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comfort of the members of the company and their visitors. The officers for 1883 were: President, John . Tyson ; Vice-President, William Findley ; Secretary, H. M. Sample; Treasurer, J. W. Yocum; Chief En- gineer, D. A. Wayne; Chief Director, Eugene Conley.
The Good Intent Fire Company was organized in April, 1835, and a fire-engine was purchased in the summer of the same year. This company was com- posed of the wealthiest and best citizens in the place.
The Vigilant Steam Fire-Engine and Hose Com- pany, No. 2, whose engine-house is located at No. 24 North Second Street, was originally organized as the " Good Intent Fire Company," and subsequently (about 1844) the name was changed to " Vigilant Fire Company," and at the outbreak of the Rebellion nearly all the members " shouldered arms and marched to the front." In the latter part of 1865 the company was reorganized and consolidated with the old "Susque- hanna Fire Company," under the name of " Vigilant Steam Fire-Engine and Hose Company, No. 2." The property at No. 24 North Second Street is owned by the company. They have in charge a fourth-elass Clapp & Jones steamer, built in 1882, and have upon their rolls the names of about two hundred men. The officers of the company for 1883 were as follows: President, George R. Bennett; Vice-Presi- dent, James Kiskaddon; Treasurer, N. Gilman; Secretary, George W. Schroeder.
The Shawnee Steam Fire-Engine and Hose Com- pany, whose engine-house is located on North Fifth Street, in the Fourth Ward of the borough, was or- ganized June 4, 1874, with the following officers and members, the first election taking place June 12th of the same year. The following were the first officers elected : President, James E. Wolf; Vice-President, Frank Conroy; Secretary, George L. Lyle; Treasurer, Daniel F. Gohu; Trustees, William G. Lutz, John Elliott, Philip Schlack ; Foreman, George W. Wike; Assistant Foremen, C. Swartz, C. Shillot, D. Cole- man ; Hose Guards, John Wolf, James Hickey, David Barr, Andrew Lane, Samuel Blackson, George Shoe- maker, Ed. Ganse, Frederick Hardnele. The steamer In charge of this company is a third-class Clapp & Jones machine, built and purchased in 1876. The company had, July 30, 1883, two hundred and seventy- four members on their rolls. The officers for 1883 were as follows : President, Andrew flardnele; Vice- President, George Hardnele; Secretary, George F. Lutz; Treasurer, Daniel F. Gohn; Chief Engineer, Joseph Bowers; Assistant Engineer, Harry Dinkle; Trustees, A. HI. Gilbert, Peter Book, Joseph Sweitzer ; Janitor, John Honadle; Chief Hose Director, Ed. Tracy ; First Assistant, George Dinkle.
The borough purchased a small fire-engine called the " Bravo" about the year 1825. The box was supplied with water carried in buckets from the river or some adjoining pump. There was a crank-handle on each side, where two men could stand and turn
the handle, which forced the water over an ordinary house.
It was of great service in ease of fires, and could be taken into any of the back yards and other places where a larger engine could not go. But little care was taken with it, and the wood-work shrank and let out the water at first about as fast as it was put in.
The cylinder lay horizontal, and the shaft between the handles ran through the centre. Two men could work this little engine very easily.
It went to pieces more than twenty years ago. In 1832 it was given in charge of Columbia Fire Com- pany.
Eastern Star Lodge, No. 169, F. and A. M., was constituted about 1812. The records of the lodge are Jost, but it is known that it continued work till about 1830, when its communications ceased. The last sur- viving Mason who was a member at that time, Thomas B. Dunbar, died in June, 1883.
Columbia Lodge, No. 286, F. and A. M., was con- stituted Feb. 16, 1854, under a charter granted to C. S. Kauffman, W. M. ; Daniel Herr, S. W. ; Jacob M. Strickler, J. W .; James S. McMahon, S .; Thomas Lloyd, T .; and Peter A. Kinburg, John Eckert, and Jolın Barr, charter members. The first place of meet- ing was llerr's Hotel, corner of Fulton and Walnut Streets. Its communications were held here till 1873, when it removed to Odd-Fellows' Hall, corner of Second and Locust Streets, its present place of meet- ing.
