The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-21
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DESTITUTE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED OF I'M
MEDIATE AssIsTANcE--HELP FOR THE POOR
WORK OF THE CITY CANvAssERs.
The following cases of extreme restitution in fam
lilies have bQen investigated and found worthy Of
lief In the notices Of distress in Fridays ISSUE the
18th inst 1t was stated that at No. 1876 Greenwich
street family in need Of assistance 1t should
have been No. sos the street. rear house. room
No. g.
widow who has been blind for the past two years
is in great poverty the top floor of No. 22l Thomp
son street.
family of hVe in distress. The husband has been
i'll for long time and is unable to do any work.
man and his wife and four children. who reside
at No. 627 East Twelfth street. rear house. first hoor
need food and clothing.
At No 34s East Ninth street. in the rear house, an
aged widow and her son. who has been out of employ
ment for the past three months, are now destitute
At No. $40 East Fifteenth street, first floor,
widow with her three children appeal for help. She
has been sick for the past three months They need
In the rear Of No. 2s5 Monroe street. on the second
poverty.
woman and her four children are on the verge of
c
ago for New Orleans, and has not been heard from
since.
On the second floor of No. 14O Cherry street. rear
house, three orphans in great restitution. The
mother died about two years ago, and i'll September
last the father died in the Charity Hospital The
Oldest boy of nineteen has been the support of the
three. but 10 sick and not able to work. They
are III need of food, fuel and clothing.
man, his wife and five children are in need of
assistance No. IS Madison street. second floor
house. The man is out Of employment and sick.
On the third floor OF the front house No. 15 sulli-
Soldiers Home, Newark, needs assistance. The death
OF her in August last deprived her of her only
At No ST. Greenwich street, first floor, rear house.
a widow and her two daughters are very destitute
In room No. H. at No. . Corneia street. is widow,
with her seven children. Her husband died last
October after long illness, and she and the children
now very much in need of help.
At No. Ii Cornelia street, room No. 3, woman and
three children are actually starving. The hus-
The following letter gives picture OF misery that
appeals strongly to the charitably Inclined
Master s y, SSsx as ns 20 1879
REvEREsD DEAR sis-Last Saturday night gentle
man old friend Of father, letter strongly
me TO-
my friend showed knowledge of the suffengs
of the family Of course could not violate the Guild pr
family myself yesterday afternoon and found it all that
The family Of widow with four children, from
years old the husband and father buried
hemorrhsgs from July last and fsihsrn-iaw old
81 old age This was Eeeny felt always
nfSS them M" IN two East street ys
clean but very sean, in all things needed for The
Watched SsiT me- Rssny While asked and their
the little girls nine old brosen out at the back
% Se .a ss i @ wsn H 1
No sir they have no clothes except those
Will sSmeSody help these people at once, The
fAn1u Ss Grandfather of sixty arc join iIFnF sE
"e'p'' one of the Volunteer Visitors Of the Guild
Mr.. wswall. of st. Johns Guild. acknowledges tho
receipt from sympathy of $50 for the poor woman
at No. 80 Greenwich avenue, top floor. This
mentioned in the HERALD of the 10Th inst.
Will the families of Mr.. Willet Weeks and Mrs. In
derhill, who lived Schermerhorn street, Brooklyn.
before the war, send address to Richmond. Va.."
HERALD office.
CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED
The following contributions have been received at
the HERALD ofiice:-'R. Tenny H." for general fund.-
81; .'R. s., for general fund, So; IS. A. 81, for No.
s27 First avenue and No. 433 East Seventeenth street.
81; ..G. D. M for general fund. 81; True" for
No. 433 East Seventeenth street. 81; Gratitude, NJ
d. for No. 433 East Seventeenth street. 81; IL A.
West sixteenth street. 81: "E L.. for No. 80 Green
wich avenue. 81; "A w." for No. 80 Greenwich ave-
nue., SIS. Total, $40.
CANVASS FOR CITY cHARITIEs
The OF the city in aid of charitable nstitu
tons renewed yesterday morning from the up
town depot, No. 1,526 Broadway. Sixteen wagons
were sent out, with about forty men aud boys. The
upper part of the city, from east to west far
as Eghteth street. was canvassed and it is the nten.
ton OF the executive committee to continue it
up as far as Harlem. The receipts at
the uptown depot yesterday were principally
the claimed by the committee to be salts
factory. The uptown depot is u receiving, not dis
tributng bureau All goods received will be handed
tees whose headquarters at Nos 12 and 1874 south
Fifth avenue. The executive at the uptown
Parsons, chairman; Messrs Henry King. William T.
Barnard and O. c. Dooley DIR. +. Is. Clark being
hand ali day to render service er o0cio. The amount
ash rpea ed ~ asg