The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-08-31
Ancient order Of Foresters.


Paulus Hooks announcement or an en-
treatment have now received It. 1t will
be ball with some novel features TO at
tract. See these columns next Sunday
for the date
Rather timely that suggestion of Past
Chief De Rancy at the meeting of Paulus
look last Wednesday, to purchase shares
! Tor proposed FCrester's Hall with the
I proceeds OF the coming ball He is san
/ guine, and says if he had the time he
| would not be long in getting the proie eli
under way, and he states further II every
court would follow Court Panlus Hook S
1 example. and will do the same with the
1 proceeds Of their entertainments. groun d
can De broken next spring for the build.
ing.
High Chief Kelly paid a fraterpal visit
to Pauius Hook last Wednesday. He
says he enjoys it. If for no other reason
than 70 hear the stories of Brothers Stout
1 and Irving.
Court Grove had delightful meeting
at St. Lucy,s Hail on Thursday night.
Two candidates were initiated and TWO
I propositions were received. Brother
ioonsey, z. X, OF Court H0boken. offici-
I ated as J. T. =. r., and made a hit de
J has memofized the ritual and shows how
much more impressive is the work when
the book Is not visiDla. Two brothers
4 from Court Lily of the Valley of Valley
Falls, Rhode Island. were present, and
impaired the pleasing information that
! there are five F0resters' halls in Little
Rhody. with twenty-nine courts. There
are thirty-two courts in this county
! alone.
Come brothers, hurry alon that build
ing scheme which was mentl 0ned and adj
! yocated several weeks ago In The NEWS.
NOW all together. ana the building will
be up.
Court General Wayne goes right on.
meeting and i've propositions were read
Brother James Tumuity has been insti-
tuted as G. Z. Of General Wayne Jimmy
Is good one and an enthusiastic For
ester.
How Court John A. Minturn is travel
ling. Eight candidates put through and
six propositions at the last session
Court Hudson is row 100 strong.
T. X. Bfuckner's smile has not van
lshed. seven members were initiated
and six propositions were read al the
meeting on Thursday night
p. H. c. r. James f. O'9Iealia called
at MY Place. during the past week,
had au interview with Brother Daniel
/ Keegan, OF Court Glenwood who related
TO him the History of Captain Jack. The
story was interesting, and pleased the
/ Past High Chief
Court GIenWood's two woodwards. Doc
Dunn and john O'Leary, have now be-
! become sporting men, ALI this week
/ they spent at Monmouth and Brighton
Beach 70 quote them, They were
/ fairly in il. F"
Can any one tell why Brother Patr lex
Kenny, of Court Pride OF the Hill, does
not attend his court meetings as Of olda
/ lie used to be one the regulars.
Captain John \. Bruins, of Company D.
/ Fourth Regiment, wifi become member
| OF Court Glenwood at its next meeting
by clearance card he is at present
member of Court Jersey City, but most
/ OF the members Of his command are also
members of Glenwood Court, including
/ his two leutenants, and as Captain
Bruins is very much attached to his mill
/ tary friends, he desires TO be also wit b
4 them in civic organization
Court Ashley No. 1913 held its second
annual picnic at Krobel's Park on
| Wednesday evening last The gate was
/ opened at haif-past seven, and the crowd
actually poured IN, and when the grand
march was led by Brother John BallhaIn
and Wlfe about six hundred were assem-
bled at the park, and about two hundred
/ and fifty couples participated in the
march. The event Of the evening Was the
/ contest for the gold headed cane to be
voted 10 the most popular Forester in
the world. The poll was opened, and
Brother George Hofmann's name was
the first on the board with ten votes and
then High Senior Woodward n. J. Ken
nedy's name appeared with twenty votes.
The delegates OF Court Greenwich, of
I New York. came III the park with a
bountifui supply Of money to put on
Brother O'Brien. They started the ball
a rolling with fifty votes. and had the
\ lead They did not hold it long as
George Hofmann's friends came with an
avalanche of votes, sending him up In
\ the hundreds. Aboufeleven O'Clock three
of the prominent men of the Fourth
4 District, Commissioner Fred. Mersheimer,
ex-Freeholder Adam j. Smith and
handsome man OF the district John Dunn
came to the black board with a liberal
! supply Of votes. The record when the
/ poll closed was H0fmann 649 votes:
Brother O'Brien, 245 Brother Kennedy,
146. Brother William Biuem and
4 Bro Their Joseph Nestier carried Brother
! II ofmann on their shoulders around the
1 park and then to the platform and pre-
scented him with the cane. He made a
I speech thanking his friends for their sup
bort. 1t is said that 0'Brien's admirers
were prepared to deposit $50 worth of
votes. but the display of wealth IN the
/ triumvirate caused them to weaken.
/ B rother Holman well earned the souve-
mir. He mas lived in The district twenty
I three years, was charter member OF
\ Court Ashley, its financial secretary and
4 delegate TO the State Lodge He was in
strumental in bringing Court Congress
into existence
The Entertainment Committee of
let any grass grow under their feet. They
are rapidly making arrangements for
! Thanksgiving eve
Brother Hamburg, Of Court Gleuwood.
constantly. huns lone of the Finest 2
lie is the faForite with the people on Har-
ri son avenue.
Genial Tom Welsh, OF Pride of the
Hill, is seriously thinking of running for
the Office of physician 70 the court The
numerous Foresters who Tom" pre-
scribes for on Monday mornings would
undoubtedly make good fight for him.
One of the surprises of the junction
is that of Joe = Blacker taking in as
partner Big Ben = Cox. II by any acct
dent Ben . should tumble on Joe, y
the boys might web say g Goodbye.
Joe.o
Handsome Gus y Liefer, Of Pride of
the Hin Lodge, took a stroll one evening
during the past week down Grand street.
He was much startled at herring young
lady in that vicinity say. Oh, mamma,
buy me that
Brother Mahan, of Court Pride of the
Hill, is universally known as the gen
tieman from kiltifnaught, County Mayo"
Brother Din Dever, one Of Pride of tn q
Hills hustlers, was not feeling at his best
during the past week. Brother Jim
Baker informed Dinfs friends that he was
suffering from an expansion OF his meta
phorical hat band. Jim advised the use
Of little more aqua pura hereafter.
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