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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1889)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. SUNDAY , JANUARY lb , 1W W.-SIXTEEN PAGES. ECI10S FROM THE ANTE ROOM lltwu and Gossips of the Week Among the Frotornltloa. THE K. OF P. ENTERTAINMENT. a IIP filrttc Societies mid What They in f Ooliie Kiitpplnlntiioiit nt Oooil- rich Hall linprriHlvo Installa tion CcrviiionlfM. M.IIHOIIN. The annual mootIng - Ing of the Nebraska Veteran Freema sons will occur at Frooniu.iona' liull , on I ho festival of St. John the Almoner , Wednesday , .tnnuar.s 23 , ISS'.i. A baiiquc vvi'l ' to : served at ( I o'clock. Any member of a Nebraska lodge wtio was Initiated twfiity-ono your * ano Is eligible to membership in tlili association. It hut no doi-rccs. but IB simply fraternal and social It nun anil character. While tbero nre no nn nunl dues , uti admission fun of 1 is required to ( my for the h-idpe , Those Masons who \vmli to Join thn veterans can obtain blank pelitiniiH fit-In Secretary \Villlum It. liowon The ollicers of the association arc as fol lows : President. Hro.Lorin Miller , .1 ; tint vice president , Hro.Ituburt C. Jordan , ! U Hoi'iind vice presidentHro.Houry T. ( Jlarkc 1 ; third vice prosldcnt , Hro. ' . D.inicl II Wheeler , 0 ; fourth vice president , Hro. * . Al JiodO. Hustings , 111 ; llftli vice president llro.- . William AOalr , 5 ; tro.i < iurer , Hro.- ' .Thomas A Crelh'h , ! ! ; secretary , Hro.VI1 - limn It. Bowen , It ; stewards , ilro.Villiiiu Oi-burne , I ) ; Hro.Ilonry C. Akin , 11 ; Uro.- \Ionrv Hrown , n. Th.i nami's of the votcriin * HIV : Itobi-L-t U. Jordan , Wllllnm Cluhurno. V Illiain It. Mowon , Ab'T Ilellnmii. r.urlii Millrr , Ansustii" A. KKbi-i-t , John LOKUJI , Mcnn'i'arUo , KIU-rtT. DtiHc , Thomas , .v. reK'h.Villiiiin II. H. HuQho-i , Hcurv C. j\UI > i , Lemuel II. ( . 'use , William Aduir , 4JL-OIW ArinstroiirIIi'iiry ( Hiiuvn , Aluxandor .At i..11011 , I.i-vori'tt M. Andi'i-son , William J vM"Uiit , Tholomiah A. Mcivuth , Daniel II. Wheeler , Alfred I ! . HastiiiKs , Kdbm W. Kiirnna , Hcrnnrd NewmanJoseph ] ' Manning. Miehaol I1. Murphy , .lames W. Moore , Harry 1' . Dentil , Jui-nb ICnitf , John T. Pauiscn , l.eo I' . Oilcttc , Martin Diinhain , J'hiillpVliulliohii , fJonr 'oV. . Llnlnuor , Ud- winti Host-water , Newel It. Wilcox , Samuel W Hayes , Albert U. Towle.llonry N. Hlalce. .luluiH N'ctibnticr , William I-ecse , Austin Humphrey , Kbe.ii K. Limit. ICl'iatC. Wili-ox , Kdwni A. Al't-ii , Benjamin F. Kawult , Lib H. Kliinii , IbibtM'l HollhiK-uvorth , Charles 1C. Coutnnt. Illrain L. Sinltli , Joseph Van Valin , nonets H. Franco. Honorary momber.s from Juno til , ISSS : lloburt Hull. Henry 1C. Hill. The Into John W. Whitmarsh was buried on Friday afternoon by Capital lodso , after Masonic form. Mr G. W. LlnitiKcrncled as mailer. Hcv. house dellveroti u sonnoti full of hope and comfort fur tlio bereaved tituiily. 'i'lie exqiiiwllo performance of the orpumst of UK ; lodge , Dr. I'alin Saxby , added much to the iinprcssivoncssof theoeoasion. Messrs. Ctcnrgc .IDIIOI , Henry Van Uuzon , Joseph Crulio , 1 { . llylin , .lohn Mack and ( icoi-fjc Ijcwit ) wore pall bearers , the three last named gentlemen coining from the locomo tive department of tlio Union 1'neillo shops. The deceased nerved in one of the New York ref-iinonts during the war , mitt wbilo a prisoner in Amlorsonvillo contracted Bright's disease of the kidneys. This malady mi- dunuicdly was the cause of hi.s deatli. He bah resided this city ten years , nnd leaves a wife and several children. All nnislo ? Masons , their wives , widows , mothers , sisters and daughters who expected to parlicipatu in the organization of a lodce of the order of the Eastern Star in I'lum Cn-ok worn rcciiested | by II. A. Tin-ton to meet at Masonic hall on Thusday , January to , nt irhich time tlio griinil patron or his ropi-csciitativc was expected to bo present. C. M. IJ. A/lnstalla'lon. Dr. .1. T. Klnsler of Otnalm , supreme de puty of the Catholic Mutual Benefit associa tion for Nebraska and Iowa , installed the om.iers elected by Hr.inch No.a , C. M. H. A. , in Knights of Labor hall. The following are the ofllccrs : President , tins Kev. Father D. W. Moriarty ; vice president , Hon. John l'McMillan ; second vice jircsident , l-'rancis Hoylo : rocordiiifr secretary , Dr. M. J. O'itourko : assistant , William II. IClyno ; Jltmnrial secretary , Christian A. Mclchor ; treasurer , D.niiel Harmon ; marshal , 1 * . J. Mulcahe.y ; iruard , Miehael Qiieonaa ; trus tees , , lphn N. liurkc , Francis Hoylo and Daniel Harmon tor one year , and Daniel KalTurty and 1'oter J. Cornwall for two ' ' . J'l'-lM. K. 7)1 * P. Myrtle Lodco No. ! i , Iviil lits of Pythias , elected the following olllcers for the ensuing year : Dave Kaufman , D. C. ; II. J. Fueller , P. C. ; D. Hlack , V. C. ; U. W. Sabine , pre late ; William D.irst , master 01 the exclio- iliier ; C. M. Huchanan , master of finances ; W. ( . ' . \\'iHfu.af , keeper of records nnd seal ; ( J. W. Kastinan , matter of arms ; T. Slapm- liorst , O. G. District Deputy Grand Chancellor W. II. Hayncr made installations as follows : Mon day , Marathon No. i > 3 and Mrrtlo No. U' : Tuesday. Jan Hass No. f > ; Wednesday niRht , l'"orust No. bt nnd V'irginius No. ' . . " < ; Thurs day , Triangle No. 5. 