Cl TV BIiLMSTtH.
WHOLESALE poisoning case
THE SYMPTOMS AND RESULTS
in the Seoond "Ward
livery once in a while we hear of cases of
poisoning by means of cheese. The casein in
this article seems to unite malignantly with
foreign matter, and, instead of conveying nu
trition, be the means of producing death. It
seems to possess the property of absorbing
noxious gases, and through the pores ot its
touch epidermis, to drink in matter that ren
ders it dangerous, if not fatal, to all that use it.
Like donah’s gourd, there is death in the pot.
in which its constituent curds receive their
p o jnt j iaB presented itself. To
a huckster named Patton was sold, to be used
as manure, a quantity of damaged cheese. It
had been among an assorted cargo of an
English ship. The action of bilge wator and
various exhalations from chemicals in conti
guity with it in the hold of the ship are sup
posed to have rendered it inedible. The
huckster’s beat seems to have been through
the small streets in the vicinity of Sixth and.
Seventh streets, from Washington to Dicker
son. He vended various articles from his cart
beside this cheese. The alarm was given
about two o’clock yesterday afternoon, from.,
a dozen places at a single time.. To the;
-doctors in the vicinity this coincident was
sufficiently suggestive.
Each sufferer had partaken of the same ap
petizer at the prandial meal. The first symp
toms were identical with those of acute
cholera morbus, but with more powerful purg
ing and more prostrating chills. Those who
had most freely partaken of the cheese were
the least to suffer. The patient of the many,
attended by Doctor Creadick, who suffered,
least, was a boy, whoso weakness on the cheese
question induced him to make his dinner ot
nothing else. In his case the entire contents
of the stomach were spasmodically.thrownoff.
The worst sufferer was a lady, whose only in
dulgence in the article was in the shape of the
morsel with which some people Hank a.trian
gular Section of pie.
The cases requiring medical treatment num
bered nearly fitly. ' In house No. 1328 Wood
bine street were four sufferers. In a house
in Hay street, a family of six were retching
and suffering in doleful cliorus. At No. 721)
Bavard street, it was reported this morning
that a woman was in a dying condition. That
the report proved to be unfounded is not to, bo
written down to the credit of the cheese, but
to the promptness of attendance on the part
of the doctors. It so happened that all the suffer
ers lay within stone throw of the office of a
doctor. Doctors Creadick and Wright had the
bulk of the business. The remedies used were
Hoffman’s anodyne, lac morphia, camphor
water and lime-water. The intensity of the
• symptoms consisted in the extremo violence ot
tiie vomiting. No stomach-pump was neces
sary. The object was to allay and not to in
crease the distress of the symptoms. Two little
patients of Doctor CJreadiok were saved only
with exceeding difficulty. The younger of
them was for some time on the verge of fatal
collapse. , . . •
A Mrs. Morgan, living in the vicinity of
Sixth and Wharton, is the only one of the vic
tims to be thus far considered in danger. Our
reporter interviewed several of the sufferers.
None of them felt like smiliug. On the con
trary,they looked as if they had been running
a foot-race and been badly worsted.
Two children of Mrs. Brady, Sixth and
Wharton streets, had been dining with the
children of a neighbor. They sickened soon
after the meal. They had eaten the cheese.
The youngest, about three years old, ftrstsank
into sleep at the close of the repast, and then
vomited itseli into a condition of exhaustion.
We asked one lady, who had similarly sick
ened, if she were dead. She said, “ No.” She
looked as if she hadn’t come far short of it.
Eor the purchase of the cheese she blamed
herself. “ Bedad,” said she, “ tho chazelooked
so nice that I made Barney run afther the
ould blackguard of a huckster afther his dirty
ould wagon was out o’ sight.”
The doctors have no idea that any mineral
poison had entered into the cheese. It was
at first conjectured to havo been the subject
of an experiment with a view to remove its
rancidity. Examination of the cheese doesn't
carry out this idea. It Is fair looking. If
purchased at a first-class grocery store it
might have, passed current as old Stilton, and
. have sold for thirty cents a pound.
In the vicinity of this occurrence the busi
ness of the brotherhood of hucksters is likely
to be badly bothered for some time to come by
the blunder of this particular individual of its
membership. The purchase of tainted oysters,
stale fish and withered vegetables con
stituted the livelihood of many of these
people. They scour the produce wharves
for whatever refuse they can pur
chase for little or nothing. The unsold
stock at the wholesale fish market after Satur
day noon invites their special attention, while
upon a stock of damaged oysters, of decaying
apples and kindred commodities they ever
keep watchful eye: Their field of operations
is through the smaller streets and alleys of the
city: Some of tho bigger operators, like boss
„ draymen, run a number of wagons, and pay
the vendors pro rata, for the amount of their
receipts.
The cheese item in their business is now
likely to be dropped.' That this article in a
certain stage of decomposition is a dangerous
poison, win. now be learned by many who
didn’t think of it before.
The huckster who in this case has made so
much hubbub lias wisely absented lilifiself for
the present. His discovery by tho victims of
his indiscretion would involve him in serious
headache.
An Old Drunk add. — Bast evening, about
six o’clock, a woman, about 80 years of age,
t who resides about three miles above Frank
ford, was apparently taken suddenly ill as the
ear was entering Frankford. She was assisted
to a drug store, and was then removed to the
Police Station. A crowd collected, and much
sympathy was expressed for the old woman. A
physician who had been summoned arrived,
and, upon making an examination, pro
nounced the woman to be very drunk. She
was then locked up. This morning she came
forth from the cell in good condition and
started to walk to her home.
Lumber Thieves.— Joseph Foust, Sr., Jos.
Foust, Jr., and Peter Leamon, were arrested
yesterday, while in the act of stealing lumboi
from a raft at Allegheny- avenue wharf. They
were held in $6OO bail by Aid. McDonald.
Thomas McConnell was committed by Aid.
Neill on the charge of stealing lumber from
William street wharf.
About nine o’clock last evening, a raft be
longing to John Kelly & Son, at Mead street
wharf, was cut loose, and the hawser stolen.
The lumber iloated out of the dock, but was
captured before any had been lost.
Contract A warded.— At a special meeting
of the Board of Health, held yesterday, the
contract for cleansing the streets, removing
ashes, &c., of the Twentieth District (Brides
burg and Frankford), was awarded to Thomas
D. Stites, for the sum of twenty-seven hundred
and twenty-five dollars.
Assaulting a Child.— lsaac Urich has
been held ip five hundred dollars bail, by
Alderman Burns, on the charge of assault and
battery on a little girl. It is alleged that lie
struck her ou the bead with the tail-board of a
cart, at Sixth and Oxford streets.
