The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-28
NEW YORK GOSSIP.
Private Observation-Disclosures Matters-
ABaaasiRs at WOrk-An Outrage

AsnanaiRa at Work Outrage
New YORK, July 2S, 1868.
II must not be supposed that because so many
of our play-goers and amateurs are out OF town,
that the taste for private theatricals Is entirely
extinct in the metropolis. On Wednesday
evening charming performance was given
by an organization of young ladies and gen.
tlemen known as the "Irving Amateur Comhi-
nation,n at a private residence in Sixteenth
street, near Irving place. The entertainment COM
prised selections from the operate as well as the
dramatic stage. Buckstone's petite comedy Of
a Kiss tn the Dark was enacted in a style which
reflected the highest credit on all concerned in
its representation. So admirably, indeed was
it played that the very unusual compliment of
an encore was accorded, aud the amateur artists
were constrained to accede to the general and
enthusiastic demand from the audience for an
immediate repetition of the comedy. This, we
belleve is the first instance in the records of
the public or private stage of an entire play
being enoored.
At liz O'Clock last night an affray occurred in
John Flynn's saloon, No. $50 Spring street, cor
ner of Thompson street, between the pl oprietor
and his late bartender, John Hodnett. 1t is
alleged by the bartender that Flynn owed him
considerable amount OF money for wages. and
that he called for the purpose OF procuring 1t.
Some words passed between them and pistols
were drawn. In the melee Flynn re-
ceived shot in the left arm, just above
the elbow. Flynn fred two shots at his oppo.
nent, neither of which took effect. Policeman
Richard ID. Scholes, who was on post in the
vicinity, hearing the reports of the pistols,
hurried to the scene, and arrived just as Hod-
nett had retreated to the street, followed by
Flynn. Scholes seized Hodnett, and called to
Flynn not to fire. AT the same time, he released
his hold of Hodnett, and advanced toward
Flynn, for the purpose of preventing further
firing. AS he did so, Hodnett fred another
shot, the ball entering the heNhy part of the
thigh of Officer Scholes, and burying itself in
the muscles of the leg.
Both men were sent to the New York Hos
pital. Hodnett was locked up for the night aud
this morning will be taken before Justice Led
with at the Jefferson Market Police Court. He
is twenty.four years of age, and lived at No. 80
Marion street. 1t is alleged that Flynn has on
previous occasions beaten and abused the bar
tenders in his employ, and, knowing this fact,
Hodnett went to the saloon prepared for any
emergency.
With this cool weather there is q noticeable
abatement of the mortality, although diarrhea
is still prevalent to a great degree. The total
566 we're from acute diarrhoal diseases, prin-
Cipally in the First, Fifth, Eleventh, Seven
teenth, Twentieth, and THenty-irst Wards the
last two being the most unhealthy wards in the
city. The distribution OF disnfectants will
doubtless greatly improve the sanitary condi-
tion of these wards, but nothing will dispense
with the necessity for properly cleaning the
streets aud keeping them clean. Without that
the work OF dislntection is but temporary
expedient and a proper nygienic condition OF
the city impossible.
Necessity is the mother of invention-and as
SUCH she will be found benedcent mother, on
occasion, In spite of her torbIdding aspect.
For lnsiance-at her suggestion, the other day,
the New York Gas Company, IN order to remove
the bad smell from their works, at the foot OF
Twenty first street. on the East river, discovered
the gas more readily than lime, and is much
cheaper.
Shortly before dusk on Sunday evening, a
woman, accompanied by a little girl, while
promenading along the river walk at the Ely
sian Fields, was purposely jostled against by
some drunken ruffians with such force as to
precipitate her from the sea-wall into the river.
The woman, borne up by her skirts, was foated
away to the swift current, and both she and the
little girl would have been drowned, had not a
citizen OF New York, who witnessed the outrage,
plunged in and rescued them. The ruffi4ns,
without rendering assistance, made their
escape.