The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-01-15
City Infellsgenc &c.

INK MILD WEATHER AND TIN IcE Caor.-rhs ccntinuGnc
ol MIC weather is raiI quite pa.ic among that elias
Vi people who In their business ice largely durcg toe
sun mer months. As yea Rockland lake is without ,c'
enough upon to cool cobber should the winter p
n ms manner the price o. article will be enormously
ennsn0eu ire general corsumpon IN this city ia $50 Don
.cns ara Two ice companies that have monopoly of the
business report oniy % go tens on hand which will b.
Ill 80 ~ Teo YES e next summer At this rate ~
Snt nave 10 hport ice from Maine bat OF any rate
may expect the two moropoes to run prices 10 10 the
hlsness point Ice has become nceeasy in thus city
since the introduction OF Crot,r ya,- "a tbipu that
would diminish the supply would be ssros nus re mis-.
,ofAae however we lave some hopes 0, the weather
yet MOI uati .snuary g over can speeua,, much
the general character OF the winter February NAY 20
| an awfully cold month. We shall see
| THE COMPLAINT Book recently opened by the Pole.
Commissioners seems to be growing in public riyn
complaints entered yesterday They As follows
Against boys for breaking Tampa against grocery man
by his landlord, for heaping dirt in from, OF he store
against who keeps boy ia trout OF tie complain
ants store insulting His custoers and his wife sR.ios,
boys Ia tbe Eighth ward for annoy ing the negborhood
Of compliments stsre and suspected 0. breaking INTO
tho same against the Harlem Railroad Company for OBJ
sructirg Forty sixth ard other streets With their
against boys Fifteenth street between First and Second
avenues, who play tire Sabbath agsnst the ruins Of
fire in Fifteenth street, between and First
nue., which LEFT unenclcsed and in dangerous condi
ton and against storekeeper in Broadway for costuct
Bg the sidewalk The eenrssins referred 10 the
acting captains of the various precincts.
RFcRy1ups UNITED SYArEs ARsY.-The addition
to Uncle Sans forces nccessa;ed by the Mormon has
made recruiting service in ths city unasu4iy active
There is lively time Of all the stations ID this city and
recruits GENE in pretty fast The hard times have their
effect IN swelling the ranks OF the Candidates for mill
ary he1ors and better class Of than usual Gun be
sent to the dfferen military stations.
DNSIxusrID HRoKM.-On Wednesday night. as Mr.
Eahmeyer chief mate Of tbs 0ldenburg bark hiossen
Capt Ka;e, sitting in the cabin taking his tea, he
suddenly aroused by q cry of help" Jumping
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the water. He called for help, line thrown out,
which the drowning man failed to grasp Quickly Lab
meyer junred from the qaerter deck and almost
drowned by the grasp OF the man he wanted to save
Isbmeyer finally succeeded in tying Zine around the
body of the dying man, who was hosed up by the sailors
Lahmeyer remained in the water until he nearly
exhausted. Finally he saved b. his trusty nen.
THE AURORA BoREAIE-0n every fair evening for the
pas, week the boreals, northern lights, have
made their appearance in the heavens towards that point
Of the compass FROM which they derive their There
is nothing peculiar in this visitation that has MOI been
marked before, but it may be matter 81 speculation
whether the aurora has anything to DO with the mild
winter have had far 1t is supposed also that their
appearance may have something TO do with tue preva-
encc OF influenza, throat and smallpox, which
noted in this city. The bcreas supposed be
pebulous matter floating about in the planetary space
which may get enang,ed in the atmosphere and influence
the temperature and perhaps cause disease This Is
subject for the souuns to dscass The northern lights al
tract much attention in this city, as they doubtless do all
over the country.
Carts AND CARRIAGES WITHOUT IIesscEs.-Pending the
dispute bewetn the Old and the police force the
dpancs compelling backmen and carmen 10 get out
licences much neglected and the city treasury has
lost not little by the absence Of police supervision OF
this subject Mayor Tieman is however, determined to
enforce the city ordinance, and for the past two days
number OF hackmen have been brought up and fined for
not having licences the Law directs. ID is estimated
that four fbs OF the hackmen have not complied with
the law. different state Of things will be naugurated
forthwith.
THE SuPPosED SrrcIDx. Gustave Pehnt whom NO sup
posed had committed sucdc from the fact that sundry
letters and ether papers, found in Trinity church yard
few days since and signed By him written in such
style of language and sentiment would convey that
idea, meet unexpectedly turned up yesterday In the
office Of the Deputy superintendent Police. to the
constituent OF every present We hope that IL he
eyer entertained the notion OF Terminating his own
existence il has been forever banshed by sensible reec
ton,