Langley's San Francisco directory for the year commencing 1881, Part 12

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CANADIAN ASSOCIATION .- Organized March 5, 1877. Meets second and fourth Tuesday of each month, at B'nai B'rith Hall, 121 Eddy street. Num- ber of members, two hundred and thirty-seven. Ob- jects: The promotion of more friendly intercourse among Canadians on this coast, for mutual assistance in securing employment for those in search of such, and for benevolent purposes.

Officers .- Daniel McLoud, President ; Charles E. Hunt, First Vice-President ; James Harris, Second Vice-President ; R. S. Falconer, Treasurer; W. B. Blair, Recording Secretary ; W. G. Buchanan, Finan- cial Secretary ; W. McCormick, Marshal.

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 Irish- American Hall, 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 .- John A. Donegan, President ; T. Galvin, Vice-President ; John Dee, Recording Secretary: Geo. Williams, Financial Secretary ; P. Kehoe, 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 & Charity Fund.

Officers .- L. Solomon, President ; I. Bear, Vice-Pres-

SAN FRANCISCO LAUNDRY

LACE CURTAINS, BLANKETS and FLANNELS A SPECIALTY. Office. 33 Geary St.

J. MACDONOUGH,

IMPORTER OF AND DEALER IN COAL AND PIG IRON, 41 Market Street, corner Spear.

SOCIETIES.

ident; Charles Grosslicht, Secretary; J. L. Franklin, Treasurer.

CHEBRA BENAI YISRAEL SOCIETY .- Organ- ized September, 1861. Incorporated May, 1868. Meet- ings held 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. Bernstein, Recording Secretary ; M. Livingston, 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 afd 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. - S. Patek, President; L. Licht, Secre- tary; A. P. Craner, Treasurer.

CHEBRA OHAVAI SHALOM SOCIETY .- Organized July 26, 1874. Meetings held the second Sunday of each month, at B'nai Brith Hall, 121 Eddy atreet. Number of members, ninety.

Officers .- Levi Raphael, President; J. Israelsky, Sec- retary; W. Davis, Treasurer; L. Friedlander, S. Jacob, J. Simeon and M. Levy, Trustees.

CHEBRA OHOBATH ZION SOCIETY-Incorporated October 7, 1870. Meetings held 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.

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 & fund on interest. Office, 414 Clay street.

Officers .- N. Sheeline, President ; Henry Epstein, 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, and 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, at their hall on Brenham Place.

Officers .- Martin Bulger, President ;- Garratt Hop- per aud John L. Durkee, 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 & fund for benev- olent purposes in their behalf. An assess- ment of one dollar per month is made on all 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; A. C. Imbria, Secretary ; Gus. Reis, Treasurer; Gnș. Reis, Ed. Fla- herty, Ed. B. Cotter, Frank G. Edwards, and David Scannell, Trustees.

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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 Sacre- tary, cor Post and Taylor streets.

Officers-C. Meyer, President; L. Brown, Vice-Pres- ident; L. Meyerstein, Treasurer; Isaiah Cohn, Sec- retary; L. Schilling, Israel Solomon, M. Wurkheim, J. Newman, A. P. Craner, Trustees; Philip Born, Col- lector.

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 becoms 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 expensea.

Officers .- L. Solomon, President :. J. Newman, Vice- President; Louis Licht, Secretary ; D. Levy, Treasurer.

FRENCH MUTUAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY (So- cietè Française da 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 five o'clock P. M., at 510 Jackson street.

Officers .- H. Barroilhet, President; A. Schroder, First Vice-President ; R. Roy, Treasurer; G. Wolff, First Secretary ; X. Mefret, Second Secretary ; F. Bazan, M. D. ; A. St. Paul, M. D .; Bernard Hoffstet- ter, M. D., Physicians ; N. J. Martinache, M. D., Ocu- list ; Charles Borquin, 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 street.

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 seventh 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- bera.

Only Germans and persons speaking German are admitted to membership. The chief purpose of the association is mutual 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 existence about $300,000. The hospital of the society, located on the block bounded by Fourteenth, Ridley, Nos and Castro streets, is built after 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 535 California street, where the prin- cipal agent, Engene Roemer, can be found from eight 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 .- Juliua Bandmann, President ; Hugo Her- zer, First Vice President; Theodore Wagner, Second Vice President; Martin F. Philip, Treasurer : Ad. Schmidt, Corresponding Secretary ; Cæsar Bertheau, Recording Secretary ; Directors, H. J. Brandt, Henry Epstein, Fred. Hess.