Man Missing.— James Gross left his home,
No. 914 South Sixteenth street, at nine o’clock
on Tuesday morning, and has not been heard
of since. He is five feet five inches in height,
slim built, pale face, gray eyes, and is bald on
the top of his lu-ad.
Assaulting Tavern-Keeper.—J ames
Miller was before Al(l. Waterhouse yesterday
upon the charge of having beaten James Leo,
proprietor of a tavern on Jefferson street,Ger
, j.jnantowu. He was held in $6OO ball.
Picking Pockhts.— Edward Tilton was ar
rested last evening, at Walnut street wharf,
on the charge of having picked the pocket of
a man of two dollars. - lie will have a hearing
at the Central Station this afternoon.
;. ; . Found Drowned. —The body of an un
known man was found in tbe 'Delaware at
Washington street wharf this morning.
•IMK I’lltK 91AHMUAX/0 BE I*olll'.
rirm in Pliiladelpliln in IBC»—Their
Cnwu-H—The' Lowws nod luNurnnees-j-
Inct-ndlarism,aiii<i no«v It is to be Sup
preuiCd—lhe WrlKln uf tho Claldwoiy
nnd Chamber ot Commerce fire*, Ac.
The'Thirteenth Annual Report of Alexan
der W. Blackburn, Eire Marshal, which ac
companied the Mayor’s message to City Coun
cils yesterday afternoon, is a highly interest
ing dociimeut. It says:,
ino past was tho moHt extraordinary yoar ovor known
in tho history of flros In Philadelphia. It markß a
nmnoruhlo epoch in tho local chronicle.-, of suchalHtt«-
IroiiH events. The hurt ing of propurty, hotli In Ire
quency and doEtructivontißS* waa unprooetlcntou. L>on
impraliona wero ouroeroua andi extonaivo. anil uomo ot
them-of a remarkablo and startling character. Bo venu
ol tlio finest and most substantial piloa of arcliUoctuiu
in tho metropoUs—monunionts of individual or asso
ciated enterprise, and objects of prido to every appre*
elating citizen—were annihilated by the firo-domon, and
millions of wealth vanished before his devastating
besom. Tho losses of tho twolvemontb wore onormous.
They aggregate a sum without a parallel in auy previous
y °The whole number of fires during tho yoar was 623, of
which a largo majority wore slight, and occasioned only
trilling damage. There were 61 in January. 40 in beb
runryr3S in March,46 in April, 39 in Muy, 64 in Juno,
113 in July, 63 in August, 47 in September, 49 u October,
4G in November, and 43 in December. Nearly ono-balf
ofthosoiu July happened at or about tho timo .of tho
Anniversary of American Independence, and resulted
from the pyrotechnic saturnalia which ulwuys attends
the advent of tlmt national holiday. Fortuuatoly, in ist
of them were OiHHvial account.
The mo t tremendous conflagration of the year was the,
annihilation ol the Patterson Warehouses, at tho cor
ner of Front and Lombard streets, on tho night of the
4th of August, tholoss by which far exceeded that of
either of the two historically great flros of October 4,
183 U, nnd July 9,i860, and waa thoreforo the heaviest
ever occasioned by any firothat hasoccurrediAoutcity.
The saddest fire was tho destruction of tho Bwft&jflpck,
in Chestuut streot, abovo Ninth, on the mo*n!ns‘6'f AUe
14th of January, when two tinfhrtunate
ployed in the jewelry storoof James E. CaldwSHkffisGo.*
perished in tho flames. la tho wreck of amtf 'or
nate structures and ruin of rare and costly goods, this
tiro is without precedent in our annals of burnings, and
in the aggregate of the loss it inflicted—three-quarters qf
amillion—it is the third In rank among all thoflrcß of
whichtbero is any refcord.
The conflagration which oxtended ovor the largest aroa
of territory ,uud swept awaythu greatest number of build
ings, bi oko out iii u collection of frame and brick, tan
neries glue and curled hair manufactories, and other
working CHlabllahments, on the south side of Columbia
avenue, between Fifth and Sixth streets, on tho after-'
noon of the 25th of Juno, causing a total loss of a quar
ter of a million. ...
Next to ihe Caldwell firo, tho conflagration that crea
ted the most intense sensation, and caused the keenost
feelings of regret,was the stiddon.demolition of tho capa
cioUHttiid splendid ball of the Commercial Exchango As
sociation, corner of Bacond and Gothic streets, on the
evening of the 7tli ot Docembor. . . ' ■
. Tho other principal tires w ore tho burning of thosugar
refinery of lingers & Mitcnoll, Wo-d stroot, below
Third, on the morning of*Dnccmbcr2ith ; the. stores of
Feeder & Thatcher, Miisselman & Kirk, and others,
Fourth street,above Markot. on the morning of the
26th ; nnd the warehouses ot F. 1). Worley & Co., and
others, Proud street, abovo Arch, on tho evening ot the
241 h of lliti'fiuim! month ; Gnllery, Ohositniit
Etreonbctow Ninth, and Tyson A Worthington'h livery
stables,'nnd 3U head of horse.*., Broad etreot, ne.tr
Wallocd. oh the evening of tho 31st of August; the
storo ofiiconard, Baker A Co., N 0.210 Chestnut street,
on flie evening of Juno 23d ; tho notion store of Nolor,
Norris A Co., and other mercantile houses, on
the north aide of Market street, between Second anil
Third streets, on* the night of tho 9th of April; the
skating-rink, Twenty-first and Race streets, on tho
evening of tho 29th, and tho freight depot of the Phila
delphia and Norristown Railroad, corner of Ninth and
Green streets, on the evening of the 23th of tho same
month; the blanket factory ol John Dobson, at tho Falls
of the Schuylkill, and the cooporing establishment of
Sibley A Co., Noble street, above Eloventh, on the
moriiug of the 17th of May; and Mann’s priutiDg-pflice
and blank-book bindery, Ledger place, on the morning
oi the 6th of the same month; Pcttitt’s mill, Ninth and
Wallace streets, on the afternoon of tho 24th; Weldon &
Hughes’s waste-cleaning factory,Gunner's run near Hart
lane,on the night of the 21st;the Boston Desiccated Fish
Works, Columbia avenue* above Fifth streoi, on the
morning of the 15th, and tue store of tho Messrs, Creigh
ton, Chestnut street, abovo Second, on tho evening of
tho 19tli of August; tho Excelsior Saw aiid PiunmgMill
of Doerr & Son, Coatts street, abovo Broad and adjoin
ing properties, on the morning of tho 4th of September,
and the Union Steam Cofleo and Spice Mills ol Weikol
& Smith, Front street, below Race, on tho night of th**
12th ; and the flour-warehouse and cooper-shop of Wil
liumß. Thomas, southwest corner of Twelfth and But
tonwood streets, on the night of the 16th of the same
month :the shoe-factory of John A. Bogar & Co., and
tho notion-store of Herzborg, Goodwin & Co., No. 118
North Third street, and other business establishments,
on the night of tho 3d; and Franklin Woolen Mills,
Twenty-fourth and Spruce streets, on the evening of
the 15tb of November. % , ■ , ,
My duties were so incessant nnd onerous all the while,
tlmt it was impossible forme to find the timo to keep as
particular anu minute a record as 1 desired ; still. I care
fully noted all the most important statistics, and from
my own data, and the figures courteously furnished me
by the underwriters from their books, I estimate the
losses by the fires of the year, and the insurances on the
same, as follows: _ T „
Loss. Insurance. Clear Loss.
