The New York herald., 1870-05-02

On Saturday Mary Hackett, OF No. 322 East Fourth
street, was sent 70 Bellevue Hospital suffering from
the bite OF rat that had attacked her while asleep
In her room.
man named John Singer boarding at 527 Grand
street, attempted to cut mis- throat with pair OF
shears this mornin5, but failod TO accomplish the
JOB.
Coroner Keenan was yesterday called to hold an
inquest at the Sixth precinct STATION house over the
remains of an infant, which were found IN an ash
barrel on the walk In front OF premises 90 Park
pStleet.
Several officers attached 20 the Eighth precinct at
an early hour yesterday morning made desc mt
upon the dive kept by Daniel Morton at IS7 Wooster
street. and arrested eighteen persons found in the
place. They were arragncd before Justice Cox at
Jenerson Market and committed 1or examination.
Tie remains OF an unknown drowned man were
yesterday morning found floating In the dock at the
foot of Thirty second street. North river. The body
was sent TO the Morgae and Coroner Keenan, not
fed to hold an Inquest.
Patrick II. Martin, OF Hastings, temporarily stop.
ping at the House Of Detention, charged that while
walking through the streets in company with John
Mcintosh ON Saturday afternoon the lat.er grabbed
his watch and chain, valued at fifteen dollars and
made or with them. He was subsequently arrested
by officer Campbell OF the Sixteenth precinct, and
yesterday mOriftng cOmintteu JUSTICE C0x ut Jtl
fcl5on Market, In default Of 81, COO bail.
The forty-sixth anniversary OF tho New York
Bible Society was held last evening in
the South Reformed church, corner Of Fifth ave.
nue. and Twenty-frst street. silas E. Brown.
that the aggregate distributions of the society
FOR the year have been 11,26S Bibles 81 1867 Testa-
ns ns ANA making "a s snrs Of sSsS5s yS
the year have been $2l, ,S66 62 expenditures, s22-
725 49, showing an excess OF expenditures over re-
ceipts OF $S5S 80. After the reading OF the report
addresses were made by Rev. JOhn Il. Goodman and
the Rev. Harvey d. Ganse.
The weekly report OF the Central Park Meteoro-
logical Department shows the following results:--
Baromcter-Mean, 3o.03l inches; maximum, at 0
A. M, April 20, 30. $50 inohes minimum, at A. NJ,
April 25, 20. 1882 inches; range. .4eS nches. Their
mometer--Mean, 67.5 degrees; maximum, at 3 r.
NJ, April 2S, 500 degrees; minimum, at 4 A. NJ,
April 20, 43.5 degrees; range, 1856 degrees. From
$3.50 p. NJ. to IL 2. NJ, April 2s, rain fell to the
amount OF al inches; from midnight to 1918 A, M,
April 20, .04; total amount OF water for week. 81
inches. Distance travelled by the wind during the
week, 1928 mief.
John Thompson, sugar moulder, nineteen years
Of age and Charles Thunder, were arraigned before
Justice Cox, ct Jefferson Market, yesterday morn.
Ing by officers O'Neil ana IIoughton, OF the Twen.
tleth precinct, charged, In company with
plice who Is still &c large with forcing open win.
dow In the rear OF tie dwelling house No. 500 West
TWenty-e gnt street, occupied by Joseph PTlndebe,
on Saturday night, and stealing Quantity OF cloth
ing valued at 1850. Mr. Prindeble states he dis
covered the burglars leaving his premises with the
property in their possession, and sing alarm they
dropped the clothing, ana firing two shots at him
fron< revolver made their escape, but were su Sc
quenty captured by the above officers. They
both denied the charge, nut were committed in de,
fault Of 81, 900 bail each TO answer at the General
Sessions.
Mr. Stephen Sherlock, brother Of the late william
M. Sherlock. whose dead body was found in the
dock foot Of Fifteenth street, East river under
what suspicious circumstances, as heretofore de
tailed In the HERALD. yesterday called at the CITY
Hall and had an interview with Deputy Coroner
Wooster Beach, NJ. D., In which he utterly dis
claimed oil knowledge as to how deceased met bis
regret that his brother should have been drowned.
Mr.. Sherlock, VINO appears to be spectacle gen.
tleman, courts the most thorough investigation OF
the matter, but requested postp0nement OF the In.
quest for q few DAYS In order to procure the at
tendance OF several witnesses now absent from the
city. Coroner Keenan, accordingly adjourned the
hearing Till Monday the OH inst While
engaged in unravell.ng the mystery attending
the death OF William Sherlock detectives Bennett and
Ternan learned that on the night OF his disappear
ance January 29) he was almost hcpessy iuebrated.
This being the case there remains scarcely doubt
that he was drowned by accidentally falling over
board This theory is strengthened by the fact that
DR.. Beach, In his post-mort8m examination, dtscov
cred no marks Of Violence whatever on his body