The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-05-08
MASONIC.
Meeting of the Grand Lodge.

The Grand Lodge of Maine met at Masonic
Hall yesterday morning at O'Clock, Grand
Master Edward P. Burnham of Saco, presid.
ing.
Among the Past Grand Masters present wa &
Joseph G. Stevens, now of Lancaster, Mass.
who, by the death of the venerable Reuel
Washburn, is the.Senior Past Grand Master of
the Grand Lodge.
The committee on credentials reported 156
lodges out of 179 represented.
The Grand Masters annual address renre.
sented the fraternity to be in fiourishing con.
ditiop.
The committee on returns reported 1926
members 10 the state, against 10, 1865 last year,
showing slight loss.
The Grand Master announced that the dedi.
cation of the new Masonic halls would take
place at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
At noon the Grand Lodge called off until
o'clock p. m.
The Grand Council will meet at 2 D. m. on
Wednesday, and the Grand Commandery at
p m. Wednesday.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
LouSo mot az CioCk. nOutln0 business
occupied the time until 8 O'Clock, when the
election of Grand officers took place as fol-
lows:
Edward P. Burnham, Grand Master, Saco.
Charles l. Collamore, Deputy Master, Ban
gOr.
Marquis F. King, Senior Grand Warden,
Portland.
Sumner J. Chadbourne, Junior Grand War
den, East Dxmont.
Moses Dodge, Grand Treasurer, Portland.
Ira Berry, Grand Secretary, Portland
Oliver Gerrish, Fl, 81. Dickey, B. f. An
draws, committee on finance.
David Cargl and 7. j. Murray, Trustees of
the charity fund.
The Grand Lodge then called off until 2
o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
EVENING SESSION.
Grand Chapter.
rhe Grand Royal Arch Chapter met at Z
o'clock, Grand High Priest Arlington B. Mars
ton of Bangor, presiding.
The committee on credentials reported 40
Chapters out of 40 represented.
The committee on returns reported 4,129
members against 4 139 last year, net loss of
ten.
The following officers were elected.
Arlington B. MarstoD, Grand High Priest,
Bangor.
Joseph NJ Hayes, Deputy Grand High Priest,
Bath.
Francis T. Faulkner, Grand King, Turner.
Joseph A. Locke Grand Scribe Portland.
Rufus 81. Huxley, Grand Treasurer, Port
land
Ira Berry, Grand Secretary, Portland.
J. 81. Drummond, Oliver Gerrisb, Nathan
woodbury., finance committee.
1t was announced that the Council of the
orda Of oh. pria hnc1 bnr,1A
diately after the close of the Grand Chapter
Wednesday morning.
The Grand Chapter at 10 o'clock called off
until 9 o'clock Wednesday morning.
CRUELTY TO A HoRsE.-It will be remem-
bered that some time ago an item was printed,
stating that Elias Elliott of Windham had de-
liberately pulled horses tongue out. Yester-
day this man was taken before Recorder Kid
der in the absence of Judge Knight and bound
over in the sum Of $1,000 for his appearance
before the grand jury. He was not able to
give bonds and was locked up The witnesses
were taken before the grand jury in the af. er-
noon. The charges against this man are al
most too atrocious to be believed. One man
swears that he saw him beat his horse until he
tuIucO away slCk dt u6drt at SuCu a scene. "A
boy who went into the woods with him says
that he whipped the horse numerically with
whip and then took stone that was on the
load and beat the poor animal until he fell
from the effect of the blows. AS the animal
lay PROSTATE on the ground his tongue protrud-
ed from his mouth. Seeing this Elliot seized
it with both hands and actually tore it out and
threw it away. The horse then began to bleed
and Elliott knocked him in thu head, killing
him.
Elliott was at ths police station last night
and complained that he was unjustly perse-
cuted. He said that on the day in question he
was at work in the woods and his horse re-
fused to work. He switched him little
about the fore legs with a twig and then with
the help of the boy, who now testifes against
him, tried to back the sled, thinking that he
might thus get the horse to start The horse
refused to back even and he pulled quickly on
the reins, and he says as he did this about four
inches of the horses tongue dropped from his
mouth. He thinks that the bit cut the tongue
off. 1t must have been sharp bit or brittle
tongue. Elliott says that he was arrested in
Windham and told to report at the police sta
ton yesterday morning, which he did not.
withstanding he had an excellent chance to
run away if he chose.