The Sunday morning news., 1891-11-29

sued during November. Nos. % and 03
have been issued for December. The
and the la. ter before December %. The
number OF assessments issued during the
present year Is twenty.
The widow of Citizen George f, Lake
OF Hudson Council No 81 of Bayonne has
been paid the 81 600 insurance upon his
life. Citizen Lake died on August 81.
his death being No. 235. He had only
paid SO. so into the provIdent fund.
ROYAL AKoANUE.
jersey City, Council No. SO, will meet
ON Tuesday evening in Roche's Hail. Re-
gent Baxter is working uartl to get tweu-
ty five candidates in readiness for initia-
tiOn. and he says he will surely have
twenty. Officers will be elected for
the ensuing year. aud arrangements will
be compieted for the celebration of the
Initiation of their two hundredth MEM
ber. Ii is expected that fully one-haif of
the members will he present.
A preliminary meeting will be held in
Metuchen on Thursday evening for the
purpose of talking up a council in that
place. Grand Trustee Kallman has the
matter in charge, and he will be assisted
by Brothers Alberts, Drummond aud
Baxter.
The annual entertainment of Excelsior
Council No. 206, Will be held on December
like all predecessors. will be a great sue
cess. Brother Reinhard, as usual, is
chairman. and Is working like q beaver
making the arrangements
William L. Sherman Council No. 1,340
held their second monthly reception on
Friday evening last at the residence of
Secretary Vreeland. They had very
pleasant time.
Pavonia Council No. 1869 have suf-
fered another loss in the Death of Brother
John Carson, who died on Friday after
noon at his residence. No. 3lS
Grove street. Brother Carson con-
tracted severe cold about
which developed into hasty consumption
He will be buried ON Monday, and the
Council Will hold special meeting in
their rooms at two o'clock this afternoon,
to make arrangements for the funeral.
Grand Regent Mcdowell and staff Wis
ited Palisade Council NO. 1095. at Engle-
wood, on. Tuesday last and were cor
daily welcomed by Regent Vanderbeek
A splendid collation. was served and ex.
cellent speeches were made by the officers
of Paiisade Council. Informal speeches
We're made by the grand officers.
Pioneer Council No. % will meet on
Thursday night and will initiate ten can
didates They will also elect officers for
next year and transact some other i'm
portant business. They have amended
their bylaws so that they will now meet
on the first. third and fifth Thursdays of
each month.
An official visit was made to Bloomfield
Council No. $50. on Friday evening, by
the grand officers. Delegations were
present from Montclair. Woodside and
American Councils. One candidate was
initiated, the degree being conferred by
the grand officers; Grand Guide Baxter
in the chair.
Deputy Congalton gave an excellent re-
port OF the condition of the Councils in
the district and speeches were made by
number of the visitors and
Grand Officers. Bloomfield Council is the
home of Grand Regent Mcdowell,
and the members are striving hard to
make record during his term. They
have initiated twenty-eight so far this
year, aud now have twelve applications
pending.
AS the end of the contest between Pio-
neer and Jersey City Councils draws near.
the members of both Councils are work
ing like beavers to win, and the excite
ment is running high. At the present
time it looks as il Jersey City
was going 10 win, although Pioneer
is still ahead as far as limitations are con
cerned. Pioneer have initiated forty
seven, while Jersey City have put in
forty-one. but the latter Council will
initiate twenty, and probably more on
tuesday evening, while Pioneer have only
ten for Thursday evening, and this will
put Jersey City in the lead, and they will
still have more applications pending than
Pioneer. Regents Purcell and Baxter
are urging their members on and keep
hustling all the time. Both of them say
that they will be glad when
the fight is over, for they
have had to work hard. Up to within
month or two ago John" had all the best
of IL and it was rumored that his antago-
mist was knocked out, but BILLY" got his
secoud wind and is now coming up with
rush on the last quarter.
Grand Regent MacDowell expects to
see six new councils instituted in De-
cember. He says that there are twenty
new ones in course of construction.
Pavonia Council! No. 1859 will meet on
Thursday evening and elect officers, 1t
is hoped that there will be large attend
apce. Several candidates will be in
itialed, and number of applications are
expected.
INDl PENDENT ORDER OF ODN FEJIOWS