Daily Republican., 1885-07-09
Phfladelphia Items.


Back from the entrance of 1928 Sa-
very street runs q small 0ourtway, well
paved win bricks with ciAanly white
washed walls. Upon this court open
three small houses, in each of which
lives the family of a laboring man. At
the end of the court In q square space is
the privy well used by the occupants of
the houses.
Yesterday morning two members of q
gang of odorless excavating men were
at work cleaning the we'll, which is
sixteen feet deep. One of them, G.
Wood, 81 years old, without taking the
precaution Of lowering lighted candle
to ascertain the presence of gas, jumped
into the we'll. He was Immediately
overcome by the foul gas, and his COM
panion, Joseph Nelson, 35 years old,
seeing his condition jumped In to rescne
hun. Nelson was at onced overpowered
and the two men were dead when dis
covered few minutes later by fellow
workman. The bodies were removed
to the morgne and an inquest will be
held upon them to-day. Nelson, who
lived at 111O Frankford Road, leaves a
wife and three small children, his
youngest child being only few days
old. A similar accident occur.
red Two years ago at the Franklin
Refinery. when two aen lost their
HIVES.
An athletic stencil chat issued from
the shrubbery near the gates of the
|Gentlemen's Q driving Park and throttled
the visitors TO the Wild West as they
came out of the show, was the most for
cible reminder Of the late National
|encampment in the park. 1t was in to
this shrubbery that the camp corps
threw all their refuse. Ten men,
under charge of foreman Mcdowell,
raked up the ground, and the carts
carried off load after load lof dead
grass. leaves, branches, barrel heads
and broken bottles. The filling up of
the camp trench was mp!eted.
Down at the parade ground Ex-gov-
ernor Underwood and Colonel Scott
showed Ex-councilman Henry, q lum-
Der merchant and possible purchaser,
the unsold portions OF the fence and
grand stand. r. O'Donnell bought.half
of the latter during the day at $3.50 a
Thousand feet. A purchaser was also
found for one third of the fence. Colo
mel Scott showed receipted bill of $l23
for filling up holes in the ground, and
said that the Park was that much rich.
\ er for the Encampment.
John Mclaughlin, park guard, liv-
ing at 43S North Eighth street, was yes.
terday held in 5000 hail by Magistrate
Thompson for shooting Thomas Miller,
of Manayunk. Miller, Noah and Law
Moorhouse and James johnson testified
that on June 29th, while returning from
Pastime Park, they found William ii.
Thompson, park guard, intoxicated
and asleep. They attempted to arouse
him, when Guard Mclaughlin came MP
and deliberately shot Miller. The de-
fendant claimed that Miller had made
an unprovoked assault on him and
Guard Thompson and that he had mere
ly used the weapon in self.deience.
| A despatch from New York an
lnounced that services were held over
the remains of the late Lieutenant
commander Gorringe, in Grace church.
that city, yesterday. Rev. Dr. Hunt
lingdon officiated. In accordance with
the wish of the deceased, the funeral
twas strictly private and only intimate
friends and relatives of the family
were present. The body was placed in
a sealed caske: in the vault of the
church, preparatory to its removal tol
inal iuterment in Philadelphia.
William, alias Judy" Lee, who
follows the vocation of an expressmar
in order to increase his opportunities
for stealing, was yesterday given 8
further hearing before Magistrate
Thompson. The following persons iden
, titled Lee as the man whom they hat
r employed and who had robbed them
Helen Dale, 1929 Chestnut street, good
r worth S236; Grace Barrett, Atlantic
= City, S25 NJ. Snyder, $50 North Eight
a street, S35 Charles A. Hite, 701 Nortl
I Ninth street, S75; Mrs. White, Ill.
|, Columbia avenue, SO; Kate Becker
Z Tamaqua, S60 and NJ. w. Wisham
s06 Chestnu, street, a sewing machin
e obtained on trial Special office.
q Kaaton and Hoffman testified t
b having recovered considerable of tn
= stolen property. Lee was held il
: 81, 900 bail.
Q Henry Schock, IL years of age, livin
!, b, Parker and Ridge Avenues, fell o
the street yesterday afternoon an
3 broke his arm. He was taken 10 hi
8 home.
a Christopher Everly, IS years of age
!, living on Janney street, below Al I
gheny Avenue, broke his leg by Ia
last evening. He was taken to hi
home.