The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-05
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
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Attempted Assassination of n Lady by
an Inccnsed Youth.

Attempted Assassination of Lady by
an Inccnsed Youth.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs, Anna M, Smith,
who had been In the employ of Mr., Andrew
O'Kane, pawnbroker on Shppen street, below
O'Kane, Jr., a lad of sixteen years. The cause
of the affray is alleged to be the fact thai the
sessed OF much property, had announced his
intention OF marrying Mrs. Smith, who had
sequent to the death of his wife. 1t seems that
when Mr.. OF Kane first made the announce
his children % Of whom H there o'epS09 are foSf 1g
sons. The two eldest, who are over
sgge,d net 1eessed ha mat suen project
that the lady should be dismissed from the
store; To this the old gentleman refused to
accede at that time. From this time until yes.
terday, the house was the scene OF continuous
broils, and yesterday there was a heated quar-.
rel, which terminated In the sons insisting
upon the removal of the ito them) obnoxious
indlyidual. He again declined, but seeing that
sented, and told Mrs. Smith the circumstances
of the case ,and requested her to go home She
sSSmplied m led sTd had put on her 6'nEet aud
bye, she went on to the step, and was in the
act of raising her umbrella. when the
dropped TO the Sidewalk. A large crowd soon
collected about the unfortunate woman, aud
that she was dying, two policemen conveyed
her to the Hospital, where her wound was ex-
am1ned by DIR. MarkOe, who found that the ball
had penetrated the neck under the right ear
had taken an upward course and had lodged in
extracted
Her condition last night was dangerous, ana no
one excepting the physician and Father Sulii-
van were admitted to see her.
AS soon as the excitement attending the oc-
curence had subsidized, a search was made for
Young O'Kane, but he could not be found. 1t
Is ssid that as soon he had heard of the resolve
of his father, that he purchased pistol and
located himself In the alleyway and there
awaited the coming of Mrs. Smith.
Mrs Smith wss still very low this morning,
and her recovery is considered Doubtful Young
OKane has not been seen since yesterday, and
ofcourse, has not been arrested
CITY GLEANINGs.-What to do tomorrow.
Doa little church going. BY the way, nearly all
our houses of worship are opened to- morrow
for the resumption of religious services. The
upon Bible and pray er DO ok, and made fantastic
wreaths.upon altar and bench, has all been
removed by the careful brush of the Sc xton; the
lazy spiders have beaten a hasty retreat and
their webs have huttered through raised
have been disturbed in their daily slumbers by
the brushes OF up.climbing painters, and both
apex cross, and ENTRANCE thresholds nave been
brightly FURNISHED. The very heavens have
lent their aid in rendering everything clean for
the morrow. What the puny bucket of the
housemaid could not drench from dirty side
walks, torrents of assisting rain did. The
religious "weeklies" all look fresh and nice.
ministerial coats and white ministerial neck
Ties are everywhere upon the streets. The door
ported by clerical shoulders, and there is a
lively traffic in hymn books We presume the
churches to. morrow will. be thronged. Happy
children will crowd the galleries and graver
elder folk the floors.
-" Gideon's band'-it paraded up Chestnut
street this morning in all its colOred glory.
Some dozen darkies composed it. Bright brass
instruments. and neat grey suits they had.
They made, too. as pretty. music as you
could have wished.
You could have imagined yourself on the
borders OF some classic brick-yard pond had
you been standing in front of the State House
yesterday during the storm. The wire-pulling
tree frogs" who cluster there got wet, and set
up most discordant croak1ng.
In mass meeting to-night-the Fire Zouave
Regiment.
Enter prising branch-branch out
Because a fit in garment is good, 1t does
not follow that one in the person wearing 1t
would be equally so.
Judging from the number of serious and
fatal Iencontres which have taken place in this
"Murderous Philadelphia"
We, reporters, have discovered that when a
speak er informs his audience he Is gong to be
very brief, he mangles the kings English for
an hour at the least. Brevity in such cases
means endlessness.
The Boat Owners and Captains Association
has meeting this evening.
Those who conduct our places of amuse-
ment-should not only open their doors for the
admission OF audiences, but also their windows
ballets are quite airy, but they do not supply
the requisite quantity of oxygen-which is
about the only gin our people require. ..
The Republicans OF the Twelfth Ward fling
a"Grant and Colfax" flag to the breeze, and.
assemble in mass meeting this evening" at York
road and Callowhill street.
Women have q gift for shopping men
hsvn't Result:-A compromise, by which the
latter pay the bills of the former for being let OFF,
BURGLARS CAPTURED.-A policeman of the
Twelfth district. patroling Girard avenue, about
m ma fxun ,oni-