The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-09-19
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
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The TEACHERS INSTITUTE, which is to be
held tomorrow (Frtday) afternoon and even
ing, at the Musical Fund Hail. promises to be
an important and interesting occasion Some
time since, the officers of the Institute re-
quested the Board of Control to pass a resolu-
tion authorizing the holding of but one ses.
sion of the schools, closing at IL O'Clock in the
morning, on Friday, in order that all the
teachers in the city might have an opportunity
OF attending the meeting Of the Institute. This
request was complied with by the Board, and
the young folks will accordingly have an extra
holiday tomorrow afternoon.
The sessions of the Institute Will commence
at o'clock, and Will be opened with prayer by
the Rev. Alfred Cookman, of the Spring
Garden Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
The reading of the minutes and other intro
ductory exercises will then take place, and at
half-past 2, the Rev. Jesse h. Jones, Of New
great interest to teachers 1.-The Transition
Era in Systems of Education" in the course of
which he Will draw a comparison between
former methods of instruction and the present
system of object teaching, which is so rapidly
becoming popular with the public
AT 4,S0 and 7'30 p. M, DR.. Dio Lewis, the cele-
brated physical instructor, of Boston, will lee
ture before the Institute, on physical Exer.
cises." AT the close of each lecture an oppor-
tunity will be given for the asking of questions,
tion to the teachers of the public schools, it is
expected and desired that the public will attend
the meetings, ample arrangements for their
accommodation having been made.
CITY PoITICs.-The proceedings of the great
last evening will be found in full elsewhere in
to- days TELEGRAPH. The resolutions adopted
on this occasion are pithy and to the point, and
the fact that two of the resolutions ennbody the
language and sentiments Of such shining
Democratic lights as James K. Polk and James
Bucnanan lmparts to them additional weight
and interest.
The great meeting of to morrow evening will
be that OF the Twenty xth Ward Republicans,
at Kater Hall, where addresses will be delivered
by the Hon. Charles O'Neill, the Hon. Morton
McMichael, General Louis Wagner, General
Joshua Il. owen, and other prominent speakers.
This evening, at o'clock, the Republicans Of
the First Division of the Twentieth Ward will
assemble at the northeast corner of Seventh
and Girard avenue to commence operations in
There will also be meeting of the Repubn-
cans of the Eleventh Division of the Twenty
northwest corner of Thirty fifth and Haverford
treets.
The campaign Will be opened at Frankford on
Saturday evening, when a ward meeting will
be held, at which addresses will be delivered by
Ex-Governor James Pollock, Hon. James NJ.
Scovel, of Camden. N. j., General Joshua 7.
owen. Hon. William B; Mann, A. W. Henzey,
ESQ. Colonel James Given, and others. Let
there be good turnout on the occasion.
FIRE FROM CARELEssNEss.-A fire broke out
last night in the premises No. 1915 Ridge ave.
nue. The house is leased by Mrs. Elizabeth
Megargee, who rents the first floor toa tinsmith
when he shut up his store at o'clock last even-
ing there was no appearance of fire. About 10
peiipipg. - She smelt smoke. as II pine
wood were burning; but thinking nothing of it
at the time, she made no further searches. This
into the cellar to get something, she was much
surprised to see IRE coming through the floor
gave the alarm, and Officer Wellington, of the
| Sixth District ran up, and breaking in the
through just underneath tho back window, and
| the fire was still burning. He procured some
water, and put 1t out without any assistance;
fQyU nun a
| emptied the charcoal dust from barrel upon
| the floor, in order to have it removed. Just
before closing the shop last evening, he had
emptied the ashes OF a portable furnace upon
| the pile, suppostng every spark OF 1re to have
mained, however, and catching the charcoal
| dust, had smouldered all night, owing TO the
absence of draft. The inmates of the house
| made q narrow escape as in a short time the
| flames would have got such headway as to en-
| danger the whole building. AS 1t was, the
damage was but trihing.
THE SAMPSON scALE.--we have examined
| one Of the scales manufactured by the Sampson
Scale Company, of New York, now in use at the
extensive iron and steel establishment of VIII
| liam f. Potts, No. 1925 Market street. who is q
| pioneer in the iron business, ana one OF the
| first TO adopt any matter of interest to mecha'
nicaI men, or those in the iron trade The
others, is-lst. Its accuracy. The levers of the
platform scales now in use are from nine tC
twelve feet long, which makes them liable tC
spring, whilst In this scale the longest lever II
! but nine inches; moreover, It's free from check
|
which causes inaccuracy. I'd. Senstttveness o.
balance, being capable of denotlng from the
fraction of pound to any number.of tons. Sd
Exactness and facility of adjustment, whict
can be done by means OF a nut attached to thu
| lever in moment 4th. Durability. All tn,
friction caused by the oscillations of the plat
form are borne by system of yolHes and links
which perform the service OF check-rods ant
balls, and not, as heretofore, by the knife edge
| or pivots. The further advantages are cheap
| ness OF construction, adaptability to any lOca
tioD, and compactness. We understand al
| agent OF the Company is receiving orders 70
| the Sampson Scale, at the store of Farrell, Her
ring g. Co., No. 629 Chestnut street.
THE NAMES OF THE STREETs.--It is often i'm
possible for wayfaring man, even though h
be not fool, to discover his precise locality a
far as any assistance is rendered by the sign
boards on the corner houses which, once upo
| a time, were inscribed with the names of tn
| streets. The combined effect of the atmospheT
: | and the rain has rendered many of these In
> | scriptions illegible, others have been tor
| down, and in many places none have ever bee
: | mt up In the evening, the difficulty is sti
| PeTeater and IL is especially inoonvenlent tC
: 5ersons who are riding In the cars. In Ne
e York and other large ctties, the lamp AZ ever
u street corner displays the name OF the w
streets in perfectly leglble characters, WhlS
are readered even more tntelliglble at night |
, the stronu glare of the gas, Yesterday ate