The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-31
.NEW YORKISMS.
NEW YORK, oek 81, 1858.
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nitons, has been introduced into the stIeets VI
New York at last, although In some"nS' 'u''
4iye and surreptitiUus manner
Last night, for instance, at about hau'past
waQht o cock, Solitary Veloclpediet (Wnere ls
ne modern G. P. X, jamesO might be seen
vending his way down Broadway opposite bhS
Niuter Palace Garden, -. .o,,o,n
Whence he came and whittier he went remaif rem 10
alike unknown. His velocipcde new "neie ~
heted, as mysterious as the TLaIth IN at The French
The TACT, however, remains t snHs ~ ho1Ie
Yelocipede has been introducgu ,1o of Sew York
wards of Paris into the broadway Oh New hoIbsr aH
and the question Rii R%ii d drinE wine or eat horse
ss uSetber he will be his own velocipedtst.
The ,nnoyator of last night rumoled along
aho n,iddle Of the street and made no a(temot
TO en- oa, fass the side walks. Strange to say, ne
escaped being dubbed by the police: AT least
j could CLEAN, no account OF 1t az the poisGi9
Headquarters last night, aud no menlloh Oh IL
occurs in the papers this morning.
MILLION DOLLAR ROBBERY
was committed on Thursday noon
in the office OF real estate agent on
Cedar street. Tue amount was IN
bouos and railroad stock, enclosed in TIN oox,
which had beer placed for an instant ny It's
possessor, MIR. WOosey on the counter. Wnlls
he was taking business, iashonaolY dressed
thlei stepped in and did it Tor Tim, marching
of With the tin ok in so petrtiylngly audaclouS
a manner tnat no one ian after HIM until ne
Ras ''lost in the crowd" Some
CoNsCJENCELEss cARTMEN,
IN the employ of Alsbrg, Jordan Co., n
Walker street firm, have LIKEWISE been making
snug little incomes OF $40 600 a year by taking
their cargOes before Shipment, 10 celebrated
I,aurens street receiver OF stolen goods, and
replacing the contents lmosty ready-made
clothing Tor the Sonth) with inferil material.
Tnis operatIon has been going on Tor Two years,
md the Walker street firm mentioned, as well
ne Others on Chambers street, have been IN the
receipt OF constant complaints from these
Pouthern houses, to which OF course no salts
factory reply could be returned. ,
Accordinely the de ectives pounced on the
I .l,a D1lin nN.vt1
ters, aud thence 10 the Tombs. where they have
received sentences proportionedt to their ofense.
The aristocralic quiet which usually reigns at
THE WESTMINSTER HALL
was disturbed at late hour on Thursday night
NV the arrest OF two thieves who have for O
long while been cau.ing distraction OF mind and
pocket among the guests there.
In attempting 10 rob MIR. HeZekiah A. Bray
ton, who lives there, they were traced to their
InOm, and the entire property olen, amounting
to hundreds OF dollars, was discovered wrapped
up 10 a silk handkerchief, aud lying in the
yard beneath tner window. 1t is not often
Westminster Hall has anything OF this kind to
boast Of its sensations being mainly confined
to the arrival there of legitimate celebrities.
MISS DICKINSON
mas written brisk, bright, crisp, and cordial
note to Susie Johns, ''all OF this city," anuoun-
cling that on November she Will struggle for
Lii G" at Cooper Institute, in behalf of the
WORKING awomen's Association. Mss Dickinson
says to Susie You do not need to ask that"
know What Answer" to expect.
A FREE AND OPEN CHURCH
Association mas been formed in the Episcopal
Church here, and other denominations are
Interested III it, with the aim OF furnishing the
poor with the means OF grace. Dr. Bello VS.
CONGREGATION is likewise considering the exped-
ency OF building an immense hall, Ia Cooper
Institute, revenue to be furnished by the rent of
the stores and offices on the ground floor. The
object-that OF free preaching aud lecturlng-is
almost identical with the Episcopalaus. The
late Convention by-the-by, decided that auction
OF pews is improper.
THE LAST REGISTRATION DAY
ia passing over my pen, and the thief Of time is
being collared by many delinquent who for the
past monh has deferred from day TO day the
simple and easily discharged duty of getting
All lhe fools are not dead yet; neither is
THE soRosIs.
That body lately put forth q card, in which it
attempts 10 explain itself.
IL We are 10 accept that explanation, its de-
siges are az indefinite as they are large-indei-
mite, perhaps from their very larPeness
The gIst of Celia Burleigh's CORRESPONDING
Secretary statement on that subject is that it
aims TO be rather than TO do, to become rather
1t seems 10 challenge q contrast with the
Working gwoman's Union, which Miss Anthony
so nObly heads.
thing that has yet transpired, it holds the same
relation to that society that one OF the doLeGntj
does to an Q9tiSte, and accordingly has not yet
won the respect and co operation of thought
ful men.
TIRE BOYS IN BLUE
had an immense demonstration last nigh! in
from OF Cooper Institute.
The fireworks were particularly fine, and the
priI cipal pieces represented we're the star OF
America" the "Star OF Independence" the
~'Yaukee windmill, the Sun Piece" the "Ye "
Tree" and General Grant on Horseback" The
crowd was addressed by Hon. John A. GrisWold
and Major. General Sickles, and the band was
DodwoIth's.
had g big meeting at the Academy Of Music
there.
The ubiquitous Bcysin Blue had a procession,
many of the houses aloug the route being illu-
minated from garret to basement The speakers
at the Academy were lieutenant. Governor
Stewart l.. Woodlord and the Hon. James G..
Blaine, of Maine.
Apropos Of
NATURALizATIoN FRAUDS
which are the IeigniDg sensation in Court,
Rosenberg is to be finished off this morning.
A rival has already loomel up in the person
Oi simon II Lessor, who reioices in the quintu.
Die epithet with which the papers have baotized
him Of "peripatetc- bogug-r aturalizatiou certid-
cate broker" His case comes up on Monday
aext.
A $3.50, 600 FIRE,
As reporters would say, has been devastating
wooster street. The principal los. es are those OF
ADdrus Brothers, $50, 600, and j. ard w. LyalI,
$4,000. No lives were lost, and only one leg was
broken.
MUSIC ON THE MALL
s over for another six months, and, CONSIDERING
how music t0GS mauled there from the time the
warm weather commenced until the present
date, the ireQuenters of Central Park have cause
to feel abundaOtly thankful, The listeners Ia
this music on the Mall, however, being confined
TO the children and the Jews who congregate
khere on Sunday afternoon the gratitude will