Junuarv $822,731 $633,211 $134,480
February 46,372 29,205 17,167
March.... 45,181 25,835 17 r 340
April 194,666 113,142 81,524
May - 138,647 108,124 ’ 30,633
June ;.j 361,814 209,195 152,619
July 74,316 26,830
August 2,485,7.83 2,266,355 220,228
-September...’. 165,210 116,275 38,935
October 58,252 43,023 15,724
November::.. 162,686 122,427 40,259
December..., 621,637 454,591 07,046
Total ...$6,(167,123 . $4,172,304 $891,821
' These statistical figures aro truly frightful to coutem
plate, and aro, indeed, sad tell-tales. They will, doubt
loss, arrest the attention, and ought to challenge tbo
consideration and reflection of every thinking mind in
the community. The lessons they teach are grave and
weighty, and, if properly hooded, can hardly fail to
prove valuable guides forthefuture. in preventing the
recurrence of a succession of so many fiery casualties in
a single year. Tbo mammoth and alarming losses they
record proceeded from a great numbor of causes, the
most prominent of which are
Carelessness, under an endless variety of cir
cumstances, and. generally, moroor less reprehensible.
Americans are the most careless people in the world.
Stcond— lncendiarism* instigated by morbid desire for
devilish excitement, sordid passion for robbery, greed of
gain ormalignuutrevengo.
Third— Overcrowding the floors of large buildings
with valuable stocks ot goods, especially articios of an
inflammable nature.
Fourth— Defective construction of buildings, and the
absence of almost everything to make tbcm fireproof.
Fifth— Qtqbb deceptions by builders in covering up
imperfectioas in the erection of houses, aud concealing
sources of danger—too many of our modern dwellings
being mere shells and tinder-boxes, and even our public
edifices aud first-class stores containing germs of dis
aster, hidden by attractive adornment.
Sink—' The conversion of houses into powdor maga
zines by slighted workmanship, and the introduction of
heating apparatus, with an utter disregard of safety.
Sti tnth— Stoves left at night, either through forgot
fulnepe or intention, chock full of fuel, all draught
turned on, and the door tightly closed. Tho heat from
the red-hot cylinder of a stove will sometimes set fire to
wood work at the distance of several foet, aud if there
should chance to be combustible material in close
proximity, as iB often tbe case, so much greater the
jeopardy to (he building and its contents.
Eighth— Hot ashes frpm stoves, ranges, furnaces aud
heaters, put in casks, barrels, kegs, boxes, buckets,
buskets, and other wooden receptacles, and allowed to
stand ou plank floors. Whether in the counting room
or office, the manufactory or shop, in tho entry, uuder
the staiis, oron the lunuing, these deposits of tho re*
mains of combustion are upt to conceal fine particles of
carbon in a dormant state of ignition, und only requii?o
lime to be aroused into power, and thus prove insiduous
enemies toany premises. 4 , „
Accumulations m basements, lofts, closetsTTrid
cuddies, under counters and in recesses, of dirty and
greasy rubbish, which constantly invite accident from
heedlessness, now and then tempt to crime, and not un
frequently become a source of peril from chemical ac
tion, culminating ill spontaneous combustion,
2\nth— Explosions of adulterated kerosene, and reck
lessness in tho use of. benzine, naphtha aud gasoline;;
und the fabrication from these hazardous products of
petroleum, by mercenary and unscrupulous speculators,
, f numerous fancy burning fluids, some of which are as
explosive as guupowdor, and palming them off upon un
suspecting tradesmen and housekeepers us the cheapest
und safest illuminators—thereby introducing into stores,
shops end factories, of merchants und mechanics, and
the households of innocent people, dreadful agouts of
busiuess hazards and domestic calamities. Pnlilic
safety and humanity alike demand tho passage of rigi I
legal enactments, ami the appointment of upright and
reliable executive officers to enforce them, against tho
making and vending of all impure and perilous articles
for illuminating purposes. , ,
E’tventh— Leakages of illuminating gas from defective
pipes in lathed aua plastered partitions) and between
floors and ceilings, or escapes from Imperfect meters.
These leaks ana issues of treacherous hydro carbon
gases, are tho “ hidden dangers” In buildings, from
which numbers of strange accidents aud unusual con
flagrations originate, und iu guarding against them,
thero cannot be 100 much caution.
Twelfth—' Tho injudicious and reckless manner of ex
tinguishing fires, and the unnecessary use and wantoh
waste of water, whereby thousands of dollars'worth of
merchandise are unnually ruined by undisciplined effort
oud misdirected zeal. The remedy is a radical chauge
in and thorough reorganization of the Fire Department
—the question of the continuance of the volunteer or
substitution of the paid system, to be decided by the
wishes of the citizens through their chosen roprusouti*-
tiris in Councils or tlio Legislature. In my opinlou, the
day of a compensated fire department in this city is not
fur distant, and when it dooscome—bo that time sooner
er later—the transition will tuke place with thu appro
bation of the firemen themselves.
TAirfctfifA—Disgraceful thefts of goods by the miser
able scamps who, iu tho guiso of firemen— u wolves in
sheep’s clothing enter burning and threatened build
ings, under false pretences, and depredate in tho midst
of blinding smoke and deluges of water. Every fire now
is a carnival ol robbery. *’ * * *
The losses by fire iu the Unitel States for the year
1869 have been estimated by competent and woU-post«M
statisticians, mgst familiar with such matters, at the
immensely large Humof 846,000,000. If this estimate Is
correct,it will be seen ihut Philadelphia has suffered to
»h<‘ amount of one-eighth of the entire bulk of this vast
damage to the prosperity of the couhtry.
