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UNITY LODGE No. 27 .- Meets every Tuesday at 320 Post street.
VALLEY LODGE No. 30 .- Meets every Wednesday at 1133 Mission street.
SPARTAN LODGE No. 36 .- Meets every Thursday at 320 Post street.
MYRTLE LODGE NO. 42. - Meets every Saturday at 913 Market street.
WASHINGTON LODGE No. 60 .- Meets every Thurs- dạy at 909 % Market street.
BURNS' LODGE NO. 68 .- Meets every Thursday at 997 Market street.
ST. JOHN'S LODGE NO. 73 .- Meets every Saturday at B'nai B'rith Hall, 121 Eddy street.
MAGNOLIA LODGE No. 41 .- Meets every Monday at 121 Eddy street.
FRANKLIN LODGE No. 44 .- Meets every Friday at 121 Eddy street.
HERCULES LODGE NO. 53,-Meets every Friday at Hamilton Hall.
EXCELSIOR LODGE No. 126 .- Meets every Thursday at Mayberry Hall.
OLYMPIC LODGE No. 127 .- Meets every Tuesday at 121 Eddy street.
FIDELITY LODGE No. 136 .- Meets every Wednesday at 318 Post street.
BAY VIEW LODGE NO. 159 .- Meets every Friday at corner Railroad and Seventeenth avenues, South San Francisco.
ASSOCIATION OF THE DAUGHTERS OF ISRAEL. -Organized April, 1864. Object : To assist widows and orphans. Mects monthly at the residence of some member of the society. Number of members, thirty.
Officers .- Mrs. S. Beel, President ; Mrs. J. Letter, Vice-President; Mrs. M. H. Coffee, Secretary; Mrs. I. Alexander, Treasurer.
AUSTRIAN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY .- Organized September 24, 1870. Number of members, two hundred and twenty. Meets at 71 New Montgomery street, on the second and fourth Fridays of each month. Object: To assist needy members in case of sickness or dis- tress.
Officers .- Ferdinand Koenig, President ; W. P. Mil- ler, Vice-President : N. Bollinger, Recording Secretary; N. P. Milloglav, Treasurer; Auton Francovich, Finan- cial Secretary.
BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS .- Organized April 11, 1876. John S. Mitchell, Distriet Deputy and Grand E. R.
SAN FRANCISCO LODGE, No 3 .- Meets every Sunday afternoon at Red Mens' Hall 510 Bush street. Num- ber of members one hundred.
Officers .- R. Kunigk, E. R .: George Bell, E. L. K .; H. P. Walsh, E. L. K .; J. M. Johnson, E. L. K .; J. J. Elms, Secretary; Thomas Bree, Treasurer.
SAN FRANCISCO LODGE, No. 12 .- Organized March 9, 1879. Number of members, fifty. Meets every Sun- day at Red Mens' Hall, 510 Bush street.
Officers .- A. M. Blade, E. R .; Edward Warner, Sec- retary ; Alfred Perrier, Treasurer.
B'NAI B'RITH-DISTRICT GRAND LODGE, NO. 4 .- Meets every fourth Sunday in January, at B'nai B'rith Building, 121 Eddy street.
Otheers-I. Cerf, President ; S. Hirschberg, First Vice-President; B. Levy, Second Vice-President ; William Kierski, Secretary ; M. Kalmuck, Treasurer ; L. Blank, Seargent-at-arms ; J. Heyman, Messenger.
Eight lodges have been organized in this city, all of which meet in the B'nai B'rith Building upon the following evenings, viz:
OPHIR LODGE, No. 21 .- Meets every Wednesday.
UNITY LODGE, No. 273 .- Meets every Monday.
MODIN LODGE, No. 42 .- Meets every Tuesday.
PACIFIC LODGE, No. 48 .- Meets every Thursday.
MONTEFIORE LODGE, No. 51 .- Meets every Sunday. COLUMBIA LODGE, NO. 127 .- Meets every Monday.
GOLDEN GATE LODGE, NO. 129 .- Meets cvery Wed- nesday.
CALIFORNIA LODGE, No. 163 .- Meets every Thurs- day.
B'NAI B'RITH HALL ASSOCIATION. - Incorporated April 9, 1878, for the purpose of building and main- taining a suitable structure for the accommodation of the order. Under its auspices a magnificent new four story hall building has been erected upon Eddy street, between Mason and Taylor, at a cost of, ineluding the lot, $15,000. Grand dancing hall with stage arrange- ment, with perfeet dining-room accomodation. The furnishing involved an additional outlay of $15,000. Six capacious halls are contained within the building, besides a library and reading room. The library con- tains about three thousand volumes.
