The officers and members of Wachu

"Grand Calico Ball, Monday evening, February 22d" a greeting we received from Collinwood Division No. 3. It was voted to be the most perfect of all previous parties. The music was grand, the calico de jure costumes were superb, and the light fantastic held the boards until morn's gray dawn.

The Brothers of Division No. 189, at Belleville, Ont., a short time since, with many friends, met in their hall for the purpose of presenting to Bro. Thomas McNabb a fine testimonial in the shape of a tea set, and to Mrs. McNabb an elegant gold locket and chain, as a slight token of the esteem that they are held by their many friends at home. After the meeting had been called to order, Bro. Teal presented an appropriate address. Bro. McNabb then responded in a very feeling way, thanking the Brothers and friends for their beautiful gifts, also dwelling upon the good the B. of L. E. had accomplished for its members since it was organized. Speeches were made by the Brothers and their friends. Toasts, songs, etc., filled out the evening's meet ing, and when the parting hour came, it was with a sad good-bye and a God speed them in their new home. Thus ended one of those pleasing gatherings that is due to our noble Brotherhood.

Thursday eve., Feb. 18, Div. No. 210 at Macon, Ga., gave a grand masquerade ball. We received complimentaries, and would have deemed it a great pleasure to have been present. Knowing the kind hospitality of the Brothers at Macon, one could not but enjoy himself. It was a grand affair and those who were so fortunate as to be present, enjoyed themselves. We can only say, as the busy whirl of

Hoboken Division 171 held its second annual musical festival at Music Hall, Orange, N. J., Friday evening, January 22d. A combination of soloists, choral organizations and instrumental novelties rarely offered to any public was the feature of the occasion, which netted $450 for the Brothers. There were over one thousand in attendance.

On the eve. of Jan. 23rd, the Brothers employed on the La. Div. of the So. Pacific, assembled in the council chamber with other employees and friends to do honor and express their high appreciation and esteem to D. C. Smith, Esq., their former M. M., by presenting to him a beautiful gold watch and chain and diamond pin. The watch is a Howard movement, the cases are beautifully frosted and contain elegant designs of artistic work. There were present: Messrs. I. C. Lord, H. Scherffius, C. A. Evershad, Esq., Supt. Texas Transportation Co., E. A. Campbell, M. M. Houstan, East & West Texas railway, and other notables upon the platform. Mr. John O'Rourk, chief clerk of motive power, made the presentation speech. Mr. Smith, who was somewhat taken by surprise, then arose and made a very feeling reply, going over the time of his years of office as M. M., after which Bro. Rob Iankes, who was called for, responded in a pleasing way. Addresses were made by Messrs. James Masterson, John Guinn,. I. C. Lord, H. Scherffius, C. A. Evershade, E. A. Campbell, DeYoung Dowling, Murray Nichols, Dowling Holland,. Adair, Keeler, Belden and others.

ASSESSMENT No. 704. February 2, 1886. Brother CHAS. R. CHOATE, of Marshalltown Division No. 146. Admitted April 13, 1885. Killed by a collision. Insurance payable to ROSE CHOATE.

ASSESSMENT No. 705.

February 13, 1886. Brother GEORGE ST.JOHN, of United Division No. 292. Admitted May 8, 1885. Killed by his engine running into a washout. Insurance payable to ALICE ST.JOHN

NOTE. Assessments Nos. 699, and 700 will be paid from the surplus. Secretaries will collect for five.

Assessable members, 4,286.

Total membership to date, 4,296

An assessment of one dollar per member for the payment of each of the above claims is hereby ordered to be collected and forwarded to the General Secretary within thirty days from date of notice.

Members of the Insurance will remit to their Secretary within thirty days from date of this notice, and the Secretaries to the General Secretary within ten days thereafter, on penalty of forfeiting their membership, failing to do so. Yours, etc.,

T. S. INGRAHAM, Gen'l Sec.

P. M. ARTHUR, President.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

STRATFORD, Feb. 4, 1886. To the Officers and Members of the Locomotive Engineers' Mutual Life Insurance Association : GENTLEMEN: I have this day received from James Farr, Secretary and Treasurer of Avon Division No. 188, a draft for the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000), the full amount due me on the insurance policy held by me for the loss of my hand.

