Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-08
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
INTERESTING REVIEW OF lSSo-srRaNGR Stats.
TCS-ES UNPLEASANT RECoRD-oBITr ARIEs -
TIE FIRES AND wKArHEk ETC.


THR FIRES AND WEATHER. ETC.
Correspondence or fIae Er7,fno Sr1rl
NEW YORK. January Z. 1881.
With the incoming OF the new calendar me-
tropoltan newspaper readers are treated 10
variety OF statistics and figures showing what
was accomplished in various ep,rtments "A
the late lamented 1850. For example Mayur
cooper married el couples at city Han. and ths
aldermen made 456 hearts beat as 22s during tn,
departed year. The free baths eight In num-
ber, nom their opening June l. 10 their clos
Ing, October is, were patronized by over 500 cos
men, women and children. Ar the Mayors
office permits were granted Tor sire 1T preach
ing, 4S for nrlng cannon. 597 for calc um lights:
81 for theatrical aud concert licenses at $50,
per license. and LIS oaths were filed rho
Morgue has done an unusually large business
the a. tai number OF dead bodies taken 20 thai
char el house having been SIS: the largest
number In January, S34. There were s2s deaths
by drowning, 2l9 females aud 3U9 ma es YER
diets OF suicide having been found IN 3sS cases.
The total uumoer OF homicdes WAS All. tina
total number OF deaths In sse was ~ S42. beinL.
an Increase or !. .499 over the pnece1ipg year
ot people who are reported 10 have Killed them
selves there we're III being an In ncrease OF 81
over 1879. Alcoholism WAS responsible for 222
lives. and heart diseases for las The chief oe
police reports the arrest OF 50 $40 males an In
crease OF 46s5 over 1879 ana the arrest OF Is SO
females, an Increase of a2l over 1879 The
Board or Excise granted total OF 4 SS9 n lenses
TO saloons, covering nve grades OF prices. rang
Ing from $50 10 $3.50 per license, and footing up
a total OF $2S1 SIS. There WAS total OF 1913
marriages FOR the year, as against s,4a6 fn 1879.
There were 27495 births ia 10 AZ tinst Is, 51S
In ~ The to- al receipts or live stock here were:
BeeVes 6,4 1876; cows, $685. calves Ia 26e; sheep
.655 269 swine. l122 63l. being "A sight average
Increase over 1879. In round numoers &c Oo0
vaccinations were made by the board or health.
total OF S2o, SOS immigranIs landed at Castle
Safoen, exceeding the human receipts
at this port on any previous year. In 1879 IL
was ls5O'c: and the nearest approach 10 1850
WAS 1854. when 3l9 223 persons came 10 us from
the tnete despolisms Since the Commission
OF Eulgra' Ion WAS organized "a years ago. ia
lo4i, The grand total IL q Ia, ,sSS or those who
aTriNe last Year. The Labor Bureau found en-
ploy yment for 80 5?s people as against Id 5s3 In
1879. The number OF failures reported was ss4
With aggregate liabilities OF fla 2gl $50 and
assets amounting 10 &, lac 29I. While the gross
Liabilities exceed those OF ~ 10y nearly g. 900 600
the buulofr OF failures is rs per cent less aud Is
the snalest since the panic OF 1873 More than
hall The Total liabilities or so are Included In
eight faiiuTts In the coffee. cigar. grocery and
Iron trades, thus showing. In general ne suIts
that the proportion OF liabilities 10 the number
OF failures Is much smaller than for the past
decade I'll ere were four failures each upwards
OF s. zoo coo; four bet ween S50a and 600 600.
nye between S2o0. 900 and $500 900; nine between
100000 and S2oo, 900; fifteen between $50 900
and slo0.ooo; and S01 In which the la
blfties We're under $4,000 each. Among
aTd mos1 roISsts ., WAS one lawyer
The DANES OF no newspaper men appear Ia the
nst-poSSbly because they all made plenty of
money: possibly because they had nothing 20
lose. While the ststisticians appear TO have
overlooked the matter, can see 10 legitimate
reason why John kelly's political failure should
Doi be appropriately included In the list; la
oll1fles ana assets badly mixed made up pro-
miscuously OF unfulfilled pledges. deals with
the political enemy, two newspapers-bo
daily, political power fatally telescoped whole
sale abuse from both parties and a bull dog
determination 10 get even with the fellows
who went back on him al the wrong moment.
