The New York herald., 1850-12-11
PRICE TWO CENTS.
City Inteuigence.

the DAxcrSo SEAsor.-Anons the balls Of the season
for this year =: observe that tn: Junior BaoSsors
three entertainments. Thsss balls will be Owen ss
Niblos on the following evenings viz :-Dscsmbsr
tanmsns are so we'll Known new that it needs only to
be announced that they TO como "a TO insure .
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the evening they had spent In company with the mem
bers OF the association.
DREADruL AccIDrSr.-At half past six O'Clock On
Monday evening, . woman. named Mary night, re-
siding In the rear Of No Csrkson street foil from
the top OF house, about twenty iee, striking on .
nose, running the top Of her head The sosp OF
the right side separated from he bone along the
whole side Of her head. DIR. Philips, of AIS Hudsou
street, rent for, and temporarily dressed the
wound The woman was taken to the City Hospital.
OAvINe IN OF THE srRrErs.-A portion of the avenue
and sidewalk has caved in en- the northwest oornsx
Of Thirty third street and Ninth avenue and also at
Thirty second street and Ninth avenue, where the
severn TS,rs S l0r 1nS % building
remained in this state fer length OF time past. In
fact the avenue, .evsrAi blocks, IA 10 such state
that II Is scarcely safe for person to travel i at
night.
pest seven O'Clock. In the third story of % vessy
street. from the bed clothing catching fire. 1t was
soon extinguished, with trihing damsgs.
BAD ILLusrRArros OF THE WANT az LreHr.-On Mon
day night. ct IL o'clock, man named Moresois walk
ed OF the dock at the Grand street ferry, and was
drowned The want of sufficient light 1t the bridges
and terry houses was the cause sf the accident
GsAriNes AND VAULT HoLrs LErr 0rEs.-On Monday
night, gentleman, In passing through Franklin, near
Church strset, fell through grating left OPEN and
street, between the Herald efoe and Broadway, the
Of vault left In such state, that the mo-
msn % Sy put n feS & on u ssv
uatey he escaped injury but vas danger OF having
his leg broke The practice Of leaving these traps In
the street Is very reprehensbie and, we believe He
gal
ImrRorEn CoNpUcr AN ExrREss DRvER.-Yes-
terdsy, at l2 o'clock. NJ, q driver of an express
wagon driving through Nassau street ct . most
furious rate and the ut that between spruce
and Beekman streets the wagon came In contAc. with
cart an not only overturned It, but threw Il the
sidewalk, knocking down gentleman ~ho vas pass
rseoy.rins himself remonstrstsd with sm and asked
for his name lie gave him an impertinent answer,
and said he would see him d-d nrst. The gentlema.
proceeded to the Office of the express, and made Q
complaint. to which 1t was promised due attsntioa
would be paid
BARsun AND A PAm or Ispr.ss- -Yetserdsy, two In
disns one Of them dressed in the military half dress
Of cfioer and ths other dressed as civilian both
fine looking men applied TO the Chief Of Police for
redress against Mr.. Barnum, for having broken his
contract with them They produced letter Of en-
gsgement from him, by which 10 appeared they vsrs
to be engaged In the present fall but they said he
so taken up with Jenny Lima that they could get
him to speak to them. They were to dance war
dances spd exhibit ether peculiarites OF their r.cs
The case being a civil and not a fimiual one, the
Chief raid he could not render them assistsnoss
they lett the Office with ths intention Of commsao
ing civil fuit for breach Of contract.
DEATH nv DRowSISa Coroner 6ee., yesterday, held
inquest ut the foot Of Pine street on the body q
Peter Burns aged 30 ysars born In Ireland who wss
found dead floating In the ri YER having fallen nom
canal while under the innuence OF liquor. YER
diet, death by drowning.
DgArH nv AroPLExr.-Tbe coroner bsld an inquese,
yesterday, at so Cannon street, the body Of Mary
aormau, aged 81 years born In ireland, who came 70
her death by ht Of apoplsxy. Verdict sceordiosiy.
TsE OH LAMrs over mosg-wHo rs TO BLANs,-Not-
withstandng all that has been reported sbout the Oh
lamps being extinct at night the practice IL still cor
tinued. All the lamps IN Ferry street we're out on
Sunday night, aud were in Spruce STREET before .
O'Clock yesterday morning At half past o'clock, two
more out In Little Green street, and the oil
lamps in East, Margin, Goerck and Cannon streets
all out sunday morning before 2 o'clock
This Is intos srabs The lamp lighters shif the blame
from their shoulders. and throw IL upon the
tractors They say the oil s bad that he lamps die
out Now, ss Mr. Kinssland. Mayor elect, h the con-
tractor hope when he into once, the hrst
Of next month he will look 10 the mattsr ana that
all right that complaints will be neos cary
either regards the quality quantity OF the OIL
As Tor the Common Council IL Is useless to say any
thing TO them the subject. They love the dark
rather tn an the II ghtm - =
THE CAssr GuARDs, Captain James Morris passed
the Herald ofhoe yesterday, mpanied BY shsltons
Band their way TO target excursion at the Five
N lille House, Third avenue There City n usksts
and the prizes follows list prize, gold wstoh
won by Geo Mann; "a, gold pencil BY b BrsagsE: se
silve cup by James Camel 4th, emerald pin, by Wa.