Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-20
CITY NEW S ,

last evening at their room Fayette street. between
Holiday and Gay-Jesse Hunt, Lsq President, in the
chair The Secretary presantedh his summary ofagents
work for the past month. from which the following
extracts taken:
First district-Families relieved, 573; number in
family: lSl; number Of visits. 57 expended 81 5lO6S
including 9lM cords of wood and $50 tons of coal
Second district-Families relieved. 526; number in
family ,9lT; number of visits T9i; amount expended.
1875; including Sc cords of wood and 65I tons Of
coal. Third district-Famiies relieved 562; number
o%vlsits SO amount expended, 81, 4S7 Az including
63 cords OF wood and $50 tons of coal. Fourth
amount expended. 81, 5Ol.24; including IS cords of
wood and II tons of coal.
They also, during the month, sent 10 children to
the public schools to Sabbath schools sent to the
almshouse and obtained employment for IA. The
aggregate makes 2,o69 families relieved, of which
pended S5,S6.5I, exclusive of coal and wood-Ihose
relieved were divided among the different religious
persuasions follows: Baptist A. Episcopalian, Is;
Presbyterian, 70; Catholic. AS: Methodis222; Lu-
theran, 50; no church, 1910.
MIR. Randolph, treasurer, presented his report for
the month, which stated the amount on hand, Janu-
airy 18th, S. 3543 since which time the receipts
have been from the Sd ward, S24S 2 18th ward $500;
10Th ward S74675 18th ward S19l$0 18th ward, SlOQ
18th ward, $327.50; 18th ward, 5000; 18th ward.
$226.45; 20th ward. $ls4-naking from ward mana
gers S36U6S3. Received at the office BY secretary,
$237.9l: for coal, $+i6.S7; from Rev.. James Dolan
total amount $l4,0i7l4 The several payments made,
amount To S66S3S3 leaving balance in the treasury
of 1881. the disbursements nearly Sc, 900
paid to distressed cases under the jurisdiction of the
agents.
The fuel committee reported that up to February
lSt the agents had distributed 49, tons of COAL eav
ing at that time 2ob tons on hand, The report states
that the amount Of coal given out by the association
to the ls instant exceeded that distributed last year
up to the same time l67 tons. The same committee
also reported that 500 cords of wood were distributed
up to February LIST. leaving 6O0cords on hand.
The following contributions were reported as hay
tny hnaI IrrnI hy ilat,t.
Patterson, 500 Charles Carroll, so; Judson NJ Due
kett, 20 the Misses Bernie, Carroll county, 20 Mrs
Hill, To- William l:andstreet, 10; Edwd. T. Owens, 5;
SOB, besides contributions of tons of coal from
James A. Hooper. The appropriations for the month
of March was at 81 900 Tor each district making
: total of 81, 900 for the city.
A communication was received from the 'Clioso-
phic Literary and Dramatic Association" proposing
70 give an entertainment at the Concordia Opera
House, on Wednesday evening, Feb. 18th, for the
benefit Of the general poor of the city the proceeds
to be distributed under the jurisdiction of the Poor
Associations read and adopted
Upon motion 1t was unanimously adopted that the
president OF the ASSOCIATION procure the portrait of
George Brown, late president Of the association,
which Is 10 be hung up in the rear Of the presidents
desk.
The call of the several wards was made by the
Secretary and $2.3l7 reported collected in addition
to that previously reported.
After the transaction ofsome further business of no
general Importance, the meeting adjourned.
AN INroRTANT SrGGEsTIoN.-Dr Hiram Greentree,
III CitS 10 Inc lily Council
through tho President of tho First Branch. an i'm
portant suggestion in relation to improving the sani
tary condition of the city. It was as follows:
u would respectfully suggest the propriety Of S
Sanitary Committee, to be composed Of four medical
gentlemen for each ward in this city tone for each pre-
cinct whose services will be given gratuitousy for
the inspection of every house. street. lane and alley
&c., in this city said committee TO act in conjunction
with police officer if necessary to visit each family
in His recpacvn beat tn +ba hot LA, 6
cleanliness go essential to health, and to devote
the coming month of March to said duty before the
advent of warm weather.
lfchOlera or any other pestilence should come, we
will BIO better prepared for emergencies. There is
malignant fever in midst .conned to our alleys
at present.. and some such measures are highly
necessary to the health of our city during
the coming summer. Tho medical profession gen
orally visit patients in such localities gratutously
and if thereby we prevent epidemic of any kind
in the city, it will be the means of saving many val
liable lives"
The report was referred 10 tho Committee on
Health. Much uneasiness is felt throughout the
city in view of the anticipated appearance of the
cholera in this latitude during the approaching sum
mer, and the hope is generally INDUCED that the city
authorities will authorize liberal and prudent ex-
penditure of money bg the Board Of Health in thor
oughy cleansing every part Of the city, and that i'm
mediately.
