The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-12-27

evenings OF the ensuing week:
Subordinate LODGES. - Masonic Temple
Dawson No. 16, Monday, 2sth; Lebanon No.
z, Friday, January l.
A. A. s. r. Sanctuary, 1907 G street.
Arminius No. 25, Monday, 2Sth.
Masonic Hall, MISUNDERSTANDING No.
"a, Monday, 2Sth.
Masonic Hall, Nineteenth street and Penn
sylvania avenue.-Hiram No. 10, Friday, jan
nary 1.
Royal Arch ChdptcrS.-Masonic Temple
Mount Vernon No. 8, Monday, 2sth.
Con,n,dnderieS Knights Templdr.- Masonic
Temple-Columba No. l, Friday, January l.
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday being
the fifth occurrence of these days in December
the following bodies will not hold regular
meetings: National Lodge No. 10, la Fayette
Chapter No. 5, Mithras Lodge of Perfection,
Columbia Lodge No g. Columbia Chapter No.
l, Potomac Commandery No. 8, Washington
Centennial Lodge No. II, Osiris Lodge No.
26, La Fayette Lodge No 10, and Mount
Horeb Chapter No. Z. Only seven regular
meetings will be held and it will therefore be
the quietest week since last July.
The election in Columbia Commandery re
suited as follows: E. B. Hay, Eminent Com
mander; S. H. Merrill, Generalissimo; A. j.
Terry Captain General; j. G. Allen, Prelate;
F. II. Thomas, Senior Warden; R. E. Con-
slant, Junior Warden: A. T. Longley, Treas
urer; William Pitts, Recorder; Robert Ball,
Trustee, three years. AS the next conclave
falls on January l, 1892, the Commandery has
decided to dispense with it, and the install
lation will occur on the 18th instant. The
drill corps will commence regular drills on
Wednesday evening, January 6, at Rehs BIZ
cycle Hall. Ninth street, between Massa-
chusetts avenue and L street, and will con-
tinue them every Wednesday evening until
the commandery goes to Denver. All Sir
knights are invited to these drills.
The statutory triennial meeting of Albert
Pike Consistory will be held at the Cathedral
of the Rite, No. 1907 G street northwest. this
evening, the 27th instant, at Z o'clock, for
the election of officers for the ensuing three
years and the transaction of such other bus
mess as may be presented.
Through an error in last Sundays issue the
election in one of the lodges was merged into
the remains of a Shrine notice and the treas
urer was made to travel the hot sands of the
desert for seventeen terms. This physical
impossibility as one trip is sufficient to test
the endurance of the most robust candidate,
reinforced by a course OF training and an acci-
dent policy.
Mecca Temple MOBILES of the Mystic Shrine,
of New York City, are arranging for a mid
winter pleasure tour to the orange groves of
Florida. The excursion will be limited in
numbers and will travel throughout in a
special train of Pullman cars. About ten
days Will be consumed in the trip, including
day each in Atlanta, Ga; Jacksonville, Fla,
and three days and half in the ancient city
of st. Augustine. Stops viii also be made at
the principal cities of the South, the Mobiles of
which have already forwarded assurances of a
royal Southern welcome. 1t is understood
that several prominent Shriners of this city
will he in the party which will arrive here on
Saturday, January l6.
Mount Vernon Chapter No. 3 will devote
the convocation OF Monday evening to the
reception of petitions.
The time-honored custom of assembling on
Christmas Day to exchange fraternal greetings
with the Grand Master Of Knights Templar of
the United States was observed at ~ m. on
that day at the Oxford, by Eminent Com
maDder j. X. Robinson and the officers and
past commanders of Columbia Commaudery
No. 2. The sentiment:
merry Christmas TO our Grand Master
With loyal greetings of each broad State
From Quoddy Head to the Golden Gate
The Grand Master at Lebanon, Pa sent the
following response: 'May Christmas Day, en-
circling our limited world like magic ring,
find in each Templar's heart the full measure
of kindness and love. May all evil be ex-
cluded and the God of peace and happiness
reign everywhere and bless every home.n
Tuesday evening Lebanon Lodge No. will
confer the 1st and I'd degrees at special COM
munication.
After the holidays the different bodies Will
settle down in earnest to the work of the COM
ing year, which even at this early date bids
fair 10 be very prosperous and successful.
At the last meeting of Almas Temple forty
eight candidates made the weary pilgrimage
OF the desert. Every Templar who is going
to Denver will take the Shriner degree as a
preparatory step and the chapeau and fez
combined will insure them a glorious well
come throughout the West.
Personals.-At the last convocation of
Mount Horeb Chapter No. Past High Priest
Robert E. Fugitt was presented by Past High
High Priest NJ. r. Thorpe on behalf of the
chapter with Past High Priests Jewel Past
High Priest 7. w. CTidler, of Mount Vernon
Chapter No. 3, was remembered in the same
Manner. Brother Louis Goldschmidt of
Arminlus Lodge No. 25, was complimented
with a reelection, making his third term as
Worshipful Master Brother Herman Gerdes
the efficient Secretary was also reelected w
Brother o. S. Firmin, of Harmony Lodge No
IL, begins with this year his eighth term as
Treasurer of that lodge...... Among the best
Informed Junior Wardens of the Jurisdiction
is Brother A. w. Johnstone, who is thoroughly
proficient in the several degrees ..... At the
communication Of the Grand Lodge last even
ing there were many lew faces among the
representatives and proXies.....B Brother Viii
liam r. Singleton expects to have the Masonic
calendar ready for distribution shortly..On
account OF the holiday season Brothers
Byers and Mix have declared the After-Lunch
Club adjourned without day ...... Brother A. @.