The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-05-07

City AnnIrn.

OItN AuairH.
About half-past 2 o'clock Yesterday after
noon Mary Braycroft, aged thirty years. was
badly bruised about the head and her nose broken
by falling into a cellar at No. ALB N. Third
street. She was removed to st. Mary's Hos
pital.
The schooner A. NJ. Flanagan, while lying
at the wharf at the Kensington Water Works
on Thursday night, was left on q rock by the re-
eeding tide, and broke IN two. She is a total
loss. She was to sail for Savannah yesterday
with q cargo of coal and railroad car wheels.
"A fire broke out last evening, about half
past 10 o'clock, in the cigar store of Wilt q
Gale, No. 14O North Third street, damaging the
stock 10 the amount of about $500. The flames
originated near the stove. Loss fully covered
by insurance.
"A young man who was arrested on Friday
night of last week, on the charge of breaking
into q house on Watkins street. above Ninth
First ward, and who gave the name of James
German, has been identified by Policemen Kuhn
as the man who robbed him several months ago,
when he was attacked and beaten, and had to
use his pistol. The prisoners name is said to
be John Gray.
The Presbyterian Board of Education held
meeting yesterday afternoon, at the rooms,
Arch street, above Ninth, when the annual re-
port was read. Up to the present date there
have been about 1000 new candidates for the
ministry. The register of the board shows that
while the rule of the Assembly permits the
reception OF students as early as the age of
fourteen, yet few have been SO oy ung at the
time, and the largest numbers have ranged from
eighteen to twenty-three years of age, when
their purpose would be likely to be fixed, and
their qualifications for study somewhat matured.
The private watchman on Church street,
about o'clock last night, found the basement
door opan, No. 204, occupied by Messrs. Carr
Il Lucas, importers and dealers in silk and
fancy webbing. He had tried it about o'clock
and found it closed as did also Officer Taney
Sergeant Whelan and Officer Campbell, of the
Fourth district, thoroughly examined the
premises, and found the tire-proof on the first
floor opened and thoroughly ransacked. Several
checks were scattered around, among which one
for $4,000 was found, The desk drawers were
all pulled out and gone through, After
investigating Messrs. Carr & Lucas store
the thieves had ascended through the
hatchway into the upholstery and shade trim
ming store of Messrs. Hansell Brothers. The
desk drawers had been thoroughly searched,
and the fire-proof had been tried with the key
belonging to Messrs. Carr & Lucas but they
were unsuccessful in their attempt to open it.
One of the Hansell firm arrived at the store
about 1030 but did not discover any loss.
tin box taken from Messrs. Carr & Lucas safe
was pried open with chisel and found in the
basement. The loss of Messrs. Carr q Lucas is
unknown, as they were not present The thieves
were evidently intent on cash only.
The ladies belonging to the different Metho-
dist Episcopal churches throughout the city,
seeing the necessity of providing a home for the
aged and infrm members of their church, some
time ago formed an association having that
object in view. They purchased some seven
acres of land on on the northeast corner of
Thirteenth street and Lehigh avenue. At pre-
sent they own and use a structure on this
ground for this purpose, but having accumu-
lated some $40, 900, they design erecting a hand
some and costly structure. The edifice will con-
sist of a main building fronting on Thirteenth
street, wing, and chapel fronting on Camac
street. The main building will have frontage
of fifty feet, with depth of ffty-six feet. The
wing will be forty feet in depth, and have 'front.'
age of eighty-four feet The entire structure
will be of brown stone, the main building three
stories in height and the wing two stories, the
whole surmounted by Mansard roof. On the
first floor in the main building are to be three
parlors, in the wing fifteen bedrooms with
the necessary bathrooms, ETC., while in the
rear of these, Immediately under the chapel,
will be located a large and airy dining-room,
with kitchen in the rear. On the second floor
of the wing will be fifteen more bedrooms, and
on the second and third floors of the main build
ing will be six large sleeping apartments. The
second story of the rear building is designed for
use a chapel, with servants rooms in the rear.
The building will be finished in about one year,
and will tend vastly to improve this section of
the city.