BEAMISH'S LOW PRICES.

MEDIUM, FINE, and EXTRA FINE GOODS. " Nucleus," Market St., cor. Third,

D. HICKS & CO., Bookbinders and Printers, 508 Montgomery St., cor. Commercial.

BAKER & HAMILTON,

19 FRONT ST., SAN FRANCISCO, Manufacturers of Agricultural Implements and Hardware

SAN FRANCISCO DIRECTORY.

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. Fred. Hess, President ; Mrs. J. Men- tel, Vice-President; Mrs. Muser, Secretary ; Mrs. William Hesse, Treasurer.

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 .- Commander, C. Mason Kinne, San Francisco; S. V. Commander, W. F. Ellis, San José ; J. V. Commander, J. M. Davis, Oakland; A. A. General, W. A. Robinson, San Fran- cisco; A. Q. M. General, O. B. Culver, San Francisco ; Inspector, J. W. Staples, San Francisco ; Judge Advo- cate, H. J. McJunkin, San Francisco; Chief Muster- ing Officer, C. N. Harris, Carson City, Nev .; Medical Director, L. L. Dorr, M. D., San Francisco ; Chaplain, Rev. T. K. Noble, San Francisco.

Council of Administration .- G. W. Irelan, Lincoln Post, No. 1, San Francisco ; G. L. Harris, George H. Thomas Post, No. 2, San Francisco ; L. Tozer, Sum- ner Post, No. 3, Sacramento; A. G. Bennett, Phil. Sheridan Post, No. 7, San José; C. P. Yates, George Wright Post, No. 1, Portland, Or.

LINCOLN POST, No. 1 .- Organized May 27, 1867. J. C. Sargent, 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 .- N. H. Holmes, 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 Grand Army Hall, 71 New Montgomery street.

Officers .- Nathaniel Hunter, President ; (Vacant), Vice-President; S. P. Ford, Secretary ; C. Mason Kinne, Treasurer.

HOME FOR AGED AND INFIRM FEMALES .- Or- ganized May, 1872, under the auspices of the Sisters of Mercy.

A home, built of wood, three stories in hight, has been erected on Rincon Place, adjoining St. Mary's Hospital, which at present contains about ninety in- mates.

IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN .- Office Great Chief of Records, S.W. cor California and Montgom- ery streets.

Great Chiefs, 1880-81 .- Eugene Lehe, Stockton, Great Sachem; J. A. Filcher, Auburn, G. S. Saga- more ; J. F. Pinkham, West Oakland, G. J. Sagamore ; Henry A. Chase, San Francisco, G. Prophet ; H. S. Winn, San Francisco, G. C. of Records ; Adam Smith, San Francisco, G. K. of W .; Grove L. Johnson, Sac- ramento, Great Rep. G. C. U. S .; Adam Smith, San Francisco, Great Rep. G. C. U. S. ; George W. Whit- lock, San Francisco, Great Sannap ; Chas. E. Spencer, Sacramento, G. Mishinewa; G. S. Farley, North Bloomfield, G. G. of Wigwam; J. H. Josselyn, San Francisco, G. G. of Forest.

Numberof tribes in the State, twenty-nine. The fol- lowing meet in San Francisco, at Red Men's Hall, 320 Post street:

HIAWATHA, No. 3 .- Meets every Monday evening.

MANZANITA, No. 4 .- Meets every Wednesday even- ing.

IRITABA, No. 6 .- Meets every alternate Thursday evening.

MIANTONOMAH, No. 9 .- Meets every Tuesday even- ing.

POHONACHEE, No. 10 .- Meets every Monday evening. POCAHONTAS, No. 11 .- Meets every Friday evening. SOTOYOME, No. 12 .- Meets every alternate Thursday evening.

TUSCARORA, No. 36 .- Meets every Wednesday even- ing.

TAHOE DEGREE COUNCIL, No. 1 .- Meets first and third Sundays.

IMPROVED ORDER RED MEN'S HALL ASSOCIATION .- Meets at the Hall, 320 Post street.

IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN'S LIBRARY ASSOCIA- TION .- Meets at the Hall, 320 Post street.

INDEPENDENT FREE SONS OF ISRAEL .- Organ- ized in San Francisco, April, 1878. Number of mem- bers about one hundred.

