The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-21
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
[F0r Addat0nal L0eal Nems see F0d. Paqe

lHOT Adddlondt Local Items see Fifth Pdge.l
REPORT OF A BOARD OF VIsIToRs-The
Sanitary Committee of the Board OF Health made
special visit on Saturday to MartinsVille, in
1ne 1 extreme southern end of Philadelphia.
The following is their report made to the Board
yesterday:-Th Committee, after referring to
the condition of affairs in the vicinity OF the
Navy Yard, say that there IS another cause for
the bad ar affecting the comfort OF the Navy
Yard officers, and often driving the crew from
the upper deck of the vessels anchored In the
rlyer-an offensive and sICkening odor, which
your Committee inhaled mile before they
reached the source of its emanation. This was
the hog-pens at MartinsIille, nearly half mile
below the built-up portion OF the city.
Your Committee visited this infected district,
located on the meadows, on the Penthouse
road, a most desolate and filthy neighborhood
and altogether unsuIted for families; and nothing
has saved them from the influence of the dirt
they live in but pure atmosphere that comes
sweeping over the rich meadows in the vicinity.
This settlement contains population of about
sixty poor families of the very lowest descrip.
tion in morals, and every family having another
family OF hogs, with scarcely an exception,
containing from five to twenty-five in number,
wallowing in extreme filth, while their yards
and other surroundings are not only heaped up
with hog and horse manure, but the ground
is spotted with puddes of offensive mud and
filthy water, and having hogsheads OF putrefy
ing kitchen garbage, collected throughout the
city by their slop-carts. .
No description we can furnish will convey an
adequate idea of the foetid atmosphere we were
breathing, of the number Of hogs, their filth,
the unusual quantity of dirt and rubbish and
other refuse in the yards, the full and foul
privles, the utter want OF drainage, the condi
ton of the houses and their occupants half
civilized, and half human beings, living in ieno
rance and wretchedness, with ditch of stag
nant water on either side, and the whole settle
ment subject to an overflow during the spring
tides.
1t was task of no small danger to visit this
place, to brave the risk of fever and other in
juries to health, and come in contact with men
and women living in such squalid wretched-
ness. The cholera had preceded us, and had
carried off a number of the inhabitants, and
we found IN two houses man and woman in
the collapsed stage of the disease, dying; and
should no sanitary reliet come to their assist
ance, this malignant disease will soon wipe out
the settlement.
Your Committee believe there is no other
remedy for putting stop TO this disease in this
Inflated town than to remove the hogs and the
other inhabitants, disinfeot the place. and
board ii up until cold weather and before they
return have 1T thoroughly cleansed and disn-
fected.
But the idea occurred, what would become of
the kitchen garbage removed by these filth
gathereTs throughout the lower district of our
citv? In the dit these people are isolated
from any other population; but while they re-
main there, a remedy may be aforded-as 1t
was thought best to remove the manure, cleanse
and disinfect the entire settlement from time to
time, watching carefully the premises during
the hot months, as the only and best remedy
that could be devised under the circumstances.
mittee ordered dsinteCtants 10 be employed at
once, and continued until the Board could take
further action in the case.
The report was signed by Wilson Jewell, MD,
Messrs. E. Ward and William Read.
THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY Dol
LAR SwNDLE.-Gotham, the centre OF 'swln
deization," has lately perpetrated the following
upon our citizens. 1t is but a sample of the
many schemes that are afoat:-
DEPOSITORY OF THE MERCHANTS AND MANU-
ArrITI,I Cg IIHIr rGn In A
No. 556 BROADWAY, j. e. GRANGER, CORRESPOND
ING SEoRETARY.-NEw YORK, August 1S 1885, :
mail. They were awarded prize valued by the
company at one hundred and fttYidollars (Sl5Ol
Please remit five dollars, amount due tor tickets anc
j. ID. MILLER, President.
Such q communication was received by Z. K
Tryon one of our Philadelphia detectives
That gentleman had been informed of such 3
paper being circulated throughout the city, and
having heard parties inquiring about the matter
at the Central Police Station, concluded to in
vestigate the subject, and in order to do so h'
replied TO the communication received by him
requesting the prize to be sent to his address
and on receipt OF which he would pay tn
money. Mr.. Tryon had at once formed hi
opinion as to the object OF the letter, but IL
order to expose the scheme aud put our citlzen
on their guard, he ans cred the communication
In reply to his letter he received the tolloWing:-
August Is, lS66-Dear Sir = our package will b.
sent tomorrow by Adams Express; cost So; tn
extra dollar for return cIarRrs, s. ' tours' cou Ca
Detective Trycn called aC the Express office
and received package, for which he paid S6
The hack of the epyelone contained the words
''seid to contain $780,
1t was done up .ie same as any other none,
package On its being opened 1t contanea
certificate of stock of the Sandy River Petro
leum Company, emitting the holder TO one nun
dred and fifty shares, at one dollar per snare
The CAPITAL stock Of the concern wasrepresente
at 81 600 900. The worthless cerahcate was II
differently engraved, and on very poor paper
II was mum bered ll47, and, by appearance, on
is led to believe that the paper was goCten u
expressly for swindling purposes. Accompany
ing the certificate was the folowing:-
August 16 1866 -Sir;-Inclosed lind prize as p'
previous advlces. J d GkANSbh; oecretaIy.
number of our citizens have been YicuI
ized and 1t is but proper that the scheme shou
be exposed. Detective Tryon intends to maE
further inquiries into the matter. Our citizel
should hesitate about ans wering SUCH comm
rcauons and thus prevent themselves fro
being made victims Of
A SHoP-LIFTER.-A woman was arreste
Yesterday. aC the dry goods store OF Edw
Hall 81 Brother, South Second street, on I
charge OF shop lifting. Mr.. Hall testified th
the defendant had 0een dealing at his store
six or seven years, and he mad never suspect
her honesty until yesterday. She then Gale
under pretense OF making purchase, and hao
LARGE covered basket with her. One OF I
Young ladies in the store had observed her
sliD something in the basket and, upon eXa
swsn tfo A fOund ahOut r