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THE DAILY Ev miN& TELEGRAF11 PHILA DELPHlA, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 181.
CITY I It T E I, I, I J It C C
A LOSINW IE All.
The I.ehlgh Coal fand Navigation Com
panyIt Annnal Report Inportant and
Interfiling Statement.
Thle morning the stockholders of the Lehigh
Coal Company held their anoutl meeting at the
Board of Trade Kooms. Caleb Cope, Esq., oc
cupied tho chair.
Mr. E. W. Clark, the President, read tho
annnal report, which presented the following
facta. The net profits from all sources were:
Net prortt on rat roa1s 1319,813-89
Net proflt on railroad, including car ser
vice. 177,837 -92
Net profit on Lehigh Canal 526,402 -4
Net proflt on coal (Summit
Mlnesl 15,454,80 41,8f6 69
Net profit on real estate sold 82,2 6-S7
Net profit from rents. 57,004 89
Miscellaneous receipts 8l,wiii3
Total 11,200,000-21
Less general expenses 122,245-18
Taxes 194,144-43
Balance of interest account
for 170 1,054,8412
Loss on Delaware oansi m.uxu-ei
1,497,7.11-73
Deficit $297,691-52
The coal tonnage on the Lehigh and Susquehanna
Railroad, and Lehigh Canal, compared with that or
1809, was as follows: 1S6U, l,ttf7,65l tons: 1870,
8,143,181 tons. Distributed as follows: Deli vered
east of Msuth Chunk, by railroad, In 1870, I,l20,8ti0
tons; delivered east of Mauch Chunk, by canal,
7t9,0T; consumed alone; the line above Mauch
Uiunk, 49,4'25 tons; delivered to connecting lines In
Wyoming Valley, 184,27 tons; making a total of
2,H3,i:u tons.
The production of the company's mines la 1870
WSS 468,272 tons ; in 1869 it was 563,914 tons.
The past year has been one of the most unsatis
factory In the experience of the company since the
disasters of 1S62. our profits are dependent almost
entirely on the general condition of the coal trade,
which during last year was unremuneratlve to
nearly every company and operator etigafltel In ic
With low rates on the railroad, frequent breaks in
the canal during the spring, ani six months' suspen
sion at onr mines, we Ond full reason for the small
amount of onr net receipts.
BAILKOAI).
The amonnt of coal transported by the railroad
shows an Increase of 5S5.264 tons over the previous
year, or after deducting deliveries to the canal and
to points and railroads above Mauch Chunk, the In
crease was 186,791 tons. While the gross receipts
derived from all of the traillo of the roads were
larger by 917-106 per cent, than in 1S69, the ex
penses were Increased 18 per cent., and the net
earnings, after deducting taxes and half of the
general expenses, were 1734,359 85-100, or 83 8-10 per
cent, of the gross receipts, against $S12,802 94-luO,
or 89 per cent. In 1SU9, which difference is ac
counted for by the charge on coal being f 1-65 per ton
per mile in 1870, against 2 cents in 1S69, while the
number of trains was considerably increased.
The low rate was caused by the low prices prevail
ing for coal at New York tide, to which point we
transported latgely, the charge being based on the
prices realized.
The auction sales of Scranton coal averaged $4-52
from April 1st to December 1st, ranging bet ween
1414 and 14-77. The coal irom the Wyoming region,
while realizing somewhat higher prices, fluctuated
to nearly tne same extent
CANALS.
The Delaware Division Canal was not ready for
business nntll the 16th of April, and the freshet two
davs later carried away a portion of the guard w:i
at 'Easton, and business was not resumed nntll the
loth of May. Again, on the lath of May a break in
terrupted business for two weeks, so that until after
the 27th or May tne company aenvea no considera
ble revenue from its canals, and when freshets
ceased to trouble ns, the amount of coal offered fell
far short of our means of transportation, as our own
miners had not then resumed work. No further
freshets interrupted business nntll tho 12th of
August, and the canals were open again on the 20th
of August.
The amonnt of coal transported on the canals was
789,111 tons, giving a small amount of net earnings
after paying the expenses of repairs, renewals, ope
ration of both canals, and rent of the Delaware Divi
sion Canal.
The items of expense and rent are not materially
Increased by a large business over what they are
when the tonnage Is small, and the net revenue du
ll vert Irom the canals in , ordinary seasons is the
amount of tolls collected on the coal transported in
excess of 6M),000 or 700,000 tons. As that e-eess
was small last year, the net revenue wls also
small.
With the company's mines at work during an en
tire season, and with connections now made with
the various coal fields, there should be from
l.lOO.oon to 1,200,000 tons transported on the canals,
and this can be done without an Increase in the
canal equipment.
Both canals are in good ' condition, considerable
expenditures having been made during the year to
strengthen and protect them at various points.
COAL.
Tbe suspension of labor at our Lehigh mines on
February 12th, referred to In the supplementary re
port submitted last year, was ionowea oy a suspen
sion at our Newport mines, the miners there acting
in concert with tuose ai&ummu uiu. worn was re
sumed at both places on the 10th of August, the de
mands of the company havlug been acceded to.
