The New York herald., 1871-01-22

The police arrests for the week ending January 81
are 13Se, being an increase Of SO over last week.
The vital statistics for the week ending January
81, at noon follows-Deaths 4S1; births 357;
marriages, l49 and stIlDorn, 40.
| Fire Marshal McSpedon reports twenty eight fires
for the week ending January 81 1871, at noon The
estimated loss Is s54,oe5; amount Of insurance.
S14S,296
AT a meeting OF the Board OF Police Commission
ers, held yesterday afternoon patrolmen Neal Dufry
or the Twentyeighth precinct, and John O'Neill, OF
the Twenty-third precinct, were dismissed the de-
partment.
Lena Schmidt the alleged child murderer was
yesterday removed from the saloon No. 25 Third ave.
nue., where the CRIME was committed, ana con-
signed 10 the Tombs by Coroner Hermann, to await
the action OF the Grand Jury.
The officers OF the Ordnance Bureau are clearing
away the oostrucuons in Catharlne and Grand
streets, near the ferries This Is highly commenda-
Bile and VIII be great Improvement IN these local..
ties.
The lady boarders at the Workingwomen's Home,
As Elizabeth street, last night after lecture on
"woman's Spnere,n by Mr.. J. K II. Wilcox, at his
suggestion took o secret ballot on the sixteenth
amendment with this result-In favor, 81; against,
| 8; blank, 3.
| Mr.. James Donahue, superintendent of the Free
| Labor Bureau. Nos. and 10 Clinton place. makes
the following report OF business for the week ending
| January 2l:-Apprcations for employment, $50; of
| these there were l63 males and 6l7 females; male
help required, 72; female 576; situations procured
for 6s males and 531 females Whole number of sit
uatlons procured for the week, 500.
| EThe Bleecker Street Railroad Company have de.
termined TO test the honesty Of their conductors by
machinery. They have placed patent indicator
near the step Of each car that when passenger
steps on the instrument records the entrance of The
person in.o tne car; IL Is sresumaDe @ tnat pas
| for the additional step.
/ John Sullivan and John Harrington, two lads OF
about sixteen years Of age arrested by Messrs
| Samson Co., pawnbrokers, for attempting to dis
| pose of gold watch OF which they could give no
| account. When brought before Judge Bowling they
refused to give an account OF how they obtained the
ties. An investigation will be made to discover
from whence the ticker was derived.
II is stated that the Secretary of the Treasury,
upon an appeal from the decision of Collector
Murphy, has decided that all sugars imported prior
to the 1st OF January 1871, and remaining in bond
at that date must be Withdrawn upon their original
weight at the time OF expectation. The principle OF
this decision VIII apply TO all other merchandise
paying duty by weight.
Michael voilen, Of 4lo East Sixth street. the man
% Worth street, being crushed by an immense n.y.
Wheel which he was hosting with some Others to the
upper moor, died yesterday, at the Centre Street
Hospital. The pressure sustained by the unfortunate
man was so great that the external walls Of the
abdomen were ruptured and the broken bowels pro-
truded Coroner Schirmer VIII investigate the case.
| Among the many charitable entertainments which
have been given during the past season few have
been noticed other than fairs. These have at last
grown stale, and IN their place are promised dra-
matte entertainments and balls. On Monday even
Ing Mr.. De Cordova gives lecture Mrs. Grun-
| dy," for charitable purpose Though 1t is not a
charitable subIect), In Chickering's rooms, Four
| teenth street. near Fifth avenue, and Tuesday
evening charity entertainments, impTOvlsed by
lady guests, and consisting OF tabeaux, &C., takes
| place at the st. Cloud Hotel.
The following is list OF losses and insurance on
the stock OF Frank McElroy's printing establish
ment 11S Nassau street. which was damaged by fir
on Friday nght:-Loss stock, $1,000; insured for
t. ooo Arctic. 5000; s. Ncholas 900; Williams
burg City, 32,0o0 Niagara S2,5O0; Andes, g. 90;
Mechanics 81. 600; Merchants OF ChIcano, $1,000;
Bufalo, 4l,50O; North American 81, 900; Lafayette,
81 500. The proprietors OF evening journal pup.
llshed in the building sustained loss Of $1,000 in
sured for $1,000 IN various city companies. The
building was damaged $500; insured for 1000.
An additional charge was yesterday made against
Charles E. Little1eld, the 'tricky traveller who
was arrested for forgery Friday last by watrous
Boyden & Go. The three cases alluded to were the
taking of letters addressed TO the firm from the Pest
ONCE abstracng thereirOm the checks and forging
the endorsement OF the firm upon them In order to
receive the money. On Thursday last he presented
check for $103 to William Clark 0e Chatham street
drawn on the First National Bank OF Seneca, NJ
y, In favor OF Watrous Co., and signed by H. c.
Bodgett. CLARK ''smet ret,n compelled Iittlefeld
check was pronounced forgery. Llttleeld was held
by Judge Downing In $4,000 TO answer At the General