The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-09-30
BROOKLYN CITY NEWS.
Interesting Miscellaneous Local and Polioel
Paragraphs
the total number OF smallpox patients At presenS
In the Flatbush Hospital Is nfty-eight

The total number Of smallpox patients at presenS
in the Flasbush Hospital is nfty-eignt
The cost Of the Brooklyn Board of Health since itd
organization In May last to the Taxpayers at large
amounts to the sum OF 50, 4Ae.
James Brennan, Of Laurel Hill, Queens county, WaD
held to bail in $500 by United States Commissioner
Jones' on the charge Of carrying on the business OF
retail liquor dealer without license. fa
John Plan, the boy who fell down stairs while Ia
t at the leather mandatory OF f. Bailey, corner
OF South Fifth street and Second, on Wednesday
evening, died from the effect OF his Injuries Ut the
City Hospital yesterday.
Justice Walsh yesterday imposed nne Of twenty.
fve dollars upon DR.. Henry Schmitz, Of Williams
burg, for negecting to report . case OF smallpox.
which he had attended. Inspector Fiske appeared
az complainant against the delinquent.
The basement Of the residence OF Mr.. w. Irwin
No. 900 Union street, was entered by sneak thief
yesterday and robbed of sixty dollars worth Of SILVER
plate. The stolen property, which consists princiS
paly or fruit knives and forks, is marked with the
initials Z" II. D. E.n
The Water Board has commenced two actions-0no
against the directors and the other against tho re-
ceiver OF the defunct Central Bank, to recover
$21.111 which 1t had on deposit in August last when
pointed Henry T. Chapman as referee to make b
complete investigation of the affairs OF the bank.
The ladies' OF the different congregations Of this
city. who interesting themselves in furthering
the increase Of the funds required for the erecttoi
OF the proposed Catholic Chapel at Bath, L. H. have
opened a fair at st. Mary,s Hall, corner OF Court
handsome and useful articles, and presided over
by charming and charitable ladies'.
noton ohaaH Dau r. I M
which Henry q. Deano is proprietor, was destroyed
by fire on wedn esday afternoon. There is no fire
apparatus In the village hence but little was done
to stay the progress or the danes. The loss, which
Company, is $4,000. The 1re Is said to have been
OF accidental origin.
Brown and Grogan, two Of the gang Of i've who
were arrested couple of weeks ago. for commit
ting an outrage upon Mary Ann SPAN, a poor emf,
grant, whom they found wandering along
Front street. near the Fulton ferry, in tnS
custody by Justice Walsh yesterday. TherS
was nothing in the evidence 70 criminate the tws4
men named. IL was shown on the testimony OF Mu.s
10y, another Of the accused, that the complainant
was intoxicated, ana that she was not robbed, fer
statement to the contrary notwithstanding.
Coroner Whitehin took yesterday the ante-mortem
deposition Of Mrs. Eliza Smith. a lady VINO was
injured on Saturday night while tnterposing be-
tween her husband and young man named James,
Farrell VINO were nBHtlnS OH buo StoOp d Iicl Tcbif
dence, No. 20 HOyt street. The injured woman, wh1
is far advanced In pregnancy. stepped between tba
two men to prevent Smith from being struck, when
she received two blows from Farrelps elbow In the
lower part OF the body The effect OF the INJURIES
received by her caused her to take to her bed whcre
she is lying, she believes at the point Of death
The accused who Ia about twenty six years OF age,
is respectfully connected and bears an exCcllent
character for sobrety and honest industry. He was
arrested by order Of the Coroner and neld to await
the result OF Mrs. Smiths injuries.
Health Onncer George Cochran, Of Brooklyn, issued
an order yesterday prohibiting the conveyance Of
dead bodies through Of the streets Of that CITY,
or to the cemeteries adjacent unless upon burial
certificate permit procured from his ONCE at the
County Court House. The cause Of this rather SIM
gular ORDER which Is to take effect on Saturday next
Is the course recently pursued by the New Y0rki
Health Board In requiring persons transporting .
corpse from Brooklyn to or through New YORK city
to first obtain permit from the sanitary authorities
of the latter CITY, This system OF ignoring the perl
mIts of the Brooklyn Health ONCE "nettled" Or.
Cochran to such degree that he determined upon
exercising similar course OF procedure In dealing
with New York. The great Inconvenience and
annoyance which VIII be caused by the
order appnrcnt from tho frct That
the funerals winch cross the ferries to Green
wood, Cypress Hill, Calvary. Cemetery OF the Holy
Cross, the Evergreens and other burial places Of the
City Of Churches, number about forty per day.
should the Brooklyn permits De recognized before
Saturday the trouble Will be averted. lg