STATISTICS OF HEAlTu.-From reference to the re-
port of DIR. Morgan. Health Commissioner, it is as
certained that for the week ending yesterday morn
ing 10 deaths occurred in this city, % Of which were
caused by consumption, . Gy Inflammation Of the
lungs by cancer, by casualty, l by commissions,
by Group by dropsy, l by dropsy in the head, By
dySentery. by diptheria. l By epilepsy 3 by ca
tarrhal fever by scarlet fever, by hemorrhage,
by inflammation Of the brain, by old age, by or
ganic disease Of the heart, b. palsy, By smallpox
by violence. unknown adult, II unknown infan-
tile and still births. 50 Of the deceased males
and 81 females; q of the whole number were colored
persons: II died under l year of age; between
and years; - between and years; between
and 10 years between 10 and Is years between IS
and g ] fe oTsenn and RstTssn 20
and 70 years; between Gu ana iDyears between
20 and 50 years; 3between 30 and 30 years. Only one
lived to be orer an years There was considerable
decrease the past week in comparison with the NOR
taty of the same week in other years, being II
less than in the corresponding week OF last year. As
less than in the week of 1861. and q less than
in the corresponding week of the year 1868
ESCAPE or CoyyICTs FROM THE PENITEHTIARy At
an early hour yesterday it was discovered that two
inmates Of the Maryland Penitentiary had succeeded
during the night in making their escape from prison
One of them. james Smith is about thirty-two years
Of age and had served about one year; the other
JOAN Boyle. is about twenty-five years Of age, and
had been in prison about six eight months for lar
ccny He is the party who indicted for the muir
der Ct Capt. Watkins, in Anne Arundel county last
summer. and who was serving out sentence for
another ofense They effected their escape by first
working hole through the partition wall of the
cells being confined in contiguous apartuentE and
then, after Boyle had secured entrance into the
coll of Smith, they succeeded in making boIe
through the outer wall of the building. and then
forming a rope out of their bed clothing, let them
selves down from the fourth story, in which their
coils were situated, to the yard below. After reach
ing the yard they procured ladder. which was used
about the building and with this they easily scaled
the walls. It is supposed also that they were aided
in their escape by parties outside the walls. Every
effort is being put forth for their apprehension but
up to latest accounts nothing had been heard Of their
whereabouts.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.-Shortly after six o'clock yes
torday morning IN sdrot robbery was perpetrated in
the western part Of the city Two families reside at
No. $50 Raborg street-John Weaver m the upper
PORTION Of the house. and Frederick Cook in the lower
part. At the hour named Cook went up stairs and.
knocking upon the chamber door of Weaver, told
him and his wife to get up as the house had been
robbed. They Immediately jumped out of bed and
down stairs, when Cook entered their apartment
and stole from bureau $40 and a silver watch.
Finding everything in the lower part Of the house in
confused state, Mrs Weaver ran up stairs to look
after her money, when she discovered her loss. The
occurrence was made known TO Lieut.. Walters, of
The western district police, who dispatched sergeant
Handy and policeman Dougherty TO look after the
affair. They at arrested Cook. and upon search
ing his person found on him the watch and $780, The
accused, who is the broherinlaw of his victims was
by Justice Meredith for the action Of the
grand jury, and the money and watch were returned
TO their owner.
The MARYLAND SUNDAY School USIoS.-The an
nversary of this society celebrated last evening,
ut Charles Street Methodist Episcopal Church. g. S.
Griffith ESQ, President, presided, and the audience
present sufficiently large to comfortably fill the
edifce. Addresses were made by Rev. John Ley
burn, D. D.; y. w. Schenck, d. D., and z. Il. Esch
bach The opening prayer was made by Rev. Edwin
Johnson, and the bcnediction was pronounced by
Rev. Thos. Sewall, D. D. The usual collection was
taken up, and resulted in handsome addition to the
funds Of the society.
SALE OF PRoPERTT.-S. IL. Cover, auctioneer, sold
yesterday, upon the premises lot of ground aud
improvements in fee, on Dugans wharf, having
front OF % feet and running back to the depth of IS
feet the improvements no. no. consisting of three
story brick building with three story back building
&c. It was purchased by Messrs. a. Gregg Co., for
S., $50.
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