The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-24
NEWS SUMMARY.
CITY Annirn.

OF gas meters visited the house of E. T. Ashton.
NO. All Richmond street, and while pretending
OF provisions.
AT a meeting of the Temperance Blessing,
neld last evening, a letter was read from Mr.
John b. Cough, requesting that his name be
entered upon the roll OF members Mr.. Cough
was declared member.
The old buildings that were situated at the
northeast corner of Swanson and Catharlne
streets have been torn down, and on their site
Is peing erected a warehouse for the storage of
moiasses and sugar 1t will, when completed,
DC OF brick, one story high, ana have frontage
Swanson OF 1l6.
The Mayor has received two letters from s.
Morr1s VAIN, Esq. President OF the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The
first commepds the intervention OF several
officers of the force In cases which came uader
Mr. Waln's personal notice. The second relates
requests that some manner of killing them be
adopted less brutal and savage than that of
beating them to death with clubs.
Owen Shields thirtynine years old, residing
IN Washington avenue, near the Arsenal, had
his jaw broken yesterday by blow alleged to
have been given by Patrick Coye. The friends
of Shields say that he was invited by Coyle into
atavern, but objected 10 taking a drink and
when liquor was poured into a glass for him
threw 1t out, as he supposed, without Coyle
seeing it; that as soon as he discovered it, he
struck Shields, and inflicted the injury stated.
George Roam has been arrested on the
charge of collecting money upon the false
representation that he was authorized to do so
by the Hope Hose and Steam Fire Engine Com
pany. 1t Is alleged that the accused had pro-
vided himself with subscription book which
contained what purported 10 be resolutions OF
the company, authorizing the collection of
money but no such resolutions had been passed.
He was held in $4,000 bail.
M. A. Sars6eld, woman of advanced age,
was arrested yesterday, charged OF collecting
money upon false pretenses. The allegation is
that she used written statement in which she
is represented to have been burned out in
Charleston, S. c., in 1867 to aid III her appeals
for assistance, and was said to be in great dis
tress. From persons she collected money of,
her story was that she was going to leave at
once and go South, yet after the lapse OF several
weeks she was found still soliciting charity.
Alderman Kerr held her to bail for a further
hearing.
"A horse valued at $4,000. the property of
Mr.. Andrew Moore, of the firm of Moore u
day afternoon, that it will probably have to be
killed. The animal cost $1,000, aud was con-
sidered the fastest trotting horse in this city.
son of Mr.. Moore was exercising the horse on
Broad street, and driving into cart, the
animal took fright and ran down Broad street
to Columbia avenue, and thence to Thirteenth
of vehicle, which penetrated its breast.
Young Moore was thrown from his carriage,
and severely injured,
Yesterday afternoon the Alumni of the Phi
ladelphia College of Pharmacy held their
annual meeting, and the following officers were
elected to serve the ensuing year: President,
/ Thomas Weigand; First Vice. President, G. l..
l Eberley; Second Vice-President G. W.. Han
cock; Recording Secretary, G. Parrish; Cores
4 ponding Secretary, William McIntire; Treasurer,
Edward G. Jones; the Executive Board, Charles
Thomas J. Husband, Jr, Thomas M. Newbold,
and p. j. l.. Carberry. In the evening the first
| reunion of the Alumni of the college took place
at the College Hall, ON Tenth street, below Race.
The institution was established over forty years
! ago, and the Alumni about five years ago.
! The forty-eighth anniversary OF the Phila-
delphia Conference Missionary Society was
celebrated last evening, in the Academy of
Y Music. The order of exercises consisted of
! addresses by eminent clergymen connected
with the Conference, together with the singing
by a choir invited from all the Methodist
Episcopal city church chors. The Introductory
player was delivered by Rev. DR.. Holdrich,
after which Mr.. John Whiteman, the Treasurer.
submitted his report for 1868. The report
exhibited the amount of S45,595 62 as the
receipts of the past year, which is an excess
of more than $4,000 over the receipts OF 1867
Addresses were delivered by Rev; Jacob Todd
of the Philadeohis Conference; Rev. e. Went.
worth, d. D., of Pitts6eld, Mass, conncctet
with the Troy Conferences; and Rev. j; P
Durbin, Corresponding Secretary Parent Mis-
The election of the new Board of Manager
took place, after which the DoXology wa
sung, and the exercises closed with the bene
Lawrence Branigan and Charles Burns wer
charged before United States Commissione
whisky after it had been in charge of Revenu
Officer Heilman. The testimony wa, to tn
effect that on the morning of March II Mr
Heilman discovered at the mandatory of A. j
Gallagher, No. 2l2 N. Front street, ten barrel
of whisky. marked as coming from the place o
Joseph 7. Byrnes, No. 2448 N. Front street, AM
of L. Branigan, No. 1443. Believing that tn
tax had not been paid upon it, Mr.. Gallaghe
was asked where it had come from, and replied
that he had no knowledge whatever on tn
subject; that he had not ordered the liquor, no
did he intend to pay for it. Upon the revenu
officer saying that he would detain it, Mr.. Gal
lagher told him it must be at once removes
from the store but it was left there until step
could be taken TO have it labelled. Before tha
could be done the whisky was rolled out on tn
pavement, and five barrels OF 1t were subse
quently taken away by Branigan and Burns
after they had been told revenue officer ha
detained it. The accused were held for thei
appearance at Court.
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