I am harpy to report that a very large majority of tho
most destructive tires of the prist year wore accidental;
6till, 1 regret to state, that my records exhibit an in
crease ofim’emlimy aeis over those of tho procediug
year. One hundred and four out of iho total number oc‘
six hundred and twenty-three burnings, wero clearly
truceuble to incendiarism, and fifty-four persons; more
than one-bulf of whom were minors, were arrested op
the charge of arson and suspicion of arson.
A number of fires in the courso of the year, 'occurring
in mt-fciiitlilo houses and other business places, were
mysterious in theirorigin, und all attempts to account
tor them so unsatisfactory t that there was good reus »n
to sums cl either deliberate incendiarism, ho svereted
to baffle discovery, or else carolo3Hm*‘iS so closely allied
to wrong as to lender il difficult to decide whether thofj *
suspected were-deserving ol severe ceimure.or auuvuabl •
to the criminal law. Such cases are always i-xtn-ne’ly
annoying to the fair and-st might-forward underwriter,
and exceedingly «*inbfliTi»Hnliig to the officer whoso duty
it Ik in investigate them without prejudice or favor.
Aeil»eb.ist means of more effectually checking the
crime of arson, and bringing its perpetrators to cou-
PH ILADELPHIA EVEN INH BULLETIN, FRIDAY. APRIL H iM). :
dign punishment, hereafter, I would earnestly recoiu
"S&i-Tbe adoption of a more porfcpU and officiant
system of police prevention This would deotand not
only tho continued maintenance of tho morale of the
force, by careful Holoctlon and rigid discipline, but an
immediate augmentation of its numerical strength,
which Is, at present, entirely inflitfllciout. - •
Second— Tao prompt expulsion from,th> firo depart
mi nt of alldleordoily and lawless characters—pirticu
larly those affected with that dangerous mental malady.
pvromatita— and tho exposure and imprisonment of all
depraved and thieving adherents.
Third—' Tho thorough examination 1»y compotont in
spectors of all risks before writing on them, constant
supervision of the same during the continuance of the
policy,and a re-exninination at the time of renewal, and
on ovory application for increased Insurance. Those ox
rmiuutionß and visits of inspection, which could offoud
no sensible person, would soouro order and cleanliness,
expose hidden perils, prevent deceptions and f> amis and
bmict and cement mutual confidence botween the under
writer and the honest policy-holder.
Fourth—' Tho exaction of the condition, in all contracts
for indemnification for loss by tire, that a curtain pro
portion ol tho risk should bo borno by tho insured. This
would induco carefulness, nnd offer no temptation to
violate tho statutes of tliu Commonwealth.
Fifth— The refusal of evoy risk, tlio moral character
of wbicli was at all doubtful.
Sixth— Tho offer of liberal standing rewards bv both
tho municipal authorities and'Boards of Firo under
writers, for such'iufornmtion as would b’lid to tho detec
tion. airc&t and conviction of incendtarios. A faithful
official needs no such incentive, but people who lose
time In.aiding detective operations, havo a rlgnt to ex
pect pecuniary remuneration. And furthor: although
it may not bo very complimentary to liunmu naturo.lt
is nuvorlhoh b.s true, that a little ujonoy. judiciously ana
properly employed, will often accomplish tho detoction
of. crime when everything else fails. A pair of Ups can
be induced to open to impart a secret, under tho influ
ence of poll, when no other potency could move thorn.
As a lover of my own raco, I record this in sa lness, but
such has been my experience as adotective. But after
ull, we have to take tho world as wq find it, nnd troat it
accordingly, taking curo that wo do nothing wrong.
Seventh— The utmost cautiousness and strictest scru
tiny in taking security in canes of arson, promptness and
persoverance in suing out forfeited recognizances, and
the'unrelenting prosecution of all perjurod ball-goers.
In tho last three years, a nnm\)or of incendiaries, de
tected and arrested by mo, with ovldonce against them
of the blackest and most positive character, have oscaped
and fled beyond tlio reach of recapture, through the
laxity that has existed in the matter of taking rocomii
z&ncca ; and it is rare that a trafficker in straw-bail is
ever made to pay tho penalty of his audacious temerity,
Justice is hatfled ana defeated, and its administrators
continually laughed at.
The report of tho Fire Mar ihal of Now York for 1369
statos that there were 913 fires in that; city during the
year, causing a total loss of $3,416,402.
The great excess of losses in Philadelphia was owing
to the terrible casualty at the stores of the Penn Ware
house Company.
The numbei c tif couvictions for arson iu Now York, for
the your ending October 31, 1869, was 3—two men and
onowoman.
Ju Philadelphia, for the year ending December.3l.
1869, there were 6 convictions for arson—two, men and
three youths.
The Fire Marshal of York. 111 his last annual re
port, says : *• There is great difficulty in obtaining a
conviction for arson, the obstacles in tuo way boing al
most insurmountable.” ' 1
Whut.-tliis able official asserts is most truthful. My
experience perfectly accords with Ms. In tho black
catalogue’ot human transgressions, thorois no p*nal of
fence so"arduous and perplexing to deal with as that of
arson. Next in enormity to murder-, it is a crime ongen
doicd by the mast diabolical promptings of the hearty l
Buse und cowardly in its conception, it is always con
cocted in secret, and iu its perpetration is over covert
und stealthy.' Ileucetbo detestable and. wicked not t
genorolly envoloped in mystery and darkness, and the
incendiary hides his tracks so completely as often to bid
'defiance to disclosure. .Whilo-in tho wake of ull other
crimes Jit tho cnlendbrttherenrestartingpolnts to direct
the detective, incendiarism seldom loaves a traco. Ail
tho evidences of guilt usually perish with the firo itself .
Tho appointed agent who undertakes the task of detect
ing tho infernal deed, is generally obliged to commence
his investigation without a solitary clue, and is com
pelled to grope in tho dark at overy step. Success occa
sionally crowns his exertions, but in many casos, after
tho exercise of all his sagacity and skill, as well us the
most untiring perseverance, ho fails to secure adequate
proof of guilt. Ho frequently discovers enough to es
tablish.a clearmdral case against the distrusted person,
yet is unable to obtain evidence sufficient towarrauta
verdict of guilty in a court of justice. ,
In taking a retrospective view of my own official
career as fire investigator nnd detector, and remember
ing tho obstacles I have encountered, and the discour
agements that have confronted mo at almost every pace,
I nin amazed that I ever accomplished a tithe of the
little I have done. , x ~ . '
Yet I am willing that my record should speak for
itself. It is just thirteen years since I was detailed from
the detective department of tho policofor tho special
duty of investigating the causes ot fires and detecting
incendiaries. During that time, 914 persons were
arrested on the charges of arson and suspicion of haviag
committed or intending to commit that offence, and con
spiring with and instigating others to perpetrate the
same, and being accessory thoreto either before or after
the fact, or both. The number convicted, either by their
'own confession to tho Firo Marshal, or by pleas on
arraigflpient, or verdicts of juries in the criminal Court,
was 163—an average of one conviction a month. Th •
Hgeß of these detected parties ranged from eight to
seventy years. , .
