Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-01-10
PHILADELPHIA NEWS.
THE RXPEADmO OF a LA1a6s'
CITY-SUDDEN DEATA-Ar-
TEMPTED SOlClDE.

The Councils of Philadelphia hav
appropria ated &, ,3lO,7Oi 81 TO the sevs
al City departments for the year 3S'
This is only tor the estimated Currei,
expenses, and does no. include interes
on loans or the sinking fund lnclud
ed in the appropriation is an item q
81 i57, 1851 for the police depart
| ments.
Richard TOmlnson, lemer carrier
residing at 1913 Fedora street, die,
suddrnly at the supper table last even
ing Heart disease 10 supposed TO hav.
been the cause.
Wm. Henry Reed, who boarded a,
No 20 South Seventeenth street, at
tempted to commit suicide at his homt
last night by cutting bis throat. The
wound was sew we'd up by a physician,
aud Tho injured man was removed tC
the Pennsylvania Hospital.
During the month oi December 81
complaints Of cruelty or neg ,ect OF
children by their parents were brought
to the attention of the Society TO Pro.
tect Children from Cruelty. The COM
plaint, embraCed 13U children. La the
course Of Investigation, 10 arrests were
made and 81 children were removed
from the custody OF parents or guar
d!ans a d placed in suitable homes.
Coroner Januey yesterday began an
inv stigatiOn In the case Of an unknown
man who died at the Sixth District
Police Station from a supposed over
dose Of sulphate Of morphia. The
clothing OF the deceased Was marh ed
with the name OF +. r. Scott, aud be IL
supposed to have come from Chicago.
The quarterly nesting Of the Presby
terry Of Philadelphia Central was held
yesterday. A call from the West Arch
Street Church for the pastoral services
OF Rev. John HemphilI, a. an annual
salary of $4,000, was placed in his
hands and accepted by him.
The sessions Of the Presbytery Of
Philadelphia, Of the United P-esby-
lsIian Church, were continued yester.
day, Delegates TO the General Assem-
bly, of the United Presbyterian Church,
to be held IN Pjttsbnrs in May next,
wore elected
AZ tle meeting Of the Managers
of Le feuusy lvania Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals, last
evening, it was reported that duri ng
ths pasL month 23 complaints were
registered and / arrests made la3
horses and mules we're taken from har-
ness, and warnings were given in l59
instances.
Stephen W. Dana, . brother of Will.
liam Dana, the celebrated artist. died
on Monday, of heart diseass,in his 50th
ysar.
Johu White, who had been held by
Magistrate South TO answer the charge
OF conspi ring to cheat John X. HUM
out of 81 ,0l5 by means Of the bunKo
game, had his bail increased yesterday
by judge Flnletter irom ~, 900 to S., 600
A call bas been issued for meeting
of citizens to be held in the May ors
otiCe TO morrow, to devise means for
aiding the sufferers by the floods in
Germany.
The President Of the State Board Of
Public Charities has appoiD ed mum.
ber of ladies' in this city aud Allegheny
county as auxiliary visitors to institu-
tons now subject to visitation by the
Board.
The thirteenth annual meeting of the
Managers of the Germantown Dis
pensary aud Hospital was held yesLer-
day. The report stated that the num-
Der of cases treated in the Hospital du-
ring the year was 240; in the general
GA; and in the eye and ear
Al.
At the annual meeting OF the
Peoples Passenger Railway Company,
yesterday, a statement Of receipts ana
expenses for the year 1882 was pre-
sented, which showed y loss Of $685..
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