The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-29
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
xOH ADDITIONAL LOCAL ITEMS SEE INSIDE PAGES.


An ITEM GRAVE AND GAY.-Every train
brings back it's hundreds of returning Philadel-
phisns. "There is no place like home" They
leave the country and the sea with lghtened
hearts and lightened pockets, less care, more
flesh. Innumerable ibiddies" are busy this
morning with innumerable brooms and mops,
pois hing the habi!alions where their masters
dwell. We noticed one especially energetic
grubbing with her finger ends at the sly grass
spears IN the interstices of the Sidewalk bricks.
They vanished though. Another OF dlminutive
stature, but rather much feet, was perched IKE
monkey upon the peak OF step-iaddeT giving
a shine to the house number. Another was
balancing herself acrobaticaly upon the, win
dow sill-seven-eighths outside-mak1ng havoc
with a cbamois among the exterior dust OF the
panes Everything will be brighter than the
faces of the returned-they're sunburnt.
"A singular phenomenon. up on North
Second street gentleman has olue Jay wnich
has been trained to crow like rooster. 1t Is
only necessary to excite him by scratching the
bars of the cage and coax hlm with dried
currant-to transform him into genuine
Shanghai He is the marvel OF the nelghbor-
hool. A strange bird-thatl
"A chap who had been going it strong upon
benzine last night, had to be carried like q
deiunct porker to the Central Station by four OF
the kindly Reserves. He was as limp as an old
dish.cloth. The weather was moist without
he was moist within. They had him suspended
by his four limbs like sheep hung upto be
some of our ballet girls seem to think that
mere jumping makes airy moton-whrllng
around ike neaOleHS ueu Indhes RIdce. Lucy
are wretchedy mistaken, however, and the very
boot-blacks who see then refuse to make
sonorous their begrimed hands. The rudest can
discriminate,
One OF our legal lights the other day said to
his Honor in the Court, Il propose, your
Honor, to lay down the law in this. case" II
suppose so, SIR" replied the Judge, "you gene
rally do it, sir-you lay 1T down, and have
nothing to do with it at all, sir. :"
u he Fenians are again moving. The officers
of all the Circles in this shamrock" District
meet In council to. morrow. Green fa-s and the
Canada beware Merry Isle" beware!
The chiefs Of the "KeVstones" initiate the
style of the "Invinclbles" aud have issued their
"General Order No. l." from Headquarters
They are going to spread themselves on a parade
to-nieht. Melancholy.
The recent ordinance of Councils, requiring
the City Treasurer to stamp and number each
warrant and make payment according to pri-
ority appears to occasion considerable neon
Venience.
-Hearsay is q very unreliable fellow. He
talks too much Besides, he don't know the
truth, and doesn't exhibit any desire to get
acquainted with it.
Feast or Famine Again-To-day the Police
Lieutenants we're as empty of items as poor
mans pockets of dollars. Yesterday their
tongues ran like hy-Wheels-they had scores OF
cases.
The only way to take things is--easy.
Otherwise the chances of detection are largely
increased.
Men are often so sharp as to outwit them.
selves. In those cases they meet tools face to
THE Twentieth Ward Republicans are going
to organize "Grant and ColfaX' club this
evening.
of water put it out.
Wicked Age-A damage.