The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-08-31
City Intelligence.


SANITARY MEAsyREs-A warrant has been issued
against the tenant Of the basement IL Water street.
for refusing to obey the orders of the City Inspector
In clearing out Of the house. The landlord Of the
house 1856 Liberty street. out of which many families
were elected, will be proceeded against for the
penses of purifying it. Tho poor creatures who
turned out will also sue him it is said, Tor tho rent
they have paid him in advance He has been pleading
hard to get leave to have the house opened for them
again, but to no purpose.
The CRoroN WATER Nv THE THIRD AvrsUr-The
water pipes the Croton water now laid as far
down as 3sth street In Third avenue This will be
great Of comfort and health to the residents
along that line, who have been In extreme want of
ter No doubt the prevalence Of cholera In that dis
trict Of the city was owing In no small degree to the
want Of that great essential OF life.
F,RE -Partridge's match factory In Twelfth street
near Sixth avenue, eet fire about III o'clock
Wednesday night by the bursting OF q quantity OF
vitriol. 1t was soon extinguished without much da-
mage.
rEs.-As we stated on Wednesday the City Inspector
gave orders to have the dung heaps removed and the
spot before the men and boats EN- poysd by the Board
OF HEALTH and the latter could not ind place said
they could not On being further urged to their duty
since, they met by threats from the
Of whom said that his dead body should be walked
before he allowed the authorities to touch his
The result Of the intimidation was that men lat
least so IL Is staed could be got to assist in the
moval. 1t is however, shrewdiy suspected that the
men employed who usually in the employ
ment of the owners OF the manure. There are many
hungry idle in other parts OF the city would be
Very glad TO get such Job But where were the police
force that such intimidation and defiance of all
authority could be carried In the face day Surely
they could at al events arrest those who up to
terasy were certainly dumping this manure At 37th
street We Jaw them ourselves and the stencil, up
far as the railway. was intoerabe. How the people
who remain In that locality (for great number have
d. serted t) can live In such polluted atmosphere,
cannot conceive There has been no manure removed
IS yet from this 'P"s The BEGINNING was made a.
away from the latter, they are adding one to
the heaps in 37th street. Both belong to the
same parties and 1t Is now question whether
they net merely removing it from 18th to
37th street instead Long Island. To give idea of
the quantity this that has been collected
in 10Th street may mention that Tuesday 1870
cart loads removed and you would scarcely miss
what Was taken away
choice melons, from Mr.. NJ. D. Olmstead, No 8
Washington market. They are the finest specimens
OF the nutmeg melon ana were raised az bergsa
fond of this deicisus fruit should call upon him
to-day and procure them.
HArp Casa woman and dead child turned
out Of the house No Asa Cherry street by the land
lord They brought to the station house. where
coffin procured tor the child, which was buried
about o'clock on Wednesday morning
No 10 BowEnv -NIessrs. Alvord & Bancker occupy
the hat store No. 10 Bowery; not Mr. Huggens, AS
mentioned yesterday.
ERR.rrM The Colonel of the Tenth Regiment Of
State Infantry, Is Hasey, not Harley.
THE CnuRcn IN DAyGrR.- Yesterday morning. a
rather novel tas took place in the Fourth avenue.
The furniture Of Calvary Church brought to the
banner for debt contracted in the erection of the
building Th.re wasa great sacrifice Of property for
what cost SIS 600 sold for about $500 The church
under the partial care Of Rev. MIR Soutnard
The ERsAsI.-This splendid clipper brig, built in
Baltimore, lice in this port to sail for San francisco,
with passengers alsne She Is considered of the
1901 saers In the world She spreads $500 square
yards Of canvass. She Is commanded by Captain Ora
ham.
Hossr KuLrp--Yesterdsy afternoon q horse
killed in Broadway. near Barclay street, by the shaft
Mt haI IN hlr nntn tntn hta
side The Of the could not be a-certained.
1t IL a common practice to leave dead horses In the
street and seal the ownership lest the owner
should have to pay for the removal The consequence
e. that they sometimes left in the street till they
become nuisances In more senses than ose. The
Third ward health warden had the csrcase removed
last evening" by the contractor who lives up at 10th
street The contract Is TO sink tue carcases In the
river up i2d street, but IL Is doubted whether this
Is always done.
AccrosSr.-A man named Edward Roland fell from
the fourth story OF house No GO Elm street. about half
past clock, NJ. yesterday. IL appears he had
been asleep close the edge of the window witch
nearly level with the floor. and accidentally falling
dashed against the cellar steps where he
picked up by policeman Boland lie was seat to the
Hoe ,tal In Broadsay.
sCppgs ILLNESS George Barry fell down in a At Ia
Fulton street He was brought TO the station house
about O'Clock on "Wednesday evening.
AcciprsrsL DF.ru The coroner held an inquest,
yesterday No fc2 10th street The body 81 Samuel
c' y eged ~ years born In Ireland who came % his
death by the accidental falling Of some scsnolding which
he taking down part OF the timber fell ;ross his
bach an head indicting such injury that death
almost the imniod ate result. Verdict accordingly.
A BOY DEowSrp We noticed In yesterdays Herald
the acoidep al drowning 81 small boy Of six years Of
age by the of John kuen in the North River. 1T
pier No 3. His parents resided at No ~ Whitehall
street verdict Of accidental drowning was rendered
yesterday by the coroner's jury.
Tur CASE or NH. wEIssER
The family aud friends Of Mir VIM. Welser we're panied
by al announcement In the Herald OF the 30th Inst
D.. ptonipe the death Of that gentlemen under cir
ounfisncss of "a painful nature. MIR w has long suf-
fred under disease Of the lungs. and the morning
Of The day of hi death he troubled With great op-
press and difficulty Of breathing He left his once
81 uoor TO bis lawyer M the halls Of justice and
afterp ards visited plsces frequenied by the young
man HARLEM whose forqeres him we have previous
ly mentioned Having discovered forged checks to the
nmsunt Of SEQ In the chamber of his former
boarding house he supposed that visit 20 places fire.
quensd by him would lead 20 further discoveries aud
90 pressed himself 10 his family days before his
Death His writ to the house at which he suddenly
died was from no improper motive. but on strictly
business purposes on leaving his office he requested
his Young men not 20 close before o O'Clock rs he
would return at before that hours and the 6rst ia
timatiop they his family had Of his death, was his
dead body brought 10 his house, In Madison avenue
cd by bis lawyer Mr. Wells and the coroner
MIR weiss.r n man II remarkable domestic habits
sud possessed the esteem and affections Of those best
scouaiutel N III him.