The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-02-04

NEW JERSEY.
Jersey City.

Jersey City.
News IN BRIEF.-The arrangement for the pay
meRt Of police officer by the Jersey City Ferry Com
pany applies only TO ofllcer Mahon, who keeps order
among the transfers. The plckpockets In the RAN
road depot will not be disturbed In their operations
Snow pionghs wore affixed on the locomotives of
the outward bound express trains on the Ere Rail-
way yesterday morning.
Great preparations are being made for the Lincoln
banquet at Cooper Hall on the 18th INST
Newark.
ExcisE.-The new Board Of Excise organized on
Tuesday night by electing Mr.. William +. volk pre-
sdent and N. P. Marsh messenger. License fees
were fixed at thirty dollars. The usual standing
committees were appointed and number OF licenses
granted.
ESSEX COUNTY CoURTs.-George Sundcrhon and
Philip Brown were found guilty Of having afro
ciously assaulted and stabbed q German named
Philip Linhorst in saloon last October was re-
manded for sentence. Michael Mcclure, to whose
inhumanity is charged the death or the pensioner
Buttle, was before Judge Depue on writ OF habeaS
corpus yesterday. Bail was fixed at $3,5O0 IN de-
fault OF which the prisoner was recommitted to JAIL
RAILROAD CoLLIsIoN--On the Morris and Essex
Railroad, at point about midway between Chatham
and Madison, Tuesday afternoon, number Of rear
coal cars broke loose from train and ran back.
wards down grade. Another coal train, that was
following dashed into the detached cars. causing
serious smash up, and injuring the engineer and
one or two OF the cars caught fire and were des-
troyed. The injured men were removed to Norris
town.
CITY Observation-Disclosures is about making
two strides in civilization by the erection OF
public park and city hospital. AS to the former,
bill has been introduced into the Legislature to
authorize the creation OF park and naming Colonel
Il. K. BsSy, Samuel smith and Il. W Merrill as in
corporators. The bill VIII pass without doubt,
and the above names are guarantee that the object
viii De theoretically carried out. me Board or Al
dermen are about creating city hospital from an
unoccupied public building such an institution as
this has long been needed In Paterson.
Trenton.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT CoURT.-The Grand Jury
reported late yesterday afternoon and presented
twenty nine bills OF indictment against various par
ties
COMPUTATIONS BY THE SENATE.-On Tuesday the
Senate in executive session confirmed the Gov
ernor's nomination OF E. w. Scudder, OF Trenton,
and Bennett Van SICKLE, OF Pennington, as Justices
Of the Supreme Court, and William Garretson, OF
Jersey City, Prosecutor OF the Pleas for Hudson
county,
DAsTARDLY OUTRAGE Yesterday afternoon. while
the pupils OF the Academy street public school were
enjoying recess, aru1ianly stranger entered the
schoolyard gained access to water closet, and
there attempted to outrage the person OF young
female about eleven years old. The screams OF tn
girl, however, had the effect Of attracting Of
her companions to her assistance and the scoundre
decamped with immunity. The school teacher, Miss
Wlgans, saw the affair from her room, and thinks
she can identify the offender.
EXTENSIVE FmE.-Yesterday morning, about three
O'Clock the woollen factory of Samuel X. Wilson,
located between Broad and Factory streets caught
fire by the friction OF the machinery, and from the
innammable nature Of the material and the oily
dition Of the floors Q damage OF about $4,000 was
sustained before the 1remen succeeded in subduing
the flames. The fire was principally confined to the
card room. Last week the same building was dam.
sured TOR $4,000, principally In the Hartford COM
pany and the Manhattan Company OF New York.
about half of whom principally girls, VIII be thrown
out Of employment Tor a month. Operations have
already commenced to restore the machinery to
working order.