The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-22
NEWS SUMMARY.
CITY Affairs.

CITY Affairs.
Susan Lyons thirty years old, residing at
No. 210S Canton street, fell from a doorstep,
yesterday, fracturing leg.
james Griffin, who was shot in the wrist by
Policeman Kuhn. on the 2Sth of November, at
New Market and Willow streets died at the
County Prison yesterday.
Frederick Carpenter, twenty-eight years old,
while engaged yesterday repairing a bridge on
the Philadelphia and Germantown Railroad fell
through an opening, and besides fracturing one
of his legs, was otherwise injured.
Joseph Scimmeler, resident of New Jersey,
was run over by wagon yesterday at Fifth aud
Coates streets, and was much injured about the
head. He was carried to neighboriug drug
store. where he received proper attention.
"A man who gave the name of John Thomas
was arrested last evening at Ninth and Chestnut
streets by Officer Mereto on the charge of
rescuing prisoner whom the officer had cap
tured in car at Eleventh and Market streets.
Sergeant Martin and officer McManus of
she Seventeenth district, was before Recorder
Giyin yesterday. charged with assault aud bat
terry upon, and the false arrest Of Sarah John
son. They were held in 5000 bail to answer.
Tho annual meeting of the PENNSYLVANIA
Horticultural Society was held last evening in
the Hall, Broad street. below Walnut. The fol-
lowing named gentlemen were chosen rs ofll-
cers:--Prcsident, William l.. Schaffer; Vice
Presidents, Caleb Cope. j. f. Mitchell Robert
Buist s. w. Noble; Corresponding Secretary,
Thomas Meehan; Recording Secretary. A. w.
Harrison; Treasurer, Henry A. Dreer; Professor
of Botany, Thomas P. James; Professor of Hor-
ticutural Chemistry, James G. Booths Professor
of Entomology, &. s. Rathron.
An adjourned meeting of School Controllers
was held Yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Green of the Committee on Property,
submitted the report of Louis H. Esler, Supern
tendent of Buildings and Repairs, for the year
1869. The report states that there were finished
in the course of the year school-houscs fol-
lows:-On the north side of Cherry street. west
of Nineteenth; south side of Maria street, east
nI ,f,rtI rgnf gfaV nVN1 Iarr
renee; Oregon avenue and Forty-frst street
south side of Fitzwater street, west of Fifteenth.
During the year there were placed under con-
tract, school-houses as fOllows-
Sixth and Turner streets, Twenty-siXth sec
tioh, two-story stone building, to cost $14,000;
northeast corner Shippen and Guilford streets,
eight divisions, cost $12 400; east side of Third
street. south of Green. three-storied brown
stone, eighteen divisions, cost $35 900; west side
of Third street, south of Pine, three-storied
brOwn-stone, twenty one divisions, cost $44, 600.
Plans and specifications have been prepared for
5chOOl-bouse of eighteen divisions to be located
on Noble street, east of Sixth, to cost 100000:
also, a school-house of eighteen divisions to be
erected on the southeast corner of Seventeenth
and Christian streets, to cost S34 600.
A resolution of thanks to Mr. SteinmetZ, for
the manner in which he has presided over the
body during the past year, was passed unani-
mously; Also a resolution complimentary to
the clerks and other officers of the Board.
Adjourned.
"A special meeting OF common council was
held yesterday afternoon. President Wagner
was in the chair.
Select Council bills, as follows, were concurred
into pay $74l for expenses incurred in
the obsequies of the late Admiral Stewart;
making an appropriation of $4,000 to the clerks
of Council to pay for printing, etc.
Mr.. Shoemaker, chairman of the Finance
Cammittee, reported an ordinance appropriating
$l34, 400 to the Department of City Property,
Market, Wharves, and Landings, which was in
creased 900 by an item for rebuilding the
South Second Street Market shambles, and was
hen adopted.
The same gentleman reported ordinances as
ows:-Appropriatjhg $3S, 464 to the Survey
Department, for 1870 $3.50 762 to the Highway
Department, for 1870; $423 493 to the Guardians
of the Poor, for 1870; $130,3S9 to the Inspectors
of the County Prison, for 1870; $4,000 to the
Department of Boiler Inspection, for 1870;
$52 500 to the Commissioners of Fairmouut
Park, for 1870; $113, 249 to the Fire Department,
for 187O $4,000 to the Committee on Defense and
Protection, for 1870, which were ordered to be
printed.
Ordinances to pay the committing magistrates
of the city $2l43, the amount of fines paid into
the city treasury by them during 1869 was
passed; another to pay Thomas w. Price
$32l450 for record books and stationery for the
District Court, was likewise disposed of.
Also one appropriating $3.50, 44O for lighting
the streets of the city, and also one appropria-
ting 1878 116 to the Department for Supplying
the City with Water, for 1870 were passed.