The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-22
NJ VS. aUNL ARY.
CITY AEnlr4.


The receipts of city lax duiiug the drst Eve
days Of the past week amojnL q 70 $796, ,0G953
The congregation OF Beth HI Emeth in this
Shy have elected as their minister the Rev.
george Jacobs, of Richmond Va, at salary
OF $4,000 per apnum. Tue vacancy was caused
py the death OF the Rev. Isaac Leeser.
During the month of January IL, $50 persons
visited the Academy OF Natural Sciences, and
thus far this month ll,627, making a total of
"a, ,3p6. During the last three afternoons the
collection has been visited by SAP persons.
John Koons aged IL years, who had his leg
crushed and his body injured, on Friday last, in
Bruner's mill, in the Fifteenth ward, died at the
st. Joseph's Hospital yesterday. The deceased
resided at No. 537 North Twenty fifth street.
The will of Louisa Chauveuet, admitted to
probate on Saturday. contains the following
bequests To the st. Joseph's Orphan Asylum,
$23U0; House of the Good Shepherd, $1,000; st.
Vtncent's Home for Destitute Children, $500;
st. Johns Orphan Asylum, $1,000; st. Auns
lCathohc) Widows Asylum, $500.
Charles Shute, who was taken out Ofs the
Jurisdiction of this State before the necessary
legal means had been adopted, was returned,
and on Saturday appeared before Judge Allison.
The proper proof being made, he was formally
remanded to the custody of the Sheriff OF
Gloucester county.
The North PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company
are having an additional track la id from Berks
street to Abingdon, distance of ten miles.
About SIX miles have been completed. The
completed, and there will he accommodations
in it for twenty three locomotives. Three new
engines have just been completed, aud four
new passenger cars are being constructed. The
engine house at Bethlehem is being enlarged,
and the new brick freight depot at that place is
now ready for use. A stone station house has
been built at Fort Washington, and brick one
at HellertOwn. During the past three months
there has been an increase in the earnings ot
the road, as compared with last year, of over
$4,000.
The following vessels cleared from this port
during the week ending February 13, with petro
leum :-Barque Meridian, for Bremen, with
156,742 gallons; barque Bride, for Settin, with
100, 600 do; barques Black Brothers and Wood
land, for Rotterdam, with 33l, ,953do brig Speed
tor Elsinore, with 95, 538 do; making total o
703, 1893 gallons. Two ships and five barques are
now loading. The following vessels cleared
from this port last week, ending February 20
with petroleum:-Barque Sorterne, for Elsnore
with l46,s20 gallons; barlue Turner, for Cork
with las, ,5l3 do, and barque Ed win. for Gibral
tar, with l4S, 500 do.i making total of 1858;
The new turbine wheel at the Fairmouut
Waterworks was started on Saturday and found
TO work well and smoothly. 1t is calculated to
pump 8 100000 gallons of water every "a hours,
with twelve revolutions per minute of the
wheels. In remodelling the mill house for this
Improvement, the general external appearance
has not been materially changed, and wher
completed, the whole structure will be fire
proof At the outlet of the new wheel-pit Il
placed a drop gate similar to those used fol
canal locks. A pipe leads to a small well Jus
outside OF the main wheel pit, into which il
placed the suction pipe OF centrifugal pump
which will be driven by a small turbine wheel
seven inches in diameter, supplied with wate
from the ascending main. The pump is 81
arranged as TO be able to pump out two of thu
wheel pits, one of which is finished.
About O'Clock yesterday morning frt
occurred in the engine room of the lead work
of Taylor & Smith, No. 1914 Noble street
the building in which the fire took place is o
stone three stories high, and the flames com
pletely gutted the room above the engine auC
slightly damaged the upper part of that portion
fronting on Noble street. In the rear was one
story frame shed, occupied by George D. Cook 4
Brother as planning mill and box mandatory
This was entirely DESTROYED. Taylor & Smtt
estimate their loss at $150OO which ls covered
by insurance in the following companies
LycOming County Company, $4,000; Metro
politan, N. Y, $4,000; United States, Baltimore
Md, $4,000; Queens, London, $4,000; Franklin
ard Citizens, Wheeling, Va, $4,000 each. Cool
& Brothers loss is said to be about $5OOO whicl
is owned by G. B. Brown, was damaged to tn
extent of about $4,000, which is fully insured.