Dnrlng the suspension the amount of money paid
out for the necessary laoor ana otuer expenses con-
. . . . . I , .. minim. inul.at WAO 1 - AO) whl..H
UcCltU W11UUU1 UilUlUg UH' 11 13 U .vita ilW.VJ Tl 11 H li
represents but a small portion of the loss to the
company resulting from the strike. The position
assumed in this contest was not determined
noon by the managers nntll after full delib
eration, and it bad been ascertained that
if the demands of the men were yielded
to it would be followed by demands from other
branches of the service, and seriously embarrass the
future operations of the company, so that, notwith
standing the prospect of a serious loss from a long
suspension, It was thought better to suspeud opera
tions for the year, if necessary, than to fasten a
policy npou the company which would subject its
nronertv lo the demands of others, and result In the
employment of its whole capital solely for the bene
fit of hostile organizations,
KESyUEUONlNG VALLEY RAILROAD.
This road was delivered to us early in Mav. and
passenger and freight trains were run in connec
tion with the Catawiita Railroad for the remainder
of the year. A branch line Into the Beaver Meadow
coal field has been constructed, and we expect to
transport a large amount of coal from that region
during the coming season. Work upon the tunnel
is progressing satisfactorily.
A supplementary report, explanatory of some
portions of the first one, was read. Both were
&doDted.
The following gentlemen were elected the
oflicers to s erve for the ensuing year:
President E. W. Clark.
Managers Francis K. Cope, Francis C. Yar-
nall, Fieher Hazard, Charles rarnsh, lieorge r
Tvler. l'hilip C. Ga.-rett, Charles Wheeler,
..J 1 .... . l TJIJJI- Y-t.. T
tieorge niniey, Aiexauuer ciume, tiouu lci
aenring. and Samuel Thomas.
Adjourned.
ANbwChkomo. Messrs. James S. Earle &
Sons have just received a new chromo, published
by Prang of Boston, which will be an attractive
ornament to a parlor wall, it H alter a picture
by MeCord, entitled "Day's Work Done," and
is a poetical twilight effect, in which the fea
thery outlines of the trees and the dirk masses
of the buildings are relieved against a skv still
grliinmerlntr with the hues of sunset, while the
foreground It a mass of shadow, the form of the
laborer returning home after his day's '.work
giving a uumau mierest 10 me scene. The yel
lows, reds, and purples of the sky are a trifle
too vivid, and the middle distance almost too
black, but otherwise tne picture is a very pleas-
1 1 . J . .. V 1 -
IDg One, anu 11 ueecnco hj uo j'uyuiar.
Alaska Street Thieves A man went Into
a tavern at Sixth and Alaska streets last night
to take a drink, ana wnue ne was engaged in
this undertaking three mea, named Michael
Morgan, James Loan, and James Green, hustled
him atioui lilt) room uuu uicueu ma wutcn.
OUicer Logue attempted to arrest the party,
when they turned on mm ana gave aim a lurash-
inir. Herceaut wutiieu whu auoiuer oincer ar-
rivinff on the spot, the trio were taken m cus
tody, and on the person of fcireena blackjack.
was found. The men are now in prisoa. The
watch was recovered and restored to its owner.
A 8wmii.t:u,oA man named Lincoln Cook
will b before Alderman Kerr at the Central
Station this afternoon on the charge of several
swindling operations. The plan of this gentle
man. it is allesed, is to rent oianos, raelodeon..
etc., and then i-ell them at auction, fa this way
he swindled ilessrs. Le & Walker out 01 a
jutlodeou, and the sold it at Davit & Harvey'
auction rooms for f &3. In a similar manner he
obtained one from James BtlUk and another
tiow i. A. UtsUe.
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENTS.
New Pry Good Utilises In Process of Krtc
(ton on Market Street.
One by one, slowly though surely, the large
firms of Market street are moving westward on
that great thoroughfare. Two large Improve
ments are now blng made which promise to
adorn that highway and give a tangible evi
dence of business prosperity.
The first of these is for the accommodation of
the firm of John B. Ellison fc Sons, importers
of cloths, cassimeres, and vestings, now occu
pying No. 839. The new building will occupy
the sites of two old structures that, had they
not been razed, would have crumbled awar.
Their numbers were 723 and 725. Their demo
lition was commenced about the middle of last
February, and lfthe work continues to progress
with its present rapidity, by the 15th of July
our citizens will discover a handsome building
occupying their place. This structure will have
a front of 83 feet and a depth of 130 feet, the
rear doors opening upon a court. Its height
will be five full stories, the facade being of
iron, neat in design and substantial in appear
ance. The height of the first story will be 17 feet,
and the tipper rooms will be so arranged as to
pour down into the main business-room a flood
of light. The counting-rooms will extend along
one of the walls, a distance of about 60 feet,
and will be comfortably arranged. The buildiHg
will have nil modern conveniences, and its cost,
when completed, will not fall short of $ 80,000.
The firm of Ellison fc Sons has been in existence
since 1823, and has always been located iu
Market btrcct, between Second and Third streets.
The new building will be devoted to its sole use.
The second improvement is on a much larger
scale than this, though there will be a very
conspicuous similarity in the two buildings. Its
projectors are Messrs. Hood, Bonbright & Co ,
now doing business at No. Market street,
where for many years they have been estab
lished. The change to a larger building is a
matter of necessity, arising from tho wants of n
very extensive and rapidly growing trado which
this firm is now enjoying. To make way for
this improvement three buildings were toru
down, Nos. bll, 813, and 815, formerly occupied
by Beltner & Co., forwarding merchants; Metz
it Sons, and William A. Drew, dealer in bedding.