Officers .- Joseph Bien, President ; A. Newman, Vice- President ; William Kierski, Secretary ; M. Morgen- stern, Treasurer ; I. Gans, Librarian.
BOYS AND GIRLS' AID SOCIETY .- Incorporated September 15, 1874. Objects: To improve the condi- tion and promote usefulness of neglected and friend- less boys and girls of San Francisco. Society's build- ing, containing lodgings, bath, reading and assembly rooms, library of upwards of two thousand volumes, and gymnasium, 68 Clementina street.
Officers .- George C. Hickox, President ; Charles A. Murdock, Secretary ; D. C. Bates, Treasurer ; J. M. Baker, Superintendent.
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CALIFOR- NIA .- Rooms, 730 Montgomery street.
This society was organized in 1865, for the purpose of affording relief to siek and destitute members and persons who were subjects of Great Britain at the time of their birth, and of promoting the social and intellectual improvement of its members. Between twelve and thirteen hundred members have been ad- mitted to membership, and there are now some two hundred and fifty paying members, including thir- teen life members, on the rolls. In May, 1867, the association was completely rcorganized and incorpo- rated, and a constitution adopted, containing several admirable features, and, among others, provisions for free lectures, debates, and social concerts. From the time of its formation the affairs of the society have been carefully and judiciously managed, and its char- ity dispensed with prudent liberality. It has uniform- ly co-operated with the San Francisco Benevolent As- sociation, St. Andrew'a Society, and other societies, and through its agency their burden has been greatly lightened ; many hundreds of sick and destitute men, women, and children effectively relieved, and a large number provided with employment. The relief given is, for the most part, temporary. The Board of Re-
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lief is in attendance daily from ten o'clock A.M. to one o'clock P.M. The regular meeting is held on the first Wednesday of each month, at seven and a half o'clock P. M.
Officers .- William Lane Booker, H. B. M. Consul, President ; Simon L. Jones, First Vice - President ; Henry Austin, M.D., Second Vice - President ; H. A. Fox, Treasurer ; J. P. McCurrie, Secretary ; Charles Pace, William Spence, A. Forbes, Geo. Naunton, Charles Hopps, D. B. Brown, W. G. Harrison, Board of Directors ; D. B. Brown, James Sennett, R. P. Davies, W. C. Lyons, H. HI. Wilson, and E. Blakely, Board of Relief ; R. Mackintosh, M. D., R. L. Pinching, M. D., and E. Parson, M. D., Board of Physicians ; William Pickering. John Calvert, D. McDonald and W. M. Searby, Druggists.
BRITISH MUTUAL BENEFIT SOCIETY .- Organ- ized May 3, 1876. Meeta second and fourth Thursdays of each month, at Y. M. C. A. Hall, 232 Sutter street.
Object : The mutual assistance of its members in case of sickness or want.
Officers .- Charles Willmot, President ; John Brews- ter, Vice-President ; T. P. Winter, Treasurer ; W. G. Salter, Secretary.
CALIFORNIA PRISON COMMISSION .- Organized November 27, 1863.
The objects of this association are the ameliora- tion of the condition of prisoners, the improve- ment of prisons and prison discipline, and the aid and encouragement of discharged prisoners in their efforts to regain their forfeited positions and secure for themselves an honest livelihood. Office 114 Mont- gomery Block.
Officers .- Ira P. Rankin, President ; Henry Gibbons, M. D., Vice-President ; Rev. James Woodworth, Sec- retary and General Agent ; Nathaniel Gray, Treasurer.
CALIFORNIA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN .- Incorporated Sep- tember 2, 1876. Number of members, two hundred and sixty.
Objects : To provide ways and means to secure the enforcement of an Act for the prevention of cruelty to children, and to labor in the education of a public sentiment of humanity and gentleness toward chil- dren. Office, 614 Merchant street, room 23.
Officers .- Joseph W. Winans, President; Gilbert Palache, Treasurer : Nathaniel Hunter, Secretary.
CALIFORNIA STATE WOMAN'S HOSPITAL .- LO- cation corner of Howard and Twelfth streets. Inau- gurated May, 1867 .. Organized May, 1868. Incorpo- rated January, 1873.
