AMITSKMKSnU.
~ ivnlniit, xi-ii ght, Mr. Chanfrau will appear
I.l* -“ 4 “* **• t
,n , ... rv- wll. • repeated at tho Aroli B.rc<t
Xhratro to n * evening, the Gorman Bfoplastlo
Tronio .’ »•! li,- i.nnrl Family will appear in The Pns-
Hurtle F">'* i,niV * tre l' tenii ‘ . „
Kt FoxV Ainerirnn Theatre. to-night, ft mtecell uie
npi ce vi’l ho given.
° Ki the Eleventh Street Opera House, Mesflre.Carn*
* 11 fi ivo *fl™t.rate Performance this
* T l n A i ?®.'l c Seventh Street Opera House, to-night, a
miiißtrel icrtormame will bb given . „
ZnU *v» . Piltrrim will ho on exhibition at Concert Hall
e«?y evS the week, and on i'rl.mjr after
noo?- „rHlitv*apoti, Theodore, ■will give exhibition*
of niagscund legerdemain,at the Assembly Building*,
thi V V Bnrhati»i> Head’s great painting of “Sherldan’a
wid?’' Kill on exhibition at tho Academy of Fino Arts.
Mr carl Wolieohn s sixth and last classical niatmea
rr, a J r „;?c,inthe Foyer of the Academy on Friday
yrill l.e piien in lll of Half fills tho large part
1,1,0 1 A ""‘■i'jiVssrs. Woifsohn and ilennig. rlotow
Signor Bariii.
polonniM.
Mr. W'onzolKopta
T»Uo Etude (op.
vivucii”Vi v ncis»in'< > —Macfltos° o lento
AlK ° Allegro-vivace. „
Messrs. Kopta and Honnif.
rrv* «**t of the Star Course of l»«eturcB will be d<y
WrfiS
-Vo'tliclS'Brae,” Olive Logan will lecture ou Satur
day aflotnoon of next week upon oil Is. ,
«SalSSSs|S±“
&&SS&M^fsssua
C -S t ev t cn'mg- in the hall of.tba Mercantile Librarjj
TirC li V McOully will give readings, recitations and
fromthe poets and humorists.
ID,l> On Saturday afternoon the Scnta-llassjor OreUestra
—On oainrui > i,a und Uul a testimonial benefit. t*>
X lll i iV v, editor of the Orchestra . The
Mr. Robert "'; Peered their services for tho
following nreeent a favorite composition :
incmh™ of'tlia Ho« cun.-
bffifon. whioh n appeared hero . year or two ago.
CITY BDLLETIN.
The Women’s Branch.—'' The Women s I
■Branch” of the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals is a branch that may yet !
' rival, in point of dimensions, the parent stem.
It, this morning, held its first annual meeting
at tho lecture-room of the building of the
Mercantile Library. The room was so well
filled as to show the intensity of the interest
that is felt by the ladies in Philadelphia in
mitigating, in at least some degree, the tor
tures to which domestic animals are subjected
in all large cities. In the. present case the at
tendance was made up, not, as wo expected,
of ladies in the distinctive costume of 1 neuds,
but of ladies in fashionable attire. ■
Mrs. Caroline E. White, President of the
Association, occupied the chair. Previous to
■ calling the meeting to order,she, grace!ally in
troduced to those present His Honor, Mayor
Fox, and Mr. Bergh, who, in New York,
gave paternity to the parent society. _
The annual report ot Mrs. Caroline E. White,
President, was read. It states that the Society
was organized in April last, and now employs
two agents for the purpose of going through
the city,inspecting horses, and examining into
their condition, &c. The report says:
11 Our agent began* in the first place, to work chiefly
bvmoral suasion, u method which wo should alwajs
urefer for it is better to persuade mon than to coerce
them but we flml this will not answer in all cases
There’are some so brutal that they can only be acted,
noon through fear, and these wo are obliged, whenever
we are able, to have punished for their cruelty.
Since the latter part of December last, our
agents have made twenty-three arrests Of these
3 were on tho clmrgo of cruelly whipping their horsesi.
4on the charge of having galled animals , 6 for oier
loading; 5 foi joining in a cock-fight; 2 for participat
ing in fi pigeon match; 2 for driving lame horses, and .1
ona general charge of cruelty. Of these, 11have been
fined ; 1 committed to prison; 2 hare forfeited their bail,
anddliave been dismissed ; so that you see tho convic
tion of the offenders was secured in a very large propor
t*onJur Treasurer reports that wo have received since
our organization last year, in subscriptions and dona
tions 57.014 M ; but as we resolved that all donations
over five dollars should go towards a permanent fund,
uuleSß expressly designated by the donors as intended ,
to meet current expenses, we have to reserve »*,6dS
of’which we call only use the interest. Hus leaves
Ait r >2 lor current oxpensos, uud us these during
thepasF year lmve amounted to ®U2!Mr,. you
see Hint wc are not only entirely free, from
debt, but have a trifling sum to Login our now yoar with,
whic\i will soon be increased, ns our annual subscrip
tions are now due. For the pnrposo or farther augment
ing our fnnds, and enabling us to meet additional ex
penses which are fast coming upon ns, we have rnsolv-ed
to hold a fair for tlio sale of useful and fancy articles, for
the iniut benefit of onrownaud the gentlemen s society,,
at Horticultural liall. in November next. 'V'' Iru-t
that all the members of tho Society and all the ladies
present will not only spend part ot
the coming summer in working for this
fair, but will kindly induce their friends to do the
'same. Finding that there would be a difficulty in our
inheriting bouuosta while wo remained nn unchartered
society, we liavc soliyited and obtained from the Lcgis
latnre a cliarter (luring the present session, so that. there i
is uothing to preventany of those benevolent individuals
who are so, disposed from givingns the benefit of a clause
’’’•’onr Publishing Committee report that wc have had
nrintids.ooocopies of the little uoolc entitled Darly
Lessons in Kindness.’ 2.000 picture cards, and , ,000 ot
the little slips containing Tiio Ilarse s Potition and
‘ Take not tl e life you cannot give.’ More than halt or
these have been distributed "among children by our
Managers and by other members of the bocleiy.
