The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-27


LITERARY AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTATION
friends OF the West Arch Street Presbyterian
Church have taken our advice and prepared course
of lectures to be delivered 10 the Church, corner
of Eighteenth and Arch streets The first will be
on Tuesday evening, November !, by Rev. Dr.. Will
DR.. Reed on what saw in ftaly; November r' Is.
by Rev. Frank L. Robbins, on " Trip to California;"
Noyem6er y 21 by Rev: Rev. j H, Hyatt Smith, Of Brooklyn,
ber 20, By Rev; Dr. Breed, on "a day at shqshan,'
iscences OF the East" Each lecture will be accom-
panied by choice music arranged by the organist,
Mr.. w. c. Ewing; and for the first double
guished amateur musicians Of Philadelphia, viii
favor the audience with some grand selections in
November the children ere TO have an unusually
interesting stereopticon exhibition in the church
See advertisement.
EXAMINATION FOR TEAcHERs-The semannual
cations for teachers in the public schools Of the First
School district OF Pennsylvania will be held at the
Central High School, Broad and Green streets, on
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, November 9th
10TH and 11th, 1870, commencing at A. nj pre-
will be examined, except In accordance with the
resolution OF the Board Of Public Education. No
pupil of the public schools will be examined who has
not passed at least two years course of study in
the Girls Normal or Central High School. Gra-
duates of the senior classes are entitled to attend
the examination An average or not less than 70 is
required for certificate OF the first grade;
age Of not less than IS for the second grade and
average OF not less thans60 for the third grade.
SLIGHT fIRBS.-ADOut O'CLOCK InlS morning q
shed in the rear OF the dwelling at the southwest
corner of sixteenth and Cabot streets was slightly
damaged by fire.
building attached TO the lamp black factory of Ed
ward Ayres, at the Frankford creek and Harrison
street. Bridesburg, was destroyed by fire. Loss
$3.50; no insurance.
THE CASE OF MRS. MCGINNIs The Coroners
jury in the case OF Mrs McGinnts met to-day and
rendered the following gG1bNi: 70 her death
from efruson on the brain. From the evidence
before them the jury are OF opinion that the vio-
lepce received at the hands OF Charles Burns Octo-
Der "a, 1870, acted accelerating cause OF her
death Burns was committed to answer
TuIeTAPPER ARREsTED.-Charles Kily, aged
fourteen years, sneaked into confectionery store
at No. 100. Pine street yesterday afternoon, and
helped himself to some cash In the money drawer
The little fellow was chased TO Tenth and Clinton
streets and there captured He had hearing be.
fore Alderman Belshaw, and was committed for
trial
SUSPICION OF RoBBERY-Yesterday afternoon
Beamer Collins, residing at Nineteenth and South
streets was arrested by Policeman Mccarthy, of
the Ffth district, suspicion OF breaking into and
robbing several shoe stores in the lower section of
the city. The prisoner was locked up Tor hearing
at the Central Station this afternoon.
LARCENY OF A WATCH.-Frederick Cornwall was
arrested yesterday on suspicion or the larceny of
stree iD DefenSaSt boarded on the premises He
win have hearing at the Central Station this
afternoon.
FIaK AT WmTEHALL.-About 10 O'Clock this morn
owned by Mr. Waters, In MelrOse street, Whitehall.
Loss, $500. The building adjoining, owned by Mr.
Barley, was also damaged by fire. Loss, $500.
A NUIsAECR.-This morning Lieutenant Hag-
gerty, of the Third district reported 10 the Chief OF
Police that tue sewer at Penn and South streets
in filthy condition, and that the stencil arising
from the same was intoerable.
A CURIOSITY "A large buffalo bulls head is hang
ing in the window OF T. b. Peterson n Brothers,
store, No. 3O6 Chestnut street. IL was sent by
missionary from the far West and is said to be the
best specimen ever sent East.
JOHN B. COUGH, ESQ, will deliver two OF his po-
pular lectures before the Young Mems Christian
Association next month. - =