The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-05-13

From Our o,On Correspondent


name of markethouses-but do not know that
have ever had much say against the edbles which
those markets offered for sale. Passing every /
morning through one Of the freshest and most ira-
grant of these at the hour when the early Diru
catches the worm, l can bear witness to the goou
things that abound there. II is TO what the
Aouses are and not TO what they contain, tnaI
object One feels doubly thankful that new lorh uS
embloomed with such mulutude oi greon gr, aS
fertile suburbs when one Deholus PVuiou
into the metropolitan lap endless corhucople Vi
vogatahles fruit flesh, fish, and fowl, all IN the |
nrimeet condition The salmon, the fresh mackerel, |
the trout TO be seen in fulton Markell lor l-
stance are enough to make an epicure weep, were |
onicnres I'm the habit Of weeping for anything but
.nat thew can't get I say nothing Of green peas,
pernuda POTATOES, cabbages, spinach, mint,
Aniong asparagus rhubarb, stringbeans, and water
sresses Even the spring butter has yellow hue
which is strongly suggestive Of Philadelphia. II l
fonnd a hair in that butter should know it to be
golden beforehand, ana approprlaJeN IL 10 some sup
posititious blonde.
tits to be feared the "breathng lungs" Of the city,
% the public parks facetousy termed Will not
long hold their own. The spirit is abroad that Will
sooner or later build them up. ST. Johns Park has
already passed away for that purpose and essmal
mark in front Of the City Hospital is rapidly vanish
ING beneath the incursions OF the ruthless brick-and
mortar men. viii the day ever come when Union,
and Madison, and Washington, and City Hall Parks
shall be built upon? | fear So l fear that health
s'lNN
long the few green breathing places within the
limits Of the metropolitan district will
have become the foundation OF palatal
stores Meanwhile the city authorities have so little
sympathy with the necessities of the poor, and the
pubc means of securing the general health, that
they have done all that in them lay to prevent the
construction of public baths. This was a favorite
design with some of the most charitable ladies ana
gentlemen in the city: but now that Councils have
refused to make any appropriations therefor, the
Veteran Temperance Corps has taken the matter in
hand, and is trying what it can effect its own un-
aided resources meeting was held last night in
Attorney street, in which the plan was indefinitely
discussed, without any particular Of action
being decided upon.
The example set by the drivers and conductors on
the Second Avenue Railroad is being followed by
those Of some Of the other city passenger railway
routes. The pay upon all these railways, with the
exception of the Second Avenue, which pays $3.50
per day and the Belt Railroad which paid So per
day has been hitherto 1925 per day. The Belt Rail-
way employees resolved to secure similar rights to
those of the Second Avenue, but went to work in a
less demonsrative spirit. They sent in respectful
and carefully worded petition, which was charac-
kerized by equal rmness and repression and the
suit is that they are now enjoying what they
asked for.
Ole Bulls piano has been seized The plaintiffs,
Philip Hildebrand and Theodore Hertzig instituted
suit to recover debt, and procuring an attachment
on the ground Of non-residence seized the volinists
beautiful patent piano. Bull junior attempted to
prove that his papa resident Of this city, and
had been resident for year past, being absent
only when making professional tour; that he had
over ana over again announced as his intention to
reside permanently in this city, and devote himself
to the manufacture of pianos on an improved scale.
1t is well known that Bull seniors present hobby is
this mproved" piano, and that after having devoted
life to the VIOLIN and accumulated several respect
able fortunes by it, he ''goes back on it and nour-
ishes its rival in his bosom.
A German vessel, with several cases OF smallpox
on board, is being detained in quarantine Four
deaths from that disease occurred during the pas
sage and thirteen patients suffering at present.
In connection with this might add that the under
standing between DIR. Swinburne the quarantine
officer and the Board OF Health, is not Of the very
peasantest nature. OF late whenever the Doctor
and the Board of Health confront one another, an
amicable wrangle is sure to succeed, which gene
rally ends in the Board of Health being worsted.
The movements of all suspicious vessels in East
river are TO be closely watched by cutters appointed
for that purpose. The 1libusters will in future find
it difficult to secure exit either by Hell Gate or
Sandy Hook. Cutter No. / took its station of the
foot of Tenth street on Tuesday night. The head
quarters of the Cubans at No. Il Broadway, are
being thronged with adventurers-and, for the mat
ter of that, adveuuresses tooof every description
anxious to learn something of, or do something for
the patriot army. The latest bulletin is that
volunteers are required and that all future opera
tions Of the Jta Pntrioticd for some time to come
will be limited to securing money medicines and
munitions
1t is pleasant to hear anything that is good of the
Dramatic Fund Association. 1t is an old fOgyish
affair characterized by old fogysh eheteness. Now
and then entertainments got up for its benefit,
but 1t is seldom indeed hear that it is OF benefit to
anybody else The recent report Of its Secretary and
Trustees, however, gives the somewhat cheering in
teigence that in the last twenty years (snce 1Ss il
had distributed among deserving claimants the sum
OF seventy thousand dollars, averaging three thou
sand dollars yearly which, after ALL is not so bad but
what 1t might be worse.
The music loving as well as the theatTe-g going
world are congratuatng themselves on the produc.
ton this evening of Lltrline at the Academy OF
Music OF course it has gone through the usual pro
baton OF postponement but is positively expected tC
be produced tonight 1t is to be played alternately
in English and Italian, and may safely be relied upor
to draw very large audiences Mrs d. p Bowers, In
some respects the very finest actress upon the Anne
rican stage can only approach New York as near as
Brooklyn, where she is performing at her sisters
CNrs. Conway's) theatre. Lydia Thompson and hel
blonde rivals are continuing their arcenes of hearts
as the 'Forty Thieves" at Niblos. Last Sunday Tho
Mercury published an article which will sci
more copies Of that paper than any other article
published within a long while. 1t gave brief bio
gTaphies and spicy little revelations of the ''nne
lives" OF some of the most prominent blondes on tn
New York stage Chief among these are the Englisl
girls at Niblos What cool reading for the summe
time volume of such biographies and revelation
as these would be- Fisk and Birgfed have quarrelle
at the Fifth Avenue Theatre-il, indeed, so amabl
man as Brgfeld can be said to ever quarrel wit
any one-and Birgfeld has not where to lay his head
ALI BABA.
The Troubles Of an AerOnaut.