, 1875-05-16

Total relief "a q
Th< next annual session Of the Grand Lodge
will be held in Peoria, October 1a.
NEN EEcAMrs1Es1s AND LODGES.
l. lodge to work IN the German language will
be instituted at B!ue Island Saturday evening
It will be hailed Is WAlhalla. No. b74. The
location is believed to bo good ona and pros
perous career is anticipated
petition for . charter Tor now lodge, to be
known &s Victor" located ut Grand Ridge, La
ealte County, was forwarded on the 18th inst; 1t
will probsbly be instituted by Brother J. o: Ha1'
ris P. G. r., within two weeks.
n. E. &. Whitney, G. s. OF Michigan, reports
that since the adjournment OF the Grand En-
campnent in February subordinate encamp-
rnonta have been instituted at Grand Haven,
Hartford, Howard. City, Plainwell. East Sag
inaw, Cassopoiis, Milan and ChesanIng,
sincs the last session Of the Grand Lodge Of
r,oriaed, and two that had ceAsed work havo
been revived Two applications are NOW on hle
in the Grand Secrntarv's Office. Tho number of
the last lodge for ~taich \ warrant has been is-
sued. located at Monmouth, where there Is al
ready ons tlouriahing lodge is SIT. -
RELIEF.
The appeal Of Grandchildren Sherman for aid
in behalf Of the suffering brethren in Kansas
and Nebraska has been literally responded to,
over $1,000 having been placed in the hands Of
the Committee. 1he needs OF the VARIOUS local1,
ties in the Inflicted Counties are being examined
into, and the money viii be distributed where it
will do the most good.
:, Oshkosh Was moi forgotten. When hAked If
assistance WAS needed the answer came: "We
etand bat in hand, but do not intend asking for
tho town, and, anding some Of the brethren
very poot1y off, several hundred dollars we're
sent from Chicago for distribution. An s. en-
quirendo mas been issued to ascertain il moEe
oRustn1Ens.:
correspondent Of the Ne,0 Age Of Ban Fran
cisco Bays:
Almost eyary 1odgs has one Of more Of those turbu-
lent Spirits who to have spent Ill past we.k
studying out something to Hna fault with in the last
nights proceedings, or some act Of tho Grand Lodge
to fak about aud denounee. They study, not how 70
build up their Lodge and benefit The Order. bnt to
elevate themselves BY pulling better men down. They
oyer-estimate themselves and uiar- -estn,ate every
body else. But while they -onoS and ve1 other, they
,rs lost to an my Ia
proper attention may have been shown than, aftar
not to express their gratitude but 10 complain Of tho
Visiting COMMITTEE or some one elee The better WAY
to dea these chronic grasnbe1s s to trsat them
slhle in other words, to freeze them out
Tbs Bureau Of Education at Washington ia pre-
pairing tor publication general and stalst!ca1
account OF Eli uuEkIltS tuU* FAAFA30J ~ suo
United States, and the Commissioner seeks to
obtain statistics OF all libraries Of the Order
exceeding 500 volumes. The points on when
information is mostly desired are The date OF
establishment; the number OF volunaes
and their general character; the average
annual = accessiohs - and ther cosE: me
annual circulation OF volumes. ING IN
formatian should Iesch the bareau ny June y
and may be sent ouec1 to the hop; o5s3 Jono Gn'oG
commissioner, OF g yAoaes - IL 1aoSe,. & III r. +or
anu II SECRETARY oa1uuoto, IT,. "a W. ~" ~, ~