The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-07-01
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

Brps roR CIrY MARKET SrocK-In one OF the pub.
lIshed accounts Of the bids opened by the Comptroller
on Saturday last for $4,000 city market stock 1t
inadvertently stated that the New York Savings Bank
bid $780, II should have read S05 which IS the high
est bid. The stock pays seven per cent interest
IscaEAsx OF Wages DEMANDED THE SLATE RooF-
RsA meeting of the slate rooers was hold last Saur
day evening. at No. 124 Seventh avenue when It
unanimously resolved that on and after to-day an ad
their present rate OF wages t$3 50 would DO
demanded.
INTERNATIONAL SCOTTISH GAxEs,-The international
Scottish games will commence at Jones' Wood to day.
In the games delegations atred in full Highland
tune will contend From the New York Caledonian
Club there viii DO two hundred contestants under
Thomas Barclay from Scotland, three England, hvc;
Canada, thirty; Philadelphia, forty; New Orleans ten;
Boston, thirty Portland, six and large numbers from
Brooklyn and different paris OF New Jersey Great
interest rs manifested the tournament, and the games
are open to all Scottish societies everywhere.
SCANDINAVIAN SrArIsTIcs-From recently compiled
statistics It appears that there in the United States
about one million Scandinavians OF that number there
are between 10 900 45, 900 in New York Brooklyn,
5000; Boston, 1000; Chicago 20 900; ST. Louis, 1000:
San Francisco, 1000 and In various other cities In the
States of Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and Kan.
from 1000 to 1000. In New York they have four
houses OF worship, two Lutheran, one baptist
and one Methodist, together with various societies
Of educational and benevolent nature In the West
they have four hundred parishes, divided among
the Lutherans Baptisis and Methodsts and in almost
every walk Of life their nationality is represented
PREPARING FOR THE FOURTH Yesterday afternoon, as
Chas Euvrard Of No. los Greene street, was in the
act of examining a loaded pistol he accidentally dis.
charged It, ,nlcting very severe and painful wound
his left hand He conveyed by some friends TO
the New York Hospital for surgical aid.
CHARITY vs. Recommendations waldrop, OF the
Twenty ninth precinct brought young woman to his
station house Saturday evening, who appeared TO be
suffering from sickness The woman, Lizzie Carey by
name stated that she snceint and that woman in
West Thirty fourth street had administered TO her mcd
cines TO procure abortion, aud that the remedies
were OF her suffering She was then conveyed
to Bellevue Hospital whence she sent back TO the
station house with note from the official in charge,
stating that the woman an impostor and had been
committed thrty-one times for nioxicaton.' pr.
Ranney then called and prescribed tor the sufferer
FATALLY CRrsHKp.--on Saturday John 0Neil en-
pIoyed as steward aboard the steamship western he-
tropois then lying Of pier No. 10 North river, while
standing the guards OF the whselhouse as the. snip
was leaving the dock for Bremen lost his eaap &c ana
fell and terribly crushed between me np ana
piles Of the dock that death ensued soon all erwaru
Coroner Schirmer subsequently, held an nq'ies upon
the body and verdict OF accidental deatn was rem
dered by the jury. Deceased was ABOUT iornVe years
OF age and q native OF Ireland