The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-11-03
CITY INTELLHG m Q CE.
COROEER'S INVESTIGATION.
r,.. uuuua Of Peter vereheIIer Mt Front and
me EAth"~S - Pine streets.

IpSennsvlvania Hospital yesterday morning. from In
o United States sailors on Front street, below
spruce, on the night Of October 70. The testimony
was as iollows;-
s%pCyd ss
.Soa elpssS Smith ana and w %a% H" were
there iva was Re stopped IN our place Smith
PICKED Up the dslnOhP; and put 4 i5 such post
again the sailors cutting up with the German
hin Sps sS9 % S se sH
while was fixing It the German and sailors went out out
that heard Of distress but these & cries are 50 n1
esyey reside at Ne S04 Penn
went into McClusys saw the two sailors in there aud
at one Of the demiiOhns Sims said shortly that Il
tas ms 20 followed nOs him in Sbout minute heard
cry murder; there was also drunken man that fol
street snd srsfs the sailors
sss es se isS ps2y sae Of S steps
other than the three cSnId & TesoEne gnu sns
the onTho left the tavern ip%ediS%toy after the Ger
NV %ia@ a9 Jeff j. Tmnons reside No Soa Penn
street. the % s mast nnd drunken
there t6 tSs s sSos eGohS GG from one OF
Sims was shutting when the German went OUT closely &
followed % p2e SS epf rom down the street down after
wards and sIoen sS% eDe lying there from the steps
could two men unning ana one & % t Tu f s
oognSe % tne un the cry was heard was not half
q when Ss epG Was known in the nesborRood
as who sold bters among the eyerns tho s
sJana g. and lombard reeognzehe prisoners as
fs9F them s %s gaIsS IS
and % lin into Sab 3 aSng aSSr Smith Sd
wh an w snHeSpe Rs caHannr pT tS
ticket and some card gaze them R two d drinks
they seemed S blood on his wrist and face Smith
n snd bay we're ne on President Gran boat
nd a
tue and got the articles BY paying
tod Si9 that was right back and said
you've got those goods" and said, Yes; he threat
s Riley sySnMy t"si beat is snE On Front
was on duty on the night Of the oecgrIence saw him
about & OcSSk & s IN yaG nose and took him 70 tRe
station house Cox was quiey sitting % down. IL searched @
SsLnlSn s1nnSIng y was iUeY ali ramplod.
DR. E b. on ans BODY Of Peter erehee aged forty
years discovered lacerated wonnd beneath h me LEFT
Slight scratch on the and bruse behind the right
mot mo- ysgGe ye OF RS a % the at
ferSr angle of the @ large e eo OF bood between
the bone dura mater pressing upon the right heml
RegTs tRe BRAIN in are result Of violence fall blow
s3s Griscan street last Jaw him well Monday
ing October 25 next him that mig 1t oqt quarter
6o do ana Hr help p fg am M b
saips and IS he reached ne he'd
What's the eds s%S as Fa g bn
aSs RI Sl sSSd raGn9 m 0w his
name asked Sat P Rs eoSIgSt Thit ssi
e 1n he tried to get up said Quick and the
sioa sailog ag; asked d him INV what SAID He
robbed and a "aa G % 6sd
t. and on Friday night he said again sailor did
et had e S@ S SSh Monday morning When he home
but he did not sage o h IS es ne torn a
large pocket book but there was no money % in nit it.
came to his death from violence blows on the head
at the hands of Charles Smith and William Cox Oc-
tober 25. 1869, on Front street, below Plne'
NAVY YARD MATTERs-The work at the Philadel-
pha Navy Yard may be summed up as follOws:-
The Miantonomah, double-turreted monitor, is
being rapidly pushed forward toward completion.
sloop-of-war Congress, which is lying at the south
wharf.
RHns has been lying at the Navy Yard about year
but is now being fitted up for sea.
The small light draft single turret monitor PassaiC
is on the small dock.
lies in the timber shed. She is in frame and panked
Her tonnage is 2l25, new measurement, and 1t is in
tended that she shall carry four guns The Shacka
maXon was begun in 1862, but never completed. Nc
work has been done upon her for five years.
The Antietam q first class steamer OF twenty-on'
guns and two thousand four hundred and ninet,
tons measurement, lies in the large snip mousse Sn
was commenced in 1866. Nothing has been dom
upon her for a year past
The receiving ship Potomac lies in the river oppo
site the yard. There about four hundred men o.
board most of them intended for those vessels re
pairing for sea.
Affairs at the naval station at League Island ar
also dull. Very little is being done there. All tn
iron-clads are being painted in red lead for pre-
servation. A few laborers are also employed 10
the purpose OF repairing damages caused by the lat
overflow There are now tWenty-three iron-clads a
League Island. -
LOCAL ODDS AND ENDs.-Mahlon Yardley, tn
newly appointed Collector of Internal Revenue 70
the Fifth district, has received his commission. o
Monday he entered upon the duties OF his office.
The iron rafterss and sheathng which are t
form the roof of the Government bonded warehcus
at Second and Gold streets will weigh 400 TONS an
cost $4,000.
Admiral Farragut, family, and number c
friends arrived in the city yesterday from the Wes
After spending a few hours in the city, the part
tQoe the train for New York
The work Of putting in the new turbine wate
wheel at Paramount is progressing rapidly, and 1t
expected to be ready for work early next year
Before the horticultural Society last eyenin!
an ESSAY was read by j. Mitchell, Esq, Vice Pres
dent Of the Society, on "Grapes under Glass.
There will be an increase In property subject
taxation 1863, in this city, OF from $l2,OOOOOO
Sl5OOO,OOO, as compared with the total valuation
1868.
will recommend the rebuilding OF the dam at tai
mount, or, at least general repairs
MurTARY.-The 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry CFrl
muth's) will hold an adjourned meeting on Thur
tay evening next at headquarters, No. 533 Chesn
street. AT the last meeting there was somethn
nj a stormy time among the officers present a
absentees Were deservedly fined. Ansel Hamber
Quartermaster presided, with H. b. hirst Esq,
The eSth Veteran Rserve Corps have now cor
pleted their complement, and all OF the stan office
are named by orders OF the General OF the Brigad
Co. E holds one OF its usual drills tonight CAPITA
Falls is using great energy and he is very ably
ported by all the members OF his company,
CRUELTY Moses Schloss, drover, had heaPlI
before Alderman Helms yesterday, upon the char
nu fun nau nd fnnrI ~, ,otta