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Freemasonry In Pennsylvania.
FREEMASONRY IN PENNSYLVANIA
EROM the intelligence received from the medinm of the Philadel phia Keystone it would seem that the Craft is in a highly flourishing state . The Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge was held in the Masonic Temple , Philadelphia , on St . John ' s Day ( 27 th December ) , under the presidency of M . W . Bro . Samuel B . Dick G . M ., there
being a numerous attendance of Grand Officers , and the representatives of the subordinate Lodges . The Almoners of Grand Lodge Charity Fund reported that they had distributed the sum of 3 , 130 dollars among 271 applicants , and the Stewards of the Stephen Girard Charity Fund
reported they had granted relief to 215 "poor and respectable Brethren , " in sums amounting in the aggregate to 8 , 240 dollars . The death of Past Grand Master A . R . Potter having been reported , and a resolution of condolence unanimously passed , the Grand Master read his
enstomary address , in which he reviewed the principal events of the year then closing , noting as an especial subject of congratulation that the balance to the credit of Grand Lodge amounted to 29 , 956 dollars 50 cents ( not very far short of £ < 3 , Q 00 ) . He further stated that the sum
subscribed and transmitted towards the relief of the sufferers by the Michigan fire was 4 , 097 dollars , 7 cents (• = about £ 819 10 s ) . The following are the principal Grand Officers for the current year , namely : —Bros . Samuel B . Dick Most Worshipful Grand Master , Conrad B . Day Right
Worshipful Deputy Grand Master , E . Coppee Mitchell , R . W . Senior Grand Warden , Joseph Eichbaum R . W . Junior Grand Warden , Thomas R . Patton R . W . Grand Treasurer P . G . M ., Michael Nisbet R . W . Grand Secretary ,
George S . Graham Senior Grand Deacon , Oscar R . Meyers Junior Grand Deacon , S . W . Broadbent and Spencer 0 . Gilbert Grand Stewards , George W . Wood Grand Marshal , Louis M . Chastean Grand Sword Bearer , Henry H . Haynes Grand Pursuivant , Harrison G . Clark G . Tyler .
The Annual Communication of the Grand R . A . Chapter of Pennsylvania -was held the evening of the same day , at the Temple , M . B . Comp . Hibbert P . John Grand High Priest presiding . In his review of the past year Comp . John expressed his satisfaction at the progress made by capitular Masonry , and referred in terms of warm sympathy
and sorrow to the death of Past Grand High Priest Potter , as well as to that of their late Comp . Pres . Garfield , to whose virtues and eminent qualities he paid a just enlogium . The following are the principal Oflicers for the year , namely : — Comps . Hibbert P . Johu M . E . Grand High Priest ,
Augustus R . Hall M . E . Grand King , George W . Kendrick jun . M . Excellent Grand Scribe , Thos . R . Patton M . E . Grand Treasurer , Chas . E . Meyer M . E . Grand Secretary , Arthur
Thatcher Grand Captain of the Host , John Kellar jun Grand Principal Sojourner , James S . Barber Grand R . A . Captain , Chas . W . Nolen Grand Master of Third Vail , William A . Sinn Grand Master of Second Vail , Samuel
W . Broadbent Grand Master of First Van , Edward Masson Grand Marshal , Isaac Vandusen Senior Grand Master of Ceremonies , Charles E . Pike Junior Grand Master of Ceremonies , Frank C . Headman Grancl Pursuivant , Harrison G . Clark Grand Tyler . We have briefly alluded to the lamented death of Bro-
Freemasonry In Pennsylvania.
ther Alfred R . Potter , P . M . W . G . M . and M . E . G . H . Priest Bro . Potter , it seems belonged to one of the ablest and best known families in New York and Pennsylvania , among its most prominent members being the present Bishop Horatio Potter of New York , the Hon . Clarkson N . Potter the able
lawyer and Member of Congress , and the lato Bishop Alonzo Potter of Pennsylvania . Bro . Potter , who , at the time of his decease , was sixty years of age , was made a Mason in Philadelphia Lodgo , No . 72 , in December 1851 , and afterwards was elected its W . M . He was also a
member and P . H . P . of Jerusalem R . A . Chapter , No . 3 ; a member of Philadelphia Council , No . 11 , R . S . E . and Select Masters , and of St . John ' s Commandery , No . 4 , K . T . After having previously been elected J . G . Warden , S . G . Warden , and D . G . Master , in December 1873 he was elected R . W .
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania , and dnring his terra of office , on 4 th July 1874 , he laid the corner-stone of the New Public Buildings of the City of Philadelphia . In 1875 Bro . Potter was elected Grand High Priest of the Grand Holy Royal Arch Chapter of Pennsylvania , and served with distinction in that station .
