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The Union and journal., 1869-05-28

Attorney General HOar Is like the man who
sat In front Of John Phnnix In the theatre.
Phrnix thought he rccogniIcda q friend two or
thrre seats OF, and asked the gentleman just
In front, IL he wouldn't "nudge that man,
(pointing him Out) with his cane" The gen
tleman did as requested, but just as the party
nudred turned round. Ph1nix saw that he hat
mistaken the man. rhereupon he became much
Interested In the play, and looked ut the stage
instead OF the man. The man who was punch
Ell, looked ssvagely at the man with the cane.
The man with the cane hooked round at PhG-
nix and back at the other man. Phcnix made
no sign. The man who had been punched, be.
gan 10 get mad at the man who had punched
him; % did the man who punched, at Phoenix,
who asked him 10 do Il. Phoenix meanwhile
seriously studied the stagr. ''''.
"Lcok hcrc." said the man with the cane, in
q furious rage, "didnt you tell me topuneh
that mani 20
81 certainly did," bl,ndly responded Phc-
niI. .'.' '.'a-r si
"And wha, did you do Il fOrr' roarcd the
other. .... -. ..... q.
"Oh. nothing, only to see II you would" !"
said Phenix. grimly.
General Grant scenes to be playing PhUnix,
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SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT
MAY TER M--ALFRED,
prcKrn,os, j., rnnrprxo. 'o.

:
.a On Tuesday Of last week tho Court COM
menced its session. Tho second Jury were dis
missed, tho first jury Is - follows: CIV.
Greenleaf. North Berwick, Foreman,J. W. Al
len. waterboro; @. W. Averill, Robt. Benson,
KenncbunkpOrt; 8. N. Chadbourpe, Sanford;
Isaac Dyer. Limerick; Edwin Day, North Ber-
wick; A. p. Fernald, Eliot; Frost Guptill. Cor
nish; John Jellison, shapleigh; Z. II. Lttie-
field, JOS. b. Roberts, Lyman. lusgu .a.
Supernumaries--E Ezekiel Small, Limington
Daniel Thompson, New6eld; Geo. W. Wakefield
Wells; Horace Mclntirc. York. Grand jury
same ss last term. The following cases have
been disposed Of: ra1 r,isn, l.... zen
No. &c. William Bean '. Mary A. Boothby.
Writ Of Entry continued on report. -.
Moore, Drew Smith, Kimball, Clifford.
No. 1877. Eben Cluff v. Robert Quint. Re
plevin for horse. Verdict for plE Damage
sl.00
Drew. kimoan.
I'd 393. Mary Ann Neatly '. John Z. Smith,
assumpsit on promissory note. Judgment FOR
pu., SAoV'1O .. H.'H
Dean & Lunt. -. .-.,..
87o. William J. Copeland '. Geo. W. Eve.
leth, assumpsit In acct. annexed. Verdict foI
plE; damages $50. a.
a. Kimball. a. 81 VIM. A. Evans.
28l. John Gilpatrick v. Inhabitants Of Sa'
co. Assumpsit for illegal tax; continued on 70
port. .r c,,o., o.,,
257. James o. A. Harmon v. Thomas X
Lane, admr. Act Of ejectment. On trial May
25th and 26th.
6oI. Marcia r. Parsons, liblt. '. Charles W
Divorce decrccd. Liblt to have custody Of mi'
nor child. Mason & Weymouth.
GAS. Hannah NJ. Colby. liblt. '. AlonIo Col.
by. Divorce decreed. Weld & Marshall. 90
656. Elizabeth F. Little6cld, liblt v. Hora.
ito Little6eld. Divorce decreed. Hamiltons.
FOG. Rebecca Keating, liblt '. Michae
Keating. Divorce decrecd. Bradbury.
State Y. Esther Dalton. Respondent dis
charged.
Aver, Luques. .... Dean q hun'.
The points Of this case, which excited oonsid'
erable interest, were published In the JOURNAL
a. the time Of the two days trial in the Munich.
pal Court in this city. Respondent I'D
Judged guilty. Appealed. Action dismissed
and respondent discharged. The manner In
which the case was managed by the counsel fol
the defence, reflects much credit upon them.
892. Albert A. Dean V. James Z. Black
Settled.
Dean & Lunt. Goodwin.
On Tuesday, upon motion Of II. II. Burbank
esq.,, Daniel Watson Of Limerick and Moses A
Drew Of Alfred were admitted to practice Law
In the courts Of this State.
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NEW PUBLICATION.


