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Harmonia Grove, No. 5, U. A. O. D., was organized March 26, 1874. and chartered June 9, 1874. The charter members were John Hassel, C. A. Braentegan, Gottlieb Wollhaf, Adolph Ott, Jacob Hill, Fred Stodtmeister, George Leiwe. The first officers were: John Hassel, P. A. ; C. A. Braentegan, N. A. ; Gottlieb Wollhaf, V. A .; Adolph Ott, Secretary ; George Leiwe, Financial Secretary ; Jacob Hill, Treasurer ; Fred Stodtmeister, I. G. The present officers are : Henry Berwis, P. A. ; V. Dehner, N. A. ; Andrew Heyer, V. A. ; Adolph Ott, Secretary; Jacob Hill, Treasurer; George Bosch, I. G. ; Jacob Blum, O. G. ; Charles Holstein, Conductor. The present membership of this lodge is twenty-six ; its property is estimated at $700, and it meets in Druids Hall, corner Fourth and Jefferson streets.
Burlington Lodge, No. 15, Ancient Order of United Workmen, was organ- ized and chartered February 16, 1875, with the following charter members : Paul Brech, Charles Anderson, D. D. Marshall, R. A. Baylor, S. Shippert, J. L. Lemberger, Charles Lengel, William A. Torrey, J. C. Cover and John Heinz. A second charter was granted July 2, 1877, and the following officers were elected : Charles Lengel, P. M. W .; John Heinz, M. W .; C. O. Lof- stromm, G. F .; Fred Biermith, Overseer; C. H. Bickler, Recorder; S. Ship- pert, Treasurer ; H. Woellhaf, Receiver ; Chris. Mueller, G .; Frank Hirt, O. W. Early in 1876, this was changed into a German Lodge, with a member-
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ship of thirty-six and the following officers : John F. Geiger, Ex. O. M .; Chris. Paulus, O. M. ; H. Weber, U. M .; J. C. Cover, Aufscher ; J. H. Gereche, Fuehrer; J. H. Bremmermann, S. F. ; S. Shippert, F. S .; H. Woellhaf, Schatzmeister ; Fred Disque, I. W .; P. Pfanmiller, A. W. The Lodge meets in Parsons' Block, corner of Third and Jefferson streets.
Orchard City Lodge, No. 27, A. O. U. W., was instituted under dispensa- tion by O. J. Noble, Deputy Grand Master, May 15, 1875, and a charter was granted on the same day, the charter members being as follows : D. O. Fosgate, G. S. Stripe, George Le Baron, E. J. Hicks, J. W. Toothacher, C. A. McChesney, A. Trimble, Thomas McChesney, C. D. Hall, George Stewart and G. W. Clemens. The first officers were : D. O. Fosgate, P. M. W .; George Le Baron, M. W .; George W. Stripe, Foreman ; Thomas McChesney, Over- seer ; George Stewart, Recorder ; A. Trimble, Financier ; G. W. Toothacher, Receiver ; C. A. McChesney, Guide; G. W. Clemens, Watchman. The pres- ent officers are : A. M. Antrobus, P. M. W .; A. Q. Smith, M. W .; H. A. Kelley, Foreman ; D. A. Mason, Overseer : Ellis Griffith, Guide; Robert Spencer, Recorder; C. French, Financier; I. P. Wilson, Receiver ; S. E. Hawkins, Inside Watchman ; William Sabins, Outside Watchman. The present membership is seventy, the property of the Lodge is valued at $200, and its meeting-place is in Parsons' Block.