The report then speaks ot the movement
made in behalf of a reform in the manner in
- -which the, dogs running at large in the streets
are, everv summer, taken up and kill oil, anil
of the different misrepresentations which have
been made about it. Upon this point the re
port says: ■ .
•It \vhh Plated that we proposed to erect a hospital
for due*; that we were about to employ a corps of nurse*
to attend to them; that we had petitioned Council* lor
525.000 with which tohuild this hospitaler asylum; that
our esteemed friend, Hr. Burgh, the excellent President
of tho New York Society, had originated the idea, aud
; induced us to adopt it; and a number of other absurd
/ statements, which it is not worth while to repeat. Tho
I twenty-live thousand dollar story was a particular fii
‘ voritel it was copied from one paper into another, cir
cnlatea far and wide, and after we had flattered our
selves it was at last peacefully laid to rest, started up
afresh, a few davw ago, in the columns ot the
Jnuuirer. X cannot 'say that we were much moved
at this onslaught of editors. XV e know that from the
beginning of the world reforms have been uupnpular.
und mat those inaugurating them have been subjected
to opposition of various kind*; we are,moreover,too wqll
ueouainted with newspaper* to expect.them,ania guii'*r.u
thing, to he much in advance ot public opinion, Our
earnest anil lieu rtfolt thanks are, however, due to the
editor of tho Aue, who was tho first to cornu
generously to our rescue and publish
;m article m our defence, commenting upon the judt,-
ciounness und thoroughness of oar plan, aud lamenting
the mistaken nOtionthat prevails among a large portion
of our community as to the frequent occurrence of hy
drophobia, it being in fact one of the most rare <Jf dis
eases. XV e are also much ludehted to the
cditorß of the Press' aud Bvkninq Bulletin,
who, if they have not espoused our cause,
have shown much courtesy aud kinduess In being
always ready to insert’uny of our communications, and
notice anything that we desired ; a course in marked
contrast to that of one of our daily journals, which has
constantly and persistently attacked us, and yet has re-,
fused to publish any of our letters, written in self-de
fence. What are. we to think of the fairness of such a
mode of proceeding ? 1 repeat, most emphatically, that
wo do not intend to havo a hospital lor dogs, nor an asy
lum where they can he kept till old age,or nuvthiug of
the sort, but merely a Pound conducted upon a humane
system.”
The Mayor has consented to become Presi
dent of the Institution, which is to be named
“ Shelter for Dogs and other Animals,” and
Councils are asked to give, out of the appro
priation of >2,500, a sumcient amount to erect,
in a plain and inexpensive manner, a suitable
‘ buiJaing for thepurpose, and a piece of ground
upon which to locate it.
The nexv ordinance requiring all dogs to be
muzzled during the entire year is protested
against.
Upon the subject oi overcrowding passenger
railway cars the report says;
“ The bill which we presented to the Legislature ask
ing tlmt the uumborot passengers in the city railway
cars might he limited to thirty, has been lost XVe re
gret this as much on account of tho members themselves
ne we regret that when lh<?y had an opportunity to legis
* laic on the’ side of’humanity they refused to do so.
Therein hut one resource loft to us now, and that is to
appeal to the public. >• . ..
“ Hen and Women .of this grout city of Philadelphia !
we bewiHih you hot to enter an overloaded cur: not to
lend your sanction to this cruelty. Your attention may
wot have been, heretofore, called to the subject,- but yon
can no longer phmd the excuse of thoughtlessness or
ignorance. 'fa it possible you are ho heartless and selfish
«» to be Willing that the' noble animal, which wears
himself out inyonr service, which tolls for you faith
fully —and constantly, which bears the
‘ burden and the heat of the day,’ in order
to minister ip yn U r comfort and pleasure, shall havo his
Hiort.lease ot life reduced to threo or four yours, shall
have all his beautiful proportions destroyed, his sinews
mmined and wrenched, and shall himself become a shat
tered wreck in the eltort. to start or draw up an ascend
ing grade u load whieh in far beyond his strength '( XVo
Ifiipk, no doubt, tlmt we are in advance or the groat
Kuropeaji cities; and so we may be in some respects, but
ill nt4tl l >to > Loudon or J’ariß would ,Hurh a sight ho
tolerated an is witnessed here on one or o her of our
Hallway Hots.”
