8 THE DAILY BvktniJNG TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 18H.1 city i m t k m. kj unroE, THE COIL TflAUE. Tli Writs of Q,ao Warrauto Agalnat the Railroad Companies The Attorney Ueneral and the Uovcrnor on the Coal Difficulty An K fleet of the J-ate Riotous, Proceedings In the Scranton Ilcglou The Progress of Arbitration Summary of the Trade for the Week. The Attorney General of the b ale, who on last Saturday, ty the orier of his Excellency Governor tJ an, nidrie np"llcatlon In the Supreme Court for writs of qw warranto agxiiiSt all I lie la'e coal rail road corporation of the Siai.e, has hy so onlug Inau gurated a long termor Judicial proceedings fftilcn wlil give fcoiiiethlng to do to the courts, tie compa cted, and, last but not least, to the Attoruey-Cienc-ral, for it might almost be said aires to come. Mu the value of thl-t move may bo cannot as yet lie seen, but tt Is very easy to Bee a reasou for It on the ground of expediency, but this expertleucy has, however, rothlng whatever to do wHh the question of a settlement of the coal dlfflculttes. The fact of trie matter was, as It la generally un derstood, thouyh not expressed, that, the outrageous state of a flairs In the upper coal region wnlcti were outrageous, notwithstanding all the smoothing over and Hiuotherltig up of the fact by tne miners and. those who favor them compelled the Governor to takt some active measures for the matut -nance of order. A iieelect tf this upon his part would 1 in me diately set agulnst him a large number of his retuain ii g friends who are lu favor of the side of law and order. But any such active measures against tlio law It bb miners could be construed on the part of the miners as a crusade against the whole class which the Governor, with great sacrifices to himself, had been endeavoring to conciliate at Harrlsourg. A sacrifice of their good will and esteem, even vitn the gain of the good opinion of the worthier and more numerous class, could not be tnoiicht ol, fur miners have votes. Votes, accjrding to the ;ov-rnor's plans, will soon be very desiraine to that peiBoniige, and every vote upon a watulng sloe Is precious. To obtain aJvlce as to how to B raddle toth horns of the dilemma, the Governor goes to tie Attoruey-Genjral, and the Attorney General, like a good physician, recommends a method of treatment which would act as a soporific upon the miners, whose troublesome and much fean.d powers are ever on the alert, and at the same time, without his knowledge, would work as atonic upon the Governor's weak nerves. It Is recora ii ended that a show or Impartial judicial chas tisement be made right and left; tti.it the military and the terrors of the law be Invoked to put down disorder on the one hand, and on the other a wrl' of quo warranto, with the terrors which should accompany It, be snaken In the face of the great companies. 'Not that the great com panies fear the writ at all," the Attorney-Generul might remark, "not yet that it will do the least particle of good, but then, you know, the miners don't know what a writ of quo warranto is, and will suppose that Is all right, and that we are giving the railroad companies ," The latter part may bo nl eo in with the only expressive style of language In ut-e at harnsnurg. The act ol Haunting the writs before the railroad compuu'i a Is about equivalent to tns threat ot the small roy who, when his adversary has readmit the p tenml inatiHii n, Irotu the safely distaut windows if which be pokes his head with fingers at nose In d iittnee, tells the fortified party to cuna out and get a "licking" which cannot be administered on account of the existing circumstances preventing. To iil such challenges the candidate for the honors ol nef at, replies only wi.li the uplifted Uiiger, and dec.liH 8 to come out. The ra.lroad companies are safely in position behind a bulwark of law and right, which, by the decision both of legislative cmn'iilttee and SiiDteme Court, they have not trans gressed The Attorney-General aud the Governor, Mnall boys though In great men's clothing, are cfiahei giiig the companies to transgress, or to ct rjie out, so that they cn be "licked," which the companies, not desiring to be licked, decline todi. Hie move Is in accordance with the regular politi cal principle of conciliation on both sides when an office Is neslred, and It will take but a very suort sighted person to see the motive that actuated It. lut that it will do no good lu the present dtiilculty Is conceded