1'ytlniRor.is No. no , lodso of which W. It. fwuvendcr Is < J. C. , on Friday nlht ( indulged in oystors. The Krand chancellor is iimuint ; a trip thmugli the state , ami will call tlio past uluru-ollors and chancellor commanders to control poinn for the purpose of expediting tliu task of Kiviiiff instruclion in thi > unwrit ten work of the order. He wtis duo at Mo Cook Friday. One of the llrst public Installation cere monies was had by Triangle lodc | ; , No. 51 , K. of P. , at Coodrlch liall on Thursday ovon- inp. The InstiillliiK olllcer was \V. II. Kaynor , D. D. G , O. The hall was well tilled with the kniuhts and their ladies , all of whum were amply repaid in listening to the follow ing programme : Male gnartotto--"Softly Falls the Moon- ll > ; ht , " by Messrs. Powell , Conrad and Rich- nrJson. Installation of C. C. Violin Solo -A. K. Morris. Installation of V. C. and P. I'iiino Solo Mrs , Slocum. humiliation of K. of It. HI id S. M. F. nnd M 10x. M. A. I. G. and O. U. Music Powell Familj. Kecitatlon J. T. Daily. Heeltrttion- . Waddell. Prayer Itev. J. W. Harris. After the exercises dancing was indulged in. Among those present were noticed : Mr. nnd Mi-n. Ilaywood , Mr. and Mrs. Webber , Mr. nnd Mrs. Ituyner. Mr. and Mr * . V/addell , Mr. and Mrs. Davis , Mr. and Mrs. Cull on , Mr. and Mrs. Hrown , Mr. and Mrs , Morris , Mr. and Mrs. Andreas , Mr. and Mrs. Hcnd- ricks , Mr. nnd Mrs. Saunders , Mr. and Mr * . Dally. Mr. nnd Mrs. Wells , Mr. and Mrs. I'owell. Mr. and Mrs , Lucas , Mr. aud Mrs , Ouill , Mr. and Mrs. Lewis , Mr. and Mrs. HKun | ; Mr , uiut Mrs. Thomas , Mr. and Mrs , Tabard , tliu Misses Uuhahnn , Lucas , "Worth , ICinney , Pearsur , Taylor , Snyder nnd Quill. After I:1 : a. in. a line oybtor supper - per wus served in the hall. Music by Hot'- man's orchestra. 'Ihc wife of Hrother Harry Merriam , edi tor of the Pythian Spur , died Friday nl ht uijod twenty-olRht years , The funeral will iK-cur to-day. All knights are invitoJ. The regular meeting of VlrK > nm led o I\o. V5 was held at their hall on Baunders street Wednesday evening , January U. After the roL'ulur routine of busliioss and the ad mission of four noiy members lo thu llrat do- Ktve , tha preseneo of Hrother . H , IJuynor , 1) , D , ( ! , 0. , was announced , and ho pro ceeded to Install the following ofliccrs-eWt , , ii , O. 0 , The led i' , althoUKh young , is Ruining in prominence and ineinben > blp very rapidly , and with the above well chosen ofllcers at the head it Is certain that it will rank with some of the older lodges in the city , both In inu'iibcrshlp and pixmiliii'iiro , ere Utu end of ISs'.t. Now lodge , No. IW. Knl liU of Pythias , thp second lodge of the order lu Hoati-leo , was installed Monday night by Grand Chan cellar W. H. Love , of Lincoln , assisted by members of Apollo ledge No. Srt of that city W. Spencer , editor of the Western Knight , Omaln , and eliancellor-commnnili1 of Nebraska lodge , No. 1 , was present. Diana lodge starts with a membership o forty. Fred McCIono , district deputy , Installei the now ofllcor.i for Henkoltnan lodge Knlahts of Pythias Tuesday niRht. The ocercises wore jjlvcn in tUblle nt AIrBvoy' < i ball. Upon their conclusion the hall was cleared nnd dancing was indulged in unti the small hours came At 11 o'clock nn clab orate supi > er was served. The affair through out was erodltnblo tr > all participants. Two hundred persons attended the public in Mallntlnnand banquet of Hastings lodge , No 2 . The following are the ofllcers Installed P. O. A. K. Allyn ; C. C.Jny , Cherry ; V C. Arthur Nowlan ; Prelate D. A. Ouldin M. & A.-Kd. Monroe ; 1C. of it. & S. A. P Hi-own ; M. of F.-.I L. IColm : M. of K.F. . L. Pearl ; I. G.-lMllo Co-ipcr ; O. G.-W. 1C. Uriggs. After the now ofllivr * had assumed - sumod their respective stations..I. F. Ha'loti- ' ger In a well-timed speech presunto I tn the \ lodge on behalf of Messrs. erry aud Now J Ian , two be.mtiful olllc-r.i' robes for tilt- stations of C. C. and V. C. On Thursday night a jovial company of Knlphts nnd indies of Onnlo lodiro No. TO , Iv. of 1' . , enjoyed Itself at the lodtto'-ooins. There were es-uys in musical and literary directions of more than ordinary merit. The solos of Messrs. J. H. Roberts nnd C' . P. Hit-Kelt deserved the warm reception ac corded. The finished execution of the duett ol Mrs. Clappe and Miss 1'lke. "When the Bosom Heaves a Slsh , " revealed In the for mer H soprano of pure tone and In Hie latter nn alto of pleaslnu quality. Mr. Lou II. Banr rendered nc-Ieclions from Iho first net ot "Kin Vim Winkle1' In a most acceptable manner. A phonograph sitn-inc under the management of George B. Holt was a novel contributor of amusement. The balance of the evening was dovoled lo dniicmir. Among Uioso present were : Mr. and Mrs. A. Stevens , Mr. and Mrs. Pitch , Mr. and Mrs. Hottorman , Mr. and Mrs. AnnewaH , Mr. and Mrs. llolbrook , Mr. and Mrs. tiood- nll , Mr. and Mrs. Ayiv . Air. and Mra. Col lins , Mr. nnd Mra. Uor ncrv Mr. and Mrs. SucKi'tt , .Mr. mid Mrs. Gibson , Mr. and Mrs. ( Jnnliimn , Mr. and Mvs. Dr. Merriam , Mr. fatten , Mr. und Mrs. Kowler , Mr. and Mrs. ISiieiMr. . ami Mrs. Orr , Mr. and Mrs. bchrain , thu Mlssns Nellie Samuels , of Uhi- c.iu-o , A. KIOVUIIH , A. Kolcy , M. Hall. Sterlmi ? , Prost , l > ile. ( Laini ? , Uady. Klchardson , Mln- 1111 : Hrown , L. Heebtel , Wilkiiis , Kiepker , Colemnu. Pluming , IJroiighton. Liddell , Anna Jones , l-'nrrincton , Hi-.sley , Dollie Wanner , tin ; Messrs. Lvihck , Howe , I'rap , Hhnclcev , Keinper , Kcrr , SclsnVcs \ ; > cK Thro | ) , mason - * i. < > r. n. North Omaha lodfjeNo. . M , Independent Order of Trun Bund , on Thur.