Iu no city in America or Europe, as far as I nave been
able to obtain information, has there beena larger num
ber ot persons found guilty of incendiarism in tho same
period of time. For half a century immediately pre
ceding the creation of the firo detective branch of the
police by your distinguished predecessor, Hon. Richard
Vaux, convictions for arson iu Philadelphia were very
unusual. The arraignment of an inccuamry was so uu
freuucut an occurrence that it convulsed the entire com
munity. The records of the criminal courts show that
sometimes there was not a solitary conviction for that
offence in a continuous period of five years. Prior to
1840, a trial for arson was rare. Between 1840 and 1850,
there was un occasional instance. After the formation
of the Marshal’s police, in iB6O, the instances became
more frequent. But as in all other things,so in the de
tective operations of the police, what was everybody’s
business was nebody’s business, and it was not until
1857, when fire detection was made a specialty by
Mayor Vaux, that this alarming crime was grappled with
I have regularly road tho reports of the Chief of the
Metropolitan Fire Brigade of London, and also thoso of
all the fire investigators of thecitiesof thiscountry,
where suchfofficesand agencies buvo boon establisheu,
and conceding to these officials tho highest reputation
for activity,energy, zeal and ability, I find that none of
them can show a more favorable record than mine. Ido
not say this egotistically,but ouly in justice to myself.
The examination into*the cause of the Are
at the Patterson stores, whioh has already
been the subject of a special report, is alluded
to, and then the long aud tedious investigation
of the fire at the Burd Block, and the various
theories advanced in regard to the origin of the
conflagration, are referred to at much longtb.
The theory of the Fire Marshal in reference
to the last named fire is thus stated : fl
Beyond all peradventure, tbe testimony obtained,by
me establishes tho f«ct that the fire was first soon in
the Bansum street enid of tbe basement. Smoke issued
fr< m and flame wap observable in this part of th? build
ing before the least sign of fire was discovered nay when?
On the night of .the conflagration the weather wins
calm and the atmosphere misty. Gas-jets were burning
in the cellar. The porter in banking tho fires of the
heating apparatus, put on afresh supply of anthracite.
The fuel was full of coal dust. An examination of the
pile from which it was taken in the vault proved this.
The quantity of coal placed in the fire-box
was liberal. The furnace doors were arranged as
usual, to check the flow of air to tho grate and
insure n very plow combustion. From the porter’s own
statement, I am induced to think that the fluo-dampor of
the Sansom street furnace, by an unintentioaal ana un
conscious omisfiion on his part, was improperly regu
lated,and thereby thedeliveryof the productsofcoinbus
lion to the chimney was retarded. The result was the
production of carbonic oxide gas, ami its diffaslou
through the apartment. This gas is combustible, and
under certain conditions explosive. My inference is,
that the carbonic oxide produced aud diffused in the
manner explained, ignited and exploded when it met
„ with the circumstances favorable thereto, and thus com
municated tho fire to the premises. The flames rapidly in
crciii’fri by the ignition of tho packing; material that lit
tered the cellar floor and filled the bins, soou involvod
tire boarded ceiling and stairway, and licking through
the crevices of the hatchways of the first and second
floors, leaned to the top of tbo building with the celerity
of electricity. They were augmented in volume and
power in their electric career by the combustion of the
dry and highly varnished partitions and richly oiled fur
niture of the offices and counting rooms •on the first
story, and thesleeping and dressing-rooms on the Becoud
floor, and tho melting and destruction of the light gai
fixtures in these apartments; and they were further
swelled and intensified by the full head of gas which was
on, and flowing with fatal velocity through a two and a
half inch main, which supplied the hundreds of
that lighted that extensive and spacious utero.
My final conclusion, therefore, is that tbo cause of the
Caldwell fire was the generation, diffusion, ignition and
explosion of carbonic oxide gas, from tho imperfect
combustion of the coals fed to the boiler-grate.
Time may yet dispel tho obscurity that enclouds this
unparalleled casualty, and solve tho mystery of its ori
gin. If future disclosures should prove that nay conclu
sion w«« erroneous, it will be a pleasure to mo to ac
knowledge the mistake, without hesitation, and' in a
spirit of the utmost frankness.
A lengthy account of the investigation ot
the conflagration at the Chamber of Coiri
merce building is given, and the theory of the
Fire Marshal is that the lire originated fronp
the heat of the flue.
dpj'opos to the subject of the investi
gation of tires, about which there
has been, for some time past, a disposition to
find fault with the Fire Marshal, fcne valuable
report of that celebrated chemist, Professor
Graham, of London, of his scientific inquiries
in connection with tho oflicial investigation
instituted by tbo English trade authorities
into the cause of the tiro in the British ship
Amazon, is appended to the report of Mr.
Blackburn. !
At the conclusion of the report the Insurance.
Patrol is thus alluded to : ■ ■
“Within tho mint ynnr, an institution lou" neojßii in
our city, und of which I wus one of tho curliest iitlvd
cutcs.lias become u ronllty und I um grutilled to suy
tliut, from its Inception, it met with your Honor's cor
dial approbation. I need hardly add that I refer to the
ItiHurunco Patrol. Th is organization, during tho fow
months of its existence, liub demonstrated its groat
valno to tho business and general community by tho
protection it has afforded to property in times of fire.
Working in harmony with both tho police und lire de
partments, it lias saved, by its vigilunce, promptness,
activity aud energy, thousands of dollars’wortii of
goods. It should ho generously fostorod by thu Fire
Underwriters and tho public,
More Arrests.— George Broiner and Wm.
Montgomery were arrested yesterday Dy Spe
cial Otlicer McGranopon thu charge of having
been concerned in tbe robbery of the house of
Kdward T. Belts, No. 2017 Ogden street, on
Sunday night last. They are looked up at tho
Central Station awaiting a hearing.
Cruelty.— William Ferguson was arrested
at Second and Oxford streets,' yesterday, for
cruelly beating a horse. He was taken oofore
Alderman Burns,and was held iu live hundred
dollars bail.