The figures showing the wholesale and retail
trade for lSs0 are impossible even 10 approx
mate till later In the month. There are plenty
OF other figures 10 be obtained, but | think
what have given Will serve samples. and
Will only add that the city budget for 1851 calls
for $40 s54 3z2 or an Increase OF Sl.7il $40 over
1850. III the bucolic lawmakers at Albany Will
let us alone for year IL will not cost much in
Ing TO notice how the funds for the expenses OF
the city government for the current year are
divided: Common council. t64 25O; finance de-
partment s9u5, ,s7O law. sl43, las; public works.
street cleaning, &135 600; lre 81 56S, ,s59 health,
Nsl .063; Charities and correction, 81, ,4S7,4l6;
education. S 6o2, ,095 election expenses Sl6l l5o
and SO On TO the end OF the chapter.
FLAGS AT BALF-AAsr.
Quite disconnected with this arithmetIcal
farewell dress parade OF the year that has left
US, but decidedly apropos OF the Inauguration
OF 1851, was the fact that on the last day OF 1883
the flags over the City Hall were at half-mast
Which was Certainly suggestive or dead hopes
dead ameitlons and all the rest or that sort of
sentimental things and while these emblems OF
city, state and national glory swung sadly in
the breeze. IL was easy for many a lonely heart
10 recall the dear ones who were with us only
IWelve months before. who would never more
exchange with us the glad greetings OF the
holiday time. The real cause for which the
h2gs were half -nasted Was the death OF Dis
trict Attorney Phelps, who was universally re-
for INF snrlfpa
good qualities.
OLD HYMNS.
Speaking OF his death reminds me OF some
what singular coincidence AT mis- funeral on
Sunday, which was attended by great number
OF gentlemen OF local. and not few OF national
prominence, hymn was sung which MT.
Phelps wrote In memory OF q dead friend. ON
the same day, at q memorial service In honor of
the memory OF the late Rev. DIR. Chaplin, held
In Gloucester, Mass. hymn was sung which
was composed by The dead clergyman.
THE FIRE PIBND.
The end OF the old year and the beginning OF
the new has been prolific OF flIes-not an un-
comfortable thing to read OF In view OF the de-
moralized, rent condition OF the Thermometer.
Among these fires was the burning OF James X.
keenes Newport villa, Including what the re-
douotable Don rluant. Sam Ward, REALISTICALLY
Another fire Was the destruction OF the Provost
mansion, In the town OF Pelham which is said
to have been occupied at one time by Aaron
Burr. The latest Important addition to the
list was the total annih1lat1On OF Mount St
Vlncent's, In Central Park, on Sunday morn
iIg, more recently and better known as .'Stet-
sons" which has been q favorite resort and
restaurant for sporting men and the general
public The part OF the building used for hotel
purposes was over one hundred years old.
THE WEATHER, ETC.
Considering the fact that Fahrenheit has been
fooling around at all sorts of ridiculous degrees
below zero within the past week IL is highly
edifyfng to read OF the case OF a boy who was
overcome with the heat" at the Grand Opera
House few nights since. II has the same
grateful effect on ones feelings as genuine
case OF sunstroke would produce In Alaska
Mr.. Chester Lord, who succeeded doc" Wood
as night editor OF the Sun, has taken another
step up and is now managing editor of that
paper since Mr.. Ballard Smith retired.
Secretary Blatne's New House.
That MIR. Blaine is going into the Cabinet can
be accepted by the whole country with conf