The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-09-06
CITY INTE AH4EGE NC X.

TIE GERMAN CELEBRATI IN LAST EVENING The
demonstration Of the va ious singing and other
societies in honor of the Prussian vic Ories took
place last evening. Al immense line was formed,
including the MHnnerchOr J0nRer MBnnerchOr,
eaD0erhund, Ledertafe the Philadelphia Quartette
Club. the ConCoTuia GrsaDg Eeren, and various
other vocal societies. the Turner'S, VI whom quite a
large delegation turned out ani the W1rkiugmen's
Society TO the number or three hundr4 I'd men. Tho
lne was formed at the Han OF the Junger Menner-
chor, on Cherry street., above Fifth ard the crowd
was so dense for the time us 10 stop the pass ge Of
the Firth street cars. The various sosietes COM
prisiDg the procession carried abundance of
torches traDsparencies, and lanterns, and were ac
onpaDed py numerous bands.
The route passed over was in the vicinity OF the
various newspaper Offices, ana as the procession
passed the oces OF the papers which had taken the
serenadss were given. The most iayorte songs
were "rhe Guard on the Rmne," "The ChassapOt
KladderadI:atscn," Dat "Eece Guam Bonpm,n and "The
was given IN fine style in front OF rHE EVENING
the procession proceeded to the residence OF the
German Consul, Mr.. Vein, on linton street. near
Ninth. here quite an extended musical perform
8nce was gives. and speeches we're made the pro-
ceedlDgs being kept up until quite q late hour.
Everything connected with the procession and festi
vitit passed OF in the best manner aud without any
disturbance nom persons OF opposite political
Oplnons
NuRDFRous Assimilation Schimp was ar
ragned before Alderman Helms yes erday up IN the
charge Of having committed murCerOus assault
upon Charles IinsermaD and John g. 6 snsnecs.
The facts as far a. ascertained are these :Tne par
HacSiey Street, east Of Filth Tney pay no rent
lesterday linsermen, who lives ln the third story
OF one Of the buildings, attempted 70 get into the
house, but was opposed bv Schnp, who locked the
door, and Kept hun out. Linsernan then commenced
stoning the place, and finally succeeded ia eIecting
an entrance When inside Schimp attacked him
with club, and beat him in a shocking manner.
GTansmeck interfered at this time to save the l.
also beaten. @ Policeman aaer rpU was ~ Soea Of the
occurrence. He visited the premises and took the
bellig'rent character into custody. The prisoner
committee in deanlt of $1,000 bail for further
hearing. Linserman insensible all last night
and his condition is extremely critical
TIE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS PROPERTY. .-PHILA-
PELPndA Sept lS1O1Edlsor S.o Eoemtsg TSsgra ~
uses have been made of the circumstances Of the
sale of the property lately owned and occupied by
should be stated correctly. The price agreed upon
for the sale of the property was SS50Oo, subject TO
ground rent Of $500 per annum to be settled for in
the following manner: one mortgage for two years
for s5O0OO second mortgage for $780, 900, and the
has been faithfully carried out by the present owner
For the first mortgage, s50, 600, the Academy OF
Fine Arts required the money to pay for purchases
in fuItheIance OF their designs, and applied to
the Philadelphia Savings Fund to take the mortgage,
which they did The personalities in connection
with the article requiring these lines 10 be sub
| mitted shall not notice at this writing
Respectfully yours, JAMES L. CLAGuoRE.
LITERARY SOCIETY OF TIE Y. NJ c. A.-Tle first
public meeting OF the season OF the Literary Society
OF The Young Mems Christian Association was held
last evening at the hall, No. 1910 Chesnut street,
The exercises consisted of declamatlons, essays,
cal Society, Miss SimOns, and Miss Fisher. A de-
| bate upon the question, 'Wil the triamph OF the
PIussian arms in the present war be of advantage
| TO EUrope?" was argued in the ffrmatiye by
| Thomas j. Hunt, q l.. Custer, and j. X. Murphy;
| in the negative by William w. Marls r. Hoffner
and Robert Simpson. The he'll was filed TO its ut
! most capacity and great enthusiasm was manifested
| in the course OF the debate.
| CoLoRED THIEF CAPTURED.--A colored man
| named George Jones enlisted IN the navy about a
| week ago. and was assigned as a servant TO one O
the officers on board the receiving ship. Jones the
following day was sent ashore with some clothing
| TO he washed hut previous to leaving the boat he
! pocketed watch and s2O in money belonging tC
| one OF the officers. Nothing more was heard o
him until yesterday, when he was arrested by one
| the Fifth district policemen. The clothing was re
/ covered; also the watch, which defendant had dis
posed of TO a Mrs Haddock, South street, for 81
| Jones mad hearing before Alderman Kerr thi,
morning, and was committed for trial.
TIE PHILADELPHIA WATER WoRks-During tn,
month of August there wero 32S 75s SOD gallons OF
| water pumped at the various water works, as fol
| lOws:-FaiTmOunt s45.ee0, ,3O4: Schuylki $50, 29S,
| 700; Delaware, 1922 i69, ,669: Gwenty-fourth ward
los, ,s64 1855; Germantown, 2S 1876 2O9. The layerag
number OF gallons pumped per day were AZ e63, 1871
ss fOllows:-Farmount, o., goo las; Schuylkil SOFA
lhl Delaware, g. 3305, ,413 Twenty fourth ward 85ll
76G; (feInanto~D, .doooZ sA
I ORDER FROM THE MAYOR.-Mayor Fox has issue,
an order 10 the police force directing the enforce
ment' of the law relating TO yagTants. All per
sons found begging and having no visible
means OF obtaining sustenanee are to he takel
duty il TO commit him or her 70 prison for thir
days. The order goes into effect forthwith
REcoyBRED-The body of Joseph Mcbride, VIII
was drowned at Pine street wharf, in the Delaware
last evening, was recovered TINS morning, aud re
moved TO his residence, No. ITO Union street.
A FREE F1aEr-James Perry, James Boyce an
John Williams engaged in free flight at the NatiOna
Guards Hall last night. They We're arrested by tn
Fourth district police, ana were held 10 bah by Al
4 deTGaA H0uDoo,