The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-16


held on Saturday next for the purpose of more |
thoroughly organizing the Alumni OF the Jelfer- |
son Medical College.
-vice-Presideni Colfax declines the use of
Independence Hall, saying that press of business
will compel him to cut his stay In our city short.
Why does Mayor Fox keep man on the
police force who degrades the respectable mem
bers of the same by dead-heading alike into our
theatres and concert saloons?
Our Gas Trustees appear to have been
rocked In the cradle with old Grandfather
Welles, formerly of the navy, and still stick to
''ye ancient custom" of keeping the city in dark
ness on nights which ought to be moonlight.
H. g., the white-coated philosopher, has been
denominatng Philadelphia as dirty in all things.
Would Horace be good enough to detail one of
his reportorial staff to examine the seats of the
Tenth avenue cars to report as to the actual
number of passengers carried?
"A Third street oil firm must from appear
ances, have read the hym, "a light in the win
dow," etc. We so judge from the fact of their
leaving n couple of lamps burning in front of
their window every night.
An opening has been made in the row of
two-and-a- -half-story eyesores on Eighth street,
above Market. No 16 has been demolished to
make way for a fine building.
The man who deliberately defrauds news
boy by giving him counterfeit five cent piece,
would, If the opportunity offered, rob the pennies
of the eyes of corpse and subsist on cheap
lunch route.
Whilst we have law for the government
OF our hackney coachmen, IL is never enforced,
and strangers are nightly swindled and robbed
and oftentimes assaulted and beaten. VIII Mr..
Fox please notice?
- Our car conductors would display more
manlness II they would pay less attention to
loud" females, and not seek notice by brow
beating newsboys.
THE HOUSE OF Commemorative subject of
a site for the proposed House of Correction has
long occupied the attention of various commit
tees OF Councils. committee has been lately
appointed. the members of which are now doing
all in their power TO find suitable place which
will be acceptable to both branches of Councils.
10 the former T->uerties chosen there was al
ways an objection D. s~ne point or other, either
on account of price location, or some other
cause. Yesterday afternoon the committee
visited the property known as Riverview Farm,
which is situated on the Delaware river, in the
Twenty-third ward, at the mouth of the Penny
pack creek. This contains one hundred and
eighty acres eighty upland and sixty meadow,
and is offered to the city for the purpose named
for $4,000. The members of the committee
present at the inspection were Messrs. Walter
Allison, chairman and Messrs. King, Cramer,
Cattell, Shallcross, and Bickel, of Select Coun-
Gil and Messrs. Lewis, Miller, Ray, Willets, and
Ellis, of Common Council The committee,
after viewing the property, are unanimous in
their opinion of the suitability of the site. They
will in all probability recommend it to Councils
at their meeting tomorrow. The grounds have
n front of three-quarters of mile on the river,
and are within fifteen hundred feet of the Phila-
delpha and Trenton Railroad. There is man
sion house, tenant house, and barn, already
erected, all OF which will be of value.
STARTLING POISONING CAsE.-ln the vicinity
| of Third and Chestnut streets this morning,
! before the active labors of the day had COM
| menced, private individual who works in the
| neighborhood discovered a whole family who
! had been poisoned in the course of the night.
| Three little ones lay side by side locked in each
others arms sleeping the sleep that knows no
| waking. The sight was startling, and one long
to be remembered The mother is supposed to
! have escaped, she being away from home and
not yet having heard of the terrible calamity.
| Arsenic is supposed to have been the cause. The
Coroner was not notified from the fact that it
was believed that he would not attend, having
too much other business on hand.
N. B.-The name of the family is not in the
Directory, various causes having prevented its
insertion. For the benefit of any who may feel
anxious, we will state that the name may be OBJ
tanned by spelling the word ''star" backward
THE OPENING OF THE LEAGUE HoUsE.-The
Union League took possession of their handsome
structure, on Broad street, the 11th of May,
| 1865 The inaugural ceremonies with which it
had been intended to celebrate the event were
dispensed with, on account of the recent assas-
sination of President Lincoln, and the general
gloom which pervaded the country. In the five
years that have since elapsed all the great
events to secure which the League was esta-
blished have been accomplished and the Board
of Directors propose to commemorate these
auspicious results by general reception at the
League House, In which the ladies belonging to
friends shall participate. The time has been
fixed for the ensuing anniversary of tie first
occupation on May IL, 1870.
ST. PATRIcK's DAY-Jhe observance of the
festive day of the Emerald saint will take place
tomorrow. All of his devoted followers who
are testively inclined can pay their respects to
the divinity in horn of the best Irish whisky
at any time between the hours of IL A. M. and
10 p. NJ If such statement of time can be
allowed. 1t might be well to state that the day