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Makingi" and there p variety ofob5 aHsdSs hh
u..l,s An. cootinuei Articles. the most attractive
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icAl sketch Of u.dftei August bur..f, NE ossman st
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Guiding descriptious Of Mr. Peaboiys and Sr sydney
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(ssvsrai chsptfr By Oliver Optic, "psrei Alive" Ins
Tenants In oar Strawberry BED" pAihf osmS s1.rk !,
ttory, Poetry, Original pnicsse. rnysrouno' &C;
alive ~ ever 70 the wants Of The little people. tubushc
by Lee Shepard, BOSTON, r.. ...r. "
49,. A. LA "a. ,..a n,
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popuh hvor. lne susy nenrm ,, - 49, ~ - - ls,
".t,en, AMI BEAUTIFUL fashion p,aes Yos musie u gives
ihe new aCamia watr.- Ih literary department 10 not
s,rpassei by any iSiy magasne, Marion larand far'
n,hng the psincpai siory L. A. Cooley, PhIiAdslpa,
publishes t. n. .t.. .-. go
IA. sss
IHs hAsoiA.s lsp nsI III. IT, ..a,.irs n ,.,-s
number, ana ao1yss ,u ,u,,.',aa .sh s,s,.s.
GasnG 80 on,h. namhss mi \. soid sr ooIy nj 10
year. Published By westouk 4 Co., 81 rsrk Row, New
York.
Prrrssoxs LADIES MloAnss aprran with The attrsc.
tions of the summer syes, giving lu naaen ..a
June sIee.lng in mnoS p a ' i'us,.. .,"aS' n,,,se
hs ,sSs. Is ooo,su,s are .n~.os .s usu. We noses
several nne stories In iu pages. and many good ninss
which are found nowhere sl'. a.. ...
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I
Mr.. Sanford ths unitsd Sstss nhister
to Belgium. has sent his resignation 70 Wash-
ingtOn. lie vas isd 10 tAks this sssp ip
consequence Of the action Of the Senate wiA
reference to his nomination for minister 70
Spain.
The Times compliments England for is pluck
and says: "Muoh ss England loves money and
commerce and pesse. she roah see sverystrAd.
ing packet burned, her manufactures swept
into the SEA, and her rich 6eldsmad - 0sorEia
was behind Sherman. rather than submit TO .
national indignity or give up what shs eonid-
ers her just right" The Sun, however. does
not believe that We win have war, because It
thinks the United States can better Afford 10
wait for payment Of It's claims.
The receipts from customs arc unusually
large and the gold sccumulates fAster than the
secrctary had any reason TO suppose Il would
some time ago. An idea Of this accumulation
may be obtained from the following figures
taken from books Of the Treasury Of the
amount Of geld exclusive Of certificates, on
hand at the following dstes:-Msy Sd, 1884,
600, 900; May 10th. $50, ,oOo, 900; Nay 20,
$50 ,OOO, 900. The internal revenue receipts
are running very handsomely. For the 20
days Of May they are in excess Of twelve mill
ions, and for the month promise to fully equal.
II they do not exceed, seventeen millions
This amount Of currency together with that
realized from sale Of gold viii more than meet
the wants Of the Treasury SO that very graft
fying decrease Of the national debt may be
looked for on the first Of June. At that
time the new feature Of the sinking fund &C.
count will enter into the composition Of the
statement. ..
A correspondent Of o Cincinnati paper reports
ex-senator Ben Wade as telling him that be
never desired cabinet Office under Gen. Grant,
because II would have taken 5000 q year from
his private means, in addition to the salary Of q
cabinet officer, to have paid his expenses st
Washington. The ex-senator salso reported as
saying that General Grant early in the last year
OF Johnson's administration, commenced to
keep list Of murders reported In the rebellious
States, and when II was anticipated that i'm
peachment would succeed, and Mr.. Wade there
by become President, he was anxious to have
such change of commanders In the Southern
military districts follow. as would enable him to
protect Union men against outrages Of the class
which had been reported to him to the number
Of several hundred. ... ,-.......,......
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Two boys deliberately lay dOwas isvdays
since between the siecpsp of the Milne centra
Railroad at Lewiston. whilss passnger traia
passed directly over without injuring them. Z
At the three agencies in the State for the pay
ment Of United States pensions, Portland, Au-
gusta and Bangor, Il Il estimated that 81 ZOO
600 Is paid on pensions annually.
The Kcnnebec journal Is authorised 10 state
that Ex-senator Morrill, will not be candidate
for Governor upon any consideration. and he
has given no occasion whatever for the report In
eircuation thst be win be.JfF Hql
The Union and journal., 1869-05-28

