The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-07
CITY INTELLIGENCE
LFOr Additional Local Items see Third Page.l

A SLIPPERY MEMORY AND WHAT CAME
oFir.-Charles Rogers is unfortunate in having one
OF the poorest memories on record. he gets faces
ana names most wotuly mixed up. II also appears
that be IS somewhat revengeful, and when these two
taitnRs are taken into account, II s not surprising
that he comes to grief now and tnen. Yesterday
such mishap befell him.
RAISING along DE aware avenue, he espied youth
sitting upon boa, aud engaged in the wearIsome
pastlme of waiting for bite" rhe boy had asked
permission of the loper persons 10 cast his line In
the waters thereabouts, and as spueared to be
spectacle in his outfit and OF sober demeanor, this
ulnlDg iayor was not denied him SUI, nobody APP
peared to know his name or antecedens
, In this re- pect Charles Rogers thought he had an
immense advantage over the loungers about the
pier. He knew the boy, he was certain OF ~ there
could be no possible mistake about IT,. He had seen
the boy in Liverpool. Why that should have aroused
o'd time gfudge against this juvenile angler II
he could now take his revenge after cool and
But Char es Rogers has a spice of carefulness in
his nature. II was barely possible he thought that
this might not be the boy whom he had seen IN LIVER
pool: SO he questioned the youth upon that point.
The boy assured his interlocutor that he had made
boyI in that locality. This denial touched Charles
Rogers on his sorest point his falling memory. 1t
Likewise convinced him that he had made no mis-
take SO he called the boy liar, j" and forthwith
picking him up by the seat of the pantaloons he
dropped him headioremost but gently into the Della
ware,
The loungers about the pier not having seen the
boy IN Liverpool, and therefore having treasured
no grudge against him. attempted a rescue To
this CHARLES Rogers made violent objection excaIm.
ine:-tD-n him! lee him dro vn" The boy was
fshed out notwlthstandinQ and like sensible boy,
he Is, proceeded at to the office of Alderman
DouPherty, and caused a warrant to be issued
This was served by Officer Hawley, and when
Charles Rogers brought into the presence OF
the magistrate he terrified 10 find that II was
necessa y for him to give bail in the sum OF $500
to answer at Court for his fantastic proceedings.
ON A JAMBoREE.-Peter Brady, Thomas
Brady, John Smith, Henry Ortz, and Oliver Fa9eeY
are supposed to have been sober on the Fourth"
Yet they acted in manner that was rather strange
for men in their supposed condition. In the course
of their tour about the town they found themselves
at saloon in Turner lane, bet Sixteenth and
Seventeenth streets, kept by German by the name
The proprietor was present, as well as his wife.
Peter Brady and his compeers thought it would be
sport TO put these good people to some lnconve
nience. So they pitched in after the most approved
fashion. Doors, windows, and hot-house were
monty called "a regular smash" But this did not
satisfy Peter Brady & Co. So they turned their
attention to the proprietor and his w11e, and also to
a hired man who had appeared upon the scene
These three untoTtunates were terribly bea'en,
there threatened with death, She was saved from
this greater outrage bv the timely interposlon OF
young lady to whose expostulaons the rioters per.
suaded themselves to listen.
When news of the disturbance was carried to the
police station, Officers Aldrich and Walters were
despatched TO the scene and succeeded in arrestiOg
the whole gang They were taken before Alderman
Fitch who held each of them in S20UO bail answer
at Court to the several charges of riot assault and
battery, and malicious mischief 1t is to be hoped
that Peter Brady Co will obtain their Just deserts.
HoT-HoT-HoTl- People sometimes talk
about Their blood boiling If anybody has sue
%thout II bens forceS to %aEe sgeS ccnesssE ws
should te highly gratifed to know of the locality IN
which he bestowed himself. We should envy him,
we last night envIed the man IN the moon, who
looked so "cool and comfortable" as he sat COM
placenty upon his mountain tops, with broad grin
In short these two days have been almost insuf.
terably hot. TO comoare them with that vague aud
indefinite sphere called "Tophet" affords us but
slIpht relief Although every knows 1t has been
fiery hot, we will give the quotations OF Mercury, for
the purpose Of removing any doubts that may still
Yesterday, at o A. M, it stood at SO degrees, at
II NJ. it had assembled TO 80 degrees, at p. NJ. it
wavered at 96 degrees and at z. NJ 1t had suf-
fered a slight fall, lodging at "a degrees. To-day
the opening was much more animated, the quote
tion at A. NJ. DeiDg "a degrees, but for some In.
scruIable reason at l2 NJ. it had gone no higher.
Can 1t be that the mercury has effected loda;.
ment at this point, and that we must stew and Drol
along, day and night with "a degrees in the shadeY
1t looks hike, and what Is worse il reels like It,
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A Tour FOR THE DoG-DAYs.-Happ is
he who can leave the city, even TOR week or two
in these sweterng davs when the thermometer plays
the most fantastic tricks up among the nlneties. He
can find no better route for his travels than trip
over the Camden and Amboy anG Belvidere Della
ware Railroads, ana their numerous connexions IONS
is the most direct route to Niagara Fails, the river
st. Lawrence, Lakes Champlain and George, Sara
of attraction in the northern and eastern sections of
the country. If the OF business limit the time
of the peasureseeker at any one OF these places ne
CAP find al least DAY ortwo OF recreation, which will
lnger pleasantly in his memory until the cool OF the
autumn has returned. By purchasing tickets Tor
these routes at No 1923 Chestnut street, one can
have his baggage checked at his own door, by Ora.
hams Baggage Express through to any point, thus
saving a v orld OF trouble.
THE CORN EXCHANGE AND THE PORT
LAND SUFFERERs.-At meeting of the Corn Elk
change, held tins morning, Mr.. Charles H. Cum
mings called the attention of the members to the
terrible fire at Portland Maine, and the suffering
which has arisen therefrom.
Mr.. L. G. Mytinger moved that the sum OF one
the sufferers Mr.. G. r. TIsdall seconded the motion,
and il was unanimously adopted
The President was directed to telegraph to the
Mayor OF Portland to draw at sight on job -
IviDs the Treasurer of the Association for the above
amount.
FIRE FIRE This destructive element Is
doing what 1t can in small way to rival ITS raVages
In Portland It's success not hattering this
morning however. AT O'Clock fire broke out IN
Funk's turning shop, in the rear of No. 300 Race
street, doing very little damage,
At O'Clock A NJ. a hay.lO'I in Ennis street. beloW
Beach, belonging 10 the Quentin estate, ana occu
pied at present BY Barney O'Rourke, likewise caught
FIRE and was damaged to the extent OF $500
THE CITY COBIAnssIONERS.-ln accordance
with a Tesoution which passed the City Councils
indictments have been prepared, and will be duly
presented against John Given and the other CITY
COmmissioneTs chaTgln0 them with conspiracy &