The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-19
CITY INT LLIGENCE
[Ftr additional Local Items see Third Page.l


"a NEEDY. CAsE."-In nearly all the
papers of yesterday the local columns contained
the following IA Needy Case.n 1t gave an
account of an aged woman who had fallen on
the ice and broken her leg. "Her husband was
soldier in the war OF 1912, and her two sons
fought in the Union army during the late Rebel
lion. She was soliciting food when the accident
happened" This morning we visited the case,
and report as follows:--f
After much difficulty found No. 8 Maynard's
court Found that the poor woman lived in
the earret, but the stairs were so narrow and
dark that the woman below said | must get
candle though it was then 10 A. N. While pre-
pairing to ascend a gentleman who resides IN the
neighborhood, and who had visited and relieved
her the day before, enters, and kindly offers his
escort. f.a .L.. r."
We light our wax candles, and ascend up, up
those narrow, winding, rickety stairs TO a Phila-
delphia garret. We had neither absorbents nor
repellants with us, but on entering The room we
had to beat haSty retreat till the old gentleman
the husband OF the disabled woman--put up
the window, and admitted little oxygen. The
poor old woman was lying on something like
straw mattress, on the floor, almost destitute OF
personal or bed clothing. 1t was indeed trying
case. Her aged husband--a nice man-Was her
onlysnurse.
We wound our way with our providenhal
companion and our lighted tapers down stairs;
came to the City Pastors selected clothing
suitable for the case, and are now, in company
with Mrs. City Pastor, setting out with our bun
dies, etc. more wretched looking location is
not in Philadelphia. Yet this garret was neat
and as clean as we could, under the circum-
stances, expect it to be. Any special contrbu-
tions sent, for the relief of this case to City
Pastor Will be judiciously applied.
This is good sensational story, and yet it does
not compare with the touching, tender, pathetic
hundreds OF cases that call at City Pastors
b ouse and come daily under our observation.
The poor lonely wldow-still, in many cases,
yoUbg in years, with large family OF small
children, and no work-hungry, cold, naked,
apIp pat nj hoGhf1 faorful-is the
most touching, if not the most needy case. This
is the class that needs special attention. and this
class is numerous.
Let them have our aid, our sympathy, as we'll
as these ertreTne cases. Nay more, for more de-
so ''Ds ''i ''i' '''' Miss H. NJ,
Agent and Assistant Superintendent OF Supplies
and Distribution for "City Pastor"
ANOTHER DIsTURBANcE.-This morning
about o'clock general STlelee occurred at the
wellknown Antetam Saloon, on Ninth street,
just below Market. A dance was going on, when
a row was suddenly kicked up, and in the tracas
the bartender was seriously injured by a blow
from one OF the party. He was struck upon the
head with a billy by some of the rioters.
The Antietam is one of the most pestilent
dens of intamv which exist in our city. II is
wretches of both sexes, and between midnight
and dawn it disgorges It's foul habltues upon the
street, who render the air heavy with obscenity
and profaneness. tits locality that disgraces
the city, otfends the moral feelings of those resi-
dent in the immediate neighborhood and is we'll
worth the attention OF Mayor BpAlchael aud
the Chief OF Police. We did not learn whether
there we're any arrests made, but from the vigor
with which the officer sprung his rattle we ina
| gine that some of the rascals must have come to
grief. If so, we hope they Will receive their just
reward.
| PRESENTATION OF A TRUMPET. = The
| handsome silver tre-trumpet voted for at st.
| Josephs Fair, and won by the Hibernia Engine
| Company, was presented to the Company last
evening, at the residence of Mrs. George Ed
| wards, 10 whose charitable labors much of the
| success Of the Fair was due. The trumpet was
presented by Rev. Father Blenkinsop, and re.
! ceived on behalf OF the Company by Colonel
| James Page, Robert Tempest, ESQ.,, and john II.
| Downing, ESQ.,, the President, Vice President,
| and Secretary. fine entertainment followed.
| The occasion altogether was most pleasant and
interesting one.
A NEW CoUNTERFEIT.-Capt Franklin
| of the United States Treasury Department, has
| detected new TWENTY-FIVE cent fractional cur
Iency note, They are very well calculated to
deceive those dealing in small change. The
vignette IN the centre is bad, the figure having
| breastpin, while in the genuine nothing of the
| kind appears. 1t would be well for every body Il
be on their guard in respect to this matter.
DISHONEST ENPLoYE.-William Rander
son, a lad who says he came from Georgia, wal
arrested at the Reading Railroad depot las
night charged with the larceny of S3S from
Montgomery county farmer, with whom he ha,
been employed. He had only been there a weel
when he robbed his employer and left. The de
fendant was remanded for trial.