Horace A. Yundt, Esq., declines the Republican nomination for Judge in the 1st Precinct of the 7th Ward, and Mr. John T. Craig has been substituted in his stead.
Rev. George Frear, of the First Baptist Church, this city, has accepted a call to become the pastor of the Baptist Church at Norristown. This acceptance will be learned with deep regret by Mr. Frear's many friends, both in and out of his own denomination here. He has been pastor of the First Baptist Church for fourteen years, this having been his first and only charge, and no minister could be more greatly beloved than he is by his present congregation. During a portion of the rebellion, Mr. Frear served as Chaplain of the Third Pennsylvania Reserves, and his conduct on more than one trying occasion is spoken of in the highest terms by his comrades in arms. He is a sound preacher, a sincere Christian, and a most excellent citizen, and his departure from this community cannot easily be replaced. He will preach his last sermons to his present charge on Sunday next, and we but express the opinion of all who know him, in wishing him God speed in his new field of labor.
At a meeting of the stockholders of the Conestoga Valley Railroad Company, held in Churchtown yesterday, the following offers were elected for the ensuing year:
President--Hugh E. Steele.
Directors: Edward Brooke, L. Heber Smith, James M'Caa, Levi S. Reist, J.H. Jacobs, John Plank, John J. Stoltzfuse, Levi Watts, Daniel Oberholtzer, Joel Wenger.
Treasurer: William D. Smith.
Secretary: C.L. Hoffman.
The road is to commence at Springfield, on the line of the Wilmington and Reading Road, and to run to Litiz or Manheim, on the Reading and Columbia Road, and from thence probably to Lancaster. The sum of $81,800 has already been subscribed, which means business, and is an earnest that the work will be speedily commenced. As this contemplated improvement will be a new feeder to Reading, it is expected that our citizens will give their aid to the enterprise by liberal subscriptions.
Daniel Dougherty, Esq., of Philadelphia, will lecture at the Keystone Opera House, on the evening of the 8th of February, on "The Stage." The lecture will be delivered under the auspices of the Reading Lyceum.
The many friends of Mr. Luther Stroup, formerly of this city, will be pleased to learn that he has entirely recovered from his recent severe illness. He is engaged as a phonographic reporter and newspaper correspondent at Harrisburg.
The alarm last evening about 8 o'clock was caused by a slight fire in the oil house attached to the Rolling Mill of Seyfert, McManus & Co., on South street. But little damage was done. A number of engine and home carriages were out.
Shekinah Rose Croix Chapter, No. 2, A.Y.M., had a banquet and hop at the Mineral Springs last night.
The fifth lecture of the course before the Yong Men's Christian Association was delivered last evening, at the rooms of the Association, 508 Penn street, by Rev. Giles Bailey, of the Universalist Church. His subject was, "Emanuel Swedenborg, and the New Jerusalem Church." There was a fair audience present.
The lecture was full of interest, containing a minute account of the early life, history and labors of this truly great man. His peculiar religious views or tenets were set forth and commented upon. Swedenborg was born in Stockholm in 1668, and in his boyhood exhibited those traits of research and ability which in after years made him famous. He was a voluminous writer, and he left behind him numerous works on science and theology. Although the number of churches of the Swedenborgian faith in this country are but about thirty, the number of those who have been influenced by his opinions is great and constantly increasing. The great reformer died on the 29th of March, 1772, at the advanced age of 85 years. His body, said the lecturer, sleeps in the vault of the Swedish Church in the City of London, where he died; his spirit beholds, as with unveiled face, the great novelties which, during a long life, had been the theme of his meditations, while his memory will be revered so long as man shall endeavor to lift the veil that hides from mortals their own immortality. When the New Jerusalem Church, as such, shall have been forgotten, Swedenborg will yet be read and pondered by hundreds who seek for further light on the mysteries of the life to come. The lecture was listened to with attention, both on account of its ability and fund of information it contained in reference to one of the great reformers of the 17th century, of whom after all but little is known by the present generation.
During the evening the Keystone Vocalists sang a number of excellent selections.
The monthly meeting of the City Teachers Institute was held last evening, in the High School Hall. In the absence of the President, Prof. John A. Stewart, the County superintendent, Prof. D.B. Brunner, presided. There was a large attendance of teachers, directors, and others.
The exercises were opened by the chanting of "The Lord's Prayer" by the Institute, Miss Annie Frees presiding at the piano.
The Institute Paper was read by Miss Missimer.