Locad Cnownmi —To-day is hound ia hluo
and gold. ,
The shad fisheries, at Gloucester, are begin
ning.to draw tlio tisqal gatherings of tlio pis
catovially curious. \
“The introduction of gilded embellishments
to iron railings is beginning tb bb generally fol
lowed up. Like the'mansard roof, wo soon
expect to see tbe railiug of every handsome
house in'Philadelphia rolioved by correspond
ing light. ’ The gilding of the spear, heads
upon tho railiugs of our public enclosures
would he as pretty and as effective In Phila
delphia as it is in "Paris. Let thoso who would
charm the eve of tho by-passer as well as
their own take pattern from some of the raoro
modern iiiclosuros iu Broad street and vicinity,
The chapel of Calvary Presbyterian Church,
on Locust street, is assuming its proportions.
It will be completed in September.
The man who didn’t believe that Europoau
sparrows could ho acclimated iu. this city now
finds liis mistake. The little creatures are
building their nests in every direction. Their
tameness is , remarkable. Where their
visits are welcomed they invariably repeat
them. At the Widows’ Asylum they come
confidingly down trom’tlie ivy, in which they
. are,leaking their nests, to the crumbs and
seed dropped for them on the piazzas.
Laieckx v of Jtiw'Ei.RY.— -Win. B. Hockor
was.arre.sted this morning, at tho instance oi
Wai’iie, Bros. & Co., No. 712 Chestnut street.
It is alleged that lie represented to S/S. White
that ho wasaoonverteu.lew.and obtained from
that gentleman a letter to W., B- & Go., ask
ing them to allow Hecker to have jewelry at
reasonable rates/ While engaged iu examin
ing some, it is alleged he pocketed several
articles. Yesterday, a salesman in the store of
Wnrtie, Bros. & Co., went into the store of
B. F. Dubrisq, at Second aud Green 'streets,
to effect a sale. He offered something for
S 4 00. Mr. Dubosq said that he had brought
a similar article for S 2 00, and produced it.
The mark ofW., B. & Co. was found on it,and
as it was never sold to Hecker,from whom Mr.
Dubosq purchased it, it Is supposed to have
been stolen.' This morning, Heckor again
went to the store of Warne, Bros. & Co., aud
while examining rings hb wasarrestod. Upon
searching him, about, a half a dozen stolen
rings were found. It is also alleged that ho
has been stealing from tlio store of George
Renick, No. 70S Chestnut street. Hecker has
a license as a pedlar. He will have a bearing
! at the. Central Station, this afternoon.
SrnuEN Dkath.—Charles Harmstead, for
the last sixteen years ono of t-lic keepers of
Moyamensing Prison, died suddenly, this
uiiorning, just after completing his regular
round of the prisou. Mr. Harmstead appeared
to be in his usual condition of health this
morning, but upon returning to his room,
took a scat, aud died almost instantly, as .is
supposed, from a stroke of apoplexy,.. The
deceased was sixty years of age, aud of per
fectly temperate and regular habits. He was
regarded as ono of the most reliable and effi
cient keepers of t,ho prison, and liis death will
he much regretted.
Directors of the Uhion
League have made arrangements to present a
handsome banner to the colored citizens, on
the occasion of the celebration of tbe adoption
of the Fifteenth Amendment, on the 26th Inst.
Accident. —Joseph McGlone, aged 52
years, residing at 1006 Sansom street, injured
his knee-cap, by falling on the stairs, this
morning. He was taken to Pennsylvania
Hospital.
Fire.— A fire occurred at No. 606 Penn
street, this morning. Maria Woods, a de
ranged woman, set lire to her clothing and a
bed. The flames were speedily extinguished,
however.
Mad Dogs. —During yesterday a mad dog
was killed on Tenth street, below Pine, and
another was shot at Noble and Dilwyn
streets.
Stealing Harness.— George Keyser was
arrested for attempting to steal a set of har
ness from a stable at Sixth and Diamond
streets. Alderman Hood held him in $6OO
bail for trial.
Modern Progress.— Modistes aud fashion
ers of to-day compare with those of the pas*
as the present locomotive compares to the
gone-by stage-coach. Thedifference is
tbe same as that between the time
required by a portrait-painter and a pho
tographer to furnish you with a counterfeit
presentment. Messrs. Agnew & English,
Chestnut street, on the ground-floor of the
Girard B ousc, could qualify Eve for a streot
promenade inside of twenty-four hours. They
keep constantly—or rather sell constantly—
ladies' cloaks, dresses and garments of every
kind. We examined the specimens upon the
Jay figures with an interest that appeals loudly
to" the bosom not only of ourself,out of the en
tire hatch of Philadelphia bachelors. The
feature that interested us was snowy white
suits of lawn, linen and India muslin, fur
helowed from border to waist, and so ethereal
that the wearers might be supposed ready,
after donning them,to flit away “like a beauti
ful dream from the prosaic realities of dirty
streets.” While the Messm. Agnew &
English get up ladies’ wardrobes, they also
sell material in the usual way. Thoir assort
ment of silks and other dress goods is perfect;
in black silks they offer what every judge will
recognize as decided bargains.
AmiNKHJSNTN.
—The Amateurs.’ Drawing-Room, on Seven
teenth street, above Chestnut, was filled last
night for the first performance of the new
tableaux illustrative of Faust. It was an enter
tainment by a party of ladies and gentlomen
of tbe first respectability, given for the benefit
of tbe Newsboys’- Bfome. The arduous task
undertaken by these charitable persons has
been accomplished after a great deal of pre
paration, and we have seldom seen a first per
formance at any theatre so free from slight
miscarriages. The story of Faust, as given in
tbe first part of Goethe’s drama, is interpreted
-by these scenes from beginning to end. The
stage is six times set with elaborate and
artistic scenery (express by Bussoll Smith, in
bis best style), in the midst of which, in
a series of changing tfibleaux vivants, the plot
is elucidated. The figures, in splendid
dresses, and lighted with all the appliances
of scenic art, are discovered in a group,which
at a given signal suddenly changes, until an
act of the drama is interpreted ,by the living
compositions. 'Whether we call it statuary or
picture, the ensemble is exquisite. The scene
most to our particular taste last night, though
not the most applauded, was that in the
church. The curtain rising discovered a
chapel in a large cathedral, with tall altar
candles burning in the distance, and colored
lights falling from a rose-window upon the
tessellated floor and over a rich pne-Dieu;
the worshippers devoutly entered the church,
giving alms to the beggar at the entrance, aud
finally “ Marguerite " came in alone, falling on
her knees upon the chair. “ Mephistopheles,”
stealing from behind a tall monument,suddenly
stooped over her, while the music repeated
the proper aria from Gounod’s opera; then
the figures changed positions, with the sud
denness of objects in a kaleidoscope,and“ Mar
guerite” fell at full length on the pavement,
with the prismatic lights playing over her
white face and blonde hair. This is but a
specimen of the beautiful effects represented;
the village festival, with the enchanted wine,
the return of Valentine, with his duel and
death, and finally the apotheosis of Margue
rite, elicited much approbation. Tho tableaux
were each represented twice, and the novel
spectacle kept tbe spectators in constant de
light for., over two hours. The performers
were, for amateurs, most remarkably well
drilled; the arduous part of “ Marguerite,”
taken by a beautiful young girl as conspicuous
for her talent in tbe line arts its for the versa
tility with which she can change her vocation,
and become the picture she coulil paint so well
—was acted with a grace and intelligence that
charmed every one; the part of “Mephis
topheles,’’ requiring a singular grotesque
power, was played with much daring aud ver
satility. “ Valentine ” was a triumoli of rjcli
dressing and pictorial attitudes. “Faust” was
pleasingly and sympathetically rendorod,—
“ Martha” admirable, and tho other assistants
were admirably dressed and carefully drilled.
