Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-03-06
PHILADELPHIA LEI TER.
st. Patrick's Day-A Grand Gift
Bogus Doctor Makers-Per-
sonal and TelephOnic-Smith's
Island-Notes.

st. Patrick's Day-A Grand Git
Bogus Doctor Makers-Per'
sonal and TelephOnic-Smith's
Island-Notes.
PHILADELfHiA, March 3.
March comes upon US very gently,
and to make the old adage good, II vii
have to take its departure in lion.hks
manner March, as general thing, Is
not q month as joyiully welcomed as
April, May or June; nor would It be OF
much note, only for the fact that st.
Patrick's Day and the natal day Oi your
correspondent happens to do 1t honor.
We are not egotistical, We merely state
facts. The former dav will
be celebrated here ny the
Irish societies by n grand
parade. which will form on Broad street,
then countermarch to Paramount ave-
| nue., thence 10 the Centennial buildings,
| where concerts, OratiOns, ETC., Will be
| the order of the day. The festivities OF
| the day u i'll be followed in the evening
| by a grand ball in the main building,
| Carl SentZ's famous orchestra will iur-
nish the dulcet strains. The admission
| TO the entertainment, dancing included,
has been placed at the merely nominal
price OF twenty-five cents, and the Irish
lads and lassies will turn out On EaSse,
and one OF the most enjoyable times
imaginable is anticipated. One-hait oil
the gross receipts viii be devoted to
charitable purposes.
Also, on the evening Of the l7th inst.
b. +. Brewster, Esq, one OF the silver
tongues Of this city, will deliver a lee
ture on St Patrick, at the Academy OF
Music. The entire proceeds will he tor
warded 10 suffering Ireland. All in all,
"Patrick's day in the morning will be
honOred in a highly becoming manner
in the Quaker city.
The other day Mr.. Temple, a retired
merchant of considerable wealth, dona-
ted so. 900 to the Academy Oi Fine
Arts, on the condition that Tree admls-
sion be- allowed one day in each
week. The trustees have accepted
the splendid gilt and agree to the condl-
ton imposed. This will allow impecn-
NOUS lovers OF art to crafty their
aesthetic tastes, and least their optics Cn
the really fine collection Of paintings
and sculpture within the walls OF the
academy.
II another OF our wealthy citizens
would follow Mr.. Temple 5 munIlicence,
and contribute a like amount, on tie
same conditions, 10 the Academy II
Sciences, a great good would be accom-
plished.
bogus MEDICAL COLLEGE.
A bogus medical concern, under tie
tide OF the philadelphia College pi
Medicine and Surgery" was the sub
iect Of exposure last week.
The Dean uf the ready-made
doctor works was Rev. T. NJ, Miller,
pastor Of an up town church, and his
five or six assistants each bore the pre-
Tx Of "Rey." to their names. Their
method Of manufacturing VI. D's, II not
OF style deserving endorsement, Ger
tainly had the essentials Oi neatness and
dispatch. And We suppose the untor-
tunatc patients OF the graduates OF this
doctor factory would be- hurried heav-
onward, ol in an opposite direction, with
nratncss and dispatch, especially the tat
ter. The diplomas were sold at 500.
No knowledge ui medicine or surgery
was necessary. All that was required
Was To paw YOUR money and you get
yuUr shrep-skIn, which entitled yOu 10
hang out your shinglc as a iulI-iicdgci
NJ. D. This city being the location
ui the finest medical colleges IN the
country, is selected 10y quacks and
frauds 10 ply their Huidnuus business.
Some years ago couple OF bogus con
Germs, under the care Of Drs. O. Paine
and Buchanan, q, altered diplomas with
"A lavish hand until checked 10y the an
thoritics. The list Of persons granted
sheep skins by the l.. G. Ui VI. and ;.
embraces representatives Of several
States. West Virginia Is not in the list.
rERsuNAL ANU TELEuHuNIC.
While in the Western Union tclc-
graph building, at Tenth aud Chestnut
streets, the other day, We ran across
Prof. J. 4. Blattan, formerly OF West
Virginia. lie Is one OF the Chicl clec-
tricians ofthe Western Union Company,
and is largely interested IN tciephonlC
business, for which hr predicts great
future. lie says the perfection which
the telephone has reached and it, list
iulness are vet comparatively unknown.
Both the Edison and the BELL Cumpa-
MES have telephone exchanges here,
with connections to all parts ol the city.
SUMNER RESORT.
"Smltty's" Island, the great summer
resort in the Delaware river, opposite
this CITY, is undergoing complete reno
Walton. and is being handsomely i'm
proved. The reputation Of the Island,
Of late years, has not been the purest
ON account OF the gay and festive ic-
males from the purheus ct iniqulty,
who flock there in full force, thereby
giving the place bad name. An effort
will be made during the coming sum
mer 10 exclude such characters, and ele-
vate the morals Of the place to a higher
standard The endcavor will be 10 make
il to Philadelphia what Couey Islands,
to New York.
MINOR MOTIFS.
The theatres are in full blast "Thc
Pirates Of Penzance" is still running at
the south Broad Princess Toto, one
OF Gibert's compositions, i, at the Park
The Welding Marcel" comedy by
Gilbert. is at the Chestnut. The staid
drab Skirtcd Quakers have a bad attack
ui GIlbertmania.
Some OF the city officials have remov.
"a their offices % the lower rooms oi the
unfinished pile OF granite ami marble, at
Broad aud Market streets.
As a harbingrr ri spring the steamers
are advertising excursions 10 the sea
shore.
The intercollegiate boat races are to
take place on the S,huylkill river in
June next They will compete ior the
Childs cup.
During the pss, month OF fierce gales
and severe storms on the high seas, the
American line OF steamships, built by
Pennsylyanians, ont OF Pennsylvsnii
iron aud lumber, and owned by Phila.
delphians, did not have an accident, but
stood the yale nohly. That's Why we
laugh. W. i. l.