The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-22
NEWS sUMnTARX.
CItY AHnirn.

Maid and American Girl came OH aJ ouhoh
Park yesterday The first named was de-
clared the winner
"A meeting of the Democratic candidates
for city and county officers was held yester-
day afternoon. and an organization was
effected by calling S. Gross Fry, Esq, to the
chair.
Yesterday, Joseph MCCARTHY, eleven years
old, residing at No. 51l Shippen street, was
kicked by man from a doorstep in his own
neighborhood, and had one Of his arms broken
in two places. He was taken to the Pennsyl-
vania Hospital.
The City Treasurer is engaged in paying
the pensions allotted by law to the soldiers of
the war of 1912, numbers of whom may be
found at the paying desk each morning The
payment is made in accordance with the act
of Assembly approved March "a, 1868.
The prize piano won at Baltimore by the
Young Munnerchor was played upon last
evening for the first time since its arrival in
the city.
james Ward fell ont of % wagon mt Front
and Meade streets yesterday afternoon, and
cut his head severely He resides at No. IA
South Front street.
Policeman Washington Hodge, who has
been performing faithful and efficient police
duty about Third and Chestnut streets, for
over eight years, has been removed y Mayor
Fox.
John McGowan. we'll and favorably
known in this city, died at his residence near
Brdesburg, on Monday morning, after few
hours illness. The deceased was one of the
oldest and most active members Of the Phila.
delphia Society for Promoting Agriculture.
and his sudden death will be much regretted
by his associates He was in the ifty-ninth
year of his age.
Sergeant Jacob Schuler, of the Twelfth
district, has been held to bail by Recorder
Givin upon the charge of assault and battery
upon Thomas and Catharine Mclaughlin, re-
siding at No. S21 Columbia avenue.
Yesterday morning the Sunday School Of
the colored church on Coates street, below
Fifth, went to spend the day at Fairmount
and Girard Parks. In the afternoon some
colored men collected in a crowd in the park,
and soon after words of an exciting character
were uttered. At this juncture, it is alleged,
number of white men made their appear
ance, and created disturbance, when shots
were fired and missiles of various kinds used.
During the affair several coored men were
injured, among the number Lewis Crummel,
who was shot in the wrist; Thomas Kline,
shot in the nose, cheek, and eye; John Ayers,
injured in the shoulder: James Apple (whte),
shot in the wrist. There was much conster-
nation among the children teachers, and Off
GERS of the school, when a rush was made for
the cars, during which several were slightly
injured.
Vincent Mooney, who was arrested in
connection with r. NJ Lee on the charge of
stealing pocket-book containing money and
bank checks from a safe in the -four and feed
store of George Warner & Son, North Twen-
tieth street, did not make his appearance yes
terday at the Central Station at the hour
fixed for hearing, and the counsel for Alder
man Hurley, the BAIL asked that there be
postponement for a week in Moneys case.
AS the counsel for Lee insisted on a hearing,
witnessed were examined. Mr.. Warner was
called, and described the manner in
which Mooney acted in the store, and re-
peated what had been said by him. He
had not seen Lee, and knew nothing Of him.
Thomas Dobbins, an ice-dealer testified that
on the day of the robbery he was at Twentieth
and Market streets, and saw two men come up
and stand on the corner; soon one of them
went into Mr. Warmers store, and the other,
who had gone into an alley, came out and
went into the store also. In little while Mr..
Warner came to the door and cried out that
his safe had been robbed. To the best of his
belief Lee was the man. He had never seen
him before to know him, but in size and gene
raj appearance he resembled the man. Lee
was held to bail for further hearing.
Yesterday morning, about II O'clock an
accident of a serious character occurred at the
Pennsylvania Railroad crossing at Bridge
street, West Philadelphia 1t appears that a
number of carriages were returning from the
Cathedral Cemetery, where burial had taken
place, and on reaching the points named, one
of the vehicles, containing Mrs. Julia Kelly
residing at No. 1920 Owen street; Mrs. Susan
Curran, residing in Fifteenth street, below
Vine Mrs. Brady, residing in Virginia street
near Twenty third, and Mrs. Annie Orr, was
run into by train of cars, which had Just
been detached from the locomotive, and
almost completely demolished These fom
persons, together with the driver, were all OF
them more or less injured. The carriage be
longed to Andrew Smith, living on Filbert
street, above Twentieth, and was valued al
$12OO All of the injured persons were re
moved to the tool-house of the railroad com
pany and as soon as sufficiently recovered
were taken to their residences. The horses
attached to the carriage escaped injury.
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