on all sides. The railroad companies and legal authorities say and believe that no deci sion of any kind on the question can be reached by the courts urirter eighteen months, and even the miners express their belief that it is not expected niu. h sooner. But it mut be remembered that a decision rendered at that early day will ba in. favor ol the companies, because It. is the earliest tin e that it can get through the machinery i f the court. If the suit leans unfavorably to the coiiidh liles It will be fought by the companies to the death, aud unnumbered vears will be consumed in Its solu tion. The best thing tha' could be done would be when the Governor supposes tht his mining friends are hulllclently conciliated, to withdraw the suit and let the whole matter drop. By this means much rxpense would be saved to the Commonwealth an1 the companies, the money being ot vastly more value In other wavs, and the Attorney-General and Gown, or would be free to engage In causes more needful of their attention. A i otlceable effect of the late riotous demonstra tions lu the Scranton region has been to change con siderably the tone of the New York press to war la the inlDers. Heretofore a friend of the operators or railroad companies could not be found among those wliohave charge of, and express their opinions through, the New York papers. The New Yorkers had hi en the so tret era by their great railroad corpo rations, and when the tolls were raised and prices went op the cry was great against them. The miner W88 everywhere held up as the victim, not the ag iresfeor, through the ignorance or thooe who ma le the outcry. But the recent proceedings have opentd their eyes to Bee what kind of men ther have to deal with iu the mining regious, and now tne current or opinion is the other way. They now say thui the miners have been in the wrong, but even this expression of opinion fchows that they have not the feeling iigamsi the miners that is justly felt, here. They have not yet been as long trle-i ny the tricks of the miners as we have, and, besides, they have had all along to deal with the Luzerne rvgiou, which is as different from our Schuylkill region lu Jts ii'li1 liari' "ml tUtlr uiaunerof doing tluujrs as "black from white. iV The arbitration movement, or the English system r.f boards of arbitration and an umpire, is now going bravely on among tie miners, but with what result n l bibs to no seen. 1 he General Council of the V. B. A. have, after much deliberation aud dig jus son, aureed lu recutnmeuolng It, but the miners tlieii.fcelvex, or rather tlio leaders ot the branch unions, may vet reject It before It is fully matured. But should It be rea'ly tried, the ultimata success will depend upon the nplrit in wnicti the rival Interests meet. If they meet together mutually d sirlng true arbitration, and willing to give up any little oitn that may be In the way, good may re sult. But if each paity under the name of aroitra tlou dehireB to liiaKe ever. thing possible out of the other, the trouble will be us great as ever, and forty thoiisaud lioartis of arbitration, and as many um pires would not have the smallest particle of power towards ait juBtiug matters. The following Is a summary of the trade for the week, from the Pottsvlile Miner? JournJ. of to tlu : "The quantity sent by rail for the last week was 16.SC1 tons; by canal, 64T5 tons; for the week t' Us, apaiubt Sl.'.'oi lor the corresoondiug week last ?ear. Tne Bupplv of anthracite for the week wai, 0 667 U.ns, Hgalnst k2S,B70 tons last year. Total supply so far this year 1.4J7,f13 to us, agaluat 3,?lS,m tons last vr, making the decrease so far tills yer l.W.ftTO tons. The total hupplv of all kinds for the week was 1,6G tons, auiist 459,79 tons last year. Total supply i,s,&ll tons against 8,419,371 tons last yea . ieuking the decrease ol all kinds this year, so fur, l,(!li,6(it) tons. The loss in round numbers is divided as follows among the dliferent regions: Lit-i. Gain. Schuylkill 3-20,otK) Lehigh BOO 000 Wyoming 950,000 t i ten 'a Vat lev T.O00 Shanokln 4.Q Bituniluoua regions l4l,ooo 1,8(17,000 187,000 Total loss so fsr 1,620,000 "It will be recollected that the collieries in Schoyl kill count v were susoended. with a few exceptions. last year for a cuuaideraulo time, while the Lehigh aud Lackawanna reulons were not suspended, aud we will have still lost 320,ooo tons. If it had not been for the stupidity of the leaders m 8chulktll county In abrogating the basis which had been amicably settled