POILISRED EVERT AFTERI00M
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AT THK EVKNINQ TXLB9&ATH BU ' DING,
TO. 1S & nrrsD BTSSST,
PHI LA I XLPHIA,
JIM TVfo t (Ar eentt per oopp (doubt iheet);
tr tightten cent! per week, payable to the carrier
by whom tervtd. The tubtorlption price by nail
U tfine Dollart per annum, or One Dollar and
Tfiy eentt for two month f, invariably in advance
for the time ordered.
THURSDAY, FEBliUARY 4, 18C9.
Tt
Interior Pr-pirtnint Ntwtloncrjr
nil i-riii"K
A rrw w fi kb ago we reierrea iu wimhu i-
leged framls in the purchase of stationery for ,
the Interior Depament. We hive now
before ua the report of the special com- ;
mlttee of the Uonae of Reprtutatlves,
consisting of Messrs. A. H. Liflin, Jaoob II.
Kla, nl H. L. Cake, appointed to investigate
the matter. The charges brought against the
officers of the department and th coi traotora
are more than sustained, aud a syeteai of
systematic swiudlirg has heu brought to
light which is Lgbly editing to tax-payers
who Indulge in dreams of a return to specie
pameuls ai:d an nltiuia;e liiaJ Jatiou of .the
national debt. The report shows tl at the
stationer contra t fr the Interior Depart
ment for 19ii8 was awarded to the highest in
stead of ihe lowest bidder. This wa3 aooom
pliehnd by the Bucresnfrtl bidder making
hi (o'uun of nnita lowest, while
his aggregate of charges was highest. For
example, on single items DbBipsey & Toole
are t"' below Coyle h Towers, whllttfn the
aggregate total they are 4.912-18 above them.
It was by this system of bidding that the con
tracts were awarded to Denipaey & Toole. But
this gerrymandering wa not the worst tea
tare of the case; the greatest reliance for profiu
was in the purchase of articles outside the
contraot schedule, which in the lu- i
tenor Department amounted to about
fifteen per cent., and in the Patent OIHie
to about seventy-five percent. The committer
report that all articles not in the schedule .
were charged at fabulous prices, although the :
contract provides that they shall be furnished
at the lowest market rates. 1
The greatest abuses have been in the Patent
Office, where no Congressional control has ;
hitherto been exercised over the expenditures. 1
When Commissioner Foote entered upon his
dnties, his attention was attracted to the matter
by the enormous quantity of goods charged
and the exorbitant character of the
bills for stationery presented to him. He im
mediately commenced to make an inquiry into
the matter, and instituted a reform by requir
ing all orders to be entered in an order-book,
and all heads of rooms to keep pass-books,
upon which their requirements are entered.
The result of this was that the bills averaged
leea than $265 per month, with abundant sup
plies and a larger stock on hand in January
than when the system was commenced iu
September.
The committee also found that the Patent
Office was unable to account for articles paid
for. Forty-six caveat books were charged
and paid for since February, lMiS, at $10 and
$41 each, while not one of them was to b)
found in the office. 518,000 printed blanks
vera charged and paid for, when less thaa
200,000 could be accounted for by the require
ments of the office, and a vast variety of otlur
articles in like proportion. The piioe3 charge I
were as extravagant as the quantities "books
worth $9 were charged at ?15; cards worth
were oharged at $40; printing envelopes worth
$250 per thousand were oharged at $20 and
$40, and a great number of similar items,
showing that the Government was literally
swindled by wholesale.
A commission appointed by the Secretary
of the Interior to investigate tha affair, on the
complaint of Commissioner Foote, states that
the loss to the office since July, 18G7, has
been $81,548-45, and yet they reported that
they were unable to flud any evidences of
abuse or fraud on the part of the contractors,
and the Congressional committee very per
tinently remark that this oonclusion of the
commissioners is beyond their comprehen
sion. The committee find that Dempey &
Tool have a contraot for undelivered bin 1
paper, which was awarded them in a manuer
contrary to law and at the most exorbitant
prices, and they have therefore submitted a
joint resolution directing the Secretary of the
Interior not to receive or mike payment for
the paper.
The people of the oountry have a general
idea that the Government ia being swindled
out of Immense sums every year by fraudu
lent oontraotsand other devloes, bu it is only
occasionally that any developments are made
showing bow and by whom the thing is done.