-.day night in stalled its ollicers , who are : Charles Htor/ , treasurer ; ( Jus Schnu.lur , 'L' . Al ; Claus Koweiliiide ( ; Prank Wanner , H. M. ; Ernst Kraft , I' . S. ; A. ICirchstoin , A. ; H. A. ( lie- low , R S. ; L. Selimidt , junior Kuard ; Joe Hiescndorfcr , sentinel. * * Kni lim ol' Honor Installal on. The following iewly-elect ( l olllcors of the ICiilirhM of Honor , Omaha lodge , S-Jit , were installed Monday evenin-j : C. L. Pritschor , director ; T. W. McCune , vice dictator ; L. A. Goldsmith , uisistant dicta tor ; W. I. Matthews , reiiirler | ; J. IJ. I ( rimer , Jlnancinl retirter | ) ; Charles Landroek , treas urer ; T. L.-Clark , chaplain : L. Luarus : and 1' . . lirndy , jruidos ; T. Pull-oner , sjntiiiel ; Ccor ! o 0. Whitloclt. J. S. ( iiijsiin , and W. M. Carter , triislces. * I. < ) . u. I-\ The public installation of the oflicors of Hlk- horn Valley lodco 1. O. O. ! " . , occurred at O'Neill in their hall and was a very pleasant affair. Orand Muster CJeorf-e N. Heels , Norfolk , was master of fcreimmies. Quite a number of brothers from the Atkinson lodue participated. Tbo exercises bepan at 8 o'clock auu con sisted of thu introduction of tlio members of the grand lodge of the slate ana the installa tion forms and obligations. Al the close of lliese exercises the rand master addressed the assemblage. His remarks wore of very intercslin and nihlruclive character. Hon. A. H. Charde folloxml with an ex haustive and eloquent resume upon the ori- pin , objects and teachings of tlio order. The choir of the ljresbyterlan church furnished music of a very hiijli order. The oftlcers elected for the ensuing term and installed were as follows : J. L. Mack , N. C ! . ; J. II. Meredith , V. f ! . ; G. C. tlazlett , Sec. ; I ) . L. D.irr , Per. Sec. ; U. .1. Suhrain , Trcas. The minor appointive odices were designated by the higher otliccr.s. Tlie O'Neill iodte in in a prosperous condition , has a membership of tibotit eighty , an en campment of about thirty-live members , and a lodic-of the de/'ri-e / ol Kobukah num bering abuiit llfty. They wen ! nil repre sented at tne instnlliilion. Goodrich lodco will frivo Iho third of its sorlos of parties at its rooms next Wednes day .South Oiimli.i Kleotion and Instnllali Monday night , South Omaba lodge. No. IIS Independent Order of Odd Fellows , elected olllcers to till vacancies. Kdward Cooimr , G. Al. , of Omaha lodge , No 2 , as- sistei1 by Joseph O. iCastman , G. Al. , made the installation. The following arc thu olllcors : J. H. Johnson , N. G. ; J. A. Silver , V. G. ; Undolph Hnrtz , P. S. ; John H. Wall- work , It. S. : Charles W. Glenn , treasurer ; Joseph O. tCastman , warden ; Xeba Crawford , conductor ; H. Ilyimiu , U.S. ; John A. Nel son , L. S. ; J. F. Kyb.ick , 1. G. / . Ciidding- ton , O. G. ; Halph Pearl , U.S. S. ; W. G. Larson , L. S. S. ; David Anderson. It. S. V. t ! . ; Henry it. Aultmnn , L. S. V. ( J. * * A. O. U. W. The following ofllcers were elected nt , a meeting of Harvard ledge of thu A. O. U. W. : Past muster workman , f. It. Littler ; master workman , J. R Illekiimn- foreman , r. II. Mutters : overseer , S. J. Itic.o ; re ceiver , O. J. Hiloy ; hnuncier , G. S. Habcock ; recorder , . I. T. Fleming ; guideN H. Pontius tius ; inside watchman , John Heng. tnn ; out side. watchman , C. J. Scott. The ledge has u membership of thirly-threii ana is in a : irospcrous condition. At the regular meeting. C'hadron lodge A. O. U. W. elected the following ofllcers to serve during the llrst slv months turm of ISM ) : Al. W. , A. G. Fisher ; fort-man , Al. D. .irlelon ; overseer , L. W. I'jddy ; receiver , U. MrLcml ; recorder , J. G. Hunton ; guide , lames Kolhwoll ; 1. W. , L. 13. Hlalsdoll : trustees , It. McLcod , F. J. lloughton , W. W. The A. O , U. W. supper and dance at Ver- Ion OH New Year's o\e was quite a success jolh socially und tlnaiicinlly. A largo > ' crowd wai reported than had been present since the llrst ball five years ago. The an- leljzltig supper was prepared by fashionable an rers , vh ; the wives of thu members of Ihe lodge1 The proceeds amounted to $37. Thu rccnnt decision of the Iowa supreme court in tliu famous A. O. U. W. suit Is at- r.iotius considerable comment throughout ho entire state of Iowa. The outcome of the rouble cannot now bciiiiitormined. In an in- crvievv H. J. Aiiiler , editor of tin ; Iowa Workman , the olllcial journal of the btato A , O. U.V. . , expressed the belief that there vill be. an attempt at reconciliation and a compromise of thu trouble , and nn ultimate eiinun of tha tws factions. Ho hcumed to hink further that the loyal branch would mvu lo come to terms with the so-called so- coders , or elsu quit buMiiesa in Iowa , since indcr the law the loyals could be enjoined from truuaartiiur any business In thestate. . L'ho loyal