by all parties and uniting with the other counts s In a uuspeubion, the shipments from Schuylkill county this year, so far, would have been 13 (ioii.ocO tons. Instead ol btiS.5C7 tons. "In Northumberland county the Bame basis was ndorited aa In Schuylkill tsonuty. and they adhered to It and worked on as usual, aud they show aa In crease of 46,000 tons so far. It doea seem that the leaders In Schuylkill county, jadgmg from their acts in thus recklessly trlnlug with the interests of the laboring classes and the Immense investments of capital, are either an arrant set of knaves or a set of great ignoramuses, ao far as business la concerned, T.na miint to be shut up In prison or a lunatio asylum to prevent their intimidating and robbing their victim of nUllums of their ouly capital, wutoii la tutttr "Anthracite has receded in the Boston marketlto ts aud the aupply will last until the mid dle of May, ao great has been the economy in Its i, t notion of bituminous in place of anthracite. The consumption of anthracite coal will be reduced thla year at least one million tons below what It would have been li the Ignoramuses that control the workingmen had not abrogated the fecuuylklll county oaais tor ion, au viuoiou ou- r.... ti.a lnrh lit .laminrv." ST. CLEMENT'S. Frauds In the Vest ry Kleetlon The Case to be 1 BKen ueiore tne Supreme Conrt. Another Btage in th ecclesiastical bout at St. Clement's Is about being reache I, and an important fine, siuce ine unpieataui coniroversy, nitlierto con fined to the partial privacy or the vestry, now will be carried into the broad publicity of the Supreme Court, there to be viewed In all its lights and shades; to be wrangle! on; to be delved Into by cunning lawyers after the antrnna of the quarrel, and then to be decided by the great judicial minds of the bench, leaving the parishioners in the same condition of mingled doubt aud alss ttisfaction that they now experience. The recent eiecuon tor ve Rirymen was ao ciosa aa to rtrcide neither for nor against the rector. Rev. XJl 4ni. bl 1 0vru . iiiouiu vD'ir, WIIV llltl Called II1Q rector to an account for his High Church proclivi ties, were elected by so small a number of votas over the opposition as to convince the public that they did not receive a decided approval for the ll. 1 ( . . I ... -u . . T" ll II . 1 (I .1 II . ... V k . n .i 1. course they pursued, and that instead as one would have supposed before the election of the rector being generally denounced hy his parishion ers, a very large portion of them were in full aad nesrry sympathy witn ntm. home time this afternoon, and if not this afternoon then on Monday, the defeated candidates will apply to the fupreme Cuiirt for the Issuing of writs or 7tto wnrnuifo, compelling the present vestry to show cause why the return of votes of the Eas'er election should not be amended. The result or that election was 1 votes Tor the old vestry to IT for the new. But tne tellers refused to receive six votes, the two offered by the rector and his assistant, Kev. Mr. Stewart one by a lady "because her husband was not with her!" and the remaining three by persons who favored the comsc of the rector. On the other hfnrt the tellers are alleged to have accented four votes, accounted by the opposition Illegal. If, there fore upon the hearing before the Court, the ilieirslltv of the four re proven and the legality of the six re jected be established, then the rector will have a clear majority of eight In his favor and the old vestry win leuie. aiius me waiter siamis. i ne writs Will be made returnable on the 1st of June, and the hear. lug will be or the deepest Interest. EAPTEK STNDAY AT Advent P. E. CrrnRCTI. The neat auaieiice-chatnber was made exceedingly at tractive with the adornment of frairrant spring flowers, and a very large congregation was In at tendance both morning and eveulncr. The rector. Bt v. J. W. Claxton, adapted his discourses to the occsMon. The music, under the direction of Mr. John Graf, deserves a word of commendation. A juvenile choir of sixteen boys, nnder his effective training, chanted in excellent time and with good effect Moreover, the occasion was made an event of gratification to the vestry and members of tne cnurcn, Hiasmucii as tne liberal collection or 82.200 if as obtained, the amount requisite to extinguish the remainder of the debt asralnst the buildlnir f (At an election held on Easter Monday, the follow ing gentlemen were elected to the vestry: Abel Beed, George Remsen, Chaales