We read In the Scriptures Of ten lepers who
were cleansei. and that only one did his duty
and the question is therein immediately asked'
..where are the Niner" This account proves
Its own great antiquity for were 1t modern
document, the answer would have stated that
the Nine had been found writing buslc call to
Governor Chamberlain, in the name OF duty.
service, devotion" )" and all that sort OF thing.
That's where the nine are. But We started to
tell how the Freshman Nine Of Bowdoin College
had whipped the Freshman Nine Of Bates Col
lese at base ball last week. Boys. don't do II
again, or we shall begin TO think that the num-
bcr nine has an affinity for base operations.
The Union and journal., 1869-05-28

The visible-admixture bill which the Demo
cratic Legislature Of Ohio have enacted into a
statute provides that any person not white
male citizen Of the United States, who shall
vote, shall be punished by Imprisonment in the
pcnitentiary from one to 6ye years. II also
provides that any person who shall induce ne
gro to vote shall be punished by Imprisonment
In the penitentiary from one to five years. On
this, the Columbus State Journal comments
Our Democratic Legislature says that ne
gro must 90 to the Penitentisry fVm one to ive
years for voting, while nonresident white
man or an unnaturaliIed foreigner, for the
same oaense, Is punished sufficiently II he goes
10 the county Jail and spends from one to SIX
month. there. Il also says that, II person IN
duces a negro to vote. he must atone for his OF
fense by spending from one to five years In the
Penitentiary, but il he induces a non-rcsident
10 vote, he can satisfy the vengeance OF the law
by spending from one to six months in the coun-
ty iail. Our statute provides that non-resl-
dent must know that he is an illegal voter be-
fore he can be convicted Of illegal voting, but
our General Assembly says that il is not neoess'.
~ for negro 10 know that he Is an Illegal
voter. .I..
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removes fSou the system. ths III effects ssassd By
the excessive use of alcoholic liquors, and enectn-
ally destroys the appetite for these stlnulAnis ~
after 10 removed from the system, thereby re-
storing il 10 in normal heaithfuf eosdRioa. A. .
medielne, it 10 quick snd efsctusl curing tho most
a.gravatsd cases of dyspepsia. kidnsy eemplaine,
bowels, In q speedy manner. This elegant prvps-
ration has stood the test OF years. a vine glAs.
null bstors sstiss will give kssd aSpsute Asd
prevent oil suffering nom indigestion Lalies OF
veak And lsljcats co tstitutions should take tho
Iuyigorntor three timts day. A wine. slas full
before retiring will insure sweet and refreshing
sleep. All ths proprietor a.ts Y Vial, and 70 ",
bottles ut 20 cents,-quafts, StIp. Principal De-
pot. Is Central Wharf, Boston. sold by All drug
gists JmN
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-hie IIo.- ..l.s u. part ,f d. man yish The
Hs.s =. A.-s. sant ,''.S.- ~ q ...'s -.'s
Certainly" says Grant.
"well, what did you want ofitf" =.
"Oh, nothing only TO see what yos Thought
about it.-Hartford Post.
The Union and journal., 1869-05-28