The Worshipful Masters of this lodge have been C. S. Kauffman, Daniel Herr, Joseph Buchanan, Franeis H. Ebur, J. L. Wolfe, L. Frederick, A. M. Rambo, E. K. Boice, A. J. Kauffman, C. II. Me- Cullough. J. A. E. Reed, J. A. Myers, William W. Upp, A. R. Breneman, C. A. Fondersmith, J. G. Pence, Franklin Hinkle, David B. Willson, Silas A. Vache, George F. Rathvon, S. B. Clepper, John A. Slade, James Perrottet, Theodore L. Urban. The present officers are Joseph W. Yocum, W. M .; Abraham G. Guiles, S. W .; Simon C. Camp, J. W .; James A. Meyers, T .; and A. J. Kauffinan, S.
The total number initiated in this lodge is two hun- dred and eighty-eight. The present membership is one hundred and forty-three. The lodge has a fund of $12,500 invested.
Corinthian Royal Arch Chapter, No. 224, F. and A. M., was constituted June 24, 1869, with A. J. Kauffman, H. P .; Franklin Hinkle, K .; George F. Sprenger, S. ; E. K. Boice, T .; M. M. Striekler, Sec. ; David Hanauer, A. M. Rambo, George Seibert, Jacob S. Snyder, C. S. Kauffman, and John C. Bucher, charter members.
The following have served as II. P .: A. J. Kauff- man, Franklin Hinkle, William II. Eagle, William II. Pfahler, Charles II. MeCullongh, C. L. P. Boice, T. J. Clepper, Andrew M. Rambo, Stephen B. Clep- per, Jacob G. Pence, Peter A. Krodel, John A. Slade, Elias B. Ilerr.
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The present officers are Joseph W. Yocum, H. P .; William G. Taylor, K .; Theodore L. Urban, S .; Charles H. Pfahler, T .; A. J. Kauffman, Sec. The last has been Grand Commander of the Knights Templar in Pennsylvania.
The present membership is seventy-three, and it has a surplus invested.
Cyrene Commandery, No. 34, K. T., was consti- tuted Mrst by dispensation March 25, 1869, and by charter June 9, 1869. The charter members were Andrew J. Kauffman, E. C .; Andrew M. Rambo, G .; George F. Sprenger, C. G .; Matthew M. Strickler, T .; Franklin Hinkle, Rec. ; George Seibert, Samuel Carter, Jacob S. Snyder, John C. Bucher, Christian S. Kauffinan, and Andrew M. Rambo.
The Past Commanders are as follows : C. S. Kauff- man, A. J. Kauffman, A. M. Rambo, William H. Eagle, Stephen B. Clepper, Thomas J. Clepper, Sul- livan S. Child, Daniel J. Griffith, Peter A. Krodel, Stephen S. Clair, John A. Slade, Isaac D. Landis, Simon C. Camp, and Christian Hershey.
The present officers are William H. Pfahler, E. C. ; George J. Rathbon, G. ; Robert McAnall, C. G .; W. G. Taylor, T .; A. J. Kanffman, Rec.
The present membership is sixty-two.
Susquehanna Lodge, No. 80, I. O. O. F., was or- ganized in the borough of Columbia in December, 1842. The charter members were John Frederick Houston, N. G. ; T. B. Odell, V. G. ; E. J. Sneeder, Sec .; Nicholas Springer, Treas. This lodge is one of the oldest and most prominent of the lodges in Pennsylvania, and is yet in fine working order, with a membership far above the average. The roll-books of the lodge contain the names of men who have since become prominent in railroad, State, and na- tional affairs. We may mention the late Thomas A. Scott, late president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, also Assistant Secretary of War under President Lincoln, and a number of others who have held sim- ilar positions of honor and trust. We copy the fol- lowing list of names from the roll of membership forty years ago :
John F. Ilouston.
H. Murray.
E. J. Sneeder.
J. Smedley.
Nicholas Springer. Martin Neil.
James Kerr.
Finncis Bradley.
J. M. Kutp.
William McChesney. Eh Bull.
G. G. Claiborne.
D. E. Gardiner.
William F. Carothers.
