The La Cygne Weekly Journal Linn County Saturday January 4, 1879 On the evening of December 26, 1878, the following officers were installed by the Masonic lodge at Blooming Grove: S. JOHNSON, W.M.; R.C. SPLAWN, S.W.; N.C. LANE, J.W.; A.C. DOUD, S.; W. R. WILLIAMS, Treasurer; Morris HOWARD,S.D.; James Martin, J.D.; J.C. GOSS, Tyler.