The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-05-10
FREE AND ACCEPTED MAsSNS.


FREE AND ACCEPTED MASSKS.
The lodges are all busy and will have
clean bills of lading when the summer re-
cess begins. Several special communica-
tons will be held by several to
advance the candidates and raise them to
the NJ M. degee before the time to call
off has arrived
The Grand Commandery Of the Knights
TempIar will convene on Tuesday. Hugh
de Payens Commaudery of this city will
be represented by Sir Knights Tilden,
Ackerman, Dobbs and Sears, and Pilgrim
Commandery of Hoboken will be repre-
scented by Sir knights McDonough and
Weinhagen.
The Past Commanders Association will
meet at Masonic Hall. Trenton. to-mor-
row night to elect officers and have a
banquet The Association was organized
d year ago and is in a fiouriShing con-
dition.
Pilgrim Commandery will work the
Red Cross degree tomorrow night and a
feast will follow. An invitation is ex-
tended to Sir Knights to attend.
Hugh De Payne's Commandery worked
the Red Cross degree on two candidates
last Tuesday night. At their next meet
ing the Order OF the Temple will be con
ferred on several candidates in grand
style.
The Grand Master, the District Deputy
and p NJ Warren Dobbs went to
Hackenssck on Wednesday night and
saw the z. A. degree worked. Addresses
were made by the visiting Grand Lodge
officers.
Amity Lodge is making preparations
for big social meeting next month.
Enterprise Lodge worked the E. c. de-
gree on Friday and did it deliberately.
The grand master and the district deputy
grand master were present. There wasa
aft "A fcrol Ia
was ex-Judge Seymour, who had not
been at q meeting for year. w. NJ.
Wakefield was in the East.
Jersey City Lodge will work the +. C.
degree next Friday night on two candi-
dates. S. w. Farrier, and j. w. Mears
will ofnciate.
The visitations of the Grand Master
have been beneficial. Enthusiasm has
been aroused, and the lodges in the dis
trict are all up and doing The members
recognize and appreciate the splendid
service rendered the craft.
Jersey City No. IA receives very COM
pIimentary notice Ia the last issue of the
Ro3dI Craftsman for the excellence of
their work. They deserve it.
A delegation of twenty members of the
Consistory visited Brooklyn on Friday
night and attended the meeting of the
Consistory of that city .and saw the
fifteenth degree conferred in magnificent
style.
BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ELKs.
The Grand Lodge will convene az
Louisville on May II and viii be in session
three days. There will be grand pa
rade.
The Eilks of Hartford, Brooklyn,
Hoboken, Newark, Orange. Asbury Park
and Trenton will travel on a yestibule
train.
Hobofen Lodge No. "a has elected
p. E. r. George M. Byron as its delegate
District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler
Francis M. McDonough and P. e. r.
James A. Brown will also attend to the
interests OF No. Il p. E. r. Rulers Goss,
Philibert. Parslow, Stevens and McCor-
mick OF this lodge, who are permanent
mem bers of the Grand Lodge, are unfor-
tunately unable to get away to attend the
interesting session.
The legal action taken by New York
Lodge, which was shut out at the last
meeting of the Grand Lodge against the
Brooklyn lodge drags slowly.
The application blanks for the lodge
TO be established in this city will be dis
tributed this week. The organization
VIII proceed slowly and carefully, as it is
the ambition of those who have asked for
the dispensation to start with a long list
of charter members and with excellent
material