tJpc*n the progress of the Society and its
means, the report says;
1 have said, that at the time of our organization, wo
f«4£oZl with thirty members ; that number is now iu«
j-eaiied to nearly four hundred,but it is very fur from
i..] n( r nB many as we desire. Our foe of member*
JhiS is very imo. dollar a .yoar-anj
thiro are 10* womou in the C0 # n l l “ anl S IL
a i bl” , ?o , T^n“u». ro Wo , 'lmvo 1 “.rd tluVt Bomoot.ioatto
Riving «b J » dollar bccaußo It Is Mi littlo, b' l *
rcmomUor that they are not preventml froin S
o larger sum, and that oven that >‘ t '' o ;.“, ,o ,' l a'iL w o
many, is a groat deal to us. Wo hope then, that. all J™
fool Inclineu will go or send to the roomsi of the dooiMy.
at 1320 Ohoßtaut street, and have their nonios roaistort
on tho book of numbers.” . Alin vi n( -
Very timely, and, to Homo decree, touching
remarks were made by er <, e d'
Bergh, and the assemblage tlion diytersea.
Mr. Fox pledged his co-operation “ _
tance to the entire extent of the municipal re
snuVrri),
IjOcai, Cnowmtic—Mr. Nicholas H. Ma
guire lias relinquished his private academy U)
take the Principalslnp of the &. JE. Gramma
School. He fills the posit on from whiott
Charles Bowman recently resigned.
Maguire was formerly Principal of the Boy
H mania in these parts is pretty
nut Like the furore for tulips
and mortis muUieaulis, it has had its day. Tho
reason is tlist to tho soil it is as exhaustive as
extravagant wite and six fashionably dis
posed daughters to tho resources of a ttlird
rite income. What our agriculturists find is.
that oats and clover are vastly more remuner
ative. That sorghum syrup will ever boeome
a considerable article ot production here
abouts may bo set down as uncertain. . .
Along Delaware avenue this morning the
scene was highly animated. The entire breadth
of the tboroughfaro was filled with' mud, pro
fanity, and bewildered mule-teams. An at
tempt to cross it wivs almost as dangerous as
an attempt to deliver a lecture against po
lygamy in the inside of tho harem ot Brigham
young. Everything in tho vicinity is hurry
‘‘“soundings for bridging theDclaware will be
made within the'next two weeks. Whether
the structure will be bisected by Windmill
Island, or thrown across the stream at a dis
tance above that point, remains to be seen.
The plans of Mr. Spoakman propose a. con
tinuous structure, with a draw bridge in the
.Wioneawsky
Another day of atmospherical frowardness
varies the movements of the weathercocks.
The one on tho Ledger building got, dizzy this
morning in trying to keep up with the changes
in the wild. It then stood stationary, in a fit
ol The shad fisheries on the Delaware are now,
readv for the season’s “catch. All tliatis,
now waited for is tho presence of f he shad.
At Gloucester the nets are ready ioi dipping,
the w'imtlasses that draw them in are in work-,
inc order, and the necessary arrangements are,
perfected for the garnering of the piscatorial
larvest. Tho few Delaware shad that show
themselves in market are victims of misplaced,
confidence. They are captured in gill nets, on
the same principle that young gentlemen fall;
in love, not with the; contents of the dry,
goods that envelop their Aramintas, but with
the poplin and the chigiions thar first make;
upon them the impression that proves ratal.
Tne’Gloucester shad-fishery .is a valuable one.,
The length of each net employed in it incloses
M.inetliiiig like two superficial acres of water.
The time has been that a single. trail has re
sulted in a catch sufficient to" break the
meshes that ensnared it. For two years past
this lias not been the case.
The Philadelphia Society for the Promotion
of Agriculture met this morning, the Presi
dent; Mr. \V. A. Dray,ton, in the chair. The
minutes of the last meeting were read by
Thomas M. Coleman, Secretary. The busi
ness done was rather interesting than- im
portant. Recognition was made of the pre
sentation to the Society of copies of an elabo
rate work on the management of the stable,
bv Veterinary Surgeon McClure. The‘thanks
ot the Society were thereupon voted to him. .
Doctor Thompson exhibited a new variety ot
oats, to the excellence of which no equine,
quadruped would neigh a nay. These speci-,
mens, the Doctor claims, weigh' fifty pounds
to the bushel. If this be the case,they are the
heaviest oats that the world has yet produced. ■
They mucliresemble the “black oats pro
duced in Ireland. They were raised ynttun,
lit'ty miles of Philadelphia., Where they;
arc to be procured the gentleman;
having them lor sale will P r 9~i
hablv advertise. ' The avoirdupois
ol' this cereal is much increased by the ex
t reme thinness of its integument. Each grain
“uggesls the idea of a fat Councilman in linen
trousers and cluster. The seed from which the
crop is produced is from the fat lands in the
vicinity ot New Brunswick. A new-fangled
I'oruslieller was also exldbited. The ears are
inserted in it longitudinally, instead of per
pendicularly. It strips the cob as clean as a
countryman is stripped by a New York mock
auctioneer. The contrivance is a miracle in
cast-iron. It costs but five dollars. Anindus
trious lad could shell with it tenThushels ot
ears in a single hour. In this connection our
reporter would add that the rooms ot the So
ciety, at Ninth and Walnut streets, are open
daily, and that the agricultural community in
general 'are'welcome to enter,
themselves at home.