Stephenson Lodge, No. 34, A. O. U. W., was instituted by D. D. G. M. W. D. L. Stephenson, November 9, 1875, and a charter was issued under the same date, with the following as first officers : J. L. Lemberger, M. W .; Leon Huffman, P. M. W .; R. A. Baylor, Foreman; D. D. Marshall, Overseer ; William Franken, Recorder; W. H. Rhein, Financier; Joseph Troxel Re- ceiver ; John Golden, Guide; G. A. Licuyer, Inside Watchman ; F. Flack- man, Outside Watchman. The charter members were J. L. Lemberger, Leon Huffman, G. A. Licuyer, Charles Chamberlain, F. Flackman, George Pickup, M. J. Haddix, John Metz, B. Segall, Fred Lippert, William Herchuback, Sam- uel Peabody, P. F. Unterkircher, D. D. Marshall, R. A. Baylor, William Franken, W. H. Rhein, Joseph Troxel, John Golden. W. C. White, N. Bou- quet, George Gray, C. Anderson, H. Hoelscher, Charles Gienger. The pres- ent officers are : William A. Torrey, M. W .; S. E. Nixon, P. M. W .; R. E. Doran, Foreman ; William Turner, Overseer; Charles Chamberlain, Recorder; Al. S. Teuscher, Financier ; C. A. Davis, Receiver ; L. P. Eads, Guide ; E. O. Holmquist, Inside Watchman ; A. J. Agren, Outside Watchman. The pres- ent membership is forty-three. The property of the Lodge is valued at $250. The place of meeting is in the Knights of Pythias Hall, corner of Third and Jefferson streets.
Lincoln Lodge, No. 125, A. O. U. W., was instituted July 16, 1877, and chartered the same day, with the following charter members: J. F. Jordan, Alexander Hannum, D. C. Griffin, Samuel Long, E. A. Hanchet, H. M. Coy, M. R. Renshaw, G. W. Lowery, Isaac Vanorman, C. T. Patterson, C. A. Light- foot, M. P. Tilton, R. H. Johnson, E. M. Kirk, W. D. Crumpton, W. A. Drew, C. A. Paine, Emmerson Follett, S. C. Moss, E. J. Willey. G. C. Mudg- ett, Alonzo Edson. D. P. Elliott, A. Giroux, C. Follett, W. A. Roberts. The
first officers were as follows : Samuel Long, P. M. W. ; Alexander Hannum, M. W .; J. F. Jordon, F .; D. C. Griffin, O .; C. T. Patterson, Receiver; E. A. Hanchet, Financier ; M. R. Renshaw, Receiver; G. W. Lowery, Guide; W. D. Crumpton, Inside Watchman ; E. Kirk, Outside Watchman. The pres- ent officers are : D. C. Griffin, P. M. W .; E. A. Hanchet, M. W .; William Pucklin, F .; W. P. Tilton, O .; G. W. Lowery, Receiver; G. C. Mudgett,
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Financier ; C. T. Patterson, Receiver ; A. Hilderband. Guide ; J. C. Johnson, Inside Watchman ; I. Vanorman, Outside Watchman. The present member- ship is forty-one. The Lodge meets in Patterson's Hall, on Summer street, South Hill. This Lodge is, indeed, a lodge of workmen. With the exception of two members, they all earn their living by manual labor. This Lodge has had a slow but steady growth from the first of its existence. In less than two years it has paid out in sick benefits $200, disbursing to its sick members $5 per week during their sickness, after the first week thereof. The quarterly dues of this Lodge are $1 per year higher than those of its sister-lodges.
Phoenix Lodge, No. 142, A. O. U. W., was instituted by D. D. G. M. W .; J. L. Lemberger, December 6, 1877, and a charter was issued the same day. The following were the charter members: H. O. Browning, J. L. Lemberger, C. P. De Haas, James Frame. Henry Lemberger, Paul Lange, Chris. Allen, S. H. Stutsman, O. W. Lemberger, T. L. Pilger, T. J. Raper, A. P. Eklund, H. N. Howe, A. H. Kuhlmmeir, J. W. Burdette, L. M. Pilger, J. M. Parham, C. F. Gall, J. B. Jaeger, A. E. Milspaugh, Con- rad Lutz, Henry Weis, J. W. C. Jones, George Kriechbaum and William McD. Houseworth. The first officers were; Henry Lemberger, M. W .; C. C. De Haas, P. M. W .; J. W. Burdette, Foreman ; James Frame, Over- seer ; T. L. Pilger, Recorder; J. L. Lemberger, Financier; Chris. Allen, Receiver ; J. P. Jaeger, Guide ; C. W. Lemberger, Inside Watchman ; J. M. Parham, Outside Watchman. The present officers are : C. P. De Haas, M. W. ; James Frame, P. M. W .; H. C. Schramm, Foreman; J. O. Smythe, Overseer ; W. R. Fabert, Recorder; J. L. Lemberger, Financier; C. F. Gall, Receiver ; J. W. Burdette, Guide; W. F. McCosh, Inside Watchman ; James G. Bull, Outside Watchman. The present membership is thirty-seven. The property of the Lodge is valued at $250, and its place of meeting is in Druid Hall, corner Fourth and Jefferson streets.