This hospital is specially devoted to the treatment of diseases peculiar to women, and only such cases are adınittcd. It is open to all irrespective of creed or nationality, and offers the comforts of a home in addition to surgical and medical treatment. The Wo- men's Hospital exists as a purely medical charity, and gives relief to two classes of patients: 1st. To those who are destitute and unable to pay anything. 2d. Those whose means are too limited to enable t'.em to pay for private medical attendauce, by pay- ment of a moderate suni for board, receive medical attendance, medicine and nursing without charge. The surgeon in chief receives no remuneration for his services. Out patients treated gratuitously by the House Physician. Application for admission inust be made to the Lady Managers, the Matrou at the Hospital, or to Dr. John Scott, 816 Sutter street.
Officers .- C. A. Low, President ; F. A. Gibbs, Vice President : E. P. Murphy, Secretary ; Samuel O. Hunt, Treasurer : John Scott, M. D., F. R. C. S., Surgeon in Chief : Chas. E. Blake, M. D., House Physician : Mrs. D. A. Weeks, Matron.
CAMBRIAN MUTUAL AID SOCIETY OF SAN FRANCISCO .- Incorporated September 3, 1869. Num- ber of members, two hundred and ten. Meets second Monday of each month at Cambrian Hall, 1133 Mis- sion street. Object: To assist its members in case of sickness or want.
Officers. - Samuel Williams, President : Thomas Price, first Vice President ; W. A. Jones, Second Vice President; S. L. Jones, Treasurer ; R. T. Roberts, Corresponding and Financial Secretary ; John Ed- wards, Recording Secretary ; H. J. Owens. Owen Jones, T. T. Hughes, Joseph Atkins, John T. Evans, Joseph A. Davies, and Meredith J. Williams, Board of Di- rectors.
CANADIAN ASSOCIATION .- Organized March 5, 1877. Meets second and fourth Tuesday of each mouth, at B'nai B'rith Hall, 121 Eddy street. Num- ber of members, two hundred. Objects: The pro- motion of more friendly intercourse among Canadians on this coast, for mutual assistance in securing em- ployment for those in search of such, and for benevo- lent purposes.
Officers .- Jonas J. Morrison, President ; Jolin Dan- iel, First Vice President ; Aime Pare, Second Vice Presi- dent ; R. S. Falconer, Treasurer ; William J. Gilliland, Recording Secretary ; W. G. Buchanan, Financial Secretary ; James Harris, Marsbal.
CELTIC PROTECTIVE AND BENEVOLENT SO- CIETY .- Organized August 23, 1873. Number of mem- bers, one hundred and seventy-five. Meets every third Wednesday evening of each month at Iriah- American HIall, 818 Howard street.
Objects : To extend aid and assistance to members in case of sickness or accident, to bury the dead, to afford mutual protection in business, and to elevate the character of its members.
Officers .- Joseph Monaghan, President ; T. Galvin, Vice-President; George Williams, Secretary; Peter Ke- hoe, Treasurer.
CHEBRA ACHIM RACHMONIM ASSOCIATION .- Organized October 26, 1862. Meetings held the fourth Sunday of each month at I. O. Red Men's Hall, 510 Bush street. Number of members, one hundred and twenty-five.
Their object is to relieve and care for the sick, in- firm, and disabled members of the society, etc. The funds and property of the society constitute a Charity Fund.
Officers .- B. L. Levy, President ; L. Solomon, Vice- President; Charles Grosslicht, Secretary; M. Isaac, Treasurer ; G. Baum, P. Harris, and H. Isaac, Trus- tees.
CHEBRA BENAI YISRAEL SOCIETY .- Organ- ized September, 1861. Incorporated May, 1868. Meet- ings lield the third Sunday of each month at B'nai B'rith Hall, 121 Eddy street. Number of members, one hundred and forty.
Object : To afford relief to its members in case of sickness or distress.
Officers .- Joseph Henry, President ; A. N. Levy, Recording Secretary ; S. Levy, Treasurer.
CHEBRA BIKUR CHOLIM UKEDISHA SOCIETY- Organized February, 1857. Meetings held the second Sunday of each month at B'nai B'rith Building, 121 Eddy street. The object of this society is to aid its members in case of sickness or distress.
Officers .- J. Hyman, President ; S. Henry, Vice- President; W. Myer, Secretary ; W. Geist, Treasurer.