Please accept my heartfelt thanks for the same, and wishing the Association every sucscess, I am Respectfully yours,

JAMES PERRIE. To the Officers and Members of the Locomotive Engineers' Mutual Life Insurance Association: GENTLEMEN: I have this day received from Mr. F. H. Kaub, Secretary and Treasurer of Denver Division No. 186, a draft for the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000), the amount due me on the policy of insurance held by my late husband, James F. Campbell.

Please accept my heartfelt thanks for the same, and may God bless and prosper the noble Brotherhood is my sincere wish.

Escanaba Division 116, a check for the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000), the full amount due me on the insurance policy held by my late husband.

I wish to tender my thanks to the members of Iowa Division for kindness and sympathy extended to me in my affliction, and also to those members who assisted at the funeral of my husband. Respectfully,

MRS. IRWIN REED.

LOGANSPORT, IND., Feb. 6, 1886. To the Officers and Members of the Locomotive Engineers' Mutual Life Insurance Association: GENTLEMEN: I have this day received from Mr. T. S. Ingraham, General Secretary, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000), the full amount due me on the insurance policy held by my late husband, W. F. Carle.

I wish to tender thanks to Mr. J. L. Parish, Secretary of Division No. 178, and to T. F. Toohey, T. Donovan, and J. W. Charlton, for the kindness I received from them, which will never be forgotten by me.

Hoping your noble Association may ever prosper, and continue to be a blessing to the widow and orphans, we are,

MRS. W. F. CARLE AND FAMILY.

BINGHAMTON, Feb. 4, 1886. To the Officers and Members of the Locomotive Engineers' Mutual Life Insurance Association:

GENTLEMEN: This is to certify that I hare this day received, from J. D. Primmer, Secretary and Treasurer of Otsego Division No. 58, a check for the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000), payment on insurance policy on my son's life.

Please accept my sincere thanks, not only for the same, but for your kind attention during my son's sickness. MRS. O. H. EVERETT.

FT. WAYNE, IND, Feb. 5, 1886. To the Officers and Members of the Locomotive Engineers' Mutual Life insurance Association: GENTLEMEN: I have this day received from Wm. B. McPhail, Secretary and Treasurer of Division No. 12, a draft for the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000), the full amount due me on the insurance policy held by my late husband, Isaac Howey.

MARY A. HOWEY.

BUTTE CITY, MON., Feb. 9, 1886. To the Officers and Members of the Locomotive Engineers' Mutual Life Insurance Association: GENTLEMEN: This is to certify that I have this day received the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000), the full amount due me on the insurance policy held by my late husband.

Brother Samuel Hobb, of Baltimore Division No. 47, died of consumption, January 9. Resolutions of sympathy were passed by the Division.

Mrs. Rinehart, mother of Brother John Rinehart, died, after a short illness, at Columbus, Ohio, in her 73d year. Resolutions of sympathy were passed by Division 34.

Brother H. M. Davidson, of Wachusett Division No. 191, died at his home, of typhoid fever, after a short illness. Resolutions of sympathy passed by Division 191, January 17, 1886. Mary, wife of Brother Anthony Henahan, died January 26, 1886, of malarial fever. Resolutions of sympathy were passed by Division No. 31.

Leroy E., only son of Brother A. Sawyer, died February 5th, of typhoid fever, Division 31 passed resolutions of sympathy.

Mrs. Thomas Humphreys, wife of Brother Thomas Humphreys, of Division 34, died at Rome, N. Y. The remains were brought to Columbus, O., for interment. Services were conducted by the Rev. F. G. McFarlan. Beautiful floral tributes from the B. of L. E., the Y. M. C. A., and the brothers and sisters were on and about the casket. The Division passed resolutions of sympathy.

At the age of sixty-six, in New York City, Mr. Abel Brear, at the residence of his son-inlaw, George Taylor, Esq. Mr. Brear was one of the oldest engineers and mechanics, at the time of his death, in the East. He was a man of broad ideas and inventive mind. The remains were taken to Westport for burial.