The monthly meeting of the Lodge of Benevolence was held on Wednesday evening , at Freemasons' Hall , There were present Bros . Joshua Nunn President , James Brett Junior Vice-President as Senior Vice-President , and Bro . the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford Past G . Chaplain
as Junior Vice-President ; Brothers J . M . Case P . G . D ., G . P . Britten , John Constable , Richard Herve Giraud P . G . D ., J . H . Matthews , W . Mann , Charles Dniry , J . Lewis Thomas P . G . A . D . C ., Thomas Cull , Charles Atkins , J . D . Collier , F . Binckes P . G . S ., John Denton , F . R .
Spaull , W . Gibson Bott , N . Gluckstein , Arthur E . Gladwell , Frederic Davison , W . Groves , George Everett , W . Pitt , Henry P . Speedy , E . J . Moore , J . H . Sillitoe , L . F . Littell , W . H . Ferryman , John Skirving , Charles Hudson , G . D . Hughes , F . Thurston , Charles McDowall , F .
W . Koch , R . Forster , W . H . Dean , George Powell , E . Squirrell , Robert J . Cook , Joseph Thorp , A . Runderes , Charles E . Power , and Griffiths Smith P . G . S ., Col . Shadwell H . Gierke Grand Secretary , H . G . Buss A . G . S ., A .
A . Pendlebury , W . Dodd , and H . Sadler G . Tyler , also attended . The brethren confirmed grants to the amount of £ 295 , recommended at the December meeting . There were twenty cases on the new list . Dnring a sitting of three hours , the Lodge relieved these cases with a total of £ 682 .
We are pleased to . see the members of the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge , No . 1642 , again to the fore on the subject of Masonic charity . At the last meeting of the Lodge , held on Thursday , the 12 th instant , nnder the presidency of Rev . Darby Reade W . M ., the sum of fifty
guineas was voted to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , the amount to be placed on the list of Bro . Smout the I . P . M ., who has undertaken the office of Steward for the next Anniversary Festival . We are also informed that
he has a large sum promised by individual members of the Lodge ancl their friends , ancl that ho will be able to render a very good account of his Lodge at the time of the Festival in June next .
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Freemasonry In Pennsylvania.
FREEMASONRY IN PENNSYLVANIA
EROM the intelligence received from the medinm of the Philadel phia Keystone it would seem that the Craft is in a highly flourishing state . The Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge was held in the Masonic Temple , Philadelphia , on St . John ' s Day ( 27 th December ) , under the presidency of M . W . Bro . Samuel B . Dick G . M ., there
being a numerous attendance of Grand Officers , and the representatives of the subordinate Lodges . The Almoners of Grand Lodge Charity Fund reported that they had distributed the sum of 3 , 130 dollars among 271 applicants , and the Stewards of the Stephen Girard Charity Fund
reported they had granted relief to 215 "poor and respectable Brethren , " in sums amounting in the aggregate to 8 , 240 dollars . The death of Past Grand Master A . R . Potter having been reported , and a resolution of condolence unanimously passed , the Grand Master read his
enstomary address , in which he reviewed the principal events of the year then closing , noting as an especial subject of congratulation that the balance to the credit of Grand Lodge amounted to 29 , 956 dollars 50 cents ( not very far short of £ < 3 , Q 00 ) . He further stated that the sum
subscribed and transmitted towards the relief of the sufferers by the Michigan fire was 4 , 097 dollars , 7 cents (• = about £ 819 10 s ) . The following are the principal Grand Officers for the current year , namely : —Bros . Samuel B . Dick Most Worshipful Grand Master , Conrad B . Day Right
Worshipful Deputy Grand Master , E . Coppee Mitchell , R . W . Senior Grand Warden , Joseph Eichbaum R . W . Junior Grand Warden , Thomas R . Patton R . W . Grand Treasurer P . G . M ., Michael Nisbet R . W . Grand Secretary ,
George S . Graham Senior Grand Deacon , Oscar R . Meyers Junior Grand Deacon , S . W . Broadbent and Spencer 0 . Gilbert Grand Stewards , George W . Wood Grand Marshal , Louis M . Chastean Grand Sword Bearer , Henry H . Haynes Grand Pursuivant , Harrison G . Clark G . Tyler .
