The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-06-08
RAPS, SIGNS AND GRIPS,
The Mirror Of the Past
Week in the Numerous
Lodge ROOMS
FoREsTERs' HIGH OFFICERS BUSY
Notes About Masons, Odd Fellows,
Cadets, Knights and Others.
Indapendent order ID odd FelIows.

independent order of odd Fellows.
District Deputy Bagley will appoint his
staff in few days. They will assist at
the installation Of the new officers.
The lodges are getting their election
boxes on order. There are no Illegal
names in the registry list and poll book s.
and Jersey City can boast that honest
elections are held in the city.
Candidates are sprfn1ing up In every oil
rection and the offices will not go beg
ging.
Summer Lodge No. $50 held very in
teresting meeting last Monday night.
There was no degree work, but they have
two candidates to be initiated. The good
and welfare In this lodge is always good.
and there is always some fun going on
Visitors from other lodges may always
be found there. Although the lodge had
been in session nearly two hours no one
discovered the fact that Brother Mandigo
hdd his shoes off until Brother Bechtold
eane il-late, of course; and to make
amends tor his hardness went tor poor
Mandigo. Search up thy dusty old law
books. oh Judge, and give us something
new
Mechanics Lodge 60, I. o. o. F.. co n
ferred the first degree at their meeting
last Tuesday night on two candidates
AS we have said before this lodge is not
dclSt lf you GAIL ut1 Oil Ouc bulHk SURF
They have not forgotten how towork yet
n. G. Bickel is finishing his third term as
n. e., having on two previous occasions
filed this same Office with credit to him
self and the lodge, and as Brother
Shane, The present Y. g., will soon take
his place. we hope his zeal for the pro-
motion of the principles OF the order
will be as ardent as they now are, and
that the lodge will prosper under his
leadership as well as it has done in times
long past. Next Tuesday the second
degree will be conferred. Visitors are
always welcome.
p. G. Basch, of Garfield No. 65, is a
great lover Of baseball and since he has
had to report at home at ten O'Clock
every night he understands what is
meant by home run.
Garfield Association held very inter-
esting meeting last Wednesday night.
On account of the warm weather there
were not many present, but the business
went on just the same. The association
is yet in It's infancy, and before it is much
older it will make itself know by giving
entertainments There is considerable
talent among its members and all they
are waiting for IS a chance to show it.
Courage, boys, q little while longer.
Rising Star Lodge No. 30 met last
Monday night, and as usual was largely
attended. n. 6. johnson is well up in
the work and knows how to handle the
account of his being in the ice business.
his very presence makes one feel cool.
Wonder If that is the reason the attend
ance is so large. Degree work next Mon
day night. Al are welcome.
Garfield Lodge No. 65, at its regular
meeting last Wednesday night, was for
the first time in many moons without
any work to do but as v. g. Shane and
Brother Roche were there from Mechan-
les No. sc and brothers from
other loges, the evening was
pleasantly spent in speech max
$50. was the orator of the evening and he
kept all the brothers interested Brother
Horstman is q good talker and is deeply
interested in Odd Fellowship.
Mechanics Lodge No. GO viii give vocal
and instrumental concert in Woods Hall
on Thursday, June 10. AS this lodge has
a good reputation we predict large
attendance. Everything has been done
by the committee in charge to make the
affair success. There is no doubt that
1t viii surpass all previous efforts and all
who attend may expect good time.
Last July Sumner Association was
formed in Sumner Lodge, NJ. $780, under
very favorable circumstances. 1t started
with membership of about fifty mem
bers. Since then they have been increas-
Ing in membership, and are credit to
themselves and to the lodge, having
saved considerable money since their or
ganization; and wishing to let their many
friends know they are alive, they propose
giving an excursion this summer, and as
Sumner $50 has always had the reputation
OF having good excursions, they rely ON
their friends to rally again, and promise
q good time to every one who goes
Mr.. Charles Lake is chairman of the
committee, and under his able supervis-
ion everything has been done TO make
this their best effort. Tho two barges,
Vanderbilt and Arthur, have been char
tered Tor sail up Long Island Sound TO
Bay View Grove on July %. 1890 Tickets
may be mad OF the following committee
Charles Lake, chairman; Robert Cook
secretary; j. +. Bernstin, treasurer, or
from any member OF the association at
fifty cents each.
Canton Jersey City No. 2. p. NJ. in
stalled officers last Thursday night. All
the chevaliers were in full dress, and
very pretty they looked as the imposing
ceremony was performed. 1t IS whis-
pered that there is some kind OF racket
on hand. Well. let her come, boys.
Time is money" said one brother to
another as he sold him a watch. What
an ODD Fellow you arev' said the other
Harmony Encampment No. AT met
Friday evening. The patriarchal degree
was conferred on one brother. The meet
ing was interesting and lively Har-
mony Is increasing in membership all the
time. Visitors were present from New
ark and other encampments
Canton Jersey City No. g. p. NJ, in
connection with Harmony Encampment
No. AZ and Farnsworth Lodge No. 143,
viii attend divine services at the Taber-
nacle on the last Sunday in June
An improper Interpretation was put on
n note which was intended to praise that
Jealous member, Z. G. Johnson, of Jersey
City Lodge. The word "stumpingv is
objected to. A brother writes:2'Wbile
Bro. johnson is a great visitor and loves
to take part in any debate, 1t is doing the
brother an injustice to say he is stumping
the hodges, and if every brother could ex-
plain as well as Brother johnson can
why he became an Odd Fellow, the at
tendance in all of our Odd Fellow Lodges
would increase aud be benefited by the
same You Odd Fellows who read this
just sit down and ask yourselves this
question and then see if you are carrying
out the principles of the order. Happy
men are you If you can.
Knights of Pythias.
Rathbone Lodge No. 10 at its conven-
ton on Tuesday evening conferred the
rank of page on fourteen candidates.
There was, as usual, very large attend
ance. The rank of esquire will be con
ferred on Tuesday evening; this being
memorial day, every member of the lodge
is requested to be present. The lodge