"We have been thus detailed in describing tho
nature of the entertainment, because wo
would like to see the house packed at tho re
petition performance ou next Tliuisday even
ing, when these charitable ladles and gentle
men will undergo their duties again for tho
same good object.
—On Friday night of next week Mr. Adam
Everly will have a benefit at the'Acoh Street
Theatre In & fine bill. ThU will be ,Mr,
Evorlyto fii*t appearance this season. and. an
be in a great favorite, the bouse ought to bo
crowded. ' , ' 1
CITV NOTICES.
Tukkk is no doubt , but Saturday will be a
gala day at tbo Great Brown Stono HaU of RockliiU A
Wilson.' Thousands will bo rushing to fit tUoinselvcn ous
Jta their all-wool #lO Spring Suits, and ®7 Spring
Overcoats, togotlior with overy variety of Boys’, Youths*
ami Gentlemen’h Clothing,far superior andoheapor than
is offered at Any. other houso iu tlio oity.
• . 'Kockiiilt. a Brown Stono flail,
No. 603 and 605 Chestnut streot.
Tiik ; liADIKS* Sokohis Olub,
York, rocently changed their discussion* from Woman’s
Suffrage to Hair Preparations and Pimplo Bauishors,
They declared that, whoro nature had not endowod them
with beauty, it wna tholr right-yea, tholr duty—to soek
it where they could. "So they all voted that Magnolia
Balm ovcrcumo Sallownoss, Bough Skin and ttliur
marks, nnd gavo to the complexion amost rfis/»;K««(So
rosianl and marblo-liko appearance (dangerous to mon,
no doubt); and that Lyon’s Kathafron made the Uair
grow thick, soft and awful pretty, amlj moreover proi
vented it from turning gray. If tho proprietors of those
articles did not send the sisters an invoice they aro not
smart. '
Kennedy & Jbtoß., No, 7t2f> Cbeetmifc street,
importers of Fine, Millinery Goods. Wholesale and
rolail. ’ •
Diamond Finger Pius.Stmls, &c.
Alho, » variety or Kino C,*M .low»'lry. Groat In*
diii’Piiiontfito buyers, at T. W. 11ait.ky, No. C 22 Market
street. ....
Kennedyk’ 'T’himmkd Hath arc peirleot
.little going ; their Bonnet. are uncqnalwl.
Solid Silver Table anti Tea Spoons, Forks,
J.adlea, llntter Knives ; nlao. Table Oil,lory. All lira
nlT.rnl at reduced r»tea. T. W.IUU/HV, No. (HI Market
Htroot.
Kennedy & Bnos., No. 720 Chestnut street,
aro quoted aa the highest authority ill fashions. Priroo
rcry moderate. ’
Ai.e tub Latest Styles
or ;
Cd»risos.rASTii.oo.\ 9tuff», ANU Viorisoj
For Sprint Wear ,
Now Arranged for Public Insfbction,
At Chari. Ka Storks'*, No. 824 Chestnut Stri.kt.
Whitcomb's Asthma Remedy.—ln no case
of purely Asthmatic character has it failed to giro
pi ompt relief.' ,
Kennedy.& Bnos., 729 Chestnut street, aro
daily receiving now abapea In bodies* Hata, Rich .Saab
Hibbons, and Vino I, net's.
Russian Bracks!— Both tlio Ends and
LererßncklesaropATKXTF.il. You can (lnd an assort
montatJ.W. Scott 4 Co.’o. N 0.814 Chestnut atreet.
Kennedy & Bros., 729 Chestnut Htreel, aro
the acknowlmlged leaders of Fashion In Ladies' Bound
Hats aed Bonnets. Tlieir French Flowers are very
superior.
OAKf'Oini’sT.’ateet Styles of
Ladies’and Misses’Spring Hate
Gan be bail at their Stori,#
884 and 6311 Chestnut li treat.
Ladies visiting the city should not leave
without ereine the new Millinery Emporium of Thos.
Kkxxkdt 4 8r05.,729 Chestnut street.
Gents’ Hats! Gents’ Hats!
The beautiful Spring Btyles
Are u«w ready at
Oakfordh’, under the Continental
Carpets and Matting made up and laid.
Matrasses made over. Furnitnre ro-nphoUterrd and
varnished. None hut thabest workmen omployed.
ALBERTSON A CO., Fifteenth and Chestnut street#.
No Humbug ..About It.—Gentlemen In
finest of elegantly fashioned boot#, made bv competent
workmen, of the heet'Froueh calfskin, and furnished at
about 25 per c*nt. lots than tho same goods can bo bought
elsewhere, are particularly directed to call on Chaelks
Etches., the artistic cordwainer, No. 604 North Eighth
street above Buttonwood. Mr. Eichkl thoroughly
understands all the details of hla profession.
Corns, Bunions, Inverted Nails, skillfully
treated by Hr. J. Davidson, No.9lsChestuut street.
Charges moderate.
Surgical Instruments and druggists
Bindries. „ . „ . ..
Smowdkm A BROTIIIHit
■ 23 South Eighth street.
