The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-06-09
ROM THE CENTENNIAL CITY.
pHILADELruIA. May % 100

/ PHiLADELrnA, MAY 20, 1881.
, Mr.. EDlroR:
Although winter lIaS lnggedly cluns
to the clap Of spring with tenacit,
worthy of II better cause. thcrn are now
indications at leleirins at his mn
welcome grasp. rs Ohl Sol has climbed
SO high up ms southern sly. that "Old
Borcas' Unu-i soon hctt u rc.rral I, hi,
ilypfrhorsan home, "and sin \ mora. u
un'ii the aa'ninnii rqninox has beer
passed.
Large number uf cn,grnnts arc
arriving 1T This port by all The foreign
steamships. y day ur tw' -ince, 157
strange passengers arrived ou The steam
ship, "Lp:d Cough" and LETT imme,l
lately ibr ihi wcsl via Ills pcnnsylva.
MA railroad. Most uf the Immigrants
carried litile papers in the rims of theiI
caps, winch upon examination proved
TO be vaccination certificates of foreign
physicians. 4 case of yariola was dis.
covered on shipboartl, aud those who
had not been picked by the doctors
lance, were subjected 10 that interesting
operation.
Ii Is officially stated that there are
nearly COCO retail liquor dealers in this
city, aud that there are 5000 retail
groceries in thu sumo town. So il an
pears that 1t requires larger number
OF grog and lager beer establish nents.
Than groceries and provision stores. TO
supply the 900,o inhabitants of this
great and beautiful city. 1t is humilia-
ting TO acknowledge such an appalling.
but stubborn fact.
The great bankers, Drexel & Co.. of
this CITY, have lust issued 10 the STATE
treas irrr thcir check for So. 767 ,1GG. 70.
1t DeiU1 The AMOUNT as H., po,,~ -s.i- -,
ma per cent An awarded to their
house vt 'hc rcrent i'.lti,g. This is
prnbah'y the largest chick ever issued
III Pcnii-N iythiH. DrrXcl 81 Co. of this
city, arc he head OF tn. large banking
house OF DrcXel, Morgan 81 Co, OF
New \ nix, also that of DreXpl, IIayse
II Co., of Paris.
Oul OF the seventy window-giass cs.
tabIishncG's iii>4 the United States
twcniy-scven arc located IN New ,Jer.
sey, where the capital invested in them
Aggregates $4,000, 900. About fifteen
! miles below Camden on the Philad, Il.
phla and ape May railroad. is situated
| the town of Glassbnro. where the entire
industrial business Is that of glass man
! ufacturirg.
Theodore, 1. Woodruff, the inventor OF
the railroad sleeping car bearing his
name, il now resident of this city.
lie claims to be the original inventor
of sleeping and parlor cars. Speaking
on this subject few days since, Mr..
oodruif stated that his first sleeper
made six consecutive trips over New
York Central railroad, the last one term.
mating November Is, lS57a AT that
| - A. ''-~e'' y" Nv was k'lieu III
the recent disas'cr near Spnyien Duyvc
creek on the Hudson River railroad.
was The freight agcrt at Palentine
Ridge, New York. Ii was in the YEA,
following that Senator Wagner placed
his cars upon the same road The Pull.
man and the Wagner companies are
both paying Mr.. Woodruff royalty.
"A new Friends meeting house is soon
to be erected near the cold buryinp
ground" on the old New York turn,
pike at "Rising Sum-" suburb of the
city, on the historic spot where William
Penh and George Fox once worshiped .
and where the remains of Lucretis
Mott were recently laid TO rest. The
old one storiod meeting house is still
standing. The original grant TO the
society of ground, was made as a pas
ture for the horses of the worshipers al
the old meeting house. A market garde.
ner now occupies the old house and 0
part of the grounds, but it is proposed
to purchase the old property, and build
Friends meeting house for the cougre.
gatl9p p%hjGb UrTne' meTab6rs Sin In Thai
section of the city, but which has long
since outgrown such accommodations.
is now virtually settled, that all ex
tension of the mint will soon be an
accomplished fact, bill has been favor
ably reported in Congress for the pur
chase OF grounds adjourning the present
structure, at cost not exceeding S4O0,.
Ooo. Among the buildings adjoining
that will be removed, are DR.. Nc
COOKS 9TH PRESBYTERIAN church. Chris.
tan temples often succumb to the
aggressive pressure of mammon. The
Gothamites have made great efforts to
have the mint transferred to their city,
where mammon perhaps has as many
worshipers as the true God; at an,
rate their name is legion, who apparent
ly bow at her shrine
The oriole was called the Baltimore
Bird" because it wore the colors OF
Lord Baltimore, black and yellow. Sc
says correspondent of the Baltimore
sun. p. w. &.