The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-29
SUBURBAN NOTES.


yesterday morning. Loss on the building and
chinery, $4,000; insurance. sl.1Oo
The Long Island Railroad Company lost an engine
house and two fat cars by fire and had two engines
badly damaged yesterday morning Loss 100.
ksDuring an ARRAY between crowd OF colored men
at Mamaroneck on Christmas Day two of the number
named Conklin and Ewell, stabbed. Ewell' g
wounds are serious.
The Hygiene House. ut Florence NJ j. was de-
stroyed by fire early yesterday morning The loss
on building and furniture is estimated at $4,000
Partially insured
When the three masted schooner James A. Potter
went ashore on Amagansett, l.. L., last Sunday
ing, Frank Stetson. sailor, washed overheard
and lost Yesterday the remains hoated ashore at
Montauk Point.
On Thursday night the store Of Louis vetter at ST.
James, l.. L. burned. with its contents. causing
$1,000 loss Two clerks sleeping in the second story
were awakened by the explosion of keg OF powder
The fire was OF incendary origin.
Chancellor Runyon yesterday granted an order to
the managers of the Newark Savings Institution to
pay dividend of ten per cent upon balances due de-
positors December L. 1877 when the bank suspended
1t is payable on and after January 3D. 1879.
Deputy Collector Hawkins, of Islip L. L. has seized
the cigar mandatory of +. w. Stcnbeck, at Hap
pague, Shutdown L. l., for alleged volstion of the
revenue law Seven thousand cigars and 300 pounds
OF tobacco were forfeited to the government.
been trial at New Brunswick. N. j.. for the past
few days, charged with numbering Eugene Mundy
1t Steiton n D.. IN september last, yesterday re-
turned = verdict Of murder In the second degree.
The Jury in the case of the contested election of
Malone Joyce for u seat In the Jersey City Board
of Police commissioners after being out twenty
hours discharged mt three o'clock yesterday
by Judge Knapp, having failed to agree upon q YER
diet
The rosin and oil factory of John A. Carey corner
of Richard and Commerce streets south BROOKLYN
were totally destroyed by fire yesterday morning,
causing loss of so 900: not insured. The fire Is
supposed to have originated from leak in one of
the stills
The body of the who committed suicide in
Newark on Christmas night has been identified as
that OF Anton Bergmann. OF Boston. His friends
the report of the suicide in the HERALD and came on
and recognized the body. Deceased was insane, his
friends say.
william Morris, alias civilian Porter" recently
tried before Judge Moore, In the Kings County Court
OF Sessions, on charge OF burglary, was yesterday
released from Raymond Street JAIL Brooklyn, in the
of 5000 bail, by Judge Gilbert. of the Kings
County Supreme Court
Thomas Moorcroft and his daughter Emma resid-
ing at No. 6l3 Monroe street. Brooklyn. before
Judge Bloom, of that city. yesterday, charged by
Anna NJ. Smith, of No. 1OS Norman avenue, with
stealing dry goods from her. They were each held
in 81, 900 bail to answer
According to the report street lighting sub
mittcd TO the Brooklyn Board OF city Works by
Assistant Engineer DcMerritt. the bids made by the
different gas companies for the year 1879 amount TO
S32,s3 AZ the appropriation Is only 1881 400 there
will be deficiency of S2l,693
Joseph Johnson. Of the assailants of Clarence
Deaficld, engineer of the village of New Brighton
s. l., was yesterday fined S25 by Judge Iangton, ut
West New Brighton. John Johnson, who according
to Mr.. Deafeds sworn statement assisted in the at
tack. is still confined in the County Jail.
The 81 900 bond on the New Jersey Central Rail
road which was received on Friday last from al un-
known man by Detective Charles Frost, of the
Brooklyn Police Central Office, claimed yesterday
by Counsellor John L. Blake. OF Orange, n. j., who
stated that il had been stolen from him time
ago.
A man mailing from particularly nowhere has been
swindng the residents Of Paterson, n. j., by means
OF forged checks made by himself and drawn to his
order. but with the forged Endorsement of Shaw
4 Hinchline brewers. Three checks. each for
S2J. and drawn on the Citizens National Bank. OF
New York, have been discovered.
Adam Alderman. aged eighty years. farmer, re-
siding Ridpewood, N. j., went to Paterson yes
terday to sell some produce. He was entering tho
confectionery of Tins Main street and fell dead
crashing through the glass us he sank down. Mr.
Alderman hale and hearty. apparently, up to
that moment. It is supposed that his death WAS
caused by heart disease
The hearing in the proceedings to decide the san
ity OF Mrs. Henrietta Grcuwe, OF Hobokcn, was re-
sumed before the Commissioners. Messrs. williams
Nicho and Clinton, at the Court House, Jersey city
yesterday afternoon. Several witnesses were sworn
and testified to the eccentric conduct OF Mrs. Greuwe
and of the unclean condition OF her house, and the
hearing then adjourned for week.
The Brooklyn Board of Assessors yesterday can
cclled Horace Is. Claims personal tax In that city on
the opinion Of the Corporation Counsel who decides
that the fact of Mr.. Claiin making affidavit set
ting forth that he is resident and voter of Fordham
westchestcr county. and that his house in Brooklyn
is only his winter residence frees him from paying
the tax. His personal tax In Brooklyn has been on
property assessed Mt xl0O.0OO.
The Brooklyn police have received from man who
Keeps coffee house in James slip this city, several
articles which he says intrused TO his keeping
by "Shorn" Rogers, who recently arrested in
this city for burglary in Brooklyn Some of the
property has been Identified by Mr. aud Mrs. schafcn-
berg Of the latter city. having been stolen from
their house. and some by John Bruce, OF Woodawn,
Il. l., as having been stolen from him.
Captain Charles q. Rose, of the schooner Charles
Albert, engaged in the southern coast trade sailed
from Baltimore bound for Savannah on the 2lst ut
On the I'D his vessel OF Cape HHtteras dur.
Ing n heavy storm. II IL feared that the schooner
foundered tdings have been received of either
vessel captain or since that time. The captain
was resident of Jersey City and owned fine resi-
dence on New Jersey avenue. in that city, in which
his family reside.
Constable Lrdlam. Of Oyster Bay. L. l.. yesterday
apprehendcd an ex-convict named William Weeks In
q negro rendezvous. Weeks had cludcd the officers
for some time. He Is wanted for two crimes. The
first is the robbery of house vt Melville. where he
got watch and some pieces of jewelry To this he
pleads guilty The second the burglary in Ebcnezcr
Jarvis house. where John Smith, the man in charge
gagged and terribly beaten. The thieves got 500
and silver pitcher To get TO Mr.. Jarvis room they
had to pass through room where two little girls
in bed, and their description Of the tallcs
somewhat with Weeks and confederate named
Mccarthy, whom the officers have also been looking
for Weeks pleads not guilty to this He has served
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