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Up to 1845 the need of a public library was often mentioned as discreditable to a city the size and character of Newark, and the desire to remove the re- proach was deeply felt by all publie-spirited citizens. Finally a few gentlemen assembled in the office of David A. Hayes on Oct. 11. 1845, and held a meeting, with William Wright as chairman.
Rev. Dr. Prime said the object in view was to estab- lish a circulating library on a small scale, and after discussion Dr. Prime, William A. Whitehead, Charles Hall, A. S. Hubbell, and S. S. Congar, were appointed to draw up a plan. When the committee made a report there was much diversity of opinion concern- ing its details, and the concerted movement came to a sudden end. But individuals kept the project re- volving in their minds, and in the autumn of 1846, several public meetings were held in the same interest in old Washington Hall. The first meeting took place on September 26th, with C'ol. . James Miller presiding and William K. MeDonald acting as secretary. Several enthusiastic speeches were made, and it was resolved that the interests of apprentices and journey- men had special claims on the community, and pro- vision for their mental improvement was demanded. At a meeting held later it was voted to organize an institute or lyceum, but soon this part of the scheme was abandoned, and a united effort was made to get the library only.
A committee on library, consisting of Dr. Prime, William A. Whitehead, William E. Layton, Grover E. Stewart, William R. Inslee and .1. T. Hubbell, presented on October 23d a plan for a library. This plan was adopted, and being carried out it gave to the city the Newark Library substantially as it is to-day. It provided for the formation of a society with fifteen thousand dollars of capital stock, divided into six hundred shares, of twenty-five dollars rach, non-stock- holders to have the use of books at low rates. It was decided to begin the enterprise should four hundred shares of stock be subscribed by December Ist. Com- mittees to solicit subscriptions were appointed for the four wards, and on November 25 they reported three hundred and sixty shares that had been taken. Stir- ring addresses were made, and before the meeting ad- journed four hundred and twenty shares had been
1 By Henry Farmer.
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disposed of. Two weeks later the whole amount of stock, fifteen thousand dollars, had been taken, and on January 4th, directors were chosen as follows: S. L Prime, John H. Stephens, James B. Pinne, John Chadwick, William R. Inslee, Jacob D. Vermilye, Mayor Beach Vanderpool, J. C. Garthwaite, F. T. Frelinghuysen, William Rankin, William B. Kinney, and Samuel Meeker. The other officers chosen were. President, William Rankin; Vice-President, S. 1. Prime ; Secretary, William A. Whitehead; Treasurer, J. D. Vermilye.
The lot on Market Street was bought for six thou- sand dollars, and the structure was erected on plans submitted by J. C. Wells, of New York, under the direction of William Rankin, Beach Vanderpool and .I. (. Garthwaite as a building committee, and the building was ready for dedication Feb. 21st of the next year, 1848. The main buikling was fifty-one by fifty- one feet, as at present, but at first the hall, or lecture- room, as it was then called, was only fifty-one by sixty- five feet, with seats for seven hundred persons The cost of the building was twelve thousand dollars. At the dedication Rev. Dr. Prime made an address, and a jeem written for the occasion by Mrs. E. C. Kinney Was read.
In one room in the main building the New Jersey Historical Society deposited its books and collection, and in another the Common Council held meetings for some time. The picture gallery was added to the building in 1850, for the New Jersey Art Union, an organization of which the present generation knows little or nothing.
The hall was enlarged in 1859, an improvement which left the association with a debt of seven thou- sand five hundred dollars, which still later improve- ments to the hall and other expenditures have increased to fourteen thousand dollars. The first librarian was John 5. Barker but he resigned in 1849, and Frederick W. Ricord fill at the position from that year until 1870, when Mr. Layton the present libra- rian -necceded him.
For thirty years the association's annual reports have contained a lament upon the people's failure to appre- ciate the library.
The twenty-five thousand volumes on its shelves have among them an unusually large proportion of solid books, which are of value for reference uses. Recently the library of the Newark Medical Society was given a place in one of the aleoves.