The amount obtained wrongfally from the
Treasury by thesejitatlonery contracts is pro
bably only a drop in the bucket, and in com
parison with other swindles it is of minor
moment. Many of the departnents at Wash
ington want a thorough cleaning-out, and the
rasoallty encouraged under Andrew Johnson's
adminUtration put a stop to. A new state o'
affairs will be inaugurated in a few weeks,
and we have every reason to believe that
General Qrant will devote all his energies to
the task of effecting a deolded reform, whioh
will last through his term of office at least.
rsianu it i- "-" ---
Tub naturalization bill introduced into the
House of Representatives at vasmngu y
terday by Mr. Poland, of Vermont, is any
thing but perfect. It clothes the Federal
courta with Jurisdiction in the matter of natu
ralisation, and requires a notioe of intention
. to W sworn to and filed eighteen months be
" fore the certificate is granted. " These provi
sion? are both. oommeivUWe, but ther will be
THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAl'II PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY,
rendered of no practical avail by the provision
whioh confers the power of naturalisation
upon the Btate courts, although It Is restricted
to those of highest Jurisdiction holding stated
sessions In eaoh oomnty for the trial of oivll
causes. Not until the State courts are entirely
stripped of their present authority In the pre
mises can we hope to see suoh outrageous
frauds as were committed in Philadelphia and
New York city last fall rendered absolutely
impossible. The Federal courts should have
sole and exclusive jurisdiction over the busi
ness of naturalization. The welfare of the
country and the purity of the ballot-bex alike
demand this. Any attempted reform by Con
gress whioh does not go the whole length of
this is little better than no attempt at re
form at all.
Vlie Mlunflon In Spain.
Tije Spaniards do not appear to be any nearer
a settlement of their troubles than they were
three months ago. On the contrary, the de
lays, indecision, and procrastination of the
Provisional Junta have rendered the work of
establishing a permanent government more
difficult- than ever. A large portion of the
more thoughtful people of the nation appear
to be in favor of a constitutional monarohy,
but the republican party is strong in numbers
and earnest iu advocating their Ideas. The
trouble appears to be, however, that the advo
cates of a republic have no very clear notion
of what they really want. With the example
of the United States before them, they seem
to Lave a ciuJe, general, and indefinite desire
to establish for themselves a government of
similar character; but they have not as yet
been able to advance any platform of princi
ples or decide npon any practical measures
towards accomplishing their objeot, or put
orward any leaders capable of advocating
their cause.
The prevailing impression among the better
educated classes is that the country is not
ready to become a republic, and they have
consequently held aloof from the radical move,
nitnts and given their support to the Provi
sional Junta, which professes to be in favor of
a conventional monarchy. The revolution
ary leaders, however, do not seem to have
any better idea of tin requirements of the
situation than the perpl", and they still hesi
tate to fix npon any person as a suitable sue.
cesser to the throve of Isabella II. With the
unanimous support of publio opinion, they
succeeded iu driving the Queen out of the
country, and duiing the early days of the re
volution tWr policy appeared to be influenced
solely by the moot patriotic motives. Admit
ting this to have been the case, the excite
ment of the moment lia? row died out, and
amid the difficulties and perplexities incident
to reconstruction individual ambition has
found time to assert itself, and while rival
chiefs are intriguing for power the country has
been allow ed to remain dirorgani zed and ex
poped to dangers both from w thout and
within.
It is thus that liberty has ever been saori
fled in Europe, and the result of revolutions
has been that the people had to choose, after
all, between despotism and anarchy. The ex
pulsion of the last of the Bon rbou sovereigns
was suoh a brilliant success in every reaped,
that the friends of libel ty all over the world
allowed their hopes to get the better of their
'ears. That the fears were better grounded
thau the hopes is apparent from the unsatis
factory course of events.
The Kmperor of France has said little, but
without doubt bis agents have been quietly
but efficiently working so as to secure suoh
results as wi'l conduce to his own interests.
