The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-19
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
{ For Additional Local Items see Third Page.l


IMPROVEMENTS ON EIGHTH STREET,
We resume our running commentary on the
new and valuable improvements on our great
centre of the retail dry goods trade. We can
only hope TO give description of the most
notable places
About the most noteworthy of the improve.
ments that are IN the square between Market
and Chestnut streets, is the large store occu-
pied by Dir. j. A. SouthHlck, No. IL south
Eighth street, at the corner OF Shoemaker street.
This place was formerly occupied by small TOY
shop, kept by MIR. Frazier. Most OF our clt1-
Zens can remember the place as 1t was The
whole building, comprising four stories, has
been renovated at an expense OF over SSOOO, Dy
the proprietor, Mr.. j. A. Southwlck, VINO mas
occupied the entire building since last August.
The owner MIR. James Garvey, Is aoout 10 Duy
out the saloon in the rear OF the store and Will
knock il into one store forming one OF the
largest and finest stores in the street. At pre-
sent the accommodations in the hrst story are
not as extensive as could be desirei.
MIR. Southwlck, IT may not be improper TO
state, has improved more properties along
Eighth street than any other man IN u. In
business in the street for the past ten OF twelve
years, during that time he mas improved iour
or five stores, mouernILlng them, and adapting
them 10 the advancement OF business. In tbs
he has indeed been of great benefit TO the street,
and has earned well deserved reputation for
enterprise and business tact that has placed
him high in the confidence OF the people. In
the upper part OF the establishment large
Wholesale business is carried on.
Market towards Arch, our attention IS at once
directed to the extensive repairs that are being
made in the building occupied by william l.
Reed d Co., No. As. The whole front has been
torn out and is being rap dly put up in the
most elegant styi of white marble. When 1t is
finished, 1t will make 6 very beautiful contrast
TO the splendid bro wn-stone eGidce alongside ol
1t. Reed & Co. are the successors in business OF
the finn of0wen, Evans Co., and do very ex-
tensve business in silks, fancy dress goods, and
staple dry goods OF all kinds. The improve
loar nn6 hou nnlu
been commenced within the past four months.
The front is we'll lighted by beautiful French.
plate glass windows, which OF themselves are an
ornament TO the street, even II we cast ASIDE all
mention of the gay and brilliant array OF rich
and staple goods that are exposed for sale. The
store inside is very attractive. 1t is one hundred
and two feet in depth, and from twenty to thirty
feet wide. A beautiful dome and SIX yllght casts
very clear and mellowed light over the entire
store. The walls inside are colored OF a light
blush grey, that adds greatly to the appearance.
The improvements were commenced about tour
months since, and efforts viii be made to effect
their completion be ore winter sets in. It will
then be q most beautiful aud valuable addition
to the many attractions on tne street. The only
drawback that there appears to be in all the
buildings along the entire square is the want of
heighth that is so Observable on every side.
We want more OF the high sta ely buildings that
make certain squares on Chesnut and other
business streets look so imposing. True, there
are may very elegant places, such as we have
described, which are highly pleasing to crltl-
size. II is a question, it it we're not better
economy to build hve-story ulding In street
so rapidly improving as Eighth street, rather
than the most elabora ely finished three-stor!ed
structure. The owners of the building occupied
by Reed & Co., who were the former propretors
under the name OF o ven Evans Co., WI spare
no pains to make the building model, as lar as
the architectural beauty and symmetry OF their
place is concerned.
A NOVEL BANQUET-Last night the dele
traY, thn wa arns
Fifth Congressional District met by appoint
ment at the house of the Hon. Caleb M. Taylor,
the member OF Congress elect from that Dis
trict, about one and half miles from Schenck'5
Station. Each deleg alton had its own spokes-
man to address congrat ulatory speech TO the
member elect, who responded in each case with
happy effect. After the speeches had been made
the company sat down to noble banquet on
the lawn beside OF the mansion. The most novel
feature of the banquet was The entire absence OF
all kinds of liquor, material that Is always
considered essential to the hlarity OF any assem-
blage OF the kind. But the company present
needed nothing to enliven their spirits and
everything went off as pleasantly and as happily
as any one could desire, and the company
separated at late hour.
DANGEROUS CHARAcTEB.-The people
in the neighborhood of Tenth and Filbert streets
were alarmed by the sound OF pistol shot at an
early hour this morning. Patrick Lynch and
another companion oil his had gone into the
drinking saloon Kept by a Mr., Miller, in Filbert
morning. Being in state of glorious intoXica-
tion, they got iuto disturbance and Lynch, il
is said, to put a summary end to the dispute,
drew pistol and discharged it at the landlord.
Fortunately it missed its aim, and shortly after
wards Lynch was arrested. He had hearing
before Alderman Jones, who held HIM in $1,000
bail for assault and battery with intent to kill.
CORNER LoUNGNe. - ANY one going
through our city cannot fail to see the immense
number of young men who are TO be seen hang
ing around the corners OF the strests. Espe-
cially is this the case in front of the corner
taVerns, and in some Ct those places lady can
hardly pass by without being in danger of in.
suit. There have been several arrests every
day for this otiense. At Front and Canal streets
yesterday two were arrested for being disorderly
CASE OF EMBEZZL EME NT.-J. W. Briggs
was arrested at Second and Market streets on
the above charge, yesterday morning. II is
alleged that he has appropriated property TO his
own use 10 hich he had no rightful claim. He
was arrested on warrant from Alderman VIII
liams, before whom the prisoner had a hearing
and was held to bail in the sum of $500 to-
answer.