The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-09-22
WHISKY.
state Officers In Trouble.


Inspector Charles G. Overlook and Deputies Will
liam Kneass and George T. Perry were arraigned
before Alderman McColgan at noon yesterday,
charged, on the oath of Joseph +. Sinnott, with
conspiring together with persons unknown, under
cover of their ofices as inspectors and deputy in
spectors OF domestic distilled spirits, to extort
money wrongfully and illegally from the makers and
vendors domestic distilled spirits, and to Oppress,
vex, and harass them in their business. Also with
misdemeanor in office in marking domestic distilled
spirits as inspected which they well knew were not
Inspected and charging and collecting the nspec-
tors fees thereon and in using their office as in
spectors for the purpose OF eXtorton and for their
private gains outside of the fees allowed by law
Defendants waived a hearing, and entered bail in
the sum Of $500 each for their appearance at court
A NUIsANCE-Persons who have frequently
passed over Chesnut Street Bridge during the last
year have no doubt noticed. and will remember, the
fact that on the wharves Immediately adjoining the
bridge large piles OF horse manure were thrown
exposed to every change OF weather, and creating
a most unpleasant and unhealthy stencil. The
the pile has been several times stirred and worked
over TO its greatly increased value, but also to It's
has at times been almost uncomfortable on the
bridge and quite perceptDly tainted at distance OF
two squares east or west according to the wind SO
that the residents of West Philadelphia have been
much ANNOYED, and visitors to that portion Of the
city often much dlsgusted.
or rather its officer replied that 'manure in ITSELF
is not considered nuisance" (or words to this
the use Of these wharves for this basi-
ness" In other words, though the air is
decayed manure though many Of the citizens of
two whole wards are compelled TO pass through this
atmosphere, or else to go far out of the way; and
though ninetenths of the strangers who visit our
city from the North and West are brought to the
hotels over this brdge in spite of these things the
is powerless to abate this.
Manifestly, it should be attended to- II the Health
Offcer is powerless the Councilmen OF the:Twenty-
fourth and Twenty y-seventh wards have the chance
to remedy the evil and win the gratitude of the
turn for the distance travelled every day in going to
and from business. Should the abuse continue, our
city viii only the longer be disgraced. The Board
OF Health and our Councilmen should LOOK TO this
matter.
The POPULATION OF WEST CHEsTER.-The census
returns from West Chester show that that borough
has now white population OF 41Os and colored
4196 and the colored SOL thus showing increase
since that time OF 5l2 whites and 342 colored. The
26s6 females and the coored of 395 males and sos
females. This is an increase OF 10 per cent on the
the ten years. There are b7T persons of foreign
birth IN the borough and these consist of 255 males
and 322 females. There 1103 dwellings and ll05
families, with an average OF five persons to
family.
AT meeting Of the Trustees of the University of
Pennsy wanna, held on Tuesday last, 1t was deter
mined TO commence the erection of the new build
ngs in the Twenty-seventh ward early next spring.
The plans submitted by Professor Richards, Of the
have been adopted It is designed to erect four fsr
buildings at once on the ten acres, which wll be
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probably be completed within two years.
| DEATH OF AN EsTIMABLE LADY.-Mrs. Catharine
DTeXel the widow OF the late lamented Francis NJ.
| DreXel, the founder of the well-knOwn banking
house, died last evening at her residence No. 1900
Rittenhouse Square. The funeral will take place on
Saturday morning, at 10 o'clock Her death will be
lamented by very large circle OF friends who were
endeared by her many virtues.
AN MPOsTOR.-Last week a man named John
| Carr, alias George Bowers, went into Baldwins
Locomotive Works, and persOnatng one OF the work.
men, drew sl1 pay. Yesterday Carr tried the same
policeman, and Alderman Massey committed him
| in default OF $500 bail.
THEFT OF MoNEY.-Mary Gilroy was taken into
custody yesterday by Policeman Brady of the
Seventh district, upon the charge of the larceny OF
and Coates streets Defendant had hearing before
Alderman Cahill, and was held in 5000 bail to
| answer.
| CRUELTY TO ANIMALS Hugh Murdock was ar
rested by Officer Harra, Of the Seventeenth police
district yesterday for cruelty to a horse which he
was driving. The allegation is that the animal was
covered with sores, lame, and without shoes The
| prisoner had hearing before Alderman Cahil and
was held In $500 bail 10 answer.
SALES OF REAL Decentralization is called TO the
| advertisement OF a real estate sale by Thomas a.
Sous on Tuesday, October 4, and also OF another
Tuesday, October is, when valuable properties will
| be disposed OF.
THE GOLD BILL sIGRED.-Mayor Fox has signed
the bill which provides that the interest and prncl-
pal OF the loans contracted prior TO 1861 shall be
y paid in gold,