The Provisional Junta is apparently un ler
bis influence, and they hesitate to take any de
cided step for fear of incurring his displea
sure. What Spain sow wants is a few de
cided men at the head of affairs, who will
push forward the work of organizing a stable
government without consulting Napoleon or
caring for his opinions. Not long ago the idea
of inviting an Americau to put his hand to the
helm was advocated. This is what we sug
gested more than once, and although the
idea was treated as a jest, we seriously think
it would be about the best thing that the
Spaniards can do. There are plenty of men
in this country who are better practi
cal statesmen, and who know more about
the art of government, than nine-tenths
of the people who make a business of ruling
in Europe. An average American politician
wonld contrive to briug matters to a settle
ment without consulting the Emperor of the
French or worryingabont his opinions. The
Chinese chose a shrewd Yankee for their am
bassador to the Western powers, and the ex
periment has been so successful that the
Spaniards in their present predicament might
with advantage to themselves take ahint from
the Celestials. Just uow the Poke de Mont
jensier appears to be the most prominent
candidate for the Spanish throne, but the
text advices may throw him iuto the shade
rgaln and bring for.vard somebody eUe. We
I now so little about the luelJe management
of affairs iu Spain, that it is impossible to pre
dicate what will or will not be the next move;
lut a depotiim more euerou, if not so con
temptible, as that which La been overthrown
appears the most probable renull of the present
condition of iLIdr.
Tub Kastkhx Qtrvno.N, as we have pre
dicted from the first, is uow alnioRt certain to
be solved by a resort to arms. This morning
we were positively assured by a able despatch
from London that the Cabinet of King George
of Greece bad refused to countenance the sign
ing of the protocol agreed npon by the recent
Paris Conference. The members of the Minis-
try have tendered the King their resignation
in case be Is determined to affix his signature
I to the obnoxious dooameut. It U possible
1 that a peace ministry can be formed, lut the
I I. I In B.a.f flltVttlt I ft I .OJ f t
a continued refusal on the part of Hieeoe to
atseut to the protocol, the great powers are
p'edged to remain aloof, and permit events to
take their course. VI ar, It would seem, is
the only possible result, and the eonfllot can
terminate only in the disldgment of the
Tnrks from Constantinople.
The Open Police Court. ,
Ma tor Fox baa wisely oonoluded to estab
lish an open oourt for the trial of
oharges against polioemen, and issued an
order requiring all its proceedings to be con
ducted benoeforth in publio. The court con
sists of the Chief of Police and two lieu
tenants, and here'tfore its sessions have
always been held with closed doors, the result
as a general thing being of a whitewashing
charaoer. n when a petty penalty has
bevn inflicted upon a policeman, the com
munity has been kept in profound ignorance
of it, and there haR, In consequence, been no
publ o disgrace attnchel. A- soon as the
doors of this court are thrown open, its pro
ceedings will invariably find their wy into
print, and a corrective, more potent than
suspension from duty and loss of pay for a
few days, brought to bear upon refractory
members of the force. There is but little
danger that persons who feel aggrieved at the
condnct of certain policemen will perseoute
thtm by the presentment of trivial and un
founded oharges. Every person who makes
such a charge will come ti grief as a result of
this very publicity. The Miyor should now
ipfeue a general order, informing the publio of
the time and place of holding this oourt, and
of the manner in which complaints against the
police are to lw made. In a few weeks at
the furthest, through thl.i agency, the foroecan
be weeded of all its Incompetent, dishonesti
diunken, or otherwine disreputable members.
A New Iuba in prison discipline has worked
its way into the heads of the authorities of
Richmond, Virginia. A few days ago a youth
ful citizen of African descent was arraigned
before the Mayor of that city on the charg-) of
severely stabbing a companion. The Mayor
remanded him to prison, "with the under
standing," so the report of the case rune,
"that his mother would admiulaler daily
whippings to him as long as he shall remain
therein." This is what might be ealled whip
ping the Devil around, not the stump, but
the whipping-post. When the "eyes of Dela
ware." rest npon this paragraph, they will
doubtless be diffused with tears of joy. They
should notice especially that the culprit who
is to be thus reprimanded is a "nigger" a
ciroumstance that will certainly add to their
pleasant sensations.
Thb Immigration Statistics fok show
lliat '213,66 linmlgran a arrived al the port of
New York. The nationalities of the lmial
grants were as follows:
Germany 10l,fl8( Huss'a u;
Ireland 47.571 south America In a
England 20,095 Nova Scotia 52
Sweden 1 1 o'iO.Uhlua 4(1
Scotland 7,310 1 Mexico ;s i
Switzerland Canada :(;
prance 2,811; Australia 2(1
Holland 1 'i 15
luraey
Central America 21
Denmark 1,087
Norway HO
Portugal Vi
Iialy
00 ! Greece 10
ti!)9 Africa 10
Wales ,
Poland
Spain
West Indies...
