The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-31


A BURGLAR FOILED.-About 2 O'Clock
this morning, desperate attempt was made to
enter and rob the house of a Mr.. Derbyshire.
who lives in Beach street, below ShackarnaXon.
The burglar pried off a board from fence en-
closure, and obtained entrance into the yard of
a factory next to which Mr.. Derbyshire lived,
and from thence jumped over into his yard. he
then procured a s:ep-ladder, aud obtained en-
trance into the bathroom of the house. For
tunately the door of the bathroom was locked,
and in the endeavors of the burglar to force it
Open he awakened Mr.. Derby shire, who rau to
his front window, and, raising the sash, cried
out at the top of his voice, Thief thief thef!"
This melodious howl arrested the attention of
Officer Gray, who happened to be within hail.
The officer Immediately ran to the house and
asked to be admitted, so that he could arrest the
interloper. But Mr.. Derbyshire was so scared
and fiurried that he was unable to do so.
In the meantime, the thief, taking advantage
of the opportunity given him, ran out the
back way, and made clear break for Allen
some tall walking., officer Gray went after him,
the burglar got off. In the meantime, the noise
had attracted the attention of Officer Eaken
who, as he went to the scene of operations, saw
a man emerging from the hole in the fence in
which the burglar had gained entrance, and
collared HIM. The astonished man showed
disposition to resist such familiarity, and the
officer would have shot him if 1t had not turned
out that his prisoner was sonln-law Of the
gentleman who came so near being robbed.
1t appeared that hearing the noise, he had gone
over to see what was the matter, and was un-
lucky enough to be mistaken ter burglar
A BRUTAL FELLow.-A fellow named
Evan Thomas was arrested for committing an
| assault and battery on an old woman. The
| said old woman is Thomas mother-in-law. 1t
! seems that there has been misunderstanding
| for some time between the two. Yesterday
| afternoon Thomas undertook to drown his
| tancied sorrows in the intoxicating bowl When
he had succeeded in getting thoroughly soaked
| he started up to the residence OF his abhor-
| renee, in Hope street, below Norris, on a war
| trail. Arrived there, he made ferocious
| attack upon her, smashed her metaphorically,
! and then turned to and smashed her furniture
| literally. Thomas, about the time he had
| finished his demonstrations, was arrested and
! taken before Alderman Cloud who held him
| IN $500 to answer at Court. 1t is said the pri-
soner is what is emphatically denominated "a
| hard case"
NORTHERN CENTRAL BoNDs.-We notice
| from an advertisement in another column of our
paper that the firm OF Drexel Co., of this city,
offer for sale a limited amount of bonds of the
| Northern Central Railway, road so well kno Wn
in our State for its enterprise That we have no
doubt the bonds will be taken rapidly by capt.
talists at the present low figure at which they
ale offered. Messrs Drexel IL Co. have, during
the past lew months, placed large amount OF
fiystclass canal and railroad bonds on toe
| market viz.-the Lehigh Navigation. the Penn.
sylvania Railroad, and laterly the Connecting
Railway Bonds, and from the ability which they
have evnced in managing the previous loans,
| we will again say we do not hesitate to predict
| a rapid sale of the present one.
AN INTRUDER BAYoNETED.-Thomas
| Nichols, who keeps a place al No. 1856 Front
| street. was arrested on charge of assault and
| battery and attempt to kill. 1t appears from
| his story that a man came into his place auG
commenced to quarrel with him; that being
| hard pushed, and the man getting the better o
| him, and not being strong enough to put hin
| out, he seized bayonet and thrust 1t at him
The man was not hurt very badly, it is asserted
Nichols had a hearing before Alderman Moore
| who committed him in default of $1,000 bail t
| answer.
CHoLERA.-1 here were but two cases O
cholera reportei to the Board of Health tron
noon of yesterday to noon of to- lay. Al thi
rate of decrease we shall Loon be able to shoN
| clear bill of health.