In the rear of these buildings was a coterie
of little manufacturing establishments,
which suffered a like fate. The pedestrian on
Market street, iu passlug this square, stops to
watch 'an army of laborers completing the ex
cavation running back to Filbert street a dis
tance of 800 feet, and 00 feet in width. On this
will rise a five-storied structure which is to har
bor the great business of the Messrs. Ilood,
Bonbright & Co. Tbo Market street front will
be of iron. For 90 feet the building will rise to
five ample stories, and for the balance of the
distance to Filbert street it will be but three
stories
For 175 feet the second floor will form a gal
lery, leaving an apcrtaro of twenty-two feet in
width. This will enhance tho beauty of the
buildiDg to a great degree, and not only give
it plenty of light and ventilation, but conveni
ence in the transaction of business. The roof
will be furnished with skylights, and the entire
structure will be made as airy, attractive, and
comfortable as genius can design and money
carry out. The counting-room will run along
the 6ide of one of the walls a distance of 140
feet, and have a width of fifteen feet. The par
tition will be of oiled walnut and flzured
glass, and the exterior 'arrangements
sucn as win retlect credit upon the
concern, i he building will be furnished with
all the accommodations necessary for the com
fort of the patrons and clerical lorce, which num
bers 90. There will be a parlor for the use of ladies
wno may visit tne establishment, operations
were commenced on the 1st of April, and tin
building will not be finished until the middle of
December. The value of the ground on which
this improvement is being made is $2000 a foot
front. We hear of other large firms between
Front and Fourth streets who are prospectiu;
for new locations further west.
LIVE STOCK.
A Public Sale of Flue Imported Cftttle and
Ulooucd stock The Prices.
This morning, at 10 o'clock, at Ilerkness'
Bazaar, Ninth and Sausoni streets, a large sale
was held of. imported Jersey and Guernsey cows
and heifers, ponies, pigs, and dogs, in variety
and excellence exceeding anything which h is
been offered in that line in our city for some
time, lbe entire selection was imported ex
pressly for the sale from Europe, and were
selected by Ed. Philip Parsons Fowler, of Jer
sey, England, the stock was shipped on the
lonawanda lor I'nuadeipnia irem Liverpool,
from which port the vessel sailed March 9, 1S71.
I he animals were among tne finest of their
kind in the world, and they were sold without
reserve. Some were from the Prince Consort
farm. Sussex, England.
The cows and hellers were tne first ottered for
sale. No. 1, a fawn grey heiler with black
points, was sold for $425 to J. Lewis Krozer. of
Chester. No. 2, a solid dun grey heifer, was
sold for $335 to John Welsh, of Chestnut Hill.
Ihe calf of No. 1, born since the catalogue
was printed, aud only about a Week old, was
sold for $50 to Barton Hill, ot Philadelphia.
No. 8, a solid bronze-colored neiter, brought
f;50, and was taken by George M. Helman, of
Lancaster. No. 4, a squirrel grey heifer, was
bought by William Colden, of Harrisburg, for
$350. No. 5, a 8il ver lawn-colored neifor.
brought $310, and was purchased by Colemiu'
heirs, wno also took a great number ot tuose ex-
nored for sale.
No. o. a two-vear oia nener, orougnt 6iw.
No. 7. also a iwe- year old, brought $440. Several
other heifers of rare kind broueht respectively
$300, $425, $275, $3'.i!, and 330. No. 11, a
three-year old cow, sold lor tM; and No. 14, a
three-year old heifer, sold for 300. No. 10, a
white aud vellow heifer calf, dropped at sea on
board the lonawanda, broueht v'M.
No. 17 was another two year old belter ot
silver fawn gray color with a little white, and
sold for $3!Kl" No. 18, a solid tongue black bmter
calf, brought 1175. iso. VJ, a two year lolh,
broueht 255.
The above were an jereey cattio. me uuern-
seys were sold next, of which there were four
specimens. Three broueht respectively ioJO,
$520, and $rju, ana were brought by uoieman s
heirs. The remaluing one sold for $310 to
Wiiipor, of Connecticut. On the last two the
blddincr was very spirited.
The pigs and boars from the Prince Consort
Shaw farm, Windsor, England, were sold next.
There were six specimens, and they sold at
prices ranging Irom $50 to $'JU. other pigs and
boars were disposed of at good prices, to th
number of ten or more. Several fine poile
were then sold, the bidding being spirited, aud
at a late hour the sale was concluded with thd
disposal of ten fancy dogs of the Clumbsr, Sky,
T.i ci i t - v. lJh t l. ......
dance at the sale was very large throughout.
Roof of a Counting-house Dauasbu.
The roof of the three-story brick counting-
house of Messrs. Bruner x Davis, lumber mer
chants, on Delaware avenue, above Poplar street,
took fire to-day at a quarter before 13 o'clock
from the flames of a chluiuey conaected wiiu
the boat-buildinirestabllshiueutof CharUs Wood,
adioinius to the latt. A fraction of the roof wm
f'tilv destroyed, out tne noueenoia enecis ei ir.
i-jons, tne iarasier, wuo occupies mm iuira
Hory of the couutlng-houso, were considerably
, - . I.. . L - .LIJ
dunmirtd lv water. Ihe loss iu all will not
exceed $100.
