The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-04-12

tuH1uefy VII meet hereafter Oh the Sec
ond and fourth Eesnesdays OF each
cry street. Tue colnmandery Will meet
at 1870 p. M. TO-DAY at Humboldt Hall.
for the purpose of attending the funeral
OF COMPANION Fl. Ross. The command
cry will escort tie remains from his late
residence, No. 229 First street, TO Grace
Church where services will be held.
Joppa Commandery was instituted at
Kaiser's Hall, Lafayette, last night.
ROYAL ARoANUM.
The present Grand Council year, now
nearly completed, has been a very sue
cessful one in every respect. and the men
who held the reinE during the term are
highly pleased with the results of their
laboEs.up to March 81. The actual increase
in membership WAS / ,059, with six coun-
ellis still TO hear from. beng but forty-two
less than the total increase of last year.
This mouth should, at the lowest caicuIa-
ton, add 150 more, which would give
GrandRegent Tompkins an actual increase
Of over 100 for the year. Up to the
present eight new councils have been
added to The constellation of stars that
go 70 mike up the Royal Arcanum
Crown y (this sentence was stolen from
Bob; AlbeTts,) with q possibility of four
more being added this MONTH Grand
Trustee Kallnlan will institute one in
BelleAille on "Wednesday night, and one
in Stanhope on Thursday night. Deputy
Grand Regent Babcock will put one
up in Woodside on Friday night and
Deputy Rand is trying to have one ready
at Sonerviile before the month expires
Five or six more are under way, but they
will not be ready for institution for some
time and viii go to the credit of the next
Grand Regent.in the person of the present
Grand Vice Regent, Brother G. E. Ms
Doweli of Bloomfield, n. J.
The Regents and Past Regents Assocf-
ations will hold their regular monthly
meetings at No. % Montgomery street, OH
Wednesday evening. Secretary Miles
has sent q communication TO every Coun-
ell IN the State requesting their views in
regard TO personal visitation by the Grand
Regent in order that the association NAV
properly draw up a resolution for presen-
tation at the session Of the Grand Coun-
Gil relieving the Grand Regent from some
of his ardu0us duties
Jersey City Council No. 50 held an
other well attended session last Tuesday
evening. One candidate was admitted.
and received the full benefit of the new
side degree. Regent Baxter is arranging
some additional features for the benefit Of
future applicants, and hereafter the coun-
Gil promises to make 1t exceedingly inter-
esting for all candidates. A resolution
was passed to present Regent Baxter with
solid gold Past Regents jewel
On Monday night last Bayonne Council
No G95 initiated their three hundredth
member. and the Council elected Past
Regent Farless as their additional repre-
sentative 10 the Grand Council The
Council IS increasing at a very rapid rate
aud viii doubtless reach the 400 mark be-
fore long They have SIX or seven appli-
cants to initiate at their next meeting.
Tomorrow evening Grand Regent
4 TonDkins and staff will visit Guiding Star
.e
street. II is expected that there Will be
a large turnout, and the visitors will re-
ceive q cordial greeting,
Regent Baxter of Jersey City Council,
has been appointed on the Committee OF
Creden tials for the Grand Council SEES
sion.
Excelsior Council, No. 200. will meet
tom orrow evening in Mcpherson Hall
Grand Guide Otis has returned from
his trip to Florida, and alligator stories
are plentiful. He had pleasant time,
and is in splendid health. He entertained
the Grand Officers with "reminiscences of
his trip on the visit 10 RoseVille Council,
Thursday night.
Grand Chaplain Drummond and Deputy
Rand, representing the Grand Regent,
visited Pennington Council No. 731, at
Pennington on Tuesday evening.
Grand Regent Tompkins, accompanied
by BrSthers Mcdowell, Douglas, Griffith.
AlbcItsf fOLuDAkBOuQ, OIs, hatlu1als
Lyceft, Bancock, Mcrrick Baxter, Dow,
aud Starr, Of his staff, visited Rosevflle
Council NO 992. on Thursday evening
The Grand Officers will visit West
Shore Council No. 1.0y7, at Union Hill on
Wednesday evening.
Pioneer Council No. p will meet on
Thursday evening in Hiram Lodge rooms,
% and % Newark avenue. They will have
as their guests the officefs and members
Of w. I. Sherman Council No. l, $40, from
the Heights.
DIR. @. K. Dickinson, who has recently
undergone severe attack of the grip, has
returned home from trip South, and is
again attending to business. Brother
Dickinson is medical examiner for Jersey
City, and the councils have felt his alb
sence in not being able to get their appli-
cants examined
Hoboken Council No. 80 will hold their
annual entertainment IN Odd Fellows
Hall, HoboSen, on the 2fst inst. An
elaborate programme has been arranged,
and q reception will follow the entertain
ment.
Communipaw Council No. 1917, viii
meet tomorrow evening in Masonic Hall,
corner Pacific avenue and Maple stree {.