PIONEER LODGE, No. 87 .- Meets first and third Tuesdays of every month, at B'nai B'rith Building, 121 Eddy street.

Officers .- Joseph Rothschild, President; A. Gold- smith, Recording Secretary; L. A. Morgenstern, Treasurer.

CONCORDIA LODGE No. 101. - Meets second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at B'nai Brith Building, 121 Eddy Street. M. S. Myer, President ; S. Regensburger, Secretary, Charles Brown, Treasurer.

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RED MEN (Exclusive German Order) .- The Gross Stamm of California meets annually the last Monday in July. Address, 510 Bush street.

Officers .- P. Frank, Grand O. Ch .; J. Falkenstein, Grand U. Ch .; J. Rumetsch, Grand B. Ch .; D. H. Bockmann, Grand Pr. : Samuel Polack, Grand Secre- tary ; J. Gutberlet, Grand Treasurer.

The following subordinate Stamms meet at the Hall, 510 Bush street, at half past seven o'clock P.M. in Winter and eight o'clock P. M. in Summer:

CALIFORNIA STAMM, No. 70 .- Meets every Friday. GOLDEN GATE STAMM, NO. 74 .- Meets every Sunday. PACIFIC STAMM, NO. 78 .- Meets every Monday, GERMANIA STAMM,.No. 83 .- Meets every Thursday.

HARMONIE STAMM, No. 160 .-- Meets every Thursday. YERBA BUENA LAGER, NO. 8 .- Meets second and fourth Fridays of each month.

INDEPENDENT ORDER RED MEN'S HALL ASSOCIA- TION .- Incorporated December 24, 1867. Meets first Monday of each month at the Hall, 510 Bush street.

Officers .- D. H. Bockmann, President ; Fritz Schir- meier, Secretary ; Samuel Polack, Treasurer.

IRISH-AMERICAN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY .- Organized May, 1860. Meets first' and third Mondays of each month at the Irish-American Hall, 818 Howard street.

Officers .- Chas. McVicker, President ; John O'Brien, Vice-President ; Peter McArdle, Treasurer; M. Far- rell, Recording Secretary; James G. McElroy, Physi- cian ; J. J. McDonnell, Druggist.

ITALIAN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. - (Societa Independente Italiana di Mutual Beneficenza) .- In- corporated December 30, 1867. Number of members, three hundred and seventy-five.

· This is a mutual relief society, established for the purpose of affording assistance to indigent sick mem- bers. Meetings held the first Monday of each month at 423 Washington, room 6.

Officers .- J. C. Sala, President ; P. Pico, Vice-Presi- dent ; A. Daneri, Treasurer ; E. Scodeletti, Secretary; A. Casassa, Collector; G. Pescia, Physician. Secre- tary's office, 423 Washington street, room 6.

KNIGHTS OF HONOR. - Organized June, 1873. Objects: Benevolent, fraternal and beneficial. The first Lodge organized in this State was the California, in May, 1879.

GRAND LODGE OF CALIFORNIA .- Organized March, 1880.

Officers .- David McClure, Past Grand Dictator; Chas. E. Travers, Grand Dictator ; L. R. Webster, Vice-Grand Dictator; Wm. T. Hamilton, Assistant Grand Dictator ; W. H. Mahoney, Grand Reporter; G. W. Lamont, Grand Chaplain; R. J. Warfield, Grand Treasurer ; H. J. Lask, Graud Guide ; M. Steinhardt, Grand Guardian ; R. Wheeler, Grand Sentinel.

There are about fifty lodges numbering three thous- and five hundred members in California, seventeen of which are in this city, viz .:

IVY LODGE. No. 1716 .- Meets every Friday evening, at 913 Market street.

GERMANIA LODGE, No. 1718 (Works in German) .-

BAY SOAP and CANDLE CO. L'd

Office, 116 FRONT ST., Manufacturers of CANDLES of all kinds. Glycerine, Stearine, Olein, Laundry and Toilet SOAPS.

JOS. FREDERICKS & CO., 649 Market St., Importers of CARPETS, RUGS, Etc.

GEO. B. KNOWLES & SON,

S.E. cor. Mission and Main Sts., have finest assortment of SEASONED LUMBER FOR RETAIL In the market.

SOCIETIES.

meets every Tuesday evening at B'nai B'rith Hall, 121 Eddy street.