faction has u membership ol about S.lhio , while tinsocalled bcccillng branch has over luoo. ) Of the former only about 'XKi raloiiRod to the order prior to the split , which iroso over the operations of the relief law of ho sunremti lo.iguu. A wyuting of the exec- ilivo committee of the Hecedcrs lias bt-cn called at Cedar Itaplda for the Ultli lust. Hy Invitation of Union PaclHc lodge A. O. J. W. , there was a joint installation of the lowly idccted onicors of tin- four Omaha odgca and South Omaha No , l'i ' during thn veek. Deputy Master \Vorkninn fames W. Carr coimuftcd the coromony. Vmnle luMlcu was dcinu to the refreshments bt-rved by AlcDonahl and to the cultivation if the Kociul 311101111104. This crder is rap dly. growing in this city and throughout the stall ) , huviiig u present mcmb rhip in the tatoofOU5. Tht-ro was a joint Installation Momlav light. The programme of musical and literary ixerclses tiivimrod by No , IT for the enter- uinuiunt wai > carried out nuicli t < the satis- acllon of nil ronnectod with ( ha affair. Past Matter Worl.ii.cn S. K. P.ttten wan the receiver of a past master's liadgc of line workmanship nnd valuable iiiaU-nnl. Ai thoiign inurli surprised when the nre ent.i lion was made , the doctor responded hapiiily tolling the dotmrs that the. budct- was Just what was nroJod to round out his existence , and Unit his appreciation was almost too profound for utterance. Monday evening tbo ofllcers-elot-t of South Omaha ledge No. I5U , Ancient Order ot United Workman , went to Omaha , nnd to gether with the oQlcors of the Omaha lodges , were installed by AI W. Tale. The follow ing wore the fifth-era : Past master work man. Dr James A. A. Kelly ; master work man , Jacob Joskolok ; foreman , Joseph L. Anderson : overseer , A. T.Morton ; recorder , Daniel Sullivan ; financier , C. W. .Miller : re ceiver , Patrick K. hulllvan ; guide , AI. Kvcr- solet I. W. , Clmrles Lear ; O. W. , Frank Wallweber ; trustees , Dr. James A. A. Ki-lly six months , Dr. W. H. Slobauph and Joscp L. Anderson eighteen months. Jacob Joskolok was elected roprcacntutivo to the grand lodge , which will hold its third annual session at Hustings , commencing May " I , lV. l ) . i. o ! n. u , The mnvly elected ofllcers of lodge Nn. 3.M , Independent Order U'nal Herith's were in stalled : Julius Firth , president ; Louis Ilel lor , vice provident ; S. Hanks , secretary ; G. Iteichcnberg , lliiatici.il secretary ; J. Ober- felder , trcasurnr ; C. Hrandles , monitor ; A. Harris and A. Martin , guardians. Following - ing the business ot the evening were a so prano solo by Aliss Isaacs nnd a recitation by Air. H. Hosenberg. These numbers were well received by the amllcnco. Miss Isaacs developed a voice of good tone ami linlsh. At thl : point the banquet absorbed every one. An enjoyable programme was the clos ing event of the evening. Those present : Air. and Airs. llev. L Hensou , Mr. and Airs. H. Heyman. Mr. and Mrs. Henesth , Air. nnd Airs. Drolfuss , Air. nnd Mrs. Goodman , Mr. nnd .Mrs. Wnidlcs. Air. and Airs. Kopald , Mr. and Airs. S. Prince , Mr. ami Airs. J. Hamburger , Air. nnd Airs. Shaw , Air. and Airs. A. Hrown , Air , nna Airs. Hcrnstelu , and Mr. and Airs. Sehlnnh , the Misses Scligsohn , Isaacs , Hernstein , Alorris , Adler , /under , Gl-id- stone , Spigle , Wcrtheiiner , Dreifuss , Wilex , Slither , Strauss , Airslistcin , Schlnnk , Alorris , Itiuilsltopf , Henedit and Newman , Alcssrs , Hloom , Heller , Kepinsky , Werthetmer , Die- geu , Elseman , ICaliu , Schlankunder , Otteiihi'imer , Gau , Augar and Hergman , Air. and Airs. M. Hellinau , .Mr. and Airs. D. Kaufman. Mr. nnd Airs. S. Cloetz , Mr. and Mrs. C. Hrandcis. Air. nnd Airs. Scligsohn , Air. and Mrs. L. Kirschbraum , Air. and Mrs. Adlcr , Mr. and Airs. Kohn , Air. and Airs. Alotn , .Mr. and Airs. L. Heller , Air. aud Airs. S. Hliith. Mr und Airs. S. ICntz , Mr. and Airs. Merrill , Air. and Airs , /under. Air. and Airs. Hitler , Air. and Airs. Hcckman , Air. and Airs. CirotteMr. . and Mrs I. Oberfelder , Air. and Mrs. I. Hrandcis , Air. and Airs. A. Heller , Air. and Airs. Alartin. Air. and Airs. Spigle , Air. and Airs. Uusenberg , and Mr , and Airs. S. liorgman. At Sioux City Priiluy a new lodge will bo instituted. Tins delegation from Omaha lodge is expected to ably assist the proceed ings. ' Modern Woodmen. The Modern Woodmen of Crant ! will give n grand masquerade ball , celebrating Wash ington's birthday. They are also making ur- raugcmenls for a literary entertainment in their hull. * Itoyul Arcanum. Union Pacific council , No. lOii'.i. has , in the language of the jockey , now fairly "got ils second wind" and is growing very fust. Numerous applications for membership were received at the mooting held on January 8 , and evidence given tlr.it ninny other would be present at tlio next one. The reason for this is that the initiation fee is to be doubled on nil applications made after thu "Mb irist. , and men wishing good and cheap insurance are availing themselves of this oppor tunity of celling into tlio order at n very reasonable cost. It is now also settled that Union 1'acilic coun cil will KOOII bo swell by consolidation with it of the Antler council , No. 10111 , mini- bcriutr twenty members. This will tiiuko Union Piicillc council ono of the strongest and probably the most , active in the state. On January 8 Deputy Supreme Kcgcnt J. W. Scott installed the following olllcers for the present year : Kogent , .1. 