G. H. Rutter.
William Cowden.
William Shaw.
11. Suy dam.
D. K. Bixler.
A. Gohn.
G. C. Franciscus.
Abraham Hartman.
C. Mellinger.
R. Chalfant.
John. D. Wright ..
S. R. Carnahan.
John Gallagher.
Chat les Mathiot.
John Stewart.
R. Mullison.
J. C. Pfahler.
John W. Shuman.
J. J. Houston.
Isaac Finkebine.
C. Tyson.
Paskil M. Taylor.
George Moore.
Jacob Wolf.
Thomas A. Scott.
William S. Cochran.
P. M. Haldeman.
E. C. Park hurst.
M. Leibhart. A. Harper.
J. W. Strebig.
Samuel Goun.
H. Haruley.
Juhu Eddy.
William Wiggins.
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Joseph A. Barr.
J. H. Roberts.
HI. Pfahler.
J. F. Beecher.
John Lloyd.
John Kerr.
A. S. Green.
Joseph Black, Jr.
P. Goodman.
Daniel Leibhart. Samuel S. Hively.
Jacoh Grubb.
E. A. Howard.
P. Delinger. -
A. McMicheel.
C. Westbrook.
S. D. Young.
B. F. Whitson,
J. H. Brooks.
T. Tyrrell.
IJ. R. Musser.
S R. Lewellyn.
John Jordan.
William F. Lockard.
A. D. Boggs.
A. M. Haines.
William Caats.
C. Mccullough.
Samuel Brooks.
R. W. Smith.
R. A. Spratts.
Levi Duck. William R. Beck.
T. G. Hughs.
E. A. Lowe.
John Smeltzer.
G. W. Barrack.
H. Fraley.
J. McCorhle.
J. B. Flury.
H. Kreuson.
B. Yonng.
C. Rowlinge.
P. Morris.
William Bell.
Joseph Hlougendobler.
Joseph Hess.
William Roberts.
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John F. Craig.
Jacob K. Habaker.
Elins Ranb.
William Schalck.
Joseph Withers.
Samuel Bruckhart.
M. Leeso.
Conrad Kraus.
N. C. Gove.
John H. Kauffman.
Nelson Sutton.
Joseph B. Habaker.
Julin Kessler.
William S. Dickey.
IJ. A. Hougendobler.
II. Brenbenati.
John M. Weller.
D. Murphy.
J. C. Bowyer.
J B. Edwards.
G. W. Rathfoo.
William Rees.
Henry H. Upp. Joseph Hiddleson.
M. Hoys
Williatn A Rodgers.
William F. Rich,
John R. Furnell.
Michael S. Shuman. Samuel Stambough. A. Polan. -
A number of the prominent members of this lodge formed an association, and erected a large four-story building at the northeast corner of Second and Locust Streets, measuring forty feet on Locust, and extending along Second Street eighty feet, in the year 1850. The lodge-room is in the fourth story. The third story is used by the order of Red Men and the Masonic fraternity. The second story is used for & publie hall, and the first story for law-offices and drug-store. The association is a stock company.
The membership of Lodge No. 80 is very large. Since its organization more than thirty thousand dol- lars have been paid out in benefits to members and their families.
The Past Grands of this lodge who are now living are Martin Neil, Samuel B. Heise, D. I. Brnner, Samuel Truscott, William F. Caruthers, HI. H. Houston, H. M. North, Harford Fraley, Peter Fraley, Hiram Wil- son, T. J. Kuch, Stephen Green, William Reese, A. M. Rambo, John Shienberger, M. S. Shuman, E. A. Becker, A. J. Mnsser, William B. Fasig, H. F. Bruner, C. H. McCullongh, S. C. May, John L. Long, John
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William Patton.
William Brown.
Daniel Flury.
John B. Wolf.
11. EI. Houston. J. Wall.
M. Clepper. Samuel Caley. W. W. Martin. J. W. Berntheizel. Godfrey Keebler.
B. C. Lloyd,
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BOROUGH OF COLUMBIA.
