The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-04-07
City Intelligence.

THz wRArHRa-Sp1rg really has come, If may trust
the nocAons Of weather for tho last few days The
words Of the poet that
IT'S month before the month Of NAY,
And tho spring comss slowly up this way
are being Aet and coats fast becoming
extinct institution. The Thermometer stood at 65
degrees yesterday, though March wind blowing,
and the sky filled with envous clouds that tried to
intercept old Soils kindly glsnces The streets wore
tled with dust acc pretty women, and 1t IL diculs to
the behclders By the way the dust ia becoming in
toerahs nuisance that oughN to be abaed aad 1t is
high time for the srS OF sprners to make their
ance. Hurry them up
ELECTION OF FIRE WARDxSs The Repre- ssntatvs Of the
Fire Department win meet Tuesday evening next at
Fremens Hail. In Mercer street., to eject four Fire War
dens to fill the vacan,es occasI ned by those waose
term Of tice hen expires In advertising co!u INNS
will oe found the of several gentlemen VINO aspire
to the honor and profit Of that posl,on ana no do ubt
their seve al qualifications we'll the Repre-
senati,es Without any personal disparsgeent to ths
usmbers Of the Board Of Fire Wardens-sor they are ali
Old GreDen and honorable msn-it be cocfes cd
that as ut present constituted the Office is simply sine
none hat are sv.r performs Ths Fire Wsrdens are
required to report all dangerous and improperly con-
aucted edidces to the counsel of the FIRE Department
whose outy II Is to proceed against the oending parties
and found guilty the dnes pad to the gene
raj fund. But what the acts WY, the city full
OF houses built In express vson OF ae frp lsws and
Which constantly impsrog toe lives property Of
citi1sns There twelve Fire WArdsns who receive
u salary OF $500 year each.
WINCH has TIE Rdar or WAY, TIE MAN OR TIE HoRsfs-
This queso, was decided by Justice wslch few Gays
since, st ths Lower Pclics Court 1t appears that gen
tsman crossing Futon street, Broadway, when
htrss and cart made abort urn, and would have run
him hae he OF caught the horse BY he reos The
cartman leaned kicked the gentleman Ia the
oreast telling him to eet out Of the way" upon wnoh
the latter lang upon thS and administered sound
drubbiDg to the Jehu. policeman inerfsrred ani
resng both parties took thsm to the rombs where jus
tice Welsh decidsd tie csrtmAn in the wroog iuso-
much law recognized tbs rights OF the pathway
tte pecsstrsn irss The parties dismissed with an
sdmonitlon to 60 and not fght any more
ssoosD Avnvs RAua0AD-r.e seas1t Avenue Eal-
have informed tho public that they vii eomnsnss
running their at four O'Clock In thu morning.. The
giant which they obtained from the city expressly spu
lss 'hst they shall every fifteen minutes from
egt oscck IN the evening TO twelve at ngh and from
that time until five in the mornog they shall
Every thiI min which provision they viola-
teo from the dsy they operations TO the pre-
sent time. Where Is ths City Inspectors
New YORK PRINTERS UNION At meeting Of this So
ciety, ke1 on Saturday evening last, Thomas Walsh
Robert Dsck and B. McManus, elected delegates
to he Nat Convention 10 be hela In Philaaepha
the nIst Monday in May next.
FIRE IN CoMMRcr srRxET-Abcut hatpest seven
o'soch on Sunday morning FIRE broke out in the
fgerator mandatory OF Parker Brown, Nos 20 and
% Commerce stee: It originated in the basement but
how Ia at present unknown. The 6renen prompt
ly on the grount and exdnguishei the FIRE. Da-
mage t. the s,ock about 81 C0 and to bull ling
aoou: 5000 psrhsr Brown have an insuran,e their
tteck Of eS, 500 in the following oompanes:-Paci6c.
600; S. Marks, 1000; New Amsterdam, $500;
kutvers, 500; Be- kmsn, 81 O00 Futon bO0 Pho.
Larg City Insurance Company. The building also DO
longs to Parker Blown, and Is injured In tho st.
hsrk's 50 900, and BsekmAn 81 0O0.
FIRE IN HasT1R STREET A Gre broke out about seven
O'Clock last evening" in the carpenter shop in of
No. "a Hester street, Norfolk, ornsd by Mr.. A.
Bsteman. The flames promptly subdusd, not how
und q valuable horse destroyed belonging to
mr. Batsnan, and other camAges BY IRE and water to
the amount Of 500.