208 Sicily a
21(1 .Japan 3
171 Kastludles 2
Belfclum 14'JSardluiu .. 1
Grand total 2,3 68U
The destination of some of these immigrants,
according to the record kept at Castle Uardeo,
New York, was as follows:
Nt w York C5 7 U; Pennsylvania 6 P20
Illinois 3I.6M
Wisconsin 10 537
Ohio 1US3
Maesachnsetts TfiW
Michigan, about o.udu
Missouri, about f,noo
Calitoriiia, about o.oiiQ
The numbers destined for the Southern stafeS
were exceedingly small, being as follows:
Arkansas 78 Georgia 127
Virginia 731 Alabama 114
Tennessee 619 .Florida 31
North enrol ma il l ! Mississippi Hi
South Carolina ...118 Louisiana 507
a total of 2010 only out of a grand total of over
213,000. The blighting effeots of human slavery
are not yet removed. An exchange aptly re
marks that "our Southern countrymen should
leave no stone unturned to destroy these pre
judices. Every case of reported outrage or
breaking of the peaoe in the Southern States
costs them not less thau a thousand Immi
grants." KKOiasn Cities and their Growth. The
Registrar-General of Pugland estimates that
the population of London, embraoing the ter
ritory between Hampstcad on the north and
Sydenham on the south, Uow ou the east and
Hammersmith on the west, and comprising 122
square miles, will reach, by the middle of the
prosent year, 3,l"0,7o4. At the beginning of the
century the population was under a million.
Bristol has Increased from 137,000 lu 18ol to
109,000 now. Birmingham has 301,000 Inhabi
tants, an increase of 01,000 in eighteen, years.
Liverpool lias increased by more than double
that number, and bus 500,000 inhabitants.
Manchester has not increased nearly so
much, but still it has the respectable
number of 371,000 inhabitants; and if to
this we add the population of Salloid, 124,000,
we rind that the Joint boroughs are not far be
hind the capital of the Mersey, Sheflleld has
nearly a quarter of a million inhabitants, hay
ing Increased more than 100,000 in eighteen
years. Bradford has 138,000, Leeds 253,000,
Hull 127,000, anrt increase of nearly 50 per cent,
upon the population of 1051. Newcastle-on-Tyne
has iucreased by nearly that proportion,
viz., from 88 0 0 to 130,030. The relative den.
ally of tiiene large towns is shown by the fol
lowing arrangement: Sheflleld has 10 5 persons
per acre; Leeds haR U-7; Bradford has 21;
Salford, 23 1; Newcastle, 216; Hull, 30 5; Bristol,
801; London, 40 7; Birmingham, 401; Manches.
ter, 827; and Liverpool, 99 7. The population of
"Mi towns pu together does not reaon
that of London by 7j?.,022.
SPECIAL NOtTcES.
rr" PHILADELPHIA AND fRIE RaIL
r, KOAI COUP AN y, Office No. H8U WALNUT
, . . Philadelphia. January 18, 189.
Tlie AntiuM Meeting or tbe tux k holder ot Uie
PUJUBKLPHU ANU KH1E KAlJi"OA-D COBi
PANl will be liuid it I the ollliiu on MOM DAY, ilie
sin or Irbiuury next, at m o'clock A. M. At this
iui' ting hu olectlou wl:i b hlil for ten managers
oi ihecoDiiuuy, tg srve turlous year. The poll to
ohi-. al 1 ! o'clock mum
1 'Jtmnnii in.) HhQUNK p. LITTT.K, Searetary.
riff0 E h . I 8' IRON BITTER t
7 ' P.-o. uuCer.iig Irom debility, or Ibl i and
I i ioVfrmii(t tiiont), will find tbcaa Bitters of giet
. i h to tbttiu luipruvlOK tlit, appa.lta, giving a
bl liv, r sr i ouifiluxlun Una tu tli Iron a d other
lngr. lutk wlikh lluy ooi)llu. IMeaeantly flavored,
aid ery pnW:r.hir. 1'reparrd tiy William 10111s,
I b.n.l.t. ai d Inraalvay JtiHNHTOV, HOIXO VAY
A UiWliKN Nn un AKt'll Hlrem; T. W. hVANB.
N.i 4i H, HJ lilll (Struct, and by Unmii'i
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t No. S24 OHKSNUT Htreet,
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Oxide is will and me at N-. 10Z7 WALNU I' Minet.
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WIKS JONKH' WEI) DINfl No 0rd ,
ON IHUllsDAV ibVKMlNU.Pen.4.