A CARp--Mr. Editor i-Piesse CORRECT The errcoeous
report that spcers Standard wins Bier made n Fog
lAni AMI imported 10 this county. They are made At my
vineyards In New jersey, of vine Of my own growth, with
Peruvian DARK, Roman Camouhs flowers Virginia Snake
Root African Ginger and Wild Chery Bark. The sreat
reputation they have In EarOps snscs run the wonderful
benefit AMI they have effected On some Of The nobility
IN EngASi. Our hst Families, when travelling In EafO,
took cases Of them along or their own us and thus they
becaue known there, anil oosrs as pouring In iron
an parts of Eurps have established ageoeses there
The Loeon and Paris depo are Supplied by shipmen,
frpm my warehouse In New Jersey. Crit " the coun-
try to whom credit Is due. ALrRsD sPEER,
l. Pssaic, N J.
spesrs rat Grape, Concord, cAis~ba, anil sAmbs'e'
Wine, and spers Standard Wins Bi.ien sosl by drug.
g,.tx . lmyJ
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.SpeetaI yN,osSess.

RIO EEMovY Morn PATCHES, YREcKLEs
L AND Tan nom the kce, uss Prshr's Morn
knp PREckLs LorioA Sold by all drsExtsts.
Prepared Only BY DE-. u. Q. Pery.
1,oR black WORMS. AND riMPLEs ON TIE
i PACE, use PERRYs Conposs AND Pmi1s
RIsspY. prepared only by DR.. d. O. PeyTy, ~
Dond 81, Ne. York. Sold everywhere. Thstrade
supplied by Wholesale Druggists. emol2.
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ur The language q nature and experience demoo-
srales that whcvef woa erjey The pse>sar u Bal The
beauties of hndscape, s joys eC eonyasionsAp, The
riches cf tesau, the hooeVs of statioa sssi r.ss~n
MUST preserve their beah, The enec of fal, Injurious
foo entering the stanaeh Il TO derangs the digestive
gan and lsoduce headache, tss cf appets unfscshns
ssee iow Spirits feversh burning., ETC.. which are Tie
symptoms. % that hosrh dseAse, DysTefsa which -.
sumcs q thoosaDi shapes, and poiots bwArd msezbs
lie AMI premature decay. PLASrAnos Drrsas yin Pee.
vent ovrrrome an oounlerzct al a thcss eGscts Tey
oct With uDening power, and taken uith The pleasure
OF BEVERAGE. - -s-f.'s asa ~
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'esxEsAn Mrs. rrsxs.

