The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-02-04
rect, fell and broke her leg. Taken to Bellevue

street, fell and broke her leg. Taken TO Bellevue
Hospital.
published report OF their work during the past
association is doing good work. Military posts are
supplied with b0oks periodicals and papers over
$1,000 was collected for this purpose during last
year and ludiciously expended
SOCIETY OF MECHANICS AND TRADEsMEN.-A regu-
lar meeting OF the General Society OF Mechanics and
night at Mechanics Hall. Az Broadway at haii.past
seven o'clock OWING Y tle ram Storm 's
was merely OF routine character.
The E-"UNKNQwN,r Warden Brennan 70
ports that the body OF ali unknown man, aged about
thirty-fve years, nve feet eight inches high, was
brought to the Morgue yesterday from the foot OF
Leroy street, North river. Deceased had brown hair
sandy mus ache and g0atee and was attircd IN blue
overalls, blue oversnirt blue nannei undershrt ana
gray socks. The body was loo much decOmp0sed 70
be placed in the MOrgue to await identification.
METROPOLITAN FIRE C0MMIssIoNERs.-The Fire
Commissioners met yesterday-present, Commits
soners Shaler, Wilson, Galwey, Myers and Mclean.
Commissioner Kingsland, who Is now described in
oil official documents as &C. E. and Colonel Com
mandng." reported for the NOTWITHSTANDING
slightly damaged by ire TO- considerably, s; totally,
none; stable damaged slightly; 3 considefaply, =
totally destroyed; vessel slightly damaged; con-
siderably; "a dres confined TO one building; D eX-
tended TO others. Total hres TO- Foreman Rowe,
OF Hook and Ladder No. 0, announced the death OF
fireman John II. Carinan, or Inat company.
ANAssIsrANT ALDERMAN TAKEN TO WASHINGTON
UNDER ARREsT.-Assstant Alderman Florence
Scanned, who was arrested on Monday night by
the Sergeant-at-Arms Of the House OF Representa-
tives for contempt in refusing testify before the
Committee on Election Frauds. was taken TO wash
ington on Tuesday morning. Scammel was SUBJ
prned before the committee while IN session IN TINS
city, and testified in the most brazen manner TO GER
tain facts which he claimed to be within his know
ledge. while In regard TO other matters ne was
equally 0eIaut in MS refusal to give The Information
sought. The precise nature oil the cause lor MS
arrest Is not known.
THE GERMAN HosPITAL.--The Financial Commit
lee of the German Hospital and Dispensary, Fourth
avenue and Seventy street, made their re-
port Of the financial condition Of the hospital to the
following cfiect:-Iotal subscriptions rom 1851 TO
1867 S103 259; for 1868, $23, 1885, Total $127,047.
From the German Ladies' Aid Society during 1868 10
1867 $29,0l4; during 1868, 1924. Total 1858. III
terest account from 1862 to 1858, s6i7; making the
total receipts since the organization OF the society
Sl65,064 The expenses for the same period were
$685. o4 leaving $50 cash In the treasury on the lst
or January last. The expenses include $1aS l26 Tor
building purposes, and $4,654 were paid since May
last to maintain the Dispensary.
FIREs.-At forty minutes after eleven yesterday
q dire broke out in the four story brick building
No. 81 Eighth avenue, owned by Ii. Sefke and
insured in the Bowery Insurance Company for
$4,000 The building was damaged 1880. The fire
originated q on the nrSt n0or, IN the pre-
misses OF Aaron ZacharIas, dealer in iurs and mil
linery goods, whose loss is put at l2000 insured
for $1,000 IN the following companies
$1,000; Brooklyn, $4,000; Lafayette, $1,000. the
third door, occupied as dwelling by Erastus Miller.
was damaged $500; insured IN the st. Nicholas tor
$4,000. The barber shop OF George Schmidt was
damaged 500.
A fire broke out yesterday afternoon in the cabin
Of the brigantine Catharne Iced, OF Leth Scotland
at present lying between FUty-second and Forty
third streets, East river. The damage sustained Is
estimated at $4,000. The tire originated from
stove heating the woodwork Of the cabin.