The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-15


A few minutes past s o'clock last evening
q fire broke out in the engine room of the
brew-house attached to the brewery of Berg
doll a. Psotta, Twenty-ninth and Brown
streets. The building, which was of brick,
had frontage of 75 feet and depth of ia
feet. Notwithstanding the efforts of the
tiremen to subdue the flames they spread
rapidly, and in short time the entire struc-
ture was consumed In the building de-
stroyed were 5000 bushels of malt and 35
bales of hops. This, of course, is n total loss,
and when the expensive machinery necessary
to the carrying on of the brewing business is
taken into consideration, the loss will probably
reach $50, 900. This is believed to be fully
insured Two members of the Tivoli Hose
were nearly suffocated by the smoke, and
narrowly escaped death by leaping from the
fourth story to small shed below. A men,
ber of the Spring Garden Hose, named John
Power, was also overcome by the heat
DIR. Taylor, physician at the Municipal
Hospital, has been appointed physician at the
Lazaretto, in the place of DR.. Thompson, de-
ceased.
A man calling himself Joseph Clark was
left in charge of the stables of Lafayette
Horten, at Fairmount Park, on Saturday
morning. During the morning man stopped
to put up his horse, and handed him a five
dollar note to take out the keep of the horse,
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Yesterday afternoon a man was caught hurl-
ing stones at the Reading Railroad cars, and
was taken before Alderman Alexander, where
he gave the name of John Trexler. Captain
Chasteau, of the Park Police, hearing of the
arrest. identified him as Clark, who had
stolen the 80 bill It is alleged that Trexler
is the same person who was convicted and
served out term for the offense of obtain
ing money from soldiers widows, under the
pretext that he was an agent for benevolent
society, and would send them coal, -four,
coffee, ETC., on their paying the carriage.
Yesterday afternoon an ad journed meeting
of the conductors of steam railroads CEN
tring in this city was held at No. 747 South
Twentieth street. MIR. John L. West in the
chair. In the absence of the regular Sscre-
tary, Mr.. H. FL. Newman acted in that ca
pacity. The meeting was called for the pur-
pose of making the necessary arrangements
for the reception of delegates to the Inter-
national Convention, TO be held in this city
in October next. After the transaction of
some business of q private nature, the
meeting adjourned TO meet some future
day.
Late on Saturday night an attempt was
made to break into the store of Messrs Smith
4 Riley, at the northeast corner of Eighth and
JAYNE streets, which was frustrated by special
officer Merito, at the very moment the entry
was being effected. Several suspicious look
ing fellows had been seen in the neighbor-
hood an hour or two previously and watch
kept upon them, but they finally were lost
sight Of Near eleven clock the attention of
the officer named was attracted to the rear of
the store referred to by man jumping from
the wall enclosing it, and, when he gave chase,
the burglar dropped jimmy. An examina-
ton of the premises showed that an instru-
ment had been used upon the rear basement
door, for, besides numerous marks upon it,
some of the fastenings had been pried off.
Last evening, about seven o'clock, Mary
Short, nine years of age, residing at Second
and Filter streets, had foot crushed while
playing with the turn-table at the North
Pennsylvania Railroad Depot. She was re-
moved to her home.
The Coroner was notified last evening to
hold an inquest at the residence of Mrs
Temple, Front street, above Coates, on the
body of her daughter, who was drowned at
Green street wharf in the afternoon.