In memory of Mrs. W. T. Coulter, wife of Brother W. T. Coulter, of Division 3, died Dec. 17, 1885, aged 30 years. She was a kind and loving mother and wife, and the dear ones left to grieve have this sweet thought, that she has gone to a home that is brighter than this, and they will meet their dear mamma there. Tenderly, tenderly bear her away, From her home to the tomb on that bright, sunny day,

To the last place of rest for the pilgrims of earth,

To the goal of life's journey from the dawn of our birth.

Solemn and sweet was the organ's flow,
Blent with the anthem sweet and low,
As with reverent hands at the chancel rail,
There lay for an hour the sleeper pale;
Flowery emblems scattered there
With rich profusion and loving care:

The air was heavy with rich perfume,
Roses and lilies of wondrous bloom;
And tenderly beautiful words are said
Over the peacefully shrouded dead.
A few have paused for a little hour
Iu the presence of death's majestic power,
And tears are falling, and hearts are stirred,
As they listen awhile to the Gospel word;
And tributes of friendship and love are laid
On the grave that is so newly made.
The toils and cares of life are fled,
They no more can disturb the repose of the
dead.
May these dearest of words to the one that is
gone,

well done.

Be "Welcome, good servant, life's work was
A toiler has dropped in the strain and the heat
Of the Master's field of bending wheat,
And is lying there in her well earned rest,
With pale hands folded across her breast.
But crowds pass out of the open door,
And the world is the same as it was before.
God bless the dear little children who weep,
May His guardian angels their watch over them
And grant that their little feet may reach the
keep.
heavenly shore

Where their mother has gone before;
Gone where the shadows of death cannot come,
Where we all may find a sweet home.
Severed the chains that have bound her to
earth,

Gone to the land where the soul has new birth;
Where there are treasures of beauty untold,
Rivers of silver and mountains of gold
Weep not, husband, to miss one from earth's
weary shore,
Earth has one angel less and heaven one more.
MRS. W. R. CHAPMAN.

DAVENPORT, IA., Jan. 30, 1886. Brother John A. Owens, was killed, at Muscatine, Iowa, January 25th, 1886. Gone to that silent and unseen shore, Shall we meet as heretofore some pleasant summer morn?

Brother Owens, at the time of his death, was sixty years old. He ran an engine on the Boston & Maine Railway twenty-seven years. Four years ago he came west and went to work for the Rock Island Company, and was in their employ at the time of his death. He leaves a wife, one daughter and two sons to mourn his death.

and charter for thirty days, and a copy of these Resolved, That Division No. 60 drape its hall resolutions be printed in our JOURNAL, and a copy be sent to his widow, Mrs. Ellen D. Owens, at Oscaloosa, Ia. P. H. WELLS, し H. CARPENTER, Į

Committee.

ROCK ISLAND, ILL., Feb. 10, 1886.

IN MEMORIAM.

Brother John A. Owens departed this life on the evening of January 26, from injuries received from colliding with rear end of passenger train, near Muscatine, Ia. The passenger did not go back to give the proper warning. train stopped on sharp curve, and the flagman Those who were on the engine with him saved themselves by jumping, while he stood firm at his post until all was done that could be to save others; in attempting to save himself he was caught between the tank and engine. He was conscious considerable of the time and gave a clear statement of the accident shortly

after receiving the injuries. He was a staunch He was a staunch member of the B. of L. E., being a charter member of Division 61, retaining his membership there until March 4, 1883, when he joined Division 60.

He was a thorough Christian, exemplifying a Christian spirit by his life. He was a kind and affectionate husband and father, and beloved by all who knew him. He was a member of the Baptist church.

Brother Owens was born in Deering, N. H. November 14, 1825, and commenced his railroad career as brakeman on the B. & M. Ry. Not liking the work, he concluded to try firing. He fired about three years and was then given charge of a passenger engine, and filled the position of passenger engineer twenty-seven years without meeting with an accident. In 1877, at the time of the strike, he left there and accepted a position on the N. Y. & N. Ry., ran there for sixteen months, when he became dissatisfied and came west and accepted a situation on the A., T. & S. F. Ry. After working there about six months he left and accepted a situation on the C., R. I. & P. Ry., where he was faithfully serving when the accident occurred. F. L. HODGDON, DIV. 60. TYLER, TEX., Jan. 12, 1886.

