The Jersey City news., 1892-05-14

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Richard Galbraith Post will be mus
tered in next Monday night.
Ellsworth Post will assist Ellsworth
Post, G. A r., In observing Memorial
Day.
FORESTERS OF AMERICA.
The Courts have not recovered from
the excitement over the session OF the
Grand Court and 1t has been unusually
quiet.
The elections were spirited.
Lieutenant O'Neill conducted capital
canvass for Sub-Chief Ranger and the
dead cinch did not materalize.
Judge Weed will handle the Doodle for
the Grand Court.
Hudson county courts caught the bulk
of the honors.
tent scribeS. 1t has two In the Grand
Court officers. Frank La Pointe is Grand
Secretary and John j. Cullen. Recording
Secretary. NM
the salary Of the Grand Secretary has
been increased tot$1, 900 per annum. He
is not over paid. His office will be in this
CITY.
There are seventy-two courts in the
State with membership of S.541.
Court Hamilton Is in great luck. It
has been twice honoreG ut the Grand
Court meetings by having one of its
members chosen as Grand Chief Ranger.
Two out Of four is doing remarkably
well. F
The Hoboken courts are entitled to
great praise for the satisfactory aud su c.
cessful manner In which they attended to
the Grand Court delegates.
Court Pride OF Jersey City was the only
Hudson county that was not represented.
The only other Court that failed to send
a delegate wns Rising Star of Newark.
Court Pride of Camden being under
suspension was not entitled to Rep
resentative. The latter Court must
reinstate William Maybury or it will for
felt it's charter.
COURT PRIDE OF THE HILL CHAT-The
Court was we'll represented at the Grand
presented on the ticket. The captain is
enacting leading role with the Stars.
There Is talk of base bull team. Doc
has good call. Lord Fauntleroy was
the cynosure OF all eyes ut the conven-
siGn Brothsss sa sg s Smith, Nah1n, 3n. and r."
Grand Court. Brother Thomas Brennan
has vanished, Tickets are out for the ex-
cursion on June 26-An organist IL
wanted. Doc Tanner digests The JER-
sEY CITY NEWS before his ssupper.-Where
the prohibitionists last Sunday
Brother John McCabe. of Court Varick,
visits the Hill again he should call on
some of the mem bers to vOuch for her.
What took the Constable to Dobb's
Ferry last Sundaya-Brother Thomas
Lawless giyes the boys au occasional
Four Hundred.-The Silk Stockings had
the tip.-Who is the Cyclone?-The ban
ner is up.-Brother William Tanner Is
practising husbandry.-Da Dan ought to
break away from Lafayette. Brother
Daniel Smith is the Good Smaritan.
ian afSer sne Fres
Muller will soon join the Fat Mems
Club. Brother Den Dever has only one
call on the telephone. James Is In estacy
now he can enjoy his moonlight excur-
sious.
Court Jersey City has been summoned
to meet tomorrow afternoon at one
o'clock to attend the funeral of William
G. Moore.
JUNIOR MECHANICS.
Summit Council will meet Tuesday
evening at Masonic Hall. A number of
candidates are expected. A committee
to arrange for an entertainment and re-
ception has been appointed and 1t Is doing
excellent work. Members of Summit
can secure tickets from the Reception
Committee. The entertainment will be
held In the lodge room, Masonic Hail. on
May 81. The following members compose
the ommittee;-Brothers Fry. Chairman; I;
S. Isley, Treasurer; G. Isley, Secretary;
G. Edridge, Saxton and Hegone.
The excursion to New brunswick on
Monday night was happy event. Over
a hundred members OF Clinton, Summit,
Councils composed the delegation from
this city. Van Houten Post Drum and
Fife Corps furnished the martial music.
There was a fine parade In New Bruns-
wick. and Goodwill Council, of New
Brunswick, entertained the visitors in
splendid style.
INDEPENDENT ORDER or ODD FELLOWS
Massach usetts is the banner State for
Rebekah members.
Buffalo wants temple. 1t will prob
ably have it. as $4,000 has been sub
scribed
Odd Fellows Hall at Blair, Neb., was
totally destroye&a few days ago with its
entire contents. including records.
The last annual reports give the total
membership Of the Rebekah lodges AS
1872. .SoS, with assets amounting to $207,-
800. 44t
The Odd Fellows Home should be
exempt from taxation.
One-half of the encampments in New
York are composed entirely of Germans.
Brother John Drew, of Kansas, is the
veteran of this country. He has been an
Odd Fellow for ffty-seven years.
The order is popular with the Swedes.
who are abundant in the West. A Swed-
ish eucampment viii be instituted at
Chicago.
In the little State of Rhode Island there
are over sixty Thousand Odd Fellows.
Among the charter members of Rebekah
degree lodge recentlv instituted in New
Hampshire was septuagenarian.
There are aouFtshing lodges In Japan.