Remington, Charles n. nuey, unanes arson, w. Nicholson, .1. is. Peddle, Edw. Evans, J. E. Uallowell, Daniel Fltler. Thk Historical Society's Rooms. The Penn sylvania Historical Society has obtained possession, on a long lease, of the building which Btands on the goutn side ofjspruce street, midway between Eighth Mid Nlii'h Stteets. and is about to alter it for Its use. ThiR building belongs to the Pennsylvania Historical f octety, anu was erected ror tne sole purpose of holding the mammoth picture or "Christ Healing the Mck," pBlnteo by Ben latnln West and presented to the HoHpltal Society. After It hal been on exhi- mtion a long time, returning a good revenue to the si.ciety, it was removed to tne Pennsylvania Asylum for the lncane, In West Philadelphia, and the build ing in Spruce street gradually fell into disuse. The Hls'orieal Society will occupy this structure until the building fund now being raised reaches a figure to warrant the construction of an edifice for the use of the society. A CnAKCE FOR A PAYINO ENTERPRISE At noon on Tuesday next Messrs. M. Thomas & Sons will sell at the Philadelphia Exchange 30 very desirable lots of gronnd on the west side of Broad street, adjoin ing north or the Monument Cemetery. The parti cular atttntinn of purchasers Is called to these lots. ni esptciany public institutions. Projectors of flist-class hotels will find this locality admirably adapted for an enterprise of this kind, situated as it would oe or tne naurtnomest and most progressive thoroughfare in our city. In view of the fact that the Junction Railroad Intends shortly to establish, a station near by, and In view aiso of the enormous crowd or visitors which will arrive in Philadelphia at the CentonuiaHielebratlon, the selection of this site for a llrst-class hotel would be an act of wisdom. Stealing Paplocks. Recently the Phlladelnhia and Reading Railroad Company have suffered nume rous losses of brass padlocks which have been stolen from their freight cars. One of the cars be longing to the company was yesterday standing on tne track tn Washington street, near Twenty-third, when a man named Patrick Mann went up to the car for the purpose of stealing the lock from it. v Mir engnged in so doing lie was captured oy spe cial Officer Gray and a policeman who had been sta tioned the re to wa'ch the cars. Mnnn was taken be fore Alderman Massey and held In tsoo bail. An other man who was In company with the prisoner managed to make his escape. To Capitalist?, skekehh op Country Seats, Farms, Mansions, etc. Messrs. Thomas & Sons advertise, on our fifth page, a very elegant country seat known as '-Woollon," situate on the Philadel phia and Wilmington Turnpike, three miles above vtlmlngt n; elegant mansion, built in castellated style, with every modern convenience; 60 acres, and tenant-houses, coach-house, barn, etc. Their cata logue or bb pages, issued to-day, comprises a num ber of farms, country-seats, residences, cottagas, large lots, etc., by order of the Orphans' Court, executors, trustees, and ethers. Plans and full particulars at their auction-rooms, Nos. 139 aad. 141 S. Fourth street. A course or two Interesting lectures will be given In Rev. lr. vvyiie's Church, Broad street, balow Spruce, beginning at 8 P. M. The first lecture will be delivered by Rev. K. P. G. Prime, D. D., or New York, on Tuesday, April 18. Subject, "Around the World-How to Go; What to See; What U Costs." The second lecture will be delivered by Rev. Jhn Hall, U. v., on Tuesday, April 85. subject, -rer-soral Power." We recommerd these lectures as being eminently Instructive and interesting. Tickets may be procured at the door of the church on the evening of each lecture respectively,;. Prune and Reckless. A farmer of Dablin town ship. Bucks county, named Henry Retwtler, came to town yest'roay, sold nis ioaa or nay, receivea tne nionev, and then got gloriously itrutiK. in tne ex cess of his delight" he drove up Ridge avenue with a pace which mignt nave answered very wen ior a rsce-course. but which did not suit the streets ot Philadelphia. At Ogden atreet the career of our gay and festive Henry was arrested. He was taken before Alderman Pancoaat and fined by that magis trate. A Charge with Fixed Bayonet. Officer Shields 1-ist night sought to stop the drnnken carousal of one Datilel Fernon, in a house No. 701 Lebanon street, in the Third ward The officer had no sooner entered the door than Pantel made a dash at hlra with a ride and bayonet. It suddenly struck the