The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-04-06
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The residence of Wm Brooks, on Seven
teenth street above Allegheny avenue, was
entered by thieves on Monday evening aul
robbed of about 500 worth of silver ware.
The following named gentlemen have
been elected officers of the junction Railroad
for the ensuing year:-Isaac Hinckley, Presi-
dent: John Tucker, Treasurer, and Joseph
Lesley, Secretary; Directors, Isaac Hinclley.
Asa Whitney, John Edgar Thomson, John
Tucker and Franklin B. Gowen.
The following cases we're admitted to the
Pennsylvania Hospital yesterday
William Sweeny, aged 33 years, living at
Broad and Cherry streets; back injured from
falling off his cart at Eleventh and Race
streets.
John Parker, aged 81 years, residing at
Newton, Delaware county; lower extremi-
ties badly injured from an attack by an in
furiated bull.
Simon Purcell, aged thirty-four years. re-
siding at Conshohocken; badly bruised about
the back from the fall of rock.
John Lentz, aged sixteen years, residing in
Tasker street; thumb cut off by bar of iron
falling on it at Norris e. Taskers foundry.
The man who was knocked down by Giacco
Mavoretto, at Sixth and South streets, and
taken to the hospital, was so inebriated that
his name could not be ascertained. He re-
ceived injuries about the head.
"A special meeting of the Devotional Com
mittee of tho Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton was held last evening at their rooms in
Chestnut street, above Twelfth, for the pur-
pose of adopting plans for the summer work
of the association. After some discussion it
was decided that the committee would recon-
mend the holding of outdoor or open-air
meetings and the establishment of Bible
teachers cottage prayer meetings, Sunday
Schools, and visitation among the poor and
neglected of the city. One of the designs in
inaugurating these movements is to get
church members now uninterested in the diff
ferent instrumentalities for good aroused to
sense of their duty as members of the
Church of Christ. The meeting was well
attended.
The Committee of Councils on Fire and
Trusts held a special meeting last evening to
consider plans for the reorganization of the
Fire Department.
The plan for the redistricting of the city,
allowing the various companies to attend the
fires in the districts in which they are located
and portions of adjoining districts, adopted
recently by convention of firemen, was,
after some discussion, rejected by the follow
ing vote-
Yeas-Messrs. Burnell, Marcus, Nickels,
and Stiles.
Nays-Messrs. Armstrong, Fareira, Plumly,
Sherman, and Hanna, chairman--5.
1t was then determined to report to Coun-
ellis the box system, by the following voter
Yeas-Burnell, Fareira, PlumlY Shermer,
Stiles, and Hanna, chairman-6.
Nays-Armstrong Marcus, Nickels-3.
Under this system a certain number of COM
panies nearest TO the box from which the
alarm may be given may attend the fire. If
these should be insufficient to extinguish the
fire, aid may be procured by summoning a
certain number of those next nearest to the
fire, and so on. The average number of COM
panies that under this plan would be neces-
sarily called upon is about fifteen, about one
half Of which will be steamers.