The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-24
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
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MEETING OF THE MOUNTAINEERING Soup
S0oIETY.-There was q very interesting meeting
Sia 9, sne c9nIrioutors a OF the Moyamens!ng soup
SHOWS That from the opening, on the 9Th of jan
unary, until the closing, March TO- there were
elven out 100 Ogallons OF soup daily. The Managers
issued 400 tickets, supplying 532 adults and 776
chndren with food. The supplies purchased by
the committee were 4723 lbs. OF beef 81 bushels
SI potatoes, bbls. of dour, do. OF onions, III
pushels OF peas and beans 200 lbs. of barley, 100
heads OF cabbage, and so bushels of tuTnips.
During the season 4454 lbs. of bread were dis
trlDuted, besides 42O0 Tbs. of Indian meal. The
report states that there was O continu, demand
upon the Managers which they were unable
fully to supply, owing to the want of Increased
facilities IN the manufacture of soup. The fol-
lowing officers we're elected:-President Robert
Graffen. No. 537 Pine street; Vice-President
Hugh Stevenson, No. 1910 Lombard street;
Secretary, j. r. Harper, No. COS South Ninth
streel; treasurer, Collins West, No. 3O2 South
second street. The above-named gentlemen,
Win the following, form the Board of Managers:
@rrJ4hn Pelrce, L. u. Harper, James NJ. Cooper
N. l.. Burr, Hugh Mcconnell, William Barnett
benjamin Blckert on. and John A. Shermer.
DISASTER AT SEA.-A New Bedford brig,
the Mary a. Reed, arrived at this port yester-
gay IN a disabled condition, having passed
through severe storm. The captain reports
that when forty-three days out from st. An
drew's, with load of railroad sleepers, expe.
rienced hurricane on the 4th inst, at p NJ,
WARDS oil two days. While lying to, under bare
poles, was thrown on her beam ends, and deck
load move overheard, and soon after leaked at
the rate OF twelve hundred strokes per hour At
IL a. M. cut away the ioreto pmast, which car.
ried the malntopmast with it, in consequence
OF the sea running tremendously high ALP.
M. the gale moderated, which enabled us to
make for the coast 14th inst, lat. 97'l0, long
744l, saw large ship, dismasted, showing Eug-
lish colors, and appeared to be in ballast trim,
painted black, with narrow white streak.
MORE WHISKY FRAUDs.-Neill Brown had
a nearing before United States Commissioner
Smith yesterday, on the charge of being con-
cerned in the illegal distillaton of whisky De-
fendant was arrested on the 10Th of October by
Ofhcer james Mcclure, on the Ridge avenue, at
the Laurel Hill toll-gae. He and another were
In covered wagon, which was found to contain
one full barrel of whisky, and a barrel partially
full. Neither of them had the inspection marks
upon them. Nell Brown, upon being taken
before Commissioner Smith, represented that his
cmid was very sick, and he was permitted to go
at large on his own recoeniZance, promising to
return the next day. He did not fulfil his pro-
mlse and ne was afterwards arrested by Deputy
Marshal Goodwin, on the testimony Of Officer
trial.
A FINAL HEARIN G,-James Cardell had
hearing at the Central Station Yesterday on the
charge or being concerned in the violent assault
and battery on Officer Walsh of the Fifth Dis.
trict which was committed on election day, ut
Twenty-second and Cathatine Streets The
officer was unable to appear and testify before
yesterday ana ne Is yet suffering from the
effects OF the beating he received He testified
that there was a party Ell eighteen or twenty at
the election polls who did not belong there
and difficulty occurring, he made an arrest.
He was then trpped down, and struck with
blllies and steel knuckles Defendant he said
was the man who trpped him down. He was
held In $4,000 bail for lis appearance at Court.
JAIL-BREAKERs.-A rather neat operation
IN the Jack Sheppard" style was perpetrated
at the County Prison recently. Two of the
prisoners on the convict side made their escape
by cutting through the roof, getting out upon
~, ana lowering themselves down by means of
rope made OF bed-clothIng. This is the third
or fourth escape from the prison in the manner
described. In order to accomplish it, bricks III
the arched ceiling have to be removed. This is
done by picking the mortar from the joints
between the bricks. AS there is an officer sta
TONED In the corridor, whose duty 1t is to look
into the cells at stated periods, it seems almost
incredible that the work could have been done
without attracting his attention One of the
fugitlVes was serving out fouryears' term.
ANOTHER FENIAN MEETINe.--A meeting
oil Centres of the City Circles (Fenian organlza-
tlons) was held last evening, at Fifth and Prune
streets, to hear the report OF Colonel Dunn Cap
tam Dougherty, and Captain McDermott as to
the state of Fenianlsm in Ireland These gem
tlemen have been there, and were prepared TO
speak from actual observation. They repre-
sented the condition of things to be most favor
able, and gave many particulars which it would
not be proper to make public at this time A
resolution was unanimously passed endorsing
President Stephens.
"THE YEAR OF JUBILEE HAS CoME."-A
meeting, IN commemoration OF the centennial
jubilee, was held last evening at the Thlrty-
eighth Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Mantua. During the evening addresses were
made by Bishop Simpson, Rev. DR.. Nadal, and
Rev. j. Dickerson. The occasion was one of
unusual interest, and will be long remembered,
by all who We're present, with feelings of
pleasure.
A COLD SwIM.-The results of "not look
ing before you leap" were plainly sho gn forth
by an accident that nearly proved fatal at the
Market street ferry last night. Dr. s. A. Cole,
of Baltimore, in attempting 10 jump from the
slip to the boat, made slip and slipped into
the water. HIS feet actually touched the planks
OF the boat when he jumped He was rescued
after he had sunk the second time by police
officer.
A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.-John Roddy,
nineteen years old, while at work yesterday, In
Short, Taylor Co.'s cotton mill, in West Phila-
delphla, had his arm eau 9ht in the carding
machine, and the flesh was torn from the
amputation of the injured limb was thought
necessary.
FIRE LAST EvENIN G.-Last evening fire
broke out IN the third story of a building at the
southwest corner of Eighteenth aud Wallace
streets, occupied by Messrs Lewis d brother,
grOcers. 1t originated among some paper and
CIGARS, and the damage by fire and water is
about $500, which Is fully covered by insurance.
A STRAY Wharf.-The body OF a newborn
infant was found floating In the river Schuylkill
at Paramount yesterday afternoon. The Coro
ner held an inquest on the body at the Fif
teenth Ward Station House, the jury render