officer that the place was too hot for him, and he got out or the door with considerable alacrity. The policeman watcnea nis cnances, ana nuauy ne caught the fellow napping, having laid down the rifle. Alderman Bousall held the prisoner for a further hearing. BoAitniNo-HorsK Thief A voung man named Charles Wilson, who represented hlmseir as an employe or the Arm or 1). Mershon's Sons, some time ago took lodgings at tne house or W. H. Goss ler, No. ViS Wood aireet. Yesterday he suddenly disappeared from the place, and witn ntra a number ot articles of clothing belonging to Mr. Gossler. i ne tnier is bhii at large. Local Taxation. A speelal meeting of the Phila delphia Social Science Assoclatlan will be held on Thursday evening next at the Hall or the Mercan tile Library, when Hon. Thomas Cochran, President or the Board or Revision, will read a paper on "Local Taxation in Philadelphia," which will be fol lowed by a discussion. Insane Vagrant Detective Reeder this morning found an old demented woman wandering through the streets. She gives her name as Hannah Bressel, and states that her residence la in Bedford county. She Ib laboring under religions raonomauia. Mr. Reeder sent the unfortunate old lady to the Insane department of tne Aimiiouse. Run Oveb by a Car. Elijah Stewart, aeed forty Ave years, was run over at 10 o'clock this morning at. Twenty-first aud Walnut streets by a car on the Chesnut and Walnut streets Hue. Mr. Htewart was badly Injured. He was taken to tho Pennsylvania Uotpitai. Prow ned Man Focnd. The body of a drowned man vas found off smiths island this morning, where the Coroner has been notified to hold an in quest. The deceased is dressed in a grey vest, blue pants, blue Blilrt, low shoes, and woollen stockings. The body naa a reamer strap arouna tae waist. Stone thrower. Thomas Fisher, lad, was yesterday arrested at Tenth and Piamond streets for throwing stones. He was bound over lnoo bail by Alderman massey. The P. K. P. Thus far the Commissioners of the ram Kire Department nave paid out 9i,utt4-is fur apparni.ua, nurses, uarncoa, nuu uuboi Vagrants Akrbsted Th police of the Sixth district yesterday arrested alx vagrants in the vi cinity of Twenty-third and Market streets. The have been seiii to prison. DR. RUSH'S BEQUEST. A 1)111 of Equity Filed In the Supreme Conrt In llegar to th Site of the Philadelphia Library, A bill of canity has been filed In the Bnnreme Court by Messrs. William H. Rawle, R. C. McMor tile, and William M. Meredith, with a view of rals- ing tne question wneuuer me executor or ur. Kttsn Is bound In conscience to regard the wish of the tes tator In resnect to the site of the Ririirw branch of the Philadelphia Library. The hill, after lecttlng the will of lr. Rush, and Betting forth tne action of the company In accepting it, goes on to say : Your orators aver and charge that the discretion given by his executor to select a site of the Intended build ing is In the nature of a trust corporation, and that t he whole tenor of the will indicates that it was the inten'lonof the testator to found a charity which should be lieneflclal to your orators, as a library company havlug a collection of books, by affording and providing them a building for that purpose; that this geneial intent was clogged with no condi tions saving Biich as have been distinctly Bet forth ; and that the power to select a site was merely inci dental to the execution of that main purpose. They are advised and ao submit to the court that all dlsrrttlonnry power given to the defendant by the will and codicils of the testator was in tha nature or property of your orators, Inasmuch as Its exercise win vary ana roottiiy tnetr rtgnt. and will certainly destroy or greatly impair the usefulness of the lite rary charity to be administered by them thst the verbal directions of the testator, varvlnc the nature of the trust and confidence reposed by htm tn the neienaant, ana me ngni wnicn your orators, as devisees, had In the beneficial enjoyment of the exercise or that power, were as absolutely nnll and void as those or a stranger first, by rea son of being made within one month prior to the death of the testator, and thererore void unaer tne statute in sucn case provided: and. secondly, by reason or their not being in writing and signed by the testator at the end thereof, in accord ance with the statute relating to wills: tt is further averred that the promise made by the defendant to the testator was wholly Illegal and could not lawfully uiuu