The New York herald., 1872-07-04
BROOKLYN AFFAIRS.
Deaths Reported in Brooklyn.

Deaths Reported I'm Brooklyn.
There were 40s deaths in Brooklyn last week-an
alarming increase over any previous week for a
long time past. The greatest number of deaths was
by cholera infantum, 149 children having died from
that disease. The number Of deaths by smallpox
was IL /; by cholera mOrbus 8; by sunstr0ke, 2; by
consumption, 20; by diseases OF the brain, SO.
The Funeral Of James Corboy.
There was a large attendance OF relatives and
friends at the funeral Of james Corboy, late Excise
Commissioner, yesterday. After the services at the
Church Of the Star Of the Sea- in Court street, the
body was conveyed to Calvary Cemetery to be
buried The following gentlemen acted as pail
bearers;mR; !; Lawlor % Thomas poran Joseph ,sP
The Onal Contract Trouble-The Motion
for a Perpetual Injunction.
The motion for perpetual Injunction in the case
of Thomas G. Smith vs. Edward Clark was set down
for submission yesterday morning. There have
been so many and various injunctions sought for
by different people against the defendant, who is
the contractor for removing the oal from the city,
that it Is perhaps necessary to remind the reader
that this Injunction Is sought to restrain the de-
tendan from carrying on any longer his bone-boil-
establishment in Greenpoint. Z. I. Wood appeared
for the plaintiff, and S. d. Morris for the defendant.
Mr.. Wood, In submitting his papers, said that ne
desired to correct an impression prevailing with
the public, and especially with reference to the re.
port IN last nights Eagle. Judge Gilbert had
granted no order in relation to docks. Such an
order was granted by Judge Nelson, OF the City
Court yesterday, in relation to pier 2, Wallabout
The present case was an application on the part OF
the Inhabitants OF Greenpoint and the seventeenth
ward to prohibit the boiling of dead animals within
the city limits, the same being an unbearable nui-
sance to the neighborhood.
The trouble with defendant was, so far as docks
are concerned, that he uses them as place OF de-
post for dead animals. This was contrary 10 MS
contract, and should not he permitted. The plain
tiff claims that the faithful performance OF the con-
tract on the part OF the defendant would DO away
with the nuisance entirely The contract, as let by
the Common Council, requires the daily removal OF
these dead animals. and the paintn claims that the
Common Council has no power TO alter the TERMS OF
the contract by granting valuable privilege 10 the
contractor, such rendering within the city units
without readvertising the contract to the lowest
bidder. .,., .,.. -
Mr. Morris said that the plaintiff In this action,
Mr. Smith, was merely a dummy, tnat tne real
plaintiff was Frank Swift, who was paying the ex-
penses of the litigation for Mr. smith, so as TO harass
MI Clark. He claimed that the dead animals must
he djsposed of somehow and this was the least OBJ
jectionabe way. Whenever Mr.. Clark had under
taken To- remove the auimals from the city he had
been stopped by injunction, and the injunction
granted Yesterday by Judge Nelson, together with
the Injunction in this case, placed him in such po-
siton that he could not fulfil his contract and the
dead animals must lie In the streets.
Judge Gilbert took the papers, and said he would
announce his decision by Saturday.