Standard Lodge, No. 226, Independent Order of Mutual Aid, was insti- tuted under authority of S. P. of the United States, by W. A. Halstead, Dep- uty Supreme President, Nov. 29, 1878, with forty-three members and the fol- lowing officers : O. H. Denise, P. P .; R. N. Green, P .; J. V. Bean, V. P .; Robert Spencer, Recording Secretary ; H. A. Kelley, Financial Secretary ; L. C. Wal- bridge, Treasurer; M. M. Palmer, Chaplain; C. French, Conductor; G. W. IIalliday, Inside Guardian ; L. C. Skinner, Outside Guardian. This society pays the heirs of a deceased member $2,000. and allows its sick members $4 per week. The Lodge meets in Druid Hall, corner Fourth and Jefferson streets. The R. W. G. Lodge of I. O. O F. of Iowa was instituted at Muscatine, on the first day of May, 1848, by D. D. G. Sire John G. Potts, by authority of the G. Lodge of the United States, and by virtue of dispensation by G. L. of U. S., after which the following Past Grands were duly elected. and installed into their various offices by the D. D. G. Sire: P. G. J. Whitfield Garner, M. W. Grand Master; P. G. Amos Mathews, R. W. D. Master ; P. G. Samuel McCormick, R. W. G. Warden : P. G. Richard Calle, R. W. G. Secretary ; P. G. Joseph Bridgman, R. W. G. Treasurer. The D. D. Sire then delivered a short address to the members of the G. Lodge. The M. W. G. M. then made the following appointments, viz .: P. G. William Patterson, Rev. G. Chaplain ; P. G. J. T. B. Martin, W. G. Marshall ; P. G. Benjamin Rupert, W. G. Guardian ; P. G. William Longley, W. G. Conductor. It was resolved to appoint a committee of three to draft a Constitution and By-Laws for this Lodge. It was also resolved to appoint a committee to draft a Consti- tution for subordinate lodges throughout the State.
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The present officers of this Grand Lodge are : B. S. Merriam, Keokuk, M. W. Grand Master ; W. C. Harriman, Dubuque, R. W. D. Grand Master ; Will- iam Garrett, Burlington, R. W. Grand Secretary; John Van Valkenberg, Fort Madison, R. W. Grand Warden ; B. B. Woodward, Davenport, R. W. Grand Treasurer ; Eric J. Leech, Keokuk, R. W. Grand Representative ; Benjamin Newman, Council Bluffs, R. W. Grand Representative ; W. S. Bur- ton, Mount Pleasant, W. Grand Chaplain ; S. P. Leland, Charles City, W. Grand Marshal; A. H. White, Mount Ayr, W. Grand Conductor; J. W. Roper, Fort Dodge, W. Grand Messenger ; J. F. Abbott, Manchester, W .. Grand Guardian ; Ferdinand Mueller, Davenport, W. Grand Herald.
Washington Lodge, No. 1, I. O. O. F., was instituted at Burlington, Iowa Territory, April 4, 1844, by D. D. G. Sire John G. Potts, of Galena, Ill., and by authority of the Grand Lodge of the United States, under dispensa- tion, and afterward chartered. The charter members were : Richard Mands- ley, W. H. Mann, W. D. McCash, John T. Jones, Oliver Cock and Thomas T Goodhue. The first officers were : Richard Mandsley, N. G .; W. H. Mann, V. G .; Thomas T. Goodhue, Secretary ; Oliver Cock, Treasurer.
