Barnes ; secretary, Edward Bogart ; treasurer, Thomas Ilohhni.

The number of members was one hundred and two.

The present officers are : Foreman, John II. Barnes; firet assistant foreman, William H. ].,awler; second assistant foreman, Adolph Matthies ; secretary, John Haley, Jr.; treasurer, Thomas Holden ; steward, Janu's Barrett.

The chief officers of the Fire Department, including the Hope Engine Company, Hope Hose Company and Union Hook-and-Ladder Company, are : Chief engineer, Stephen W. Smith ; assistant chief engineer, Elliott H. Sniffin.

S0(;IETIES.

The White Plains Lyceum. -- On the 21st of November, 187i, about a dozen gentlemen met and determined that an association should be formed, with the object of i)roviding rooms, to be supi>lied with periodicals and a library, where young men could spend their evenings pleasantly. They secured the second and third floors of the building on the corner of Railroad Avenue and Grove Street, now occupied by the Telephone Company, and the Lyceum

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was opened January 20, 1872. After a few years the association removed to its jiresent comfortable (piarters, over Mr. Samuel Ho|)per"s store.

Under the auspices of the Lyceum, a course of lectures and entertainments are given every winter, the last of which has usually been a dramatic performance by local amateurs. The professional talent enil)loyc(l has been of the very best, and the anuiteur entertainments have always been welcomed with crowded audiences and have jiroduced an exalted opinion of the dramatic talent of some of the citizens.

The Ionic Lodge was the first Lodge of Free and Accei)ted Masons in White Plains. It was organized under a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of the State of New York, and held its first meeting I'^ebruary 1, 1858. It never held but three or four meetings. John P. Jenkins was BLuster ; Elijah Guion, Senior Warden ; and Lewis C.