The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-16
VIEWS SUMMARY.
CIIy Affairs.


The chairman of the convention to re-
wise the rules of the Republican party an
nouhces the appointment of the following
committee, in accordance with the resolution
adopted by the convention--Jeseph A. Bon
ham, Eleventh ward; William Calhoun, First
William G. Besselievre, Second; Joseph T.
Pratt, Third; John A. Shermer, Seventh
Alexander p. Colesberry, Eighth; William B.
Mann, Twelfth; Thomas Cochran, Thirteenth;
Charles b. Barrett, Fifteenth; Samuel f.
Gwinner, Eighteenth; William Rittenhouse,
Nineteenth; z. A. b. Widener, Twentieth;
Louis Wagner, Twenty-second; s. Haworth.
Twenty fourth; Christian Kneass, Twenty
seventh.
Yesterday Coroner William Taylor re-
oeived from Jonathan II. Pugh, Comm
sioner of Markets and City Property, an Off
cial notice of the passage of the ordinance
of Councils regulating the Morgue, approved
December 3, 1870.
The thirty.second anniversary OF the
Philadelphia Bible Society took place last
night at the Arch Street Methodist Episcopal
Church, at the southeast corner of Broad and
Arch streets.
Jonathan c. Miller, colored, who died
suddenly on Tuesday last, in the seventy fifth
year of his age, was we'll and favorably
known to many of our citizens. He was q
prominent member of the Masonic fraternity,
Lodge ''GrRnd Sword Bearer" The deceased
was also one of the Council of Nine that held
the Thirty-third Degree. He will be buried
on Sunday morning by his fellow Mssons,
the funeral 20 start from the Masonic Hall
South Eleventh street, where the body will
be placed previous to the ceremonies.
Yesterday afternoon, while men we're at
work on the foundations of the new Catholic
Church at Costesvile, Chester county, por-
nf tho ,bor,l ,ly,oa h1rv
Patrick McFadden, brother Of the pastor of
the church, injuring him SO severely that he
died in q short time. The deceased is about
twenty-one years of age, ond was student
in st. Vincents College, Westmoreland
county. He was on a visit to his brother,
there being q vacation at the college.
The will Of John M. Pleis, recently ad-
mitted to probate, contains the following be-
quests: 1000 to the Germantown Lutheran
Orphan Asylum, and $500 to st. Paul's Ger
man Evangelical Lutheran Church. Bro gn
and ST. John streets, for the benefit of the
needy old nen of the congregation.
Caroline Paul, the aged lady who cut her
throat yesterday morning, died last evening
at tho Pennsylvania Hospital.
The following gentlemen were elected
officers of the Institution for the Blind at the
annual meeting of the Board of Directors
yesterday afternoon:-
President-Alfred l.. Elwyn, NJ. d.
Vice-P Presidents-Thomas S. Kirkbride,
M. D.; john G. Cresson, Arson V. Parsons,
Casper Morris, M. ID.
Corresponding Secretary-William II.
Lejee.
Recording Secretery--J. Sergeant Price.
Treasurer-Robert Patterson.
Consulting Physician-J. Forsyth Meigs,
M. ID.
Consulting Surgeon-Thomas G.. Morton,
M. ID.
Managers. Francis Fisher, Morris Pat
> tersop, John Wiegand, Napoleon b. Kneass,
James S. Biddle, Edward J ownsend, John j..
Lytle Caleb Cope, e. S. Whelan, Charles E..
Lex, James H. Hutchinson, M. D.; Francis
w. Lewis, M. D.; Alexander j. Derbyshire,
John Cadwalader, Jr.