B. Mullen, J. D. Stacy, J. D. Fisher, Benjamin Hal - deman, Andrew Henderson, Henry Hippey, Jacob Bahn, John A. Brush, William Clark, George D. Huff, J. G. Pence, L. D. May, A. J. Hoffman, James B. Douglas, John B. Eshleman, L. C. Overton, Hugh Donley, Michael Schaivley, Samuel H. Boyd, Henry Myers, George B. Breneman, Samuel H. Hoffman, Joseph Funk, James T. Schroeder, Isaac Anwerter, B. F. Dean, and Jacob Tracy.
The present officers are E. D. Fry, N. G .; R. S. Dunbar, V. G. ; Samuel H. Boyd, Treas. ; R. J. M. Little, Sec .; John E. Tyler, Asst. Sec. The present membership is two hundred and one. The lodge has a surplus invested of five thousand dollars.
Orion Lodge, I. O. O. F., was organized May 25, 1874, with the following-named officers : W. Ilayes Grier, N. G .; Simon P. Wayne, V. G. ; J. S. Smith, Sec .; H. Il. Roberts, Asst. Sec .; George W. Schroe- der, Treas .; George W. Sener, A. C. Eckert, V. J. Baker, Trustees ; C. W. Stevenson, Con. ; S. P. Moder- well, S. W .; Samuel Greenawalt, J. W .; Harry C. Lichty, R. S. to N. G .; George A. Souders, L. S. to N. G .; James S. Nowlen, R. S. S .; Evan G. Hamaker, L. S. S .; S. M. Williams, R. S. to V. G .; Charles B. Schuster, L. S. to V. G .; James Crowther, I. G .; Sam- uel llippy, O. G .; H. C. Sprout, Janitor. The lodge is in a flourishing condition, and numbers about one hundred and forty-five members in good standing, and a fund of three thousand dollars in the treasury. Their lodge-room is in the third story of the Vigi- lant Fire Company, on Second Street, between Locust and Walnut Streets.
Shawnee Encampment, No. 23, I. O. O. F., was organized, but after a few years it surrendered its charter, and was subsequently reorganized. The Past Chief Patriarchs are Samuel Truscott, Samuel B. Heise, Hiram Wilson, D. I. Bruner, Andrew Ilen- derson, J. W. Fisher, A. M. Rambo, John Shenber- ger, HI. F. Bruner, John L. Long, Daniel Culley, George D. Huff, Simon C. May, R. J. M. Little, E. A. Becker, John A. Brush, A. J. Musser, William Clark, C. H. Mccullough, Jacob Bahn, Samuel P. Graver, L. C. Oberlin, Othneil Geiger, Michael Scheibley, H. C. Lichty, Orrick Richards, M. HI. Newcomer, James B. Douglass, George D. Schroeder, Henry Myers, C. D. Stevenson, Charles N. Simms, Isaac Gibb, James A. Allison, and Eli Roberts. The present officers are Samuel C. Schwartz, C. P .; John E. Tyler, S. W .; F. P. D. Miller, J. W .; George D. Schroeder, T. R. J .; M. Little, S. The membership of the encampment is ninety-three. It has a fund Invested of three thousand dollars.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Division No. 104, was organized in Columbia in the month of June, 1869. None but locomotive engineers ean be- come members of this order. The object of this asso- ciation is for " mutual protection and the elevation of ,Ita members in society, and their advancement in
their occupation." There is also a beneficial and life insurance feature of the order, which pays the family of a deceased member the sum of three thousand dol- lars, and also the same amount for total disability. In case of sickness or partial disability the sum of eight dollars per week is paid to the beneficiary.
The officers are John T. Richards, Chief Engi- neer; George Irwin, First Engineer ; Henry Beck, Second Engineer; James B. Strawbridge, First As- sistant Engineer; Hayes Smith, Second Assistant Engineer ; Joshua Ilughes, Third Assistant Engineer ; David Leyman, Guide; Jesse Godecker, Chaplain.
The stated meetings of this order are on the first Sunday of each month and the third Wednesday evening of each month. Their room is on the third story of Fenrich's IIall, on Locust Street, between Front and Second Streets.
