The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-29

CORNER LoUNGINa.-This practice has
become such glaring evil, that the police make
the most strenuous efforts to put a stop to t.
large number were arrested yesterday In
oruer 10 catch the loalers, the police making
the arrests we're direcle to dress them selves in
SSltlzen's dress. In this manner some twenty
I'VE OF thirty offenders we're taken. Some of
them we're mere lads. There were in their pos
session some very DANGEROUS weapons
known as ''sluDg jacks,r composed of piece Of
strong elastic cord attached to a stick, and with
piece OF leather, In which a stone is placed,
ana thrown by the elasticity OF the rubber with
the force and accuracy of a pistol shot. There
were some attempts Of the parents of the lads
arrested to rescue them. Their efforts only got
themselves into trouble. Two of them, a Mr..
tagan and Mr.. Adams, were arrested and held
In $500 bail for interfering with the officers
AN UNFEEIING WoMAN.-Jane Fillen,
who Is remarkable for her fierce temper and re-
vengeful disposition, got herself into trouble
last Saturday afternoon. 1t appears she got
INTO some difficulty with a man named Hall,
and determined to wreak out her vengeance
upon him at the first opportunity. Last Satur-
day afternoon, as he was passing her house in
James street, she stepped out OF her door with
pan of scalding water and dashed II into Mr..
Halls face, scalding him In q dreadful manner
She was Immediately arrested, aad at the hear
ing before Alderman Warren, evidence is said
10 have been ELECTED tending to show that she
intended to blind her victim. She was held to
answer in $1,000 bail.
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A SAVAGE AMAzoN.-A female by the
name of Kate White was arrested on a serious
charge last night. 1t seems she got into a
difficulty with another woman of the same stripe
as herself, and attempted to strike her with
billy. 1t is alleged that the other woman took
the billy from her, when she went and got a
knife, and followed up her victim, intent on mis-.
chief. She caught her at Ninth and Locust
streets, and made ferocious attack AMI before
she could be secured, had cut the other woman
in the head IN a fearful manner. Kate was
taken before Alderman Swift who, after pa.
tent hearing OF the facts of the case, com mmitted
her in default of bail to await the result OF the
wcman's injuries.
A COUPLE OF BELLIeERENrs.-Edwa
0Dorrell aud Humphrey Sheenan were
arrested about midnight on Saturday,
for acting in q very riotous and dis
orderly manner. 1t is alleged that they
were put out of drinking saloon, in Front
street, between Brown and Coates streets, and
the door being then closed upon them, they re-
turned and broke open the door, and threw
stone In at the proprietor OF the place, hitting
him on the head, injuring him pretty badly.
They were both arrested at Front and Coates,
and we're taken before Alderman Toland, by
whom they were each held in $1,000 bail for
assault and battery.
AN OLD JUVENILE AMUsEMENT.-"A
young man over whose head had rolled eighteen
summers" and who gave the name of Robert
Williams, was put into durance vile yesterday
for indulging in the fascinating amusement Of
pitching pennies upon the Sabbath. Robert
selected the classic neighborhood Of Lawrence
street and Girard avenue as the scene of his
operations, and from the successful mhnner in
which he pitched" 1t was evident that he was
professor in the art. Alderman Shoemaker,
before whom he was taken, gave him a severe
reprimand, and then committed him in default
OF bail, on the charge of pitching pennies on
Sunday.
AssAULTINa THE CLOTH. - As Officer
Westcott of the police was quietly passing along
Twenty-third street, bet ween Market ana Ches-
nut streets, yesterday, he was addressed In
most insulting manner by gang of roughs.
Not yielding to the request of the officer to quit
their abuse, he undertook to arrest the principal
rowdy in the gang, named James OHarra. His
companions, four in number, undertook to
rescue the prisoner, but the officer stuck to his
man, and brought him off, not no wever before
he was compelled to draw his revolver upon
the roughs. OHarra was taken before Alder
man Hutchinson, by whom he was held in $500
to answer
A DRUNKEN FREAK.-A man by the
name of Michael Reardon, under The instgation
OF bad spirits, jumped on to a car of the Poplar
street line, while the driver and conductor were
away from it, and drove off at furious rate
Railroad FM I depot depot He lost ali Control tire fO Of the
horses as he approached the depot, and the
lookers-on expected to see a dreadful accident
every moment. However, the car was brought
up without any serious accident and the
drunken Jehu was arrested. He had a hearing
before Alderman Hutchinson, and was held in
$500 bail for disorderly conduct, the railroad
company not appearing against him.
AN UNNATURAL SoN.-Yesterday q man
was taken to one of the police stations, charged
with being drunk and disorderly, and with
threatening the life OF his father, an aged and
ipfirm man. The prisoner, who was arrested
at Broad street and Susquehanna avenue by
officer Rittenhouse, Is apparently over dfty-fve
years of age, and gives the name of Benjamin
Chew. He had also threatened to burn down
his fathers house over his head. The unnatural
wretch had hearing before Alderman Fitch on
these charges, and was committed In default of
$500 bail to answer.
A RECKLESS JEHU.-James Shundy was
arrested IN Montgomery county on a warrant
issued by Alderman Toland, for driving reck-
lessly through the city few days since. James
managed 10 escape at the time, but he soon
found the ways Of the transgressor are hard
when he found himself, yesterday afternoon, in
the grasp of the guardians of the peace. He
had hearing before Alderman Toland, who
held him in $500 bail to answer. This is but
one of series of cases that are every day in the
police reports.
SPORTING ON SUNDAY.-Two men, joseph
Daniels and James Anderson, were arrested for
cunning on Sunday. They were taken in the
neighborhood of the Baltimore pike, west of
the Schuylkill. They had a hearing before
Alderman Allen, who 6ned them, and tben dis.
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