The morning call., 1891-02-13
X. AND L. OF IL.
Visit of the Grand Secretary to Equity
Lodge, Sacramento.

Visit of the Grand Secretary to Equity
Lodge, Sacramento.
Triumph Lodge is preparing for large
attendance from this city next Monday even.
Ing, the occasion being the last district meet
ing of the present term.
Mr.. Lander. d. G. P. and Judge Counts,
P. P, are making efforts to increase the list
of Relief Fund members in Equity Lodge to
100 before the meeting Of the Grand Lodge
in April next.
Excelsior Lodge varied its regular month
ly soclals this month by giving a most en-
loyabe valentine party at Union-square
hall on Thursday evening, Sd inst. The at
tendance was all that could be desired, and
fun reiGned supreme.
On Friday evening, the 6thinst., the Grand
Secretary paid an official visit to Harmony
Lodge, Sacramento, and met with a very
tiattering reception. Eight candidates were
initiated during the evening in a most
creditable manner, Mr.. Erewine, p. p, oc-
cupying the chair, and at the close there
was entertaining Instrumental music (harp,
violin and piano. and dancing. Harmony is
also in the field competing for The Grand
Protectors S25 prize, and the members are
working earnestly to capture IL.
Pacific Lodge gives its next social in Union
square Hall ~ Monday evening" the 23d inst.
Deputy Doss of San Diego writes very
encouragingly Of his proposed new lodge.
Mrs. l.. A. kidder, Of Equity Lodge, will
soon visit Newcastle for the purpose of en-
deay0ring to organize a new lodge there.
West End Lodge will hold AN open meet
ing on Tuesday evening, the oath inst
Wild Flower Lodge, at DelanO, is making
excellent progress, and viii have representa-
ton in the next Grand Lodge session.
Angel City Lodge, Los Angeles, has
doubled its membership the past two
months, and will send its first delegate to
the Grand Lodge next April
Cypress Lodge, at San Bernardnn, is now
the strongest lodge of the order in Southern
California and continues to grow.
ORDER OF THE GOLDEN SHORE.
Institution of the Order in the State of
Tennessee.
Sunrise Lodge No. IS, was organized last
Thursday evening, 9TH inst, at West Berke-
ley by ID. w. Mathews, S. p, and other of
the supreme officers. Although the mem
very large, yet large increase Is expected
at the next meeting of the ledge. President
Mui1erdlngen, who IS an old resident of
West berkeley, will double the membership
Of the lodge before the month is out
A. ROihenStein, =. 5. P, has or ganiZed
Tennessee Lodge, No. l, at Nashville.
Tenn, with over fifty members, and, from a
letter received from Mr.. Rothenstein, he
says that within the next month or two the
order of the Golden Shore will have five or
W
OF not less than 800. 1t appears that endow-
ment orders are h0uriShing in the Eastern
and Southern States, and the p. S. p conf
IDENTIFY expects TO establish lodges of the
order in nearly every State of the Union.
Morris Brinn, ). c., of Suffer Creek, paid
visit to the pfficc OF the Supreme Secretary
yesterday. and reports that at the next
meeting of North Star. No. 81, of that
town, ten or twelve applicants will be in
itiated in the lodge. He also reports that
the result of the official visit of the supreme
officers TO Suffer Creek last month will be q
large increase IN the membership Of \ orth
Star Lodge.
w. H. Schwartz, D. S. p, Of Cleveland.
Ohio, has notified the Supreme President
that two new lodges will be organized this
month III that city and one or more in ad-
Joining cities, and that all the lodges already
organized are Initiating new members every
meeting night.
Oriental Lodge, No 80, will initiate ten or
fifteen candidates at its next meeting.
There Is great rivalry among the city
lodges as to which shall gain the most mem
beers between now and the next session of
the Supreme Lodge in April.
Native Sons of the Golden West.
William H. Miller, G. P; r. NJ. Fitz-
gerald. G. V. P; Henry Lunstedt, G. s.,
and Mr.. Dunno, d. ID. G. P, instituted
Byron Parlor. No. 10. last Saturday even
ing:
z. Nj. Kelley, ID. ID. G. P, will institute
Keystone Parlor, No. 173, at Amador City,
| next week.
a petition for charter for new parlor
to be located at Pomona. Los Angeles
County, has been received by the Grand
Secretary.