Dr. M.A. Rhoads read an essay on "Mind and Matter," which was an able and comprehensive dissertation upon the soul,--its immateriality, and relation to the mind. The lecture abounded in much interesting matter, exhibiting a thorough research of the subject, and we regret that the crowded state of our columns precludes us from doing it justice by a more extended notice.
Prof. Brunner next delivered an address in which he adverted to the progressive condition of the schools of the county. In some respects he considered them to be advancing too rapidly, and that sufficient pains were not taken by teachers to explain lessons by the use of appropriate charts and apparatus, and in illustration of his remarks he took up the subject of geography, and the method in which it should be taught to primary classes.
At the conclusion of the addresses a vote of thanks was on motion, extended to the speakers.
The exercises were interspersed throughout with vocal music, and the entire proceedings were of a very entertaining character.
The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, the lessees of this work, are now busily engaged in the usual winter preparation for summer business. Lock gates and linings are being repaired or renewed. The matter carried by the rains and freshets from the adjoining lands into the canals is being removed. The channels in the pools are also undergoing whatever cleaning may be necessary, and everything which the last year's experience has suggested as likely to prove beneficial, is being done so far as time permits.
The Schuylkill Navigation Company, the former owners of this valuable work, always improved the winter months to fit their line for its summer trade, and spared neither trouble nor expense in doing so, and each successive season found their navigation fully prepared for the requirements of the public in the way of canal transportation.
What is now being done in the way of cleansing and repairs, is but the inevitable work which a canal navigation annually demands. The Schuylkill Navigation Company left the work in good order and repair, and the present lessees are but continuing the system of annual reparation which the necessity of such a work requires.
When the boatmen are again permitted by the weather to take to the water, they will find the canal fully prepared for the passage of their craft--and the public will be supplied with water transport equal to their demands.
Rev. D.K. Humbert, and his wife and child, met with a serious accident on Wednesday night. Mr. Humbert lives at Shillington, three miles from this city, and was on his way home in a carriage accompanied by his wife and child. Just after he had passed the Lancaster bridge, his horse took fright at a wheelbarrow, and ran down the steep embankment, crossed the road leading to Schwartz's mill, and leaped over an old stone fence into a meadow. The carriage was upset at the fence, and the occupants were thrown out. Mr. Humbert was picked up in an insensible condition, and much bruised, his face and forehead being cut open and he was bleeding profusely. Mrs. Humbert was considerably bruised, but strange to say the child, a baby ten months old, and which Mrs. H. was carrying in her arms, was not injured. The horse was not hurt and the vehicle was only slightly damaged.
The semi-annual session of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Pennsylvania was held the present week in Philadelphia. The delegates from McLean Post No. 16 of this city, were Messrs. George W. Durell, A.K. Zellers, W.H. German, J. Hiester McKnight and H. Willis Bland. Capt. George W. Grant was also present as a member of the Council of Administration. The next session will be held at Gettysburg.
R.D. Kreamer vs. Jonas Fritz, Hiram S. Getz and W.B. Kistler. 73 August T. 1869. This was an action in ejectment brought to recover possession of a lot of ground in Weasnersville, Albany township, containing eighteen feet in front and 218 feet in depth, the improvements upon which being a pump and frame stable. The plaintiff claimed the premises by virtue of a Sheriff's deed, dated the 24th of August 1868; said lot having been sold as the property of Nathan Weasner. The defendants claimed the property under a Sheriff's deed, dated the 2d of May, 1868, conveying to them a lot of ground in Weasnersville, adjoining property of Polly Weasner, the State road, &c., containing in front 30 feet and in depth 218 feet, said lot having also been sold as that property of Nathan Weasner, adjoining what was formerly known as the Polly Weasner lot. The defendants contended that inasmuch as their lot called for the Polly Weasner tract as a boundary, the eighteen feet passed in addition to their thirty feet under their deed. This was rebutted by the plaintiff who proved that in 1862 Nathan Weasner purchased forty-eight feet of ground (which included the eighteen feet in dispute) and cut off this disputed lot, making it a part of the yard to the brick house, by erecting a division fence between it and the thirty feet, building a portion of a barn on the rear end of it, and using the rear end for a manure yard, and that ever since 1861, this lot has been occupied by Nathan Weasner and his wife Polly, and used in connection with the brick house, which, it was also shown was purchased by R.D. Kreamer, the plaintiff at the same Sheriff's sale, and on the same day that the defendants bought their tract. The question for the jury was to determine what land the Sheriff levied upon, the Court holding that the deed conveyed the ground levied upon by the Sheriff, and no more and no less. The jury, after having been out three hours, rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff. Boyer for plaintiff; Sassaman and Schroeder for defendants.
