The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-01

The walls of the sugar refinery. st Race
and Crown streets, destroyed by IRE on Tues
day night, which we're considered in q Ian
gerous condition, have all been taken down
TO the line of the second story.
Late on Saturday night Lieutenant Fla
herty, with a force of twenty men, made a
descent upon q disorderly dance-house at No.
1923 st. Mary street, kept by a Mrs. Ormsley.
Ihlrty-two inmates, male and female, black
and white, were arrested.
-Catharine McCloskey, aged thirty-fve
years, was found at three o'clock yesterday
morning lying in Seventh street, near Balm
bridge, with both of her feet badly crushed,
supposed TO have been caused by q railroad
car. She was taken TO the Pennsylvania
Hospital.
Yesterday afternoon the religious cere-
monies attending the laying of the corner
stone of the new Lutheran Chapel, on Thirty
eighth street, near Haverford, took place in
the presence of a large ~concourse of persons,
and we're participated in by Rev. DR.. Hutter,
Rev. DIR. Conrad, and the pastor Of the
church.
On Saturday evening policeman No. Ago,
Of the Eleventh district, was discharged by
the Chief of Police for drunkenness. He was
on the platform of a Fifth street car, carry
ing on an exciting argument with two citizens,
when noticed by High Constable Curley.
The latter ordered him off the vehicle, and
then took his star from him. About this
time Chief Mulholland appeared and dis
charged the intoxicated guardian of the peace.
-Olmstead Rollins. acolOred boy, eighteen
years old, was arrested on Saturday at Allan
tic City, and brought to Philadelphia to
answer the charge of committing an outrage
Gus assault upon the person Of a little colored
girl named Harriet E.. Buck, in Barclay.street,
on the 31st of May last. The officers have
been on the track of Rollins for some time
past, and traced him to Cape May, which
place, it is alleged, he was compelled to leave
on account of his thievish propensities. He
went from there to Atlantic CITY, where he
he was found by the officers.
The funeral of Matthias w. Furey, one
Of the members of the Philadelphia (late
Moyamensing) Hose Company, who died
from injuries received at the fire at Messrs.
Newhall, Borie & Co.'S sugar house, last
Tuesday evening, took place yesterday after
noon from his late residence, No. go South
Seventh street. The streets in the neighbor-
hood were crowded with spectators, and the
funeral was one of the largest which has
occurred in Philadelphia for q long time past.
Mr.. Frank Fritz, a membe of the Philadel-
phia Hose Company, who was 50 seriously
burned OF the same fire, died at the Pennsyl-
Yania Hospital on Saturday evening, from
The effects of his injuries. He was married,
and resided in Ninth street, near Ellsworth.
Yesterday morning Policeman John
Roney made an arrest at Twenty-fourth and
Spring Garden streets. While taking the
prisoner to the station several loungers who
had been lounging about the corner came up
and struck the officer in the face and on the
back of the head with q hard instrument. He
drew his billy, when he was struck with a
blackjack or other weapon on the nose, filling
mis- eyes with blood and binding him for the
time. His billy was then taken from him,
, and he was beaten with it badly on the head.
His prisoner was rescued, and he is now con-
tined to his house, No. 1904 Rotchford street.
Late in the day Officer Gallen, Of the same
district, arrested James Monaghan on sus-
picion of being concerned in the affair.
Monaghan was held by Alderman Pancoast in
$1,000 bail for q further hearing.
"A meeting of journeymen lasters was
held on Saturday afternoon, at the public
house on Vine street, ebove Fifth. The
meeting was held for the purpose of confer
ring together in reference to the propriety of
forming a Journeymen Lasters' Union or
Lodge, whose object should be the mutual
protection of members of the profession in
their attempts to maintain q fair rate of
wages for their labor, and to provide for men
during strikes, or when out of employment
owing to sickness or by accident. The sub
iect of strikes was also considered, the ma
iority appearing to think that they should
never be inaugurated when they can possibly
be avoided, a fair understanding between the
employers and employees having been fire.
quently found productive of good results. 1t
was resolved that the representatives present
from different manufactures should lay the
subject which the meeting had been called to
consider before the iourneynlen in their re.
spective manufactures, and that the result OF
their labors should be reported at the next
meeting. 1t was also resolved that all the
lasters of the city be notified of the time OF
holding the next meeting and invited tc
attend the same. The meeting then adj
iourned.