The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-08-15

Of the order; To examine the acco mts of the Grand
Treasurer and Grand Recorders to grant or Withhold
warrants, disrcnSaous, aud charters for new Grand
or subordinate Communicates; TO revoke prciNiSting
charters, warrants, dlspcnSatiouS FOR good cauSc
TO assign the limits OF Grand Communicates and set
Tie all controversies that may arise hctwCen thcm aud
nnallN consider aud do AL matters aud things per
tanning TO the goWl, wc-hclng aud rerpetuaiion of
Tie principles OF 'rcmrar Masonry -
Sir " Plato Mazeen. of Fredericksburg
commandery No. Of Virginia arrived In this city
yestcrlay evening, his way to chicago, but before
leaving on his Journey received despatch from home
tini his wife had given birth To q huc daughter Sit
Ma2een thcrcnpon sold his ticket at auction Tor the
i9,I price and Ill' start for home to-day to see
House where lie stopped, have named the daughter
"Chicago,N
0dd rcIiowsh,p.
Brother William Gibson, Treasurer of
Golden Rule Lodge No. 81, has been confined to his
house, Fifteenth and L. streets f,,r several
days with bilious attack.
Grand Secretary kidder. of New llamr-
shire. gives singular account of deaths hy suicide
within few weeks of four rast Grand Masters lie
says ''rast Grand Master craig committed sui
eide, Buell. shot himself Jones cut his throat, aud
Wilson took poison -
The Uniformed Battalion of patriarchs
held an adjourned meeting Friday evening last aud
inlH determined to visit latper'S Ferry the 25,h
Instant aud appointed committee IL procure band
and make the arrangements Lodges WIN he there
| rom Winchester aud other points. No definite
action was taken In reference IN the proposed visit
/ To Toronto next month.
AT the regular meeting of Golden Rule
| Lodge No. - Tuesday evening last, twenty scvcn
candidates We're initiated, e. u. Wells, 4. ~. of No
| !. acting as n. g.; Col. n'nien, V. q. of MOL as
s'H'; Samuel r. Boss, =. q. of No. q, as Con, I;
- u; rauncc, q. NJ, as War; y. c. Grnmlcy =.
q. ot No. 10, rs sitting l.. u. Ten additional pct-
ilnis were received which makes total Of seventy
eight for the three meetings since the Lodge was
| Instituted.
DIR. John Edwin Mason, Deputy Grand
Master Of the Grand Lodge and Grand High Priest OF
| 'no trahu EnCnnptnont, LETT Yesterday few
lays saltwater bathing at Cobb's Island. lie will
20 from there via BosiUn and Halifax TO Prince Ed
ward Island, In visit by Invitation the Grand Lodge o
british North America at Its annual session. and then
lecture On odd Fellowship In the principal cities OF
| Nova Scotia and New brunswick. lie proposes Il
return via Quebec, Montreal, and Toronto, reaching
the Latter city IN time to attend the session til,
sovereign Grand Lodge.
Independent Order Mechanics.
Columbia Lodge No. initiated three can
hidatcs last Tuesday evening.
The day and evening excursion of tn,
naly Lodge " Excelsior to Marshall Han on TIL
W. W. Corcoran viii take place the 3Oth instant.
From the present outlook quite arg,
delegation of the members Of the order will accom-
rany the directors Of the Relief Association on thcl
, trip to Baltimore on the 9th instant.
AT the regular meeting OF the Library As
ISOLATION Friday evening 1t decided to dlscontinu
the Tuesday evening excursions an give a grand OK
cursion To Fortress Monroe, Norfolk, AMI the Cape
F, ut an early date. A committee wasappointed While
at Nooie's store, when II is urged that every mcmbe
attend promptly at 7;3oo'clock.
p Tho contest for prizes offered by the pro
, ptieor of the Mechanics AduOcnte to the tire
Lodges In this District furnishing the largest humble
of subscribers were awarded rs follows: First prize
one dozen parade Jewels and rolaretes and ten copit
o the paper for six months, to Friendship Lodge No
Il second prize-onc dozen Jewels aud coliirettes
% Columbia Lodge No. Il third prize-onc half dole
jewels and collaretes, to Capital Lodge No. II.
5 knights OF Pythias.
An adjourned session of the Grand Lods
was held at Grand Army Hall Thursday evening last
: when the diieren. standing committees submitted 4,
IL ports which were acted nron but no business Of In
e ",tance To the general public transacted.
The lecture before llermione Lodge o
d "rythianism, - which was To have been given Wee
: tuesday night last by Dr. william Doerty, 4. Il. q
= has been postponed until the return of the Doctu
IL who started Tuesday morning FOR 1--WE months bus
ness trip In Colorado
V Temperance Items.
n Brother Bud Eggleston President of II,
u Dashaway Club, has announced his intention of hay
T. Ing ''the boys do the talking at the meeting Il
l. night N ramadge llall. They can give some ri,
experiences.
u Mills Council $. of i. will give an excu
i, sion On the Mary Washington with dramatic pc
vi Torrance by the schuit children Tuesday EVENT.
next, leaving at o'clock AMI Ionalab Social Circ
+ Will give an excursion on the W. W ColceTau Fril
evening, the eth Instant leaving also at o'cock
ID DIR. Y. S. Lambert, NJ. D., A. NJ, LII. ID
!, of New York. present Friday night at the
~ ing oi EIua Division, s. of T. No. 3, and address,
n the meeting on the Importance of promoting intce
u tia knowledge and culture at their meetings. III
Dortor who is u cousin of Dr, j. i. Lewis, IL Il
\, guest of MIR. and Mrs. Lewis at the windsor iious