FRIENDSHIP LODGE, No. 1731 .- Meets every Monday evening at 32 O'Farrell street.

CHARTER OAK LODGE, NO. 1755 .- Meets every Thurs- day evening at B'nai B'rith Hall, 121 Eddy street.

EUREKA LODGE, No. 1756 .- Meets every Wednesday evening at B'nai B'rith Hall, 121 Eddy street. .

YERBA BUENA LODGE, No. 1788 .- Meets every Mon- day at 32 O'Farrell street.

NORMAN LODGE, NO. 1841 .- Meets every Tuesday evening at B'nai B'rith Hall, 121 Eddy street.

SAXON LODGE, No. 1848 .- Meets every Tuesday even- ing at 32 O'Farrell street.

UNION LODGE, No. 1895 .- Meets every Friday even- ing at 32 O'Farrell street.

SAN FRANCISCO LODGE, NO. 1922 .- Meets every Mon- day evening at B'nai B'rith Hall, 121 Eddy street.

TANCRED LODGE, No. 1927. - Meets every Saturday evening at 32 O'Farrell street.

YOSEMITE LODGE, No. 1930 .- Meets every Thursday evening at 32 O'Farrell street.

OCCIDENTAL LODGE, No. 1990 .- Meets every Wednes- day evening at B'nai Brith Hall, 121 Eddy street.

CONFIDENCE LODGE, No. 2282 .- Meets at 32 O'Far- rell street.

ORIENTAL LODGE, No. 2163 .- Meets every Friday at Pythian Castle, 913 Market street.

KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF HONOR.

AURORA LODGE .- Meeta every Monday evening at B'nai B'rith Hall, 121 Eddy street.

MARTHA. LODGE .- Meets second and fourth Friday in each month at B'nai B'rith Hall, 121 Eddy street.

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS .- The first Lodge of this Order in California was organized March 25, 1869. Since then other Lodges have been organized in the State, twelve of which are in San Francisco.

THE GRAND LODGE OF CALIFORNIA .- Organized Sep- tember 28, 1869.

Officera .- S. L. Terry, Stockton, P. G. C .; John H. Harney, G. C .; Henry Bearwold, V. G. C .; G.W. Peck- ham, G. P .; A. G. Booth, G. K. of R. and S .; George Cantus, G. M. of E. ; Eli T. Blackmer, Supreme Rep- resentative P. G. C.

The following Subordinate Lodges of the City of San Francisco meet at Pythian Castle, 913 Market street, on the following evenings:

CALIFORNIA LODGE, No. 1 .- Meets every Thursday. DAMON LODGE, No. 2 .- Meets every Tuesday.

GOLDEN GATE LODGE, No. 3 .- Meets every Friday. LAUREL LODGE, No. 4 .- Meets every Monday. IVANHOE LODGE, NO.5 .- Meets every Wednesday. ALEMANIA LODGE, No. 8 .- Meets every Wednesday. EUREKA LODGE, No. 9 .- Meeta every Friday. EXCELSIOR LODGE, No. 12 .- Meets every Tuesday. HARMONY LODGE, No. 15 .- Meets every Thursday. MYRTLE LODGE, No. 16-Meets every Tuesday.

METROPOLITAN LODGE, No. 24 .- Meets every Mon- day.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO LODGE, No. 45 .- Meeta every Tuesday at Myrtle Hall.

BAYARD LODGE NO. 53 .- Meets every Thursday ev- ening.

SYRACUSE LODGE, No. 58 .- Meets every Wednesday.

SECTION NO. 70 OF THE ENDOWMENT RANK .- Meets the second Saturday of each month at 913 Market street.

BUREAU OF RELIEF .- Meets at 913 Market street first Monday of each month.

KNIGHTS OF ST. PATRICK .- Organized January, 1875. Number of members two hundred and fitty. Meets second and fourth Wednesdays of each month, at Grand Central Hall, 995 Market street. Objects: The elevation of Ireland to he jplace among the na- tions; the formation of a sick fund for sick members, and to provide them with Christian burial; the educa- tion and advancement of the friends of the society.

Officers .- E. W. McCarthy, President ; D. C. Nealon, Recording Secretary ; E. Birmingham, Financial Sec- retary ; J. S. Kenny, Treasurer.

KNIGHTS OF THE RED BRANCH .- A secret Irish organization, the object of which is known only to the members of the association.