The present officers are : Frederick Brickenbach, N. G .; William Mercer, V. G .; M. P. Sharts, R. Secretary ; W. E. Woodward, Treasurer. The pres- ent membership is 160. The property of the Lodge is valued at $10,000. All the I. O. O. F. Lodges meet in their hall, in Parsons' Block.
Harmonia Lodge, No. 209, 1. O. O. F., was instituted under dispensation December 19. 1870, and a charter was granted October 19, 1871, with the following as charter members : Simon Hene, P. H. Greis, F. C. Hoffman, Fred Riepe, P. F. Unterkircher, S. W. Greenbaum, Chris. Weymeier, E. M, Eisfeld, Otto Lorenz, Charles Starker, Joseph Strobel, Leopold Krieg, John Smith, J. J. Schen, Paul Lange, Charles Hartman, George Kriechbaum, Joseph Greenbaum.
The first officers were: N. E. Hoffman, N. G .; Simon Henne, V. G .; Chris. Weymeier, C. S .; Otto Lorenz, P. S .; Paul Lange, Cashier.
The present officers are : William Ihrer, N. G .; Charles Wederty, V. G .; Bernhard Hulsebus, R. Secretary ; Charles Steimker, P. Secretary, and Michael Gerlinger, Treasurer. The number of members is sixty-five. The property of this Lodge is estimated worth $1,000.
Excelsior Lodge, No. 268, I. O. O. F., was instituted under dispensation December 11, 1873, and a charter was granted October 22, 1874, with the fol- lowing charter members : F. E. Hoffman, George A. Duncan, Rudolph Glendy, James P. Joy, J. W. Jenkins, E. P. Wood, E. G. Squire, John Hall, P. Bru- mund, Charles Anderson, Charles Kriechbaum, G. W. Babbitts, A. W. Montfort, James Carroll, W. H. Platt, Paul L. Brick, Richard A. Taylor. The first officers were : E. P. Wood, N. G .; George A. Duncan, V. G .; E. G. Squire, R. Sec .; Charles Anderson, P. Sec .; Rudolph Glendy, Treas. The present officers are Henry C. Cady, N. G .; D. E. Johnson, V. G .; J. F. Rolf, R. Sec .; A. P. Eklund, P. Sec .; E. G. Squire, Treas. The present membership is fifty-one, and the value of the property about $600.
Eureka Encampment, No. 2, I. O. O. F., was instituted April 26, 1848, by D. D. G. Sire John G. Potts, of Galena, Ill. The charter members were : W. H. Mann, William Garrett, William D. McCord, Oliver Cock, M. Wile, John Otten, J. S. McClure, William W. Scott. The charter was granted September 22, 1847. The first officers were: W. H. Mann, C. P .; Oliver Cock, H. P .; William D. McCord, S. W .; W. W. Scott, J. W .; M. Wile, Scribe ; John Otten, Treas. The present officers are Charles Steimker, C. P .; Charles Sponholtz,
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H. P .; J. W. Jenkins, S. W .; James Toft, J. W .; Charles Anderson, Scribe ; George Whipple, Treas. The Grand Encampment of the State of Iowa was instituted June 17, 1852, at Muscatine.
Burlington Lodge, No. 251, of the Independent Order of B'nai Brith, which belongs to District No. 6 of said organization was chartered November 12, 1875, with following first officers : Jacob Schroder, President ; Emanuel Raab, Vice President ; Joseph Greenbaum, Sec. ; Joseph Lehman, Treasurer ; S. Hecht, A. M .; Theodore D. Wanfried, I. G .; Henry Heschler, O. G. The present officers are S. W. Greenbaum, President ; Jos. Lehman, Vice President ; Joseph Greenbaum, Secretary ; Emanuel Raab, Treasurer ; S. Himmelrich, A. M .; E. M. Eisfeld, O. G .; Leopold Hirsch, I. G. The present membership of this Lodge is twenty-six. It meets in Mecke's Block, opposite the Congrega- tional Church, and has property valued at $400.
BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES.
Germania Mutual Aid Society was organized by a committee of nine persons March 1, 1851, and Articles of Incorporation adopted February 1, 1860. The first officers of said Society were: Sigmund Schramm, President ; Carl Mahlinger, Vice President ; Ambros Busch, Treasurer; Bernhard Buck- rode, Secretary. The present officers are : Chris. Paulus, President ; Chris. Klein, Vice President; George Huber, Secretary; C. Gall, Treasurer. The present membership is 178, and the property of the Society is valued at $6,000. It meets in Parsons' Block on Jefferson street. This is the oldest German Society in the State of Iowa, and celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary February 29, 1876.
Swedish Benevolent Society, " Gotha," was organized March 21, 1867, and incorporation papers were recorded October 5, 1870, with an original membership of nine. The first officers were as follows: W. O. Holcomb, President ; C. O. Streed, Vice President ; Alf. Peterson, Secretary ; Andrew Leens, Treasurer. The present officers are: Andrew Peterson, President ; Andrew Eklund, Vice President; C. O. Streed, Treasurer; C. J. Arden, Financial Secretary ; F. O. Anderson, Corresponding Secretary, with a mem- bership of sixty-one, and property valued at $1,000. This Society meets in Palmer's Block, on Valley street.
Burlington Turnergemeinde was originally organized in the fall of 1852, in the old City Brewery, and incorporation papers were recorded March 1, 1856. The first members under the corporation thus constituted were : John Rosenzweig, President; Charles Mallinger, Secretary ; John Steiner, William Enderle, J. G. Brand, E. H. Horst, F. Schramm, C. Waldschmidt, Adolph Meyer, Emil Dietzsch, J. H. Scholer, C. Eggelman, Charles Wachsmuth, R. Byers, B. Holstein, J. Schlamp and M. Keller.
The present officers are: George Rappold, President; A. Althoff, Vice Presidenl ; Paul Milker, Recording Secretary ; John Dalldorf, Corresponding Secretary ; August Stucke, Treasurer : Samuel Herschler, Turnwart. The present membership of the society is thirty-three, and its property is valued at $10,000. Its meeting-place is Turner Hall, corner of Fourth and Division streets.
Turnverein Vorwaerts was organized July 1, 1877, and Articles of Incorpo- ration were recorded by John Niewoehner, Ed. Kropp and Peter Stenger, December 19, 1877. The number of original members was about twenty-five, and the first officers under the corporation were : C. A. Braentigan, First Speaker ; August Neugebauer, Second Speaker; B. Sterzing, Recording Sec-
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retary ; A. Ott, Corresponding Secretary ; B. Bosch, Treasurer ; E. Kropp, First Turnwart ; E. Mahnke, Second Turnwart, and the following three Trustees : C. Franken, A. Bamberger and G. I. Botts.
The present officers are: August Neugebauer, First Speaker; Adolph Ott, Second Speaker; Ed. Kropp, Recording Secretary ; E. F. Sterzing, Corresponding Secretary ; B. Bosch, First Turnwart; Ed. Rapp, Sec- ond Turnwart ; Peter Stenger, Treasurer; with a membership of thirty-five, and property worth $400. This society meets in Kriechbaum's Block, on North Main street.
Burlington Schuetzenverein was organized May 24, 1868, by the follow- ing persons : F. Ebner, Peter Bouquet, L. Krieg, Charles Hartman, I. Der- vein, Joseph Sutter, George Bosch, W. Shueman, Jacob Bonn, George Hein- beck, Fritz Seitz, Chris. Demland, John Metz, Adam Metz, Julius Winzer, Chris. Geyer, John Haspel, C. Drecher, Theo. Waldschmidt. The first offi- cers were : F. Ebner, President; George Bosch, Vice President; Julius Win- zer, Secretary ; Peter Bouquet, Treasurer ; Joseph Sutter, First Schuetzen- meister ; John Hassel, Second Schuetzenmeister. Articles of Incorporation were recorded in 1871.