The Young Men's Catholic Association was or- ganized June, 1854, by the Right Rev. Bishop MetQuaid, of Rochester, then pastor of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Newark. Its objects are the moral, intel- lectual and physical improvement of its members, and the dissemination of Catholic and useful knowl- edge. The better to carry out these objects the Catholic Institute, Nos. 76 and 78 New Street was built in 1856-37. The opportunities for the improve- ment of the members were thus largely increased, and
the means were also provided for harmless recreation. In Ist the Rev. G. I. Doane became president. Under his fostering care and wise counsels the asso- ciation has kept steadily growing in usefulness and in extending its influence for good. In 1866 a special act of incorporation was procured, by which the pow- ers of the association were enlarged. It has a mem- bership of about three hundred. The reading-room is supplied with daily and weekly papers and maga- zines in sufficient quantity. Over one thousand of selected books are in the library. The hall will seat about seven hundred persons. Lectures, dramatie entertainments, concerts, etc., take place from time to time.
Catholic Benevolent Legion .- This order has made wonderfully rapid progress since its introduc- tion into New Jersey. It contains the features of other mutual benevolent associations, but its membership is confined to persons professing the creed of the Ro- man Catholic t'hurch. The first subordinate council in the State, the Bayley Council, No. 29, in the Ca- thedral parish, Newark, was instituted March 11, 1383, and on Feb. 22, 1981, the State Council was instituted by the officers of the Supreme Council. Dr. John B. Richmond, of Bayley Council, No. 29, was elected State president ; Patrick Farrelly, of St. Columbanus Council No. 40 (Morristown), State vice president ; Paul V. Flynn, of the Very Rev. Patrick Moran Council, No. 57. State chancellor; John Dwyer, of the Assumption Council, No. 42 (East News- ark), State orator; Thomas Gallagher, of St. Aidan Council, No. 61, State secretary Aloysius Ehrhorn, of St. Rupert Council, No. 52. State treasurer. The Supreme Council was incorporated under the laws of the State of New York on the 12th of September, 1ss1, with eleven charter members. At the present time the total membership is four thousand, of which fully eight hundred are members of councils in New Jersey. Deputy Supreme Chancellor Flynn accepted his commission in Jun , 153, when there were but seventy-three members in the State. From Septem- ber to February he had instituted ten new councils, with a total membership of three hundred and fifty-
Singing Societies,-THE: NEWARK HARMONIC SOCIETY was organized in the fall of 1855 at the resi- dence of Mr. John Foster. Mr. Robert Gray was chosen president, A. M. Holbrook secretary, Samuel Mason treasurer, and A Stephen Holbrook musical director, which position he retained until 1864. The society was at first called the Newark Social and Musical Association, which name was changed in IsGo to the Newark Harmonie Society, and the social features of their meeting> were then dropped. A hall was engaged and the members commenced hard work in the field of oratorio, the chorus num- bering at that time about sixty voices. In 1964, Mr. Holbrook was succeeded by Professor Charles Schmidt, of New York, as conductor. In 1568, Pro-
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fessor Schmidt resigned, and John P. Morgan was chosen, who conducted for one season with excellent results. Professor Henry l'eigl volunteered his ser- vices as conductor for the season of 1869, after which Mr. Ernst Eberhardt assumed the duties for two sea- sons. In 1866, Mr. Gray resigned as president, and Dr. W. T. Mercer was chosen, but on account of ill- ness was compelled to retire in 1868, and Hon. C. S. Titsworth succeeded him. In 1870, Dr. Mercer was recalled and continued president until 1877, when Mr. T. S. Morrell was chosen, and W. C. Williams was engaged as conductor. After two years' service Mr. Morrell was succeeded by Mr. Gray, who continued as president until September, 1881, when Hon. Schuy- ler B. Jackson was elected. Mr. Feigl succeeded Mr. Williams as conductor, and hell that position until the spring of ISSI, when Mr. Walter Damrosch was engaged.
when, under the presidency of ex-Speaker S. B. Jack- son, it launched out on a svale that fairly astonished Newark. Its chorus had done such excellent work at the May (1881) Festival in the Seventh Regiment Armory in New York, that it was highly compli- mented by Dr. Damrosch. This encouraged it to begin a new era, the splendid material of the chorus and the thorough drill it had received from its talented conductor, Mr. Walter Damrosch, warranting the directors in announcing a series of grand concerts on a scale never before attempted in Newark.