CHEBRA B'RITH SHALOM SOCIETY .- Organized July 8, 1860. Meetings held the first Sunday of each month at I. O. Red Men's Hall, 510 Bush street. Num- ber of members, one hundred and thirty-five. The object of this society is to aid its members in case of sickness or distress.
Officers .- Thomas Cohen, President ; L. Licht, Sec- retary; A. P. Cramer, Treasurer.
CHEBRA OHAVAI SHALOM SOCIETY .- Organized July 26, 1874. Meetings held the second Sunday of each month, at Knights of Pythias Hall, 913 Market street. Number of members, ninety.
Officers .- Levi Raphael, President; J. Israelsky, Sec- retary; S. Rosenfeld, Treasurer; L. Friedlander, K. Morris, S. Fox, and E. Salomon, Trustees.
CHEBRA OHOBATH ZION SOCIETY-Incorporated October 7, 1870. Meetings hield the third Sunday of each month at B'nai B'rith Hall, 121 Eddy street. Ob- ject: Mutual relief of its members.
Officers .- A. Lipman, President ; I. Roth, Vice-Pres- ident; Jacob Gans, Secretary; D. Davis, Treasurer.
CHURCH UNION OF SAN FRANCISCO .- Orgau- ized June, 1870.
Objects: The promotion of mutual acquaintance, Christian love, and personal religiou ; active lay co. operation in the work of the Episcopal Churchi, ea- pecially in the care of the sick and needy ; in en- couraging regular attendence on Divine worship; in general Missionary work and in Church extension,
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and the establishment and maintenance of a Read- ing Room and Church Headquarters.
Officers .- S. C. Gray, President; Samuel Graves, Vice-President ; Charles Ashton, Secretary ; H. H. Nagle, Treasurer.
EUREKA BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. - Organized October, 1850, to assist poor and needy Hebrews in want or sickness. Number of members, five hundred and forty-three, who pay one dollar each per month, besides an additional sum of twenty-five cents, for the support of widows and orphans. The society has a fund on interest.
Officers .- Louis Kullman, President ; Nathan Schee- line, Vice-President; Leo Eloesser, Secretary ; Aaron Cahn, Treasurer.
EXEMPT FIRE COMPANY. - Organized Decem- ber 8, 1862, in pursuance of an Act of the Leg- islature, approved March 26, 1857, which pro- vides that Exempt Members of the Department may organize themselves to be known and des- ignated as the "Exempt Fire Company, " and for the purpose of associating themselves together for mutual benefit and assistance, anl for the more especial object of receiving and administering the "Fire Department Charitable Fund," from which they are entitled by law to relief. Reorganized April 15, 1872, under a supplementary Act of the Legislature, approved March 14, 1872. Meetings of the company are held on the third Monday of each month, attheir hall on Brenham Place.
Officers .- Edward B. Cotter, President ; John W. Cherry and John C. Griswold, Vice-Presidents ; George W. Corbell, Secretary ; A. Wason, Treasurer.
FIREMEN'S MUTUAL BENEVOLENT ASSOCIA- TION .- Organized 1868. Reorganized May 7, 1874. It includes all the officers and members of the Paid Fire Department, and has for its object
the creation and maintenance of a fund for benev- olent purposes in their behalf. An assess- ment of one dollar per month is made on alı mem-
bers, and benefits to the amount of ten dollars per week are paid members during sickness. Special as- sessments of one dollar on all members is also made upon the death of a member, the amount realized be- ing applied first to funeral expenses, the residue go- ing to the heirs of deceased.
Officers-Gordon E. Sloss, President; E. B. Vreeland, Secretary ; Gus. Reis, Treasurer; Gus. Reis, Ed. Fla- herty, Ed. B. Potter, Frank G. Edwards, and David Scannell, Trustees.
FIRST HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY .- Or- ganized in 1849, to assist needy Hebrews in sickness and in want. Reorganized 1853. Incorporated 1862. Number of members, three hundred. Office of Secre- tary, cor Post and Taylor streets.
Officers-C. Meyer, President; J. P. Newmark, Vice- President; L. Meyerstein, Treasurer; Isaiah Cohn, Secretary; L. Brown, Israel Solomon, M. Wurkheim, J. Alexander, and A. P. Craner, Trustees; Philip Born, Collector.
