The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-01-22

Tns WIBcAND HoncIpn Coroner Flynn continued the
inquest yesterday in the OF the death Of John VIE
gand. Drs l. C. Morton and T. Q. Finnel testified as
70 the nature Of the wounds received by deceased and
stated that they had all the appearance Of gunshot
wounds The Coroner said that there appeared to be
no evidence against Henry PAUL and William Chrisman
ne should use them Witnessed Their testimony.
ss BEEN snd nsy % sS s
arms had been discharged at the time Of the
be had ordered the arrest OF Mosbach il having been
SHOWN that revolver was found in his possession.
Several witnesses having been examined the testimony
was closed aud tho case given 70 the jury.
TIE PUBLIC HEALTH.@The bills OF mortality In New
York and Brooklyn last week scarcely varied from
those Of the previous week There AL deaths in
the former and 1876 In the latter city. besides twelve
others that occurred In streets beyond city limits OF the
latter The amount Of mortality in the charitable insti
tutons and asyiums excessive being no less than
10 In the public institutions OF tho TWO counties OF
only zymotc diseases which show any tendency 70 in
crease the fatality OF measles increasing in New York
and the ravages OF scaratna extending in the Sixth,
Ninth and sixteenth wards IN Brooklyn.
Tas TRAVELLERS CLuB-DE CHALLU. Tho members Of
the Travellers Club give reception to Mr.. Du Chau
this evening At the club house in Fifth avenue On this
occasion Mr. Du Chau will exhibit to the club and its
invited guests diagrams and pictures OF African
scenery, men and women, animalA DC, from his own
sketches which have not before been ehown In this
country The occasion promises TO be very interesting
Du Chaiu viii deliver three lectures on the gorilla,
African travel and adventure, In Steinway Hail. on the
lIth 2h and 2eh Of February in which these pictures
and diagrams will be used.
TIE BOARD or ExclsE.-The Board OF Excise held
their regular weekly msong yesterday afternoon the
President Judge Bosworh, in the chair. calendar Of
disposed OF. The licenses OF the fol-
lowing named persons were revoked Joseph Thorne
1876 Mott street, Martin Oakley, 1l3 Mott street, John
Train, l24 Attorney street. There quite gather
Ing OF liquor dealers in the trial room during the pro-
ceedingR.
TIE FARMERS CLuB.--The regular meeting OF this
club took place yesterday Cooper Institute. Nearly
the entire session taken up in discussing the merits
and dement's Of the wild lands Of Long Island. Tho
question suggested to tho club BY the written pro-
test Of Long Islanders against the misrepresentation
made in reports Of the club and one Of its members
named N G. Meeker, that the Wild lands Of thelisaud
put In plea of justification the ground
that he had been so informed by farmers on the
Of the sna a on Se
island max ing fortunes BY the cultivation Of these
wild lands Dr. Hexaminer OF New Castle, Del, read
an able paper the termination OF the potato, IN
which much scientific information given. One Of
most interesting statements made was that OF seventy
potato seeds without eyes, planted by him thrtyfve
oil them terminated and produced fine large potatoes
MERCANTILE TOWING ASSOCIATION Last evening the
regular meeting OF this association was held At their
rooms. Washington Hotel l. Boyer presided. The
secretary read the minutes last meeting which
approved. Several reports from the Executive Commit
W
delivered q eng hened address the rights OF steam
tug owners which he advered TO he considered
tain Borrs moved vote of ,nsnks for the address and
suggested the ropriey OF its being printed in PAM
phlat FORM which was agreed 70. The meeting thea
adjourned.
DANGEROUS SIDEWALKS The sidewalks OF the princi-
pal streets tho city in . slippery and dangerous
condition Tenants OF houses and occupants Of stores
have q general rule, neglected TO comply with the
city ordinance relative to clearing them Of snow and the
police authorities whose well defined duty it Ia to
force the law in this respect have fallen into apathy and
neglect the subject The result Ia that from
snow storms large hummocks OF have accumu-
lated, and serious accidents daily occur BY
Persons falling on the ice. oa MONDAY night Mrs Ella
one OF her legs. She removed to Bellevue Hospi
tai On the same night Mr. Joseph Bayls fell on the
walk while turning the Of Twenty street
and Lexington avenue sustaining compound fracture
OF MIS- right The above are but few Of the many
that occur daily. The policemen should enforce
the city ordinances in regard 10 cleaning sidewalks Of
and ice.
"rHE DRIFT Lone ISLAND Such was the subject
Of highly interesting and scientific lecture delivered
last night At the Cooper Institute, before small au
doncs by Professor Jas Mills. The lecturer opened
by tracing the geological and typographical forma
OF the contine nt Long Island especially
which he illustrated by maps His theory 10 that Long
Island was at orc time covered by water. on the
contended against the sea The formations of
the hills on the island clearly show that the
lana was SINKING wnhe the Dedcn was forming, ana
that much OF the material OF which the present beach
is formed carried down by the glaciers from New
Jersey, distance Of twenty-seven miles. Taken as a
whole, the lecture Of the ablest delivered be-
fore the Association for the Advancement of Science
and Art
SAD CASE Tho police yesterday afternoon found
by the name Of Hyram Nicholas, In Fifty. eighth
street, lying the sidewalk in destitute and dying
condition. He was conveyed to Bellevue Hospital.
ISouEsrs BEFORE CORONER scHRxER-An inquest
was held at Bellevue Hospital yesterday on the body
Of Joseph Wagner the boy thirteen years OF age whose
death the result of injuries accidentally received by
falling from a second avenue car on Sunday last
George William Biesell, a little boy four years or age
died at the residence Of his parents, No. IS
Laurens street, from the effects Of scalds
ceiyed the 18th instant by the accidental
upsetng upon him OF kettle OF boiling water Francis
McGraw, thirty years Of and a native OF Ireland
died yesterday at Bellevue Hospital from she effects Of
Injuries received some days ago by falling from q
WAGON Mary Corrigan, an Irish woman, twenty.
years OF died al No 243 East Twenty street
from the effects OF burns received by the explosion OF
kerosene oil lamp about week since.