There are thirty two members of the order belong- ing to this division. The following-named members have died : Thomas Powers, Michael Shuman, Jacob Armstrong, John Neiman. Martin Mellinger was killed on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Glen Lock, in the winter of 1871, while standing on the track, oil- ing his engine. In case of death the sum is made up by an assessment of one dollar each in the whole order.
The rules of the order prohibit drunkenness, and its members are not permitted to keep drinking sa- loons or taverns. The motto of the order is " Truth, Justice, Sobriety, and Morality." The members are all respectable and well-to-do citizens.
Chiquesalunga Tribe, No. 31, Improved Order of Red Men, was organized in 1857, with Joseph S. List, S .; J. W. Tyler, S. S .; J. B. Rahm, J. S. ; J. H. Freet, P .; G. Branett, K. of W .; Dudley D. Upp, C. of R., and others as charter members, It has maintained an unbroken existence to the present time. The Sachems have been V. J. Baker, Edward Billet, William L. Cope, B. F. Clair, Joseph Ellsla- ger, David R. Fisher, Samuel Greenawalt, George Hardnele, Andrew Hardnele, John Harsh, Isaac Broom, Adam Krotzer, W. R. Meckley, Harry Maze, Lawrence MeCracken, Jacob Milligsack, H. C. Mat- thews, William Preston, Daniel Retheiser, George Roberts, Jolm Ritter, George W. Seaner, Amos Sym- mons, L. M. Williams, G. W. Snider, Nicholas Wolf, George Young, Emanuel Newcomer, William Black- son.
The present officers are Charles Filbert, S .; Jacob Krotzer, S. S .; Albert Newcomer, J. S .; William Meckley, P .; Emanuel Newcomer, C. of R .; E. J. Baker, K. of W.
The tribe has two hundred and two members, and its assets above its liabilities are four thousand dol- lars.
The wigwam of this tribe is tastefully furnished, and the walls are decorated with characteristic paint- ings.
Osceola Tribe, No. 11, Improved Order of Red
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HISTORY OF LANCASTER COUNTY.
Men, was organized Jan. 17, 1874, with Smith Swords, S .; A. J. Musser, S. S .; J. H. Downs, J. S .; P. A. Krodel, C. of R .; James Schroeder, K. of W .; Wil- liam Paxson, Prophet; Josiah Gramme, George F. Berger, Charles Grove, Andrew M. Rambo, Peter Hoffman, Henry A. Weaver, Calvin A. Bahn, Clay- ton J. Reisinger, Henry Bixler, John Bahn, Jacob A. Devine, Abram Guiles, Charles C. Hopton, Joshua Earnshaw, Jacob H. Lutz.
This was the reorganization of a tribe by the same name that was chartered much earlier, and at the time of its reorganization James Schroeder, now dead, was the only living member of the original tribe.
The Sachems of this tribe have been, in succession, Smith Swords, William Paxson, Josiah Gramm, S. B. Clepper, John H. Downs, Peter Hoffman, George Little, John D. Lowry, Benjamin F. Mann, Joseph G. Moore, IF. S. Kimmel, John B. Slaymaker, Filbert Smith, D. L. Weim, G. W. Berntheisel, Thomas J. Clepper, Adolphus Redman.
The present officers are B. H. Eicherly, Sachem ; George Studenroth, S. S .; George C. Hill, J. S .; G. W. Berntheisel, P .; G. Benton Clepper, C. of R .; Henry Nolte, K. of W. The present membership is one hundred and forty-six. The tribe has a surplus of several hundred dollars in its treasury.
The Red Rose Conclave, No. 10, Knights of the Red Cross of Constantine and Attendant Orders. -This was first organized as No. 59, under a charter from the Grand Conclave of England, dated June 16, 1871. June 14, 1872, the conclave was renumbered by the Grand Council of Pennsylvania.
The charter members were A. J. Kauffman, M. P. S. ; S. B. Clepper, Vice ; Charles J. Fondersmith, S. G .; Abraham R. Breneman, J. G. ; William II. Pfhaler, H. P .; Charles H. Pfhaler, Treas. ; P. A. Krodel, Rec. ; George F. Rathvon, Christian Hershey, D. D. Upp, Jacob Z. Hoffer, and Franklin Henkle.