The Eighth Street Arson Case—Fur
ther Developments—Attempt, to Blow
Up the Adjoining House.— The first true
hill found by the new Grand Jury yesterday
was against Catherine Wiute, charged with
arson, in having fired the premises No. 431
North Eighth street. It will be remembered
that on the loth of March an explosion in the
store on the first iioor blew out the entire hulk
window, and on the 20th of March fires were
kindled in different parts of the dwelling.
Within a day or two some additional informa
tion has come to the knowledge ot Fire
Marshal Blackburn. No. 431 and the adjoin
ing building, No. 429, are owned by.the estate l
of Jacob Weckerly, deceased, and George ;
Weckerly is the agent. The first Hour of No. .
429 is a tea store. The dwelling portion,
tin to within a few days ago, had been,unop-.„
copied for sometime. About a month before
the lire it had been taken by Mrs. Pourtung, a
sister of Mrs. Waite, who said that she in
. tended to open a boarding-house, liko her sis
ter. next door. Arrangements were made to !
I tear down'the fence which separated the two
vavds. Mr. Weckerly was not satisfied with
the character ofMr.s.'P., and refused to let her
have the house. Since it has been unoccupied
the Waites have had access to it by a side and
a rear door. A few days ago the premises
were leased by Francis Reichert, a tailor, and
he moved in. On Sunday morning last the
roof leaked pretty badly, and the water ran
down through the third, and thence to the
second story. Mr. Reichert went upstairs to
see about the matter. There was no ladder to
get up into the loft, hut Mr. Reichert climbed
up and opened the trap-door to get a little
light. While looking around he discovered by
the chimney and the party wall separating
the house from No. 431 a pile of
combustibles. In this lot of stuff, were old
paper, pieces of letter, ball programmes, an
old window-shade, a black oil-cloth valise,
rags, old garments, and, in fact, a little of
everything. Among the papers Mrs. Waite’s
receipt-book was found. On toji of the pile
was a package pinned up in j,. newspaper.
The bundle was unwrapped, and then there
was disclosed to view a pound bag half-full of
gunpowder! Mr.Reieliert informed the proprie
tor of the tea-store of his discoveries, and then
Fire Marshal Blackburn was notified. Mr.
i Blackburn managed to scramble up into the
loft, and found that some of the bricks on the
top of the party wall had become loose and had
fallen out. This had made a sort of an open
ing below the roof. Through this opening a
regular train laid been laid from the house of
Mrs. Waite. In this train the combustibles
composed a checked pillow-tick, a piece of
the same mosquito net which was found in
Mrs. Waite’s third-story room, pieces of old
garments and rags of various kinds, sufficient
to fill a large-sized bag. Had the firo which
was kindled in the third story of Mrs. Waite’s
house got underway, the mosquito net sus
pended from the trap-door would have com
municated the flames to the train in the loft,
and then the next house would have been
blown up. The theory of Mr.Blacklmrn is that
Mrs. Waite had become incensed at Mr.
Weckerly |for refusing to allow her sister to
have the house, and also for desiring to got
rid of her (Mrs. W; as a tenant, and intended
to destroy both houses. The bag containing
the powder was stamped with the name ot
Benjamin Evans, and was made to hold a
Sound. Upon inquiry at the store, Miss
Ivans, daughter of the proprietor, recollected
having sold such a hag on Saturday, the J2th
of March, to two young men, who, it was sup
posed, wanted it for gunning, purposes, and
therefore'very little attention was paid to
THE DAILY EVENING BTJLLETIN-PHIXADELPHT A. WEDNESDAY APRIL 6, WO.
their personal appearance, aud.no description
of them could be given. ;
Since Mrs. Waite has been in prison nor
husband has sold the furnituro in the house
for $l4O, to a second-hand dealer. Altuougn
the furniture was the property, of his wife, lie
has not given her any of tho money obtainou
for it. , '' ' ‘
Not Removed. —William Blandford, a
policeman of the Fifth District, wax not re
moved, as was stated yesterday. He was
suspended upon a very , trivial charge by the
Lieutenant, and this fact gave rise to the
rumor of his removal. The matter was called
to the- attention of the Mayor in the after
noon, and -when he telegraphed to the station,
house about it, ho received a reply that
Blandford ' would be on duty as
usual last evening. The action of the
Lieutenant was without the knowledge of the
Haver, and was not reported at bis oitico, as
is usual in such cases. Blandford has been a
policeman for many years. He /has been
faithful, attentive and obliging ui the dis
charge of his duties, and the residents _in the
neighborhood of Thirteenth andl Walnnt
streets repose great confidence m him. li or ;
that reason Mayor Fox .has retained, and de
clares that he will continue to retam Uira,
while he behaves himself in such a satisfac
tory manner.
