The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-01

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tu q having trent twenty first street of 40 feet
| al extending back aoout halfway TO Twen y.
accom- street II was occupied by fs ent parties,
| and is now mass OF RUNS, nothing left standing,
keep, ose o. two cnimneJs' and very small pOr-
| Owing TO t combustible nature OF the material
D. ile Buud ng the flames spread WITH incredible
service the entire structure and its contents was
one sheet OF hame- which shot up high in the alr,
surmouDted by a d Dse cloud OF black smoke, { Q
whole co.'s uutnR grand yet fearful sig ut, which
could be seen AT n considerable distance.
In addition to the plan,ngmill, ak dwelling
houtes OH the Dorth side OF Chestnut street, between
| 1N6n first and went second, were moro less
njIIed come of tnem ver' materail all of them
tail very far shor of S10o0O0 which Is only partially
| covered by insurance,
| he mill IuIldIng was occupied as follows:-The
| first ana second floors was used as the planing
awInP, ana capenteTinR mil Of Mr. d Jones
lii, stock on nand was quite atge the mill con.
| taneo a large quantity of both flushed aud
III finished work. Mr.. Jones loss Is estimate at
nearly s4o,CCO' on which there Is an insurance of
he second floor, front, was occupied by James
| air, STAR builder Mr. B air lost everything His
loss VIII reach SlUOOO, on which there is no IN
TIE third story east middle was occupied by E.
| WIDitts & Co., sash and blind manufactorv. Tne
loss OF his firm Will probably be about $780, on
| hlch theFeIs partial insurance.
| lhe TIM story west, middle, was rented by Mr.
! Couson, and used as o carpenter shoJ Mr.. Cou.
| sens loss will leach between $1,000 aud $1,000
Mr.. I. Letourneau occupied the thrd story back
as a wcoa turning establishment. He IN.
surtd and his loss will reach in the neiRhborhoOd
| OF $1,000
II west Ioop of the first story was in possession
! OF Nessis Adair & Adrian, frame bur der5. Ir
loss will bo somewhere between $1,000 and $40 o.
Our reporter cou not ascertain whetner this firm
had any insurance. he bun ings dwelling housesl
iDjure0 on Lhesnut street are as follows:-
No 2lll rs occupied oy t"o FAMILIES named Rob-
inGOn aud Hinkle. The roof is slightly da mayed,
and considerable injury was Sustained by water
The furniture, etc, was mostly removed in time to
No. 2113 is the residence of Mr. Martin. The back
part OF tins building is considerably damaged, aud
mostly removed IN time.
No 2ll6 IS not great injured in the 10 yer part,
but the looi 10 partly burned away, and the wa er
PLAY ed on the bIi ding flooded the house.
No, 2ll7 IS occupna by Mr. j. q. Hunt. TFc
roof IS nearly turned of and the back pat OF the
house is cons d rabl injured By fire. me lower
part OF the house, IKE most of the Others is damag
by wafer.
EsNo .119 is the residence of Mr. Job Milton This
dwelling Is injured more Than any of tue others.
The roo. is a most entirely destroyed and the rear
portion of the house is much lrjured by hre
Adjoining No 21l9 is the bakery OF VI Grubb a
large ufeestorl brick building, which escaped
without much injury.
1t is thought Dy dr Jones that the fire was he
work of an incenOiarY, there no tlre IN the
bulioing at the lime, and none OF the worxmen had
Il tine when tle flames were hTtt seen by the resi-
dents on Chestnut street ana The elvng OF genera
alarm.
Tie fire originated in the second story, about the
middle OF rhe room
lbe wa Is were partly pulled down Oy the freman
wnen the fire was nearly over bV order OF the Chief
Lr GIneer Ly e, i'll order to preven accidents to fire.
men or spectators who were in the ose proximity
to the offering piles OF brick and mortar.