The society has given, in the presence of fashion- able and music-loving audiences, such works as Rubinstein's "Tower of Babel," Handel's " Messiah," Berlioz's " La Damnation of Faust," Beethoven's "Chorale Fantaisie," Verdi's "Requiem," and other musical creations of a high order, besides numerous miscellaneous concerts, at which renowned vocalists and instrumentalists have appeared.
The society has a membership of three hundred, about one half of which constitute the preparatory classes, four in number, under the instruction of Mr. Damrosch, known as the St. Cecilia Society.
The Harmonic Society is governed by the follow- ing officers and directors : Schuyler B. Jackson, president; JJohn Scaly, Thomas shaw, Robert Syming- ton, Dr. HI. II. Tichenor, T. S. Morrell, Benjamin Atha, E. V. Hovey and (. S. Titsworth, vice-presi- dents ; Edward II. Duryce, treasurer ; A. MI. Holbrook, corresponding secretary ; W. L. Skinkle, recording tant secretaries ; Theodore Runyon, Henry A Swann, T. B. Peddie, John J. King, Henry Feigl, Edwin Lister, S. T. Willcox, J. J. Hubbell, Oliver Drake, 11. 11. Miller, Walter Damrosch, R. J. O't'rowley, Edward Balbach, Jr., T. T. Kinney, William 11. (Heason, Wickliffe B. Durand, Dr. C. S. Stockton, Charles f1. Ritchie, Jr., directors.
It was organized on Feb. 27, 1880, by Mr. 1 .. ... Russell, at the residence of Mr. J. Gardner, No. 42 Chestnut Street. From that time until the close of the season the society met at the residences of the members. The chorus numbered thirty voices, and gave its first publie performance in Music Hall in June, 1880. In the season of 1882 three concerts were given in Association Hall, with piano accompa- niment. In 1883 a full orchestra was added, and the music rendered was of the highest order. The pur- pose of the society is to cultivate a public taste for, and appreciation of, choral work, and to afford stu- dents an opportunity to enter into chorus work with- out the wear to which a large chorus subjects the voice.
The present membership is about eighty-five, and the limit of the chorus is one hundred voices. Re- hearsals are held at Schubert Hall, Bank Street, on Monday evenings. The present board of officers are
The society made no marked headway until 1883, ;as follows: Hon. Thomas S. Henry, president ; W. R. Smith, vice-president ; F. C. Wilcox, treasurer ; O. E. Runyon, A. J. Clark, Jr., M. H. Thompson, secretaries; II. G. Grawford, U. C. Ryerson, librarians; direc- tors, Isaac Champenois, Thomas S. Henry, James II. Lindsley, Frank P. Mulchay, Frank C. Wilcox, Louis A. Russell, Joseph Atkinson, John II. Hines, M. W. Baldwin, Allen L. Bassett, Louis Lelong, Ornan N. Wright, J. Frank Fort, A. Judson Clark, Jr., M. II. Thompson, H. G. Crawford, Alexander Lelong, R. T. Smith, (. Meyer Zulick, W. R. Smith, O. E. Runyon, Joseph W. Avery, C. M. Bonnell, L. B. Sherman, John Miller, U. C. Ryerson, F. W. French ; Lewis A. Russell, conductor ; Miss Lizzie M. Stringer, pianist.
In the spring of 1884 two concerts were given at Park Theatre, the first including Von Weber's " Pre- ciosa," and the second, Spohr's cantata, "God, Thou art Great," with selection> from "Tannhäuser " and " Flying Dutchman."