The present officers are: Leopold Krieg, President; W. Schueman, Vice President; W. Metzger, Secretary ; Peter Bouquet, Treasurer ; F. Ebner, First Schuetzenmeister ; A. Metz, Second Schuetzenmeister.
MEDICAL SOCIETY.
Des Moines County Medical Society was organized at a meeting held on the 19th day of November, 1873. The first members were as follows: Philip Harvey, G. M. Crawford, John Sheehey, J. C. Stone, G. B. Little, H. B. Ransom, D. S. Forney, J. Howes, W. W. Nassau, G. R. Henry, J. V. Bean, P. Brumund, R. C. Walker, F. Kuitham, J. Ransom, S. Scarff, J. A. Wright, L. B. Power. The first officers were: G. M. Crawford, President; H. B. Ransom, Vice President ; P. Brumund, Secretary and Treasurer. The present officers are : R. C. Walker, President ; G. B. Little, Vice President ; G. Nelson Jones, Secretary and Treasurer. The present number of members is twenty-three. The Society meets in the office of G. Nelson Jones, on the third Wednesday of each month.
MILITARY COMPANIES.
Mathias Post, No. 5, Department of Iowa, G. A. R .- This Post was organized December 14, 1874, and the charter granted by the National Head Post shows the following as charter members: W. G. Cummings, H. J. Wakerly, William Boyer, H. H. Gillman, C. W. Lemberger, H. A. Sailes, William Roth, James Halliday, A. A. Perkins, W. H. Warden, J. C. Stone. This organization has had its opposition in Iowa, and has enjoyed an era of prosperity seldom known in the history of organizations of its nature, being one of purely charitable motives. Those who associate politics with the Grand Army, and accuse it of being for political purposes, simply display their lack of knowledge ; as the constitution governing it especially directs that "nothing of a political nature shall be entertained, as nomination for office, discussion of partisan or political subjects," etc. It is composed of those who it is natural enough to expect would be heartily interested in the great sectional strife to-day, and since the close of the gigantic war; but who, if true soldiers, are also true to the principles of fraternity, charity and loyalty, and do not carry it to the sessions of the Post, feeling that there is not the place it belongs.
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This Post has on its rolls the names of some of Iowa's most gallant soldiers; to- enumerate would simply do injustice to those whom we have not the space to name. The name of Gen. C. L. Mathias being its signet is alone enough. There is always a hand extended to those asking admission to its circle; and as they recount the deeds of heroism in the dark days which tried men's souls, they are proud they can join the glad songs and call each other comrades. The present officers are : J. L. Kelley, Post Commander ; H. H. Gillman, Senior Commander ; C. A. Davis, Junior Commander ; W. H. Horm, Quartermaster ; J. C. Bonnell, Chaplain.
The department officers are mostly members of this Post, being as follows : A. A. Perkins, Department Commander ; J. L. Kelley, Assistant, Quarter- master General ; W. W. Gillingham, Assistant, Adjutant General ; and others, whose names the records of the Post do not furnish. It is a deplorable fact that this is the only Post of G. A. R. in the county where so many old soldiers reside, and one that was always among the first to furnish its quota when the call to arms told that more help was needed in supporting the war for the Union. This Post occupies a prominent position among the many charitable institutions of Des Moines County. The meeting-place of the same is in Par- sons' Block, corner Third and Jefferson streets.
Lyon's Battery was organized October 16, 1874. Its first officers were : M. L. Crane, Captain ; John Sockmeyer and James Martin, First Lieutenants ; Andrew Gartley and Robert Blanchard, Second Lieutenants. In April, 1878, this company was transferred to Battery H, First Artillery of Iowa National Guards. The present officers are : M. L. Crane, Captain ; William Treasure, First Lieutenant ; William Atkinson, Second Lieutenant ; Emanuel Zerber, Third Lieutenant. The company meets at No. 215 Valley street.
