The daily gazette., 1878-02-16
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THE Y. M. G. A.

LII II 4. NJ. V. A.
The annual district convention of the
Young Mems Christian Association OPEN
ed yesterday afternoon. The exercises
were held in Grace M. E. church, COM
mencing at $3.50 o'clock. The meeting
was opened with devotional exercises,
after which Mr.. j. N. Shearman, of Phil
adeiphia, made very eloquent address
of some length upon the question of
"Personal work amongst Young Men"
In the evening the meeting was held in
the Second Baptist church, the question
being "How to use the Bible with the
unconverted." The opening address was
made by Rev. Mr.. Feitwell, of the Falls
Of Schuylkin. Rev. f. b. DuVal, of this
city, and Mr.. Shearman, of Philadelphia,
| also took part in the discussion.
The meeting this afternoon will be held
in the First Presbyterian church, the SUBJ
i iject for debate being; "Cultivation of
parlor meetings amongst young men,"
Mr.. Shearman, will make the opening
address.
This evening, the meeting, will be held
in the Hanover Presbyterian Church,
the subject for debate being: "How to
conduct an inquiry meeting" to be
opened by Prof William johnson Of
Philadelphia.
To go to the Historical Society.
At a meeting Of the Fire-men's Gem
tenial held last evening, at the Wash
ington Engine House, the committee
appointed at the previous meeting, for
the purpose of selecting place for the
depository of the registry books, that
were used at the State building during
the Centennial reported in favor of pres
senting them to the Historical Society.
The books will be presented by the
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ty on next Wednesday evening, at the
rooms OF the Association in the Mason
10 Temple.
A vote of thanks was also rendered to
| the officers of The Association, and also
| TO the citizens who subscribed towards
the erection Of the. building. There being
no further business the Association ad-
journed sine de.
At the close Of the meeting, an iu-
formal meeting was held in reference to
giving a ball. A committee of two were
appointed from each company, 20 make
| all the necessary arrangements. The ball
will probably take place in Webster's
dancing academy at date yet to be
fixed.
Arrested for Forgery.
Last evening Sergeant Legg, arrested
John Briefly upon warrant Issued for
him upon the charge Of forgery. For
sometime past the accused has been OBJ
tanning goods upon orders purporting to
be issued BY u. 81. Kent & Co. Some
of the orders had just the name of the
| firm signed to them while others con-
tained the name Of the firm, but were
oftensibly issued by one of the clerks.
With these orders he obtained fifty
pounds Of new lead from Mr.. E. w.
Hopes, and one dozen files from Capelle
& Bro. He also obtained various other
articles from other hardware dealers in
this city. he would not go for the goods
himself but would send some colored
man after them. At a hearing before the
Mayor this morning, he was held in the
sum of $1,000 bail for his appearance at
the next term of court, in default of
whice he was committed to the county
Jail.
M. 9. Ie. A Meeting.
The M. s. II. A. public meeting, last
night, was largely attended and was very
interesting. Addresses were made by
| Brothers Reed and Cook, and also by
Brother Hamilton, Of Ohio. The latter
gentleman is six feet two inches high,
anu "oisaS EoO Pouuuo. hV maui du
earnest address on prohibition, on which
subject he proposes to address the club
at length GU Monday evening next. Sew
eral vocal selections were sung, the most
effective of which was q due: "Don't
sell father any more rum, "by the Miss
es Roberts.
Port News.
| The Ship W. @. Davis Of Philad pei a,
Is now at DuPonrs pier on the Delaware
loading with powder for SauFraucisco,
Gal. There are also two sloops loaded
ready to depart for the same place.
A Good Boat.
The steamboat Major Reybold, now
that she has been repaired, is pretty
boat, both externally and internally. De-
spite the cold weather she carries quite
large number of passengers daily.
At the Wharves.
The steamboats, Ipitagt and CoI>
tumbid. and the ferry boat Camden,
are now lying at the wharves of the
Harlan 81 Hollingworth Company, un-
dsrg oing repairs.
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