wooo W ~ S'cny W." u' oos
OF Wnom msde oeclAisaon W '"' "AJo' "a'
he would adopt 1t. "nen a INC ..nssmenu
were made, what wn inc man as'0n'.nment
ut nnding O'VU francs 10 o~nA n"e s'.en'a
% it, chemi'e, Eith . no.e ssy'ns ,n.. o.ne,
'Pss'sae would i0''o" unu' INC 'o''' '''A''''
~en'y-0no Jea" a sse'
In Rochester. New York, there . oennu1
plant In full bloom. This IS the iOur.n o. 'ne''
plants that has eioomed In inc on''0a 0'A'o
Celeste lie Noir, very old woman, has Just
died In New Orleans She serred In the gIsst
N.poleon's army, and Was told by him, "My
pretty eirl, II you were not woman Iwould
make . colonel Of you." -
" Mon,mmedan poblem,n. with two vives in
Ind;. took third when on late visit to Eng
land. He len her behind on his return. but
she followed after. and on his proving divorce.
she claimed her dowry under Mohammedan law,
and got II. ~ Ia d ,,.g, s.g.
Many persons who have invested their sur
MIN. funds in Government bonds are at q loss to
know how to keep them. Recently "ppocanon
was made NJ inc treasury Dcps''nen' "
man residing In tne west 'or i'n'o'n,Aa'a upo"
TINS su"o'I in' "I -. -. ,'..d ,oh
read IN 'ne heN'p"p.'.~ A. - "a
.bcries' ne depoeitea Ms ''nu' :.
buried IL In tho oe'iaf un'.r A' w - r ~.
tect them from tme'es' in' W.
ground few montns, anu - ho -
comparatively dry plaacce, ace, ou. she" MN Y1'
to cut on the coupons nc 'ouna 'no Paps' .o"''
pletely rotted, and would not Dear hanoi'ng.
The owner Is consequently q loser 70 tho amount
Of several thousand dollars. Inc paper ."
which the bonds are printed resdiiy ao'orp'
moisture, and they should be kept In . ary
place. .,-,...--,. ...........
"sir." said IN old Scotch woman to her min
ister, al dinna ken part Of your sermon yes
terdsy." "Indeed; what was III" "You said
the Apostle used the figure Of circumlocution,
and dinna ken what II means.', "Is that all !
To-. vcrv nlain. The figure Of circumlocutiou
4. usrslv a neripbrastic mode of diction.''
.ob an, Ia that ALP, said the old woman
.vbat n puir fulc I was not to understand
that" ..
~. n.v.-o- ~ K.,... I. Tho bcst farmer In
,.., ,ect;on Of the country. His wheat crop
,moun,, 70 10000 bushels. ,.s, s.,.
r.. ,,,..,... OK ooo and ri. nav The
INV 80. go ooo a. - - pa
rr'n'cs iNya' "'' "''''N " 'N
'"' .''''
Jun" W . 'e-, a. A.. -, h.,,
"'' "s .s 49, s..,,.u,,.-v g, .,..,,nr s6o and /.
0. ns - - -,,r ,..u, A.. s.m;,v h. VA, boarding
% al :. p,ooS,vr Wy r.r
-,. .h,.
i"' p..,,., ..,,,.. - A.. ,un.
yui' - ~ q 90 = A.. -. r,,.I .c,;n.e
s.e s.. - .".,.,s .,Ioa IN N, evening.
~ W., -, 49,, N, 20 A.. r,o.,.., .,,n.. ~ IN. ann
u'' 'rr. ,,r "" -, ~ - =, ..,. 80, n,,,, IN. las,
~, ,ho ..n,,rv .. Ia. I.-..
ill.,, ,,,,d,, .,,r,n .v.r, ovcr Charles
-. q s,,rr,,v d,m,oinc nroncrtv 70
49, ,'.
|
oc'efa' .'''e, O0A'' - ". - -,
"ere 'ouna ',OAe" op.A '1 H.. o',a.,,.
roooeu VI '"e" o. s p. - ..,...,-
'ank m'ssoa ME- noo ,,'''', 80 ,Os -. c,,na
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CuEE NJ ysIxa sPEEss Bursal The eonstant waste OF
the energy of our system from being oveasked IN men
tally anil piyscany requrs sanethng 30 keep tcu-
ties IN tune, and our constitutions In sound coodon
% AZ 10 enable the demands which constAn.
ly being made upon us Thls 10 provkied be In sisefs
s'standard Wins Bitter." The Il them br short
time viii conve the mod ipcriulcus. They speess
pure vnc embltterei BY the bes vegetable toacs tnoSn
70 Analytical Chemlts nothing more and nothing e.
Soh by Druggists. rH.T.. . 4T .. f.r 4I T
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rwc.,v.av, Year. Practice

In the Treatment of Dkeasss incident 70 Females
mailing such prsctice o speelaity. and epsbiss
him % gssraatee . speedy sod permanent cure IN
the worst cases of Sspyvsssiss and all other M..-
sfrnai DsraWgsmsHfs. nom oAafsrI ssSs, NJ urt
tets for ADVICE must contain 81. Once, No. Ehdi
colt Street Boston.
main under treatment. .ts
boston. July. .lsGS-sp.DolyrS
The Union and journal., 1869-05-28

rTThere are several kinds of worms uh,ch trouble
hcrses the pp-woms, (po,ntei At both sois) arc DIE
most common and the mst dangrroas sherbianS Cav
airy Condition Powders wl IN lev days. eect the worms,
and the horse Win begin TO thrive.
Racsories and machine shops shcuh pot bs ai,o~c 10
run day without JohnsouS ADciyne Luinent. In esse
Of sudden acckieot Immciiae Of may ave weeks
Of sufering, and perhaps limb, o. even nh. ~
The Union and journal., 1869-05-28

