The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-01-18
NEWS SUMMARY.


CITY AIairs-
The fifth annual meeting of the Baptist
Sunday school Association was held yesterday
afternoon and evening in the Fourth Baptist
Church, corner of Fifth and Button wood
streets. Reports were received from the va
rious schools, and other business was
transacted.
The annual meeting of the Mercantile
Library Company was held last evening in the
lecture room of the Library, Tenth street,
above Chestnut.
The report of John II. Watt, Treasurer.
showed the receipts for the year to have been
1874, 7O355; balance for the preceding year,
$405 81; and the expenditures, 1913, ,S4011;
balance on hand, S126S 90; sinking fund re-
ceipts, so, 047'63; balance on hand January
!, 1870, $304'02; expenditures, $4,000;
balance on hand, S351'65.
The report of the Board of Directors read
by George Corlis, Esq, showed the books
circulated to have amounted to 1114,9G1:
number of visitors, 326, 900; average Sunday
attendants, 250; number of members at the
end of 1870, 81; number of stockholders
G246 subscribers, 333; entitled to the use of
the library, 6577; volumes purchased, 1868:
donations increased the total gain for the
year, 7136; number of volumes in library
January l, 1871, SO, 43S.
The Junior American Mechanics of the
State Council of Pennsylvania met yesterday
aud elected the following Grand officers:
State Councillor Charles H. KurtE, No. 9; S.
V. c., e. H. Hamman, No. 26; S. G. Secre-
tary, Edward S. Deemer, No. 8; s. G. Trea-
surer, John w. Calver, No. 8; s. @. Con-,
Thomas w. Thornley,, No. IL s. G. Warden,
M. X. Gochnauer, No. %; S. @. Sentinel
David Willet, No. 50; John p. Burk, No. 35:
Delegates to National Council, G. E. Voor-
bees, No. 3, for five years; J. Kahler Snyder,
No. %, for four years.
The annual meeting of the State Grotto
Of Pennsylvania of the Sons and Daughters
of America was recently held in this city
The order in Pennsylvania is in very fine
condition. new grotto has just been
started in Shamburg, Venango county, under
the supervision of DR.. A. M. Williams, of
that place. The new grotto is No. 33. Char
ters have been asked for in Franklin, Erie,
and Petroleum Centre, Pa, and in a very
short time grottoes will be started in these
places. The order, under the Supreme
\ Grotto, has been started in ten States of the
Union.
"A regular session of the Great Council of
. Pennsylvania, Improved Order of Red Men,
was commenced yesterday, at the hall Fourth
and Walnut streets, Adam Scuth, Great
Sachem, in the chair, and A. j. Baker, Great
/ Chief of Records, at his post. During the
morning session, a large number of Past
Sachems were adElitted, and about dozen
dppllCdllOub lOT TO eSCaDl13l new
4 tribes received. The Great Sachem submitted
his semi report, showing that during
the past six months eleven new tribes have
\ been organized in this city aud various parts
Iof the State, and that the Order is in q most
l, fourishing condition.
n The rectifying house of James Mcguire
& Co., back of 1888 Ridge avenue, was de-
Nstroyed by fire last night. Loss, $4,000.
The funeral of the late DR.. William P
Cunnington took place yesterday afternoon
from his residence, No. 1919 Fitzwater street
A large number of the Masonic fraternity
were present. Becks Philadelphia Band
engaged for the occasion by many of the
professional friends of the deceased per-
! formed appropriate music. The cortege pro-
ceeded to Monument Cemetery, where the
interment took place with Masonic honors
4 The religious exercises were conducted by
/ Rev. w. b. Erben, Rector of the Church of
| the Redeemer.
Last evening the annual meeting of the
philadelphia Branch of the Women's Union
missionary Society of America for Heather
Lands was held at the Church of the Epi-
.bhany, Fifteenth and Chestnut streets. The
ANNUAL report was read. During the year the
sum of $S29'70 was contributed for the fit-
ting up of an orphanage in the Home at Cal
cutta. The receipts up to the first of Janu-
ary amounted to So, ,S08'60, and the disburse-
1nents 50, 297 06, leaving balance. Balance
pm the treasury of $511'54. During
the year the funds of the Society were in
creased by legacy Of $4,000.