MR 1K CORDOVA,
tbr Popular and Humorous I.roturer. will glveTbrce
i In mom ftt.rHc.lvt Lectures in tbls city at tJJS-Cl-Itr
J1AL1. ih foil.iwhj
ON TH L' JCHDA Y KVKNiNO. Feb 4.
MIS JOVKH' WKDDING-N cardi.
ON Til URbDA i KViiMNW, iVIi. 1 1.
MRS. UI1UNDY.
ON THVlfHDAV l-VK'VINU. Ken. IS,
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'In be i.htKl ed at ( uld'e, Mo n; OIichdiii btreeu
Alao al the door on the evoulDgi of 'be Lectures.
J on upeii at 7- Lecture at a 2! ir
AM KM CAN ACADEMY OK MUSIC.
JAMES E. MURDOCH
WILL RKAD,
UNDKIt THK AUSI-ICK3 OF
THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY COMPANY,
MONDAY EVENING, February 8, 18W,
At 8 o'clock.
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('Ob.puiiy will be beld on TUeHOAY, tbe lil'b day of
February 1NM). at lu o'clock A. M.. at C iic 'r . 11 al I,
N' . 12Ht l h. enutlret, Plillaoelpbla.
'I lie Aimual Kodioii for Directors will be beld on
MONliAl , 1 bo II rut day ot Marcli, 1869. a. tue uilice
of f- V nipary. No iW 1 south TH CRD H reer.
I 27 !"t KPMUNO HM1TH. fenrfllHry.
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AT
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ON FRIDAY EVENING, VK'i. 5,
at 8 o'chck.
Tickets for the Lecture can be had, without
charge, al the Hall. 2 1 2t
T1I13 IKAUGUUlTlOJi HALL.
The public expected
An Inauguration DaH;
Rut General Grunt nay a
lie don't care lor it at all.
The public expeoled
To have a Jolly dance;
Rut General Grant Hays
lie won't give them a clinace.
The public expected
To tread ou each other's toes:
Rut General Grant says
They'd better buy new Clot res,
The publio expected
To spend lots of money,
Rut Gnnoial Grant saya
It'a wonderful luuny
That folks are so foolish
As to want pucU n Mall,
And they'd better b.iy Clo' itltig
At the GREAT 15KOWN U.VLL.
SileGerjoral! The amount of cash thufc
eacft citizen would spend lu going to the Ball
would buy him a splendid suit of Clothes at
our store.
The Winter Goods go. They go chsap, cheao,
cheap for canb.Jomo, felluw-ciuzeus. and help
off what is left of them, for soou the Spring
Clothes will be upon us.
HOCKHILL & WILSON.
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PHILADELPHIA.
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January 23, isu8.
The Board of Directors have this day declared
A Cash Dividend or Fifty Tcr Cent.
On the annual premium rate of all Participat
ing Life Policies, and FORTY PER CENT, on
the annual endowment rate of all Participating
Endowment Polloles issued in the year 167.
E. H. JONE, Vice-President.
BRANCH OFFICE,
No. 429 CHE8NUT Street.
J. S. GAFFAEY,
ama'Uot GENERAL AGENT.
IMPERIAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.
IAXDON.
r.NTABLISlfl.U 1S0:I.
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f 8,000,000 IN GOLD.
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MEU13LE8 F INO
EXBIBIOION.
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cosio
Balas de reolblmlento
y
CUARTQ3 DE CAMARA. 2 1 Jmjp
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treat, all Ulaeases of bnrnta and cat
lit., auu all surgical oporalloua, wllti eiiUutiut acooin
niolatlai.a lor horuta at bla lnliruiary. No. Cue
FEBRUARY 4, 1809.
DRY GOODS.
Q Lh 8 I 8ILK8 I SILKS I
STRAWBRIDGE (St CLOTHIER'S
SILK DEPART3IEMT Is now UmisuAlIf
Attractive.
The assortment is large aut prices readouable.
RICH BLACK SILKS.
RICII FANCY SILK?,
BICII PLAIN SILKS,
PINK SILKS, RICU KVBKINa SlLXS'
WHITE SILKS,
CORN-COLOR45D SILICA,
fcCAULHT SILKS,
1JLUKSILK3
PLAIN DRKSS SILKS at 2 00.
ALL SHADES DRKSS SILKS at $.1 (Ml.
RICH CORDED SILKS at $2 7f.