MiosoLiA wIrsa -sapera 70 he best inported Ger
min Cologne, and sold n hsif the prses.
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a,n.c~,h.rs .r, requested to examine The dale eo
The prn,e ccaors dip sitsehoi N their papsr As h'
JIe.ies The time % which the sub~crpooo ISL 49,
insiAncs "iMayos," means that the sut-sTn.r hs
Nav Ia 1868 whsn neg payment ua'e rss -
IN - ,ss.m,,.Iy .Iryssp 80 that The L.ssl oos,-
slant Reeeips in Full &c Tbs tine -hh s'.,sI 10
~, hAs pAd Sss>rrlsr in arrva" Ae ''N
ior~api tbs gums dpr in'osissS-l o.
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7s!4o TO TxzS L 20
ixnnx COUNTY AND yIcIslrYt

csss: .s:.:s Z ai::'y !. ": Z. s::s .:s:
s.Si s:s Z: ~ S:. e.;s ss:ss
sii cips sss Lssss. New York and Boston stylss vil
b represented. adool ID vinsil sylf sg,o
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PoLITIcAI.

Revenue agents have been authorized by the
Secretary Of the Treasury topass free Of duty
wagons, plows and all agricultural implements
belonging to Canadian emigrant, provided the
collector Is satisfied that the cmignnt VIM settle
In the United States, and make his permanent
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q Hand siiis prins.d :, tAi, esss
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u ro..tr. printed . this 'as''
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-11-02

BELOW.
Captain Virdep, of steantug America reports at the
Breakwater on Sunday barques Mary Fox, from SaRua
Lochee from Gloucester, Eng Zulma from West Indies
md Eris from Windsor. At Gross Ledge, brig Eagle
and Italian brig, name unknown.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-11-02
missioner, and Receiver of Taxes olcct,wcre then

missioner, and Receiver of Taxes elect, were then
taken up.
Mr.. King stated that he had telegram from
Pittsburg, announcing that the Supreme Court
had refused to entertain the motion 10 quash the
writ of certiorari and had fixed time in Janu-
ary next for a hearing of the case. He thought
Councils would act wrongly If they passed these
resolutions ut this time, and moved to postpone
for the present The motion was agreed to.
The consideration of Common Council bills
was resumed; one appropriatine sees for the ex-
tension of the Fire and Police telegraph to Fair
mount Park. Agreed to. One for sewer on
Master street. Agreed to. One for the grading
of SAMSON street, between Thirty-fourth and
Thirty-sixth streets. Agreed to.
Mr.. Hodgdon, Chairman of the Highway
Committee of this Chamber reported resolu-
tion for the laying of an improved wooden pave
ment on Spring Garden street from Twelfth
street to Broad. Agreed to.
Also, one authorizing the Vulcanite Pavement
Company to lay their pavement on the west side
of Ninth street, from Chestnut to Sansom, and
on portions of Vine street, from Second TO Ihlrd
street, and on such other streets as Councils
may designate to test it, the city to be at no
expense therefor, and provided that the com
pany shall give security to replace the present
pavement, if desired by the city.
Mr. Jones moved to strike out Ninth street,
and insert Main street, Manayunk. Agreed 20.
After considerable debate and minor amend
ments, the resolution was agreed to.
On motion of Mr.. Marcus the ordinance ac-
cepting the tract of land of 446 acres and 130
perches on Long Hope and Tinicum Islands, in
Delaware county, as a site for House of Cor
rection, was taken up. Mr.. Marcus stated that
the Delaware river would break and had broken
down the banks surrounding this land, and
moved to indefinitely postpone. Agreed to-
Mr.. Francscus, chairman of the Railroad
Committee of this chamber, presented a resolu-
tion authorizing the laying of a railroad turn
out by the Philadelphia Bark Company on
Swanson street, above Queen. Agreed to.
Mr.. Duffy presented resolution for the re-
moval of the concrete pavement on Vine street,
east of Third, and the paving of the street.
Agreed to. Adjourned