The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-19

Clty Affairs.
.-Aoout four O'Clock yesterday afternoon a
nLo occurred In the cooper shop of Messrs
sarDes & Green, No. SIG Swanson street. The
hames were ext'Dgulshed before they had
s9scled much damage.
~ eeteTday afternoon John Van Arsdale. a
lnlrtef n years OF age, was run over by q
feesnseI car az TRentietn and Cherry streets,
~ kiileo. The body was removed TO the home
~ Inc parents, No. 204l Summer street, and the
Oofoner notihed to holu an inquest.
--feeterday mo- Ling q val aabe pair OF horses
pe'ongne TO the Shfler hose Company,
Nepeq 70 wagon load OF iron, whilst cross
~Deiaware on the terry boat at Shacka-
i,1,os iaaon street wharf, took fright aud plunged
ih'o sne water and were drowned.
- young man named Lentz, heretofore re-
n,c,s'i ,ss1 10 As hawng attempted suicide in the
wclnlty olSxth and Willow streets. was re-
mS3eQ e PeDnstlvania Hospital yesterday,
where -scl-s iB critical coudition.
Late last evening coal oil lamp exploded
IN the house No. 966 81. John street. One of the
window curtains IN the room in which he ex-
plOslou took place caught fire, but the hames
were speedily extiDgulshed.
-fesleroay afternoon, at O'Clock, a boy
paseiDg by Sixteenth aud Locust streets saw in
The roadway human hand. Tue TACT was CON-
munlca'ed to policeman, and the hand was
taken To the station house. Toe mutllated
member was evidently that OF q female adj
Vsnt ed in years, ano had been separated ut the
wrist, but in such manner as 10 exclude the
1dta, which was at first entertained, that the
hand had been torn forclbly from the arm.
There we're indications also tnat the hand mai
LeeD injected, and is therefore likely to have
been taEen nom dissecnDg table, aud thrown
into the street by 8 me one who wanted to creale
q sensation.
"A meeting OF grocers was held yesterday
afternoon at Diiigent Hail. tor the porpose OF
RECEIVING the petitions which mad been circu-
lated iavoring an amendment to the exemption
law. ID. II. Reitf acted "a chairman. com.
mittee was appointed, after some debate, to
proceed to Harrisburg for the purpose OF oh
tanning the influence OF the Legislature in aid
OF the movement. The design Is to secure per-
sons in the grocery bu siness rom imposition by
those VINO obtain credit and tail to pay their
grocery bills. The committee will be called
together again BY the chairman.
The Pennsy lvania society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to animal, at its monthly
meeting, held yesterday, ordered q large drink
ing fountain, OF an entirely new pattern, aud OF
large capacity, 10 be erec,ed at Broad and
Melon streets. 1t was also decided to take up
the small iron one now located at Wood street
and York avenue, and replace the same before
the very warm weather setsln with very LARGE
stone one, of sufficient capacity to water six or
eight horses or mules at one time. circular
with useful hints as to the care of hori es muies,
and other ANIMALS, Is beng prepared by the
society, which will be distributed free of eX-
pense 10 those having the charge of animals. A
Board of Veterinary Surgeons was instituted
yesterday, aud Messrs. Jennings and Mcclure
appointed as members or the sane. An invita-
tion from the B ston Society was received to
participate in their annual meeting, and the
Pennsy lvania Society Will be represented on
the occasion.