John A. Slade is the present M. P. S., and A. J. Kauffman, Recorder. The last named has held the position of Grand Sovereign of Pennsylvania.
Assembly No. 20, A. O. M. P., was instituted in December, 1875, with A. J. Kauffman, Master Arti- san ; John A. Slade, Superintendent ; A. J. Musser, Inspector ; S. A. Bockius, Recorder ; J. L. Pinkerton, Cashier; Dr. Alexander Craig, Medical Examiner ; Christian Hershey, Hugh Donnelly, A. R. Hogen- dobler, Daniel C. Wann, John B. Eshleman, Abram G. Guiles, Samuel Filbert, Rev. John McCoy, Henry Hippey, John E. Metzger, Milton Wike, Samuel S. Klair, Edward II. Staman, Il. H. Heise, Henry Nolte, S. H. Miller, Frederick Bucher, Hiram Wilson, H. F. Bruner, H. S. Hershey, Dr. J. K. Lineaweaver, David Hanover, Abram Bruner, John C. Clark, Ed- ward S. Stair, Cyrus Bruner, John Sternberger, Fred- erick Bruner, Jacob A. May, Charles D. May, Jacob Bruner, George C. Haldeman, Dr. W. G. Taylor, W. Hayes Grier, John 'B. Devlin, H. C. Sprout, and William B. Foesig as charter members.
The Past Master Artisans are A. J. Kauffman, John A. Slade, H. A. Musser, John B. Eshleman, D. C. Wann, A. R. Hogendobler, Cyrus Bruner, Jacob Bahn. The present officers are F. P. D. Miller, M. A .; Jacob Smith, S .; IT. F. Yergy, I .; D. C. Wann, R. ; II. S. Hershey, Cashier; Dr. J. R. Line- 'aweaver, Med. Ex. The present membership is forty- nine. No death has occurred among the members of this Assembly. The funds of the Assembly amount to fifteen hundred dollars.
Pennsylvania Castle, No. 76, R. O. of the K. of the M. C., was organized in October, 1874, with Thomas Jackson, chaplain; A. N. Wilson, Sir Kt. Commander; William Redman, Sir Kt. Vice-Com- mander; John Letz, Sir Kt. First Lieutenant ; H. C. Sprout, Sir Kt. Recording Scribe; George Hardnail, | Sir Kt. Assistant Recording Scribe; John P. Hall, Sir Kt. Financial Scribe ; Sir Kt. Treasurer, Samuel Bruckart; Sir Kt. Inside Guard, Henry Heiser ; Sir Kt. Outside Guard, James I. MeEnnis; Sir Kt. Past Commanders, James I. MeEnnis, James Hardnail, and Jolin H. Bletz, and thirty-seven other charter members.
The castle has enjoyed uninterrupted prosperity, and it now numbers one hundred and ten knights. The present officers are B. F. Mann, Sir Kt. Com- mander; - Detwiler, Sir Kt. Vice-Commander ; William Trapnell, Sir Kt. First Lieutenant ; Simon Gramm, Chaplain ; W. G. Taylor, Sir Kt. Treasurer; E. K. Getz, Sir Kt. Recording Seribe; J. G. Paine, Sir Kt. Assistant Recording Seribe; A. J. Hogen- togler, Sir Kt. Inside Guard; Adam Eagle, Sir Kt. Outside Guard ; Philip Clark, J. S. Purple, and - Diffenderfer, Trustees, The Past Commanders are S. J. Ashton, Tobias Manning, A. J. Hogentogler, D. R. Rattew, E. K. Getz, Uriah Sourbeer, Jacob Wi- mer, -- Diffenderfer, A. G. Lindsey, James I. Mc- Ennis.
Conestoga Lodge, No. 463, Knights of Pythias, was organized March 15, 1880, with the following charter members : J. F. Metzger, Frederick Thumm, John Weber, Frederick Abendschein, Frederick Brumer, William Buchholz, H. Beinhauer, D. Yung, Christian Metzger, Christian Ladenburger.
