The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-21
THE PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT.
and Urges the siayo or 20 sign the BiIi.

The Drua EXCHANGE Inderses the .1cysment.
and Urges the Mayer 60 stgn the Btli.
At meeting Of the Drug Exchange held to-day
Robert Shoemaker, ESQ.,, was called 70 the cnalr,
and William NJ. wilson offered the following pre-
amble and resolutlOns-
TL,reas, A Joint committee Of the City Councils Of
Philadelphia has after much labor and due inspection n
Department for this city and heq the bil after full
in By large mSoritiss in both branches Of the Councils
thus reform long needed in our city and
awaiting his signature in order 70 become law; there
"Resolce5 That we, citizens OF Philadelphia wholesale
druggists importers and mangiSctprng &c tar chemists aP-
gushing fires, ano sincerely believe that the proposed
warehouses and protect and secure
5 9ss s TS sS shS s Viii sOss AZ the
Of riot and bloodshed and the aud
nssty respectfully reapest that the Mayor Ion Daae
toA vii not withhold his signature from this most
turing interests Of this city by making the bill law
wait upon Sn the Mayor and present him with
The preamble aud resolutions were adopted, and
the following gentlemen appointed as the committee
Of ten to wait upon the Mayor:-Messrs; John Price
WetheIiD, Thomas II. Powers, John NJ. Maris, III. B.
Rosengarten, Charles Bullock, John T. Lewis, II. s.
Zeigler, Robert Shoemaker, Charles Ellis and Ell.
Hance.
H1GHHANDED OUTRAGE.-Ths morning was
devoted by the Prothonotary Of the Court OF Oom.
mon Pleas TO receiving the returns OF the judges OF
the various election divisions in the First Senatorial
district Two clerks, representing either party,
were present, tayiDg the returns as they were sub
nlltUu. ana, WDaJ Is more, pOlCeUen III ClULenS
clothing were stationed there to arrest any pub-
lcan whose return differed from the figures as pub-
lisbed in the morning papers, but whether the same
instructions were given to them with reference to
the Democratic JUDGES 1t is impossible to state,
owing TO the extreme secrecy which is observed at
the Central Station. About noon John Holmes, the
Return Judge OF the Eleventh division of the
TwentysXth ward, presented his return, and on his
leaving the ollice he was seized by policeman aud
conducted TO the basement OF the Central Station,
where his name was recorded.
Mr.. Holmes demanded to know the charge, and
active part IN the elections since his induction into
office, replied Gathering election returns"
Mr. Holmes desired TO know who preferred the
charge but he received no further response than
clock him up" lie was accordingly locked up
without auy further information being accorded
him.
After short time Hon. s. J. Randall and John L
Hill held consultation, and it agreed that the
prisoner should be released on his own recognizance
to appear at the hearings this afternoon.
The following is a comparison of the returns SUBJ
mitted by Holmes and that published -lIOlmes' re-
turn-Dechert, 1853; Lyndall, POI. Newspaper re-
turn-Dechert, 1I9; Lyndall, 265.
CLOSING EXERCISES The closing exercises of the
Ludlow Girls Grammar School will take place next
Friday afternoon, at the schoolhouse Master street,
above Fourth. The exercises will consist OF dialo
gues and recitations by the pupils, and promises to
be grand affair.
DEAD LNFANT.-The Coroner was notified this
morning TO hold an inquest at the Eighteenth Dis
trict Station House upon the body of q dead infant
found in the woods on Fifth street, near Fishers
Lane.
WEACKNowLEDGE the receipt OF the following sums
for the relief Of the widow aud family of Captain
Christian, of the bark MeacO, lost some months
ago in the neighbOrhOod OF Havana:-From Captain
Wm Munday, s5 from e. IT, 81.
SLIGHT FIRF.-About eight O'Clock this morning a
slight fire occurred at the cotton mill Of John Derby
shire, No. 1046 Beach street.