The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-06
CITY INTFLLIGFNOE.

CITY INTELLIGENCE.
lFoR ADDITIONAL LOCAL ITEMS GEE INSIDE PAans
MAN ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT SUICIDE IN THK
TTENTRAL POLICE STATION BY CUTTING HIS
RpsspAaT RT'OAoout O5sout o'clock yesterday afternoon
Ctas maanut street ssa man who was in an intoxi'
S,s Soea state. He was taken to the Central Police
~ fSuOn, ~ ION, ana after being searched, was placed
n IA cell for safe keeping. He gave the name OF
slchael Phillips, and said he was forty years OF
This morning, about quarter of O'Clock, the
S2IV van arrived at the Station, and OncsF
bringing Phillips out The oficer hslloed 10
MIN MIN 70 get up, but he gave no answer. Keeaef od
he saw something on the floor, but IL being
very dark, he was unable to distinguish Wnat
very slowly, but as soon as he gained his feet
ne staggered back, and sat down on the edge Oh
Reeder then discovered that his throat was
cut, and that he had placed his Gun against Ine
wound as II to stop the flow OF blood. Asslst-
ance was called in, the man was removed
into the hallway, and Doctors Brooks ana
made an examination OF the wound. The
larynx through which the food passes, was
founo TO be entirely severed, and the wlndpipe
was considerably cut, as were several smaller
vessels. The wound was dressed, and he was
conveyed TO the Pennsylvania Hospital.
Upon searching the cell the razor and case,
which he had concealed around his neck by
string and hence was not discovered when
he was searched, was found in the sink by Re-
serve Oficer Dawson. A report was current
that Phillips is Catholic priest.
THK OLD SLArB-RooF HOUSE exists but in
memory. And although the ancient building
itself is no more OF this earth, yet by the action
of one OF our citizens its appearance as 1t was
and used TO be, remains. Samuel Croft, Esq,
who has gathered together many antlqut-
ties illustrative OF the times and progress of this
oity, who has become in fact an amateur VirtIoSo
in collecting relics of interest, has had pictures
tax en- of old landmarks and places which time
and man have now effsced, and which were,
during the embryo days of this Commonwealth,
places of prominence. The Penn Mansion, or
Old Slate roof House-so called from the fact
that 1t was the first house with slate ROOF
erected here = has it's similitude preserved,
since hne photography have been taken from
Vernon Fietcner, for Samuel Croft, Esq. The
collecting of interesting relics of days gone by,
woFs tSf Was I'm fs
sure, comprising as 1t does an individual his
torical society.
THE FASTEST TIME ON RECoRD.-We publish
below communication which speaks for Itself.
of the fastest time ever made from this city TO
Atlanta, Georgia.
"ATL4ST4 Georgia. July l9. We beg to state
goods shipped from Philadelphia per steamship
Wyoming via Savannah care Of the railroad agent At
ng 18TH Instant and ere In our store by ~ o'clock OF
'na' 0aS' Respectfully HEffuRp1N & KING"
The goods mentioned were shipped via the
Freight Line, OF which II. L. James is General
Agent. and Charles (. Dilks, Freight and Pas
senger Agent Office No. 3l4 South Delaware
avenue.
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF, LARCENY, AND ASSAULT
AND BATTERY.-MicpaelD Daily and John Mich.
OILS went into a lager beer saloon at Mascner
and Thompson streets last evening. For a time
they were engaged in an interesting game Of
cards The proprietor stepped up stairs, when
Daily and Nichols stopped their game, went
behind the counter, seized the preIzels, cakes,
ETC.. and turning on the spigeots of the beer
casks, allowed their contents TO dilute the floor
assaulted. knocked
tors made off with themselves and stolen edi-
bies. They were arrested, ana held by Alderman
Shoemaker, In default OF $1,000 ball each, to
answer.
NEGLECTED TO RETURN HORSE AND WAGON
This morning, at l O'Clock. Patrick Fox was
arrested at Mascher and Thompson streets, for
that some time since he hired the turnout"
and neglected to return 1T or give a satisfactory
broken and dilapidated, at the tolI-gate, and
the horse was stalled in q livery stable on Ele,
Yenth street. Alderman Shoemaker committed
Fox in default of $1,000 bail.
Aoc1DENTs.-Yester afternoon Mr.. George
Myers aged forty-hve. was seriously Injured by
being run over by some vehicle In Coepersville.
He vas taken to his residence, at Reward and
Christian Kimmerly, German, while paint
twenty fifth Ward, fell from his perch and was
severely injured. He was taken TO the Episco-
pal Hospital.
ARREST OF PICKPoCKRTs.-About o'clock
yesterday Officer Quackenbush arrested two
Young men, giving the names of William NC
Andrews and John Dean, In Wolberts auction
store, on Market street, above Second. The
former was caught with his hand in a gentle
mans pocket. The latter was arrested upon
suspicion. The parties will have hearing at z
O'Clock to-day.
The MEAD STREET WHARF DIsAsTER-CoN-
TINUATIoN OF THE CoRoNER's INVESTIGATION
AT noon Coroner Daniels was to have con-
tinued his Investigation into the recent wharf
disaster on the Delaware, but from the unavoid-
able absence of a juror and some of the wit
nesses, the inquest was postponed until ~ Al
on Thursday.
Found DEAD.-An unknown white woman,
aged about thirty years, was found in an out
evening. She is five feet high, has black hair,
and had on q red and white calico dress and
old laced shoes. The Coroner took charge OF the
body,
LARCENY OF TWELVE DoLLARs.--Catharine
Richardson was arrested last night at "Eaken"
place, near Ninth and Locust streets, for the
alleged larceny of twelve dollars from gentle
man. She was committed by Alderman Swift
70 answer.
FALSE PRETKNsE.--John Stott was arrested
on a warrant issued by Alderman Allen for an
alleged misrepresentation in a business trans
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