The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-24

the Ice Boat made desperate efforts to cut them
out but only succeeded in reaching the Horse
Shoe, where she is now battering away. The
peculiar character of the river at that point the
marsh, known as Browns Island, juttihg out
into sort of rotund protnontory, and the
channel proper running a little out OF md-rlVer
towards the Jersey shore, where too, from the
narro wness OF the stream the ice becomes, as II
were, land locked between the two shores, makes
an attempt to force its way something Ike rush.
ing against granite wall. There they lie and
there they will lie until Providence SENDS tnaW;
But the oyster feet at our wharves Is IN stlll
worse situation. Some sixty vessels are lying
at Washington, Queen, Spruce, and Noble street
! wharvos, only too anxious to escape from their
| icy thraldom; the captains and crews standing
| on the wharves and looking wsttully out on the
| icy river, smiling when they see stray gull
! flying up stream, ,butcroaning dsmally when they
| look at The crows alighting within few yards
| of the wharves. The river in 'front.' IRON Ken
! sington to Washington street wharf, IS to day
sort of accumulated debris, so fine is the DRIFT
ing ice broken up by The constant passage of the
| ferry-boats. Some talk is made OF an overland
| expedition to the oystermen below, with cars
and wagons, to the point where they lie, but
those who know the cost and danger, smile at
the fancy. In the meantime there are no oysters
in market. A single lot-a bag of 600-sold
this morning for SO, at Vine street ferry. There
were no others to be seen or heard OF.
A COUNTERFEIT CAsE.-Thomas Smith
and James Marion we're before Commissioner
Sergeant this morning upon the charge OF at
tempting to pass a $50 counterfeit Treasury
note last evening, upon John Lomacks, at his
place of business, No. 1926 Market street.
Charles Weakley sworn-l am police officer
of the Sixth District; about nine o'clock last
night there was boy came to the Station House
and said Mr.. Lomacks wanted an officer; went
TO his place of business on Market street, and
he showed me $50 bill; Mr.. Lomacks said he
had been out to two gentlemen to see if 1t was
genuine, and both declared 1t to be a counter
eit; then took the young men to the station
house and searched them; they had no money;
Smith said he had received this note in a letter
from a soldier out West, who owed him $50, and
that he had been a soldier himself.
John LOmacks sworn-These young men came
to my place yesterday; they rendered me a $50
bill in payment for coat they had purchased at
SlS; went out to see if it was good but it was
pronounced counterfeit was out nearly ten
minutes; the young men made no attempt to go
away; they could have gone away had they
chosen to.
Defendants were held in $500 bail each for a
further hearing at IL o'clock on the 3lst inst.
DIsTILLERY IN A DWELLING House.
! Before Commissioner Smith, at II o'clock to-day,
! John Meskill and Edward L. Mcguire were
| charged with distilling in a dwelling house.
| John Miller, Revenue Agent sworn-I was
| Instructed by letter from the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue to visit the place Of Mcskill
& Mcguire; | visited their premises, on Front
! street, below Callowhlll; the lower part Of the
place IS occupied and used bv them as a distil-
ery; at the opposite side, on Front street, there
| was tavern and men were in there drinking;
! | saw no entrance on the Water street side to
| the store on Front street
H. L. Woof sworu-There were women cook
ing in the second story, and they told us there
| we're beds up stairs.
Defendants were held in $1,000 bail.
| Row AT A BALL,-JOhn Grugan went to
a ball at Thirteenth and Spring Garden streets
| last night In the course of events he lost the
check for his overcoat. Some other person
found 1t, and not being possessed OF coat Of
| his own, he went to the person having charge of
hats and coats, and got Grugans oVercoat and
left When the latter found out his loss he
naturally became very indignant, and going 10
the keeper OF the coat room, he waXed wrathy,
and pitched into that individual, and upset him
| and his place generally. the consequence was
! that an officer took Grugan into custody, and
took him to the Station House This morning
| he had hearing before Alderman Massey, who
committed HIM to answer for assault and bat
terry.
THROWING SNow-BALLs-A SMALL Boy
THROWN Down AND HIS ARM BRoKEN.-A little
fellow named Eddie Good was indulgiug in the
boyish amusement of throwing snow-balls yes
terdaY morning on the sidewalk before his
home, No. 426 Garden street. 1t so happened
that larger and much older boy named Angus
tus Beck, fifteen years old, passed on the oppo-
site side, and was hit, not at all seriously, bv
one OF the balls thrown by Good Like great
many ill-natured persons, he ran across the
street and roughly pushed Eddie do Wn, thereby
causing the breaking of the latter's left arm.
He was arrested, taken before Alderman Hib.
I
$500 bail.
Too SoLICIToUs BY HALF.-A couple OF
darkeys, becoming emulous of befriending the
community at large $50 they said) were engaged
in trying the doors of the stores and dwellings
in the neighborhood of Thirteenth and Market
streets last evening about halt-past Z. Officer
| Shatier observing their movements, got assist
ance, and surrounded them. He asked them
what they were doing. ''We're doing nothing,
boss" they replied. officer Shaher thinking
| that a strange doing nothing.
them into custody. 1t is supposed that they are
couple of sneak thieves. They gave the
names Of James Painter and William Burton
Alderman swift sent them below, in default o.
S400 ball.
A DISHONEST EMPLOYE.-Adam Law
renee (colored) was arrested yesterday after
noon on charge of larceny. He had beer
employed by Mrs. Childs, who keeps dyeins
and securing establishment at No. 143 Nortt
/ | Ninth street. For some time past she had beer
missing small articles from her shop, and o
course had to make good the loss to the owners
| 1t was both annoying and at the same time
| losing operation to her, and she deter
mined to set watch and catch the thief
| Lawrence was finally detected in the act o
taking some small articles She had hin
; | arrested and taken before Alderman Jones
| who, after hearing the facts of the case, hell
{ | HIM for further hearing.
STEALING A Doe.-A nice legal question
+ | was rsIsed by the stealing of an unfortuGat
| | pup. whose well'turned head and graceful
a ! limbs we're too much for the honesty of Pete
/, | Ehrenberg alias Pretzel to withstand. Yesterda'
o he took the Aforesaid elegant cur into his arms
: and was making away with it. The owner In
q terlered, and PretZel made an assault and BAT
!. | terry upon him at Third and Shippen streets
# | However the belligerent thief was arrested an
- taken before Alderman Tittermary. Afte
| patiently hearing the different versions of tn
IS dog story, the Alderman committed Pretzel I
e | answer for assault and battery and larceny
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