1C. Chambers ; vice regent , J. P. Coykcndell ; orator , J. H. Twiford ; secretary , 1. L. Kichards ; collec tor , J , L. Craiji ; treasures , J. H. Licbte- berger ; chaplain , H. W. Snow : guide , ,1. H. Sheldon. # * * G. , \ . It. Lyou Post , No. 11 , of Grand Islanddepart ment of Nebraska G. A. K. , , held a public in. stallatinn at their ball on cast Third street , recently. Assistant Adjutant-General J. W. Llveriughouse ollleiate.d as iiislalling olllccr , the ceremony being witnessed by fully SiK ) of the nest people of Grand Island. Captain John Hammond , conimumlanl at the soldiers' home , provided conveyances , and had about forty of Ihe old heroes present. J. W. Free man was installed post-commander ; James A. Wear. S. V. C. : David Ackcrman. J. V. C. ; N. II. Hurford , quartermaster ; George P. llyan. adjutant. . The post owns its own property , n two-story bride , 5lxIKJ ( feet , nnd valued at f'J.'i.OHO. There are Kit members in good standing , who will be increased by fifty appllcallons'now on lilo from comrade at the home , including Captain Hammond. Lyon Ucllef Corps No. HI held n joint in stallation with Lyon I'ost No. 11 at the same time. 1'ast Department 1'rcsident Mrs. Lydii M. Hocline olliciated as installing ollicer. Mrs. N. II. Hurford was re-elected as presi dent of the post. This is one of the most en thusiastic woman's relief corps in the stute , and the su.vesi of Lyon post No. 11 is very largely duo lo their energies. After install ing , a sumptuous supper was Horved in the post hall , mill leasts were responded to by Major Livoriughonse , Captain llnminond , W. H. C. Uico ami others. Tliu following olllcer.sof E. V. Sunnier post No. IS ! , G. A. It , , of Sidney , were installed nt a mooting nf that or guimatum , and are : 1' . C. , T. U , Duwson ; S. V. C. . J. W. Vaiidcr- hocif ; J. V. C. , A. liritlon ; adjutant , J. M. Brooklmrt ; quartermaster , M. WcUul ; Hiir- geon , J. Phillips : chaplain , A. A. Kicker ; O. C. , W. U Couch : O. G. , C. Olterman ( ; S. M. , Ji. P. Osgood ; Q. AI. S. , A. DeClark ; delegate - gate to department encampment , A. Ickes ; alternate , J. Ncubauor. Monday evening was held the annual mus ter of 1'hil Sheridan encampment No. S , Union Veteran Legion , at G. A. H. hall. The post has a membership of nearly forty , but barely half that number were able to bo present. The newly elected olllcors were mustered into oflice mid the necessary busi ness of Uu ! pott transuded , after which the veterans adjourned to K. W. Unities' restaurant - taurant , where a princely .banquet had been prepared. AH the old soldiers sat down to the table , the beautiful customs followed bv the order became apparent. At thu head of the table was nn empty chair draped In mourning , above which was n handsomely framed , lifo sized portrait of General 1'hil Sheridan , with tliu American Hag for u background. This was so placed in accord ance with the rules of the order , which re- quiixIbal a vncanl chair shall bo placed for each member who has died during the year. General Khcridan was a member of this en campment , and this is tbo only encampment which bus had the honor of enrolling that illustrious soldier among Its members. As the members of the legion sat down to the bnmmet board , Comrade U. ( J. Hubbard made Urn annual address , in which ho paid a mo&t eloquent tribute lo ( he memory of ihoir departed comrade and leader. These banquets will be continued until nt hut one surviviiiK veteran shall sit down alone , although Monday evening fifteen re sponded to the roll call. The ceremonies , though simple and unostentatious , were ex ceedingly Impressive , und had only to bo witnessed to be thoroughly appreciated. Mr. Adolph Luvoy loft Wednesday morn ing for Bennett. , Neb. , to visit his brother und sister and attend u ball given by thu 1C. of 1' . A heartless Hohomlun by the natiio of ' 'llonkoy loll his two litilo boys at the Union 'ucillu depot Friuuy night. IJeiwt Policeman lowurd kindly look cure of the little ones. ml yesterday the man strayed off again , caving the children IK the depot. Thomas Flynn , a Biiuiainaii with Hcllmnu t Co. , will bo married on thu SJd of this nonth lo Allsa Jnno Hagley , of Douglas county , The ceremony will be performed nt ho residence of the brule's parents , near 'aplllinn , after whU.li the happy couple will euve for IJonver , rolurnlng the earJy purl of cbruury , IAL PANTS SAL iURATEO BY Has been so favorably received , by a Discern ing Public , who are always 011 the Alert for Bargains , that we will continue this SPECIAL SALE for a few days longer. We will -place our pants worth $4.00 , $5.00 , $6.00 and $7.03 at NOW IS YOUR TIME TO PANT while you may PANT CHEAP. We are overstocked with these Pants , and we offer them to you at Less than it Cost to Make Them. MARK YOU ! These Pants are All New and Fresh NO OLD STOCK Not a Pant in all the lot but is worth twice the amount. m s at the Money Cheerfully Refunded if Goods arc CHUUCH NOTKS. * Hcgular services will be bold nt the Beth- Eden Baptist church on Park avenue. In the evening the pastor