ine lumier uui uo euiurceu against aim. wnattney specially ask is mat tne matter be re ferred to ajiiaster to inquire and report what would be a proper Bite and fit location for the library build ing, to the end that the true Intent of the testator may be carried into full force and effect. An early day will probably be set apart for the hearing. The Mortality of the city. The number of deaths In the city for the week ending nt noon to day was 27T, being an Increase of 8 over those of last week and a decrease of S3 as compared with the corresponding period, or last year. Of these, 105 were adults; in were minors; 185 were born in the United States; 78 were foreign; la were people of color; and 10 were from the country. Of this number, 63 died of con sumption of the lungs; 11 of disease of the heart; 3 of marasmus; 14 or old age; 9 oi typhoid fever; 12 of convumions; oi scanet iever ; m oi inflammation of the lungs ; 4 of congestion of the brain, and 13 of debility The deathB were divided aa follows among the different wards : Ward. Wards. First IT Sixteenth 15 Second 16 Seventeenth 11 Third 6 Eighteenth II Fourth. 12 Nineteenth i!2 Finn 11 Twentieth. 20 Sixth... 6 Twenty-first 4 Seventy 17 Twenty-second 3 Eightn 11 Twenty-third 8 Ninth n Twenty-fourth. 7 Tenth 11 Twenth-flfth. 4 Eleventn 8 Twenth-s xth 13 Twelfth 6 1 Twenty-seventh 20 Thirteenth 4 Twenty-eighth. 3 rouneentn. o. unknown 10 Fifteenth 91 Total 277 The Late Pr. Eliab Ward Action ep the Board ok Health. At noon to-day the members of the Board of Health met to take acion on the death of the the President of the board, Pr. Bliab waru. Pr. James A. McCrea, President pro tern., occu pied the chair. iT. biewarason oirerea tne rouowing: Inasmuch as it has pleased Divine Providence to remove from his sphere of public usefulness our rresiaent. .Doctor Jtiiao warn, therefore tienoivea. That we nave ncard with deeD regret or the recent death or our lamented fellow-member, a gentleman whose kind feelings and genial deport ment; endear him to onr memory, and whose impar tiality In the exercise of his duties as presiding otll ctr of the board commanded our respect. nesotvea, -mat we most coraiauy tender to toe family of the deceased our sincere condolence in their severe a ill let ion. RtHolvrd, That when this board adjourns it be to meet at this oillce on Monday next at 2 P. M., to attenu tne ninerai irom nis late residence. I) I J rf'Hn a f I. V.... ..... ) f nn n V. n ilcnvwTU, A iinv v. ' 1 1 ' j si .uu w v o icquiubiuufl Ira forwarded to the family of the deceased. After appropriate remarks from tne members tne resolutions were adopted and the meeting ad journed. The Trinity Presbyterian Church An Ap peal for Aid. The Trinity Presbyterian Church has addressed a circular to tne i'resbyterians oi Philadelphia for pecuniary aid to help them to re move the debt from the church. At a recent meet ing of the congregation a resolution was adopted to the eirect.that, in view of the request of the pres bytery, they would not Incur any pecuniary lia bilities until the present church debt has been re moved. The Advisory Committee of the presby tery, in return, adopted a resolution commending the church to the sympathy and material aid of the community. The congregation are united and har monious, and doing all they can to sustain the church, bnt are wholly unable to meet the claims pressing upon It. The church is situated at Frank- ford road and Cambria street, a section or growing importance. If the church is freed from all indebt edness, the committee believes that, being situated in that ranldlv growing neighborhood, it will be one Of the most successful missionary enterprises In all the bounds of the presbytery. The announcement is signed by the Advisory Committee, witch in cludes the following gentlemen : Rev. O. W. Mus- grave, P. P., Kev. B. A. Mutcuraore, Benedict u. Stewart, Robert Scott, and J. A. Oardner. The pastor of the Trinity Church Is Rev. R. A. Brown. A Painful Case Three Staryino Children. It would seem almost an impossibility for a person to starve in sucn an open ana wealthy city as riiuauei. phla, yet that such things can happen is shown by the circumitance mat yesterday vagrant jjetecuve Reeder found three children In the last stages of starvation in a house at Broad and Kater streets. There was not a morsel of rood in the miserable hovel, the children were sick and in rags, and had not the little ones been discovered when they were death would have stepped In and relieved