Sudden Death and Alleged Viol buck
This morning at eight o'clock Edward Kelly,
living at No. tJ7 Hubbell street,died suddenly in
Dougherty a tavern, at the corner of Spafford
and Bainhridgn streets. It is alleged that the
aeeeacea wa struck in the Uce with a cluo ov a
man uumcd Mt-Nlcuol, during a tlht on the 22.1
ultimo. In the tavern of the Utter at Puiisyuu
load aud Fitr. water street. The assailant it not
yet in custody.
Insclting Ladiei. Charles Petkss, for In
sulting remarks to some ladies nassiDZ Fifteenth
ana Pine streets last evening, was arretted by a
policeman of the Fifth dUlct, and hat hues
Lfcld ia $500 bail ty Aldeiutau Morrow.
Another Succhsb. Last evening an ad
journed meeting of the congregation of the West
Arch Street Presbyterian ChurchJ was held in
the Lecture Room, for the purpose of hearing
the report of the Committee on Subscriptions to
the Improvement Fund. At the annual meeting
of this congregation held In January last, the
Board ef Trustees were Instructed to Investigate
the amount necessary to repair, Improve, and
beautify the church edifice, corner of Eighteenth
and Arch streets, and report to a meeting
to be held in April- A fornight ago, the
board submitted their report, specifying
in detail the repairs, alterations, Im-
f'rovements, and adornments which In their
udgment seemed necessary, and setting
forth that twelve thousand dollars would be
required to pay for the work. Among the re
commendations in the report was the sensible
and Important one that the board deemed it in
expedient to proceed further until the sum of
ten thousand dollars had actually been sub
scribed. A subscription paper was started the
same evening, aud a committee appointed, and
last evening the required sum was raised and
the board instructed to go ahead at such time as
the trustees and session might determine.
Immediately after tne January meeting the
ladies of the church decided to do their share
of the work, and resolved udou holding a fair.
This action was prompt, decisive, and quite
effective. The fair was held for four afternoons
and evenings, and netted nearly one-sixth of the
wnoic sum required.
At the meeting last evening, this act of kind
ness and devotion on the part of the ladies was
duly acknowledged by tne unanimous adoption
of the following resolution:
rohrd. That tue thanks of the congrcga'ion of
the West Arch Street Presbyterian Church be and
they are hereby tendered to the ladles of the churci
for their noble and generous efforts la behalf of the
Improve nieut fund, closed this night. In this grand
worn they took the initiative ;their nuremltting U'wri
resulied In the accumulation of an amount exceed
ing their most sanguine anticipations; and their
energies and good works, com Dined with tho Coin-MltN-eon
Subscriptions and othert, have Recured to
the Trustees a sum sufficient to put Wesr. Ar-.h li
such n condition as will enable the congregation to
prentthc church In capita", order, a flttlug memo
rial to the Lord for Ills great mercies.
This is the last expense to the West Arch
people. They have done nobly. Including thu
tepair fund they have paid, during the paH
three years, for debt, inte.-est, Sibbatb. -schools,
and improvements upwards of ciguty tuousana
dollars. The example set by their working con
gregation has done a vast deal of good through
out this city; and, like West Arch, some dozen
churches have been freed from the terrible in
cubus of debt. To effect so grand a result In
any church requires only a determined and per
sistent effort, nnd all who desire to engage in so
praiseworthy an enterprise can get full informa
tion from the worthy President of the Board of
TrnRteeBof the West Arch Street Presbyterian
Church.
Another Swindler. This morning a man
went to the private residence of a gentleman up
town, and presented a fictitious telegram,
which he said he had taken to tie store, but
was unable to find the gentleman In. He asked
and obtained the sum of $4 C5 as charges lor
the telegram which he had concocted. No such
firm as that mentioned exists. Tho following is
a transcript of the document:
"Tucker t Davis have failed to the amount of
flS.ooo. Davis has gone, and no one knows where.
x ou had i) tter seuo on your papers. Tiiey nave on
deposit 17000 in good bonds, and they are willing to
pay yon 75percu Don t tell your partaer nutu you
iieunrom me. wakken, kiiiuek b u j.,
"Charges, 84-65. 4 Wall St."
The man who presented the so-called telegram
is a German, wearing a Kossuth hat, of a fair
complexion, with sandy moustache, and dressed
in black coat and pants, uis eyes appeared to
be inflamed, as if he were a drinking man.
Another swindle of a similar Character was
attempted yesterday, but without success. A
man went to tue music eiore oi r. iNorcu iv.
Co., and presented a note, asking that the
money from the sale of certain concert ticket
be given to the bearer, as printer's bills and the
like had to be paid. Luckily the firm refused to
pay the money to unknown parties.
TnE Coal Tonnage of tho Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad and branches for the week
ending Saturday, April 29, 1S71, was as
follows:
! rFV,. , r I
Smie
walk
Increase
aud
Decrease.
Weak.
last year
Passinir over Main Lins and ,
Lebanon Vsney nranoii...
For BliiDroeut l Canal.. ....
81,31219'
dMOI-07
b,oJ5 14
lU.'JMl
bliipptil Wei-tward via N.
t 'eatral K id 1 road
Bhijitied Wwt or Soutn
from Pine Urove
Consumer! an Laterals
15,2V0ti
1,18!) 19
a.ti'l '
75 01
53,01711
20.7W17
1.8lo"17 13,428 09
2A.V14 I
S.WtlM'
4S.4.V2 111
10,0-S 13
975 05
d22 i W
drf,77Hl
7.W417
lU,tT4 04
Total A nth. paying! reight
Bitummoui
Tatal aU kinds paying
frainht
73.74S08 65.ftt3'l7 18.2I.VUl
Goal for Company nsa
.1 ,0lWi 4.'2m'14 18 07
.1 79.7,'i7'U9 B9,734'U1 SO.OAi'iiS
. 107Si:) kri lUMixniS dl'.Hi.&M-li!
