The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-16
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
CITY CRIMINAL CALENDAR.

8 rect, n8s Deeu held Ia $500 bail by Aldermau
Massey 20 answer the charge Of cruelty beating
Hannah Wardley coIored woman, went
into shoe store at seventh and south streets
yesterday, ana while pretending to make a
purchase secreted u pair of shoes under her
shawl AS sue was leaving the premises she
was arrested and the properly recovered
Hannah wss held for a further hearing by
Alderman Kerr.
rope from Callowhill street wharf yesterday,
and was arrested while in the act of sslliug The
same al Water and CaIlowhul Streets The
prisoner had hearing before Alderman
Tolsnd and wss beld to ball to answer.
-William BogerL stole piece of saCtnet from
Mrs. Men'zels store at Thirty ixth and Market
streets, yesterday afternoon he was arrested
by citizen ana handed over to O1icer Kelly
Alderman Maulo commit ted the accused.
u. McAiee and George Dunner were
arr sted last night for ,he larceny of tish from
held Tor hearing at the Central Station this
afternoon.
-koword Parr will also have q hearing at the
Central Station this a ternoon, charged with
receiving stolen goods.
THE NEW HOrEL AT CAPE IsLAND.-The new
hotel known as the Stockton House," In
honor or The late Commodore Robert y, stock
ton. WIN be one of The most attractive and com.
modious In the country. IL Is situated on
GueIney and Strand str eels s, having al entrance
front on Guernty street including porcheS of
two hundred and min ETY. 1eet. It's depth on
Guerney street TO font of porcn on Howard
street, three hundred and nInety.four feet:
ocean wing, two fuGdred and forty feet Tne
buildings are fifty feet wide. four stories ia
ana nine feet. Tne por,lcOes are fourteen hun.
dred feet long. twenty feet wide, fifty feet high
The office and main staircase nall are fifty by
one hundred feet; din ing room, fifty by two
hundr, and twenty feet; ladies' reception aud
wairg H S egars,Sn by MY se principal
thirty thr, g by fifty feet; gentlemen IS smoking.
room eighteen by thirty.six feet; restaurant,
eighteen by twenty eight feet; barber SHOE
eighteen by twenty eight feet; corridors, ten
feet wide; main staircase double, each flight
offices
rCOnF. wash. rooms, etc.
There are three other slaircases arranged az
sui able points, attording the most perfect cou-
veDience for ingress and egress. A beautiful
coo n5de separates the main office from the
principal staircase. All the win1oVs of The
fTkt story go down TO tue floor, and are thrown
up in;o boxes. thus giving free access to tue
entire ocean ing IL designed for lodging rooms
am private parlors; while the three upper
stories ore arranged for lodging rooms, the
average size of which are ten by seventeen feet
in the clear.
A tower in the centre OF the entrance front
rise : one hundred and twenty feet high from
tr e base oInamented with balconies aud scroll
wolk. The style OF architecture ~ Italian. and
when completed Will accommodate nlteen
huul1ed Guests
This enterprise Is the work OF a stock com.
paly and the necessary funds are raised Ia
shares ph1rty-two of these shares were issued
al five thousand dollars each. the holders being
entl,led TO room in the hotel free with The
privilege of leasing them at their option. The
Iali oHd company also gives a free ticket To
e ch sharero Older, which ts good for this year,
stock. Tue balance OF Jhe fund required TO
COM pIete L is 10 be obtained on 10 N. The
principal entlemen connected with this great
nnderiak ing are Messts. BuIltt ~ Fairthorne,
o, lhiadell hi; ITonrIelors OF the Columbia
William seweii. OF uamden. The stock ton
House" Is 10 be conducted by Mr.. Gardner,
formerly of Wizards Hotel, Washington The
whole estE nllshment, il is estimated, viii cost
| about three hnnaIed thousand d liars. and the
work on IL Is rapidly approaching completion.
! II ls 10 be flushed by the 18TH OF jane,
surshisg--A more appronrie.a; ,srm oould
not have been selected by the West Arch s rect
| Church people Tor heir first en- ntertainment
| IasI evening than "Suushine" Every oue In
that vast audience, numbering nearly one
| Thousand persons, exhibited Satisfaction and
happiness 1T what they saw and heard. The
| snsngt ments showed how admirably The com
| nri tee had worked tog ether for the good OF the
audience The eloquent speaker. Rev. Dr..
| WilliIs, was in excellent voice, ana the scene
and happiness. The musical feature was de.
cided huccf ss, and Mr.. Knipe, the director, had
great reason TO ne proud OF his efforts. Toe
! alto solo by Miss Ellie Poole, the tenor solo by
Mr.. A. W. BrisCoe, and Inc quartettes by Mrs.
Hastings, Mrs. Simpson, MIR. Briscoe. and Mr..
W. II. Buner, were rendered in a style which
PROD uced EN- phatic applause and marked each
as amateurs of very d, cided ability. rne lee
lure on "SOr shine, or the Philosophy OF a
| HapUy Life" creayed q sensation, ana must be
| pTodr ctive Of Beue Hci+i results. The manner
| of making life Il happy one, lusLead OF eking
| uut a miserable existence, as is too often the
case, and passing along with pleasure and con
6ophis and fsult. .epdir es with yonr neiSn no1rs
was pr eHepIed with force aud power rarely
enioN "a, Throughout, the lecture was illus
trateo by incldenGsUI fe and Bnr cdOtes whlcn
mdiCai ed lh6 wonderful ChaTaCtellsticS OF DIR.
Willis in bringing home to- his auditors the
prsc cticRl Iu' hs ana le chtnRs of Jhe Bioie. The
great point In the lecture Was mat TO De nappy
We must make OthGis happy, and II az The
entertaiUmen,s TO be given In the West Aroh
Sweet ChuICh are SS successful as was the
, | Sunshine" Of last e. enlng, IL Will go 1ir Jn
make that people wOlK even more faithfully
| and determiuedly has .they have been doing 10
| HQuidate the debt on hat Inagu hGent TEN pie
dedicated to the hNinI God, aud make them
nave performed their duly. Rev. 7. De WiLi
, | TnlmRge delivers The next lecture, on ThurR.
day, Feb. 26, on which OccaE lon another musi
cal treat NAV be anticipated. From the uuOs
| ten atlOus performances Oi last evening, we
Imagine that the pl jndiOes Of many people
against such tuterialr nFnis will he overcome
aud mat hefe feEfter hey will become mo o fre
quent in our churches. rs should be theoase.
TIE BoDY OF MIssNG MAN FOUSD.-Jere
miah lngley, the OCT gentleman VINO dlsap
, pEarCd Very suddenly ON the Ith of last DE
!, ce mher, was found ia the Delaware river a
WashingtOn street wharf this mOrnlug. Tn
Coroner viii hold an inquest at his othce TO
| morrow morning, at II o'clock, and any perso
I having sny knOwledP, ofhis whereabouts the
! night are re eqnesled ~ e Ise.ent.
HOUSE ROBBERY. -BstweeD one and thre
, O'Clock Yesterday affri noon the dwelling of Nj
I r Perkins No Idl2 Ellsworth s,TeeL wa
T | entered by the mont door and robbed OF thre
, | OvCrcoats.
PKDINs OF A HUMAN PN0ER.-Thi5 mornin
| Officer Flick found a human finger az SeVecl
| Ma IL