The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-22
THE KNIFE.

Last evening a serious cutting atray occurred
in Boyer's place, an alley running off of Tenth
street, above Chestnut. A white man named
David Smith was cut with razor by colored
man, name unknown. The wound is six inches
in length, and is on the left side. DIR. Ellshaw,
who was summoned to attend the wounded man,
pronounced his condition as extremely dan
gerous. Later in the evening Reserve officer
Campbell arrested at Fox's Theatre woman
named Ellen Davis, who was in company with
the assassin. The testimony OF the prisoner was
extremely incoherent, but enough was ELECTED
to show that there had been some kind OF gene
raj row previous to the cutting. At q late hour
last night the assailant of Smith was arrested in
a house on Lombard street, above Seventh. He
gave the name of David Lee and he acknow-
lodged that he had committed the deed. He is
locked up in the Central Station and will be
before Justice Kerr this afternoon.
ST. MARY's HosPITAL.-The fourth annual
report of the st. Marys Hospital Association has
lust been presented to the managers, from
which the following facts are gleaned:-
This association was organized on the I'd of
February, 1867, and has collected during the
last four years the sum of $14,643 81. There
were received in 1870 by this association "a
patients for full payment, of whom many were
supported by the association three to six months,
and some more than year.
The following is the financial exhibit
Taken in during 1870 by the collectors. $270600
Picnic in 1870 by the association and
given for the benefit Of the association 1452 AZ
Total receipts. ts.................... 415S'47
Paid to the Sisters of st. Francis for
patients in 1870. O...................... 1868 55
Balance for the association. ...... l4s9 92
Previous surplus. Observation-Disclosures. 34S7 26
Balance, January /, 1871. ........ s49771s
This remaining sum of $4977'1S is in the
hands of the Sisters of st. Francis, and must be
used in accordance with the existing statutes OF
the association for the poor patients whom the
association sends to the st. Mary's Hospital in
Philadelphia. The Sisters, for the benefit of the
hospital, are not required to compensate in
terest.
The object of this association is to collect for
the benefit of poor patients, to enlist members
for the association, and also to induce others
eharitably inclined to gifts of all kinds for the
unfortunate. All those recommended by the
members, or the members themselves, have, in
case of sickness, the preference as to the ad-
mittance into the hospital. To become men,
ber of the association yearly payment of $3
or 25 cents monthly is required. In accordance
with the statutes of the association, the money
received by its members for subscriptions, con-
tributions, and legacies is handed over to the
Sisters of st. Francis in the st. Mary's Hospital
who keep a strict account of the money thus
paid in to them and also of the money laid out
by them for the patients admitted by the asso-
citation. All patients are received without dis
tinction as to religion or to language. When
patients die in the hospital whom the associa-
tion has accepted, without means, the associa-
tion pays the expenses of burial, if there should
be no relatives to provide for the same.
The Right Rev. Bishop James Wood, d. D.,
Bishop Of Philadelphia is President er o6icio of
this association. The director is the Rev. John
w Gerdemann, pastor of st. Bonifacius' Church.
AT the late election, during last February, were
elected Mrs. A. Sommer, Presidents NJ. Nc
Carthy, Vice-President; A. j. Glasz, Treasurer
Miss NJ. Wagner, Secretary. As directors, Mrs.
A. Sommer, No. 1014 North Fifth street, NJ.
Mccarthy, No 1909 Beach street; A. j. Glass;
No. 1929 North Seventh street, G. Zugehoer
No 1l24 Sophia street; G. Christian, No 699
East York street; j. Hardick, No. 507 Reed
street; E. Stoeckel, No 1929 South Third street.
1t is much desired that the institution should be
literally supported by its friends. During the
last month the receipts were only $247'10, while
the expenses were $427,
AN OLD CoLoRED MAN Blows HIS BRAINS