The Burlington Red Ribbon Reform Club was organized November 27, 1877. The first officers were : W. N. Jarvis, President ; W. E. Blake, First Vice President ; W. H. H. Clark, Second Vice President ; J. A. Murphy, Third Vice President ; T. W. Lockwood, Secretary ; D. B. Colby, Assistant Sec- retary ; J. A. McCosh, Financial Secretary; J. HI. Taylor, Treasurer. The present officers are : W. N. Jarvis President ; Charles J. Dodge, First Vice President ; J. W. C. Jones, Second Vice President ; W. D. Inghram, Third Vice President ; J. L. Sharp, Secretary ; T.W. Lockwood, Assistant Secre- tary ; S. A. McCosh, Financial Secretary ; J. HI. Taylor, Treasurer.
When first organized, this club had a membership of 1,200; at present it has 2,000 regularly enrolled members. During the Drew and Reed meetings in the early winter of 1858, 1,730 persons, male and female, signed the Red Ribbon pledge. The club meets in Mozart Hall. corner of Sixth and Jefferson streets, and has property valued at $800.
The Women's White Ribbon Reform Club was organized November 27, 1877. with the following first officers: Mrs. J. L. Brown, President ; Miss Lou Acres, Secretary ; Mrs. W. N. Jarvis, Treasurer. The present officers are : Mrs. J. L. Brown, President ; Mrs. JJ. N. Ripley, Secretary ; Mrs. W. N. Jarvis, Treasurer. This society meets at Mozart Hall also, and has property valued at $500. When the club first organized it had a membership of 600, which has increased to 1,000. In addition to the officers named, there are one Vice President representing each church, and one Vice President at large.
MUSICAL BANDS.
The Burlington Silver Cornet Band and Orchestra was organized in 1856, and consisted at that time of ten members. Many changes have occurred in the
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membership, and of the original members, only four, namely, M. Albert, Henry Bauer, Fred Bauer and William Brand, are now connected with the band. M. Albert is the leader, and it numbers six regular members.
Rhein's Cornet Band, formerly the Orchard City Band, was started in 1873, with ten members. Frequent changes have been made in the membership, which at one time numbered fourteen. July 6, 1876, a re-organization took place, and the present name was adopted. The band is composed of six pieces, and has for its leader W. H. Rhein.
Lehman's Band consists of Joseph Lehman and his three sons, and is a strictly private band.
CEMETERIES.
Aspen Grove Cemetery was incorporated January 3, 1844, by B. White, A. Bridgman, G. Temple, John Johnson, Levi Hager and their associates. The first officers were : B. White, President ; Oliver Cock, Secretary ; Levi Hager, Treasurer. The Board of Control were composed of G. Temple, G. Partridge and A. Bridgman. The present officers are C. Starker, President; William Garrett, Secretary ; F. Schramm, Treasurer, and F. Leicht, Sexton. The Board of Control consists of Lyman Cook, Evan Evans, J. G. Foote, S. E. Taylor, John Ganhn and O. H. Schenck. The cemetery is located in the northwestern part of the city, contains fifty-one acres of ground, several large vaults and many fine monuments.
The Catholic Cemetery is located at the end of Sixth street, and contains ten acres of ground.
The Jewish Cemetery is located on the Germantown road, and contains one acre of ground.
DES MOINES COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The history of the Agricultural Society of Des Moines County, dates, according to the records of the Society, to 1852, in which year the citizens of Des Moines County organized an agricultural society, which held its first annual fair in 1853. In the succeeding year, the annual fair was a success, but it involved the Society in debt, and no fair was held again until 1856, and then in an open field. This was repeated in 1857, after which the organization was abandoned. In the spring of 1859, the citizens of Des Moines County again began to agitate the question of having an agricultural society, and a new organization was effected May 28, and a Constitution and By-Laws adopted.
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