Samuel L. Rhoads vs. N.P. Body. 108 August T., 1869. This was an action for debt brought on a promissory note to recover $175, balance due on a horse sold by plaintiff to defendant. In the beginning of May, 1869, N.P. Body bought of the plaintiff, a light bay horse, of good action and carriage, for which he was to pay $185. He paid $10 in cash upon taking the horse away, with the understanding that he should keep the horse on trial for several days. On the third day after Mr. Body had had possession of the horse, he paid for the same, by giving his note, dated May 4, 1869, payable at 60 days, for $175. He then used the horse in a huckster wagon, proceeding to Leesport, and returning the same day. The horse was used a second time, but, four or five days after the purchase, the animal sickened, and after four or five days' illness, died. The main defence was that the animal had been warranted solid and sound, and witnesses were called to prove the warranty, and the diseased condition of the horse, upon a post mortem examination. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of defendant. Stauffer for plaintiff; W.H. Livingood for defendant.
Isaac Sassaman vs. Jonas Ott. 46 September T., 1869. Summons in case. Verdict by consent of counsel, in favor of plaintiff for $2800. Laucks, Sassaman and P.D. Wanner for plaintiff. Jacobs and Bland for defendant.
This closed the proceedings for the week, Court adjourning to seven o'clock on Monday next.
The diagram of the Keystone Opera House for A.S. Boyer's Concert can be seen at H.R. & A.S. Boyer's Store, 520 Penn street.
H.T. Bishop, Harrisb'g
L. Guth, Leesport
A. Smith, M.D. Hygeian Home
P.P. Draper, do
A.W. Kaufman, Bland
J. Shaler, Boyertown
N. Bear, Hamburg
B.P. Sharp, NY
B.H. Lenhart, Hamb'g
E.W. Pennepacker, Phil.
J.B. Eshleman, Ephrata
B.F. Van Cleve & family, Scranton
H.B. Gresemer & wife, Allentown
A. Speir, NY
J.W. Menwalter, Fog'v
H. Stein, do
J. Stein, NY
L.W. Hertzler, Ft. Wayne
J. Clowes, Pottsville
R.H. .Gordon, NY
G.W. Tarbox, Brooklyn
J.H. Fease, Phil.
J.A. Gows, Phil
J.A. Kalbach, Wom'd'f
M. Knauth, Lebanon
W. Allport, New Briton, Conn.
The following list of letters remain in the Reading Post Office, for the week ending Jan. 26, 1872. Persons applying for these letters will please mention that they are advertised in the Times and Dispatch.
To obtain any of these letters, the applicant must call for "Advertised Letters," giving the date of the list.
If not called for within one month they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.
Arnold, Clara
Adams, Permella
Bollman, Rebecca
Boyer, Rachel
Coleman, Emma E.
Deininger, Mrs. John
Dearolf, Mary
Fix, Catharine
German, Lizzie
Mengle, Mary E.
Madden, Mary
Steve, Emma
Wanner, Harriet
Berdsley, A.W.
Belman, Daniel
Brune, Geo.
Bowman, Jerry
Bayney, Wm.
Cooper, Chas. A.
Christ, Chas
Chase, S.H.
Clauser, C.H.
Corry, Harry
Croll, E.C.
Else, Wilson
Else, F.W. - 2
Giles, Benjamin
Goetz, John Phillip
Hill, F.
Jeum, Thomas
Kline, C.
Kopitzach, C.F. & Son
Kreider, F.
Keener, John
Krouser, John L.
Kotzenmoyer, John
Lins, Mr. Ensign
Larned, D.
Moyer, John H.
McNulty, Mahlon A.D.
Moyer, Phillip
Nelson, Isaac
Putz, Mr.
Parry, Pan
Raudenbush, Jos.
Reed, Henry - 2 [for let]
Rhoads, W.K.
Schroeder, Chas.
Sonneman, August
Scharff, John L.
Snyder, James
Smith, J.V.
Seidle, Joseph H.
Schmoyer, Israel
Stein, John H.
Shine, G.H.
Smaltz, Mr.
Schuyler, Lewis
Stutzman, Lorenz
Shippen, Peter
Scheahen, Thomas
Topping, Byron - 2
Templin, C.L.
Walk, J.H.
Weidner, John
Williams, Albert
Wagner, Samuel
Lackawanna & Susquehanna Iron & Coal Co.
M. Fritz, P.M.
Submitted by Nancy.
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