The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-21
ODD FELLOWSHIP.



James Wood lodge held well-attended
nesting Tuesday evening. Brother
Charles Jones. who recently underw ent a
surgical operation. was reported TO be
improving. AS was Brother william IL.
King Brother King Is about eighty
years OF age. aud as he hal three OF
his ribs broken bv being rul oves,
there were Serious doubts as to his recov-
cry.
There was not work OF Importance at
the session Of Reliance lodge last Tues
day evening with the exception OF the
new code OF bylaws that was received
fresh from he printer. Brother Handy
" as reported well.
The first degree will be conferred In
Pilgrim lodge rext Tuesday evening.
Al the nleeting OF Mizpah Rebckah
lodge last Tu, sday evening there was
present Past Grand Groater ot Llurei
WI cath lodge Of Brooklyn. N. Y.
There were n number Of visitors pres
ent at the last meeting OK Fraternity
Encampment, among Others being. Dr.
trict Deputy Grand Patriarch l.. X.
Beckford, Chief Patriarch White. Senior
Warden Stac ckpole. and Past Chief
Patriarch Seares. all at Plymouth En-
canpmenr, The evening was very
The laying of the corner st ne Of the
81. 100000 Odd Fellows hall at Philad Il
phia lust tuesday was a very imposing
airnr, and WIS attended by - lar o
number Of tho members OF the order
from out Of the state. Grand sire
Camphsil delivered the oration.
At the present time the members OF
Roger Williams lodge are interested IN
the annual outing Of the lodge. that will
be had at Rhc des, Thursday. August 10
Tickets can be secured from the com
mitter and Past Grand X. ID. CUMMINGS.
No. AZ Dorrance street. Among the
visitors at the meeting last Tuesday
evening. WAS Brother w. s. Allen Of
Aoushnet lodge of New BID ord. Mass.
Recording Secretary William s. john
sou of Fvank In l,dYe. has returnei from
his vacation to Nantucket. Last Wednes-
day evening, he gave brief account
# his rials and trlbuiat,ons, while OUT
side Of the b. rders OF Rhode Island.
4 The iuitiatory degree was conferred
up, Que candidate in Unity lodge last
WIS appointed TO arrange for a Held Day
reported progress. The first degree will
b- Inferred next Wednesday evening.
Mazeppa encampment meets this
evening, when the patriarchai degree
will be conferred.
There was q large attendance at the
ses sion OF Rachel Rebekah lodge last
Wall. There Was no degree y ork. The
evening bring devoted entirely 10
sociabiliiy y aud COLLATION..
Canopicus lodxe u erts this evening.
The subj CT Of "MoonlIt hi" will probably
be ebated.
Pilgrim lodge held short session last
Tuesday evening Hfer which the
restaurant and parJvo< OF the usual
amount .of ice cream and cake. Stay
aways" aie missing lots OF fun aud lots
o cream. r
Plymouth Q, campment meets next
Monday evenifil, when the royal purple
del rec will be con;errd d upon one eau
didate.
Al the meeting OF westm,r ster lodge
last Monday evening, Brother Walker
WI reported failing and Brother Pow er
alb, uS the same.
What Cheer and Swarts lodges will
show each other and their many friends
how much they know about base ball on
Friday, August IL. IL possible, the
struggle will take place in Adelaide
park. What Cheer, lo"gs is the challeng-
ipg party.
der down to Bakers grove next Thurs
day and see how much fun they eau get
out OF one day. A cam-bake with all OF
the "extras" are offered as an extra
il ducement.
Past Chief Patriarch A. McIntosh still
contii ues to improve In health.
Eagle lodee Q net I'M usual last Wednes-
day eve ming and managed to get In
alb ut three hours work. The field day
WAS the most iD portant subject. Tues
day. AuHl il ti.e date aud Rhodes the
pl ce.
Wednesday evening. There was no work.
Past Grand George Il. Hazard OF E,gle
lodge spent a portion Of the present week
in New London, Conn.
d. Q week from next Monday Park Hill
ltdge will have it's new hall dedicat, d to
the order by the officers Of the grand
lodge.
The following out-of-i own lodges will
be visited by Grand Master j. Milton
Payne and suite, rs foliows: Covenant
lodxe tomorrow evening, Seaside lodge
OF next week. These lode es will be
reached by carriages.
Grand Secretary Mosley will move
inio his new quarters about the latter
part OF August.
Faith Rebekah lodge received visit
from its deputy last Friday evening
Canton Sowamset OF Warren has char
teenth annual outing TO he held at
Rocky Point. Wednesday, July 26. The
Sw ansea band will furnish tie music for
the occasion. The committee OF arrang ge-
ments are d. w. Giadding. J. II. Brown,
Is 8. Burlington, j. ii. Lent and j. w.
Sinister. n
Ma, flower and Olive Branch lodges.
joined forces yesterday, and the memhers :
with their families. 10 the number o!
about l75, spent the day at Rhodes. The
principal attraction was tho dinner,
which was served at 2.30. After dinner
the me mhers adjour ed TO the spacious
lawn, where bean bag. egg races, shoot.
ing, croquet, were indulged In by the
ladie.: aud ~ for the msn, they found
an abundance OF amusement In pitching
Quoits, playing football aud other games.
II was the intention to have game OF
baseball between n picked nine from
each lodge. but as the members
OF Olive Branch did not care to under
lake the job tie game was forfeited to
Mayfiower. o too In the tug-of-war May
flower boys were the winners. John
Brown, David Patterson. j. q Matthews
of Olive Branch lodge were pitted
against II. C.. Clemence, Albert Stone
and A. Ste M at game of Quoits. and IN
this the Olive Branch memUers were sue
cessful. A. +. Campbell was the referee
at the mems race. Robert Walker
of Olive Branch came In
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