The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-27

many matr1CutHteB are entered In elLn0r ls
more than We can say. 70 an elderly gente.
man with an avoirdupois of $50 pounds, the
exercise must be hard on the "crupper bone,
As the machine has no springs, it must depend
largely upon its CELEBRITY Of movement for the
securing OF anything like ease. We tried . scat
Gothic sieed Pegasus thanlof snything we have
over q country stile at the present thigh
prices of horse feed" velocipedes may yet come
into use upon suburban roads AS a means of
locomotion upon cobble-stones they could only
be desirable to confirmed dyspeDtcs.
fountains is mistaFe. The basins should have
been larger and ''ie flow more copious. A
thirsty horse exhal is one at draught, while
the rest of the string are obliged TO walt, like
citizens in q barrier shop, until the reservoir
fills up. Meanly enough the cups are invariably
missing ones have been replaced. But that the
fountains themselves are indestrhctible they
would not remain unbrCken for week.
The present open weather, that has dete-
riorated the quality Of salt water oysters. has
We never observed pigcatorinl display at this
season Of the year 30 fine Gs the offerings OF our
markets this morning. SmelL are in high per-
iectlon, houndels come up from Atlantic Oity
that Were live and kicking the night before,
the white fish from the lakes have reached us
this season In excellent condition, while the
king of our river flsh. the pike, was never in
greater perfection than in the markets to-day.
We saw piece of cordage yesterday made
FOR the execution OF the negro Williams. We
saw its strength tested by the reluctant Sheriff
WspSbs N pe1bsoa; Wiinm@ YaS @ Iep3Fieyed Hester
rope was laid aside. Gerald Eaton was found
guilty Of murder, and then came George s.
Twltchell, Jr, Whose life will De quenched by
that constrictng cordage, who can tell?
According TO The marriage notices in the
papers, our clergymeD must be. doing an extern
stve business in The line OF connubialsing.
This shows the courage of the era. AsalesmRn
to pay young woman g board bill, but TO keep
her also in blends" and ohignons, evinces q
degree of heroism that would have reflected
credlt upon the first Napoleon, With -four at
Sl3 "a barrel aud tenderioin steaks at S5 cents
pound, such courage lovers on the outskirts of
Mayor Fox is taking matters very imper-
turbably. Some people try TO talk to four men
at once; Mayor Fox never listens to more than
one at time The consequence is that the
convexity of his lower chin will probably retain
It's present proportions 10 the last day of his
Butter brought 65 cents this morning In the
retail markets, Q price that seens literally pre-
posterous. With the existing prices of produce
there oughtn't to be mortgage on any farm in
the country
In the Neck showed themselves in the markets
this morning. They are lush 10 succuIence
EXTENT OF OUR CULyERTs.-ThOugh the oityis
underlaid by an immense amount Of culVert-
ing people are clamoring in all directions for
Increased facilities tor drainage. In 1859 the
length of culverting done In the city was AZ
miles; in 1869 the aggregate length of work
completed footed up l6.lO0.hs of a mile. The
amount of grumbiing Mt this time on the part
of properly owners was immense They
wanted culYerte,b but At the expense Of the muni-
this direction was pointed and persistent, and
pressure was brought 10 bear upon Councils.
1t brought about repeal of the culvert ordi-
nance, and gave n furlOugh TO the Whole army
OF labOrers and shoVeIE.
In 1862 all the culVerlng added together that
was done in the city aggregated scant IL
mile. In 1853 ii made just "a OF mile, In 1854,
when no cuiverts welC built save such as rigid
Necessity prompted, the length of cnIverting
was Just two miles. In 1865 there were built 2H
miles of culverts By this time folks perceived
their mistake IN The inhibition of farther cul-
rii inc hV u ~
flied The cost of labor and material was now
fully double what il was before. The City
Treasury couldn't stand the pressure, ana pro-
perty owners began 10 see Through q glass
darkIy" that their penuriodsness and economy
had been extremely ill-timed. The very same
people who had "sqUeaed" at the levying of
! assessments upon property owners to be bsne:
flied by the action, now thronged tno !oooles OF
! Council chamb mbers, button hollng the members
! with urgent pleas to bring about restoration
! ofthe ordinance that they had before caused TO
| be repealed. This was done. Ina subsequent
| work by the department was that of culverts.
! There were laid in 1866, 213 miles; In 1867, 613
1riles; and in 1863 3.l6 miles, the cost of as
| sessnent Increased and assisted by spproprla-
ton of 60 cents per foot by ordinance TO be paid
| by the city. ''
The RECoRDERs OFFICE.--Police busines:
| with the Recorder, "a IL is everywhere else
| on q rainy day About the only occupation th'
! Recorders detectives find Just now is playlut
! checkers and parting their back hair" Mr.
| franklin this morning accom- piished an achiev
ment in that line that would have carried envy
10 the bosom or HarlSlan colIieur' me oto
| thers Smith were engaged in trading neckties
while the Recorder was occupied IN reading tn
fourth chapter OF Soomon's song and cross
| exaTnInipg q bOotOl8cb on the Heidelberg cate
ehisrn, The Recorder office is full of sunshine
| gentlemanliness and good humor: The onl.
trouble is that his Items, like himself are civil
and not criminal Two-thirds of all the thleve
arewalking around with empty pockets. Tn
only thief who has any money worth namin
is one who made o recent haul Of $4,000 at a far
bank. In tbts statement there IS not whit c
exaggeraiiOn, but how long the money will las
! him remains to be seen. The town, however
is full of counterfeit money. Since the Govern
ment abolished this branch OF its detective de
psrtment the efiusion OF spurious paper hR
| been dangerously ircespant.
NuPTIAI.-M Mayor Fox yesterday mornin
united in marriage another couple. Since hi
. Inauguration he heg licensed, according to &C
| of Assembly, to go 10 housekeeping together
eleven gentlemen and eleven representative
| OF Grandmother Eve Ia every case the partle
| came from the country around as. OF tn
| previous couple welded together by his Honor
d | the groom WGs q grOOm emplONed by clrcu