will prouch the last sermon of "Tho Prodigal Son" series. Sub ject , "The Prodigal's Welcome Home. " Music furnished by the Misses Boulter , as sisted in the evening by Mr. Prank S. Smith. The music at the 11 o'clock service at All Saints' church will bo : "To Dcum. " by Plorio.inC ; "Jubilate , " Macfarron ; unthoin , ' The Genliles Shall Come to Thy Light , " Head. And ut the A o'clock service : "Mng- nilicat" and "Nunc Dimittis" in C , by Uarnby ; anthem , "O How Amiable Are Thy Dwellings , " by Uarnby. In the absence of the rector the services will be conducted by Bishop Worthington. Kov. Willurd Scott will preach in the St. Mary's Avenue Congregational church both morning and evening. Morning topic , "Tho Divine Call. " In the evening the studies in tin ; Bible will bo continued with a consider ation of "Tha Question of Miracles. " Mem bers will uo received in the morning. At the Methodist Episcopal on Davenport , belwecn Scvenleeiilhand Eighteenth streets , Hev. T , M. House's morning subject , "Faith , Hope , and Charity. " Evening theme , "The Tree of Life. " Itev. W. A. Spauldiuc , ot Davenport , la. , will occupy tlio pulpit of the Plymouth church on Sabbath. His morning theme will bo : "Why Should Christians , not bo Ashamed of the Gospel. " In the evening ho will answer the question : "Is Jesus the Ho- dcemer of Mcnj" At St. Mark's Lutheran church the annual installation of otliccrs will take place in con nection with tbo morning service. Subject of sermon : "An Acceptable Service. " Even ing subject : "Tho Boyhood of Jesus. " At tbo Soulliwcstern Lutheran church , Twenty-sixth street , between Popplelon nnd Woohvorth avenues , Hev , Lulher M. Kuhns , pastor. Services at H a , in. Subject ; 'Christ's Consciousness of His Mission ; " 'and at 7:30 : p. in. ; subject : "The Certitude of Christian Life. " Sunday school at 'JiliO p. in. All are cordially invited to the.su services. The nastorof Hillside church , Uev. B.C. Crane , will speak at lOilHUa. in. on "Why I Believe tlio Bible. " Gospel service at night. Kev. C. H. Mclntosh will give a free stereopticon - ticon lecture on Tuesday night on "Tlio Work of the American Missionary Associa tion. " At Iinmnnuol Haptist church , morning theme : "Uovivuls. " Evening , sixth sermon to working people : "Fallacies. " Sunday school at 1"J m. There will bo gospel meet ings held ut Inimaniiul church every evening next week , commencing at 7:110 : , held ono hour. Public heartily welcomed. P. W. Poster. Dr. Lamar , pastor of tbo Plrst Baptist church , will , in bis coursa of family sermons , have for hU'SUbjeet Sunday evening , "Model Daughters.1 Those sermons are allractlng great nttenlinu , Come early and get a neat. At Ilia close ot.lho service the ordinance of baptism will In ) administered. Hevival ser vices evorjC' night this wciilc , beginning promptly al'7'W. ' Dean Gardner will preach in tbo Cathe dral Sunday iriorr.ing on "Pirst Bishop of the Church'in " 'America. ' " In the evening "Obcdioiico > of < Chrisl. " "Why Pa'Ul'Vi'ns ' Nol Ashamed , " nnd "Tbo Supernatural iti Kellglon , " will respectively 1)0 tliu mornlngand evening themes ol Kev. J. B. Johnsmijul. the Walnut Hill Christian church , , , Thu revival , meetings will continue nt the Swedish Mntbpdisl church every evening except MonwiV'and Saturday evenings , Suc cessful meetingshave been held liurinf ; thu past week.J ' ! ; ' Al Culvary'-'haptlst churoli the morning subject is "Tho Blood of Sinners Required of tliu Church. " Evening subject , "Daniel's Ylxion of Christ's Kingdom. " Baptizing nt the close. Sunday school 11:1.1 : u , m. Hev. S.S. limiting , minisior of the Pirst Unitarian church of DCS Moincs , will occupy Ihc pulpit to-day In two serviced. Morning service , 11 o'clock ; evening service , 7:1(0 : ( o'clock. A o.irdlul invitation is extended to all. The hours of worship at Hiinscom Park M. 10. church have been changed , Class meeting ut 10 u , m. , preaching ut 10:45 : a. m , , and 70 ; : ! p , in. Sunday school at IU m. Young people's meeting al 0:45 : p. in. The imslor will tune for his morning text ; "Havo Pailh in God , " Evening BUbjecl ; "Slop mid Tiiinlc. " Kovlvul services of Increasing - creasing interest nnd attendance have been held in this church tint past week und will bo continued every evening. You are in- viled , Kov. J. M. Detwellcr. pastor of Kotint/o Memorial ivatuolical Lutlier.ui church , will preach to-morrow moming on the subject : "A Living Sacrilice. " Evening subject : "Giving One Gift to Get Another. " At the First Christian church , the morning sbbject will be : "Our Violation to Jesus Christ. " Evening : "Tho Flood ; some In- tidel Objections Answered. " The gospel meetings at Castellar Street Presbyterian church will be continued an other week. Dr. "Williamson , of the Central United Presbyterian church , uses for his theme in the morning , "Art Wisely , " and in the even ing , "Meeting of the Water Pitcher nnd Hie Thirsty Man. " Fred Homer , who Friday robbed Joseph lioisncr of Albright of ? f3.f > 0 , an overcoat nnd a lot of cigars and whisky , pleaded guilty before Judge Hcutbcr yesterday and was sentenced to u line of $23 and cost , and in default of payment was sent to the county jail. General Harrison's Wedding. Buffalo Express : Among1 