The Worthington advance., 1882-01-19
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Masonry In minnesota.


The grand lodge Of A. F.. and A. NJ OF Mia-
nesoa met in twenty ninth annual comMnnica
ti0n At Masonic hall st. .Panl, last Tuesday nt
noon, aud was opened in ample form, Grand
Master II. l. Wells Of Preston in tho chair The
grand ofhcers were al in place and largs
number OF past grand officers apti aelssationa
from All the lodges were present.
+. Grand Master Wells delivered his ANIMAL al.
tdless In reference to The death ot Garfield
he said: 1.-THE history Of Our brother hss been
laid an open page ia. the world. His life was
devoted to the service OF his God, hi. fellow
man and his country. type OF 81 collence Ho
e1alted every station. 4 fa!h:nl reflex Of our
inssitntions, true representative OF tho tsnets
OF our order, ho is bequeathsd to tho world for
emulation and for glory"
Sooiesyis rife with tales OF faithralness ana
OF crimes atrocious and abhorrent Many
thousand victims OF the tyranny or rulers, OF
worse, OF domihoering, nnconlpromisnR
class, are t1eeing to our Shores seeking the llos
pitality aud protection otfered by our institae
lions and our laws The bomb cast in st.
Petersburg by hands too impatient to wait The
growth Of intelligence and knowledge 0f rights
tutional government and law, found response
an Warrington. aimed by creature born Of
anad faction, tho OutgroWth Ut ras,cor Ct
hate. and Of Inst for power. 6tly snpplem eute.l
BY tho den0niae tannt and ,griraacu hurled dbl
~ from the fellows dock. insulting io Goa, 10
loving fraternity. it ID onr duty to sxtond sym
pathy to tho afflicted and 10 the practice Of our
example, and in averting tho disorders Of ssoic-
", and ny the exercise OF 0Nr influence pro-
mote harmony and concord iu every depart
lnent Of life.
The lodges chartered ut tho last session Of
tue grand lodge were instituted and the OFT csrs
installed by my direction, IA Ioiiows: Cnrrie,
ut Currie; Melroso, At Melroae: Lake View. At
Ortonville: Bird Island, at Bird Island; Benton
at Lake Benton.
The election of officers resulted Is follows:
9. II. Benton. Minneapolis G. ~; @. II.
Davis, Fairbanlt, D. q. 81 n Il. Denny, Car
son. =. q. "; r. ii. Gold, Rochester, Jr
r: Il. Person. ST. Paul, q. SIS Z. Adams,
Monticello. q. @; 4. Forbes Minneapolis,
u. O.; ". r. Wilkins, Austin Il. MA. Mar
don, New Tim and J. Z. A. Braiten, Eenscn,
deacons; G.. kseze, Mankato. g. h.; ". F.
Dlokeron, Redwood Falls. G. q. E.. A. Drew,
Aontexideo and N. Curry, Curry. stewards. and
J. n. Ives, Hutchinson. q. P.
In the evening the newly .electe.l officers wore
Installed by the past G. NJ, 4. T. y. Pierson,
1t the conclusion OF which the grand lodge ad-
jonrned for ono year.
The grand orator, j. N. Castle, OF Saltwater,
delivered m eloquent address. which waA st ::
tantively listened to and highly appreciated
The Mutual Relief association held ito a1.-
preliminary business, electsd ths follow
ing officers for the ensuing yssr; h
vice president aud long list Of directors from, from
al ssctions OF tbs state. Tho reports roa., SHOW
that there had occurred during the past year
twenty three deaths which nee csssiatel the pay
naent OF benefits amounting TO SAG, 900, which
added to prsvions beueilts paid by this sssoci-
Atom since its organization, makea total Ct