, 1881-01-22

MASONIC,
MASONIC.
Several new Lodges have recently bsen
ynrr,~.i in Nam Sonfh Wnlex

! MASONIC.
Several new Lodges have recently bsen
formed in New South Wales.
Indisna reports decrease for the; year II
! 9,9 members; present number, "a .0e6.
The original warran. Of Albion Lodge. No.
., G. R. O., City Of Quebec, vas presented
to the Grand Lodge at its recent sessioa as
Montreal. 1t bears date June Il, A. ID. l752.
BENJAMIN Dean, the present Grand Master
of Knights sTemplar of the United State1
was born in England in 1874 He is mea-
Der of the Boston bar, has served - Senator
in that State, and also rs Representative In
Congress.
The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, recent
lv desired to borrow some money. and snch
was the high decree Of credit IT enjoyed, that
the Third National Bank of Boston discount
cd It's note for $50, 900 at the rate OF y per
cent. per annam.
A little over &c, coo Master workmen In
the Order.
California paid for five deaths in November
$1,000.
The amount discussed by the Order at
large, in September. to heirs Of deceased
members was SlS4. SA.
In October the supreme Lodge paid out
TO heirs Of members OF Lodges under in In
mediate jurisdiction. So,0W.
The coming reception to TIE Grand Lodge
of this Order in February, PROMISES 70 %
one Of the largest sne most extensive u.tef>
nal gatherings ever seen IN San frAn,isIo'
1t is to take place in the pavilion. ano INC
programme Will include addresses ma''eA'
and literary selections, ball and supper
The entire membership Of the State Sih %
invited, with their ladies'; rs Alameda anu
San Francisco counties can OF themselves
furnisi, a. least S,O0O visitors. the magnitude
Of the affair can be surmised.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAx
Delaware reports s., 4s4 81 paid for relief
during the wear. and l,082 members, gain
of 80.
California Phythianisni. a. usual, IS dong
well. The regular and social gatherings are
are attended largely, with profit md pleas
urc-
The Knights of Prescott. Arizona. recently
presented the play Damon and PhythiAs."
to give the public an idea of the teaching OF
the Order.
Extensive preparations are being made to
receive the Grand and Subordinate Lodges
of Nevada. who are to make viat during
the session of the Grand Lodge Of California
the second week In February.
A member of Myrtle Lodge, No. l6. writ
ing from Portland, Oregon, says that there
are ten wide. awake Lodges in Oregon and
Washington Terri,ory. At Albany much
enthusiasm is manifested, and = new Lodge
is being formed at Corvallis, which has 50
petitioners Four other new Lodges are also
awaiting dispensation. and Grand Lodge -
soon looked for in this combined territory.
Frsterral society men are discussing pro-
position 10 present to the different SuPreme
Lodges the effect of which would be, II
adopted, to pay only one-quarter or one-hAi
of the amount guaranteed at deaths, when
the death is directly traceablo to intoxicat-
ing liquors, or when the party commits SUI
eide.
Every mooth Large number of names arc
read IN the various orders, as suspended for
failure to pay assessments" These parties
on receipt of such notice, immediately pay
up." but the laws declare that they shall be
formally ..reinstated IN open meetmg.
Some times several days elapse before tins
can be done, and some half dozen cases
have occurred where this failure to "seeP
square ON the books" has deprived the helm
Of the death guarantee. Men have died De-
tween the date OF payment and the deciars-
ton of reinstatement"