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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-27

The business men and Other workers and all they
who live In the city OF New,I0 o naUe sd,''e ard
especially in the West and South Of being shrewd
and keen, careful in the administration OF their af-
fairs and o. taking no haphazard chance or loss
unless the odds are largely In the favor OF gam
This opinion of US is pretty nearly correct save IN
notifies When II comes down 10 a question or how
rgis alton will affect the business interests OF TINS
great city We seen instance after instance Of the
some evil they have found grown 100 high become
TOO strong even for their good nature.
II is generally admitted that We are good
natured people a. exist on the face Of the earth
Even our candid critics across the water cannot
understand, while they admire the me REMARKED mar t DE
is We are busy looking ahead; We are so busy
with the anxietics OF to-day We work so hard; We
have so nearly harnesscd electricity. W. are com
pelled 10 give such instant attention 10 the bust
ness OF the moment to the business and TO the en-
gagements that have to be kept on the morrow.
ueX week or next month, that the memory OF
past experience leaves US more quickly believe
man n does In the case Of any Of the people in
me .nted states of any people in other countries
We drive We hammer We push. We struggle We
smash ahead with an activity that tne worId mas
MS il that we forget the and throes OF those
hard times have gone through in the past;
This city was TWO years ago distracted with fear
over free silver We had one OF the livelicst cam
Daiens ever fought In New-york. 1t WAS fought
5 Yorm ~" with a nerceness that showed the deter
nlnati"n on the part Of ne people TO eradcatr tor
the voters with facts and figures, proving now
dangerous was this effort to destroy the credit
zens Of New-York succeeded In mounting up
magnificent majority for sound money
I'm, Rrvnn received over 6.ODcc votes And how
did the people Of New-York take the situation?
absolutely settled and they knew that they had
sound money C)ngrt - and sound money Presi-
cltenient. a few weeks later nay, may say few
days after the result was dennteiy known, me
safe: the whole matter was settled there wa, wa
nothing more to fear from me dangerous SILVER
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22
Robbed The Crave.

A startling incident. of which Mr.
John Oliver of Philadelphia, was the
subject, is narrated by him as follows
Il was in a most dreadful condition
Ny skin was almost yellow, eyes sunk,
en-. tongue coated, pain continually
in back and sides, no appetite grad
ually growing weaker day by day.
Three physicians had given me up
Fortunately. a friend advised trying
Electric Bitters; and to my great JOY
and surprise, the first bottle made q
decided improvement. / continued
their use for three weeks, and am now
we'll man. know they saved my
life, and robbed the grave of another
victim" No one should fail to try
them. Only so cts. bottle, at A.
Walkers Drug Store.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22
A Youthful Couple Married.
THE BRIDE is ONLY SIXTEEN Al
THE GROOM SEVENTEEN.

THE GROOM SEVENTEEN.
Frederick T. Dancer, the seventeen
vear-old son of Ralph Dancer, OF Mil
hurst, and Miss Minnie Matthews,
daughter of Michael Matthews, who
lives near Harmony, were married on
Tuesday OF last week without the
knowledge of their parents or any OF
their friends
The bride will not be sixteen years
old until next April. The groom at
tended school last winter He went
away some weeks ago to seek his for
tune in the city. Not finding it he re-
turned last week to his rmal haunts
and repewed his attentions TO his
girl sweetheart. Sac, it seems, was
not happy at home and could not
agree with stepmother, so herfather
gratified her whim to leave the paren-
tai roof and allowed her to board with
her uncle. Gordon Matthews The
bone of contention between the girl
and her stepmother was the cores
nondence the former carried on with
Young Dancer. the mother thinking
The daughter too young to receive
love letters without parental super
vision. This caused discomfort all
around with the above result Dan
Ger went to Freehold ana bought a
ring on Tuesday and that night he
took Miss Matthews to the Bethesda
parsonage, where Rev. j. A. Lumley
married them They returned to Mr.
Matthews that night and have been
staying there ever since.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