the resi dents of Buffalo to whom the news ot the election of General Benjamin Harrison risen , of Indiana , to the nrosiilono.y of tlio United States woroylnil tiding was a lady living on Whitney place , who thirty-six years ago stood by the side of Mr. lliiri-i.soa'b bride while those words v/ere .spoken which .in duo course of time will make her tliii lir.st lady in tlio hind. "it is a pleasant reminiscence to me , and I will tell you all about it on the condition that you withold my naiiiii , " said Die bridesmaid of Unit occasion. "Mr. Ifarrison 11 rst met. Carrie Scott , liis dchtiimd wife , while he was attend ing n boys'academy at Walnut Hills , O. , and ulic was a pupil in a girls' sc-in- iiiary nt the stiiiio place , llo was about nineteen years old then , and she was a girl of seventeen. Later on they both removed to Oxford , O. , whore ho beuamo a Htiident in Miami university , and hlio busied herself with the household duties of the family home. Her father was John W. Scott , who at the time of her mar riage , was the principal of a young lady's seminary at Oxford , The family lived in the seminary boarding house ( a two-story building just UCTO.MJ the street from the school ) , which was tnan- ngoil by Mrs. Scott. About thirty of the girls boarded at the place. "Carrie was u bright , vivacious , witty girl , rather polite in ( igurn with Knapping black eyes and pleasant fea tures. She was very popular and had many admirers , but none of them re ceived any encouragement except 'Ben'as she called him in those days. She was somewhat sarcastic , but she u.sccl this dangerous gift with such kindness and judgment that no one over suffered therefrom. I am inclined to believe that her futhor , who was a staunch l'resbyteriandid not look with any degree of favor upon tlio match , for Hon was clioclcful of politics even then , but I have no doubt that the old gentleman , who is now oiglity-nino years old and has a position in the pen sion department at Washington , when ho looks out of the window upon the building where the inaugural ball will bo held on tho-lth of March , is fully reconciled to his son-in-law. "Tho wedding took place during the vacation season , when most of tlio pupils were at homo and only n few of the teachers lingered ut the boarding- house. The ceremony was performed about 10 o'clock in the morning by President Anderson , of tlio university , in the parlor. There were only about thirty persons present , most of them intimate friends and kindreds of the families. The bride wore u simply whjlo cashmere veil and looked very sweet. The bridal party canto in from Mrs. Scott's rr.om , ndjolning , nnd stood between the windows while President Anderson tied the knot. In those days it was not fashionable to give wedding presents. After the ceremony wo all sat down to a wedding breakfast in the dining room of the boarding lipuso , and us boon as this was over Mr. tlnd MIM. Harrison wore driven -t.railroad . fittit tipn twelve milori a . ; .1' , " whew they took the train for Js'orfir Bond. Prcsf- dent Anderson , I remember was going- to Cincinnati the same day , and someone ono asked him why he did not ride to the station with the wedding party. His answer was : "I'd a ? soon ride with a keg of nails for sociability as to ride with a bride and groom. " A Child of Sixty. New York Mail and express : Foi thirty-three years this gray-haired old man was buried. For thirty-three years ho saw nothing but the faces ol his jailers and fellow-convicts and aggra vating views of the clear , blue bk\ and of the broad Hudson as it sweep's the shore al Sing Sing. For nearly thirty-three years ho slept in an apart ment one foot longer nnd one foot deeper than a grave. For thirty-three years he went the weary rounds of prison life , without the pleasure of shaking in friendship the hands of a fellow man un tainted by en mo. For thirty-three years ho had been dead to tlio world ho once had known , and for thirty-three years he had worn the brand of murderer - deror on his brow , though murderer ho never was. AUaelted at night when not sober by three rulllans , hi ! fought back with the weapon nearest at hand and killed two of them. A coroner's jury acquitted a man in this city with some thing liken vote of thanks not many months ago for lulling a man in about the same manner. But Miclmcl Uor- maii was not acquitted. Twelve men decided that he was guilty of mur der , and ho was sentenced to death. Later his scntenro was changed to imprisonment for life , and in 18-V5 , just as October was closing , Michael Gorman , a rosy- ehoeked young Irishman , twonly-simm years old , became a prisoner "tor the rest of his natural life. " And in Octo ber , 1HSS , the same Irishman , now old. gray-haired and feeble , is free. "No oniknows1 lie said to-day in a tearful voice , "what 1 passed through in those years that 1 wore a striped suit and wits a felon. Il is all so strange , " the old man said , "to sue no bars , no Ici-i-pors , no htripud suits ; to be allowed to oat with a knifi- and fork : lo sloop in a com fortable room , to be five to come and go as I will. It is like a dream. " Ik- has an Irishman's lovu for freedom , and as ho wanders about and sees the changes that have taken place since lie entered