The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-18
NEWS SUMMARY.
CITY Annirs.


The following are the receipts and prices
hay, straw, 6c., for the week ending January
I6, lS69;-'Loaos OF hay, 6l0; 10. s'rSg, 81.
Prlne umohy, per lCO podndS, Sl25Yl3O;
Sl'20DI2I
The Installation Of the Rev. Matthew New.
kirk as pastor of the North Tenth Street Presoy-
terien Church took place last evening. Rev.
Or, MupgraVe, the retiring Das'or presided, aud
delivered CHARGE to his successor. Rev. d. a.
cunningham preached the sernou, and Rev.
b. A. Mutchmote delivered the charge 10 the
leOpe.
The Commissioners named u the act char
terrg the Deiaware River and Lqncas'er hil'
ioad Company are TO meet w snCrt IT. tnpd road
is ~ run rom Mount Pleasant by way OF PhG'
nlxyiiie ami through French Creek Valley to
Lancaster city.
The folio wing appointments we're maie by
Mayor Fox on SaiHtday:- Samuel O. Jones,
Sergeant Of Eighth district vice William Lacey;
Policeman Thomas a. Williams, FIRST District;
John w. Towrseud, Fifth district: Nathan Rlae,
Eleventh district; Frederick M. Thompson,
Filth district.
During the past wcek the following vessels
cleared from this port with rulyum:-Barque
Deriah, for Hamburg, wi h l27 l5O gallons;
bIques Lakemba aLd Owlton, for Antwerp
with 30S,877 do: oafques Mckune and BigeioV,
for same port, with 3O6jll do. schooner Bailey,
tor Barbodoes with 3lS9, ard barque Ermlua,
for Liverpool, with 100 1856 gallons, making
rotal of 906,365 gallons for the week, AMI
l,lS9,42S since he lst OF January. SIX oarques
u
james +. Richardson, young man, was
before United States Commissioners Philips on
Saturday afternoon, CHARGED with mail roooery.
He was arrested at Fourth aud Ranstead streets
by Special officer Edward Carlin, who touud on
him key aud several letters which he mad db-
stracted from r. laUp post letter in tnat
vicinity, One of the letters contained draft
drawn by Passmore Williamson on gentleman
IN West Chester, and another on business
house in Bellefonte. Richardson was held for
The openipg exercises of the Sunday School
Teachers Institute, to be held by the Pennsyl-
vania Sunday school Association during the
present week at the Second Reformed Church,
Seventh street, above Brown, took place last
evening. The sermon was preached by the Rev.
T. De Witt Talmage. Leading Sunday School
men and others from this and different cities
will take part in the Institute in the afternoons
and evenings ofthe week, and subj cts connected
with the weiaEe OF the youth OF our city Will be
discussed.
urday plight, was caused by the burning OF a lot
OF sbaymes in the store OF Xii burn & Gates, No.
GIG Market street. AbUut @ O'Clock yesterday
morning, Ere occurred in the chemical works
OF HancC, Griffith d Co.. Marshall and CailoW-
hill streets. The flames were confined prlncl-
paIly 10 lot OF cattle powder in the mill where
they were ground. Damage trlhing. slight
fire occurred Yesterday afternoon IN the Ot1ce
OF the Chester Sugar Refinery, No. 1l5 South
Front street. 1t was readily eAtinguished. Loss
trfng.
pubIc schools of thus city was held in the lecture
room of the Central High School building, on
Saturday afternoon last, tor the purpose OF W.T.
messing The pretentatlou of a handsome gilt TO
E1ward Shippen, Esq.. late president of the
Board of Controllers OF Public Schools. Prot
C l. Richie was called to the chair. Mr.. Richie
stated that the object of the meeting was so
well understood by those present that he would
not Coz sume time by any lengthy remarks, but
would simply state that the committee appointed
to secure the testimonial had invited +. f.
Christine, ESQ.,, of he Rlttenhouse Boys Gram
mar School, to deliver the presentation speech.
committee, consisting of Messrs shoch,
Sterling, and Stephens, was appointed to invite
Cbristine then made the presentation speech,
which was responded to by the recipient. The
offering consists OF a clock in bronze aud mar
bic. surmouuted by figure representing HIS
tory. ON each side of the clock is a statue
representing Earth aud Water. The testimonial
was purchased at the establishment OF Messrs.
Bailey & Co., and cost $540.