The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-01
CITY Affairs,


Mr.. William G. Ellison, while riding on a
Second and Third street passenger car yes
terday, had his pocket picked of $4O0.
john Rodgers, twelve years of age, was
killed by falling from a coal cart at Cumber-
land street and Frankford road yesterday
afternoon.
Charles Schramm, residing at Front and
Catharine streets, cut his throat last evening"
inflicting fatal injuries, it was thought. He
was removed to the Hospital Sickness is
supposed to have been the cause
Michael Ennis, residing in Aurora street,
fell down hatchway on board ship, yester-
day, and was seriously injured. He was taken
to the Hospital
Charles Cooker, II years old, residing
near Germantown, was run over last evening
on the Germantown Railroad, at Ninth and
Brown streets, and died while being taken
home. He attempted to jump on the train
while in motion, and fell under the car, the
wheels passing over him.
The steamer Wyoming, Of the Philadel-
phia and Southern Mail Steamship Company,
from Savannah, arrived at this port yesterday
Sne brought large cargo, and the following
list of passengers:-Mrs. A. N Wilson, two
children and servant, j. Gordon Wallace, Gil
bert Daniels, W. Caulk, j. II. Burton, j. H.
Burton, j. NJ. Fairbank, james Bramell, and
one deck passenger.
Mr.. W. c. Swami, President of the Phila-
delphia Fountain Society, offers a reward of
800 for such information as will lead to the
arrest and conviction of the party or parties
who removed the iron vase from the fountain
at the corner of Broad and Chestnut streets,
and left it mutilated and robbed of its flowers.
1t is sincerely hoped that the rowdies who
committed this outrage will be brought to
justice.
George Kilburn was arrested yesterday by
Policeman Nichols, at the shop of Alexander
Cook, No. 1912 Ridge avenue, with lot of
carpenters tools in his possession which he
had Just stolen from a new building. Charles
w. Cline, a house carpenter, had gone to the
shop of Alexander Cook to purchase a tool,
and while there found several tools which had
been stolen from him a day or two before,
and saw defendant there with other stolen
property which he had brought to sell. Kill
burn was thereupon taken Into custody, and
William Cook, son of Alexander, was ar
rested on the charge of receiving stolen
goods. Both had hearing before Alderman
Kerr yesterday. Kilbum was held for trial.
and William Cook for further hearing.
John Burns, Samuel Torrance, and
Joseph Roberts, who were arrested on the
charge of being concerned in the assault on
private watchman Daniel Kendig, on the
night of the 1st of August, had hearing
before Alderman Kerr yesterday. The prose
cutor, who was so badly beaten that he was
considered in a critical condition, was only
able to leave his house yeste day, and he ap
peared at the Central Station with his head
and jaws bandaged, an evidence of the VIC
lence of the assault. Mr.. Kendig identified
Burns and Torrance as having been the
parties who assaulted him. Roberts hac
nothing to do in the matter. The latter was
discharged and the other defendants were
bound over to answer.
S. Bernheim, young man, who was ar
rested on Monday on the charge of obtaining
or of attempting to obtain goods by false
representations, had a final hearing before
Alderman Kerr yesterday. To one of the
persons he called on to get a bill of goods, he
stated that NJ. Bernheim, on North Eighth
street. had sent him, and to another, that
Fenstmann & Kaufman had ordered him to
procure goods for them. There was testi-
mony that no such authority had been given
to him. He was very anxious to take the
goods, and he was permitted to do so by one
of the dealers, who sent a person after him
to see that it was all right. Hiram Ward, OF
North Second street, who was selected as one
of the victims, declined to let the goods bC
taken by Bernheim, but sent his porter with
them. They came back, when the deception
was discovered. The accused was committed
for trial.