their mise ries. The circumstances surrounding this case are or the most painful nature. The mother Is in Moya menslng, having been sent there for the fiendish crime of having thrown a bottle of vitriol in a neigh bor's face, and the father la a drunken sot. The little children were cared for. clothing provided them, and are now In the St. John's Orphan Asylum. Mextind op the Park commission An al- iourned stated meeting of the Park Commission was i. id to-day at noon, Bon. Morton McMlchael in the chair. The damages awarded to George Crock were or dered to be paid, and immediate possession of his property was ordered to be taken. The new park-keepers were ordered to lmmeiiate duty to prevent re-klesB and improper drtvldg. Sun dry repairs to the Wissihlckon 10a 1 were ordered to be made. A new road around Laurel Hill was di rected to be made. The Committee on Plans and Improvements re ported the selection of a site for th monument to the memory of President Lincoln. The report was received and adopted. Th monument will be placed at the foot of Lemon Hill on a spot at the In tersection of the Green street drive aud the river road. Acknowledged. A correspondent, Thompson," B Bds ub f 5 for the immediate relief of the distressed family of whom we spoke yesterday. Fire Marshal Blackburn can have the same by applying at this oince. The agent of the German Society, Mr. Brandt, paid a visit to the suffering family yeBterday and re. tleved tbelr present necessities by a gift of some money. Mr. Brandt also went around among the neighbors and collected some cash and a basket of vegetables. Lieutenant Thomas, by the direction of Chief Mul holland. also collected a large basket of eatables. "V. C. B." has sent us $3 for tne destitute Kensing ton family. Sale of A Country Mansion M. Thomas & Sons will Bell at the Philadelphia Exchange, on Tuesday next, at noon, a desirable country seat at Riverside, Burlington uounty, New Jersey, consist ing of a rough-cast mansion, surrounded byline lawns and shade trees, with all modern con veniences, brick stable, a splendid orchard, stocked with the finest kind of fruit-bearing trees, and a vegetable garden with hot-beds, ete. This is just the spot for a PhUadelphlan, being within a short distance of the city, eleven dally trains passing the premises. There Is excellent gunning and tuning near at hand. Immediate possession will be given. A Fraud A fraud, in the shape of a young matt of light hair and lair complexion, has been going the rounds, talking glibly religious, and with oily lies raking stamps out of people by very pathetic and dramatic stories or distress among religious friends of his. People should watch this fellow. Mad Pog. Officer Murphy, of the second district, Bliot a mad dog at nine o'clock tins inoruing, on wnlngton sifect, below Front. The New Central Cloth House. AND S.. E. COKNER EIGHTH AND MARKET STREETS. We guarantee to nhow the largest and most COllTLETE STOCK OP GOOD3 in our line to be found in the city, all of which boirig purchased entirely for cash, will be sold at prices beyond competition. LADIES' AND ClIILDKEN'S DEPARTMENT. ELEGANT SACKINGS. SPOTTED CLOAKINGS. WHITE COBDIIKOYS. FANCY CLOTHS. WATJ5 RPKOOFS. BIDING HABITS. VELVETEENS. HONEYCOMB CLOTHS. BOYS' CASSIMEKES, 35 CENTS UFWARDS. GENTLEMEN'S DEPARTMENT. elegant spring cassimeres. fine paris vestings. scotch cheviots, diagonal coatings, english cassimeres. tricots and granites, blue flannels, english meltons, fbench cloths, tubkish "vestings. dkaps d'ete. marseilles vestings. fancy linens. French doeskins goods for friends. Tlio New Oentral Olotli House, F R AND S. E. CORNER EIGHTH 4 1 B5tsp Nos. 1012 and 1014 CHESNUT Street. WILL orEiv MONDAY and TUESDAY, April 17 and 18, 2 Cases Lawns and Organdies, New. 2 Cases Grenadines, Choice. 2 Cases Bordered Lawns and Percales. Black Hernanis, Black Silks. Striped Silks and Japanese. 1000 Linen Suite, $500. 1000 White Muslin Suits, $500. New Styles in Suits, $10 to $150. Pine English Hosiery. CURTAINS AND SHADES. MASONIC HALL, No. 719 CHESNUT St., Offers some new designs for CURTAINS AMD kAMBREQUINS, FRENCH CRETONNES, STRIPED TERRY aud COTEIjINES. ilso, GIMP3 AND TRIMMINGS or entirely new patterns. An assortment of LACB CURTAINS of especial elegance and cheapness, soma as low as I1O0 a window. BKOCHK TAPESTRY PIANO AND TABLE COVERS are offered greatly below intrinsic values, with a large assortment of EMBROIDERED CLOTH PIANO AND TABLE COVERS. 