American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-10-09
CITY INTEILlGENCE

story house. Just commenced, and rapidly 90
ing up, 1t is intended for a store and dwelling.
Out Saratoga near Cove street, IA story dwell
inc with attic. Between Pearl and Pine SITS,
on Saratoga street, there are eleven small
} dwellings III various stages of erection They
are intended to be stories high with altics,
! and when completed will constitute an mpor-
tant improvement in that portion of the city.
: On Mulberry street, between Chatsworth and
! Cove SITS, a 9 story dwelling; and on the corner
of Chatsworth street store and dwelling, also
, stories, with wide front and extensive back
building.
: Messrs. Lilly and Mittan have nearly finish
, ed neat story dwelling on Howard near Ma
olson street, front l6 feet, depth 81 feet ncud-
ing back building.
Above Madison in Howard st., are three ?
story dwellings, finished, and another going up
At the corner of Richmond and Biddle sts. is a
fine = story house with attic and a largc back
building.
On Garden street, three small stone dwell
iRgs and on Gibson st. four small brick dwell
ings in a fair way for completion.
On Moore's alley, near ST. Mary's street, are
| four, and on Orchard street three neat , story
/ houses.
On Greene near franklin street, is a story
| dwelling nearly finished. On Pearl near Sara
!
ner of Pearl and Saratoga SITS. a pretty row,
consisting Of nine , story dwellings, with attrcs
and back buildings, having each a front of If
! feet
At the corner of Pine and franklin SITS, a 3
story dwelling with back building, nearly com
pleted. On Cove, north of Baltimore St, two
2 story dwellings, ready to be occupied; and on
Cove street, north of Mulberry, five . story
dwellings rapidly progressing to completion.
JarenjIe Offenders. Two boys, Edward Nc.
Aicese and John Read, aged about II years,
were arrested yesterday by officer Snyder and
citizens, on suspicion of having stolen, on
various occasions, sundry articles from stores,
while exposed for sale in windows sc. They
were committed by Walton Gray, Esq, for
further examination. In answer to questions,
they denied being associated with the notorious
tribe, known as the Forty Thieves and said
they had left that party some time since but
acknowledged that they now belong to the
"Grelsy Bears" On their way to jail, one of
them remarked, "well, as | am to be confined, |
| shall have no use for these instruments" and
handed the officer sundry oyster and table
knives, with very thin blades, used Gas he said |
in taking out panes of glass, Sc. We need not
detail more otthese boys; they are but a sample .
OF the numerous evidences almost daily adduc- |
ed in favor olthc much taxed of House of Re- |
tuge." The law may not reach them, as no |
goods were found upon their persons, and yet |
there can be no doubt-tor they confess the
tdct-that they do nothing else but pillcr. The .
streets are thronged almost with these Young
offenders, and, unless they are checked will !
become adroit rogues. will not the Grand .
Jury, now in session, take some notice of the
matter?
,Nnrow Escape. Two young men, who .
were engaged in painting the cornice Of one Of
the houses in "Waterloo Row, -, on Tuesday !
afternoon, were, by the giving way of the scat I
folding, prociPtated to the pavement below,
causing severe in uries in various parts of the
body. One of them, named Alexander Ran
kin, Gan apprentice of Mr.. Thomas X. Turner,
who is having the painting DONE had his head
badly cut, and one Of his feet severely mashed.
The other, Mr.. VIM. Browning was much
bruised, but escaped without serious injury
DIR. Mckenzie was soon in attendance, and
dressed their wounds. They fell distance of
some 35 feet, and their escape from instant
death is truly miraculous. Mr.. - Eender
brlcklayer, was engaged at work on a lower
scatiold few feet from the ground, directly
under Rankin and Browning, who fell with
the scafioding Immediately on him. carrying
all to the ground. Mr.. Ellender, too, was
mnch bruised, but no limbs were brokcn-an
equally fortunate escape with the others.
Breaking Things. A horse, attached to a
dray, bolted furiously Off on yesterday evening,
from the neighborhood of Pratt street, and
dashmg up Charles street, tore away a new iron
lamp post at the intersection of Balderston ST.,
broke down various awning pos :, &C., to the
great terror of many people, but fortunately,
did no personal harm, and but slight injury to
horse or dray.
Southern Packet Lines. 1t will be recoected
that the adjourned meeting Of Merchants and
others favorable to the establishing of regular
lines of Southern Packets between Baltimore
and Wilmington, North Carolina, and Bati-
more and Mobile, Alabama is to take place
this afternoon at o'clock, in the office of the
Atlantic Mutual Insurance company, Lombard
street, opposite the Exchange.
Accident. Mr.. Joseph Wooden, who resides
near the first toll gate on the Reisterstown
road, while feeding his horse on Tuesday last, ,
had his leg broken by kick from the animal. 5
Copper Smelling. The Baltimore and Cuba
Copper Mining and Smelling Company, have
the erection Of the smelling fur
naces, Sc, and expect to commence smelling
the ore in few days quantity of ore from
Cuba has already arrived, and more will be
soon coming in, to keep up constant supply.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. At "A meeting
of the board Of directors yesterday morning,
dividend of three dollars per share, being per
cent. on the whole capital stock, was declared d
for the past year, payable on the first of No
vembcr next; leaving Il liberal surplus to be ,
added to the contingent fund. A dividend was a
also declared on the Washington Branch of 8 c
per cent for the last six months, payable also :
on the first of November next. The subject of :
a reduction Of fire between Baltimore and Cum-
berland, and the intermediate places, came up .
for consideration and was referred to COM
mittee which, the pablo will be glad to learn, s
there is good reason to believe, will report ia
vorably upon the measure. We learn with
great pleasure, that the reduction of fare on