The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-21

There were 67S deaths, "A still births, 38i births
and 1874 marriages In the city last week.
Fire Marshal McSpedon reports thirty fires last
week. Loss, s1a7,s7o; insurance, $s32,5oo
Three thousand seven hundred and forty-two
homeless persons were provided with lodgings by
the police last week.
Marshal Hart last week granted 1S1 licenses, re-
ceiving for them $346 IS. One hundred and forty
seven complaints of violations OF city ordinances
have been received.
Forty three thousand loads Of ashes and garbage
were removed from the streets during the past five
days. and still the relief thus afforded is scarcely
perceptible. How fearfully dirty this good city
must have been, and how shockingly filthy even
now are Its thOrOughfares
The superintendent OF the Free Labor Bureau
makes the following report for the week :-Applica-
lions for employment 1885, OF these there were 1863
males and 900 females male help required, 112; fe
male 96s situations procured for 81 males and 500
femaks; whole number of situations procured for
the week, 963.
Mary Stolz domestic, IS years OF age, was ar
rested by Detective Bush, Of the Ninth precinct,
yesterday, upon complaint OF Mrs. Kate A. Smith,
of 80 Bank street. who charges, while in her employ
on the 2sth OF March last she stole quantity Of
clothing and wearing apparel nom her, valued at
Ledwith, at Jefferson Market yesterday morning.
and was fully committed for trial.
On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next an ex-
hibition will be given by J. A. Gavin's Company in
church, Eighty fourth street. near Fourth avenue.
The panorama and other attractions presented at
these exhibitions have been very successful in
bringing In funds for church enterprises In alud-
ing in the HERALD to Gavin's panorama, a day or
two since, the name of another exhibition and ex-
hibitor accidentally crept In.
At the African Methodist Conference Of the Zion
Connection yesterday lcng discussion took place
place as to the Contemplated union between the
Methodist Episccr.,ai Church and the Zion Connec-
uon an which Rev. J. G. Gilbert, Rev. ]. A. Jones
union nv was denounced by all the speakers IN the
strongest terms. The appointment or delegates
was about to be proceeded with when, on motion,
the Conference adjourned. .-'
The base ball season was opened yesterday, on
the Union Grounds, by a game between the "Mu-
tuals," Picked Nine, In which the latter were de-
feated, by score thirteen to one. The grounds,
though a little too wet were In good condition.
The Mutuas 20 to play the BaltimOres tomorrow
The Eckfords will play picked nine on the Union
Grounds on Saturday next. On the following Sat-
nay the Unions anu ae play e rsI game anne
In the same place the Mutuas viii play the Bostons
on May Ia.
Comptroller Green Is carrying into practice new
feature in the management OF the city finances,
which operates as a wholesome check upon lavish
expenditure by the various departments weekly
circular IL issued to each department, showing the
amount OF money appropriated to that department.
for carrying on It's business, and also stating what
has been paid thereon up to the date Of the circular
and the balance remaining unexpcnded. Each
department Is thus reminded every week, directly
and precisely, how they stand with the Finance
Department and cautioned as to their disburse-
ments.
In discharging the steamer Manhattan yesterday
morning walnut box, of the size and shape Of q
coffin case was landed. 1t was addressed to Super
intendent Kelso and, when opened at the ap-
praiser's ONCE was found to contain a coffin
covered with black cloth, fastened round with
ck.headed nails, and bearing on its lid tin
Mate with the figure Of the angel Gabriel and the
inscription, John @. Heenan, Sinclair House, New
York., Inside the coffin were found a number Of
horse blankets, large lot Of lace window curtains
n quantity OF fishing tackle and smaller coffin,
which contained bronze goods Of considerable
value The whole was worth about Ave hundred
dollars and the duty on them Is about twolhundrcd
and fifty dollars.