VERY WIDK HEAVY SILKS at fcl-50.
GOOD BLACK SILKS at $2 00.
HEAVY BLACK GROS GRAINS at $2 50.
Jofct received, per late steamer, full assortments
of SILK and LINEN POPLINS iu
PLAIDS, PLAIN, and
BROCADE FIGURES.
SI RAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER,
CEMKAL DUY OI)M HOUSE,
Corner EIGHTH and MARKET,
PHILADELPHIA.
VHITE IRISH POPLIN.
AT HAMItlt U t t Lir,
LIGHT BLUE IRISH I'OI'LIN.
AT 1IA.HKICK .1 :oi,ir.S.
CORN COLORED MOIRK ANl'UiUK,
Handsome quality, $3-50,
AT IIA.TIKICK .t IU.K'.S.
MOIRK ANTIQUK3. auperb qualitleH,
Reduced from 88 to t,
AT HAmtKK COI.K'N.
CORN COLORED SILK,
H-2r, AT 11AMKICK .1 i'OLK'.S.
PINK 8ILK,
25 AT IIAHKICK A COM:N.
BILKS IN ELEGANT Id V EN IN 9 SHADES,
fi to $il,
AT HAM KICK fc I.V,'.S.
RICHLY FIGURED SI I, KB, new styles.
Usual irice itri,
81 AT II AM KICK A COI.K'N.
RICH BTRIPED SILKS,
Reduced from $i 25 to
Al IIAMKICK A COI.E'N.
WHITE BILK GLACE,
Very desirable for eveuiug,
AT IIAMKICK A COI.TAS.
We particularly iuvlte atteutlon of buyers to
the above.
HAMRICK & COLE.
1 aiaimhsc a,,. 45 EUJIITIi Street.
18G9-C0M1ETITI(N PICES ! !
UP TOWN LIGHT EXPENSES ! !
OUK CUSTOMERS THE UAISEllS!!
Goods delivered la all part of the city oararully
aud free ot charge.
MUSLIHS! MUSLIMS I
Thornleys Populai Corner.
We bav laid lu a anperior atock of MaSLlNS,
Bleached and Unbleached, all wldtbi and qualities,
and ara prepared to supply the thoasaiids of our
Ftallatielphla hooaekeepen ou the very best terms,
JOSEPH H. THORriLCY,
. E. Cor. EltiUTll and SPRINH U AUDK".
N. B. Y01 can ride to our door. It will par to
come. I9imrp
DEES3 GOODS AND SHAWLS cIosIdk out low.
WINES, ETC.
CHAMPAGNE.
FXF..iT IBROT A Vi.,
BOtDKBEB,
VKCTB ILIKIVOT,
CARTK D OB,
V, II. MUMM CO.,
BOCGUK ril.fl CO.,
BEIDsIKi'K A CO ,
riPBB HBIDitlGCK,
Aud Loiigtrorth'ti Goldeu lYeddliig and
JSparkliug Catawba,
Always on band and for sale at the Agents'
prices.
SIMON COLTOH & CLARKE,
S. TV. Corner BROAD and WALNUT Sts.,
1 S tilths
PHILADELPHIA.
PIANOS.
STEIN WAY & SONS' GRAND
( & . ( ' 1ura and uprltht Plauos, atBLABIDS
liitOH.' No. lom CHtMN UT btreeu S 1 If
CHIC KBRINa
II 41 I Grand, bo u are arid Upright
flANOB,
... DUTTON'S,
U lit Ka 14 CHKHMPT Btreet.
STECK & CO 'S & II A IVES KT?ns-
fl PIANO VOHTXH.
AND MASON A HAMLIN'S CABINET AND
MKTliOPOLI'lAii OKUAWb,
with th new auu beauiltm
. VOX HUMAN A,
Every Inducement nvrd to purchasnra.
.... v . . J- OOULD,
12 1 tutbs (m Ko. m CHJ&sNUT Btreet.
COAL.
jILLIAM W. ALTER,
L.muaii goal,
AIbo, Lorberry and Locust Mountain.
Dqxt, Ko. 057 North NINTH Street,
Below Glrard Avenue. - 1301M13
Office, Cor. SIXTH ond SI'BINU UAKUEN.
BOARDING.
AT NO. 1121 GIRARD STREKT MAY BE
ohtalntKl rurnUhd aud unruralahad rarus fur
loJulntf. iuaxJ, also, II dtwlrvd, all!
e.
