The New York herald., 1870-01-23
SUBURBAN NEWS.
Affairs Around the MetropOlis-The Grab
for Public Offices An Emigrant
Fleeced-A Singular Case-C0ck
Fighters In Trouble in West.
chester County = Miscel.
lane0us Intelligence.
NEW JERSEY.
Jersey City.

ECONOMY AND RETRENCHMENT IN THE PUBLIC SER
vICE-The Board OF Chosen Freeholders are accus-
toned to partake OF sumptuous dinners whenever
the public veal calls them together. The bills
amount to a comparatively large sum at the end OF
the year. In Union county the practice was abol-
ished, and there are indications that 1t Will
cease also IN Hudson county after short
time. Mr.. J. Is. Cleveland, one OF the most active
members ol the Board, offered resolution at the
be directed furnish only dinner TICKET to each
member, and the resolution was unanimously
adopted. Tnis Will Kill of the penny-a-ne Bohemi-
ans and all other deadheads who have been feastng
at the public expense. Respectable members OF the
Board may very soon question the policy Of having
their dinners paid for by the taxpayers.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES details OF the amended
charter for the consolidated cities have been nearly
all arranged by the members Of the Legislature from
Hudson county In caucus at Trenton. The recon.
mendatiOnS OF the JOINT committee sitting In Jersey
City Will OF course command attention and respect
and will be adopted wherever they do not conflict
with the general provisions OF the bill The men,
bers OF Assembly are unanimously pledged against
special Legislation or the practice OF legs.
lating any individual into ONCE. This
principle @ Is found to be unsonnd, and
his message. The Mayor will be an er-oNcio member
or every board. There Will be some trouble In the
ton. The Seventh ward OF Jersey CITY viii be d.
vided, but even this Will not be sufficient, as the
population OF that city IS greater than that OF the
wards. 1t Is expected that the bill Will introduced
ON Tuesday, the LIST OF February.
H0bOken.
BOGUS DETECTIVES ROB POOR GERMAN EMI.
GRANT.-HoboKen is regarded by many as the home
Of the German race, yet it does not always afford
protection to the exiles from Falherand. Two days
ago poor emigrant was making his way to the
ferry with q bundle in his hand, when he was
stopped by two young men, who asked him II he
was lately landed. The moment they found that
he was "greenn they marked him as lit subject
TO be operated upon Selzing the bundle tney
detectives and would examine the contents OF the
parcel. They found three bottles of CoQnac brandy,
one pound OF wool and 200 cigars which they appro-
prlated, allowing him, very magnanlmOusly to de-
part without being arrested, as he was not
quainted with the usages Of this country. Yester-
day afternoon the man who was thus fieeced stated
his case to some friends who viii have the matter
investigated. He states that he nrSt saw the men
standing near the police station, but Is quite Ger.
tain that they are not employed In any police SERVICE
C0mmunipnw.
The STOCK YARDs.-During The past week 214
cars arrived at the stock yards, containing 1850
CATTLE 4,Sq9 hogs and 1O,640 sheep. There were
slaughtered S92 cattle. 4,s6l hogs and 1880 sheep.
Newark.
THE FOURTEENTH WARD PRoJECT.--Mr Matthew
Murphy the democratic Assemblyman from the
Ninth district, comprising the seventh and Eleventh
wards states that he s not opposed to the passage
OF the bill creating the Fourteenth ward, though he
Is Of opinion tnat the boundary lines are too small
On this ground 1t might reasonably DC opposed by
Luc TcpuUuCduSs
ANOTHER PARK SITE.-A select number OF citizens
including goody sprinkng Of City Fathers visited
yesterday afternoon piece Of land near the Waver.
ley Fair Grounds, with view, 1t Is understood to
consider the feasibility OF securing 1t for park site.
The impression OF the good law-abiding tax-paylng
citizens Of this place Is that there other wants
the city should be supplied with paramount to new
PARKS Among these might be named decenty
paved streets. juvenile reform school, "GrsL class
hotel" and the running or all the horse sun
day.
SINGULAR CAsE-Yesterday forenoon woman
named Mrs. Flynn, residing at No. Towpath, ap.
peared before the authorities and made complaint
that her youngest child, bright, beautiful, blue
eyed brown-headed girl OF ten had been coaxed
away by her other cmld youth OF seventeen
whose general character she declared To be very
bad. Previous eaving England he had been in the
reformatores for THEFT and since MS arrival here
he had been In the habit OF plfering more less.
He left home last Tuesday in company win the
little GIRL and nothing whatever has since been seen
heard OF either him or her. The mother thinks he
has disposed of the child to some dsreputape per-
sons In New York. He was bind OF one eye. Mayor
Ricord instructed the police to lend the poor woman
all possible assistance. detective was detailed to
WORK up the matter.