The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-04-18

City Affairs.


The opening game Of the season of 1870
was played on Saturday on the grounds Of the
Athletic Club, between the champion" and
n picked nine The score at the end Of the
ninth inning stood 16 to in favor Of the
former.
--Silas Ashton, aged eighteen years, aud
residing at the southwest corner Of Christian
and Swanson streets, was drowned on Friday,
near Fort Delaware. The deceased was on
board the sloop Atlantic, and at the time of
the sad accident was sitting on the side of
the vessel, and while in this position was
seized with fit and fell overheard.
AN adjourned meeting In opposition to
the freight railroad in the First and Second
wards, for which a bill was passed by the
Legislature, notwithstanding remonstrance
by the citizens against it, was held on Satur-
day evening, at Front and Tasker streets, Mr..
John Patterson presiding. Resolutions were
adopted denouncing the Legislature and the
Governor, and providing that legal steps be
taken to test the constitutionality of the bill.
early yesterday morning, burglars en-
tered the store of Andrew Harrison IL Co.,
manufacturers of ranges, heaters, ETC., at the
northeast corner of Juniper and Market
streets, as is supposed with skeleton keys.
They drilled or punched small hole in the
door of fre-proof safe and inserting gun
powder and fuse blew the lining and the
injuring the lock. They then ransacked the
safe, and obtained but $40. No arrests as
yet have been made.
Yesterday afternoon, about o'clock,
large number of young men congregated in
the neighborhood of Ninth and Carpenter
streets, and a disturbance occurred among
them, during which several were knocked
down and severely beaten. The crowd was
soon increased to several hundred when in
fn "a Savpntanntb
trict Station House. Sergeant Duffy then
repaired to the spot with number of police
men, and tried to quell the disturbance.
During the affray the Sergeant was knocked
down and beaten and the other officers were
badly handled. The officers soon rallied and
captured William Smith, Albert Noble, Joseph
McCarney, and Thomas Hemphill, and took
them before Alderman Bonsall, who, after
hearing the evidence, held each of the
accused in $1,000 bail to answer at court for
assault and battery on the officers and melting
to riot.
About / o'clock yesterday morning, a
FIRE broke out in the eooper-shop, occupied
by Mr.. William Mcconnell, in the rear of a
brick building on Twenty second street,
above Arch, occupied by MIR. Peter r. Titus,
as feed and grain-house. The cooper-shop
was entirely destroyed, together with its con-
tents, entailing loss of about $900 The
grain-house was considerably damaged by the
fire and its contents injured by water. The
structures were owned by Mr.. Philip Yohn,
who had two carts and two wagons destroyed.
The loss of Mr.. Yohn will not probably ex-
ceed an insurance of $1400 which he has
upon the premises. That of Mr. Titus is
not estimated, but will not probably be large.
About half f-past o'clock yesterday morn
ing, the frame dwelling of DR.. Richardson,
on Darby road, above Thirty-seventh street,
was entirely destroyed by fire, which, it is
supposed, originated from defective fue.
The furniture and carpets were also removed,
but were damaged to the amount of about
$500. No insurance. The building formed
part of the Almshouse property belonging to
the city, the loss on which is estimated at
about SSbOO.