The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-08

Manufacturers' lodge wIll have work IN
one OF the degrees next Tuesday evening.
The officers-elect OF Pilgrim lodge are as
foilows Noble grand, r. 5. Bemis; vice
grand, Charles w. Rounds; recording
secretary, Edward Baker; permanent Sec
retary, George Tyler; treasurer. Albert
Fenner; trustees, Past Grand Alexander
Mcintosh, L. b. Robinson and George l..
Robinson.
The officers-eIect OF North Star lodge
are as follows: Noble grand. James X.
Kenyon; vice grand, J. IL. Rhodes; re-
cording secretary, Past Grand Albert
Smith; treasurer, +. j. Hutchison
trustees, Past Grands Fred ID. johnson.
Albert Z. Fish, Fred c. Markham.
The officers OF Maytiower lodge for 1894
are rs follows. Noble grand, o. A. Bar
rett; vice grand. w. II. Brown; record
ing secretary, Thomas j. Cavanaugh; ;
permanent secretary. Thomas Carroll; (;
treasurer. Past Grand B. X. Chace;
hall committees Past Grand ii. G..
Clemence; trustees. Fast Grand Nat 8.
Greene, Joseph 4. Johnson aud Brother
w. IL. Hall.
The oilicers-ei OF Westminster lodge
are: Noble Grand, John r.. Mullen; vice
grand, w. L.. Hall; recording secretary,
Albert a. Simmons; permanent secretary,
Past Grand M. NJ. Johnson; treasurer,
Past Grand Isaac T.. Potter, trustees, Past
Grand M. NJ. johnson, Henry +. Bischcff
and William Bradbury.
The officers OF Swarts lodge for 1891 are
AZ follows: Noble Grand. Hamilton X.
Mckenzie; vice grand, Edwin NJ. Arnold;
recording secretary, William T.. Twcedell; I;
permanent secretary. George l.. Kelly;
treasurer, Frank II. Manning; hall com
mittee, Past Grand Frank Gisworld !;
trustees, Past Grands Samuel l.. Bowen,
James Z. McAlliater and job Hardy.
At the meeting Of Friendly Union lodge
Inst evening the elction OF officers for the
ensuing year resulted as follows: Noble
grand, Il. III. Mcdonald recording secro
tary, John s. Wright; financial secretary,
Past Grand Lewis Il. Bickford; permanent
secretary, Past Grand George ii. Bell;
treasurer, Past Grand John ii. Hamilton;
trustees, Past Grand James II. Anderson,
Albert +. Sutton and T.. S. Dobscn; hail
committee, Almon +. w hite.
The officers for 1894 in Olive Branch lodge
were elected last evening and are as fol-
lows: Noble grand, Thomas +. Grnham;
vice grand, Benjamin N. Burbank; re-
cording secretary, Past Grand Franklin
Carr; permanent secretary, Past Grand
William II. Nash; treasurer, Amos Petty;
trustees, Past Grand David q. Hunter,
John Brown and Seth II. Wheldcn.
Noble Grand Robert l.. Smith OF Olive
Branch lodge desires tho presence OF
every mem Der that can make il convenient
to meet at the ball next Monday evening,
at 7:20 O'clock, to participate in the visit
10 parI I.NIf, tau l.s,ot 80. "A
that the visit was mado last Monday even
ing, but such was not tho case. A special
car will be- in waiting at the bridge.
The proposition to establish an Odd Eel
lows sanitarium at Hot Springs for the ac-
commodation of sick and INDECENT mem
bers has assumed tangible form. The In
stitution has been chartered under the laws
Of Arkansas, and Hot Springs has been
chosen as the place Of it's location both by
the sovereign grand lodge and the grand
lodge of the jurisdiction. The necessary
funds are yet to be raised. The question
was brought before the grand lodge at its
recent session, and it was agreed TO assess
the membership of the Arkansas jurisdic-
tion 81 per annum. IL Is proposed TO erect
building to cost not less than $500, 900,
and it is TO be national institution.
During the year ,496 brothers and 124
widows We're aided in Michigan The
amount paid out in relief was S46,05440.
The late Mayor Harrison of Chicago who
fell at the hands of an assassin, was buried
with l. o. o. 4. honors and the remains laid
to rest in Graceland cemetery.
The estimated receipts and expenditures
of the sovereign grand lodge for 1884 ares
Receipts, S5s. $50. 20; expense appropriations.
$50, ,4s0.s5; purchase of headquarter prop
erty, S25,00O.
During the past year the grand lodge OF
Kansas has shown net gain OF 2, ,320 mem
bers.
Olive Branch lodge of Charlestown,
Mass. has n cash balance in the bank of al.
most 10000, although the lodge is not oven
10 years old.
The first lodge instituted west of the Mis-.
sissippi was Travellers Rest, No. l, of st.
Louis, instituted June 5, 1886.
The number of past grands in the District
Of Columbia jurisdiction is 500.
To make the lodge successful put some
life in it. Have "blow out" occasionally,
even II it does cost dollar or two.
Odd Fellowship at our nations capital
made gain of 20 per cent during the past
term.