The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-02
Free and Accepted Masons.

The District Deputy will pay an official
visit to Triune Lodge tonight.
The Comnandery will work the order
of the Temple tomorrow night,
The Grand Lodge officers will visit the
Commandery tomorrow night.
Bayview Lodge. of Greenyille. has
made preparations to receive the District
Deputy on Thursday night.
Jersey City. Bergen md Enterprise
lodges meet on Friday night. All have
degree work.
The District Ledge meetings closed OF
Saturday night. The last n was held
at the rooms of Doric Lodge INT the
Master Mason degree was eXcmpliied.
The attendance was large and the
brothers were deeply interested in the
work. The meetings have been prof
liable.
BlJersey City Lodge, at a special COM
munication, conferred the Master Mason
degree on four candidates last Friday
night.
Ancient Order of Foresters of America.
Mr.. James +. O'Melia, high chief ranger
of the Ancient Order of Foresters of the
State, is busily engaged making up a list
o~fdeputies, which will be promulgated the
latter part of the present week. OF these
there will be seventeen. twelve of whom
will be selected from Hudson county
courts. In most instances each deputy
Will udfGU SOoAU W Z lOOrN sAtOA. AhS
only German court in the county, Fritz
Reuter-. will have a deputy, and the three
courts in the upper part OF the county,
Laurel, of Arlington. General Phil
Kearney, of Belleville, and Greenwood,
of Harrison, will be under the super
vision oi a deputy to be selected from one
of the Newark courts. Chief O'Meaiia
reports the order throughout the State to
be in a very prosperous and f1oullshlng
condition. He has applications for dis
pensations for thee institution OF new
courts, to be located in Hoboken, New
ark, New Brunswick and this city. The
deputies have been chosen for all the
~coflrts except those in Bound Brook,
Trenton, Camden and Wrightsyille.
Where the courts are located ten miles or
more apart a deputy is appointed for
each court. The chief ranger is now
studving the map and ascertaining the
number of mile stones in a bee line be-
tween these four places.
The Board of Directors will meet at
Roche's Hall next Thursday night.
Court Monmouth will be instituted in a
few days.
The High Court is slow in supplying
the necessary books and blanks. Their
hardness has greatly hampered the Work
OF the new Grand Court.
The Courts are now discussing the
merits of candidates for the seyerai
offices.
Royal Templars of Temperance.
The grand officers of the Royal Temp
lars Of Temperance are visiting all the
councils Of their order i'll the State.
Their first visit was to Ever Faithful
Council No. 10, this city, when they held
a grand meeting, and a large number
were present.
Their second visit was to Shields Coun-
Gil No. 8, at Newark, last Tuesday, where
they were royalty entertained ana put
through the new degree TWO
Tomorrow night, Tuesday, they Will vlsl6
Paterson Council.
The district deputy, Brother John
Lousbury, assisted by grand oincers,
instituted a new council at Paterson,
known as Fallo City, No. II, last Saturday
evening.
Ever Faithful Council, No. 10, will have
n grand meeting next Thursday evening;
They are also preparing for a necktle ana
apron social for the 10th inst.
The Royal Templars of Temperance are
vet claiming they are the best temper
ance order because of their bench
ciary department, also the best as
sessinent insurance order because OF
their number OF assessments for death
claims which having went up to twenty
in one wear have gradually diminished to
only fourteen for this year and two for
total disabilities.
Lodge Notes.
Jersey city Lodge, I. o. o. r., worked
the degree in fine shape at their last meet
ing. = n