THE AMERICAN SINGING SOCIETY .- William Bon- net, president ; Jacob Kugelmann, vice-president ; C. T. Ilerr, recording secretary ; Frank Hand, financial secretary ; George Ostertag, treasurer ; AAugust Ilun- ger, librarian ; Jacob Funk, collector; Joseph Kep- pler, sergeant-at-arms ; Professor August E. Scharffen- berger, director.
The Singing Society FLANTUSIA meets every Thursday evening, at Music Hall, Bank Street.
The officers for the present term are Otto Kiesewetter, president ; Miss Charlotte Lange, vice- president ; Heinrich Kocke, secretary; William, secretary ; F. F. tinild, Dr. Joseph C. Young, assis- | Schuessler, financial secretary; Ferdinand Burgdorff, treasurer ; George Sanzenbaker, Miss Anna Kuechler, librarians; Guenther Keisewetter, conductor.
THE EINTRACHT SINGING SOCIETY .- president, Julius Stapff ; vice-president, Henry Pfeil; seere- tary, Erich Seifort; financial secretary, August Meier; Archivists, Charles Mueller and Charles Schu- mann, Directors : for three years. J. M. Lieb, Peter SCHUBERT VOCAL SOCIETY .- This society has also Bender, F. A. Sieger, Otto Molter, William Ebbe; done much for musical taste and culture in Newark. (two years, F. Reynold, M. Issler, J. J. Hockenjos,
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George Zahn; one year, Carl Schultz, Carl Reiff, "Geisele and Geiger ; Color-Bearer, F. Ries; Collector, Jacob Meyer, Isador Lehman, Louis Kirchner. Treas- F. Klemknecht. urer, Mr. l'eter Bender.
The last report of the secretary showed that the whole number of members was one hundred and twenty-two, consisting of fifteen honorary, twenty-six uetive and eighty-one passive members.
THE ARION SINGING SOCIETY meets every Friday at Germania Hall, 25 Belmont Avenue. President, THE FROHSINN SINGING SOCIETY .- President, C. Voll ; Vice-President, C. P'rosch ; Recording Secretary, Fritz Prosch ; Corresponding Secretary, Jacob Kissel; August Mueller; Vice-President, Henry Richtman ; Secretary, Carl Fischer; Treasurer, Henry Dilly. This Society was organized in 1859, and is one of the | Treasurer, Jacob Trunk ; Collector, Ernst Yung; largest and most popular German singing societies in Color-Bearer, Fritz Hoff. Newark.
THE LEIDERKRANZ SINGING SOCIETY meets in Streit's Court Street Hall, every Wednesday evening. President, Charles Schmuht; Vice-President, Hugo Schilling; Treasurer, Gottlob Trautwein ; C'orre- sponding Secretary, Adam Jullich ; Financial Seere- tary, Michael Rhein ; Recording Secretary, Leopold Richert ; Librarian, George Sackmann ; Director, Charles Hitler; Collector, Angust Lambert ; Color- Bearer, Louis Borkowski; Music Committee, August Lambert, Charles Geiger, Lorenzo Henniger; Finan- cial Committee, Julius Herstenstein, Fritz Barnabas, Edward Horbildt.
THE GERMANIA SINGING SOCIETY meets at the Academy of Music, 273 Washington Street, every Wednesday evening. President, C'arl Oswald; Vice- President, Jacob Stucky ; Recording Secretary, Paul Stelzemmueller; Corresponding Secretary, Paul Freid- heim ; Financial Secretary, Carl Schlegel; Treasurer, William Stickel; Collector, Louis AAltendorf; Color Bearer, Fritz Hopf, as juniors, Bauman and Seidel; Librarian, John Lutz; Leader, Arthur Classen.
THE ERHOLUNG SINGING SOCIETY meets at No. 48 New York Avenue. President, Charles Elss ; Vice- President, Otto Fuchs; Corresponding Secretary, Louis Schmidt ; Financial Secretary, Christ Meier ; Treas- urer, Il. Ruhl; Archivists, Otto Riche and G. Ross; Director, A. Rabke; Vice-Director, Robert Baar.