Bequests to Puulic Institutions.— The
will of Wm. Brown, Jr., admitted to probate
to-day, contained the following bequests:
Freedmen’s Mission of the Reformed Pres
byterian Cburch, $l,OOO. , ,
Foreign Mission Fund of the Reformed
Presbyterian Church, $OOO. ,
Domestic Mission Fund of the , Reformed
Presbyterian Church, S5OO. _ j
Church Extension Fund of the Reformed
Presbyterian Church, $OOO. '
Second Reformed Presbyterian Congrega
tion, Seventeenth street, below Race, to aid m
paying, off the floating debt, $5OO.
HionwAv Roniuinv.—This morning, about
one o’clock, Mr. George Levick, the proprietor
of a pottery at Seventh andßorris streets,
started for bis home. When be had pro
ceeded a short distance, he was attacked by
three men, and was knocked down. He was
robbed of some money and a gold waten. mr.
Levick managed to get out his revolver, and
he fired four shots at the robbers, but none of
them took effect. The scoundrels ran, and in
their flight threw away the watch, which was
recovered.
Death op a Policeman.— Fred. Stein
meyer, a policeman el' the Second District,
died at his residence, Front and Christian
streets, this morning.
New York Life Insurance Company.—
Wo beg leave to call the attention of our read
ers to the exhibit of the principal details of
the business of the New York Lite Insurance
Company for the year ending December 31,
18U9, whichwill be found in our columns to
withstanding the general depression of
the last twelve months, which has affected all
circles of trade more or less disastrously, the,
affairs of this Company have been managed
in such a manner as to increase both its
amount of insurance and its available assets
nearlv thirty-three and one-third per cent.,
after paying si cash dividend of about thesaino
percentage upon the premium receipts of the
vear ■
' Not only were the receipts from interest
alone more than one hundreuthousand dollars
(5112,033 38) in excess of the entire losses by
death during the same period, but it is es
pecially remarkable that the amount of in
terest income tv'as 7.15 ner cent, on the average
assets of the year, and 8.53 percent, on the
gross assets at the end of the year, a result, we
believe, obtained by no other company.
Were tliis company, like others which might
he named, to include in this item interest of
the previous year reported at that time as ac
crued, and deduct from the assets the pre
[ miums flue and not yet received, tlie ratio
would be something more than ten per cent,
upon the assets at tlie end of the year. Re
turns like these could not be expected of any
new organization, but the experience of a
quarter of a centiiry has enabled its managers
(manv of whom have been associated with
I the company for nearly the whole period) to
I avoid the errors that are so expensively in
dulged in by their younger eotemporanes.
Thomas J. Lancaster,of this city,and Messrs.
Robert C. Hill & Go., who have tlie charge ot
the State, are too well known to our business
I community to need commendation, at our
hands for their untiring devotion to the in
-1 terests of the company which they represent.
I In ten years over nine millions of insurance
I have been obtained, the annual- premiums on
I which amount to about three hundred thon-
I sand dollars.
Hallf.t, Davis & Co.’s octagon pianos
should be seen by the lovers of good music, as
they possess extraordinary power and richness
of tone.
CITY NOTICES.
The Ladies’ Sqrosib Club, of New
York, recently changed their discussions from Woman’s
Suffrage to’Hair Preparations and Pimple Bnnishers.
Tlioy declared that, where natnre had not endowed them
with beauty, it was their right-yea, tlielr duty—to seek
it where they could. So they all voted that Magnolia
Balm overcame Sallowness, Rough Skin and Bine
marks, and gave to tho complexion nmoßt distingue(&o
rosian) and marble-like appearance (dangerous to men,
no doubt); and that Lyon’s Knthairnn made tho Hair
grow thick, soft and awful pretty, and moreover pre
vented it from turning gray. If tlie proprietors of these
articles did not send the sisters an invoice they aro not
smart. ■ ■ . •:
Jordan Roasted Almonds and fine con
fection* of every description ; also, Hot house fruits and
ether delicacies'at A. L. VANSANT 8, b. L. corner
Ninth and Chestnut streets.
Ladies after bathing, who suffer from the
smarting effects of soap, will Hud instant relief in the
use of Burnett’s Kalliston.
The Beautiful Spring Style of
’ Gouts’ Beaver Hats
Can bo hud at Oakfords’ Store, .
Under tbo Continental
Sick Tkaxsit.—The transition from gray to
unnatural blade or brown, cflfcoted by the hair dyos an<l
kindred prcparationm is indcul a- trickeiimg transit.
PhalOn's Yitalia, on tho other haml, restores the na
tural hud to a shade, and is pleasant and eafe, instead ot
sickening and pernicious. Sold by all druggists and
fancy goods dealers. ■
Suitable Suits.
Suits for young, suite for old,
Suits in number* munifolu ;
Suits for grave, suits for gay,
Suits, the fashion of Hit day : .
Suits of fancy,suits that’s plain, .
Suits, of which you’ll ne’er complain ;
Suits to suit all sorts of folks.