K. R. B., No. 1 .- Meets every Thursday, at 997 Mar- ket street.

K. R. B., No. 2 .- Meets every Wednesday, at 997 Market street.

K. R. B., No. 3 .- Meets every Wednesday at Charter Oak Hall.

K. R. B., No. 4 .- Meets every Tuesday, at 997 Mar- ket street.

KONG CHOW BENEFICIAL SOCIETY (Chinese) .- Incorporated September 24, 1867. Location of asy- lum, north side of Pine street, between Kearny and Dupont. Object : To dispense charity to poor and worthy Chinese.

LADIES' FRENCH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY (So- cieté de Bienfaisance des Dames Française) .- Incor- porated June 5, 1867. Meetings held last Monday of each month, at French Library, 120 Sutter street. Number of members, about two hundred. Object : The relief of French families that may be in want and distress.

Officers .- Mrs. B. Bona, President ; Mrs. C. Mayer, Vice-President; Miss M. Fleury, Secretary; Mrs. H. Kahn, Treasurer.

LADIES' PROTECTION AND RELIEF SOCIETY .- Established August 4, 1853. Incorporated August 9, 1854. -

This society has under its supervision a Home where friendless or destitute girls under the age of fourteen and over two years, and boys under ten and over two years, may be received and provided for un- til permanent homes in Christian families can be secured for them.

The building of this institution is located on Frank- Iin street, between Post and Geary, and is a fine and commodious structure. It consists of a main build- ing and north wing, two stories high, with full base- ment and Mansard roof. The wing was commenced October 1, 1863, and completed April 20, 1864, and the main building was finished in the beginning of 1869. The cost of the edifice, including grading, fencing, etc., was $44,000.

Applications for admission should be made to Mrs. Dr. Ober, at the Home, between the hours of one and three o'clock P.M., on Mondays and Fridays of each week. Donations of money, etc., may be sent to Mrs. Jane Flint, at the Home, or at her residence, 1312 Pow- ell street. Letters and communications should be ad- dressed to Mrs. M. S. Jackson, 1313 Vallejo street.

Officers .- Mrs. Nathaniel Gray, President; Mrs. George Barstow, Vice-President; Mrs. T. Hill, Re- cording Secretary ; Mrs. M. S. Jackson, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. Jane Flint, Treasurer ; Miss Mary McGladery, Matron.

LADIES' SEAMAN'S FRIEND SOCIETY .- Organ- ized March 26, 1856. This society is the offspring of the great philanthropic movement on behalf of sea- men which has peculiarly distinguished the last half century. The "men of the sea," an invaluable class of all mercantile countries, are subjected, by the na- ture of their avocation, to hardship and deprivation, moral, social, and intellectual. To ameliorate their condition by supplying them with a home, when on shore, surrounded by remedial influences, and afford- ing them protection from imposition, are the objects of the society.

Officers .- Mrs. R. H. Lambert, President; Mrs. O.J. McKinnon, Vice-President; Miss M. Knight, Secre- tary ; Mrs. H. S. Tucker, Corresponding Secretary ; Mrs. C. E. Cogswell, Treasurer.

LADIES' SOCIETY OF ISRAELITES Israelitische Frauen Verein) .- Established August 12, 1855, for the purpose of assisting Hebrew women under all cir- cumstances of want. Meets Mondays and Thursdays of each week, at 414 Clay street.

Officers .- Mrs. S. Foorman, President; Mrs.S. Blum, Vice-President ; Leo Eloesser, Secretary ; Mrs. M. Heller, Treasurer.

LADIES' UNION BENEFICIAL SOCIETY (Colored) . -Incorporated April 8, 1861. Number of members,

GEO. W. CLARK

645 MARKET, west of Palace Hotel, wholesale and reta:l dealer In and Manufacturer of all kinds of Window Shades PAPER HANGINGS, and dealer in all kinda of SHADE MATERIALS.

D. HICKS & CO., Manufacturers Hotel Registers, 508 Montgomery St., cor. Commercial.

HINCKLEY, SPIERS & HAYES,

FULTON IRON WORKS. 213 Fremont St., Manufacturers of QUARTE MILLS and Mining Machinery.

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Langley's San Francisco directory for the year commencing 1881, Part 12

Author: Publication date: 1880 Publisher: San Francisco : Francis, Valentine & Co. Number of Pages: 1174

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Publication date: 1880
Publisher: San Francisco : Francis, Valentine & Co.
Number of Pages: 1174