The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-04-09
NEWS SUMMARY.

city Affairs.
The inquest in the Williams homicide case
has been continued until Monday next.
james Phillips, twenty-elght years OF age,
living at No. 2520 Brown street, was killed yes
teTday afternoon by gravel DanK railing on
him, at Twenty-ffth and Brown streets. Ihe
Coroner was notified,
Francis Keyser was arraigned before Alder
man r. r. Smith yesterday morning upon the
charge of libel in causing TO be published IN
one Of the morning papers an advertisement,
which Mrs. Frances Halleback who keeps q
boardDg-house at No 1105 Girard street, alleges
was inserted by him in order to injure her char
acter and business There was testimony to the
effect that the obnoxious advertisement was left
at the counter Of the newspaper office by de-
fepdnnt Keyser was held to bail in the sum
of $780,
Mr.. Michael Maioney, residing at No. $40
Penn street, appeared before Recorder GiYtu
yesterday, aBd made oath that some weeks
since he ordered one Nancy Grace out OF his
house, and failing TO 20 he pushed her into the
entry. He then returned to the room, and
subsequently his wife, Ellen Maloney, and Nancy
Grace opened the door and threw quantity of
boiling coffee into his face. Michael has been
in the hospital for treatment ever since the oc-
currence and has only partially recovered from
the effects of the burns. His face is dreadiully
disfgured. On these representations warrant
was issued for the arrest of both the above
named parties on the charges specified
AT the annual meeting of the Society oil the
9th Army Corps held yesterday the old officers
were reelected as fOllows:-
Major General William B. Franklin, President;
Maior-General II. G. Wright First Vice-Presi-
dent Major-General Getty, Second Nice-Presi-
dent; Major General John Newton, Third Vice
President; General Joseph jackson, Recording
Secretary; Major Harry Masters, Corresponding
Secretary: Colonel Samuel Truesdel, Treasurer;
General Neill, and Colonels Latta and Ellmaker,
Executive Committee.
"A Cavalry Corps Association was organized
at the Continental Hotel yesterday, and the fol-
lowing officers were elected:-Presdent Major
General Alfred Pleasonton; Vice-Presdent,
General Fitzhugh; Captain Mitchell declined the
position of Secretary, when Major Whitehead
was elected; Treasurer, Captain Corson; His
torian of the Association, Major r. P. Pease.
Domestic Affairs.
Gold closed yesterday at ll23S.
MIR. Barry, of Mississippi, was admitted to
his seat in the House yesterday.
Two robbers murdered farmer and his
wife near ColOna, H., on the night of the 9th
instant
u erry Cotton who was to have been hanged
at Galveston yesterday for murder, committed
suicide carly in the morning by taking NOR.
phine.
Mr. A. A. Bradley colored, has withdrawn
his application for admission to the United
States Supreme Court Bar.
Governor Senter, Of Tennessee, is in Wash
ington, to tell the Reconstruction Committee
what he knows about the political troubles in
his State, and to suggest remedy.
DR.. I. r. Hayes, the Arctic explorer, has
been requested to appear before committees OF
the Senate and House, to give them his views
upon the projected expedition to the Polar seas.
Henry A. Wise appeared in the United
States Supreme Court, and in order to be heard
in the cause he represented he took the oath Of
allegiance.