Active Solicitors wanted everywhere
for "The Story of the Philippines
by Murat Halstead, commissioned by
the Government as Official Historian
to the War Department. The book
was written in army camps at San
Francisco, on the Pacific with Gener-
al Merritt, in the hospitals at Honolu-
lu, in Hong Kong, in the American
trenches at Manila, in the insurgent
camps with Aguinaldo, on the deck
of the Olympia with Dewey, and in
the roar of battle at the fall of Manila.
Bonanza for agents Brimful of orig
inal pictures taken by government
photographers on the spot. Large
book. Low prices. Big profits.
Freight paid Credit given. Drop
all trashy unofficial war books. Out
fit free Address, F. Barber, Sec'y
Star Insurance Bldg, Chicago.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

Although very busy man, DR.. r..
v. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y, has found
time in which to write a great book
of over a thousand pages entitled,
The Peoples Common Sense Medical
Adviser, in Plain English, or Medi-
cine Simplified. Few books printed
in the English language have reach
ed so great a sale as has this popular
work, over $50, 900 copies having been
sold at $1.50 each. The profits on
this enormous sale having repaid its
author for the great amount of labor
and money expended on its produc-
ton he has now decided to give away
absolutely free, 10000 copies of this
valuable book. the recipient only be-
ing required to mail to the World s
Dispensary Medical Association, of
Buffalo, N. T., of which company he
is president. twenty-one CID one-cent
stamps. to cover cost of mailing only
and the book will be sent post paid.
1t is veritable medical library. com
plete in one volume. Lit contains zoos
large pages, and over 300 illustra-
tions, some of them in colors. The
Free edition is precisely the same as
that sold at $1.50 except only that the
books are bound in strong manila
paper covers, instead of cloth. 1t is
not often that our readers have an
opportunity toobtaina valuable book
on such generous terms, and we pre-
dict that few will miss availing them
selves of the unusual and liberal offer
to which we have called their atten-
tion.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22
Good shooting.

CITY PoINf, Va. Dec. 8, 1893.
The following information will be
of interest to gunners and sportsmen
On the James River. between Curle's
Neck and Claremont. Va, there are
plenty of ducks and good quail shoot
ing. City Point is the place to locate.
Good accommodations, guides, boats.
blinds and batteries viii be found
here; and duck shooting will be at its
height until the first of the year.
Gunners should take their own dogs
City Point is easily reached by the
Old Dominion Line from New York,
to whom application for further par
ticulars should be made.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22
Shot in a Quarrel.

Otto Scholtz shot Natalie Bruno, an
Italian, on Wednesday of last week,
who now lies in a critical condition
at the Monmouth Memorial Hospital,
at Long Branch. The physicians are
unable to probe for the bullet. which
is somewhere in the mans brain, and
they say i is impossible for him to
come OF a quarrel at John A. Schultz's
beer bottling establishment, in Nor
ris-ave., as to who should pay. for a
round of drinks.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22
give the ChIldren a Drink

called Grain-O. 1t is a delicious, ap
petizing nourishing food drink to take
GERS and liked by all who have used
T. pecaqse IL Mnee t propediy prepares fae -
ems the nerves. 1t is not stimulant
but health builder, and children,
as well as adults. can drink it with
great benefit. Costs about / as much
as coffee. is. and 25c.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22
Try Aliens Foef Ease.

A powder to be shaken into the shoe
AT this season your feet feel swollen
and hot, and get tired easily. If you
have smarting feet or tight shoes, try
Aliens Foot-Ease. 1t cools the feet
makes walking easy. Cures and pre-
vents swollen and sweating feet, blis-
ters and callous spots. Relieves
corns and bunions of all pain and
gives rest and comfort. Try it to-day
Sold by all druggists and shoe stores
for 25c. Trial package Free, Address
Aliens s. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22
Marriages.

