The New York herald., 1876-12-16

natured expression OF couutenance. and spoke
hopefully or despairinrly as may he understood oy
ocatn.n al suppose when we're dead they'll bury
u.s." 1.-The next world must be better than this, for
us who are poor, anyhow" &c
GuDE-Is the ''oid man" bearing up weuy
on ssi, y. He win s,s sbsr. by shat stove for hours
without saying word. He cries like child when he
these two children "dyng before his eyes As he
says; but the children not dying though he thinks
they when he Is very downheartcd They are
only not so strong they would be II they got lots OF
pourshmenL How no lives l don't know, except ne
gets meal outside somewhere. He always says no
does But here in the house he won't eat more than
few mou thfuls no matter what NAV have. II he's
much longer idle ear he Will be SO worn out that he
won't be able 10 work as he used 10.
The reporter and mis- companion then left this dis
tressed family. descending the spiral stairs IN the
dark. The atmosphere in the building was foul and
Dense though cleanliness seemcd TO be attended TO on
the obocs and stairs look IN al somc of The rooms,
the oil which were open the descent being
made, showed that the occupants OF these apart
ments possessed but the most limited portion 81 thus
worli's goods. Il was genuine relef when the
street reachcd the contrast with the interior OF
the tenement house made one grateful for the day
light and the unpoutcd air The following conversa-
ton then occurred between tho reporter and his
guide:-
WORSE on Az AVERAGE.
'Is that an average workingman's family -
s,Not ny any means. Nor Is that an average tcne-
ment house Both the families and the tenement
houses much worse OF on an average. The people
all cleanly enough and the families evidently
pull along well together. Did you not hear Mrs. X
from being hungry. | could bring you to tenement
houses where they would be more likely 10 lock the
against each other II there was anything 10 eat
inside and where they would seldom have The chance
to exercise that feat OF generosity. No. sir, the
workingmen Of the ci'y are worse on than yon saw
that poor family to be- remember tho time. only
few years buck, when you would not src
sunday afternoon more respectable
mechanic ant vile in any city in the world than the
woman and her husband in whose room you have
been. There thousands like them IN this city,
those who were making good wages aud mad comfort
able homes but woo had little BY little 10 come down
hard tines but all these, think, are above tho
average workngman.n
CASES FoR THE ATTENTION OF rHR CHARITABLE,
Mr. Kclloch, superintendent Of The Outdoor Poor
had sixty applications Tor relief yesterday and the
average Tor two weeks past has been forty day. Mr.
keoch says thcro host OF OF dssilntion that
hidden away, and only come to hight by in
arrc' onae wo 10 do Su roure ,he
hardness OF the times were deprived OF employment
lost their money in fraudulent savings banks They
iccl general thing extreme aversion 10 having
their made public, and all that s given IN def
this feeling simply their addresses, which,
however precise enough TO make the task oil lind
ing each object OF charity easy Among those received
by Mr. Kolloch are the iolowing:--
AT No 222 Chrystic street there is worthy woman
IN OF u little money 10 pay her rent
At No LOG Greene street, rear house, third moor,
ther, an invaIld. who has been such tor sixteen
months past. having had cough all that time accom-
panied by splitting oil blood and scarcely able TO do
anything except at raro intervals HIS wifc does all
The work she to support the two, but sho ia in
want OF coal for the winter, and her means inade
quite to the purchase OF II.
tnere u poor
been parayzcd for tho last seven years HIS wife is
also sickly and both are in need OF everything tho
chariably disposed can afford to give them.
At No. SPA East twenty ninth street there 10 q
woman in extremely destitute circumslanccs with no
visible prospect 0 relief.
At No. ia Roosevelt street poor woman, with
three children asks for relief for her sick husband
who has boen without work Tor somo tmo
At No 324 East Twenty second street lives another
woman whose husband was killed and is v ithout tho
means OF support for three children.
Al No. 16S Perry street man and his wife and
olto tAfv and
destitute,
Al No 600 East Ninth stree. widow in wretohed
circumstances resides with four children nged re-
spcctivciy nnc months, tive years. seven and eight
years.
buried her husband last Monday. iie was SICK for
over two years. and she has two small children 10 sup
port aud is without the moans TO dot
Another widow residing al No. 352 East Ninth street,
second floor back room, in destitute circumstances,
asks u supply OF coal TO put her over tho winter.
.yepuo H lives sober industrious woman, she mother
OF three children who is struggling hard for existence
aud asks only for supply Of coal 10 help her over tho
On The rear top noor Of No "a James street there Is
poor woman with four children much IN need Of re-
On tho second floor, rear house, Of No. 1876 Crosby
street industrious, deserving woman. worthy OF
On the Top door, rear building, No $40 East Eleventh
street, Is deserving woman, who asks for gift OF
coal
There Is a ooIored woman living At the rear Of the
building No. 33l Third avenue, whors probably
ninety years old, and she lives all alone and is In want
OF coal
In tho rear Of the house No. 81 avenue may be
found woman who has been long su fcring from
rheumatism and is without any means OF supporI
Al No. SO7 East Twenty xth street the benevolent
will mud ar object worthy OF consideration.
AT No 4l0 West Fifty -sccona street widow woman
bcseeches tho help OF the charitable.
Al No l20 Cherry there resides very worthy
woman, to whom helping hand might bc given in iull
some coal Is sadly wanted by worthy AGED woman
residing ut No. 223 East Forty-hrst street.
An unemployed man. whose wife has been an Invalid sd
calls earnestly Tor relief
on tho thlrt floor of No. 652 Water street lives
widow with sick daughter and two grandchildren,
and they have means OF support whatever.
There is n man No 702 East Thirteent IN who
has bccn Of work since las: May and 10 in very
needy circumstances He has wi,e and four children
and any assistance given HIM would DO we'll applied
There a couple living at No, 199 Prince street who
have been married forty y-cight years. and they want
coal as they are very destitute.
BY going up fight OF stairs In tho rear Of the
seventy years may be ound, VINO has two little chll
drrn support and who haif tho tmc sick herself
pathos. She says-'By my poorness l got to sup
port two little children OF my daughter wich 10 died
ihrec years aeo. Please have pity on my triste
cumstances and lot me have from the public Charity
half tun OF coal. -
out OF work for three months has been the case
with man living at No. Ss WiIlct street, who has
6yc children only one OF whom has employment.
AT No. 34O West Thirty sixth street there IS man
with Ave children who stands badly 10 need Of help
No GAL Fiith street woman calls for holp for her.
self her mother aud her children. She is ablc and
willing 10 do any work II she get It
Thcro deserving case OF charity at No 2S6 av-
enuc A, wncrc whole family is in a destitute cond-
ton.
Al Eighty lrst street and Tenth avenue . man
strongly in need OF relief lies sick and destitute.
Mrs Bridget Mcdonald, of No. 1000 First avenue,
represents that she has vc children and husband out
OF work and the rent unpaid aud the children hungry
She requires work or assistance.
Mrs M,ilcn OF the same house, states that she has
eight children, unemployed husband, and no work
to enable her to keep her family from starving
ANOTHER SAD CASE
To THE Enron HERALD-
family IS actually starving u, No. 323 East Seventy
fourth street, room No. l. and line in your valuable
paper stating their would likely relieve them
before it Is 100 late
FRIEND or THE FRlENDLEss.
DBcEMnEn Is, 1876.
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