FIRST HEBREW LADIES' MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION .- Organized January 10, 1864. Meet- ings held second Sunday of each month, at B'nai B'rith Building. 121 Eddy street. Number of members, one hundred and sixteen. The object of this associa- tion is to establish an institution for mutual assist- ance to ladies of the Hebrew faith who may become members of the society; to furnish a physician and medicine, a weekly benefit to sick members, and, on death of a member, to defray the funeral expenses.
Officers .- Louis Ehrlich, President; J. Jackson, Vice- President; Louis Licht, Secretary; David Levy, Treas- urer; L. Prior, F. Seligman, and Y. Rosenthal, Trus- tees ; Dr. David Cohn, Physician; A. L. Lengtels, Druggist.
FREE LABOR EXCHANGE. - This institution was organized in the Fall of 1877, and was the result of a spontaneous movement on the part of the leading merchants, bankers and incorporated companies doing business in the city to devise means for the relief of the then prevailing distress. An act providing for municipal aid to the Exchange passed the Legislature of 1877-78, but owing to its being in conflict with the powers of the city under the Consolidation Act was vetoed by the Governor. The rooms are located at 33- 35 O'Farrell street, and were formally opened Novem-
ber 22, 1877. A sum reaching $18,000 was raised for its maintenance for two years, the number of con- tributing members being about two hundred and fifty. Objects :- To assist the unemployed to situations free of cost.
Officers-William Hollis, President; C. W. Brooks, Secretary ; William Hollis, Reuben Morton, and WI. Montague, Executive Committee; Gustave Touchard, Chairman, Relief Committee; G. W. Schroeder, Manager; Bank of California, Treasurer.
FRENCH MUTUAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY (So- ciète Française dle Bienfaisance Mutuelle.) -Estab- lished December 28, 1851. This is a Mutual Relief Society, established for the purpose of affording as- sistance to its members in case of sickness. The rooms of the society are located at 510 Jackson street. The commodious hospital on Bryant street, between Fifth and Sixth, forms a very important addition to the charitable institutions of the city. The Central Pharmacy of the Society is open every day (Sundays excepted), between one and four o'clock P. M., at 510 Jackson street.
Officers .- Alexander Weill, President ; Ad.Schroeder and J. St. Denis, Vice-Presidents ; G. Wolf and E. Gal- lois, Secretaries ; Paul Husson, Treasurer; J. Bergez, Paul Husson, J. St. Denis, J. J. Pac, L. Juzix, E. Thomas, D. Legallet, F. Lacoste, and J. Durand, Trustees ; F. Bazan, M. D., A. St. Paul, M. D., and Bernard Hoffstetter, M. D., Physicians; N. J. Mar- tinache, M. D., Oculist; Charles Bourquin, Dentist.
GAMBRINUS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION (Ger- man) .- Organized May 19, 1877. Number of members, ninety-four. Object: To aid its members and their families in case of sickness and distress. Meets every other Saturday evening, at 510 Bush strect.
Officers .- John Hagler, President ; Gottleib Parch, Vice-President; A. Mauser, Treasurer ; H. W. Wie- land, Secretary.
GERMAN GENERAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF SAN FRANCISCO (styled in German, Die Allgemeine Deutsche Understuetzungs Gesellschaft) .- Is one of the largest and most efficient charitable institutions in the State. It was organized on the seventli of January, 1854, with one hundred and five members, and has rapidly increased, until now it numbers two thousand four hundred and thirty-three city mem- bers.
Only Germans and persons speaking German are admitted to membership. The chief purpose of the association is inutual assistance in case of sickness, and when sick every member has a right to demand support and medical attendance from the society. The society has a second purpose of doing charity to Germans not members of the association. and especi- ally to German immigrants newly arrived. For this purpose the society has expended during its exist- ence $250,000. The hospital of the society, located on the block bounded by Fourteenth, Ridley, Noe and Castro streets, is built atter the most improved plans of modern hospital architecture, and has ac- commodations for three hundred patients. It was formally opened February 22, 1878, and replaces the loss of their old hospital on Brannan street, which was burned August 28, 1876.
The office is at 114 Dupont street. where the prin- cipal agent, Eugene Roemer, can be found from right o'clock A. M. to five o'clock P. M., on week days. All applications for admission into the society, or for charitable relief, and to furnish employment or ser- vants to applicants, should be addressed to the agent. No charge for application.
