The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-08-02

Gum11lbI QOuuCll VIII meet 1QcSut1
evening IN its new rooms in Heges hall
This council has increased its member
ship lately and is now on the high road &
success
The Excursion Committee are getting
tfeir accounts settled up and expect to
turn in a full report soon. Il is hoped
that the few mem bers still holding tickets
Will make return at once.
Brother John J. Vile will recite at the
next meeting Of Summit, and Brother
Hollely will be lnstalled as Secretary.
There will be no "In the Moonlight at
the meeting this week.
Clinton Council will meet In Clinton
Hall tomorrow evening Visitors will be
present from Summit ard Industry and
a good meeting is looked forward TO.
FREE, AND ACCEPTED MAS0NS.
The event this week was the laying Of
the coorner stone of the Masonic Temple
at Mount Holly on Thursday. The town
was filed with Masons aud the place
wore IT'S holiday attire and business was
practically suspended Notwithstanding
the Indictment weather which necessitated
holding the ceremonies at the Opera
House. Lodges from Trenton and Bur-
lington were present in a body and large
delegations from all the lodges in West
Jersey. Many Philadelphia craftsmen
attended Grand Master Tilden. District
Deputy Joseph e. Moore and others from
this city assisted In the ceremonies, The
lodge room. M. w. Thomas w. Tilden,
G. H., was in the East. The procession
was formed and marched to the building
site. The divine blessing was invoked by
the r. w. Grand Chaplain. The band
played while the documents, ETC.. were
deposited in the corner stone z. NJ.
Daniel Suffer OF Phoenix Lodge, Phila-
delphia, has presented for deposit in the
stone piece of marble from the Temple
at Jerusalem and piece of the mosaic
pavement from Pompeii.
This was followed by the presentation or
the working tools by the architect to the
M. w. Grand Master who delivered them
prove the stone. Upon their reports that
the stone is square" ''leveP' and
"plumb," the NJ w. Grand Master spread
the cement, the covering stones were
fixed in place and the declaration
was made by the Grand Master that
the stone has been duly laid.
A golden vessel of corn and silver vessels
of wine and oil were in turn presented TO
the NJ. w. Grand Master, who poured
them upon the stone, Saying:-sIhe corn
is an emblem of plenty, the wine is an
emblem of prosperity and gladness, the
oil is an emblem of JOY and peace ln-
vocation was made, the grand houors
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to the architect. The procession then re-
formed, and proceeded TO the Opera House
for the further exercises. which were as
follows
Instrumental Music-Jenning' Sixth
Regiment Band.
Address Brother Adam Clark Smith,
member of Camden Lodge No. 10, Cam
den, n. j.
instrumental Music-Baud.
Oration-M w. Brother Robt. NJ.
Moore, Past Grand Master of N. J.. menu
Der of Washington Lodge No. 80, Eliza
beth.
Instrumental Music-Band.
A banquet followed. The gavel used
by the NJ. w. Grand Master on this occa-
sion was made in the city of Jerusalem
from the wood of the Cedar of Lebanon.
1t was presented to the lodge by Com
mandeg John J. Read, OF the United
States Navy, who is the grandson Of Sam
uel J. Read, one OF the charter members
of Mount Holly Lodge, and Past Grand
Master of the Grand Lodge OF New Jer-
sey.
The Temple will be an ornate structure.
The site IS the southeast corner of High
and Brainerd Streets The building will
front west on High street; the main en-
trance will be on the North from Brain
erd street. 1t is to be three stories and
basement high, with a square tower on
1U6 COluCls ~ Will 0C Va 4kGAtO4 0IOWn
stone, rock faced, laid in broken
range. The floor plans are 36x60
The basement floor will be divided into
two large stores on the Hfgh street front,
and store or restaurant on Brainerd
street, back of the main entrance. The
first floor is divided into offices; the sec
ond contains a large and airy banquet
ball, 33x45, parlors. toilet rooms. etc.
On the third floor is the lodge
room. with lobbies aud committee rooms.
The stores will be finished in white
pine; the offices in poplar; the banquet
hall In yellow pine and the lodge room
In chestnut. The stairway is to be of OAK.
The main entrance is an archway, having
handsome wrought iron gates opening in
to recessed yestibule, paved and vain
scoted with encaustic tiles. Over the en-
trance will be a beautiful stained
glass, mathematical window, present.
ed by a Past Master OF the lodge.
The lot cost 1000. The building will
cost about $4,000 The architect Is
Arnold II. Moses (of Moses & king) Mas
ter Of Merchantville Lodge.
The Lodge of Perfection. Council of
Princes and Rose Croix Chapter. North
ern Jurisdiction, met on Tuesday night
and conferred the degrees on seven can
dldates. Among them was ID. G. M. Dur
and. They will not convene again until
next month.
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met on Wednesday and nine candidates
were advanced to the thirty-second de-
gree.
The Grand Master of Michigan has ap-
pointed P G. M. Charles Fl. Mann as the
representative of the Grand Lodge of
MICHIGAN over the Grand Lodge of New
Jersey. The appointment is for term of
three years.
As q result of the feud in the Masonic
fraternity of Ohio, growing out of the
differences between what Is known as he
Northern jurisdiction and Cerneau Scot
tisn Rites. there is still split in the Mas
ter Masons' Grand Lodge of the State
The Grand Lodge has placed all blue
lodge Masons identified with the Ger
neaus under a ban, and this eliminated
in the creation or the Grand Lodge of
Ancient Free and Accepted Masous of
Ohio, which today received its charter
from the Secretary OF State. An ire
yocable clause in the constitution of the
Grand body provides
1t shall be fundamental and unchage-
able law and Landmark of the Grand
Lodge OF Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons that it shall recognize as Masonic
no degrees In Masonry except those OF
entered apprentice, fellow craft and mas
ter Mason. nor shall it recognize any
body as Masonic which confers other
than those three degrees.
The new Grand body. it is announced,
while recognizing only the three degrees
OF entered apprentice, fellow craft and
master Mason. will not prescribe any one
tor having taken any of the socalled
higher degrees, whether it be the North
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