The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-28

to- day with all the brilliance OF Ward Beocher.
Ches,nhut street, stIeet rs perfect maze OF beauty.
morning-the obsouration OF Venus. She went
Into Oaldwell's tewelry store. The last we saw
of her was her paradise feather In front OF the
diamond counter. Her eyes fairly took the blue
A committee OF tho Republican Invinclbles
went this morning TO the silk mills OF Weraer,
!tchner q Co, to witness the manufacture OF
Of their visit TO Washington, when President
Grant is inaugurated as Chief Executive OF the
being made as imperishable memorials, upon
jacquard looms. The ribbon is an inon anu
half In width, massive and enduring. Upon
scroll iR inscribed "Republicau lnylnololes
The badges worn by the nigh priyates nave
blue, the poIysyllable .Invlncibles" is In red.
The badges worn by the officers is reversed, put
color red, white and blue. The number ordered
was one thousand. To witness the operation OF
Including among others Messrs. Todd, Bennett,
ColesbuTy, Truman, and MCCsmmon are now
In course OF manufacture. lhe ldoa IA thet
these badges shall be imperishable mementoes
of eventiul times. There Is no place In the
entire Union where the order for q thousand
of such mementoss could so quickly he pre-
The demand for tickets 10 the Girls High
School commencement IS extremely pressing.
Thousands must necessarily be disappointed IN
obtaining them. As every unmarried reporter
is in love with one or more OF the pupils, we
may look for some tall puting In the next days
papers. We never read the encOmtums upon
the brains of young lady graduate without
Willingness TO wager that beauty accompa.
The coal dealers are praying for cod
weather. Some of them. judging by the num-
Der OF pounds they give 10 the ton never pray
for any thing else. They ought to consider their
latter ends, and remember that Ia the next
world things won't be judged by their labels.
We know a genius In this li6e who never could
be made to believe that q ton consisted OF more
than sixteen hundred pounds.
Police Lieutenant Connolly, of the Fifth
district, resigned his position this morning.
His chief Sergeant. Mr., 7. o. NJ. Pennington, aJ
the same time rendered his official relinqulsh.
ment of the big work and the small pay Rtten.
dant upon the incumbency Of the position,
retain them, but the pressure upon him is OF
that character that comes under the head Of
| The Mayor and the Recorder OF the city re-
| ceived subppnas this morning from the Judi
Harrisburg to testify next Tuesday in the con-
! tested election case of Thayer VS.. Greenbank,
AS there is no provision for payment Of their
| the affair as something rather queer.
The report that locomotive on the Ger
| mantown Railroad was frightened off the track
! this morning by the growing of Mr. John
McGowsn's big rooster proved subsequently TO
be unfounded. The bird is aboEt the size Of a
jackass, and not O great deal more clumsy.
! The man that colored his meerschaum sue.
cessfuly. and afterwards kept an aquarium,
is now taking lessons on the velocipede He
| believes in never being without "hobby." SO
do we. Better raise prize chickens or straddle
The retail urdealers complain bitterly ofdull
| times. With the mercury above the freezing
point, the skins OF our friends the saoles are
rather ornamental than useful. Muffs are
worn nowanays by dangling them from the
-The cheapest article in the market Just now
| is an ovsrcoat. By a gentleman with parrot
| nose, in South street. this morning, we were
offered one for three dollars, There's "sheap'
ness as is sheapnessr
The ice in the Delaware is utterly gone
The new ice boat has nothing to do There
| Is not sufficient ice in the stream to inpar
| GOODNESS to q cocktail"
Anybody who wants situation al organiS
may apply at the Episcopal Church of 81. Mat
thias. There are only seventy-thre applicant
for the existing vacancy.
BAR MEETING.-A meeting Of the member
of the Bar was held az II O'Clock to-day at tn
Law Library, In reference to the decease o
James g. Chambers, ESQ member OF the Bar
Hon. +. Carroll Brewster was appointed Chair
! man, and John II. Sloan and Alexander ID
I | Campbell, Esqs., Secretaries RESOLUTIONS de
I plorlng the loss of Mr.. Chambers were adopted
and committee appointed TO send them to tn
:, | family of the deceased. Addresses were de
I livered by Messrs. George NJ. Dallas, James Il
3 Gowen, Theodore Cuyler, George w. Biddle
! John II. Sloan, and George Durkin, Jr.
8 ROBBERY AND SAFE BLOwING.-Last night til
I brass foundry of puplaine & Reeves, No. 20
q South Broad street, was entered by thieves an
robbed of about $50 worth of metal. The sal
was blown open, but nothing obtained froL
Q that source. An entrance had been effected b
. means OF q second-story window Ia the rea
q which was gained by a ladder. The thieve
= made their escape with their plunder.
+ GAY AND HAPPY.-The annual sociable
3 Decatur Lodge, No. 30, |, o. f., will be hel
:, this evening at the Musical Fund Hall.