The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-22
c1rJ ,NTELLIGENCE.

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STREET CLEANING GONNA. "o S''oo' oieaning
Commissions held meeting yestes>' ooin"unca-
ton was received from the conrsctorS In
dumping stand at the foot Of Thirty eigha stSeet East
river The one formerly used under the old system Is
private property and Is required by the owners Per-
mission asked TO erect one and the matter wa re-
feed TO the Comptroller, with directions TO report at al
early day.
NoKs TROUBLE WITH THE SrRIKEHs-Whf1e in the
Twenty ward Thursday night cleaning Thirty
ond street and First avenue the contractors men
attacked BY q large crowd. number Of stones were
thrown. and three men were hurt, one of them being
most severely injured.
DISCOVERY CRuuBIs CLAY.-A gentleman residing
In New Jersey has exhibited at the HERALD ofce speci
mems Of glass made from quality Of sand lately dis
covered In his State not far distant from this city which
Ia of great tenacty and apparently Of very fine color
and quality The glass is Of pure amber color Gu
quality Of the sand is that In refining IL and max
produce tho amber hue showing that the material
tains metallic pigment furnishing the requisite
shade. Experiments being made with the sand
With a view the production Of flint crystal glass
Tho bed Of sand In New Jersey IL said to be nexhaust
forty fifty feet OF point where boats easily land
and load Beneath the layer Of fine sand lies deep stratum
of what called crucbe clay, used in the manufacture
of smetes gold and silver smiths crucbles composed
Of chemical combinations capable Of withstandng the
most intense heat without undergoing material change
sustaining damage This will undoubtedly prove Of great
value to the Of the property and perhaps pro-
duce new phase of manufacture into New York. At
present the of the material used in making cruel
bles has to be imported from foreign countries
WARN WEArHER-After several days. to the human
family Of grateful retirement during which he seems to
have dipped his rays In the torrid Nominations from
vulcans FORGE the suphurous fumes from Putos sub
terrancan regions Old Sol upon yesterday with
all his brightness all his dazzling radiance and fairly set
all creation in stew. We thus far hear OF cases or
sunstroke, but there great number Of people
abroad who suffered intensely from the heat and werc
actually In the melting citing %ooS A. A. NJ sne '9 Ssd
reached degrees and at three 10 Indicated
ninety degrees which was hot enough for oil practical
purposes-and tho maximum reached by the HERALD
instrument.
AWARDING CONTACTS The following are the names Of
the parties to whom contracts wero awarded by the
Street Commissioner Thursday :-Regulating and
grading sidewalks and setting curb and gutter stones on
West and Washington Streets between Hammond aud
Hoboken streets, to A. Affinity, s21e2 IS; regulating
and grading Seventy sixth street, from Fifth avenue 10
East river s. Masterson, 500 600 %; sanoe In Tooth
street. from Fifth avenue to Harlem river j. g. Master
$38 221 III and setting curb and gutter stones
in l2Oth street. between Third and Sixth avenues James
Kehoe ol6 05 regulating and grading Fory.second
street. between Second avenue and East river p Voor
HES So 500 90; regulating and grading sixty sixth
street. from Broadway to Eighth avenue, J. g. Master
George sd Ria 50 s
$l40O pier SO East river, Tompkins Lynch 81 70o
pier foot Of Twenty second street. North river, George
FREE ACADEMY AIuxM-The usual annual meeting Of
the alumni Of the New York Free Academy was held on
Thursday evening in the large hall Of the academy edi
Ace Professor Rodney G. Kimbal Of the State Normal
School, presiding II was ordered that appropriate
tablets should be erected in the academy 70 pepetuate
the % OF such as 1sa se IN os
funds to defray tho expense The following are the o
elected for the ensuing year-Presdent sB Bloom
James E. Morrison; Treasurer, James Knox Historian,
Professor Adolph Werner; Committee at Large Alfred
besides Messrs Holt Weir Greenfield, Jasper, Thomas,
Kurshedt Merritt, White, Cooper, Sutherland, Hickok,
business tho alumni adjourned.
DEATH IN A STAaR-A respectable appearing man,
dressed In black clothes throughout, entered Grand
stage yesterday afternoon At the corner Of Green
vch and Canal streets and after paying his fare dropped
!" SUPPOSED 70 be- THOMAS Nelson he was about sixty
years Of had gray hair around the sldes or his head
but was bald on top The Coroner was notified and viii
hold an inquest this morning.
EXCURSION THE sxvsSrr.yiRsr, N. G. g. N. 2
Companies and Of this command have decided to
make an excursion Boston and Providence, instead Of
Albany and Saratoga reported in our columns
few days since The former places have been selected
after minute inquiry by the committed regarding every
particular pertaining to the pleasure and general sstsfae
ton Of the visit They promised cordial reception
and happy time by the Ulcers" and "Fusleers' Of
Boston They will leave this city Tuesday, the 10th
Of August, by the Sound line Of steamers. Tho rcgi
mental (Dodworhs full band will accompany them, and
every arrangement IL being made to insure grand sue
The committee will be in waiting at tho armory Of
Company b, corner University place and Thirteenth
street. al seven o'clock, every Tuesday and Friday
after this week previous to the date Of starting where
they will be happy 70 receive any propositions rom those
interested Any communications addressed TO Licuten
ant Remsen Appeby, los Broadway will receive atten-
tion.
FIRE IN FuLroH Srnw.-0ffcer Waters, OF the Second
precinct last night at eight o'clock discovered re In
Wilson's building No. 70 Fulton street. II originated
from exploded gsspipe O6cer Waters succeeded In
putting out the Are without giving alarm and saving
that large building from probable destruction.