81thstu3mrp OARPETINOS, ETO. iMALLUM, CREASE & SLOAN, No. 509 CHESNUT Street. FRESH CANTON MATTINGS, ALL WIDTHS, WHITE, CHECK, A-TD FAHCY. LOW I'BICES. McCALLOT, CREASE & SLOAN, Ho. SOO CUGS,1UT Street, 1 wsmBmrp PHXLAJJSLPaiA rvH SALE, BARGAINS LOT Of ViVS sod ten avrt-s oa toe Avlum road, VrtnkforU. s l&iaUi3t It J. DuttiiLNS, Ledger Jjuuamg. A LSE ANP MARKET STREETS. rmiADBLrniA. ED, GOODS. AFLEICH. DRY QOODS. JJTQ FASHIONS FOR SPRING OF ij EYRE AND LANDELL, IV and ARCH HtreetH, Offer their esteemed customers the best aortuent of fabrics lor SPM1NQ fROMENADS DHKSSB8. Popular Pongees. Popular NeiRfi. Popular iiroN.tilles Popular Poplin. We have the above goods tn Shades that Frou-Froa beautifully. Ct 87 inwsimrp CHESNUT STREET. ALEXANDER RiCKEY. Importer, Jobber, and Re tailer of Dry Goods, DSPOT FOR THK SALE OF CHOICE FABRICS IN DRY GOODS, AT POPULAR PRICES, STOCK DAILY REPLENISHED With the CHEAPEST and CHOICEST OFFERINGS Of this and other markets. ALEXANDER RICKEY, 1 81 tothstf No. T8T CHESNUT Street. SILKS, SHAWLS AND DRESS GOODS geo Ran rivsrsxi, No. 916 CnESNUT STREET, Invites attention to his stock of SILKS OP ALL KINDS, INDIA AND OTHER SHAWLS. Novelties In Dreas and Fancy Goods, INDIA, PoyaiE,: AND CANTON CKAPE IS SHAWLS AND DRESS GOODS. 4 11 giarp DRY GOODS. 1871 61NCB BILKS, SHAWLS, DREPS GOODS, LINENS, CASSIMERES, ETC. ETC., "AT THORN LEI'S OLD-ESTABLISHED CORNER.' A LARGE STOCK, fj A FINE ASSORTMENT,! VERY MODERATE PRICES. To enumerate the varied and extensive stock of such a House aa onra In a readahla nnwanannr ri. TriiiBciucm wi'uiu m iiu"msuio, oat u u rwwn of 1 be Telegraph we extend a cordial invitation to look thrfosh and examine, and we shall feel graUfled and obliged. K especially and fraternally submitted, JOSEPH H. TH0RNLET, ' NORTHEAST CORNER OF 31QHTH and 8? RING GARDES Bti, jato PHILADELPHIA. QHKAP RELIABLE ONE-PRICE, STORE. Special Announcement. It plves me great pleasure to Inform the ladles that 1 have Just opened a superior stock ot Lyons Black Silks For the spring of 1871, from the lowest to the best I prades. Unsurpassed for color, cheapness, and da rat ill! t. It will be my constant aim, at all times, to ba under the market price. I Wo have no American Silks. ALSO, Dress Goods for Spring. 9 cases of Silk Serge for Suits, 76c., cheap at fl. 9 cases of Black Mohair, superior goods, Much Under Price. Sprirg Poplins for Suits, from 81 to 78c, 1 f'.AH. fefrffH Plwlila. liMAlltlrnl nimlfr.w nnti QKs Plains at all prices lor Sul's. I A loll line of Silk Hulled Poplins ror suits. A full line or .lapttuesu Silkn, plain, plaid, and stripe, or in I lira.-is Tt tt rm ot mr nonal I r uv nrlnaa I -siD M w m iu" u. v4 uouiw iv v- ytivt.a I All the above at C-ORCEj O. WISHAM'S, ) 3 lis 12tRp No. 7 North EIGHTH Street. Our motto: Small Profits and Quick 8ales. DIAMOND-ME8H HERNANIES. We have received an invoice of these Desirable Goods, for which there was so great a demand last season. prrRKim? &, co., No. 9 South NINTH Street, 9 98 tuths3mrp PHILADELPHIA. N. B. Every variety of HERN AN I in stock. THE NEW YORK Dyeing and Printing ESTAHLISHJIENT, STATIN ISLAND, 40 N. EIGHTH Street, PHILACELPIIIA, No. 93 DUANK Street, New Tort. DTE AND FINISH IS THE BEST MANNER, Silks, Sarins, Velvets, Crapes, Ribbons, Tissues, , Bar aes. Merinos. (.Ho'bs, Alpacas, Keps, Paramat-.: tas. Mimiln Delaines, Fringes, Trimmings, dosiery, Kid Oloves, etc. Also, cuanse Lace (mrtams and Linen Shades In a superior manner. Goods called for aud delivered lu any pari of the cltj 41 stuth2mrp EIT, HUKSBERGER & ELY. SILKS, Stripe and Plaid. ' . P IRON MESH H5RNANIE3. HANDSOME LAWNS. TRAVELLING GOODS. LLAMA POINTES AND JACKETS. No. 1126 CHESNUT STREET, 4 11 tnthsam PHILADELPHIA. GLOVES, 2500 , , PARAHOLH. All the new styles, In all colors of linings, size. lso, more shades and styles of KID GLOVE than can e seen in any other houae In America of our celebrated. ielle Bad MOVe M-23 Per luir. BEST -2S KID OtOVfl IN AMSRICA.1 Every pair guaranteed. IX they rip or tear, an other pair given in exchange. A. S J. B. BARTHOLOMEW, No. 23 NORTH EIGHTH STREET, f 4MD No. 903 CnESNUT STREET, 41 stawtf PHILADELPHIA, FINE STATIONERY Card Kngpravinjy. No. 1033 OHKSNUT STRKKT, 13 t utiMfsn yyjCJX)IN AND FAKTV INVITATIONS SNGAAVEl) AND PltlNTKD IN TUB LATEST bTYLK. flue assortment o KRNCU, iNGLISn, and AMLI'I(AN PapUR, with fcnve!op;to AHtoh. rAK&H and N VLlXIf&i, ready at-aipi, aiwajl on hand. JOHN LINEKO, 11 80 wcmSj) No. 9'il Sf RINU UA&DJU BUwjt. 0 E
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