The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-05-16
NEWS SUMMARY.
City Affairs.

The Athletics beat the Pastime Of Balti-
more on Saturday, by score of 80 to 10.
The south Penn Hose Company returned to
this city en- Saturday evening, from their trip
TO Norwich, Bridgeport and New York, in all
OF which places they met with warm reception.
Joseph Preston, native of Delaware, aged
seventy-eIght years, who was a soldier in the
war of 1872 died yesterday at the Pennsylvania
Hospital, where he was admitted several days
since.
"A horse attached to q carriage, containing
man, his wife, and two children, ran away yes
terday afternoon at Fifth street and Girard
avenue. The carriage was upset and broken.
The occupants were badly bruised
.-Oficers Curry and Mclaughlin, in passing
tho house of Mr.. ID. L. Woods No. 2106 Arch
street, about o'clock yesterday morning, dis
covered that the front door was open. The
ofhcers went in, and upon searching the house
found 1t had been completely ransacked The
1amlly were alb ent, having gone visit to
Conshohocken.
On Saturday afternoon a two-year old child
OF Mr. Thomas Nugent was instantly killed at
Eleventh and Coates street by being run over by
heavily loaded ice wagon belonging to the
knickerbocker Ice Company. The Coroner
held an inquest and a verdict of accidental death
was rendered. The father of the child lives in
Eleventh below Coates.
Rev. Robert A. Brown was last evening in-
stalled pastor of the Trinity Presbyterian
Church, Frankroad road and Cambria street.
Kew. A. M. Jelly, Moderator of the Presbytery,
presided and proposed the constitutional ques-
lions to the people. Rev. Alfred Nevin preached
the sermon. Rev. Matthew Ne wkirk gave the
charge to the pastor, and Rev. William y. John
stone gave the charge to the people. large
congregation was in attendance.
The blessing of banner belonging to the
Catholic Society connected with st. Alphonsus'
Church, Fourth and Reed streets, was the occa-
sion yesterday of q procession composed of the
German Catholic societies of the city. They
paraded with banners, flags, and bands of music,
10 the number of about thousand, from st.
Peters Church, at Fifth street and Girard ave-
mn Halxr ri.,ff GsxvNl.
streets, to st. Alphonsus' Church, where the
ceremony of blessing the banner took place.
On Saturday evening a large number of
lOurneymen coopers assembled at the hail.
Eighth and Locust streets, to hear reports aud
addresses on the present condition of the trade,
and the hardships experienced by some owing
TO their connection with trade unions.
The reports indicated that in some of the
establishments employers had refused to give
work to men belonging to trade unions, and the
hands had been discharged because of their
connection with such organizations.
The alarm last evening about o'clock was
caused by the burning of a two-story stable on
Olive street, above Broad, occupied by Budd
Doble. The flames originated in the second
story OF the building, and burned until the in
terror OF the structure was pretty well de-
stroyed. There was large number of horses
and vehicles in the stable, all of which were
rescued. The structure belonged to Joseph
Harrison, and was valued at $4,000. The
dwelling on the east of the stable suffered by
water to the amount of $780,
The alarm of fire about o'clock last even
ing was caused by the burning of Samuel Ellis
frame stable, at Fifty-first street and Lancaster
avenue; also, q number of sheds belonging to
the Park Drove Yard, in the immediate viciuity.
The loss is estimated at $2500.
Yesterday afternoon, Mr.. Peter Malone was,
as is alleged, struck with brick on the head by
Bridget Burk, and so seriously injured that his
death is momentarily anticipated. So far as
could be ascertaned, Patrick Burk and his wife
Bridget occupied the first floor of house No. 105
Bread street, and Peter Malone and family an
upper story. The, parties have not for long
time been on good terms, and on Saturday last,
as Malone's daughter alleges, DR.. Price, who
was attending one of Malone's little boys, who
is sick, was refused admittance to and driven
away from the house by Mrs. Burk. Yesterday,
DR.. Price came, having been assured by Malone
by letter that he would be protected, to visit the
child; Malone went down stairs to meet him,
having been informed that the doctor was at
Bread and Arch streets, and, while passing out,
Mrs. Burk threw piece of a brick at him. He
returned with DR.. Price and was going up stairs,
when Bridget Burk threw large piece of brick
at him, striking him on the right side of the
head back of the ear. DIR. Price dressed the
wound and pronounced it to be of the most
serious character. Mr.. and Mrs. Burke were
both arrested and locked up in the Fourth Dis
trct Station House.