Total tunnies lor waeu...
Prayioael) tMuyo&r
Total to data
snirPED
. 11W1W15 12y.i!n3 dl04,236'lS
BT CsKAL.
lfrui Kchnylkill Haven...
5.4i.V 1,608 10
8.W08'
toswani l.siw-ta
SS.mATJ 64;H!M03
61947 12 6u,!5713
8,80tf'10
7.6H11U
s.'j'i'.io.i
from Fort Ulinton
Total tonnage for week.
Previouuly thm year
Total to Hate
LODGER8 AT "PlUTCIIAKD" MANSION. The
following statement gives the number of persons
who received lodgings at the old statlou-nouse
at Eighth and South streets:
White males 1,412
White females 1,2!7
Black females 403
Black males 411
Total.
.3,613
Strfck witii a Pair of Tongs. John Phe-
lan pounded Patrick McDcrmott on tho head
with a pair oi tongs yesterday at .Baldwins
foundry, at which place the two are workmen.
Phelan asserts that Patrick in a dispute threw
a bucket oi water In bis face. John was re
quired to enter bail in 11000 by Alderman
Alaeiey. AlcLU-rniott received some ugly cuts.
Knocked Down bt a Horse, A runaway
horse, with only a pair of shafts attached,
knocked down Mary Wess, ased twenty-five
years, this morning, In Leonard street, above
Ninth, and injured her severely, she wa car
ned to her home, at No. 1205 South highth
street.
Instlted Policemen Timothy McCarthy
has been held in tfOOO ball by Alderman Shoe
maker. The offense of Timothy consisted in
his having yesterday insulted. bv divers profanely
sarcastic remarks, a aqusd of the Tenth district
police officers, lie was guilty of this kind of
tmsinets several limes netore.
Yacitt Race. The small yachts "William
MeMullin" aud "Louisa" raced ou the Delaware
yesterday for a purse of money. The course
sailed over was from the Point Houso to Red
Bank andlack again to the point of bUrting, a
distance of eight miles. The Mc.Mullcu proved
tue victor.
Thk Mithothst Ministers' Meeting, of
this city, eleeted as their oflicers the following
geutlsmeu: rresident. (Jeortre w. .Maciauguliu
Y ce-President, tt. K. Post. Scecretary, A. M.
YVitfEins. Treasurer, W. B. Wood. Standing
(.'oniuiittee, C. li. Payne. P. J. Cox, R. JJ.
Humphries.
Impolite. Richard Boner was drunk yester
dav. aud iu this condition entered a hou?e at
Otsego and Washington avenue, and conducted
himself in a manner not at all tolerated by polite
society. He was arrested, aud Alderman Lutz
held him in 1000 hail.
(.'lock Thuf. Margaret Lynch went into
the house, last night, of Margaret Brauuagen
cf Middle alley, and stole a small clock from,
the niauicloieee. Alderman Carpenter has
placed Mis Lynch in bonds for her appoarance
ut (Quarter resrior.s.
Boat Found Adiuft. A batteau, picked up
on the Si'bUYl&ul, below Cbevluut street wurf,
lat-t niht, is awaiting au orvner at tho &chuyl
kill ilarUor ruiice Btatlou.
PicitrooiET. Williaa M. WaUou has bea
tent to r rltoa fw sltemuting to pick the pocke
cf a Mr. CainpWall, who Handler oa his
sups, at Twelfth ana fiue streets, last night.
Bale or Real Estate aid 8tock. The
following sales of real estate and stocks were
made at the Exchange yesterday at noon by M.
Thomas & Sons:
3M Pennsylvania Bute loan, ten-flftoena l-0
8 shares Philadelphia Chamber of Com-
nierce B00
87 hares Sonthern Transportation Co. 29-60
64 shares First National Bask of Camden.. 87-00
5 shares Fidelity insurance Safe Deposit Co. 170-59
13000 Camden and Araboy It. R. Co., 1870... -55i
I300U caiiHieu ami Amooy it. K. v'o., ioid... -vo i
?j!isfttjiiszz2-&"": ""ss.
100 shares OH Basin Petroleum Co S-7B
Mie sr.ares kicCllutock Petroleum Co '69
75 shares Pacific and Atlantic Telegraph Co. 19'00
1 share Mercantile Library Co 6-00
1 share Philadelphia Ice Co 10
1 share Philadelphia Museum Co MB
77 shares htismckin t'04l and Iron Co t)3
ts shares Honey Comb Petroleum Co o
20 shares Western Insurance Co -01
g shares New England tsteam Heating Co. -04
SO shares Mill Hall Iron Co -01
43 shnres American Cannel Coal and Iron
Co
to shares Spanhm Oold and Silver Mining
Co
() shares Jersey Well Oil Co.
in shares United Mining Co
too shares Penna. Oil creek Petroleum Co.
