The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-01-07

THE NU,IIsMATIo AND ANTIQUARIAN. SooIBTY.-A
stated meeting OF this Society was held last even
ipg President Hon. Eli Il. Price in the chair. Tine
nsiiial routine business was transacted. Mr. Phil
lips IRON the committee to procure room for the
Society, reported that they had received number
of communications from parties relative thereto,
but that all the rooms offered were too Tar east the
Society desiring room west OF TwelItn street, ana
Mr.. Duane, from the Committee on Printing the
Constitution and Bylaws, reported that the work
had been done, and handed 1t over to the Society
number OF bills were presented and ordered to be
paid Mr.. Chandler made further communication
relative TO the Jeten exhibited by him at the last
meeting and stated tzat there had been proper tests
applied and IT was proven TO be base metal. num-
ber of valuable donations to the library and cabinet
were received including the chronicle OF the London
Numismatic Society, from the Society; an auto
Nr Duane, who stated that Mr. Swanwick was
member Of Congress from Pennsylvania towards
the close Of tie last century and possessed OF
some poetcal abilities. The President, Mr.. Price
presented to the Society package OF Contnantal
money, and the Napoleonide and very valuable
scrap-boOk, containing many letters and papers OF
the middle of the last century, which were dis
covered about thirty years since while Workmen
were engaged in tearing down an old house In Water
street above Waln0t, formerly occupied as a Gov
ernment house under the Proprietary Governors.
Mr.. Price stated that the papers were found in a
cupboard by the wOrkmen and pitched into the
street on u snowy Gay, and th0t ne nearing or IT
hastened there and rescued as much as he could.
There many valuable papers, drafts OF Governors
messages, autographs OF the Penns, ETC., etc. on
motion OF Mr.. Henry Phillips it was sresOlyed 20 ex-
anime these documents and TO select Ont such as
might be OF especial interest 10 read some evening
before the society
An autograph letter OF Hannibal lamlin, and a
number OF ananacs were presented by the cores
pondlng secretary.
number of members were proposed aud the
society adjourned.
THE EIGHTH STREET MERCHANTS IN SESSION.
In consequence OF the late robbery at No. 40 North
Eighth street, meeting OF the merchants doing
business on that street, between Market and arch
Streets was held yesterday morning in Phoenix Hall
on Filbert street. above Seventh. Q. NJ Hooper was
selected TO act as chairman, and A. Arnold as
secretary.
twas resolved that the hours OF duty OF the regu-
lar Watchmen should henceforth be from O'Clock r.
M. to O'Clock A. NJ, instead OF from p; NJ. to A.
NJ, as heretofore, and that an additional watchman
should be employed, especially for Sundays and
holidays, who should serve from O'Clock A. NJ to 6
p M.
A committee, comprising M. A. Jones, A. NJ. Mar
tin A. &. Carpenter, j. M. Wood and @. r. Richie,
WAS created to serve for the year. and were in
structed 60 request the Mayor to Keep the streets
clear OF beggars, organ grinders, etc.
IL was stated that the cleaning OF Eighth street I'm
this square was done once week from last February
until last June under private contract between the
merchants and certain parties, but In the last
month the work was stopped by the Board OF HEALTH
who took the matter In charge. Since that time the
street has been cleaned but four times and the
mttee also instructed TO call the attention OF
the Board OF Health to its present dirty condition.
Run OVER AND KLLED.-This morning Coroner
Daniels was notified to hold inquest az Holmes
burg upOn the body OF an unknown man who was
run over and killed by the sx-o'clock train on the
Philadelphia aAa Trenton Railroad on Thursday
evening