The Annual Communication of the Grand R . A . Chapter of Pennsylvania -was held the evening of the same day , at the Temple , M . B . Comp . Hibbert P . John Grand High Priest presiding . In his review of the past year Comp . John expressed his satisfaction at the progress made by capitular Masonry , and referred in terms of warm sympathy
and sorrow to the death of Past Grand High Priest Potter , as well as to that of their late Comp . Pres . Garfield , to whose virtues and eminent qualities he paid a just enlogium . The following are the principal Oflicers for the year , namely : — Comps . Hibbert P . Johu M . E . Grand High Priest ,
Augustus R . Hall M . E . Grand King , George W . Kendrick jun . M . Excellent Grand Scribe , Thos . R . Patton M . E . Grand Treasurer , Chas . E . Meyer M . E . Grand Secretary , Arthur
Thatcher Grand Captain of the Host , John Kellar jun Grand Principal Sojourner , James S . Barber Grand R . A . Captain , Chas . W . Nolen Grand Master of Third Vail , William A . Sinn Grand Master of Second Vail , Samuel
W . Broadbent Grand Master of First Van , Edward Masson Grand Marshal , Isaac Vandusen Senior Grand Master of Ceremonies , Charles E . Pike Junior Grand Master of Ceremonies , Frank C . Headman Grancl Pursuivant , Harrison G . Clark Grand Tyler . We have briefly alluded to the lamented death of Bro-
Freemasonry In Pennsylvania.
ther Alfred R . Potter , P . M . W . G . M . and M . E . G . H . Priest Bro . Potter , it seems belonged to one of the ablest and best known families in New York and Pennsylvania , among its most prominent members being the present Bishop Horatio Potter of New York , the Hon . Clarkson N . Potter the able
lawyer and Member of Congress , and the lato Bishop Alonzo Potter of Pennsylvania . Bro . Potter , who , at the time of his decease , was sixty years of age , was made a Mason in Philadelphia Lodgo , No . 72 , in December 1851 , and afterwards was elected its W . M . He was also a
member and P . H . P . of Jerusalem R . A . Chapter , No . 3 ; a member of Philadelphia Council , No . 11 , R . S . E . and Select Masters , and of St . John ' s Commandery , No . 4 , K . T . After having previously been elected J . G . Warden , S . G . Warden , and D . G . Master , in December 1873 he was elected R . W .
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania , and dnring his terra of office , on 4 th July 1874 , he laid the corner-stone of the New Public Buildings of the City of Philadelphia . In 1875 Bro . Potter was elected Grand High Priest of the Grand Holy Royal Arch Chapter of Pennsylvania , and served with distinction in that station .
The monthly meeting of the Lodge of Benevolence was held on Wednesday evening , at Freemasons' Hall , There were present Bros . Joshua Nunn President , James Brett Junior Vice-President as Senior Vice-President , and Bro . the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford Past G . Chaplain
as Junior Vice-President ; Brothers J . M . Case P . G . D ., G . P . Britten , John Constable , Richard Herve Giraud P . G . D ., J . H . Matthews , W . Mann , Charles Dniry , J . Lewis Thomas P . G . A . D . C ., Thomas Cull , Charles Atkins , J . D . Collier , F . Binckes P . G . S ., John Denton , F . R .
Spaull , W . Gibson Bott , N . Gluckstein , Arthur E . Gladwell , Frederic Davison , W . Groves , George Everett , W . Pitt , Henry P . Speedy , E . J . Moore , J . H . Sillitoe , L . F . Littell , W . H . Ferryman , John Skirving , Charles Hudson , G . D . Hughes , F . Thurston , Charles McDowall , F .
W . Koch , R . Forster , W . H . Dean , George Powell , E . Squirrell , Robert J . Cook , Joseph Thorp , A . Runderes , Charles E . Power , and Griffiths Smith P . G . S ., Col . Shadwell H . Gierke Grand Secretary , H . G . Buss A . G . S ., A .
A . Pendlebury , W . Dodd , and H . Sadler G . Tyler , also attended . The brethren confirmed grants to the amount of £ 295 , recommended at the December meeting . There were twenty cases on the new list . Dnring a sitting of three hours , the Lodge relieved these cases with a total of £ 682 .
We are pleased to . see the members of the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge , No . 1642 , again to the fore on the subject of Masonic charity . At the last meeting of the Lodge , held on Thursday , the 12 th instant , nnder the presidency of Rev . Darby Reade W . M ., the sum of fifty
guineas was voted to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , the amount to be placed on the list of Bro . Smout the I . P . M ., who has undertaken the office of Steward for the next Anniversary Festival . We are also informed that
he has a large sum promised by individual members of the Lodge ancl their friends , ancl that ho will be able to render a very good account of his Lodge at the time of the Festival in June next .
Ar00102
-Hi jL JL fe fe ( COMFORT I ) OOijVJA .