lIME ..„.. -- . .. -.CITY r Btri t LETIN. ~ , • ~..o*.i . : $ gar. Twatrrn WARD ritvit BCIIO9L atlitett 1 Y - 0.---Select Cenneil has passed: an ottlinance , 1 O . /fg 530,000 for the erection of a; aaVr kT se OThuildinig on• Noble street, - vrest of Fifth, t fa the Twelfth Ward. - Common 'Council 'Te- Jerrtothe subject to the Finance Committee. "It is be hoped that the bill will be •Xeported ! tat the nextxneeting of the Chamber and will then be cOncurredln. 4%..niiw, sehnof building. 'in the. Twelfth Softie/xis absolutelY neceSsary. !The new building is , intended for the nel , pmnfodation '' of the two prntrY schools which now oneup_v a build-, .ing at the S. B. ' corner of Weaver and 1 'Coateii Streets: The lower portion of the Ltsti funded structure is used as s a livery stable, and I an examination of the premises by the Board of Health bin rotated in the declaration .that the health of the ' dldreu is greatly etlan- I a V \is gered by being itrt t•buildi iv . The Building t Inspectors have also ironounced the, building 1 to be unfit for use. It in a dilapidated conai- / ,lion, and liable to tumble down at any moment. t Therefore,' the lives of ten teachers and several I hundred children are in great jeopardy. The 1 lot for the new building on No lestreet,above f 'Fifth, has:been purchased and paid for mil it only requires the necessary appropriation by • eity Councils to put up the new lnulding. `The; facts stated above will no doubt meet with dne consideration by the Finance Committee, and then there ought to. be no difficulty • about the immediate passage of the rieiitiing approprla- 1 tion bill. • , ,", , . , TliF.' BEDFQRD. STIVIIIVIVIMSION. Notwith- I "'standing the energetic labors of the. Bedford Street Mission and" i excellent , missionary, Bev. John D: Long, til condition of Bedford, ; Baker and Spaflbrd str its, the great haunts of t drunkenness,poverty a Nice, remains pretty 'eunuch the same as; hay be qi so often described ; -, in these columns. Thos eets, are filthy, rand 1 t need the immediate Attention of the contrite- " ;tors. To more effectually aid its good work. • The Bedford Street. Mission has a building at :N0 . .. 619 Bedford ' street. The 'first floor ',ls 7 used ,for public meetings, the • second floor as a school-room for 'girls, and the third for the, hoyS. Newsboys, ;:boot-blacks and 'children' of all ` de-' i atriptions, are taken .in and educated in a good arid praiseworthy manner, and are kept ~ decently;chid by public contribm lions. Mr. Long, is now having constructed ..diree bath-tubs in the rear, of the Mission .Ilouse, so that all persons who desire can have - a hot or cold bath whenever they wish it. 'l'he ; Mission is doing a good work in that portion of the city,'and should receive the support of all philanthropic citizens. Lo His Boots.—An citizens__ Loss individual, neatly dressed and wearing a gold watch, got on a 1 spree yesterday, and last night lay down on a cellar, door at Seventh and Shippen streets, to 'take a snooze. While asleep his boots were( 'taken from his feet and carried off. lie was subsequently locked up in the Seventeenth District Police Station, and this morning felt' quite rejoiced when he discovered that his watch and money had not been stolen. • rum-P.1160v BLowiv OrEN,The coal office; of Plaisted tit Collin, on`Mhestnut street, above Thirtieth, was entered at slate hour last . night. The fire-proof safe was operated upon. with ginwoWder, and the outside door was blown off.. The explosion attracted the atten , tion of the police, and the thieves ran off,