Your Sprjxu Suit ruy at Ciiar. Stores’,
NO. 824 CIIIiST.NUT STREET,
English Hot Cross Buns—fresh, daily-fat
Morse’s, 902 Arch and 238 South Eleventh streot.
Manhood and Youthful Vigor are re
gained by Hklmbold’b Extract Bucnv.
The Faulkland, Cavendish, Hamlet,
and oil the beautiful
Spring styles of Hats at
• Oakforob’,B34 and 836 Chestnut street.
Surgical Instruments and druggists
tiiindrice. . . _
Snowden & Brother,
23 South Eighth Btreet.
Corns, Bunions, Inverted Nails, skillfull
treated by Hr. J. Davidßon, No.9lsChestnut etreol
Charges moderate.
To Quiet, soothe anil relieve the pain of
children teething, use Bowen's Infant Cordial. Sold
by all druggists. ~
Deafness, Blindness and Catarrh
treated with the utmost buccobs,by J. Isaacs, M. D.,
and Professor of Diseases of tlie Eyo and Ear (his speci
alty) In the Medical Collego of Pennsylvania,!, years ex
perience. No. 805 Arch etrect. Testimonials can bo Boon
at ills office. Tho medical faculty aro Invited to ac
company their patients, as ho has no socrots in his prac
tice. ArtiHcinl eyes inserted without pain, No charge
for examination,
SHIPPERS’ GUIDE.
IMPORTANT!
Notice to sniPPEBS.-parties
having freight on' Steamship PROMETHEUS
for Charleston, South Carolina,will take notice that it
is trausforrod to Steamship ACHILLES, for Savannuh,
to he reshipped there for points or destination.
Please attend to changing insurance.-
SOIJDKIt & ADAMS,
lit
Organized 1846.
NEW YORK
life INSURANCE CO.
346 & 348 BROADWAY,
NEW YORK.
WENTI-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT.
JANUARY 1, 1870.
Amount of Net Cask Assets,
January 1,1W9..,.....~
BECEIPTS.
Amount of Premiums and
Policy Foes t $5,104,040 90
Amount of tuterest received
and accrued, including pro- • • ■
miumon gold, Ac...... 870,187 « #i#M ;tj*B9
$16,588,272 84
DISBURSEMENTS.
Losses by death...*5767,683 19
Less received from
re-insurance 07
Purchased Policies and An- M '
Dividends to Policy-holders.- 1,035,399 II
Commissions, Brokerages and
agency expenses. 681,824 4,:
Advertising and Physicians’ '
fees *•••• b£*£w3 *o
Office and law expenses, sala
ries, printing, taxes, rove
hue stamps uml re-lnsur
““ JMU* BiWWna
Total, - - * * $13,025,561 2*3
ASSETS.
Cash on hand, in Bank mid in
Trust Company 839,090 fil
Invested In United States
Stocks (market vnluo,
S2-643.J80>,c05t.. 2,201,037 49
Invested in New York City
Jtnnks Stock (market value.
848,0091, cost - 41,*49 WO
Invested in New York State
and other stocks (market
value, 81,037,4681, c05t........ 1,G24,354 11
Ileal Estate in the city of
New York 1A153537 17
llouds and Mortgages (se
cured by real estate valued
at ' 810,186,400; bnildings
thereon insured for
$4,231,000, and the policies
assigned to the Company ns
additional collateral se
ruritv) 4,570,400 00
Loans on existing policies...... 916,889 3j
Quarterly and semi-unnual
premiums due subsequent
to January 1, 1370...... 62b,lab 92
Premimntf on policies in
hands of agents and in
course of trunemlssion- 633,.1e SI
Interest accrued t* January
1,1870.
Add exr«PBß of market value
(securities over cost
Cash Assets, Jan. 1,1870, $13,327,924 63
AJ.*I*KOFKIATEI> ASFOEEOWS:
Amount of adjusted Losses
due suliseiiUtnt to Ja*. I, m
Amount or Deported Losses
awaiting proof, Ac ...
Deposit for Minors
Amount reserved for reinsur
ance on existing Pollcies.m
enfing 8101,151,186
cipating Insurance at I per
cent. Carlisle net premium,
#969,725 65; non-partici
imwh « •
lieturn Premium 1869 and 1
prior thereto; payable dur
ing the year
Divisible Surplus, - $1,670,750 72
The Board of Trustees takes occasion to «oBcratuJat
the members of the Company upon tbe continued growth
and prosperity which have marked the past year , con
eluding » quarter century of the Company 8
Notwithstanding the general depression of busmc.s
throughout the country, and the unexampled pressure
of competition, the new business of iw"s L«
crease oVer the previous very successful > ear of ab
follow*: HEW POLICIES . .
!•??«> «■
The followingtHbles concisely exhibit the progress of
the Company during the past six years : '
rnecoujp j fareived for Reetn'tdfor .Paid for
Prtm itons. l nt £ r ll!,*Jff m
6M77493 fk2s2Mt $315,200
. 2 0&804 261,014 mfi 22
2 Via 062 352,74- 400d97
shw’o&r 487,339 6ftJ,280
3 912 13d 766*144 . 641*43
5,104,640 870J57 , 768, 104
1864.