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RESISTANCE TO THE UNITED STATES
hAl SHALL he parties arrested in Chester county
f. it si3tmg the United States Marshal in the
OF a wnt, had a hear no teIorc United States
Conmiss0ner SIN tn, ,es,eray afternoon. The
Orr JOAN Flcshman. sorpe Holmes, DAVID
s NTH, G. j Stump,pOhn Buchanan, Charles Il CHI.
Grdson, Thomas Lowndes Gua Rlcnard .ownaes.
John F. ShaIkey, Dep ,ty Marshal. iestiied-On
Jhurfday at scvera wri were paced IN nv hands,
to be served a; Ilaee 10 10 be so'nted & out by Mr. Mr.
place, threJ miles from Avondae station, Cles-
| ter county, and raDped at tho door; 1t was
| was; she tried to shut the dorr, but push. on
and went up stairs. When ana ABBOTT were near
| The top, l was AIKEN hold of and pushed back;
1 pulled cut the wris in the case of Goodyear
VS. Smith and handed them to men whom Mr..
| the wlIt there was much noise up stairs, and
assaulted by Charl richardson also by some one
! THSmas 1rH Low ndes passed down The witness theH
descr bed the resistance the house of Mr.. Melee,
! i'm The SINE neighborhood Ee was there assaulted
! by thomas johnson end John Miller after wards,
! stones were thrown a. him one OF which hit him.
Other Witnesses were examined, bat t'e tacs
ected did not vary rom those published yesterday.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.-This morning, about
! halt.past one Oc ocs, fire broke out the seam
! saw-mi OF Messrs BartiDg & Schu te Nos 142 and
! 144 Dock street. The tructure IS an old and dapi-
dated one, ano IS owned by L: Faugeas, cablnet
| maker, No $50 Hay street, who Is SAID TO have an
| insurance OF $3.50 I ne building almost totally
destroyed, the walls beng cracked various places,
| and viii Doubtless have to be entirely demolished.
! The en- ire stock OF Messrs Barring & Sciutte Is
| consumed and the loss will probab reach $4,000.
| @ could not lea the amount the insurance A
! large brick building III the rear, occupied by John
Trace, h, carpenter and mIlIwnght was In 1mmi.
nent danger but owing to the active exet'ons of the
fiIemen saved with but trItlng damage.
A BOLD MANGUVRE.-Last night about
O'Clock, four men with th cir faces b ackened and
in other ways discussed, entered Tat ms oyser
saloon, in twelfth street be ow Wa nut and ordered
| tn bartender TO open two hundred oysters. VIII Q
| the man was engaged IN the work of counting them
| the scounurels drew their TeVOvers ana demanded
| what money there was in the establishment ana If
refused threatened his life. Tie bartender, not
! being so easily frightened as they imagined, gave
| the alarm, but before ASSISTANCE reached HIM he
| rascas had uecamped there ara a large number of
prospective Probsts and Bergers .Oungng about the
city that require ire stricts watc6ing.
AN INTERESTING CEREMoNY.-This af-
ternoon at O'clocK +, NJ, the tab 10 the memory
| of The dead soldiers sent out during the Rebellion
by the O'd Pine Street PTesOr terian Church, will be
| laid with appropriate ceremonies, The top OF the
tab ct bears IN alto TeiieUO crown OF thorns in.
closing the WORD "MaItYrs;" beneath this is cham
| the word "From cid Pine Street Church." The
tab ct is b. 81 feet in area surmounted by beau
! ufu cap Mayor AIcMichael, Charles Gibbons, Esq
| and others will lake part upon the occasion. The
meetinl is of character to attract the attention of
| the public.
ARRESTS DURING APRIL-The number
of arrests made by the Police Of the CITY during the
ylded among the several Districts as follOws:--
| Fist, 3O3; second, AS; Third AS; Fourth, 434;
| Fifth, 246; Sixth 150; Seventh 1885, Zig IN. l97;
thirteenth 43; Fourteenth, 81; Fifteenth, 37 Six
teenth l42; Reserve Corps 1874; HarbOr Police, 32;
| Park Po!ice, 12; Chestnut Hill 23; Day Sergeants,
| %; aud Vagrant DE ectves, 2S.