At New Monmouth on Wednesday,
December 14th by Rev NJ. NJ. Finch.
Miss Bertha S. Finch Of New Mon,
mouth and Clarence B. Grof OF Cam
den
At Port Monmouth, on Wednesday
December 14tb, by Rev. Joseph Clark
Miss Ada Meyers and Charles Bergen
both of Port Monmouth.
At Belford, on Wednesday, Decem-
Der IA, by Bev. J. H. Boyd, Miss Ella
Osborn and Charles Roberts, both oi
Belford
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22
Thrown Down The Steps.

AS the result of foolish piece Of
mischief Francois Sacglia, a Cuban
lad and a student at Glenwood Insti-
tute, at Matawan, is 10 bed suffering
from severe. scalp wounds and shock.
Sacglia was about to go down a long
flight of steps at the rear of the insti-
building, when one of his Cuban
schoolmates ran up behind him and
gave him push, which sent Sacglia
headlong down the steps. He struck
his head on the pavement, and lay
still, while stream OF blood oozed
from wound in the side of his head.
His schoolmate stood Mortified at the
head of the steps. and q professor,
who saw the accident, picked up the
insensible lad and carried him to his
room. The wound will not prove
serious, and Sacglia's condition
is somewhat improved.
The three children of Dennis Gala
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22
A Thousand Tongues.

Could not express the rapture OF
Annie E. Springer, of 1926 Howard
street Philadelphia, Pa, when she
found that DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption had completely cur
cd her of hacking cough that for
many years had made life burden.
All other remedies and doctors could
give her no help, but she says of this
Royal Cure. lit soon removed the
pain in my chest and / can scarcely
remember doing before. / feel like
sounding it's praises throughout the
Universe. So will every one who
tries Dr. Kings New Discovery for
any trouble of the Throat, Chest or
Lungs. Price soc, and $1.O0 Trial
bottles free at A. Walk er's Drug Store;
every bottle guaranteed.
Miss Laura b. McElwaine, daughter
of Rev. and Mrs. Denise McElwaine
OF Tennent, will be married to Amos
G. Brown of Matawan on Thursday
Dacqn her Q9th
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

The Red Banks Social Assembly
will hold ball in the Monmouth
Boat Club House Wednesday even
ing, Dec. 28th. The Cavalry Troop
will hold their annual ball ut Red
Bank Thursday. Dec. 29th.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

At Keyport on Friday, December 9,
Mrs H. o. Bauer, OF daughter.
At MiddIetown. on Monday, Decen-
Der 18th, Mrs William Murphy OF a
son and daughter.
AT Middletown, on Tuesday, Decem
Der 18th, Mrs. G. V. Sullivan OF a
daughter.
At Atlantic Highlands, on Friday,
December 9th Mrs. Fred Whitehouse
of a daughter.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

Hart McGee of Long Branch got
drunk Monday night and attempted
to smash pane of glass. He is now
in the county Jail.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22
Deaths.

At Long Branch, on Monday, De-
cember 18th, Ethel, infant daughter
OF John Anderson.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

A lot of provisions were stolen from
the wagon of John Stultz of near
Matawan at Keyport last Saturday
night.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Holmes Wilson of
Howell will celebrate the fifteenth an
niversary Of their wedding next Fri
day.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

The pound fishing business of J. w.
Cook s. Co., at Galilee was sold last
week to Charles Cook for $500,
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

Patrick McCue, Jr.. has been elect
ed president of the Catholic Benevo-
lent Legion of Freehold.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

Edwin s. Erickson and family baye
moved from Englishtown to MiIhurst.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

II OF in good location near center of
IL town for sale cheap. Address, Box B. Free
hold. u
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

GOAL Tar for Sale at the Freehold
- Gas Works. aug. 18th, tt.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

