Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-10-14
MASgNIC.
The Laying OF the Cornerstone Of
the New Temple-The Process.
sion-Articles Contributed and
Placed Therein The Ceremonies.


Placed Therein The Ceremonies.
[From the Virginia Enterprise, 13th.l
Yesterday afternoon the corner
stone Of the new Masonic edifice, on
North c street, was laid in accor-
dance with Masonic usage. The
were performed by the
NJ. w. Grand Lodge OF Free and
Accepted Masons of the State OF Ne
vada, Grand Master Robert w.
Bolien presiding. and were OF un-
usual significance and soIemu;ty,
when considered in connection with
the recent history and experiences Of
the craft. Al | O'Clock in the after |
noon the NJ. w. Grand Lodge and |
the several subordinate lodges, De-
Witt Clinton Commandery, No. /, of |
Knights 1'emplar, together with |
OF capitoiium Chap |
ter OF Rose Croix, No. /, of Carson,
aud Mt. Davidson Chapter of Rose
Croix, No. 2, OF ;his city, commenc-
ed cougre4atins on B street, near the
halls Were they were TO convene.
THE PROCESSION
Was formed about o'clock, as fol- |
lows: In the van were forty mount
ed Sir Knights, in full regaiia, un
der orders Of Dewitt Clinton Com
mandery, No. l, Sir Frederick A.Trit-
tie, Eminent Commander. These were
followed by representatives Of An
cient and Accepted Scotch Rite, with
tho emblem OF Rose Croix, borne by
Major 4. A. Sherman, Of Carson.
Next came the Washington Guard
band, in full uniform, and discours.
ing their usually superb music. All
these were escorts to the Nj. w.
Grand Lodge and the brethren OF |
the order, of whom there was large
THE LINE OF MARCH
Was up B street to the Divide, where
b intersects with G street, then down
G street t. the foundation of the edi
flee, the corner. stone of which was
to be laid. Arriving there, the es-
cort of Sir Knights were drawn up
in single line on the east side of G |
street, facing the west, and M. w. |
Grand Master Bollen ana attendants |
advanced to the scene of their labors. |
AS early AS O'Clock in the after
noon people b gan to gather around |
the rising walls of the editice. The |
platform of the workmen on the |
south side Of the building was fitted |
up with seats and given over to the !
ladies' till space failed To accommO-
date more. Nei4 hboring balconies |
were crowded, principally by the
ladies, while the men took all avail
able positions from the middle OF the
street to the peaks of the houses.
The gathering was very large and |
eager.
THK ARTICLES DHPoSITED
In the stone were inclosed in cop
per box, twelve by twelve, secured |
and deposited in the stone before it
Was laid. Above the box was a
cover of half-inch IRON, made by |
two thinner pieces together.
This was done, by permission of Sn
r. +. Osbiston, at the
savage works. The cover was then
mark, d with square, compass and |
little q. al cut and iudented deeply |
therein This preparation WAS un
der the especial care and supervision |
OF MIR. Ryno. The s!one Itself is n
plain Carson Prison STONE, without
inscription.
THE LIST OF THE ARTICLES
And the names of the contributors
are as follows TO wit:
Robert w. Boilcn-One of earliest |
twenty cent pieces coined.
Enterprise Publishing Company
Daily Territorial Enterprise of DC
,ober IL, Weekly Territorial Enter
prise of October o. and an account of |
The meeting II Virginia Lodge, No,
3. on Nit. DAVIDSON.
A. >anborn-English half crown,
and United Safes twenty five cent !
piece, 1918.
John II. Be;hel-Copy Of Directory !
of Story. Lyon, Ormsby and Wasuoe
Count, 8.
Silver State Lodge, No. 5--L;st OF
officers, mem bers and bylaws.
Mary f.arue-MeXican coin, and a
piece Of Henry Clay's window bind. !
Robert App'c-free gold from
Crown Point mine i'll 1867, taken out
by doner; Austrian copper coin;
Prussiau silver coin; hungarian
copper coin.
Grand Lodge - Proceedings of
1874.
Dewitt Clinton Commandery-'I
Roll eff members.
Mrs. William Mayer-Siiver Ma.
sonic medal from Havre, France,
1898.
Sam Wagner-Trade dollar.
J. NJ. Northumberland dollar.
Il. 5. acknowledgement shilling.
+. A. Trittie-Squase and Com
pass-Nevada gold.
c. b. Noe--Photographic views of
Virginia city.
Thomas Cooper--Canadian copper
coin; copies of Virginia Evening
Chronicle, Gold Hill Meas, and LYON
COUNTY TIMES.
Geoige III. Witterburn-Silver ore
from baltimore American mine
assays 81 900 per ton.
John Haub-Englsh penny, 1868;
United States three. cent piece, 1866;
Colombia Republic sixpence, 1929;
English sixpence, IVA, and Hong
kong ten cents, 1866.
William Mayer - Roman silver
coin, 1901; German silver coin, 1881
Japanese silver coin; RUSSIAN thaler
l777, United .ta,es copper cent,
1872, and an Austrian kreu,zer, 1851.
Is. A. Observation-Disclosures; one cent,
two cent, three cent and five cent,
silver coin, United States: three