The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-11-16
GENERALITIES.
Census of a Block in New York.

Mr.. Ralsbach of the Five Points House OF Indus
try, publishes in the Monthly Record a census OF
single block in the Sixth ward, obtained by a
thorough visitation. lie finds it inhabited by SCI
families, comprising 1922 persons, OF whom 124l are
adults are women and of these one-ffth are aban-
doned women. Most of the families occupy only
one room. 1t is believed that the tenement families
pay sixty thousand dollars yearly rent. Besides
there are four large recfyng houses fOry-nlne beer
slop shops five provision groceries, one primary
school, and five brOthes. The tenements are mostly
used for odging-houses and the others generally
There twenty-five Protestant families, who well
come all efforts to do them good. Many Catholic
families are willing to have the Testament read. In
1912 the same block contained only about twelve
hundred souls; several large tenement-houses hav
ing been built since that time, and all more
densely filed. Mr.. Halliday, the superintendent re-
marks that ''the number OF women openly committed
to life OF prostitution in this neighborhood Is not
within seventy-nve per cent. OF what it once was
nor is there as much drunkenness, by very large
percentage, as there was before the excise law was
enacted
Arson and Violence in South Carolina.
Governor Robert X. Scott OF South Carolina, has
issued proclamation declaring that the county OF
SUMTER in that State, is infested by bands OF lawess
and unprincipled men, who, under preteXt OF sup
pressing Illicit tra1ic in cotton. have wilfully and
malicousy set fire to and consumed the storehouses
of citizens and openly avow their determination OF
perpetrating similar Outrages upon the property OF
others unless the threatening notices served upon
them are promptly obeyed; these parties regu-
ary organized, armed, and mounted and, disguised
in fantastic costumes, prow about at night in bodies
Il
officers Of the county The Governor calls on mags-
trates, shers other officers, and citizens to he vigil
liant in suppresslDg these desperadOes. He says also
that he has summoned the armed police of the State
TO the aid OF the Officers, and, II this proves insu-
| cent, he will place Sumter county under martial
| law.
A Printing ONCE Spirited Away.
| The Nashville (Tenn.) Union OF the 10Th inst. re-
| lates the follOwing:-
The printing ofice of the Labor Union mysteriousy
disappeared on Wednesday night last. 1t appears
that b. +. Q. Brooks the editor and one of the pro-
pretOrs closed the Otice at the usual hour and with
the KEYS OF the Office bookcase etc. repaired to his
| residence near Fort Gllem ON returning to the
oflce yesterday morning. he found tine Ofice gutted
the desk OF the bookcase broken, the books and all
the paper, type cases. chases, and in fact, every
thing carried away. Some gentlemen who sleep in
rooms near the place informed him that IL was done
| in tile early part Of the night by Henry ~ Uramel
| and young man named Samuel Ehberts. The
| former gentleman, we believe, is a partner OF Mr.
| throw more light on the subject Brooks obtained
| State warrant from Esq. Brlen against the parties
who will appear for trial to-day
''The'' Oldest Inhabitnnt.
The Terre Haute Qnd.) EGpress has the following
| item :-"JOhn Walker a coored man residing in tht
northeast part of this county, aged hundred ant
seven years, at the county clerks ONCE Satur
day afternoon giving his deposition TO couple o
Nincennes lawyers In suit FOR some old land claim
His testimony ran back before the battle of Tippe
canoe, when Harrison was al Nincennes. He was
slave At the time.
A Police Sergeant's Dinner.
ON recent wedding occasion, on the east side,
Jolly police sergeant who was Invited to partcipat
in the dejeuiey ate a i've pound salmon two quart
| OF oysters, a quart OF Ice cream, three pounds @
chicken salad, and other titbits. He boasts OF tn
feat and estimates that the total amount consume
will reach fifteen pounds, at the of s25 to tn
parents OF the bride. He also drank two bottles q
champagne. He should be at once promoted
| Alderman.