The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-28
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
htrY oRIMINAL OALENDAR,

AssauItiug n POiceman-SSOho. -
perty i'm His POssession-.I 'I. a.,d
Ordiuancs - Burglary - Assaut an"
-Ianes Trozier was arrested last evening at
Third and Green strsess m ssau and Battery upon
Two brothers. at private Parry pd gHeh UeohII sTn9
time sine az ta,sSstIon is that Troziers entered
spe pIace uninvlted, and without any provoea'
lion drew q knife and staopeu enS DIovuers n,1 III
ianed for TroLer's arrest, VINO was not cap"
tured until last night Ine and 1 vss beId
Ing sa16 nail end subsequently ne was taken
tiasoTe ~ Alderman Moore and held tor turther
heatIns cs Josephs was arrested at Eleventh
I'D fooust streets yesterday, loF t4e lsTcenx OF
ehu ~ ~ nronms from the store OF Mrs. Grlfhths
. dozen pLHJ LHi,Jbnrbood The prisoner was arrested
~ ~ EPoliceInan Little, and sent below py Alder
man Patohea Pate, hIe5amed John Hazard, hailing from
Yostnn has been committed by Alderman
Patchei, IoT nt,iceT SI Campbell at Sixteenth aud
Ehesnut streets where, IL is alleged, ne aostract-
ed the property when one Of the trees on
the slueWt"so soNt : o'clock last evening, John Gould
80 AapSssted by Officer Guiston at seventh aud
ETaTv streets on suspicion of the larceny OF
sSnn iTne prisoner had nearing OeIore Alder
nop SHif and was committed for trial.
Patrick Fitzgerald has been heiu 10 answer
9rner ~ a VINO mad arrested him, the other eve
Ming. IL is alleged that Patrick struck the po'
hceIR9en hcRenry 0'11 1p1onnely and Catharlne Donnelly
,rora topen into custody about 43O O'Clock yes
teIosy NV n1Ut nard Of The residence No 937 Suffolk
Street The property was found In their pos
session aud identified by the Vrs 1l teg
81 Tenth and Carpenter streets. They had
hearing before Alderman BonsalI' ana were
heII hIscob sC 1 Call and frederick Herr were ar
rested Yesterday morning by d1gh ConsIsoie
Dantieid for violating the city ordinahhce IN
roference 40 stands on the public highways.
Thev were fined by Alderman lolana' ~, ,o,o
columbus Armitage, residing at NO; wv
FiiSeTt street was arrested last night at Twen-
iieth and Market streets, by Officer Reed, upon
S6aTe of 619Ty the Da hote o
Riddle and helped himself TO S4O IN money ana ana
a revolver. Mir. Riddle noticed Coi4nous ,na,oo
for his arrest. When taken into custody a
counterfeit 81 BILL the peoperty OF Mr, hiaaae a
a hearing before Alderman Jones, and was COM
nlVMSgiG nlMicbaei l Callahan and wife are the alleged
owners OF q shanty on Belgrade street, below
William. Latterly the place has been rented
by parties for the dis.illation OF whisky. Yes,
tsrdsy the occupants commenced to move, and
the owners, hearing Of the fact, repaired TO the
place to retain the goods @ Ior aIlegea 9on-pay-
which Michael fourished knife and his wlie,
with club in her nands, used the weapon to
advantage, The bellgerents were arrested ana
held to bail by Alderman Neill
How TT CAME OFF.-The lunar eclipse Of last
night was signal success. The prompter's
bell rang and the cloud cnrtain rolled up al
precisely twenty. eight minutes past O'CLOCK
The performance of this sublime miracle o
nature lasted until forly.eight minutes after
The spectacle was visible fr;m nearly every
OF solar eclipse, but was nevertheless extreme
ly suggestive Of all the poetry that ever wat
The night was beautifully clear, and, save tha
q gauze. cloud veil at intervals momentarllJ
Eress OF the obscuration was uninterruptedly
visible from its beginning 10 its close.
Many people had forgotten were ignoran
OF the programme for the evening-a matte
which verihes the value OF advertising to ever,
body who gets up Pn6G exaiSitioas asGon9
with his big telescope, reaped little harves
on the occasion, and only regretted that hi
of one. We passed German gentleman @
Eighth and Chestnut street, VINO, as he took hi
first glance at Miss Luna. When about ia
obscured, exclaimed. 20 Hlmmel, der bottoI
of der moon ish fell outv
The row overhead was all caused by the cart
casting its shadow on her sister planet. W
cast no reflection on her for the freak, an
unite with the side.wal telescope man 1
wishing that the performance had been longe
The earth last night played the T0te of a coun
Lryman IN tnszquTha, I Wn4 got OUT VI m, ms 81
of the shadow was 1853 OF the moons diameter
frst darkening her northern limb, aud giyln
her satellite q black eye. The middle of tn
obscuTation was reached at thirty.eigh
minutes past s, with no intermssion for re
freshments or ythtng else.
AS we have said. the spectacle was rare-suc
rs isn't seen on an average once in q decade
yearly almanac issued by our friend the pre-
prietor of the "FlummiX BltteTs" is the Tim
and number Of eclipses. Those of The moor ar
rare at best, WHILE after ascertatning the tim
they come of, we found the announcement te
minating in The words visible only in the II
dian Ocean," or some place where tolks lunc
principally on cold missionary.
We congratulate all who shared with us th
enjoyment of last nights astronomical ecceI
tricity, and sympathize with those who did no
A DARING RoBBRRY.-The Star Hotel, /
L knn f,xyh M n
was visited by man last night, who took
room without stopping for the formallty
leaving his autograph upon the register. Mo-
Than this, he took room already occupied
two ladles-Miss Willis and Mrs. Reeder. L
entered the apartment by the window upon
portico, 10 which he climbed. The ladies we
aroused by his racket, but too late To give u
right kind Of alarm torouse the slumnerers i1
country hotel He escaped with "A valuab
gold watch and chain, but, fortunately, owe
No clue exists as to the identity OF the tnl
Where the Lord gives little He asks little; Fro
Jersey policeman of course he asks nothlnG
A NUISANCE ABATED Yesterday High Co
stable Clark, with n posse OF policemen, aoat
the nuisance which has long been In exlsten
in SAMSON street, between Eighth and Mint
Sales of horses take place on certain days
the bazaar Ninth and SAMSON, and instead
the busines being comm ed in the place for
purpose, parties assem- bic in SAMSON street a
buy and sell horses. The street is so taken
attimes with animals that IL ls impossible
vehicles 10 pass. Mr.. Clark gave the dealers
understand that the public highways were
70 be used for the sale OF equine flesh, and
the obstructtons were repeated he would
compelled to make arrests.
REsIGYED.-This morning Lieutenant Jo
q. Connolly, of the Fifth district, and Sergea
William p. NJ Pennington, of the seme d
Irict rendered their reslgnaJions, to take Ell
ON the frst of February, TO his Honor
Mayor. Mr.. Connolly was the first policem