The daily gazette., 1879-02-01
Our Philadelphia Letter.

L. o. Final B'rith-Youmy MGnner-
chor Bal Mosque.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 70, 1879.
The Spring--like weather Of the past
Few days has been very beneficial for the
medical fraternity, as it assuredly brings
multitudinous numbers OF heretofore for
tnnate persons to sudden contraction of
colds and coughs, unaccountable for, un-
less attributed to the gradual change in
the ten perature.
1t Is prudent to don an overcoat
when carefully noting the fatal conse.
quences, but with the thermometer al
about 55 degrees IL is extremely uncom.
Portable to be bHr;hen ned with a heavy
weight. Taking all into consideration il
is truly "American weather"
MACHINERY HALL TO BE SOLD.
The unoccupied Machinery Hail will
on the Sth OF next month b, sold at pub
lie sale, by order of the Mayor and the
Commissioners of markets aud city PROP
erty. The original cost of the building,
exclusive of boiler houses, was 1854 ,S67 :
AZ. The width of the main hall is 800 Fl.
40 feet long, and the annex is 20SX2 2lO
feet,
The flooring is of yellow pine plank.
Summary OF its contents: large amount
OF gas and water pipes, three lines of
railroad track, 100000 pounds Of cast
iron, 3Oo,W0 feet of white pine lumber,
900 600 feet of yellow pine lumber, 700
900 feet in roofing, 1000 square feet of
glass, 5000 perches of stone, etc. The
building and every thing within must be
removed and ground smoothly levelled
before the LIST of next June. 1t is unessen-
tial to give a description of thus once
grand edifice, regarding its plan of archi-
lecture and innumerable works of me-
chanical contrvance contained therein,
unsurpassable for beauty, inge.iui,y and
simplicity. The public mind Is too repletc
with the realism of sentiments calculated
during those eventful days of 1876 by the
visiting community for reiteration.
10. B'NAI FIRTH.
The quiquennial convention of the !
o. B. Is. convened at ST. Georges Hall,
this city, on Sunday last, and will remain
IN session during the remainder of the
week. The order WAS organized Nov. /,
1Si3. by twelve Hebrew citizens of New
York city, nine of whom are dead, and
the surviving three are enfee bled by old
age.
The object of the asso ciation is of be-
nevolent nature, its special duties being
to take care of the sick and distressed
and to promote the intellectual enlight-
eminent of the brethren In general.
There are 305 Bnai Birth lodges in the
United States, including one in Canada,
divided into seven districts, having a
combined membership of "A 900 souls
A bout 275 delegates all being Past Presi-
dents are in attendance, comprising some
of the most prominent Israeli5es in
America.
Hon. Simon Wolf, of Washington, d.
c., was nominated and unanimously
ele cted permanent president of the con.
vention, brothers Alfred J. Jones and
Louis Abraham, secretaries.
The questions to be discussed at thi S
convention are whether gentlles shall be
admitted to membership, and whether
the Centennial statue of"keligious Lab.
erty" shall be payed for by the order
Some S13, 200 still remain due the artist
For the support of the sick, needy,
widows and orphans there has been ex-
pended in 1874, sl34 ,773y07; 1873, sl65, ,526.
AZ; 1876, SlS4 ,827 SO; 1877, $246, Oil .73
1873, over S275, 1000, making a grand total
OF 81 ,007 ,0391l, not including the con-
tributions made to the Cleveland Orphan
Asylum, the Judah Faro lnirmary OF
to SPECIAL objects.
The aggregate funds in the possessio on
OF the Lodge, part of them set aside for
the erection of homes and asylums, ex.
ceeds $500, 900.
Deaths occurred in 1874, 106; 1873, 14l
1876, 100; 1877, 1876; and 1878, (estimated)
200; an average rate of mortality for the
live years OF u per 1000
The President was in receipt of "A letter
from, MuNnr SfnE al tan nj p.. hoe,
taliry ofthe City of Brotherly Loyc, (etc. J
and one from DIR. Paxson, President
Permanent Exhibition, extending au in
vitatiou to visit that institution and
others.
Yesterday the delegates visited the
Jewish Hospital huildlng Tabor station,
| on the North Pennsylvania railroad,
thence driven in carriages through Fair.
mount Park, visitingth the Permanent Ex-
llbition, and in the evening held a han-
quet, some four hundred and fifty per
sons being there.
YOUNG M.fNNERCHoR BALL MAsQuE.
The annual ball masque given by the
! Young Mnnnerchor, Monday night, N
| the Academy of Mu-ic after weeks of
preparation drew those souls of delecta-
BILE sight seekers and partcipators in the
| lrevelry to the scene. Every seat in the
auditorium and balconies was taken,
and every conspicuous place of solieuce
was occupied by surging crowds, eager
TO catch glimpse of the moving process
sion below.
Our aristocratic bellies with their atten.
tive escorts turned out en- masse, display.
ing opulent toilets, elaborate in style and
expensive in jewclry, simultaneously
| eche wing the tastidious course usually
apocolypsed on similar occasions.
| After a musical prelude by Carl Sentz's
military band, Mr. Max friedman,
Philadelphia favorlre tenor, entertained
the audience with Mozart's "Aria," "Il
mio Tesoro," from Don Giovanni, win
ming rounds of plaudus.
| While the orche ira was performing In
superb style the "CoronatiOn March," OF
Meyerbesr, the rising curtain disclosed
a magnificent tableau, representing "a
| scene ID the 18th century.
| The German Emperor Maximilian,
known as the Last knight, ana the Emp
| ress seated on a throne surrounded by
| their court, and forming a stm-circle
stood about two hundred guards in arm
or. Groups of peasants and citizens then
appeared paying tribute of respect to
the regal party, afterwards singing a
ehorus-"Hymme au den Kaiser" Com
posed by MIR. Robert Graner, musical di-
rector), responded to by the entire as
semblage in waiting.
The Imperial Lancers then lndulged
in an original dance, gallantly perform
ing their allotted part to perfection
Following came the maids and with tn
Lancers danced a minuet, receiving a
| hearty applausp lasting fully ten min