100 thares Petroua Oil Co
Iits Nos. s?7 and S41 Monument. Cemetery
Wailack Stheet, No. 1C11 Modern
Hesidenee, Stable, and Coach-house
Hcntinuuon Stkket. east of Kepvlva
03
01
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02
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40-00
IS200
Two Dwellings 11900 each
dtknton avenue, ueroiantown Desira
ble Residence
Ci?tk ry Street, Nos. 1125 and 1127
Valuable Livery Stable
Arch !thekt, No. sim Store and Dwelling
CiinifTiAN ISTRKKT, No. SO Dwelling,
Bakery, and BtaWe
Vine Si meet, No. 1013 Modem Residence
NiNRTEEhTU and TtOflA streets, N. W.
15900
819, 90
(34,000
12400
19250
corner Two Handsome Stone Resi
dences $-ooo and tssoo
Front Strkkt (South), No. 407 Three
story Urlck Dwelling
Tinn Strkktv No. 406 Two story Brick
liiillrtiri?
Gk'H-kd Kent, $7 a year
Frankford Koao, No. 1601 Bakery,
Lweliinir. and Stable
Vienna stkeet, s. E. of jraon Lot
('AtiniilA Street. N. W. of Jasper Lot .. .
SixTY-nrTH street, North of Race
Mreet- Dwelling
Fifteenth Street (North), No. 141
Modern Hesidenee
Amhoy Street, No. 1620 Modern Dwell
ing Thirty-secono Street (North), No. 838
lirlck Dwelling
FiKTKBNTn and Christian, N. W. cor
nerStore aud Dwelilag
Fifteenth Street (South), No. 820 Brick
Dwelling
Mortgage, $300
13700
tI6i!0
$3S5
f000
tsoo
f ISO
14250
(945
12100
14150
11975
f,M0
Safe-dlowing in Germantown. Early on
Sunday morning a burglary was committed in
the omce attached to the coal-yard ot wr. j. u.
Jones, near the depot at Chestnut Hill. The
burglar or burglars got into the omce by means
of keys. They then took the lire-proof safe
frm under the counter, laid it upon a bag of
cake meal, and cut a hole iu the door with a
cold cbisel. The hole made was about half an
inch souuro. Having piled several bigs of grain
upon the safe to deaden the sound of the explo
sion, tbey filled the liolo with powder ana ap
plied a fuse, which they had obtained from the
tool-house iu the yard. The force of tho explo
sion tore open the outside door, and tho inside
door was then split down the middle with a cold
clmel. 1 be burglars only got SSl'bU and some
apers for their trouble. The papers included a
lie insurance noiicv, policies ot insurance on
the properly of Mr. Joues, and some protested
notes, l ne papers leit in tne room were scat
tered about in confusion, the deeds for property
lying npou the lloor near tneaoor.
A Bellicose Coachman Bloody-minded.
John Groom, a coachman in the employ of Mr.
Henry L. Foster, took offense at the conduct of
this gentleman because he naa employed some
colored he' p. Yesterday alternoon he armed
hirvEelf with a scythe aud proceeded to the sta
tion of the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad,
in the 1 wenty-tblrd ward, near where his em-
olOTer lived, to await bis comiuz from the city,
and attacked him with the scythe. He declared
that he was going to "cut Mr. Foster's head
off." In his frenzy he accidentally ran against
coloted woman and commenced an attack
upon her. but as she declared that she would
not stand any fooliug, aud returned his assault
by a lounge with a meat-knife, he withdrew
from the contest, lie did not have au opportu
nity to attack his master, being arrested and
sent to prison by Alderman Stearne.
Inscltino. J. P. Stewart was arrested at
Ninth and Race streets lait night for giving
Insulting back talk to the occupant of a dwelling
house there, who ordered him from ott his steps.
Alderman Jones held the accused in -iou bail.
The Militia Tax.
To the Editor of The Evening Telegraph.
I have read with much pleasure the article on
the "Militia Tax." as it is called. The tax is really
one in commutation of military duty, and it
would be wise to advise your readers to pay the
tax under protest in writing after a levy has
been made. Suits are now pending against tho
collectors to recover damages, and with the cer
tainty of success. The acts of Assembly levy
ing this "commutation tax" are clearly uncon
stitutional, and I betr to refer you to aectlon a,
Article vi, of tho Constltition of Pennsylvania.
As a citizen, I am ready to "arm, organize, and
e disciplined according to law, and domyduty,"
but Laving no "couscientlous 6cruples" agalust
"bearing arniB" 1 cannot be compelled to pay
this tax which goes no one knows where, l ours,
A FREEMAN.
SOUT1IWARK NATIONAL BAHK.
The Directors have this day declared a dividend
of ft HiUT PKR CENT., payable on demand.
DliK r. L.&IUB, UAOtlll.tl.
tor.
THE
PEOPLE'S BANK OF PU1LADEL-
PHIA.
PHiLADKLPniA, May 2, 1871.
The Directors have declared a Dividend of FIVE
PElt CENT., payable on demand, clear of taxes.
Dim n il, u. r auk.ii, uasnier.
BS?- PENNSYLVANIA KAILKOAD CO air AN Y,
TREASCBEK'S DEPARTMENT.
Philadelphia, May 2, 19"L
The Board of Directors have this day declared a
seool-annual dividend of F1VS PER CENT, on the
capital stock of the Company, clear of National
and State taxes, payable iu cash, on aud after May
80, 1871.
Blank powers of attorney for collecting dividends
can be bad at the ofllce of the company.