To Quiet, scottab and relieve the pain of
children teething, nee Bowse’s tmrASTUoUDUL. Sold
hy all Urnggists. ■
Deafness, Blindness and Oatabbb
treated with the utmost-success. br J. Isaacs, M. D.,
and Professor of Diseases of the Eye and Ear (his speci
alty) In the Medical College of Pennsylronis.U years ex
perience. No. 808 Arch street. Testimonials con be seen
at his office. The medical faculty are invited to ac
company their patient*, a* he has no secret* in his prac*
tic*. Artificial eyes inserted without pain. No chars©
for examination. ■
PIANOS.
GRAND OPENING.
fffffl RARE CHANCE, fffffl
The undersigned offer to the public at
WHOLESALE PRICES,
(For a Short Time Only)
DECKER BROS’
AND
KRANICH, BAOH&GO.’S
PIANOS.
In many respects superior to Stein way’s
Pianos.
WILLIAM BLASIUS,
(The oldest of late Agents for Steinways)
1008 CHESTNUT STREET..
ap2 lmrpk
FURNITURE, &L.
FURNITURE.
Reduction, in Rrices
TO
SUIT THE TIMES.
$lOO,OOO WORTH OF ALL KINDS.
GEO. J. HENKELS,
■i •-
1301 and 1303 Cbestnnt St. 1
mh26 ImrpS
FURNITURE.
JOHN M. GARDNER,
1316 CHESTNUT STREET,
Hub unquestionably some of the newost and prettiest
styles of
FINE FURNITURE
ever before produced. In regard to quality and finish
thecoods ennhotbesurpupfiod.
fly* Mr. the attention'of thoseiu*
tending to purchase to call and oxamino hie stock, wuioji
will bo sold at prices that must prove tempting.
nih3o-ri)tf r - . ■
AGKAND BILLIAED TOURNAMENT
for tho Oharapionship of. Pbnnßylvanlh, at tue
AbHEMBLY BUILDING, commencing <*n MONDA.X,
the 25th iT»sf.,ai»'(l ending on SATUwPAY, the
Kirdt prl«>, ft Gold-mounted Ouo, prbaouted by iLav
nnnch k Decker, Now York, nnd .a Bulendid BUitanl
Table, immufiictured and prCHcmtod. by YwWi’
teulio : liio Second l*rizo. a purso of AIM. Third Prl/o,
87A. !rho public nro luvltcS. TlolloT-l, W cruts ,
ticket#, ®:t, (idniitting gentlemen and ladles. Th-j™
tu be bad at (he Ball, uud at alt the Billiard Rooms m
tho city. ai>««trp
BARTLETT.
No. 83 South Sixth Street.
.Ever thanhftal for tho patronage ex
tended him heretofore, and desirous'of
further favors, Ijpgs to announce hla
Sprlngr Stjles of Boots and'Shoes for
Gents’ and Boys’ wear.
-A large assortment of Cnstom-madd'
Goods, made on his Improved La'sts, which
are unrivalled for comfort and beauty,
enables him to furnish a ready lit at all
times.
defrih w flyrp
WWANCIAi,;
7 PER CENT. GOLD LOAN,
PURE OF VI. N. TAX,
OF THE
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Min
nesota R. R. Co.’s
FIRST MORTGAGE
50 YEAK BONDS,
(The Accrued Interest ts from November Jst
Which goes to Vie purchaser.)
AT 90. FEAT.
TBOBTKEH :
J. KDCAB THOMSON,
Pre*i<!,ut Pennsylvania Btilrowl Oo
CIIABLEB L. FItOST, Now York.
***** Bonds Are payable. principal and interest, in
cnifitafNew York or LondoriYtUs interest being pay
able in May %ud November.
They are convertible into Mock, aud aro protected by a
liberal Sinicin* Fund.
They are issued upon the seroral sections or the road
only as the same are completed slnd in successful opera
tion.
They are guaranteed not only by a first Hen upon the
•ntiro property and franchises of tho Company, but also
by now current earnings, and an ample commerce on the
route of tho road, nod have not to depend for their ’so
curity opona traffic which tho road itself is expected to
create. .... -
Over Three Million Hollars have already been ex
pended on the rood.
Eighty-three miles of road are already completed aad
equipped t and show large earnings; and theremaiads
of the line is progressing rapidly toward completion.
The Btate of lowa, through winch this road runs, is
One of the richest agricultural sections of America. Its
large and extending population, and its immense yield
of agricultural products, create s pressing demand for
the construction of this road.
The rood also runs through the fertile and growing
£tate of Minnesota, It traverses the most enterprising
and trovoint portion of the Weit, anil forms the shortest
of the treat trunk lines in direct communication with Next
York , Chicago and St. Louis.
Having thoroughly investigated jilt the conditions af
fecting the security of these we fee] justified in
givlngtbeman unqualified indorsement as a first-class
and thoroughly safe Investment, as secure as a Govern
ment Bond can possibly be, and paying nearly SO per
cent, more Interest than Five-Twenties.
All marketable securities at their fall price, free of
commission and express charges, received in payment ,
. Pamphlets and maps furnished on application.
HENRY CLEWS & CO
Financial 4c«al« of the Company,
Mo. 82WALL STREET.
OK
BOWEN A FOX,
-BARKER BROS A CO.,
T. WHELEN A CO.,
KURTZ & HOWARD.
mU3o24trp
A LEGAL INVESTMENT
roa
TRUSTEES, EXECUTORS, &c.
THE UNDERSIGNED
OFFER FOR HALE
A LIMITED AMOUNT
OF TH*
Pennsylvania Railroad Company’s
General Mortgage
SIX PER CENT. BONDS
At 92 1-2 and Interest added to date
of purchase.
These Bonds Are Coupon and Registered, interest on tho
former payable January and July I, on the
latter April and October Ht.
All free from Btate Tax, and issued in
sums ef $l,OOO.
By an act of the Legislature of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, approved April Ist,
1870, these Bonds are made a Legal Investment
for Trustees,'Executors and Administrators.
For further particulars, apply to
Jay Cooke & Co.,
E. W. Clark & Co.,
Drexel & Co *
C. & H. Borie,
W. H. Newbold, Son & Aertsen.
ap)B 12trp{
DREXEL & CO.,
No. 84 South Third Street,
American and Foreign Bankers.
V \*
Issue Drafts and Clroular Letters of Credit,
available on presentation in any part of
Europe.
Travelers can make aJI their financial ar
rangements through us, and we will collect
their Interest and dividends without oharge.
DBEXEL, TVTNTHEOP & CO., New York.
DREXEL, HARJES & CO., Paris.
j, yv, GIItBOUGH A CO.,
BANKERS, _ .
42 SOUTH THIRD STREET,
Negotiate Loans, Buy and Bel
Government and other re-
liable Securities.
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