DON'T Forget thai The INoUIRER
~ once is the place to buy law blanks. En-
trance through Post Office.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

r AW BLANKS.--A Complete Assort-
ment of Law Blanks just received ~ this
once.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

ATEEr me at Conover's Barber Shop
ivE Just below the Fountain, South street, No.
and get your hair cut. Only 10 cents
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

TOR SALE. Max Boo farm neal
IL Tennent. 8. o. Cowsrt. A.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

A de Ia Reussille, the well known vet
~ eran watch maker. is yet working AZ the
bench Maybe he can make your watch tick
II 1t don't. noys'ae.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

DERRY Tickets printed while yon
Id wait at THE IsQUrRHn ofhce.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

HTANTED. BY women, each with
w an infant or young child, situations In the
country general housework, plain cooking. etc. }
small wages expected. Apply State Charities Aid
Association, los East Twenty.second Street. New
York City.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

ID de la Reussille, the optician can
m, give many references fer successful htting
ID difficult cases. showing the result OF careful
study in optics for the correction OF refractlse
errors OF the eye. nosor4S.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

Zine Young Driving Horse 6 years
1 old to put out to responsible party this
winter A. A. Fardor West Freehold 1t.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

The three children of Dennis Gala
han, who lives near Freehold, are
sick with scarlet fever
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

NURSE wants position. Good Rec
~ concentrations, wages 81 per week Mrs.
Annie E. Palmer Freehold. u
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

DIGEONS Wanted at the Marlboro
Hotel. D. w. Williams. oct.27 II
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

DASEMENT TO Let on Main street,
I1 Inquire of E. Enrich.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

ATOW il the iime to order your turkey
" for Christmas. We win deliver 1t when you
wantit. Carson Bros.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

MONEY TO LOAN. s. g. Cowart,
WI Freehold, N J aprzo'u.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22
gaaisreII eIIamRn1ts.

UCTIONEER.- j. 3. Shumar will
"A attend to sales anywhere in the County
Address Freehold Nd. H.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-12-22

MONEY to Loan on First Mortgage
wi A. .Hsrtshorne Freehold
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-05
THE STOCK MARKET.

Owing to the holiday the Stock Exchange was
oiosed YESTERDAY. fridays Anal prices are re-
printed:
RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-05
MANHATTAN BEACH.

Trains leave New York. foot 34th st., E. RI
Week days. $40 GAO. 7:+o. 1880 A. NJ. 1910 1910
1880 2:aO $40. 4Io 5:1o $50 $50 100 7:so s:Io
$50 1910 and 1870 p NJ
Ieayc New York. foot Whitehall 1T, via
30th st.. brooklyn Ferryi Week days. TOO 500
900 10 co. IL 90 A. NJ ~ 90 noon 100 40 22O 800
$40 4:a0 500 &c" s;ea TOO. 40 $40. 600. s:+6
ga 1870 y. ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-05
Closing

Nc!osihs.--
BID. Asked.
Albany & sus. .lso -,
Adams Express. ~ !od
American COAL I'D iao
Amer Co; OIL. 2Oh I'm
DO pref ..... ~ ~
Amer Dis. TEL. 23x 70
Amer Express. .l2S 80
Amer sp...ts -. "a IAN
a. pre-, 49,. S7n IS
.Arn s sur Ref. 1872" 1924.
edo pref .....l1lE 1854
Amer Am = T + aao.s'. IA: ,Ses
90 pref ......ll9 12l
Ann Arbor ..... I'm
90 prof ...... 35h 81
Atch T. a 8 F.. l3n 1874
DO pref $50. s3A 83h
cam Malt Co. n
EDO pref fifty IN
Raft a Ohio. l4N IS
p a o 8 w Of. 6il I
sBay state Gas. 81 az
rs Wy AL pr.l04 los
s DN D. = r. Ssz s51
Rkin I'm Gas. .i22 12s
B:unswick Go. =. 10 li,s
R,fs r q pitts. 20 80
20 nref . "a 06n
Car sou,hern... 5O;s sos,
Can Pacifc. go. So SO
Central 81 " J. 9Sa e4r
Central Pacific. 1874 la%
Cbes Z. Ohio. 22s 22%
Ch,c & Alton. .i6sn =
Chic Bur & oy.i05. loo%
On & G, west. las IAN
Az Ano deb II 10
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CO.., f,sbl. 160 $50
Coneoi 1877 lgs
sConsol Ice. sex rs
.do pref ..... 90 81
r., c,6sI & Nd. 40n
Colorado Md 4 6n
10 pref - IA II
Del q Hudson. .lO7is 100
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Fiyhth Ave Rvs $50
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do Is. pref. 25is s5a.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-05

