The morning call., 1890-12-25
FRATERNAL NOTES.
The Knights of the Golden Eagle
Steadily Growing.

Golden Gate Lodge. No. 80, F. and A. NJ,
installed its newly elected officers on Tues
day evening.
Oriental Rebekah Degree Lodge, No. 90,
/. o. o. F., met last evening and had good
attendance of members and visitors.
Mount Moriah Lodge. No. A, F. and A.
NJ, installed its newly elected officers on
Wednesday evening, 18th inst.
Templar Lodge. No. II, l. O. o. F., had
well-att.nded meeting last evening. when
considerable business was transacted.
California Commandery, No. /. knights
Templar, will install its newly elected
officers tomorrow evening.
Court Robin Hood, No. 1881, Ancient
Order Foresters of America, held a splendid
meeting on Tuesday evening last.
California Lodge, No. /, +. and A. NJ, will
install its newly elected officers ON Saturday
evening (St. Johns day.
Amity Rebekah Degree Lodge, No. ISL, l.
.. o. F., will entertain the Odd Fellows
Literary and Social Club on Saturday even
ing next with musical and literary pro-
gramme of exercises.
Excelsior Lodge, No. 166, f. and A. NJ,
will install its newly elected officers on
Wednesday evening, January 7th.
Court Aurora, No. 6450, A. o. F. of A.,
held special summoned meeting last even
ing, when officers were elected TO serve for
tie ensuing term.
The Masonic Home in Philadelphia, Pa.
has nineteen inmates and can accommodate
forty. The property is worth Sos, COO The
cost for maintaining the homo last year
was about $1,000. There are los Masonic
bcdies contributing to its support, besides
the individual members.
Six new Communicates of the Knights of
the Golden Eagle have been organized in the
past thirty days.
The largest encampment of the I. o. o. F.
in Illinois is Excelsior No. 2, OF Chicago,
which has 221 members. The smallest is
Dosia, No. 1866 of Bluffs. with 6 members.
The Supreme Secretary of the Royal Ar
canum. reports having received rs applica-
tons for membership from Massachusetts
during the mouth of October last and from
the entire order he received 1915 during the
same period
The final initiation of the term will take
place In Temple Rebekah Degree Ledge,
LEO. o. F., on Saturday evening next A
number Of Candidates Will be initiated, and
large attendance is expected.
Doric Lodge No. 2l6, +. and A. NJ, in
stalled its officers on Thursday evening last.
The Boston Traveller says; During the
dark days of the |. o. o. F., from 1913 to
1855, when the feeling against secret socie-
ties WAS SO strong throughout the country,
and to which large number of lodges in
this jurisdiction succumbed, surrendering
their charters, Friendship Lodge stood firm
W ito u ust. LOiu q ullo oO, IoiJ, ~ DeCell-
Der 81. 1856, a period of more than
seven years, the lodge gained but
three members by Initiation. During
this time handful Of brothers adhered to
the path of duty, visited the sick, buried the
dead, conferred upon their fellow-men, and
dispensed charity in aid of the needy and
distressed For period of one year, en-
bracng portion of 1854 aud 1855, the aver
age attendance at the lodge meetings was
about twelve. During the civil war the
lad Md 4
to the order by initiation, which twelve
years previous had throughout the State ag-
gregated thousands, at the term ending June
so, 1865, numbered but 400. At this time
Friendship Lodge. which numbered 12l at
the end of its first year, was reduced TO Il.
Since then, however, the lodge has been
highly prosperous, and is now in most
furnishing condition.