The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-28
CITY Intelligence,

PKsaea sysaKR RAIN --rHs IAsS Yx,s rH
PassENT TIN CONTRAST. Tho short heAtsd torn OF
the last three fovr days rounded OIL beautifully
ast evtning by ono OF the most ohnf ming summer
showers we rsnsnber 10 have fer many years It
not one o; those dry, az sho rers but a fu
gushing honest rain, thai well meant and did we'll
II was accompanied and eit behind it ,efie. hing
ofeooresH that grateful after bcpy baked asa
broed In y warn July sun.
What contrast between the last Gumn,sr aaI hs pr,
sent What difference in many things and what
rshei in the change especially regard 10 the vital ale
men. OF rain last summer nom the S. Lawrence TO
the Gulf Of Mckee, and from Consy Lslani thu Rocky
Mountains, there was drought, general all psrvasn1
drying up tho fruits Of the earth thrsaepinx ~ Win
famine and resulting In destructive aros Ia f~iis ami
forests, AZ wel as in towns and ctea Tfa full pre-.
sure Of the calamity however, not felt until
ter came in, WIEN Thousands upon thoataads Of our
working classes, adeitio 10 the msfortuns OF beI
thrown out Of employ brought the vsrss Of
starvation BY our famine prios proviaioIs.
What chsngel How widely different the actual ~
suA and the prcspsct before MS OF tho prosen
the first white settlers at Jamestown has tbsIoireeo
season no regularly and bountfay supplied with rain
a. the spring and su manor OF 1885, from Cape Cod to ,ae
Pacific and from the AKA OF the Woods 20 the B.,,,,
And the results are before in the led gup
pies which are ,ouriog in upon us from far ne.s Ia
e's ,se and IN ,ss reports rom ever, poiat Of
qur~niity and qualir,
Such are foms OF the "Reminiscences aud reflections
day elosios up the heated day WITH whoLesom: wash
ing OF tho streets and purfe alton OF the swsernz
1t.0,ps.rs ,,. 70 the working people down town who
no coub 10 interfering with the exercise and the econ
omy OF walking home, bat the drawback will be
hsn made IN In breadstuns and provisions 30, iile
the In the play, when 1. will rain to ngbt,
We can stil answer without bssitancy, Let Il CONS
Gown
Tnr Yorso MANS DEMOCRATIC wno CoannTU-A
special MEETING Of this committee hsid the 81 Dad
4. n W.. l.. ut.E.
The business proposed to be brought before the commit
tee wss for rome cogsnt reasons poatpon.d until nsxt
Friday No buainess Of any importanes whatever wAs
transActsd the meeting adlournng few momsata after
its organization.
Tur LAIy AcciDysT ~ ROOSEVELT sruar Mary Ksefs
III. woman who vss knocked down and run over by a
soda water wagon, in Roosevelt street Thursday AZ
tsrneon, expired yesterday At tho New York Hospital
from the effects Of the injuries received on the
The driver Of the wagon, whose arrest noticed In
ystterdays paper remsn committed 70 prison t. await
the result OF the Coroner, inquistOn which, perhaps
wall come OF to day, that octl having received due
notification Of the death o. Mira ksefe.
CossmsnnT sTATuARY We learn that by ,hs
bark Tsres., arrived YESTERDAY thsrs hav. been 70
ceivsd three OF bronze s,atary being the sstas
of Jefferson and Patrick Henry with ban reofs wrought
consignsi 10 r. Thayer Esq OF this city by whota tho,
were promptly forwarded 20 R.chraond.
FIRE ~ Esssx SrRur.-Between and Q O'Clock Las
evening alarm Of ire, for the sixth district too,
place, caused By the upse.,ins of osmphens lamp II
the jeweiry AID watohmaker's store OF Philip Man
hsiner, No. Is Essex street. No damage done by IA
sre AZ was speedily put out but ,oms dishonest f.l
lows kicked In ths gAssN window, and stols soms ~
worth OF jewelry, with which they essapsd. NJ Msn
beimer IN not insured
Boy DRowstD.-A ton Of Captain 0tto Morrell, Of IA
OF the steamer Huntress, was drowned on Thur.aa
evening, At Williamsburg, by falling from the dock
HIS body recovered the nsrt morning Ms eide
brother, 10 years Of sgc, narrowly esoap ped sinls
fate having leaped into the 10 save him he "a
| rescued with great diheulty
TnRows FROM wAGoS.-A Mr. Mccarthy, Who 70
sides in Wooster street, thrown from his wagon o.
Thursday night In Tenth street, the uniyersty
lie was hurled with great violence agains, the curb
stone and seriously injured that there AZ
tie result lbe acoidsat was caused By the horss DO
comirg restvs