The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-21
City Intelligence.

The WKA1mR-We know Of no subject upon which so
much has been said and written the weather. II is
the introduction to every street conversation and when
people have nothing else to talk about they fall back
upon it as dernier resort "Warm weather this, is
an exclamation which you will hear a hundred times
thusiastic individual tells you that it devsh hot
accompanying his remark with application of his
already saturated handkerchief to his humid features
Every person you meet looks as II he had quite enough
of it. and would gladly accept invitation to visit
Arctic regions Such weather is enough to try the feel
ings of this most even tempered 10 the utmost fer who
could keep cool yesterday with the thermometer up to
1927 However, live in hopes, and 1t IL impossible
for even the weather itself to stand much longer
expect to see Ga change for the bettern soon.
DIRTY Ers-Captain Carpenter, OF the Fifth Dis.
trct police, in his returns yesterday morning to the
Chiefs Office, says:' deem IL my duty to report to
you the condition of the streets in this district relative
TO garbage and the cutters OF the former II is but
justice to those who clean this ward TO say that from
experience Of many years have never the streets
Of the Fifth ward clean Of that great nuisance But
The cutters in very filthy condition from the want
Of being washed out by the Coton water and unless the
morning and evening, to wash out the sagnant water
that accumulates through the day in the cutters sick
Iess and death will oyertake us An arrangement might
easily be made with the police department for them to
open the hydrants once or twice day, In which no
water would be wasted bu, Just enough used TO purify
the streets and cave us from sickness."
MILITARY FrHRAL-The Independence Guard together
with the members Of this company and the officers
and members Of the Twelfth regiment New York State
yebtef0ay
form into procession nay the last tribute Of respect
to Capt John 7. Cairns who died Saturday morning
last in the forty ninth year Of his age Several Of the
companies In full uniform without knapeacks and
guns and o'clock p NJ marched TO the residence of
the deceased No 80 Rvingon street. whore the funeral
ceremonies performed and the remains afterward
taken TO Greenwood Cemetery The Guard Lafayette,
belonging to the Twelfth regiment assembled at the Ar
mory In the Mercer House on the Of Mercer
street and Broome and Joined their comrades at the Late
residence Of the deceased Capt Cairns for long time
previous to his DEATH commander OF the Indepen-
soldiers.
CRloKn-NEw YORK VERSUS ST. GEORGES CLrB.-The
first match this between the above clubs will be
contested the ground of the New York Club at Hobo
ken, TO day Tho players are as foliows:-0f the st.
Georges Club, Messrs. Emmett, Bage Hndhaugh TIT,
James Wright Robert Waller, Bingham Gibbs Burnett,
N. ekelham, and TDsen and Priche OF the New York
Club hessrs Cuppaidge, janet Marsh, James Higham,
George Bigbam, Sharp Fletcher Joseph Tower 10 CAL
and spivcy. wickets win be ptrched at 10 o'clock.
ExcnE-Yesterday closed the T~enty-arst ward Al
ciman Mott, Councilman varan and Earl, present
during the day. and granted licenses making
the aggregate ninety eight granted to this ward this