The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-08-24

entertained large party Of friends from
| Jersey City. Among whom were p C1s
! Vessels and Butler Of Jersey Ctr Lodge.
They were encamped on the border of the
lake with a party of Newark Knights as
| their neighbors. The cainp was a success
and Will he repeated next year
The Committee on The Pythian Burial
! Plot will hold meeting at the Cas- q
/ Hall OF Jersey City Lodge on Wednes-
day evening next The committee vis-
! tied Arlington Cemetery on SUNDAY last
and were delighted with the plot offered
at this cemetery. A full attendance of
members Of the order Is requested at the
! meeting on Wednesday evening
| Never can brother who has been ac-
corded the highest honors IN the gift of
his lodge do TOO much for its advance
ment You owe the officers teat You
have placed no charge on your lodge.
your presence, your assistance and
! moral support.
1 A brother knight. who is very much
| given to playing practical jokes, recently
| induced the owners OF goat to take the
animal up to the hall in which lodge
\ was in session. He told the man that the
lodge goat WIS dead and new one was
needed for immediate service, the goat
/ was very trou blespme gentleman. and
| its owner was glad to get rid of him, so
\ he promptly harHessed him, and after an
exciting trip through the streets and a
fatiguing journey uD two pairs OF stairs
the outer door WAS reached. The man
| being tired with his exertiops
and the goat mad at being hauled
so far above terra firHa against
! his viii. just then young man
who was TO be initiated that night came
| up stairs, and the goat, catching sight of
| him, jerkel away from its owner, and with
/ a nafr raising, blood curdling ba-a-a low
cred its horns and went for the newcomer
like wolf for d yea ling lamb Que
glimpse of his wild wefrd looking AZ
fioy t4roa
candidate, with an ear-splitting yell OF
| dismay went down stairs, six steps at a
! jump, end made for the woods at two
| forty gait. His initiation has been in-
definitely postponed until he can be
found, and the lodge has placed adyer-
tisements in the leading papers. ask.
ing for intelligence Of his wherea-
bouts.
The Grand Lodge of the Knights of
| PythIas, of Pennsylvania, met In Read
| ing August IL. and continued in session
| four days. About five hundred delegates
including past officers, were in attend
| ance. The report OF the grand keeper Of
records and reals shows that there are
43.7lS X. of p. in Pennsylvania, net in
/ crease over last years report Of 2, 49,
| There are AL lodges, fourteen of which
| have been instituted during the past year.
| The various lodges paid out for the relief
| OF brother knights and for buriais, S21S.-
5S4.74 The result of the election of
| officers was as follows.-G. G.. L. e.
| Bishop, OF Warren; G. Y. C., George
| Buchanan, Philadelphia; G. N. Of Z. s..
George Hawkes.. Philadelphia. G. K. Of
| Elk, Julius Monteny, Philadelphia; grand
trustee, William B. Hart, Philadelphia:
g. o. G., William II. Rudolph, South
| bethlehem.
Brother George b. Shaw, Supreme
Chancellor of the Knights Of PyEhias.
was born in Allegheny county, n. Y,
4 March IL, 1904, and is comparatively a
young man. He was initiated into Eau
! Claire Lodge No. 10. at Eau Claire, Wis.
In 1876 ne was elected PreIaEe OF the
| Grand Lodge Of Wisconsin, Grand Chan
| cellor in 1877, Supreme Representative in
| 1873. Supreme Inner Guard in 1880 Su-
I pfeme Master at Arms in 1854, Supreme
/ Vice Chancellor in 1885, aud Supreme
| Chancellor in 1890
The warm weather during the past
month is having its effect upoa the atTen
dance at the various ledge sessions But
very little work is being done. and it
would be good idea not to confer the
RANKS in any lodge during July and Au-
gust The work at present Is too much
for the officers TO properly perform.
Supreme Chancellor Shaw has ap-
pointed the following committee to pre-
| pare a new digest:-Colone John C.
| Burns. of Ohio; Hon. Charles A. Lee.
Rhode Island. and H. II. Francis.
| indiana.
Hancock Lodge No. IA at its last con-
vention appointed a Committee on the
| Pythian Burial Plot There was a good
attendance and a general good time was
held.
The Pythian lodges Of New York win
hold their annual picnic on Friday,
August 30.
The supreme Lodge is about to issue
| ritualistic form for examination of can
! didates.
his name is Arthur j.; weight, twelve
pounds, sleeps well, eats heartily and is
! The pride OF Papa Cropsey. Should cir
cunlstances be favorable he intends be-
coming q p. NJ. n. G., c. r., P G. aud
Sir K Wonderful future IN store for
this young gentleman. No pictures OF
him yet on sale. Congratulations are III
order.
The sixth degree was conferred on Fri
day evening 10y the members of Wood
land Lodge. One new victim was put
through the ordeal with the assistance of
the jokers.
| The Memorial Committee Of Grant
Lodge mas decided to hold the memorial
services in October Brother Van Ant
| werp, as chairman, is working hard to
make the services a great success. ID. D..
| g. G. Van Wart, as chairman of the Gen
| eral Committee, promises that this will
be the finest service ever given in the
| county.
Lafayette Lodge No. 70, having pur-
| chased burial plot some years since,
viii be the only lodge not represented at
the meeting of the committee on Wednes-
day evening.
Lincoln Lodge No. SO have accepted the
invitation from Monmouth Division to
visit them on September l. Members Will
| meet at foot OF Franklin street, New
| York, at Q a. m, and accompany Pales-
tine Division TO Key Port on the steamer
Sea Bird.
VINO can tell why Jake Ellers stole
"Papa and Mamma" and where he placed
! them? Rumor has it that Jake Will
| hardly go to the next encampment unless
| he produces Papa and Mammal first.
| Governor Campbell, of Ohio, is an ac-
| tive member of the order OF knights of
Pythias, and is a firm believer in It's doc
trines.
Cadets of Temperance.
| The Grand Section of the c. OF T., Of
New York. convened at Maspeth, Long
Island, IN Lincoln Hall, on Monday even
/ ing. The attendance was the largest
chat has been seen at Grand Section
! meeting for long time. John I. Rod
| man, G. p, called the meeting to order,
and the Rev. J., E. Mailman offered
| prayer. The G. p read his report. as did
| also the G. S. and G. T. They were re-
/ ferred TO the resdective committees.
! The Grand Patrons report was Is very in
| teresting document. lie reviewed the
work done by the order during the past
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