The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-15
NEWS SUMMA RY.
CITY Affairs,

Slby AhatAEhs
"A meeting of the Committee on Finance )f
Councils was held last night, and appropriations
TO the departments named considered and
passed, as follows:-Fire Alarm Telegraph,
Lighting the City, SAL 300; City Commissioners,
1920, ,OOl'50; City Solicitor, Sl8, 250; Park Com
missonors, S42, 500; Clerks OF Councils, $40 760.
John B. Cough lecturcd last evening at the
Academy OF Music. The building was crowded
literally from pit to dome, tor not only were the
boxes, orchestra chairs and balcony seats filed,
but even the tiers and their aisles were replele
with spectators, and, with seats on the stage
and standiDeroom at the wings, the acCommo-
ton was insufficient The audience was appre-
ciative, and as each incident was related or
moral truth illustrated, the paudits resounded
through the house, sometimes for mlautes' Iue
lecture itself Is an accumulation OF tacJs pre-
sented TO show the control OF circumstances over
humanity.
Sbermer, aud ste waTt, commenced their annual
visit yesterday 10 the theatres aud other places
Of Puolc amusement, to ascertain from per-
sonal inspection if the Act of Assembly of
March Ia, 1867, has been in all respects complied
with.
Yesterday afternoon, while workmen were
engaged in replacing the grders which fell on
Thursday last at the ne " machine shop, Broad
and Button ood streets, ,stor the Baldwin Loco
motive Works, the derricks and one of the
grders fell. Francis Doyle, one OF the rigger5,
tell with the derrick, and had both of his legs
broken. He was removed 10 the Peuusylganla
Hospital. lie resided at Thirteenth and Ham
ilton streets. Two other men were slightly
injured.
Mr.. j. w. Clark, of Middletog1, Conn.,, who
for the past eighteen years has been in the ser
vice of the Government as q scout among the
Indians and who is better known TO the readers
of Indian news as "Bulalo Bill" arrived in this
city Yesterday noon, en- route homewaCd on a
visit Mr.. Clark is the Identical individual who
captured the celebrated chieitain 'Black Ket-
tlen and is chief of General Sberidan's scouts.
BE speaks nine different aboriginal languages,
and is an adopted son of the POttaWottomtes,
who are civilized, and live on a reservation near
Topeka, Kansas. He frequently assumes the
disguise OF a Camanche, ArTapahoe, Sac, Fox
or other hostile Indian, and has spent several
days mt a time in their lodges, securing most
valuable information to our officials at Fort
Hays. He bears many scars OF bullets and
arrows, and IS altogether remarkable char
acter.
An adjourned meeting of the teachers of
our public schools was held last evening in the
lecture room of the Boys II gh School, to take
action upon the uon-Eayment of their warrants
for their salaries. II. b. Wilmington presided,
and Mrs. Mary McCune acted as Secretary. After
some discussion a committee, composed OF
members from each ward, was appointed to
wait on Councils, and also one composed OF
Messrs sayre, Sickle, Bartine, SchoCk, and
Christine to prepare memorial and resolution,
to be seued by the teachers and presented by
the Board of Control, requesting them to urge
upon the LegislatUre the passage OF an act that
VIII remedy the existing evil The meeting then
adjourned.