Daily Republican., 1885-08-25
Philadelphia Items.

Ahll-abEiThiA, August 70, lSco. -
The three and a half story building, 1908
street theatre, was nearly gutted by
fire In the upper floors, and pretty we'll
drenched with water all over last even
ing. The first floor is occupied BY
Cooke & Ewing, wall papers and deco
| rations. The second floor was hand.
somely fitted up by DIR. NJ, Goldberg, q
chiropodist and manicure. The third
| floor front WAS occupied BY j. Il. Painter,
musical box importer, and Carl l.
| Hahn, artificial flower maker. The
third floor rear was occupied by Profes.
sor Thomas HI. Walls, teacher Of Ian.
guages and mathematics. The attic
floor was occupied by Mrs. Nickerson.
The building can be fixed up for $500.
DIR. Goldberg's loss, principally by
water, will reach about $500, covered
by insurance J. r. Painters will az
gregate about 81, 900, partially insured
Carl l. Hahn can fix his place up for
$50; Professor Walls loses perhaps 500,
no insurance Cook & Ewing's loss,
| wholly by water, Is slight and insured
Coroner Powers began an investiga-
ton yesterday in the case of George p.
Reineck, 10 years, '127 South Thirty.
| seventh street, who died from tetanus.
The boy had been playing pn pond
and got piece of glass in one OF his
knees. The lad was taken TO the Uni
| versity Hospital. Mary A. Burnett,
grandmother of the boy, who claimed
to be professional nurse, alleged that
the child had not been properly treat
ed. She had noticed foreign substance,
supposed to be piece of glass, in the
knee and called the attention OF DIR.
Hamaker to the matter, but it was not
removed. DIR. Hamaker denied the
existence of foreign substances and
] asserted that the boy had been proper y
, treated The case was continued for q
poat-mortem examination.
During Sunday night Policeman
| Kennedy. Fourth District, discovered
that the cellar door of l.. Noar &
Brothers silk tie factory, 5S North
Fourth street, WAS open. lie closed II
and reported the matter to the Lieuten-
ant. When member of the firm ar
rived at the store yesterday morning he
discovered that the place had been rob.
bed of silk goods valued at between
$500 and $500. 1t was apparent that
the thief had secreted himself in the
cellar before the store was locked up on
Saturday and afterwards made his way
to the second floor, from which the
goods were taken. The police are in.
vestigating the affair.
Twenty third District policemen yes
terday broke up an epcampment of va
grants atEngleside in Fairmount Park.
Seventeen of the number were arrested
and committed to the House of Correc.
ton.
The Almhouse has 2252 inmates.
| A disturbance occurred on Monday
afternoon among q number of stonecut.
ters at a new brewery building at
Twenty fl fth and Poplar streets. Seve-
raj men were slightly injured. -Four
arrests were made.
| 1t is stated that the strike at the
works OF the Eridesburg anufacturipg
| Company have been amicably adjust
lei.
Late on Monday afternoon an IN.
known man, apparently AZ years old
was found sitting on the steps in front
tof the Stockton Rife Range, East Cam
den, New jersey, with a gunshol
wound in the region of his heart A
few minutes later he died. The affair Is
surrounded with mystery.
A verdict OF death from castro in
testinai Inflammation, induced by in
Ijuries received on the steamboat s.
| vi. Il vas Ou uuouudf dtllNOn
/ at by the Coroner'e jury that investiga,
| ted the death of Adrain Speer, of Cam
den, who was a passenger on the FELTON,
at the time of the recent explosion.
Representatives of the Citizens Re
| lief Comm ittee who visited Richmond
yesterday, are of the opinion that, ex.
cept in several cases, contributions OF
furniture and household goods are all
that is needed now by sufferers from
tie recent tornado.
James Burk, 40 years cid, OF Sharon,
Delaware county, was yesterday ad-
mitted to the University Hospital with
his skull fractured, the result of a blow
inflicted by colored man.
| While flying kite upon three-story
back bulldog, at his home corner OF
Eighth and Wallace streets. yesterday
afternoon, George Moore, years old
fell to the ground and was killed.
| The Police Lieutenants in their re-
ports to the Mayor yesterday spoke O.
the general condition of the streets il
their respective districts as '' clean, y
+" fair" or dirty"
Charles Cushman, of Thirty sixt and
Aspen streets, was struck and fatally
injured by shifting engine at Thirty
second and Market streets.