HELVETIA SINGING SOCIETY. President, Paul Diener ; Vice-President, A. Raiser; Corresponding Secretary, E. Baschar ; Financial Secretary, R. Lips ; Treasurer, A. Jullich ; Archivist, R. Hasen ; Color- Bearer, H. Hoss; Color Sergeant, Il. Harzenmoser.
THE SCHILLER SANGERBUND .-. President, Frank Helwinn ; Vice-President, John Batiser ; Correspond- ing Secretary, F. Umstaetter; Financial Secretary, G. Schilling; Treasurer, HI. Umstaetter; Collector, H. Weil; Librarian, F. Heis.
CONCORDIA SINGING SOCIETY .- President, G. Ness- / Cook. mann ; Vice-President, Ernest Meier ; Corresponding Secretary, F. Hasselbach; Financial Secretary, W. Watz; Treasurer, M. Sauer; Librarian, E. Meier; Usher, Joseph Balling. Messrs. Geisele, Sauer and Meier were appointed a committee to engage a new director. Finance Committee, Messrs. Kaufmann,
THE SINGING SOCIETY HARMONIE .- August Spit- zor, president; Julius Wursthof, vice-president ; Ed- ward Rode, corresponding secretary; Charles Heu- schlen, financial secretary; Charles Kirschbaum, treasurer; Robert Rey, collector ; Ewald Hulsonberk, hbrarian ; Charles Heller, director.
Knights of Pythias .- ST. CHRYSOSTOM LODGE, No. 3, was organized Dec. 21, 1567, with the following charter members : F. A. Rockwith, M.D., F. L. Cobb, J. H. Medcraft, Benjamin Moore, Benjamin Mayo, William G. Mayo, Oscar Geiger, W. IL. Gardner, D. J. Pierman, J. W. Moore, Ichabod Crane.
The first officers were F. A. Rockwith, W. C .; W. 1. Gardner, V. C .; J. 11. Medcraft, V. P .; F. L. Cobb, R. S. ; Benjamin Mayo, B. ; Oscar Geiger, F. S.
The officers for 1884 were as follows: J. J. Bauer, (. C .; Peter Klein, V. C. ; A. H. Browe, K. of R. and S .: J. H. Cummings, M. of E .; J. A. Long, M. of F .; W. I. Cornell, P .; W. H. King. M. at A .; (. Reitľ, I. G.
The Past Commanders were J. II. Medcraft, W. H. Gardner, M. F. Badgley, Asa 1. Mott, Al. II. Browe, Henry Stivers, Joseph Smith, Henry Brommage, Wil- Ham De Camp, J. A. Long, John H. Mathews, Hiram E. Haskins, George B. Badgley, William M. Baldwin, J. L Drew, P. B. Conklin, Joseph Glutting. Mem- bership in July, 1854, was one hundred and fifty.
LA MANCHA LODGE, No. 24, was organized July 7, 1×69, with the following charter members: Thomas Agens, John J. Rodrigo, John M. Rand, Thomas Hay, Louis C. Mulford, Abram MJ. Hassell, James Howell, William Rosseter, Ambrose A. Hastings, Otis C. Butler, Isaac F. Putman, Jacob L. Coles, George A. Pridham, Charles L. Baldwin, Frederick D. Darling, Ellis C. Smith.
The first officers were John A. Rodrigo, C. C .; Thomas Hay, V. ( .; Otis ('. Butler, K. of R. and S. ; Abram M. Hasseter, M. F. ; Frederick A. Darling. M. at A. ; Isaac F. Putman, I. G .; Louis C. Mulford, 11. 1.
