The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-09-28
Royal Arcanum.

The members of Jersey City Council
No. 50 are specially requested to be at the
council room on Tuesday night at half
past seven O'Clock. as it will be necessary
to hold short session and transact the
business before the doors win be thrown
open to the visitors. Any gentleman, be-
tween the ages of twenty-one and fifty
Years of age, who is not a member OF the
Royal Arcanum is requested to attend
and become acquainted with the mem
bers. The meeting will take the form of
q public entertainment. and Grand
Regent William A. Tompkins will make
an address on the benefits of the order
The committee in charge have prepared
an excellent musical programme and
good time may be expected
The grand regent and his staff paid an
official visit to Palisade Council No. ,135
at Englewood, n. j., on Tuesday even
ing. Grand Regent Tompkins was ac-
companied by Grand Orator PETER,
Grand Secretary Alberts, Grand Chap
lain Drummond, Supervising Deputies
Francis and Muecke, Chairman Nixon.
Committeeman Hogan and others. The
visitors were very cordially received by
Regent Wortendyke. Eight applications
were received and one initiated. Brother
j. ID. Demond was elected vice regent
and installed by Supervising Deputy
Francis. Addresses were made by nearly
all the visitors, after which they were
escorted to Gruber's Hotel, where an ex-
cellent repast WAS enjoyed and ample
justice done to the many good things
provided.
A new council will shortly be instituted
in Lafayette by Grand Orator Potter.
Brother PETER has already secured the
signatures of a number of the prominent
citizens of Lafayette TO the charter list,
and is getting more every day. The list
is now open at the store of George G.
Fountain, the druggist, corner of Pacific
and ComInunipaw avenues, and any gen
tleman residing in that district who is
DESTROYS of becoming a member of the
order will obtain any information he
may desire at that place. 1t is expected
that the new council will be ready for in
stitution about the middle of October.
On Friday evening last the grand
officers paid an official visit to North Jer-
sey Council No. ], 1S1 ct Madison. In the
party were Grand Regent Tompkins,
Grand Vice Regent Nc Dowell, Grand
Orator PETER, Grand Secretary Alberts,
Grand Chaplain Drummond, Past Grand
Regent Douglas, Supreme Trustee
Chnrlock, Grand Trustee Kallman. Chair
man Nixon and Supervising Deputy
Cliff. Three candidates were initiated,
the work being done in excellent man
ner by the grand officers. Supreme Trus-
tee Charlock made an excellent address
and speeches were made by all the other
visitors. after which they were royalty ell
tertained at the Madison Hotel
On September there were 10S 05S MEM
bers in the order in good standing
The Loyal Additional Benefit Associa-
tion now has eight councils in operation.
besides having quite number of mem.
bers at large. This is an adjunct to the
Royal Arcanum, by which any member
can secure an additional insurance OF
| 81, GOO at the same rate as the ROYAL Ar
canum, and was started oy the late past
grand regent w. Il. Hallenbeck.
Brother Robert A. Macdonald, the
senior past grand regent of Jersey City
Council No. SO, has entirely recovered
from his illness. as recorded in last weeks
issue, and is attending to business as
usual
The visits of the grand officers for this
week Will be: Tuesday evening. to Jer-
sey City Council No 50; Thursday even
ing, Payonia Council No. 1862
AS would be almost an impossibility
for the secretary OF any subordinate
council to secure enough votes TO get the
elegant desk that has been offered bv the
Guide and Candidate to the most popu.
lar secretary, number of the councils.
in order TO have 1t come to Jersey, have
decided to throw all their votes for Grand
Secretary r. II. Alberts. This is an ex-
cellent idea, and one which all the coun-
ellis in the State should follow There il
no one more deserving of appreciation
than Brother Alberts bob" mas filled
the position of grand secretary for the
past three years in acreditable manner,
and has given satisfaction to all Always
willing and obhging, he has gained many
| friends throughout the State. and
an excellent opportunity is now given
the members OF this State to show their
appreciation of the faithful manner in
which Brother Alberts has performed his
arduous duties by uniting together and
seeing to 1t that enough votes are secured
to bring the desk to this State, and locar-
ing it in the office of our grand secretary.
AT the next meeting Of the Regents and
Past Regents Association of this State a
discussion will take place as to the best
means to arouse the subordinate mem
bers to that degree of enthusiasm whereby
| they viii get TO work aud secure new
members.
1 Ike my wife TO use Pozzoni's Complexion
1 Powder because II improves her looks and Il a.