The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-06-12
CITY INTELLIGENCE.


I Police Commissioners have instituted an important
change in the police arrangements The force is
divided into sections follows (taking the night
force of the Central district for eXample) There
are Y men on duty, and they divided into
three squads of "a each At o'clock in the eve
ming two squads, and b, consisting of As men,
go on duty, while G, consisting of "a men, remain
| in the station house. At 10 O'Clock, squad is
taken out and relieves squad A, the latter retiring
to the station-house, where it remains until 2
O'Clock in the morning, when it is again called out
and relieves squad B, the latter returning to the
station-house, while and remain on duty until
| SIX O'Clock in the morning, when they relieved
by squads and of the day force BY this ar
| rangement but two-thirds of the force will be on
duty at time, third remaining at the station
house, ready to be called upon for any emergency.
| DISTURBING PIC-NIC.-Y esterday large mum
Der of the scholars of the Catholic Sunday Schools
otSouth Baltimore, with their teachers and parents
| proceeded to the Bellevue Gardens, (Ruman's,) J
West Baltimore street. for the purpose of spending
the day IN rural amusements. As is often the case
a number of halfgrown rowdy men mixed with the
! crowd, and in some instances behaved disordery
The police, however, were in full force, and by
promptly arresting the leaders of the party stopped
| all rioting. Officers Morrow and McCrowey ar
| rested Peter Jourdan and Joseph Walton and took
| them to the Western station-house, when Justice
| Ensor committed them for Court. William Scarf
| was arrested by officer Allen and Sergt. Weller,
for being disorderly and assaulting and resisting
the former officer in the discharge of his duty. He
was held on security for ther hearing.
ACCIDEST.-Un sunday evening about eight
o'clock, little daughter of Mr. Ernest Graft liv-
ing on Caroline, near Orleans streets, was severely
burned by falling while she had a camphene lamp
in her hand. She was in the act of going up a
stairway with the lamp in her hand, when she
slipped and fell backward to the bottom of the
stairs. The oil was scattered over her dress and
arms, and imam instant she wrapt in flames. Her
cries. and the noise occasoned by her fall, brought
the family to her assistance and the fire ex-
tnguished, but not before she was quite severely
injured. Dr. Gates rendered medical attention.
COUNTERFEIT U. S. CoIN.-Yeste afternoon
Officer Trought brought to the Western station
two boys, who had in their possession some four
teen counterfeit half dollars. They stated that
tssome boys had found quantity OF the bogus stuff
hid in the old Carroll Mansion, near Rullman's
Gardens, and given them some of it. One of them
bought some cakes from named Whistler
and rendered a piece in payment The character
was soon ascertained, and the man informed the
boys parents, who readily redeemed it. There be-
ing nothing to crimnate the BOYS, they dis
charged.
DRowNED.-Ye Yesterday Mrs Campbell, living
on Bath street, Jones' Falls, sent a little
son, live years of age to neighboring carpenter
shop to get basket of shavings, but instead of
obeying his mother, he wandered to the stonesteps
north OF Smith Curlett's candle-factory, which
leads down to the Falls and, by some accident, he
slipped into the water, and before he could be res
cued, was drowned. The body was recovered and
taken to the Central police station, where an in
quest was held by Coroner Hall, and verdict of
accidental drowning" rendered.
1NQUEsr.-Coroner Hall yesterday held an in
quest over the body of named William
Pabst, who kept lager-beer saloon on the corner
of Frederick and Fayette streets 1t was in eyi.
dence that he retired in usual health on Sunday
night; about four o'clock on Monday morning a
member of the family heard him gaspng for
breath DR.. Doyle sent for, but before his ar
rival Pabst dead. A verdict of "death from
natural causes rendered
THE PARK FUND.-Yesterday the Treasurer of
the City Passenger Railway Company paid into
the city Treasury the per capita tax for the Park
Fund, for the last quarter. 1t amounted to S.
s73,54. 81 900 cash was paid, and the balance was
settled by check payable on the 18th inst. The
money was due on the 1st day of May, and the
Register, John A. Thompson, demanded SEC, ,9S in.
terest bat it was not paid.
PROPERTY SALEs.-S. H. Cover auctioneer. yes-
terday sold on the premises a house and lot on the
east side of South Bond street, being No a. with a
front of Is feet II inches and depth of l15 feet to
an alley; improved by two-story brick dwelling,
and subject to an animal ground rent of $50. Pur-
chased by Mrs. Mary O'Rourk for $500.
THE JAPANESE SwoRDs.-Although the most ac-
tive efforts have been made by the police depart
ment for the recovery of the two japanese swords
which were stolen from the room of one of the ia
panese Embassy, while at the Gilmor House, on
them.
TAXES Conference.-The amount of taxes collected
by the City Collector, during the month of May,
was 1886, 03, as follows CITY, 1860 S2S6 S57 OK
State do, S2l 097.S6 CITY, 1852 Sl4 254 49, State
DO, 81, ,523 l6; City, 1858, Ss,3lS.s4, State, do
Sl36.S6; City, 1857, 81 04S.37; State do, S72 81
Opening streets, Sl,S66.54; new pumps, Sl2.S3.
PARALYzED.-Ye Yesterdav morning about O'Clock
an aged man named Samuel Fowler was stricken
with paralysis, at the corner of Green and Coum-
ba streets. officer Crangle, being near went to
his assistance, procured carriage and conveyed
him to his home, No. North High street, where
medical attendance was procured.
RECEIVING BRAss.-Yesterday, Sergt. Jamison
and officer johnson arraigned Joshua Horner be-
fore Justice Reid, on the charge of receiving lot
OF brass castings belonging to the Northern Central
Railway Company, knowing the same to have been
stolen. He was held to bail for the action of the