The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-18
NEWS SUMMARY.
City AnairA.

Ohty AMAtfh
-S'mon Sanforth twenty wears old, residing
az Beverly, N. j while working yesterday IN
the dye house of q. I. BaScus 4 Co., fell into a
vat and was badly scalded. He was admitted
INTO the PENNSYLVANIA He. pttal.
Last evening. at the Franklin Institute, one
OF series OF lectures on light was delivered be
lore fair audience. The re racti0n OF the
uinereut colored raVs was eXenOlihed by t0e
ie,turer, adding perspicuity TO the Interesting
toJlc.
"A large meeting of packing.box makers vas
held last evening az the pubic house, Fifth
street, below Lombard. for the purpose OF
adoOtiDg scale of prices tor the government OF
p9cking:box makers. BENJAMIN. Guyer IN the
char The committee on scale OF pr cas made
arepor', which. after iscussion, was laid over
Tor iuuTe con usiderauon.
y esierday afternoon at two O'Clock the
Fen'au B'o'heiboot be II pablo meeting at
Na1onal Hall. Vocal and Instrumental music,
1Dtelspefsed with addresses, made up the enter
tan ment. which was part pa'ed IN by q large
auuieDce. Mr.. James Gibbons presided, and the
address referred 10 the near approach OF Ire
lands lib ration and the 90 Tntall OF England
rule III The Green Isle.
The Biberlpan Society, established ior the
benefit OF Irish cm igranisin distress, observed
the festival of st. Patrick by pAttaklng of their
annual dlnner at the Con liDental Hotel, to
winch large company sat down at O'Clock.
Major General Robert Paterson, who has been
president of the society for a number Cf years,
presi6ed, and Mr.. Andrew G. Craig acted IS
secretary. After the removal of the CLOTH the
responded to either by speech o. so1g.
About 3 O'Clock on Tuesday morning a
young man named Lendy placed II pis oil in his
mouth and discharged II, the ball taxing effect
and 10 Icing some Vhere aoou. the head. Lendy
boards at hotel 10 the vicinity OF sixth and
Willow streets, and his wife was in the room
with lin v h. n the rash act was perpetrated.
She is engaged as a,danseuse in one of the THIRD
street concert saloons and her husband it is
SAID. became jealous of her. DR.. Lewis is in
attendance on Le0dy, but entertains little or no
hope of his recovery.
Last evening" at St. Georges Methodist
Church. Fourth and New streets, the Historical
Soc ETY. of the Methodist Episcopal Church
celebrated its anniversary. The church was
well blled with bot h visitors from other Metho-
DIST churches and the congregation of St.
Georges. DR.. Cooper presided a. the meeting.
After the opening PRAYER by DR.. Koons DR..
Cooper made an add ess of some length and
alter this an essay was read by the Rev. John
W. Ruth, on the death of the late Vlce-Presi'
dent of The society; the Rev j. w. Early.
The Rev. Mr.. Steinmau also made an address,
which was followed by The presentation to the
society of several relics. The first was an old
hare covered trunk. which. many years ago,
was used for the keeping OF conference docu-
ments. A bag iu which, many years ago, the
contributions of the congrep alton were received,
was also presented, and with II pair of cam
dlesticks of old church celebrity. Photograph
of Beamis' Church. near Lancaster, com pleted
Il list. The relics were received by Dr.. Cooper
On behalf of the society.