The New York herald., 1869-03-21
for taxes during the past week.

lotal $4S, ,S62
The BEATING OF MR.. HoRNING.-Henry VAIN, the
dealer In sewing machines and Jacob Sullivan the
colored laborer arrested on the charge OF danger.
ously beating Charles Hornng, OF 152 Essex street.
two or three days since, were yesterday brought
before Coroner Rollins, who required them to give
bail In the sum OF $4,000 each to await the result OF
Hornings injuries. VAIN Is a German and lives at
No. 40 Stanton street. Sullivan resides at No. AZ
Ridge street. Both the defendants deny their guilt.
SUPPOSED FOUL PLAY.-The man found in the
water on the foot OF Seventy street. North river,
as previously reported has not yet been identified,
but Is at the Morgue for that purpose. Upon exam
lining the body OF deceased his skull was found be
fractured but whether that done before or after
death remains to be determined by medical exam.
IN eaaT WAS an coae w o. aE
brown muslin shirt and heavy br0gans. The case
will be thoroughly investigated by Coroner Keenan,
who was notified.
FOUND DEAD-At late hour on Friday night
Deputy Coroner Shine was called to attend John N.
Krokel. q man who was reported TO be sick at No.
West street. On repairing to the place the doctor
found Mr.. Kr0kell lying face downward on the bed.
and an examination showed that he was dead. The
ed lived at No. 6l3 Fifth street. and owing
for two or three days past ard stopped with a
friend, where death overlook him. II Is thought he
died OF apoplexy. Coroner Flynn will hold an tn
quest on the body to-day.
SUICIDE OF AN INvALID.-For some time past
Charles Smith. man. twenty-seven years OF age,
who lived at No. 116 Madison street, has been lying
very ILL., and his sufrerings seemed to cause tenn
porary Faberration or Imind. Yesterday morning.
shortly before five O'Clock, Smith raised one OF the
misses and leaped out to the pavement thus receiv-
ing injuries which resulted in almost instant death.
Coroner Flynn was notified and held an inquest on
the body. Deceased was printer and had been EN-.
plOyed on one Of the morning papers.
THE WARREN STREET FIRE.-The losses and in.
surances In the fire at No. 40 Warren street. as near
as can be ascertatned are given below:--C. Howe
cloths loss ss 900; insured $4,000. H. Meyer cioths
loss $4,000; insured, in Pacific, $50OO Stuyvesant
$5ooo ST. Nicholas S. 900. Baltic $4,000: Firemans
L. Stock, boots; loss $4,000; insured, Phoenix,
10000; Hamilton, 5000. J. Heine, clothing; loss
$25, 900; insured s., 900. Samuel Woods owner og
building; loss $1,000; insured. New Amsterdam,
$4,000 Union Mutual OF Buffalo, $4,000
REMOVAL OF DEAD BoDIEs.-The work Of remov-
ing the remains Of persons who have been buried In
the Dutch Reformed buryng ground on First ave-
nue., between 124h and l25th streets. in Harlem was
begun on Friday last. The police OF the district are
maintaining order at the ground, as many persons
are opposed to having the emains OF their friends
nearly ali the remains viii pe reburried In WOOD.
lawn Cemetery IN Westchester county The Mas ons
q ney W e pSs 81 81
their fraternity as are not claimed BY friends. The
permit extends until the ist OF NAY when 1t Is ex-
CRoroN AQUEpucr DEPARTMENT. the 9th day
OF August 1868, proposals were to have been opened
and contracts awarded by the Croton Board for the
following jobs, but an Injunction having been issued
preventing this action by the department the further
consideration Of the subject was postponed. Last
week, however, this injunction was dissolved, and
yesterday the department awarded the contracts as
beow:-For paving with Nicolson pavement
Nineteenth street, from Third TO Sixth ave.
nue. at s45,9os-time 200 days; same in
street, AZ s27,oos 5o-tme $50 days; same In Sixth
avenue from Forty second TO Fifty-ninth street. at
street. from sUss Fts TO sixth avenue at
90 days; same In Twentyfourth street, from Broad
way 70 sixth Ia, avenue nue. a. "a sssm.ime 20 days;
81, ,sol-tIme 80 days; same in Sixteenth street,
from Fourth avenue to Rutherford place at sal 40i
were awarded to the Nicols0n Pavement Company.
THE NIrRoGLYcKRINE CAsE.-The particulars or
the discovery Of ten cases Of this dangerous CON-
pound In boat at the foot OF whitehall street were
given In Fridays HERALD. Fire Commissioner Will
son investigated the case yesterday, and from him
1t has been ascertained that on Tuesday the cases.
together with two electric machines used IN expIod
ag ycerne % works a. Lodi and taken
or In boat from point below Bulbs Ferry to the
BARK silvia se ma mate 0Sinr. 9, which
me me Company % asserts tina. the captain o' Of
yannsn var Ga, for twenty-five dollars. It was con-
signed to J. w. Woodward agent for the govern
ment In that city, and the freiRhts paid. They claim
that IL was marked s'nItro-glycertne-
and the law complied with in every particular. The
vessel at the the time the cases were shipped was
lying In the river, three miles below Bedoes Island
fhe commissioner has been informed that the agents
OF the bark, II. w. Loud q Co., OF No. 2s South
street. ordered the cases taken from the vessel be-
fore she sailed They were put In q boat and taken
70 the foot OF whitehall street and abandoned by
some person unknown. The commissioner pro mpty
al IN 4 Qt
conveyed II to the magazine on the Palisades.