his living grave , his exclamation is : "Thank Clod ! I'm free ! " There is a vein of sadness run ning through it , too. He canto from .Sing Sing to find none who knew him save two faithful friends who had played with him at the villugn school at Lagan fifty years ago. His father and mother died when ho had boon but a few years in prison. His two brothers wore killed lighting for the union in the late war. The judge before whom ho was tried and by whom ho was sentenced Is dead ; the lawyers who prosoimted and the counsel who do- fcnddd him are dead , and the governor who commuted hisbunUmceis alsodimd. Of all the olllcials of his day in Brook lyn butono is living ex-Mayor Strykor and ho is a very old man. Gorman , since his release , lias been going about the city in an almost da/cd condition. He was prepared , he says , to see changes , hut not such changes as have taken place , and , to use his own ox- nrussinn , he feels as though ho "had been born again. " In his prison up over the Hudson ho heard little that was going on in tliu world outside. He beard in a general way of tlio war when it was raging , and ho heard ftvim time to time of othoralTairrt of moment , But it was only ui a vague way. In a gen eral way ho know something of the tel ephone , for there is one In the prison olllco. But there his knowledge of modem iinprovomeiitH ended. There , wns a volunteer lire1 department in his' days of freedom , and u'luni yesterday he saw a modern engine being dragged at furious pace through the Brooklyn j streets , the look of wonder and awe that stole over his face was amusing and a little touching too. When his friends got him into one of our modern elevators and whisked him up some ton stories ot one of New York's big buildings , ho was both surprised and disturbed. He said nothing , for ho had nerved himself for surprises. But ho walked down. The Brooklyn bridge is a ceaseless source of wonder to him. It pu--/les him even more than did the electric car that ho saw on I'nrk Row. drawn as ho expressed - pressed it , by "nothing at all. " Tlio electric- light ho can , in a general way , account for. The phonograph he has notyul scon. The elevated roads ho respects , but does not care lo ride on them. The big buildings of New York Hll .him with astonish ment , and a visit to .tlio press room of a big newspaper bewil dered him. But to his mind the big bridge is the world's eighth wonder , for ho has only seen Bartholdi's Htatuo from a distance ; that lessens its Iin- pros.-iivcnesH. Ho crossed the bridge several times , but is a little norvoit'i ' about it , as though in doubt of his safely nt so great a height. Ho can't master the problem of that grip on the cables , and his view of the whole thing is contained in the exclamation that hu is constantly making. "Wonderful ! Thank God. I'll got used toil by nnd by. I'ta like coming bark from the grave. But I'm frei . thank ( rod ! " All Old Spanish Kellf. C'hcHtcr (111. ( ) I'orroHpondoiil < > f .fit. Louis Globe-Democrat : The modern , tei-1,0 and hric-f form of a hill of lading , with ju.st exactly ti buHiciont nuniboi- word.- , and blank upaccs for the piirpn.so , miisl cerlainly have been originated in Spain , aw the proKunt form is very minilnr to a Spanish hill oflnding the writer found in a Spanish grammar publibhed in 1817 , which U a cnrlo.sitv for Hie r > ako of Us ( jtiaintnen-i , hut whicli to bo uhofnl in Iho prcuuiiL UIIICH , miiHt of nccoiisitv hi1 grenllv abbrevi ated. Following is a copy : nn.i. or iUMNO. SHIPPED , by the Bruce of ( lou , In good order und well-condltloneU , by Messrs. rnjiet Co , , In and iioii | the good ship called Iho I'rinco 01' Peace , whereof lamas- letuiulir Goit , fur thiu pronont L. A. voyage , Peler Gulvc/ , and , now O. riding at aneltnr in the port of No. I to 4 Cadi/and by God's jruc-4 ; > . bound for London , to say.four chests of Spanish books , bulnir murlcod and numbered us lu the margin , and am to be delivered in like good order and weli-coiidliloied , at the port of London ( Iho act of GoJ , the klng'H cnumlcH , nrouud all nnd every other dangers and nccldenlsof the ne.ns , rivei-sand navigation , of whatever naturii ami kind soever , cxccptml ) unto Mcssriti Lacklngtoi AUon A Co , , or to their naslirns , ho or thc.x puyji.g the freight fpr.tha suld Koods after the rale of W , for each chest , with prima o and average acciiKtomcil In witness whereof , I , the muster" ( or purser ; of suld ship , have af- tinned to three blllu of ludlni ; , all of this tenor and ditto ; the 'ono of which ihreo bills bplnK - nccomplliihod , the other l'tto , -stanJ void. Ajid so Coil spud ho good ship to hcrdi-s-lrcd'tiort in safety. Amen. Dalcd in Cadi/ , December I , ISO,1) , ) . I'CTI'.lt O.U.VRZ , Kciiiliidcd lloi-of llomi- . Philadolphliv Jtecord : Mr * . We t snii Well , my dear , have you fljuid Miss Lahoftldo'a room so thtit she will fool ut homo. Mias Wostond Yes. ma , anil 1 know she'll he delighted. Wli n whq enjnrs her room Hho will instantly fop ) au if she were right in themUldle f qlilciigo again. * "Indeed , What have you don . " "I have coaled the windows lylth lampblack , " Vlco-Presidenl and Goncral Manuccr Hoi- combe , of thu Union Pacific railroad , and family returned yesterday from the wcs1. .