Officers .- Julius Bandmann, Fresident ; Hugo Her- zer and H. Pflueger, Vice-Presidents : Max Zimmer- mann, Recording Secretary ; W. Katz, Financial Sec- retary ; Martin F. Philip, Treasurer : R. Kanzee, H. J. Brand, Julius Baum, Adolph Russ, D. Keil, O. Schoe- mann, and H. Joost, Directors; Engene Roemer, Gene- ral Agent ; F. E. Behrmann, Special Agent ; H. C. Ker- ber, M. D., Resident Physician.
GERMAN LADIES' GENERAL BENEVOLENT SO- CIETY .- Organized 1870. Object : To aid the poor and distressed German women of San Francisco, Number of members two hundred and fifty. Meets every Thursday at Dashaway Hall.
Officers .- Mrs. J. Regensburger, President; Mrs. Peter Spreckles. Vice President ; Mrs. M. Speyer, Sec- retary ; Mrs. William Hesse, Treasurer: Mrs. A. Baner, | Mrs. W. Mensel, and Mrs. J. S. Bauman, Trustees.
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GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC .- Organized January, 1867.
This is an organization of honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines of the Army and Navy of the United States, who served to suppress the late rebellion, and whose objects are to perpetuate a fra- ternal feeling among its members, to aid and assist those in distress, and provide for the widows and orphans of their deceased comrades.
Officers of Department of California- C. Mason Kinne, San Francisco, Department Commander; W. F. Ellis. San José, Senior Vice-Commander: Geo. L. Voor- hies, Vallejo, Junior Vice-Commander ; Dr. A. Mc- Mahon, San José, Medical Director ; Rev. T. K. Noble, San Francisco, Chaplain: H. R. Brown, J. L. Tharp, L. Tozer, B. Armburst, and GeorgeW. Irelan, Council of Administration ; F. F. Stone, Assistant Adjutant- General : O. B.Culver, San Francisco, Assistant Quar- termaster-General; W. A. Robinson, San Francisco, Inspector ; E. B. Zabriskie, San Francisco, Chief Mus- tering Officer ; II. D. Scripture, San Francisco, Judge Advocate.
LINCOLN POST, NO. 1 .- Organized May 27, 1867. R. M. Apgar, Commander. Meets at eight o'clock P. M. every Thursday, at the Grand Army Hall, 71 New Montgomery street.
GEORGE H. THOMAS POST NO. 2 .- Stuart M. Taylor, Commander. Meets at 8 o'clock P. M., at Druid's Hall, 413 Sutter street, on first and third Tuesday evenings of each month.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC CEMETERY ASSOCIA- TION .- Incorporated January 28, 1870. Meets at G. A. R. Hall.
Officers .- J. C. Sargent, President ; N. Hnuter, Vice- President; S. P. Ford, Secretary ; C. Mason Kinne, Treasurer.
HEBREW LADIES' SEWING SOCIETY .- Organized December, 1869. Incorporated September, 1872. Num- ber of subscribing members, one hundred and seven- ty-five. Meets every Wednesday at 310 O'Farrell street. Object: The relief of disabled, nnprotected, and needy persons.
Officers .- Mrs. M. Brown, President; Mrs. A. Fleish- hacker, Mrs. S. Ackerman, and Mrs. Geo. A. Davis, Vice-Presidents ; Mrs. A. M. Loryea, Secretary ; Mrs. L. Sachs, Treasurer ; Mrs. B. Hagan, Superintendent.
HOME FOR AGED AND INFIRM FEMALES .- Or- ganized May, 1872, under the anspices of the Sisters of Mercy.
A home, built of wood, three stories in height, has been erected on Rincon Place, adjoining St. Mary's Hospital, which at present contains ninety-three in- mates.
IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN .- Office Great Chief of Records, 604 Merchant street.
Great Chiefs, 1879-80 .- George B. Katzenstein, Sac- ramento, Great Prophet ; Henry A. Chase, San Fran- cisco, Great Sachem ; Eugene Lehe, Stockton, G. S. S .; Alex. McPherson, Redwood City, G. J. S .; Frederick P. Dann, San Francisco, G. C. of R. ; Adam Smith, San Francisco, G. K. of W; George B. Katzenstein, Great Rep. G. C. U. S .; Adam Smith, San Francisco, Great Rep. G. C. U. S .; H. S. Winn, Great Rep. G. C. U. S .; George W. Whitlock, San Francisco, Great Sannap; Frank Newhoff, G. G. of W. ; John H. Hannaford, San Francisco, G. G. of F. ; J. P. Sheaver, Stockton, Mis- henewa.
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