A DvERTIsEMENTs and SUBSCRIPTIONS for The nteSss
"A received at their Uptown Once No ,2A2 Broadway
I'd north Of 3st-st until O'Clock o. advertise
ments received at tho following branch Offices at regu
Office rates until o'clock p. m, VIZ. 81 shave.
cor I'D ST. 1s2 csh,aye cor i2th-st; Hacys eh.avS
and 14h-st; 1i2 Columbus ave. West 60th ST.: rc
Yves, i2dst Sth-ave.; 81 East l4th-st 2,7 wssS
42d-s between It'll and sh $50 East +7th-s; -
6lst-st.: los lst-ave near Seth-st.; $50 Sd.syc,
Spos sd.Ss: 20 Essi No. ~ HSS S:.Ss; ic@ V
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-05
OFFICE of The Chicago, Rock Island

" AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPAEY.-Chicaxo. ILL.,.
May Sis, iss To the holder. Of the Chicago Rock IL
and and Pscnc Railway Company FiVs Thirty
Year Deteltu.e B5nds 10 Whom II May Concerns
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that The Chicago. Rock
lsiaad ard Pacl1c Railway Company has exercised ths
rixh, reserved in ls Thirty Year Debentuie Bonds
issned under with the United States freS
Company New York. bearing date the rst day OF sep
tembsr a. D. 1891 10 retire sale Jonas On any mrs. Gay
o. March Seq. maturity al prnc
pa py paying to ssi United States Trust Company Of
Kew York rs trustee under sad agreement, ono hundred
ana 900 cer,un up?n tie princ.psi ana ne IN
crest n-a unpaid thereon NOTICE 10 tUf.
THEP GIVEN chat said The Chicago. Rock lsanc and
Parife Railway Company intends TO retire ~ 81 ssid
bonfs nov yuts:andiag the first day o: SEPTEMBER:
A. D. 1905 ani rst viii sa.d iate pay to the said
trustee o2s hundred and NE 900 cerim Ipoh 'hs
principal! snd the interest n.n accrued and u.aa Oh az
, ssia sonds anen CHicXG0 dock ISLAND AND
SXHFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. ~ r. h. CABLE
t1oG1leuA w, q. yuADY. 0eoetas5s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-05

OFFICE OF WELLS FARGO CO..
az Broadway.
New York 20, 1908.
THE REGULAR SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND
Of THREE PER CENT bssn declared by the
Directors Of this company payable July 49, $685. II our
Tn: transfer books will 30 Ises and reopen
''" " H. B. PARSONS Asnstant secrstasy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-05

COMMONWEALTH FTRD INSURANCE CO.
or NEW YORK.
THE DIRECTORS HAVE DECLARED A
DIVIDEND Of THREE PER CENT upon the Capital
Stock. payable July 9th. 1885
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-05
financial meetinQs.

NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE AND TELE.
GRAPH co.
ITO STOCKHOLDERS
a specal meeting OF tho Stockholders OF the New
England Telephone apd Telegraph Company will be
holden az the Office OF The Company 10 Dey Street Room
No lO2 in the CITY Of New York. Wednesday. the
sixth day July 1885 at 10 o'clock IN the forenoon for
To oonslds, and act upon the recommendation OF the
Directors that the capital the Company be in
creased from Si2 5000 to 100000.
The Transfer Book win be closed from Saturday. June
9th 10 Wednesday July 9Th. 1895 both Gays included
' THOMAS sHERWIN.
NJ g. PARKER,
THOMAS Il. BAILEY.
WINFIELD g. HUTCHINSON,
STEPHEN SALISBURY
BENZ. {. DEAN.
HENRY $. HYDE.
JOHN r. HUDSON,
majority Of ths parss4saA
T. W. LEEDoM SECRETARY.
Nsv York. Juns 1lGA IA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-05
GUNNER Resort Wui6ee.
G ountrp BOARD.

ATTRACTIVE, g0MFOIT ASlE, COOL
House high elevation giving enc views country and
has wide piazras. Is modern. with bath. etc. Happy
place for families Convenient TO the city for business
liable. reasonable prices. J. n.
TOTEM Southport. Conn.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-01-30

ed from Leighton Wood Thomas Smith.
Gabriel Gait, and others, Of the town or
Richmond asking for a charter. which
was granted. The Lodge thus chartered
was known as Richmond Lodge. No. -,
and was the first Lodge in Richmond.
4 building soon became necessary ana
on August II. -. a committee from NO.
- embracing George Anderson, AleXan-
der Nelson. Foster Webb, Jr. Alexander
McRobert. Patrick Wright, Samuel Scher-
er and John Grooves. purchased the
ground from Gabriel Gait.
The corner stone of the hall was laid
on Saturday. October -, l1S, by Most
Worshipful James Mercer. Grand Master.
assisted by Right Worshipful Ed Ran
dolph, Deputy Grand Master. pre- tenn.
Thomas Matthews, Senior Grand warden
pro tenn, and Benjamin Day, Junior
Grand Warden pro TEN.
RAISED MONEY BY LOTTERY.
The Legislature having passed an act
authorizing the Free MasOns to raise
money by lottery, a meeting was held on
January 2. 1855, and a committee appoint
ed to raise funds for the building OF the
hall.
The building was so near completion on
October q. 1855, that a meeting OF the
Grand Lodge was held therein. But the
lottery scheme played out and the Lodge
became discouraged. dissension arose and
for some time no meetings were held.
In 1851, however on October 18th, the old
No - was revived as No. 10, ana Rlch-
mona hdnQOlpn, NO. ~ WIS tudi Nh
with William Waddill as Master; John
Dixon as Senior Warden and David Lam
bert as Junior Warden. Both Lodges
went TO work with a will and In few
years after some tribulation, the build
ing was completed and the debt raised.
GREAT MEN GATHERED THERE.
The following paragraph. taken from
1.-THE History Of Richmond Randolph
Lodge" will be read with interest:
1.-The history OF the old hall Is full or
deep interest. Patriots. warriors. states
men and philanthropists, whose fame
was not confined 10 one hemisphere. have
been seated around its lodge altar. From
the Grand Lodge assembled within its
walls. have emanated the charters or
nearly all the Lodges in the State. While
II Is true the Grand Lodge had its birth
elsewhere. vet here II was nourished 10
vigor and manhood, and the Masonic
Hall I'm this city may Justly be regarded
as the cradle Of Virginia Masonry.
On October %. 1857. the centennial cele-
bration of Randolph Lodge was held. The
exercises were conducted by NJ. w. VIII
liam f. Drinkard. g. NJ. and opened with
a recitation by Brother Watkins N0rvell,
OF Temple Lodge. entitled THE Work
house" A history of the Lodge was read
by W. Charles T. Rady and a number
OF stirring addresses were made. among
the speakers being Judge b. r. Wexford.
Col. Thomas J. Evans. Senator William
Lovenstein and William Il. lsaacs.,
At present the old hall is occupied as a
meeting place by Richmond Randolph
Lodge.