1865.
1806.
1807;
1868.
1860.
' , . 9*J4Mia
. * ' Increase of Cash I>m
,r ' : * Assets-ntend Assets over fiends aetu
; • . ... of near. previous year. attypaut,
i«ir ' u 4w«‘ • n
S'T.'.V.'. 7^2» imm w • . ™%*‘U
12*7 01 2,150,661 Oil 351,065 87
11 m 822 00 1,841,008 60 • 1,226,065 26
■ Tnta l I 510,622,267 60 «.I.7«»WW
Duriu'gtbe six-year* 83,345,340 have. been disbursed
for losses, 53,760,386 have been returned to policy
holders 1 in dividends;and yet tin' assets exliibiit an In
crease during that period of over Uil and a half million
-The attention of policy-holders, is porticnlarly invited
t„tie significant So ts Inruislicd by the preceding llg
ureH. The receipts .for interest % premiums on gold t &c.t
were* a« in the previouH year, more than sufficient to
meet, tho Hum paid for loßapß, thm Doing . ( l ue
the low rate ofmortality (proof of a highly juilicionese*
lection of rislw)* and, tho careful and eucce*.
fil Investment of funds. Such a result is-seldom
<lC The V veir y ia?ge C ttmXnt y 6f dividends disbursed during
the year, amounting to one m tllton, Jive hundred and
tfiirtv-Jlve.thottsandjhree hundred and ninety-n tnedoUars ,
Fhould especially bo noticed. After Betting aside for re
insurance and other liabilities $11,667*170 01 (nearly two
and a halfinillions in excess ortho previous year), a
divißiblu surplus remains of 1 ,
From the Undivided Surplus ot *1,870,756 72 theßonrcl
of Trustees has declared a dividend, available on settle
ment of next annual premium, to each participating
policy,proportioned to itK“ contribution to surplus.
P PlviaoDdß not need iu settlement of premium will be
“ d Boittd presents these facts in tho full confidence of
their acceptability to policy-holders. b e \i®Xi n B. t J}2 n l I J O
'' . the most satisfactory proof of the Bklll and fidelity
with which the nlValrs of tho Company have heeu coii
ducted, of its present soundness* and of thejustnesa ot
thehighestexpectation for Its future progress and use
fulness.
WILLIAM H. BEERS,
TICK-PRESIDENT and ACTUARY,
THOS, J. LANCASTER,
General Agent,
N. W. Corner FOURTH and WALNUT Sts.
R C, lIILXj & CO.-
State Agents,
No. H 9 South FOURTH Street,
PHIMBBWHU-
Hp2-S *v2tl’l>
' 810,1113,474 48
63.327 77 . _
813,025,561 23
302.363 40
66,500 00
142 84
209,718 07
11,667,173 91
MORRIS FRANKLIN,
PRESIDENT
TH E FINE ARTS.
SPECIAL SALE OP ITALIAN MARBLE GARDEN AND MONUMENTAL
A collection of Italian Marble Carden and Monumental Statualry, Garden
Vases, &c., imported from Italy by Messrs. VITI BROS, (late Vito Viti &
SonsY. will be sold at Public Sale by Mr. JAMES A# FREEMAN, at the
Salesrooms. No. 422 WALNUT Street, on THURSDAY MORNING, April 7, at
10 o’clock. The collection is now arranged for examination, and Cata
logues can be had of the Auctioneer or the Importers.
apl 2 4 6 rpS
CARPBTINGS, &C.
RETAIL DEPARTMENT.
McCALLUM, CREASE & SLOAN,
509 Chestnut Street.
CAEPE TINGS.
SPRING IMPORTATIONS.
Greatly Reduced Price*.
ENGLISH OIL CLOTHS.
CANTON MATTINGS.
COCOA MATTINGS.
McCALLUM, CREASE & SLOAN,
Ho. 009 Chestnut Street.
in 1)2 w f m 3m rD
NEW CARPETINGS;
. ( ) \
WE ABE NOW OPENING A FULL LINF, OF
FOREIGN and DOMESTIC CABFETS,
OIL CLOTHS
AND
mattings,
or ALL OBAMS,
WHICH WE ABE OFFERING AT GBEATLY BE
DUCED PRICES FROM LAST SEASON.
LEEDOM, SHAW &. STEWART,
685 MARKET STREET.
Jfpl9 BmrpS • ——————
PIANOS.
GRAND OPENING.
fffffj RARE CHANCE, fffrff
The undernignul offer to Ihe public »t
WHOLESALE PRICES,
(For a Short Time Only)
DECKER BROS’
AND
KRANICH, BACH &GO.’S
PIANOS.
Inmauy respects snperior to Steinway’s
, " Pianos.
WILLIAM BLASIUS,
(The oldest of late Agent# for Steinway#)
1008 CHESTNUT STREET.
np2 ImrnS ■ ■
COMMISSION MKUCUAM*
TOWNSEND & YALE,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
90, 92 & 94 FRANKLIN ST.,
NEW YORK,
Sole Agents
FOR THE
LAW EE NC E
MFG. CO.’S
COTTON HOSIERY.
m1t.3 1 -Iroi
HATS AND CAPS.