The office will be open at 8 A. M., and close at 3
P. M., from May 30 to June 8, for the payment of
dividends, and after that date from 9 A. M. to 8
P. If. THOMAS T. FIRT1I,
5 ! 2m Treasurer.
FINE STATIONERY
AND
Gsxx'tl Engraving1,
Ko. 1033 CUKSNUT STREET,
9 13 taths!8D
"V OTK'K CHANGE OF FIRM WE HAVE
1 this duv sold our business to B. F. SIHT.
'1ITK, (HOKUK W.MACBItlDB aud F. F. bll AT-
TITCK, wiio will continue the manufacture of Pr
luuiery, Fauey Soaps, etc., in all their branches, at
the old Mauri, No 16 CM L&IN i t Streer, under tho
firm Lame of SlUTi U K MAUBKIUs.
Philadelphia, May 1, 1811. . GLENN & CO.
fTMlE
UNDERSIGNED
HAVE THIS DAT
uudi-r tho iitine aud
1 lonuitu ( opart ucrl)lp
firm i.f SI.A1 1 LCK. it
toULENN it CO.
JUACBUli)E, as successors
d. sr. KIIATTU-'K.
UEIK W. f ACBKIDB.
i. r. bllATl'LUs..
Philadelphia, May 1, 1.T1. A ft
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T O C K 8, LOANS, E T C.
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BUtMltl AM' BJUU
AT Tfiii kuAKi) OF bkoUERS,
CI hlUKal j. num.
25 tathsimurB No. 1 g, TUiKD Street.
FOURTH EDITION
AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL
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Condition of National Banks.
Schooner Sank by a V, 8. Vessel.
New York Police Doard.
Awards to Thiladelphiang.
F.tc, Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc.
FROM WASHINGTON.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. 1
Exclusively to The Evening Telegraph.
Condition of the National Banks.
WAsniNOTON, may 8. The Comptroller of the
Currency has called upon the national banks to
make a report or their condition at the close of busi
ness on Saturday, April ii.it h.
Cabinet Meeting.
There was a Cabinet meeting to-day for the first
time in several weeks. Every department was rep
resented excepting the War Department. His a ri
der stood that routine business only was transacted.
Naval Orders.
Captain Charles H. B. Caldwell Is ordered to tho
New York Navy Yard; Captain William (. Temple
is ordered to the Bureau of ordnance: Llcntennnt-
Commander Albert 8 Barker Is ordered to the Wa-
chnnett; Assistant. Surgeon William 11. McDonald
is ordered to the Nor .'oik NavyY'ard; Chief Engi
neer unsries n,. uevaun is ordered to tae Alaska:
First Assistant Engineer Louts J. Allen to the Rs-
saca; Captain M. B. Wolsey is detached from the
New Vork Navy Yard and ordered for examination
lor promotion: surgeon u. it. liannou rron the Na
val Hospital at Pensacola, and placed on waltlne
orders; First Assistant Engineer Elijah Laws from
tbcKesflca; William II. King from the Alaska and
ordered to return to mo Lnuea (states.
FROM NEV FORK.
Police Hoard Organization.
New Y ork. May 8. The Board of Police reor
ganizes ttils morning, and elected lienry A. Ktnlth
President, and Thomas J. Barr Treasurer. Under
the recent act of the l-enlslature. tne Board of
Police were made Trustees of the Police Insurance
Fund.
Murderer Sentenced.
Patrick Toomey, pollcenan, who was convicted
for clubbing to der.th the boy John Murphy, was to
day sentenced, by Recorder llackett. in the Court
or uenerai (sessions, to two years imprisonment,
Willi nara iauor, in me Mate rnson.
Awards to Phllndclpltlans.
New Yokk, May 9. Among tho awards to-day by
ine inoian commission were me louowing:
iilddie Hardware compaur, v Diiadeiptua, Si doz.
handsaw tiles; M doz cast steel shears: 1843 doz.
butcher knives; leO mink traps; aoo muskrat traps;
2(io fox trans; eso beaver traps; 140 doe. hoe.
planters; 101,7 doz. half-axes; 10 doz. spades;
irvinir nans.
jonn uonson, 01 r nnancipnia, duu pounas inuigo.
FROM THE 1KEST.
BT ASSOCIATED PR883.
Exclusively to The Evening Telegraph,
Masonic Celebration.
I.OOAK8PORT, ind., May 2. Arrangements are
being mare on an extensive scale for laving the
cormr-stone of the Smithsiin College, at this place,
on may i'in, under ine auspices 01 iuaaonic rues.
Mnr.y distinguished gentlemen have been invited
and have promised to be present, and a general in
vitation is extended an Masonic organizations and
irieutiB 01 nnerai eaucatioD.
Funeral of Hon. Slinron Tyndalc.
Bt. Louis, May 8. The funeral of Hon. Sharon
Tyndale, who was murdered at Springiield, 111., on
Saturday luorniug, took place at Belleville, 111., yes-
leroay aiternoon, unaer aireenon 01 tne sreemagons.
unu was very imposing. Tne looaesor juasons irooi
the surrounding towns and vaiious societies of
Belleville to which Mr. Tyndale belonged were Iu
the procession. Ex-Governor Koeraer delivered an
address at the grave, after which the Masonic burial
service was read. The funeral was very large.
Adjournment of the Ohio Legislature.
CoLuunrs, Ohio, May 2. The Legislature ad
journed at 18 o'clocklto-day, after a session of a hun
dred and twenty-one uays. xne bnort-iine Kailrosd
bill was lost.
