The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-23
NEWS ABOUT THE LODGES.
STRENGTH AND WEALTH OF THE
ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.

Echoes of the Columbus Convention
Mssons Talk of Reviving the Chapter
of Rose Croix of Heredom - Notes
from Many Local Lodges.
The session of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows at Columbs, Ohio,
was the finest and most successful ever
held by the order. Every State and Ter
ritory was represented, and delegates
were present from Europe and Canada.
There was parade, of course, and it is
estimated that twenty thousand men
were In line, as the majority of the
subordinate lodges from Ohio and neigh
boring States attended, and the military
companies of Columbus, Toledo and other
cities participated in the demonstration.
1t gave the order great boom in Ohio.
An unfortunate accident occurred. Grand
Sire Underwood was thrown from his
horse and received severe injuries.
His report to the delegates showed that
the order Is in prosperous condition,
and had grown rapidly during the past
decade. The order was originally the
Manchester Union, and there is n sympa-
thy between the two. The report shows
the numerical strength of the order on
January of this year was as follows;--
NulnDer OF W01Ce OQd FELLOWS on the glODe
January !, 1885, independent order, 659, 7s7;
Manchester Unity, 66S, ,492. Total 1874, ,275 Mum
ber Of patriarchs, militant departments a, an
increase of i; component cantons, 546S an in-
crease of Be; band cantons, g. an increase of 2;
chevaliers made, 3,1e5, an increase of n; canton
members, 1929, an increase of 1,74i; value of
military outfit and other assets of cantons- S752
52S, an increase of $113,69
The strength of the order on December 81, 1888,
is as folows-One sovereign grand lodge, two
independent grand lodges German Empire and
AlfQfrQlQSiQl AClfhOr6innta INN TrlQ
"a subordinate grand lodges, q 101 subordinate
encampments, 9,794 subordinate lodges, 1o7, ,344
encampments, with 500, o37 members; l,76S Re-
bekah lodges with 40, $50 female and "a, ,196 male
menlbers; 546 cantons Of patriarchs militant,
with y 600 chevaliers renk and file (estimated).
The Rebekah branch has prospered finely, since
their available assets at the close of the year
amounted to S2Oo, 600, against ,247 for 1887.
Their total expenses were S1o9,20 while the re-
ceipts were $50, ,642.
Invested sums for thirty-six Jurisdictions in
the United States are:--In lodges S2i 40S 235; in
encampments, s1,4s1,6so. Total, s22, ,sae, SIS.
Mayor Grassman. of Hoboken. who was
one of the representatives from this State
to the Sovereign Grand Lodge, received
an ovation. He is delighted with the bril-
liant showing made by the order and
enthusiastic over its increase and pros
perity.
The interested lodges are quiet concern
ing Secretary McWflliams of Guiding
Star Lodge, who also held picnic money
DS1uuSlHS " lfl6 DhuSubofS Ol ISeDecCH.
McWilliams jumped the town short in
his accounts with his employer, Captain
jackson. If his lodge books are not correct
and he has not made returns to the
Daughters of Rebecca, the fact is kept
profound secret The members of the
order questioned say that they know
nothing of it.
Notes About the Odd Fellows.
Fraternity Lodge worked the initiatory
deg rec on Thursday night.
Martha Washington Lodge, Daughters
of Rebecca, added three members last
Thursday night
Fraternity Lodge and Granite Lodge, of
Newark, will play their postponed base
ball game at Hoboken next Thursday.
Fraternity Lodge has made arrangements
to make their Newark brethren enjoy
themselves. Billy Parslow will captain
Fraternity's nine. He knows something
about the game. He read an ancient base-
ball guide.
Onward Lodge, as it's name implies, is
going onward and upward The lodge is
growing. They meet at Becker's Hall.
Mechanics Lodge celebrated their birth
day last week. They had pleasing en-
fnrrainfnanf and q collation.