The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-19
NEW YORK CITY.
The police last week arrested 1887 persons.

The police last week arrested 1857 persons.
Charles Packard, aged TWENTY-FIVE years, was
killed yesterday by the fall Of q spar on board the
sloop Lucy Adams.
There were ffty-1ve fires In this city during the
week. the estimated loss OF whichwas $50, 925, and
upon which there was an insuranc, of $ll1,900.
Marshal Hart granted 4se Licenses last week;
amount received, s4,l26. Mr.. Cardozo received 1H
complaints OF violations OF Corporation ordinances
all referred.
The body Of an unknown man, In sailors garb
was picked up in the East River at pier "a yester.
day, and removed to the Morgue To await identin
cation.
At a meeting of the Board OF Police yesterday af
ternoon resolutions were adopted inviting pro-
posals for the cleaning Of the streets and officers
were appointed to attend to the duty in that con-
nection.
There we're In this city last week CAS- Deaths 1914
marriages. 1884 births and 40 stil births The above
shows decrease In the deaths OF 119 and In the
still births OF "a and decrease In the marriages OF
/ and in the births OF ii, as compared with last
week.
On Monday evening next Mrs. E. Vanderpoo will
lecture in Steinway Hall upon the topic, "How
Shall an Educated Woman Live in New York ?"
Mrs. vanderpool is fully competent to speak upon
the subject, as She has had several years. expert.
ence in the matter, and win tax upon basis Of
facts and not from theory.
william Evans thirty-one years Of age, by occu.
patton longshoreman, while at work at Green
point few days ago. struck on the head by
heavy log Of timber and 80 severely injured that
his death took place at Bellevue Hospital yesterday
The body was removed to his hate residence, 81
Pike street, by permission OF Coroner Herman.
ohua Cir fpfn ndnnt nj no Free Ia
Dor Bureau, Nos. and 10 Clinton place, makes the
following report OF business for the week ending
May 1s:-Applications for employment, 1907; OF
these there were EOS males ana lo99 females; male
help f 1885, 1ma Ws0n n Pro
Der OF situations procured for the week, 1lSO.
In the Court OF Special Sessions yesterday morn
ing were arraigned Addison Rollins and Henry
Malloy, charged with selling an obscene paper
known as 7O,cn TAX, and purIortng to be pub
lshed in Chicago. Mr.. Ned Price appeared as coun-
sci for the defence, and, by dexterously showing
that there was no evidence whatever against his
clients had them both acquitted.
The American Geographical Society will hold their
regular monthly meeting Tuesday evening, at
the Hall OF the New York Historical Society,
Second avenue and Eleventh street. Professor
Hartt, OF Cornell University, the distinguished
South American explorer who visited Brazil for
scientific purposes on several occasions, will give
stereOptic0n views
Thomas Smith, carpenter, ffty-three years or
age and william r. Vain, both occupants OF the
tenement house No. 90 Horatio street, quarrelled
on Thursday night, Smith receiving a black eye.
After being assaulted Smith, who had o chlSel In
his hand, plunged 1t in the LEFT side OF Vain, inct
ing slight wound Smith was arrested by Oficer
Doran, Of the Ninth precinct, and yesterday locked
up by Justice Ledwith at Jefferson Market In de-
fault Of $500 bail, to appear for trial.
The twenty-ninth annual session OF the American
Institute OF Homeopathy will be held on Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Of next week. An
important session Is anticipated. President ana
Mrs. Grant have rendered the delegates grand re-
ception, to take place on Wednesday, and Governor
and Mrs. Cooke one on Thursday. Among the dele
gates from this city are DR.. q. Durham, OF the
Homeopathic &c oeege Dr. u r. M keUgs " Nov
ling DIR. +. Seeger, of the Hahnemann Hospital, ano
many other Of our foremost homeopathic physi-
clans.
The following is complete list OF the subscrp
lions thus far received by the treasurer (Dr. Hans
PowelD OF the committee appointed to endeavor to
raise sufficient funds for the purpose OF erecting
monuments both to the memory Of Major General
George II. Thomas that good and Christian soldier,
and also to the 1000 brave Union soldiers and
sailors who sleep in this the metropolis Of the coun
mark to show that they died in their countrys
President U. 8. Grant 500; General Q. A.
Post Office) $12l; General A. +. Burnside SIS !;
General Franz sigel, 500; Senator Henry Wilson,
$40; General N. M. Curtis, $1oi General Henry +.
40: Boswell Miller, $40; Samuel MINIS, $780, j. G.
j. Laughlin, s2l; Colonel E. A. Perry, $5l; Major
L. Campbell, SIS; Colonel Robert Steene, SIS; J. w.
Tyler, So; Major b; F. Finley 81; General F. NJ
william McEntee, So; J. White, 81; Martin Goss
SO 80; Colonel b. Willis. ST. J. Myer, 81. Subscrip.
lions received at door on evening OF the grand
soldiers meeting on the sd inst, at Cooper 1nstl-
tnte GlOS so.