GARTLAND, UNDERTAKER
l Hulh TUIUVEANm UKMt, u U Iu2
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
FAME
INSURANCE COMPANY,
No. 408 CHISUT STREET.
pHii.ADtt.pHiA, narr 18, 1869,
Thla Company, lnoorporatea d IMS, and
doing a FIKK INaURANCK BUSINESS Ex
CLU8IVELY, In order to enable it to accept a
large amonnl of bnsluess oonstantly declined
for want of adequate capital, will. In aooom
an oe with supplement to Its oharter In
crease lu
CAPITAL STOCK FHOM 8100,000, Ifc
present amount, to
$ 2 0 0,0 0 0,
In Sharfs of Fifty Dolhtrs Each,
And for vlileti anbBorlpllou book are n,w
open at tuis ottice.
By order ot tl.e Hoard of Dlieolors.
CHARLES RICHARDSON,
HtKBIDKNT.
WILLIAM H. RHAWN,
VI OK PRESIDENT.
WILLIAMG I. DLAWCHARD,
FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFE
CHAMPION SAFES!
Purr..iir.LPHA. January IS, 1J9.
Messrs. FARUEL, HERRING & CO.,
Na 629 Chesnut street.
Gentlemen:-Ou the night of the 13th Inst., as
Is well known to the citizens ef Philadelphia,
our large and extensive store and valuable
stock of merchandise, No. 90 Chesnut street
was bnrned.
Tbe fire was one of tbe most extensive and
destructive that has visited our city for many
years, tbe heat being so Intense that even the
marble cornice was almost obliterated.
We had, as you are aware, two of your valu
able and well-known CHAMPION FIRBW
PROOF BAFES; and nobly have they vindi
cated your wellkuown reputation as manufac
turers of FI HE-PROOF SAF1S3, If anyfurlher
proof had been required.
They were subjected 10 the most Intense heat,
and It nllortln us much pleasure to Inform you
that after recovering them from the rnlns, wa
found npon examination that our books, papers,
and other valuables wore all lu perfect condi
tion. Yotus, very respouUnlly,
JA8. K. CALDWELL A CO.
THE OXI.Y SAKI.M EXPOSED TO TUB
flltt: IX 'AI.I WALL'S eilOKK
WKIti: l Altltl l, UF.KUINU A. CO.
I'jiir.ADKM'HiA, Jan. 18. 1889.
Messrs. FARHKL, ULUltlNU 4 CO.,
No. 629 cnesnut street.
Gentlemen: On the night of tne lain Instant
our large store, 8. W. corner of Ninth and Cues
nut streets, wai, together with onr heavy stock
of wall papers, entirely destroyed by Are.
We had one of your I'ATKNT CHAMPION
FIRE-PKOOF HAl'ES, wbioU"conUlned our
principal books and papers, and although It was
exposed to tho most lnteuse heat for over 60
hours, we are happy to say it proved Itself
worthy of our recommendation. Our books
and papers wero all preserved. We cheerfully
tender our testimonial to the many already
published, in giving tue HEUUINU SAFE the
credit and conndence It Justly merits.
Yours, very respeotfully,
HOWELL A imorHEttS.
STILL ANOTHER.
Philadelphia, Jan. 19, Iftja.
Messrs. FAltREL, HE UK I NO A CO.,
No. 629 Chesunt street.
Gentlemen; I had one of your make of safes
in the basement ol J. E. Caldwell & oa'a store
at the time of the great Are on the night
of the 13th instant, it WM removed from
the rnlns to-day, and on opening It
I found all my books, papers, green
backs, watches, and watoh materials, etc all
preserved. I feel glad that I had one of your
truly valuable safes, and shall want another of
your make when I get located.
Yours, very respectfully,
V. L. KIRK PAT RICK,
With J. E. Caldwell A Co.,
No. 819 Chesnut street.
FAiiKEi, minim & CD.,
ClIAUiriON SAFES,
No. 620 CHESNUT Street,
1 ti ti
jraiLAjOKLPHIA,
INSTRUCTION.
ELECTRICAL IN8TITUTP
No. mo WALNUT H-fkSu 1 1 U 1
fi'faiaoth
111 cTaas lor FEBRUARY a -in k" !'J1.?.?.Q.l,J'?,u!"
ItKiitn JPr B- Wl BECK WITH.
H.
D. GRKUOBY A. M
CLAP810AL AND KVCLISH OHO L.
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