The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-02-17
OUR NEV YORK LETTER.
From Our Own Correspondent.
New YORK, FEB. 6, 1882.

From Our Own Correspondent.
New YORK, FEB. 6, 1882.
Every one is still talking of the
awful fire at the old World building,
and your readers have no doubt
seen full details Of it. 1t wasn't as
extensive as the fires Of Chicago or
Boston, and il was not due to risky
COW. A more humble denizen Of the
farmyard, abhorred Of lIebrew and
Mohammcdan. is popularity supposed
to be responsible. rheahousands OF
spectators could never forget the har-
rowing destruction Of life where no
help could be given. and the swift
removal of the monument Of stingi-
ness no doubt set them to thinking
A little extra money spent in cement
and careful stopping up Of all drafts
will render any building practically
fireproof, at any rate no fire can
spread quickly in it, and it should be
made criminal to neglect such pre-
cautions. The telegraph wires de-
stroyed the usefulness OF the fremen's
ladders, though in one case, thanks
to the brilliant courage Of young
negro bootblack who Skinned up an
icy pole and wrenched it loose, two
lives were saved.
There was glorious courage dis
played by others than this dusky
American--whose fate, let us hope,
will be in happier lines than boot
blacking-by men and women, and
noble self denial under the most try
ing terror. In fact, one spirit seemed
to animate every one. Brave per-
sons in peril were saved by brave
rescuers and the roars Of cheering
showed the sympathy of kindred
hearts.
There is renewed cry, in view of
the undoubted scanty supply of wa
ter, for the use of salt water from
our North and East River boundaries
to put out fires and clean the streets
Our one aqueduct is tapped so severe
ly to supply the ever increasing
blocks of residences and factories up
town that decent pressure can't be
got for big fire, and it.is time to do
something to remedy this.
The availability of unlimited salt
water would be boon to the new
street cleaning contractors. who have
just begun work most energetically.
They got snow storm the first day,
and have done what WAS never done
bur once before in Gotham, and then
on Broadway alone, on the OCCASION
Of the funeral of politician, cleaned
off the principal streets in splendid
style. One of them is Walton, of the
St. James Hotel, the famous "Amer-
lean plunser," who won SO much
money from the "blawsted Eriiishers,
you know" on. horse races. He is
very energetic, and it's a caution to
see the stalwart fellows he employs
shoveling snow into carts stationed
within few yards Of each other,
which, when filled, are hurried off to
the dump and replaced by others.
The contrast to the old style of de-
crepid Old voters languidly leaning
on their brooms, as they lighted their
old pipes is very shocking. Walton
has put ginger in the business, and
his colleagues are running him ose
in activity. Let Us hope these new
brooms will continue TO sweep clean.
If there was one thing supposed to
be superlatively harmless, your RA
DIX always supposed it was molAsse,
candy. Bat child has just died of
it, and suspected traces OF poisoning,
by its possibly being boiled iii an
imperlectly cleaned brass or copper
kettle, were not found on investiga
ton. 1t was decided that it was the
candy alone which. taken in excess,
had developed injurious gases. In
fact it won't do to make ones se'fa
hog with anything, and temperance is
as desirable with candy, cold water
or dinner as with gin or the midest
lager beer.
AS the news boys were crying the
extras on the occasion of the whole.
sale roast of girls at Potter's fire, the
bellies Of upper tendon were getting
their hair fixed for the Charity Ball,
and few hours later on, the Acad-
envy of Music was gay with youth,
mirth, elegance and material evi
dences OF wealth. The ball was
grand success, as always, as demon
stratng the charity that begins at
home.
A very illused or very deluded
woman has been claiming a wealthy
furniture dealer as her long lost
husband. The man has been mar.
ried here, and declares he never saw
her before. On the contrary, she
produces certificates and the sworn
testimony of her son and others to
the alleged facts she relies on. She
has been locked up three times as a
lunatic in consequence of her persis-
tent efforts to obtain her supposed
rights by hurried Police Justices, but
seems at last to have secured hear
ing, and the case seems very inter-
esting one.
Gen. Mcclellan is the president OF
a new association for spreading the
knowledge of what to do in cases of
accident or sudden illness broadcast
among the people. They don't in
tend to confne themselves to the
distribution of pamphlets, but to
have free and frequent lectures by
the ablest professors procurable.
Physicians arc not always at hand,
and even when they are not far off,