The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-13

Average temperature Saturday. ..... 7o%
COUP DE SoLRIL.-Daniel Dalton, slxty-6ve years
ofage, was found on Saturday evening on the door
step of the premises lo2 Bowery IN an nsens,bie
condition, suifern3 from the effects Of sunstrOke.
He was taken TO Bellevue Hospital
DROWNED WHILE BAruING.-Y Yesterday morning
shortly after four O'clock. George Begcre was
drowned while bathing at the foot OF Seventeenth
street, East river. Deceased was thirty-eght years
OF age, resided at 226 First avenue and leaves
widow with four children. The body was not re-
covered.
ATTEMPTED SUICIpE-About half past nine O'Clock
Saturday night Mary Henry, native of this city.
twenty years Of age, and residing at No. 81
Clfrystie street, attempted to commit suicide IN
Canal street by swallowing quantity OF laudanuin
She was taken by the police TO the New YORK Hos
plta where an emetic was administered ana she
was subsequently pronounced out OIL danger.
AN INDUSTRIOUS DoMEsrlc.-A young woman,
who was engaged as a domestic servant by Mrs.
Zimmerman of No. l08 Mulberry street. cOntiscaed
$500 in cash, belonging to her employer, and de.
camped o. saturday Last fhe energetic young lady
had been only about twenty-four hours In Mrs
ZifnmerlIans service when she left.
SICK AND Observation-Disclosures Flynn and Joseph
Petrie were found by the police on saturday night
in the Streets In a sick and destitute condition.
young woman named Emma Stanmire, twenty-sx
years OF age was also found IN The street In similar
condition. having just previously given birth TO a
child. These sufferers were conveyed TO Bellevue
Hospital.
Tighten OUR DARKNESS. Twenty eight street
lamps were reported by the police OF the Twenty
third precinct as not lighted on Saturday night.
DROWNED WHILE BArHlNd--About three O'Clock
yesterday afternoon John Mooney, a lad thirteen
years of age residing at the corner OF second aee
nue. and Thirty second street, Whe bathing at the
foot Of Thirty lonrth street; East rive, carried
out by the tide and drowned before aid could be
rendered. The body was not recovered.
FATAL FALL FROM WINDow.-Coroner Flynn
was yesterday notified to hold an inquest at No. 10
Doyer street over the remains of Richard Hail. lad
thirteen years of age whose death the result OF
injuries received on Tuesday last by falling from the
first story window OF the above named premises 10
the area, diStance-Ol twelve feet HIS skull was
badly fractured.
ARRIVAL OF MoRMONs.-The steamship Minnesota
arrived at this port yesterday direct from Liverpool
She left the Mersey on the 30th ut with eleven hun
dred steerage passengers, of which number five hun
dred are Mormons These followers of Joseph the
Pro hct are IN charge OF Elder Perry, whom they
recognize as their President These religious emf
grants remain in this city to-day, and tomorrow.
accompanied by son OF Brigham Young, Will leave
for Utah, their future home. Ten thousand other
believers are to follow as soon as they canDe shipped
at Liverpool.
METEoRoLoaIcAL.-Th mean temperature of the
week ending Saturday, 18th inst, as determined by
the thermometer of Fahrenheit shaded in the open
air at the Park, was 1906 degrees. The maximum OF
heat was ascertained to be SO degrees at II A. M.
and and p. M. of the 5th, and the minimum at
to A. NJ. OF the 18th. The mean OF each day was
noted as follows: Sunday, $685. Monday, 1897;
Tuesday, 70.63; Wednesday, 76.4G Thursday. 1898;
Friday, 75.43 and Saturday sl17 degrees. On the
5th 7th, Sth and 9th rain, accompanied by thunder,
fell The total duration of these storms was six
hours and nfty.one minutes and the depth of water
which came from the clouds was 0.753 OF an inch.
With the thunder the days indicated there were
terrific. Polar lights were seen on the night OF the
10th and morning and night of the 18th Inst.