JUST OPENED
SPRING STYLES
AT THE
SOUTHEAST CORNER
FOURTH AND CHESTNUT,
AT WHOLESALE PRICES.
mli!9 lairp ...
CIGARS, &C.
B. C. WORTHINGTON & SON,
Wholesale and Detail Dealers in
IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC CIGARS,
AND AH- ARTICLES OF THE THADK.
433 Chestnut St„ opposite Hie Post Office.
Branch of 100 South SIXTH Stroot,
PHIDADEIiPHIA. .
' AGENTS FOR KEY WEST CIGARS.
Wo invito an inspection o’f our stools i ovoryualo being
gnaranteed. „,h23 lmrp* :
'TTGTjTOJS Ab S
V/ ginotcdtho* l * l ?^lj, o^ 1 2^ B TATTawlNG GAS,
•teorti without pnin. ~*a fl. „„ta
Oflice, Eighth null Vr ttlnut sti »<->“•
STATUARY.
YITI BROS., 149 South FRONT Street.
HATS.
FINANCIAL
7 PER CENT. GOLD LOAN,
FREE OF E. S. TAX,
OF TUB
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Min
nesota R. R. Co.'s
FIRST MORTGAGE
50 YEAR BONDS.
(The Actrvcd Interest is from November Ist
which yocs to the ■purchaser.)
AT 93.
TRUSTEES •
J. EDGAR THOMSON, PlilUulelplifi,.
CHARLES L. FROST, Now York.
These Bonds are payable. j»r*nei>a/ and interest, in
coin, at New York or London;the interest Lein* pay
able in May and November.
They are convertible into stock, aud are protected by a
liberal Sinking Fund.
They are levied upon the several section* of the road
only as the sainu are completed and iu successful opera
They nro guaranteed net only by a first lion upon the
entire property and franchise*! of the Company, but also
by now current earnings, and an ample commerce on the
route ot the road, nnd have not to depend for their &•--
carity upon atraißc which the road itself is expected to
create.
Over Three Million Dollars have already been ex
pended on the road.
Kighty-thm* miles of road are already completed and
equipped, and *how large earnings ; and the remainder
of the line is progrewing rapidly toward completion.
The Stab? of lowa,. through which this road runs, is
one or the richest agricultural sections of America. It*
large and extending population, and its immense yield
of agricultural products, create a pressing demand for
tho construction of this road.
The road also runs through the fertile and growing
State of Minnesota. It travcr»*s the moif enterprising
and growing portion cf the West } and fontis the shortest
of tht great trunk lints in direct com tnun ication with New
York, Chitago and Si. Louis.
Having thoroughly Investigated all the conditions af
fecting the security of theso Bonds, vre feel justified in
giving them an unqualified indorsement as a first-cloM
and thoroughly Wife igTestment, as socureM a Govern
ment Bond can possibly be, and paying nearly fiO per
cent, more interest than f Ivo-Twenties.
AU marketable securities at their full price, free of
commission and express charges, received inpayment.
Pamphlets and maps furnished on application.
HENRY CLEWS & CO
Financial Agents of Oie Company,
MO. 32 WAll STREET.
BOWEN & FOX,
BARKER BROS & CO.,
T. WHELEN &. CO. f
KURTZ & HOWARD.
inhs9 Mtrp
CARRIAGES.’
CARRIAGES.
WM. 1). ROGERS,
CARRIAGE BIJII/DER,
. . ■ OBIGINAL AND ONLY
MANUFACTURER OF THE CELEBRATED
ROGERS’ CARRIAGES
1009 and 1011
CHESTNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA. r
io- Now and elegant styles of Carriages constantly
producod. mh2l m w f 3mrp_
EBTABLISHKD 1853.
JOSEPH BECKHAUS,
1304 FRAiarOBD AVEMEE,
ABOVE gibabd avenue,
Manufacturer of Exclusively First-class
GARBIAGES.
NEWEST STYLES
Clarences, Landans, Landaulottes, Closo-coaohes
Shiftlnn or. Coaches, Coupes, Barouches, Phaetons,
Bockaways, etc.SUITABLE FOB PBIVATE FAMILY
and PUBLIC USE. Workmanship and finish second to
none in tho country.
Fine and varied Stock on hand-completod and in tno
works. Orders receive prompt and personal attention.
All work warranted. mliUlmrpS
VD. M. LANE,
CARRIAGE BUILDER'
8433, S4|4 St,,
.Asasrsrass;- °&a
repairing* \
NOW OPEN,
Tli© I-atest Novelties
IN
LADIES’ DRESS TRIMMINGS,
■ aces and Trimmed Paper Patterns,
.AT
. MAXWELL’S •
LADIES' DRESS TRIMMINGS,
TAPER PATTERN,,AND>
DRESSMAKING ESTABLISHMENT,
S.E. corner Chestnut and Eleventh Stt.
PBINOIPAL AGENCY FOB
H.BUTTBBIOK& CO.’S
OELEBBATBD PATTEENB OF GABMENTS
For Ladies, Misseq, Boys and Little Children.
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