The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-11-03
CITY INTR LLIGE X.
FALLING WALLS.
A Frnme BuIldins ID emo oIished-A Mother and
mi rah-

barrels was totally destroyed by fire, together with
ing, and these have been declared time as'-.- IT,,
sy the residents to be In danr condition 'lg IF
We are e6freetH ntSrmed, the Building INSPECTORS
were notified, but no action was taken in the pre-
misses. The structure was over four stories high
and very substantial one considering that the
piece Of timber was burned out.
Recently Mr.. Thomas conceived the idea Of re-
made by the workInen it is evident that the inten-
zion was to rebuild 1t on the old walls. Yesterday
and we are informeG Sy re resident Or tn the enc neiGSboT
hood that in raising heavy piece OF timber within
the walls the rope broke, aud the timber In its des
cent Jared the south WALL which has always been
looked upon as the most dangerous part OF the pro-
a half story frame structure owned by ]. E. & B.
Schell, and occupied by Mr. James Farrey his wife,
Margaret and two children, Annie and Thomas
Farrey, aged respectively four and six years.
The west wall overlooked the frame structure.
Mr.. Farrey had on several occasions left the house
fearing that the wall might tumble down Especially
when high wind prevailed he and his family
usually abandoned the dom!cie. Yesterday wnen
he was informed tnat the wall mad been weakened
by the fall of the TIMBER he concluded not to sleep
IN the building over night.
on Twelfth street, below Willow. To the office he
moved his family, where they slept last night This
had breakfast, after which Mr.. Farrey went to his
work. About an hour later the boy was sent to
school, and in an hour after that, say 9 O'Clock, a
portion OF the west wall fell over with crash,
carrying away portion OF the roof of the frame
building, and demolishng the entire 'front.' which
fell out and almost tumbled Into pieces on the side
walk. At the time OF the occurrence Mrs. Farrey
must have been standing on the pavement near the
door, considering the position in which she
found. The noise occasioned by the fall attracted to
the scene large number of persons, and rumor
soon spread that the entire household had been
Workmen from the neighboring factories soon ap-
peared in large numbers and a search was at once
made for those who were supposed to be in the
building Under some timber, which was in a raised
position, was found Mrs. Farrey and close by was
her daughter, to whom she was clinging at the time
was soon after released from her perilous position
The child was found to be only slightly bruised.
Mrs Farrey had a severe cut on the head and she
carried into the residence OF Mr. Evans, No. 40a
North Twelfth street, in an insensibe condition. A
physician was here summoned and the wound
dressed The doctor In attendance did not think the
lady was dangerously hurt.
The workmen who had rescued the mother and
child continued to search for the missing boy ana 1t
5S ss HUs eG some f Time n sd m
In the rear of the frame structure is stable,
directly under another dangerous part of the west
wall, and for fear OF similar accident the horses
and carriages have been removed to place OF
Subsequent to the accident a rumor prevailed in
the neghborhood that an explosion had occurred,
and as consequence the fire companies for squares
The lieutenant Of the Eighth district with squad
Of policemen, was early on the scene, and prohibited
the crowd from going near either the wall or the
frame building, which are likely to fall at any
moment.
THE Bogus CRNsus-ANoTHER ARGUMENT AG AINsT
IT-A correspondent takes issue with Marshal Gre
gory's figures in the following note:-
"Ihere IS one way of forming Judgment upon
this matter, very simple and easy way, which per-
haps has been overlooked. 1t is to be found in COM
pairing the Directory Of 1860 with that of 1870 The
two seem to be built up in the same way; more libe-
raj OF names than in former times, when young
man living with his father did not obtain insertion,
though he were voter and taxpayer.
"The DIRECTORY OF 1860 contains in round uum-
bers 1872 coo names, that of 1870 contains 175GOO, If
the former number corresponds to total population
OF 565, 900, the latter calls for $40, 600.
Let us suppose that in the last ten years the city
has been more largely depleted OF its families than
lines, while the head of the house comes daily into
town to do business, and thus figures in the Di-
rectory but not in the census. Certainly the coun
ties Of Delaware, Montgomery, and Bucks aud the
Jersey side Of the river have not robbed us OF more
than 80 600 OF al ages, 80 that we ought still to have
'In former times had occasion to compare the
sum OF tGrGbIes with the sum of population in our
whole State, and found that there was one tax
payer to 4s people. AT this rate assuming each
name in the Directory to represent a taxable
(sOme of them women), population would be
$4,000 This is another fair way of approaching to
"whie it is falacy for any city to build its
greatness upon its number OF people, we all like to
know the very truth of the matter and Philadelphia
will never believe that she holds but 657, ,OO0."
THE NEW PRESIDENT OF COMMON CoUNcL.-A
Republican caucus nomination by Coun ;is is equi-
valent TO an election; therefore MIR. Henry Huhp,
votes, will be the presiding elcer of Common Coun-
Gil next year. Mr. HUM is a member Of the lower
branch OF Councils from the Fifteenth ward. He is
at present engaged In the coal business, and is
OF the largest miners and shippers In the city. He
ward, and is graduate OF the High School He
studied law in the ofice OF Hon. James Ryan, and
although engaged in mercantile pursuits his legal
training has not been forgotten. Mr.. HUM was
elected TO Common Council In 1868, and reelected
only recently. He is a ready debater, and one OF
the best parliamentarians in the city.
CAUGHT IN THE AcT.-The window OF the shoe
store OF j. ~ W. Wilson, No. 769 South Nineteenth
street. was broken into at O'Clock this morning and
robbed OF pair OF shoes. AT the time OF the occur
Hearing the noise occasioned by the crash OF the
glass, the policeman started rum and the fellow
also took to his heels. sharp chase ensued, but
the policeman proved the neeter of foot AS he was
takng hold OF the thief the latter drew blackjack
which was taken from him after some difficulty. on
being taken to the station he gave the name OF John
Dougherty. On him was found the pair of shoes
stolen He will have hearing at the Central Sta
tion this afternoon.
LARCENY OF TOoLs.-Yesterday William A.
Boyer carpenter, entrusted a chest OF tools into
the custody OF John Murray who was to take them
d 20 .ne NSw % hor6 depot Boyer arrived there but
which resulted I'm the capture of Murray, who re-
fused to state what he had done with the chest and
MS contents. Murray was taken before Alder
man Dougherty, and held to answer the charge OF
LARCENY
ASSAULT AND BATTERY.-Mary Ann Kent yester-
aay appeared at the Fourth district Station and
complained that she had beeh badly used by one
Charles Malone. policeman was detached, and
morning this morning Mary deposed that Charles
assaulted her at Sixth and St Mary streets with a
stove plate. He was then sent below in default OF
$500 bah 70 answer.
PUBLIC BEQUEsT.-The will OF James p. Clay
eoofe0, recently deceased, was admitted TO probate
makes beqnest OF section OF ground N Lebanon
Cemetery to the Trustees OF the First African Pres
byteran Congregation OF this city, for the of It's
poor members