The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-01-13
PHILADELPHIA, Jau ., 1874.

PHILADELPHIA. Jau ., 1874.
Editor Of IL, Regis'sr:
Another rolling year hs- brau rounded
up, according to cur manner OF computing
time, and in most respects bas already be.
como a matter of history hd, if from
some pIominont stand point Que could get
view ggregately Of the anxieties, dis.
appointments, misiortunes, troubles and
sufferings that bavc beiallen those even
within the sphere Of our acquaintance or
knowledge, within the last twelve month,
il would not only silence the league, bu'
mock the Imagination and paralyze the
senses. Yet, If the reverse side Of the
photograph could te viewed, it would
produce a marked counter-feeling in the
matter Of hopes frightened, auticipations
realized, troubles assuagcd, pleasures and
joys interminglcd and climaxed, which
might go far toward remedying or nou.
tralizing the former Whether JOY or
sorrow preponderatcs in this life, yet re.
mains q problem for the philosoT hers to
solve OF Que thing, most if not oil OF
US are well convinced, that this life is
checkcred scene, made up Of fragments Of
the good and had commingled and inter.
I laced.
! The monetary panic seems TO have
reached ita acme and to be slowly subsid-
ing. As an evidence hereabout, mum.
Der of large manufacturing establishments
in and about town, that have been closed
or nearly SO. are NOW ruuping on part or
whole time The carpet weavcrs have
been on strike, which disarranged mat
ters for awhile in that line of business.
but the employers and employees have at
length compromised. 1t is a notable fact
authoritatively stated. that there is larg.
er quantity Of carpetiug manufactured in
the nne,ccnth ward in this city than 10
the entire country beside, with Great
Britain thrown in or included. IL is q
very large ward and has larger popula-
tion than any other, and is situated in the
northwesterly portion Of the town in that
section formerly known IS the District Of
Kensington.
The ladies tea party referred to 10 my
last proved a complete success, realizing
large sum-something over six thousand
dollars Part of the avails are to be ap-
piled for aiding the ladies, centennial COM
mission n their Prsiseworthy work, the
balance to assist the deserving poor, An
iron bridge was erected, oouuectisg the
Acadeiny Of Music with Horticultural
Hall, enabling the people to pass from
the great Opera House to the aforensmed
hall. Three thousand children were pres.
ent, adding largely to the entertainment
and festivities Of the occasion.
Donations for the poor are being made
on an extensive scale. In addition to To-
cal aud ward organizations for that lauda-
bic and christian purpose, individual do
nations aud gifts from the wealthy apd
retired, as well ~ from tho active husi.
ness men are being made.
Capitalists are maturing plans for the
erection OF new hotels and the enlarge.
ment of others. in anticipation Of the
great intluA OF strangers in 1876 Among
the latter the spacious Girarj House, al
Ninth aud Chestnut streets, is 10 be
largely extended It is rumorcd tha,
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company pur
pose erecting al immense hotel structure
: on their grounds, Mt Thirteenth and Mar.
ket.
Among the incidents occusnog ia tow
a few days since. was ore Of a singular
aud Of rather an appalling character il
its nature. Ia excavating for large
= sewer in North twentieth Street, between
Parrish and Poplar Streets, the workmcr
1 unearthed about forty coi'iuS. eome iu ;
tolerable good state of preservation, while
7 others were nearly or quite deoayed. |
r is supposed the bodies were inferred du
ring the cholera season Of 1882 At tha
time it was far out in the open country
n but now the city stretches quito L dis
Q tauce northward of the locality. The
e wero undoubtedly private ourials, as ther
). never was a cemetery located at tha
1t point or place. The residents il the i'm
o mediate neighborhood were much alarm
d ed, and not without reason. as the atmo'
,. phere was sensiby effected by the eilluvi
incident 10 the oxhumat:on. The propc
h authorities Immediately ordered re-il
termen,.
cs A destructive Ere occurred few day
since in the buildings occupied as wint'
quarters by Adam Forepaugh's Meuag
ne rie and Circus, in the twenty-third war
amounting 10 eighty thousand dollar
ns consisting of building, wagons, horse
o. tents, &c. The apartments contalnlr
the Wild animals were, by great eycrtlo
C. saved from the devouriug eemcnt
Is. The New York and Philadelphia A
ed Line Railroad is progressing s,eadli
When the connections are completed,
We is intended to make the run from city
ell city in two hours and qunrier--ni-'an
ninety.two miles
The total number OF permit .--.i-i /
ol. past year for new buildings, aditions,6
nd throughout the city, was ,lS thousand ii
nd hundred and thirty. sr increase Of Q
ar, hundred aud eight ever the amber issu
he ia 1872. Among the number are nil
,p. teen churches and twcnty.one schr
ol. houses. Philadelphia has nearly one hu
dred more church edi6ces than hcr p
tentious and fussy neigbbor on Nanbati
TO Island.
A collection Of wild animals are Il
en- route for this city via the Union |
| | cifc Railway for the Geological Gard
tay in Fairmoun, Park class Of nnim
,eh that inhabit the fasinesses Of the sno
capped hills of the Rocky Mounts
of range.
m. As an elemeat of growth aud s,reDg
ade it may be remarked that in addition
ted the enormous manufacturing interest,
he. commerce Of the city is rapidly incre
rk, ing. From Official St liis,cs, it appe
tes, there we're during the past year, six
will four arrivals Of steamships on foreign
Il. count. On domestic or ooastwi-e aeco
s2l. The entire arrivals Of vesi