The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-08
GROWING ODD FELLOWS.


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The Order of Odd Fellows has grown
in the past few years to almost gigan-
tic proportions in this State. 1t is
doubtful if there is another order in
the State that is growing so fast. un-
less it be the Foresters. According to
the annual report for 1888 there
are 200 lodges. representing a mem
bership Of 10000. The increase in
members for the year was 1908. Dur
ing the year $685. 500. 04 was paid by the
order for benefits and the sick fund
Beside the lodges there are fifty-six en-.
campments, which muster some 5000
uniformed members. OF course the
encampments add nothing to the
above numbers, for, in order to enter
an encampment, the applicant must
be a member Of a lodge. April 20 will
be the SEVENTEEN anniversary of Odd
Fellowship. There will be no general
celebration of the event among the
lodges in this county, An entertain
ment or an extra meeting will be held
in a few of the lodges.
Al lecture on Odd Fellowship will be
delivered in the Second Presbyterian
Church, on April 90, by John l..
Wheeler. p. G. NJ, under the auspices
Of Mt. Sinai Encampment.
The First degree was conferred
upon several candidates at the meet
ing of Mechanics Lodge last Thurs
day evening. Several propositions
were also received.
Several candidates were initiated on
Thursday night in Canton Jersey
City, Patriarchs Militant. Election
of officers at next meeting.
The Second degree will be worked
by Farnsworth Lodge tomorrow night.
Palisade Encampment, which was
instituted in 1872, is the successor of
Olive Branch Encampment. The
latter was organized in 1874, and for a
number of years was in a flourishing
condition, but for several years pre-
ceding its dissolution was in a bad
way. 1t became so run down that the
few members who were left deemed it
necessary to surrenderth the charter. A
new one was started, which was called
Palisade Encampment. The new en-
calnpment took the number of the old
one, No. 4, and the charter, under
which it has been working ever since.
Five or six years ago this encampment
came near going the way of the old
one. The members had dropped out
until there were only twenty left, and
but $17 in the treasury. Some of the
old members not wishing to see the
encampment become extinct, set to
work, and, in consequence, the mum
Der of members has more than doubled
and the amount in the treasury has
swelled from $17 to about 5000. The
encampment is now on a firm basis,
and is growing.
This week will be a lively one in the
lodges through the State. Nomina-
tions for the State grand officers will
be made.
"a convention Of the Rebekah De
gree lodges of the State will be held
at Trenton on the third Tuesday in
May. The delegates TO the conyen-
tion will be elected at the last meeting
OF each lodge in this month.
The Grand Lodge of the State of
New Jersey, will hold a special session
in Odd Fellows Hail, Hoboken,
May 8.
AT the meeting, Thursday night, of
John p. Entwistle Lodge, the Third
Degree was conferred upon three can
didates.
The First Degree was conferred on
two candidates by Onward Lodge, last
Wednesday night. This lodge is well
named, for it is onward in all respects.
The new team for the working of the
degrees of Evergreen Rebekah Lodge,
will go through their first drill in
Franklin Hall. next Thursday night.
A new Rebekah Degree Lodge will
be instituted in Hoboken the latter
part of this month. 1t will be insti-
tuted by District Deputy Mrs. Carrie
CosgTove, of Evergreen Rebekah
Lodge.
Exempt Firelnen's Association will be
held in Plainfield sone time in May.
Division No. 16, Ancient Order of
Hibernians, will meet in st. Johns
Hall Wednesday night.
Central Assembly, Order of Good
Fellows, pays SIS per week sick benefit
and $75 in ease of death. At the meet
ing Monday night several propositions
for membership We're received and
several new ones elected.
The Elizabeth Board of Trade sent
an invitation to Hudson Council,
Legion of Honor, to march with its
members at the coming centennial.
The Council has declined.
Zabriskie Post, Grand Army, will
attend the ceremonies at Elizabeth
ON the Goth. The Post was inspected
on Thursday night by Past Com
mander J. b. Birmingham. The at
tendance wa large and the inspection
was AL Comrade Merritt was on
hand and he made a rattling speech.
The organization of the Freight De-
partment Employees Benefit Assoeia-
ton of the Pennsylvania Railroad has
been effected. The new association
starts into life with membership of
800 and the following officerss-Presi-
dent, John Birmingham; vice presi
dent, Edward MILAN; treasurer and
secretary, S. g. Junk; Executive Com-
mittee, James Burns, james Quail,
Charles Jamison, Thomas Morris,
Charles Franks, Patrick dwell, John
Stark, Michael Larkins and Chris
Rule. The dues will be twenty-five
cents per month and the sick benefit
So per week. As soon as the associa-
ton becomes strong enough a death
benefit will be paid.
The F. G. degree was worked by