In memory of Joseph Poole, who was killed by a misplaced switch on the Texas & St. Louis Railroad, Nov. 11, 1885.

Joseph, friend and Brother,
Our hearts are filled with woe,
Since you cannot mingle mith us
Engineers, your friends below.
Providence, our Saviour's dealings,
He has called you home to stay,
Patient, noble, kind-hearted Joseph,
Over the river so far away.
Our prayers are offered up for thee.
Lord, his spirit may be free
Each hour through all eternity.

A wreck on the road, were the words
Passed carelessly round through the crowd,
As each one was anxious to know,

Was there any one hurt, and pray how.
The answer received was soon spoken,
And here I will give the details,

A switch was misplaced by some ruffian,
Which sent Fifty-one off the rails.

The engineer's skull crushed and broken,
And no worthier one could be found,
Taken, and no one to warn him

Of he dastardly act that was done.

To send him before his Redeemer,

And take his poor life in that way,

From his children and friends, who are many,
Which causes great gloom and dismay.

May God, who is most merciful,
Prepare a place for him,

Among his choir of angels,

Where there is no more sin ;

And guide his friends to follow

On that road that leads to Heaven,

So if accidents o'ertake them,
Their sins will be forgiven.

MRS. J. D. RIDGWAY.

At a regular meeting of Marshall Division No. 146, held Feb. 7, 1886, the following resolutions were adopted:

WHEREAS, It has pleased Almighty God to remove from our midst, suddenly, by accident, n the fullness of strength and manly vigor,

our dearly beloved Brother, Charles Choate, who was killed at Manly Junction by a B. C. R. & N. passenger train running into his engine, Feb. 2, 1886; therefore

Resolved, That in the death of Brother Choate the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers has lost a true and sincere member, his associates a warm friend, the company a valuable cerv. ant, his wife a kind and loving husband, and his parents a dutiful son.

Resolved, That we extend to the widow and family of our departed Brother our heartfelt sympathies in their sad bereavement, and commend them to Him who alone can heal earth's deepest sorrow.

Resolved, That as a token of respect our charter be draped for the space of thirty days, and a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family, and one to the JOURNAL, also published in the Marshall Statesman. C. MCMINNS,

S. SWEARINGEN, E. F. PIERCE,

Committee.

WATER VALLEY, MISS.

At a special meeting of Water Valley Division No. 99, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted:

WHEREAS, It has pleased the Grand Chief of the universe to remove from our midst, suddenly, in the prime of life, our esteemed and worthy Brother, Wm. T. Ruffin, who died as all brave men die, at his post, in the faithful discharge of his duty. While coming south on No. 3 mail train January 25th, 1886, his engine was thrown from a trestle twelve feet high, by reason of some wretch removing a rail from the track. Brother Kuffin was caught under the tank of his engine and held in the water with his head and shoulders only out for over three hours. He died in a few minutes after being taken out by being chilled through and having his leg broken; and

WHEREAS, It is but just and fitting that we, his brother engineers, should make some public recognition of his sterling qualities and virtues, as a man and member of our great Brotherhood, who in his daily life exemplified our motto, Sobriety, Truth, Justice and Morality, in every sense, and was truly a noble man and a most worthy Brother, whose mild and quiet face and manner will never more be seen in our Division-room; therefore be it

Resolved, That in the death of Brother Ruffin Division No. 99 has lost a most worthy and efficient member of our beloved Order; the I. C. R. R. Co. a most faithful and trusty employe; his family a kind and devoted husband and father; and the community at large one of its best citizens.

Resolved, That while we bow in humble submission to the will of our All-wise Father, in thus removing our Brother so suddenly from our midst, we do not the less mourn his loss and most sincerely regret the desolation and sorrow it has brought to his happy homecircle.

Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with his bereaved family and parents in this their great affliction, and hope they may all be able to cast their cares on Him who careth for them, and who has promised to comfort and from the fact that he was a good man; and we sustain us in all afflictions, and take comfort are reminded of the solemn warning, also ready," and we hope to so shape our lives while here upon earth as to be ready when the summons reaches us, and thus be ready to

"Be ye