The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-29
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/ direct that after my just debts and funeral
expenses have been paid, my hereinafter men
toned executor shall invest all my estate in
approved securities, and shall pay over to my
beloved Wife Augusta Gerong, during her natural
life the income arising and accrung from my
said estate, In such sums her comfort and
necessities may requires that suitable board
iDg.place be provided for her where she can
have such attentions as her situation and condi-
tion NAV require. | direct that upon
the death of my beloved wife, after providing
for her suitable burial, my said executor shall
divide the residue OF my estate into two equal
them to pay over to the German
Reformed Salem Congregation and their sue
cessors, the other full one half moety
/ direct my said executors to pay over to the
Rev. John G. Wiehle, now pastor of the German
Reformed Salem Congregation, to be his and his
heirs forever. / appoint as my eXeeu-
tors Jacob Rech and Conrad Bruder, both elders
of the said Reformed Salem Congregation.
The value of the estate is about $4,000.
THE New HALL OF THE Y. NJ. G. A. OF GER
MANTowN.-Last evening the new rooms of the
Young Mems Christian Association of German
town were opened to the public for the first
time This association has hitherto met in the
various churches OF Germantown, but they have
now leased the whole of the upper portion of
the building No. 4765 Main street. The meeting
room of the association is large room on the
second floor. On the third floor is situated the
reading-room, which will he comfortably fur
nished and supplied with books aud periodicals
intended to attract young men into the associa-
ton The association hitherto numbered about
So members, but last evening 50 new members
were proposed and elected, making q member
ship now of 108. The treasurer last evening
received $6l from the members present. The
members are divided into several classes paying
different sums into the treasury. Active mem
bers are required to be members of some evan
gelical church and pay $2 per annum. An asso-
ciate member paws b. a sustaining member s.,
life member $50 without further payment
honorary mpmhpr wi urth
payment.
After the transaction of some routine busi-
ness, MIR. John A. Wagenseller addressed the
meeting, say ing that the efforts of the members
| should be turned to bring under religious and
moral influences young men who are not as yet
members of any Church. He spoke of the
closing of the fire companies houses, and hoped
| that the young men who formerly congregated
| there would be brought into the reading-room of
the association.
| AN ALLEGED FRAUDULENT CLAIM.-The case
| Of Captain Thomas Conner, charged with pre-
senting claim to the Government for subsist-
e. ce OF troops prior to their being mustered into
the service of the United States, was resumed
This morning before United States Commissioner
| Hihler.
One OF the receipts which, it is alleged, the
| defendant forwarded to Washington was for
| the payment by Conner of the rent of barracks
| The precise locality was not stated. The testi-
| moDys of the following witness was produced
to show that the barracks were not at Barnwell
Bernard Mcguire sworn-I reside at Barnwen and
| South streets; Barnwell used to be called Bank
street; Captain Conner never used my premises for
cruitinR purposes; he used the property opposite
there two there; there Is only dwell
ing at the corners live in 1t; Captain Conner re-
| cruited company in 1881, at Chippewa and South
streets, think; there are three houses between
Bank and Chippe va streets. rhe defendant asserts
that the barracks were at Chippewa and South
| streets)
The defendant was held in $4,000 bail to
| answer at court He was arrested by Deputy
| IT.,ss -h,I De-
| 1t is proper in this connection to state that
Captain Conner protests his entire innocence of
| any fraud; he says the claim is just one, aud
that confusion has arisen by reason OF the atera-
tion of the names of the streets. He promises to
make satisfactory explanation.
| PEDDLER IN TRoUBLE.-E. R. Knight, a bas-
| ket merchant, vulgarly known as peddler, was
| Yesterday in house at Broad and Vine
streets, endeavoring to dispose of half-class
SOAP spliced shoestrings, tin razors, etc. 1t was
observed that Mr.. Knight had not in his posses
| sion license, and the matter being inquired
into little further, the fact was demonstrated
without the possibility of doubt that the
thought of taking out license had never en-
| tered the B9otian mind of the soap and razor
man. This important discovery having bsen
made, 1t was thought that the attention of Alder
| man Jones should be called to the matter. Ac-
cordingly, Knight was taken before that magis-
trate, and held in 5000 bail to answer at court
BEAT HIS MoTHER.-A bad boy, SO it is said
| is Francis McEiroy. He lives at No. sos North
| Twelfth street. What did the precious youth
| do yesterday but go home in a beastly state OF
| intoxicatiop. and beat his mother and then, to
| add TO his bad conduct, he stuffed number OF
| articles in his pockets, and went out aud sold
them. Francis was arrested afterwards, aud
| Alderman Massey has had the duty and the
pressure of placing the young man under suffi-
| cient bail to answer.
THE SOUTH STREET BRIDGE.-Yesterday Con-
tractor John w. Murphy resumed operations on
the South Street Bridge. The work at present
Yesterday, also, the jury viewed the land on
the eastern bank, belonging to private parties
preparatory to taking 1t for the use of the east
ern approach and assessing damages.
BUMMERs observation-disclosures Flaherty
| accompanied by a number of officers made
raid last night on a gang of corner hummer;
| who have been wont to infest the corner o
Twenty-thlrd and South streets. Five of the
rowdies were put under arrest, and Alderman
Morrow has held them in bail to keep the
peace.
STREET LITERATURE. - Louis Barber, fol
tearing do n a number of handbils which haC
been posted on the fence surrounding the Key
and Morris street, was yesterday arrested, anC
has been held in bail by Alderman Lutz to an
s6er for The offense.
NAVIGATION OPENED.-The water was let into
the Susquenanna and Tide Water Canal yester
day, and boats are now passing at all points.
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