The first officers were Ch. C., J. F. Metzger ; V. Ch., J. Niclaus; Prelate, W. Buchholz; Master at Arms, J. Weber; K. R. and S., Christian Metzger; Treas., F. Thumm; M. of Ex., D. Yung; I. G., H. Bierhauer ; O. G., Christian Ladenburger.
The presiding officers were J. F. Metzger, J. Nic- Jaus, N. Bushholz, John Weber, St. Ruhl, Ed. G. Col- lin, J. Ehman.
The present officers are : Ch. C., L. Schuler ; V. Ch., J. Henz ; Prelate, V. Xuenzer; M. A., Charles Rei- ner; K. R. and S., W. G. Duttenhofer; Treas., F. Thumm; Exec., Christ. Ladenburger ; I. G., F. Stoll; O. G., J. Weber ; Trustees, William Harm, F. Abend- schein, William Buchholz. The number of members is seventy-three.
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BOROUGH OF COLUMBIA.
Gen. Welsh Post, No. 118, G. A. R., at Columbia, was organized and mustered March 21, 1868. It is named in honor of Brig .- Gen. Thomas Welsh, a dis- tinguished soldier, who served through the Mexican war and in the war of the Rebellion. His military history is given elsewhere. Ile was severely wounded at Buena Vista, and his leg was saved from amputa- tion by Dr. Blanton, after whom his only son, Blan- ton, was subsequently named. The latter is a gradu- ate of West Point Military Academy, and a lieutenant of the Fifteenth United States Infantry. Gen. Welsh organized the Forty-fifth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was subsequently promoted to briga- dier-general. His lieutenant-colonel was James A. Beaver, afterwards also a distinguished brigadier- general.
The post controls a beautiful plot of ground in Mount Bethel Cemetery, where soldiers, dying with -. out friends, are buried. It annually observes Memo- rial Day with solemn and appropriate services. The post owns a valuable sciopticon and dissolving views, used in the illustration of its ritual ; has a large and well-organized drum corps, and is now negotiating for a more convenient and suitable post-room.
The Past Commanders are Henry Mullen, the pres- ent postmaster ; J. F. Cottrell, M.D .; J. F. Frueauff, attorney-at-law ; W. Hayes Grier, Esq., editor of The Columbia Herald; J. W. Yocum, Esq., editor of The Columbia Spy ; and Edward A. Becker, Esq.
Putnam Circle, No. 113, B. U. H. F., was organ- ized Feb. 10, 1875, with Peter Ingroff, P. E. M .; John Stickler, E. M .; Samuel G. Sheaffer, C. M .; Henry Apply, C. J. ; James G. Richardson, H. R. ; William ; The building committee of 1873 was continued, Mr.
Maple, H. Treas. ; George Maple, 11. S. K. ; Orthneel Geiger, C. F .; Jacob Gohn, U. D .; Townsend Stone, U. N. The present officers are Joseph Shartzer. E. M .; Wayne Leighteiser, C. M. ; Henry Nulty, C. J .; A. N. Eshleman, C. F .; John Meimer, II. H .; E. K. Getz, H. S. K .; A. L. Yountz, HI. R .; John Temple, II. T .; Elias Ilmer, U. D .; George O. Fisher, IT. N. The membership is sixty-two.
Priestess; E. K. Getz, II. S. R. ; Amanda Kirk, H. R .; John M. Eberley, Treas .; Eliza Goodman, U. D. ; Sarah Fisher, U. N. The present officers are Carrie Swartz, P. G .; Jane Hippey, G .; Sarah Long, P .; Lydia Fonwalt, Prophet; J. Hilliar, Prophetess ; Mary Yountz, Priest ; Mary E. Hotfinan, Priestess ; E. K. Getz, II. S. K .; A. L. Yountz, II. R. ; L. P. Metzger, II. T .; Annie Keesey, U. D .; Mary Baltzley, U. N.
The Opera-House .- The erection of a new public hall was first discussed in Council, March 18, 1870, on a proposition from the Masonic Hall Association to purchase or lease for that purpose the borough lot at the corner of Third and Locust Streets. Three 'days after a special meeting of Council was held to consider the proposition, when it was agreed to obtain legislation to authorize the borough to borrow forty thousand dollars to build a hall, if approved by a vote
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