The officers for Ios4 were: (. 0'., F. A. Jørgensen ; V. C., Jeremiah Manning ; Prelate, John Hough ; K. of R. and S., George S. Wright; M. F., Joseph Suy- dam; M. E., William Mungle ; M. at A., Horace ('. Johnson ; 1. G., William Chesney ; O. G., Hugh
The Past Chancellors have been Edward Slater, William Dixson, I. Rand, Thomas Agens, Francis C'ross, Hugh Cook, Joseph Mungle, Joseph Schlitten- hardt, John Dalzell, George Suydam, Ambrose Hast- ings, Thomas H. Ashmore, John Singleton, Reinhold Eurick.
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The lodge has one hundred and twenty-two men- bers, and meets every Tuesday evening.
WASHINGTON LODGE, No. 31, was organized Nov. 15, 1869.
and s., James R. Holloway ; M. of F., Lewis N. Etris ; M. of E .. George W. Hubbard; P. C., John 11. Ub- haus ; I. G., Cornelius Chandler ; O. G., William Tal- mage; M. at A., Henry Statts, John L. Raymond, George Webber and William H. Dunham.
The officers for 1884 were: P. C., Alexander E. Bremner ; C. C., James Fowell; V. C., Marcus E. llusk ; Prelate, Thomas R. Evans; M. of F., James R. Holloway ; M. of E., Charles L. Fithian ; K. of R. and S., James H. Hinchcliffe; M. at A., John Da- vison ; 1. G., W. P. Bonnell, Jr. ; O. G., John Morgan.
Past Chancellors. John II. Ubhaus, James R. Holloway, Charles L. Fithian, Henry M. Weeks, Abram Ilincheliffe, James H. Hinchcliffe, Isaac A. Shurts, Albert Krisse, Jacob W. Heeser, John Hew- itt, Benjamin Pearce. A. Ilewston, James G. Cheatle, Thomas Burtcheall, Walter F. Walker, Alexander E. The first officers were: P. C., M. Bundshuh ; C. C., Bremner, Joseph Willan, William Lord, Samuel B. ! G. Biller; P. C., Casper Albrecht ; P., Phillip Albrecht; Carter, Isaac Tunnell, C. S. Arcularius, Adolph Doctor.
The present membership is ninty-nine. The lodge meets every Wednesday evening.
IIENRY CLAY LODGE, No. 45, was organized April 12, 1870, with the following charter members : J. B. Jacobus, Henry Hollister, C. II. Sloan, John Cueman, A. A. Roll, G. W. Roll, C. C. Hawkey, Wil- liam H. Wood, R. J. Neafie, R. S. Brown, William Ferris.
The first officers were: P. C., R. S. Brown; C. C., 1I. Ilollister ; V. C., C. H. Sloan ; P., J. B. Jacobus; MI. at A., John Cueman ; MI. of E., Charles Hawkey ; M. of F., G. W. Roll ; K. of R. and S., A. A. Roll; I. G., W. H. Wood; O. G., R. J. Nealic.
The officers in 1884 were: P'. (., Frederick llarris; C. C., William M. Crane; V. C., Frank Rcock; P., Elwin Turtle; M. at A., Charles E. Mackey ; M. of E., William Ferris; M. of F., Frank Ayres; K. of R. and S., R. V. Cueman ; 1. G., D. Schurte ; O. G., Rob- ert Symonds.
Past Chancellors, W. Ferris, J. B. Jacobus, C. H. . G., James Swaney ; W., H. Krauss; E., L. Gardiner. Sloan, W. H. Wood, J. II. Demarest, Thomas H. The present officers are : P. C., Rudolph Levi; C. C., Joseph Holmes ; V. C., W. Leise; P., J. H. Peer ; M. of F., F. K. Stagg; M. of E., E. II. Johnson ; M. at A., Frank Johnson; K. of R. and S., C. f. Bren- ner; I. G., J. H. Stecle; O. G., F. Butler ; Organist, Albert Roessler. Dickinson, R. W. Cueman, Thomas Elliott, Edwin Turtle, Thomas 11. Gould, M. Bly, J. S. Beach, C. P. Jackson, W. II. Wilkins, C. Il. Thomson, James II. Pierson, W. S. Woolley, Samuel D. Romain, W. E. Moore, A. Post, W. F. Pfeiffer, A. H. Vreeland, E. A. C. Lohman, Frederick Harris, J. R. Craig.
