring snv- od out of the cotiUiitM of the four build , inga , Tlio tire wai supposed to be the wort of incendiaries. Decoration diyy w.v pretty generally ob. served us n holiday throughout the state. There were the usual floral decorations and ( } uiut gntJiuriugH nt thu grates of the heroes dead , with n itinnal IIIUM'C and pat riotic HpcecheIsotliing of unusual in- lcrc.it occuncd * I'jax will bo the principle crop in thh section tills season' The iicre.v'C of corn will bo uoccst.atily bo iv gocxl dc.il cmallur than it WM last j cay , but there need be no fear of a famine in thu jitolitablo staple. Of wheat thu acieagu will bu unusually Biuall , paitly owing lo the backward spring and partly because it is ] < nown to bo both und unprofitable nnd uncertain crop. crop.Tho The scarcity of laborers H proving a great drawback to the constrntetion of r.iihoads throughout thu stato. Companies have been comiiellcd to advance wages ful ly 50 per cent. Hand-bills lia\o been dis tributed o\crthe C. M. & S. 1" . company , offering 83.f'0 per day for teams S2.'J5 ! for carpenters and S'2.00 for shovclers to work on the Council BlulTa extension. The route of the Wabash road from Des Moines to Albia has been definitely located and the contracts let forits construction. It will run directly north from Albia , cross ing the Dei Muincs river south of 1'ella anil thence along the river to Des Moines. Horace Kvcrett , of Council Bluffs , has a 3,000 acre farm near that place. Upon it he has planted -00 bushels of black walnut - nut , hickory mif , coffee beans and pecan nuts , ' . ' ,000 larch , 'JOO Scotch pines , and 300 apple trees. , He has also built three grain houses and five miles of wire fence , and at present is breaking 800 acres of prairie , A Des MuiilP * i-liccial r < ays the loss to Iowa fnnnoTri tliis year from poor need will amount to 8 ,000,000. The following patents were issued to cit izens of Iowa during the wx'ek ending .lime 3rd. 3rd.James James H. Barnes , Newton , adjustable cccentiic. S. 1C. Minton , Des Moine * * , horseshoe. AV.V. . Yokum , Parkeroburg , bto\e- dnim. Mushroom. Cultivation. The Garden. On arriving at Arcuell ono ia pre pared to find some unusual industry carried on ; the largo tracts of undu lating ground , uncultivated and 1111- fenced , covered with a scant growth of grass and weeds , with , dolled hero and llicro , peculiar w oodun air-shafts , looking like dituimntlcd windmilla , make up a picture of dcBolatenchs and neglect that is unique in the. neighbor hood of Paris. Ono's first impression on alighting nt Iho station is that the place is ownerless. Scrambled along the muddy track that did service for a pathway from the station , I sltucklho road on which was Iho house of Iho "champignoist" to whom I had been directed. Be hind Iho neatly kept house und gar den was a yard , with BOIIIU heaps of hot manure beiny turned by several men , one of whom was the proprietor. On reading my intioduction hu polite ly oxprcBsed his willingness to help me , and explained the mode of pro- pairing Iho manure ( Iho same us among us ; ) llo then led mo lo Iho door in tlio middle of the yard that apparently opened into nothing. When this door was opened there came out a rush of confined air , laden with thu niiiHty smell of mushroon spawn , bringing the conviction that a stay below to bo pleasant would have to bo short. On n shelf just inside ) were some small spirit lamps fixed to slraight wooden handles about ono foot long , two of which monsieur lighted. Taking ono for himself and giving ono to mo , 1m bade mo follow him down a steep incline ) , damp and slippery from the water trickling down the walls oil both sides. At the bottom of the incline , wliich terminates in some steps , was a cham ber of about ten feet square , from wliich branched oil galleries sis feet wide , to all uppcaranco winding like a maze in all directions. In each gal lery there were three beds , ono against/ each wall and ono in the middle of the usual conical form , though only about eighteen inches or two feet high , cased with the white dust of the pul- vori/.ed stone , wliich I concluded , o- gothor with tlio perfect darkness and Iho absence of any covering over them , serves to give the Paris mush rooms tlio beautiful white sKin for wliich they are so romniknblo. Never before have I suou mushrooms glowing bo thickly ; they were literally on top of ono another , making it a dillicult performance to step between the beds without knocking some oil' . Pnro Water , Cmt'AOO , Juno 5 , With a view of furnishing an unlimited supply of ab solutely pure waler for the use of the city , Mr , George R , Dramhall , a prom inent architect , has prrfectcd plans for nn immense oquaport to bo located eight or nine miles out in thu lake. Two tunnels are designed to connect it with the city. The entire coit is esti- mit d at $3,000,000.
