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Show There have been seventeen new lodges Instituted in Ohio since Octo))er, 18S8. R E. lodge, of Vicksburg, Miss., has a membership of 204, and is worth $2,S1(M& Nearly all the lodges in Louisiana have raised the fee for the three ranks to $20. In West Virginia the order has gained twelve lodges and 504 members during the year. Since the organization of the supreme lodge, in 1868, the subordinate lodges have paid (65,000. The lodges of Indianapolis have an aggregate aggre-gate membership of nearly 2,600, and the lodges have all the work they can do. The membership of the order in the grand jurisdiction of Wsst Virginia is 2,134, with forty lodges. The knights of Camden, Ark., are to have a $12,000 castle hall. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. ,r,M Parade nt Milwaukee Other t'Ueresting Items. ta thousand Knights were in the ; larch at Milwaukee. There were war l)aUds in the parade, twenty . rPs and a whole army of fif ere. It -w.y two hours for the procession to ,w reviewing stand, and the men with military precision, and with ar army swing at that A careful oired that there were nearly 15,0u0 The parade was witnessed by .JJ "rangers and citizens, who '"'the line of march. The militia ''e was a success. j 'l ho'nd members have been en-' en-' 111 Uaio since last May. ' |