There are one hundred and ninety-two members. The lodge meets every Tuesday evening.
1870, with the following charter members : - - Medcraft, - Copp, Moses T. Badgley, R. S. Brown, -- Stansberry, - Van Riperr, F. G. Darmitz, A. Ballwin, - Corven.
The first officers were : C.C., C. O. Hlentz; V. C., G. B. Von Ah; C. S., F. S. Dannitz; F. S., F. Regelman ; Banker, MI. Lindenberg; Guide, Z. Lorch; I. G., G. Hanle; O. G., Martini.
The charter members and first officers were: C. C., I The officers in 1884 were : C. C., Charles Ferner ; V. James H. Hancky ; V. C., James Jenkins; K. of R. C., W. Appeldaur; P., G. Hartung; M. at 1., C. Specht ; K. of R. and S., William Schill; M. of F., Anton Schunk ; M. of Ex., J. F. Flache ; I. G., Joseph Ilorbelt ; O. G., C. Ilopf.
Past Chancellors F. Hasselbach, J. F. Flache, George Hartung, Anton Schunck, Jule Martini, Otto Janson, L. Haas.
The present number of members is forty-nine. Meetings are held on the second and fourth Fridays in each month.
GRANITE LODGE, NO. 21, was instituted Oct. 21, 188I, with the following charter members: Peter Ulrich, George Biller, Casper Albrecht, Ramond Wagner, Phillip AAlbrecht, Michael Bundshuh, Gustav Buchner, George Plauk and nine members from other lodges, and thirty-eight others who were initiated at the first regular meeting.
K. of R. and S., R. Wagner ; 3. of F., W. Witz; M. of E., P. Ulrich; M. at A., G. P'lank; I. G., George Buchner ; O. G., B. Gounert.
The officers in 1884, were: P. C., Mathias Albrecht ; C. C., R. Wagner; V. C., Otto Silke; P., Ernst Shucenk ; K. of R. and S., Francis Weber ; M. of F., Louis Fisher; M. of E., M. Bundshuh; M. at A., F. Danzeisen ; I. G .. R. Von Ende; O. G., G. Endlich.
Past Chancellors, Peter Ulrich, MI. Bundshuh, Casper Albrecht, George Plank, George Biller, Adolph Hemper, Mathias Albrecht.
Members upon the rolls, one hundred and five. This lodge meets every Thursday evening.
COVENANT LODGE, NO. 35, meets every Monday at No. 776 Broad Street.
The charter members and first officers were ; P. C. and P., R. Stanley ; C. C., J. A. C. Ball; V. C., M. E. Campfield; K. of R. and S., R. M. Honeywell; M. of F., A. Reed Cook ; M. of E., Peter Schoonmaker ; MI. at .A., Foster H. Linsley ; 1. G., J. M. Traphagen ; O.
The Past Commanders, W. S. Lawrence, W. H. Bradshaw, E. H. Johnson, G. A. D Shaw, P. C. Fisher, E. C. Loomis, George Povey, J. R. Kelly,
GERMANIA LODGE, No. 50, was organized May 25, Frank Tables, James Cazinc, R. Levi.
The lodge has eighty-two members enrolled.
BLACK PRINCE DIVISION, NO. 4, Uniformed Rank, K. of P'., was instituted May 24, 1882, with a membership of thirty.
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The first officer- were: Sir Knight Commander, with good effect the subjects of a ship canal, the city's James R. Rutan ; S. K. Lieutenant Commander, George W. Povey ; S. K. Herald, John H. Hyde ; S. K. Recorder, F. A. Sterling; S. K. Treasurer, E. Il. Johnson ; S. K. Guard, U. S. Ford ; S. K. Sentinel, John Herman.
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