The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-15
ALWAYS WITH YOU"

POOR PEOPLE WHO NEED IMMEDIATE ASSIST
NcE-coNTRIBUTroNs RECEIVED.
The following cases of distress have been investi-
gated and are found worthy of immediate assist
ance:-
An Episcopal clergyman, who for twenty-three
years abored in England well as in this country
is now in want and appeals for help. He has q wife
aud two children. For about year past he has had
no permanent charge. and for the last four months
he has been sick and unable to work. Those willing
to help him can address Clergyman Not Attached,
HERALD Office
At No. IA Roosevelt street, first floor, rear house.
woman and her four children in poverty.
single chair and ricketty table. with old stove
that cannot do service much longer, constitute the
household goods. In closet of the room little
heaps of rags, stretched along the floor are called
bed, and on them nightly rest the mother and chill
her % , y ssess abor
She starts out every morning at six o'clock to do
cleaning in an office. for which she gets barely
enough to buy dry bread. She then goes to some OF
the restaurants. where she picks up few scraps
of meat Yesterday when she entered her room
these odds and ends produced. tied up in
parcel. and there was not enough in the whole for
single meal Yet this all she had to live on for
the day She said she was'fortunate in having got so
much as there were some days when she was obliged
TO meet the children with nothing but crust OF
dry bread. Her husband is insane and in the asylum
On the first floor of No. IA Roosevelt street FAM
lily OF six are in wretched condition. There are
The husband has been out Of work for nine months
past.
In the house. first hoor No. AZ Roosevelt
street. family of seven are in poverty.
At No. Manhattan street, first floor. back. an old
couple are in distress. The husband has been para
On the top floor OF No. 533 East Thirteenth street.
room 49, . man and his wife and an invalid child are
destitute.
A widow and her two children one of them sick,
are i'll need OF assistance at No 70 Perry street. first
floor.
At No. 5oi Ninth avenue, fourth floor, a family of
four are i'll distress. The husband has been out of
employment since April last and is now sick He
left there lie has been unable to look work.
On the fourth floor room 16, of No. 135 Crosby
street family of six are in great distress The hus
band has not been able to work for three years past
having been disabled The four children are in need
OF clothing.
family of six are in need of immediate help at
No. 81 Eldridge street, top floor, house. The
husband has been unsuccessful in business. Giving
up his employment in this city, he went to vineland
n. j., where he invested his savings. but he
burned out recently and is now without any means
OF support
house. family of four are in need OF food and fuel
The husband has been out of work for three months
past. The youngest child is only seven weeks old
aud the mother is sick.
In room No. 1, second floor. No. 80 Pitt street,
husband and wife are in need of help. The former
has been bedridden for eight wears.
On the top floor, back OF No. 500 Broome street.
family Of three are in distress. They a months
rent.
On the second floor of No. $50 West Twelfth street
family Of eight. the husband and of the children
being sick, need assistance.
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and her daughter need immediate assistance They
are now unable to procure work and suffer daily
The following contributions have been received at
the HERALD offce:-
IS. B. D." for No. 44s West Forty-rst street. No.
122 East Eleventh street No. 600 East Sixteenth street.
No. &c Cherry street and No. A Chestnut street. So
anon. for No. 81 Hamilton street. 81; Gratitude.
NJ. D., for No. Al Monroe street and No. 80 Lewis
street. 80; William b. Miller, for general fund.- S.;
Southerner. for Southern woman and general fund.
$50; "R b. 81" for general fund.- IS. Total, $ss.
for Inn rcviur fhar ~
the Poor OF that city will begin collecting clothing
for the destitute to-day. Wagons pass slowly
through the streets and applications will be made at
RESULT OF THE DOWN TOWN CANVASS NOT QUITE
Observation-Disclosures AIDS NEEDED.
The good work of canvassing for city charities
throughout the city was started yesterday morning
from the headquarters of the committee, 1872 South
Fifth avenue. Owing to some hitch in the
arrangements the excellent purposes of the com
mittee only partially accomplished, and the re-
suit was not as gratifying it should nave been
1t had been given out that. besides the head
quarters of the committee in South Fifth
avenue FOR tho lower part Of the city
another centre would be established up town, and
great many inquiries were made at the building OF
the Wheeler Wilson Sewing Machine Com
pany, in Thirteenth street, where the committed
had held some meetings, only to be met with
the stcreotypod reply that nothing was known to
the committees whereabouts. "A large wagon. drawn
by four horses, kept waiting for three hours to
start canvassing tour and the driver finally had
to return to his employer. Another serious draw
back was the lack of efficient canvassers.
Each canvasser provided with printed and
sealed certificate in order that mpostors should find
it impossible to ply their rascaly trade under the
cover OF pretended charity.
In spite of numerous drawbacks the success Of the
canvass very fair and the pile of articles and
supplies donated had assumed quite respectable
proportions last evening Yesterday the coming of
canvassers was only known to few people and the
results therefore, were not large had anti
cipatod; but to-day it is hoped everybody WHO can
give the smallest trfc will prepare for the can
vassers and contribute his mite toward making the
result adequate to the urgent necessities poor
of this city.