FROM NEW ENGLAND.
I BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. 1
ExeUusively to The Evening Telegraph.
Collision at Sea.
Boston. May 8. Arrived, United States corvette
Ticcnderoga, from New Y'erk. She reports that on
mono ay at a. m., oh cape coa, sne was in colli
sion with the schooner Ada A. Andrews, of Provl-
dence, from Alexandria, with coal for Boston. The
scnooaer was so oaaiy injured tnat sue was ansa
dontd, sinking, ard her officers and rew were
taken on ooara tne nconaerega ana Drought te this
port.
The Boston High School.
Boston, May 8. The semi-centennial anniversary
of the Boston High School is being celebrated to
day uy a procession, a levee in Faneuii 11 all, and ap
propriate merary exeroiseg in juhbic 11 au.
This Evening' Quotations.
London, May 24-30 P. M. Consols closed at t3i
ior doiq money ana account. American securi
ties quiet; 6-26sof 1862, 80,; of 1S65, old, 90f; ef
Liverpool, Ai ay 'i4-30 v. m cotton closed dull :
uplands, 7d.; Orleans, 7d. Kales to-day 8000
bales, of which 20on wore for speculation and emorL
The .Manchester marcet is dull; Bacon, 8a. for Cum-
Denanci cut.
London, May 8. Sugar on the spot, 86s. w 383. 6d. :
auoaj ueciining, at xas. oa.
FEMALE CLERKS.
The Discharge of Kmploycg of tho Note
l'rlutlii liurettu.
The Washington Patriot of yesterday has the
loliowintc:
Ihe much taikea-ot discharge 01 empieves
from tho Bureau of Engraving and Frintin as
the Treasury Department teok place on Satur
day, aud was accompanied by a number of
diblresbinK scenes iu aud about the erHce of
Superintendent McCartee. About two-thirds of
the party dropped from the pay-rolls wera
women, many ot them tue widows or orpnau 01
United States soldiers, and all of them depea
dent on their Individual labor for their living.
A number have largo and helpless families, aiid
their demonstrations upon bein notified of their
dismissal were painful to witness.
In selecting irom so ae.ervmp a use 01 em
ployes ior the reduction ot force, Mr. McCartee
doubtleks acted npou his best discretion, retain
lni; on his rolls thoi-e whoe circumstances
called most loudly upon his indulgence. Bat
the necessity for dirpanslng with those wko
were diK-harped will entail much hardship aua
f uttering upon that deserving class, and was a
c-curce of painful solicitude with the ttspuriu
tei dent in luakinir up his list, his great aerioty
being to retain thoeo who ce-ul" least afford to
te deprived ti employment. A good many ef
the niaies oifchared (plato-printers) ait
men who have brought tueir families hero,
aiid have b.eu trying to acquire homes
by making tnouthlv payments on nouses thsy
have purchased. Whatever they have paid will,
of course, be sacrificed, as they will be com
pelled to seek employ"''1'' la other citio.
Etvcrul of them, wo Iarn, have already beo
fueled by the Bank-note companies in New
Yoik that have succeeded i" uettin the work
transferred from tbo Treasury. A few of the
Wt female hands dismissed will also, it Is pre
table, flud employment la the same dlrectiee;
but by fr tho fcrett cumbor will be reduce
to dire straits for bread. Their easoa appeal
strwugly to the geod offices of the hsuoyeltat In
our tuidsi.
OARPETINOS, ETO.
WEBER, CERtlEA & CO.,
(Successor, to E. J. Lesttr & Co.).
29 N. SECOND Street,
Opposite Clirlat Church.
SPIlING IMPORTATIONS.
Body Brussels,
Tapestry Brussels,
With a Tall lino of Domestic
CAEPETINGS.
JUST RECEIVED, A LARGE INVOICE
or
CHINA MATTINGS,
FIno White and Rod Chocked,
All Widths.
Moderate Prices.
W.v C. & CO.,
Opposite Christ Church,
PHILADELPHIA. 4 25 tuthslnt
MATTINGS.
FRESH
IMPORTATION ,
MADE FROM NEW GRASS.
THE BEST
In t li o Countr y,
x8o,
Low Priced Mattings.
R. L. KNIGHT & SON,
No. 1222 CHE8NUT Street,
26 tuth 6t PHILADELPHIA.
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KID GLOVES.
One-button, two.
Two-button, tl-60.
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LA BELLE
Kid Gloves.
Pink, .
Blue,
Green,
brown.
Lavender, "
Lilac,
Pearl,
Bteel, ,
Drab, etc, 4 19 Btuthtf
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HOSIERY.
COOK & BROTHER,
No. 63 PJ. EIGHTH Street,
TBADI-UAKK.
TKADB-MAKK.
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HOSIERY GOODS
Exclusively of their own Importation.
fCARTWRIGHT WAKimrg.
I ILKftLNO UOODU,
Importers of A
I IRBTTLl'S
l ENQUSU UOSIKRT,
And best makes of
FREMCH AND OERMAN HOSIER 7 GOOD.
I it tuts Bmro
UMCRELLAtJ, PARAfiOLS
AND
SUN UMBRELLAS.
J0SIPH FUESELL Mtauf actum,
Pen. I aad t Fsrtb TOl'KTK atroort
i tl fmwln IfllLAB JELf 1A
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