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Show PROVO ITEMS. Special correspondence to the RaciSTta. B. V. ACADEMY The fifteenth academic school year of B. Y. A. has commenced, with an enrollment enroll-ment of 132 members; all seem to manifest mani-fest a great interest in striving to obtain knowledge, and receive a mural, as well as mental training. An editor and editoress have been appointed ap-pointed to give general accounts of the school, pit'gramme aud minutes of poly-jsophical poly-jsophical meeting; topics and items ot merest; which will appear o.ice a week, occupying two columns of Saturdays Enquirer. I Fieces on different subjects, essays, compositions, etc., will oe wiitten by the students, and handed in for publication. a "mason" dead. Sunday, Aug, 31st. at a p m. the funeral funer-al services ol George Randall, the presi-1 dent of the grand Lodge of Masons, was held in the Proctor Academy, At four o'clock his remains were conveyed to the cemetery, accompanied by the Provo Silver Band, and seventy-six vehicle". About one hundred of the lodge dressed in black costumes, with a corresponding sash suspended around their shoulders, and with aprons ol pure white, formed a double line and preceded the corpsi to its burial. After the reading of a lew selections, singing ola hymn, and the utlerence of a prayer, the body was commited to its vault. An apron with a bunch of flwer also a piece of note paper, containing some writing which was unknown to the spectators was laid upon the -iomn. As the last token of respect each member mem-ber ol the lodge passed around thf grave and dropped a branch of pine t je on the coffin; then raising their ham even with their head brought it back it. curved cur-ved manner and placed it ove their heart, turning w ith sadness from the |