Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-14
NORTH CAROLINA.
GRAND LODGE OF MASONs.

/ The Attendaa nee Gratffing Reports-Frozen
Tunnels-Nauow Escape from Death While
| Skating Crushed.
Especial telegram TO the Dispatch.l
RALEIGH. N. c., January l3.-The
attendance at the ninety-ninth annual
communication of the Grand Lodge of
Masons was increased to-day. The fol-
lowing are the grand officers present
+. ii. Busbee, grand master; Charles
Ii. Robinson, deputy grand master
Samuel III. Smith, senior grand warden
Samuel II. Rountree, junior grand war
den; William E. Anderson, grand
treasurer Donald W. Balm, grand Sec
rotary Rev. DR.. William A. Nelson,
grand chaplain John W. Gidney, Sc
Nor grand deacon John w. Gotten,
junior grand deacon William N. Ben
ton, grand marshal James j. Macks,
grand sword-bearer Henry NJ. Strouse,
grand pursuant Miles Goodwin, grand
tiler; and the following past-grand
officers John Nichols, Horace ii.
Munson, Samuel II. Rountree.
A. II. A. Williams, from the Board
Of Directors Of the Orphan Asylum at
Oxford presented a highly-satisfactory
report in regard to its condition.
The committees are as follows Char
tiers and Dispensations-Thomas Da-
niels, F. NJ. Moye, NJ. F. Stancell, Cal
win Cox, j. W. Faison, and d. A. Cdl-
breth Unfinished Business-Exam Da-
Wis, j. n. Little, and j. NJ. Pugh; Ac-
counts and Claims-H. ii. Munson,
Thomas Badger, and Neill S. Stewart;
Grand Secretary's Books and Report
A. n. Campbell, t. G. Robertson, and
p. A. Wilson, Jr. ; Appeals-J. A.
Leach, NJ. j. Hawkins, and c. S.
WooteD.
Grand Treasurer Anderson made a
very gratifying report. The receipts
during the year were 1886. Grand
Secretary Balm submitted an interesting
report. lie noted the fact that next
year will be the centenary Of Masonry
in the State. 1t has had perpetual ex-
istence since December ., 1877, when
the Grand Lodge was reconstructed at
Tarboro. He reports new lodges as
established during the year at Leicester
and Flint Hill, Buncombe county, Old |
Fort Mcdowell, Farmers, Randolph, |
Morehead, Carteret, Hamilton, Martin,
Bald Creek, Yancey, Dobson, Surry, |
Yadkin Falls, Stanly Point, and Fork
Madison. Two lodges were revived.
No lodges forfeited charters.
The address of Grand-Master Fabius
II. Busbee was very able, particularly
that portion in reference to the Oxford
Orphan Asylum. The usefulness Of
this institution is to be largely in
creased in both the male and female de-
partments.
A most remarkable state of affairs
exist on the Western North Carolina
railroad near Asheville. There are
several tunnels this side of that place.
] he longest of these is Swannanoa
tunnel at the summit Of the Blue Ridge.
This is a half mile in length. In all
the tunnels there are constant drips Of
water. The intense cold, from II to
20 degrees below zero, has frozen this,
and nearly a solid mass Of ice is formed,
which prevents the passage of trains.
One train got into tunnel, and it re-
luired eight hours work to extricate
it. Asheyillc papers received here to-
DAY were the first since Saturday.
There came near being a fatal acct
dent at Fayetteville yesterday. Miss
Maggie Pemberton and Herman Il.
Hall broke through the ice into water
IF fifteen feet depth. They were res
,ued by Mr. Archie Campbell, and by
prompt medical attention their lives
we're saved.
Near this city Wallace Scales, clerk
o Governor Scales, fell into an air
lole on a pond and came near losing
lis life. lie was rescued by a COM
oanion just as he had given up hope.
In Mitchell county a white man
FAMED Meredith Burleson was digging
n his mica mine. There was a heavy
all Of earth and he was overwhelmed.
lie was dead long before help came,
nd his body was dug out Of the mass
4 earth