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Show GENERAL. Frieudfthfp, Love and Truth. Atlanta, Ga., 24 The Odd Fellows Fel-lows had a grand banquet to-night. The Grand Lodge to-day selected Indianapolis In-dianapolis as the next place of meeting. meet-ing. Trie decision of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire, in the FUtcher case was sustained. The Grand Lodge resolved that tiie Grand Sire be and n hereby authorized to adopt Buch measures in relation to the establishment establish-ment of the Order In Austria as shall seem to him the most judicious for j obtaining permission of the Austrian government to establish the Order I there, and to establiah it there if such i permission be obtained; also that the Grand Lodges of the several jurisdictions jurisdic-tions subordinate to the K. W. G. L. be, and hereby are authorized to cause to be conferred the honorary degree of Past Secretary on any Past Grand in good standing who has served the lawful term of Vice Grand and Noble Grand in a Subordinate Lodge. The Grand body almost unanimously passed pass-ed the report on the resolution passed by the Grand Lodge reaffirming the position of tho Grand. Lodge in '7-, making it illegal to hold a Lodge or Eucatnpmcnt on Sunday except for funeral purposes. The Grand. Lodge decided the question of consolidation in the negative. |