The New York herald., 1878-12-19
SUBURBAN NOTES.

The Queens County Board Of Supervisors met at
the Asylum at Mneola, yesterday. Sixty ballots
were taken without electing superintendent OF the
Poor.
call has been issued by leading manufacturers of
Newark for meeting of citizens to encourage
the free road movement between Newark and New
York. It will be held at Park Hall next Saturday
night.
The church people Of Bellevile. N. j. whose places
OF worship were visited by miscreants on Saturday
night and desecrated, as reported in Tuesdays
HERALD have offered 800 reward for the arrest and
conviction OF the vandals.
John O'Neil, convict in the Sing Sing Prison who
recently stabbed the principal keeper Bign. in
dcted on Monday. and yesterday pleaded guilty. and
sentenced to an additional Imprisonment of three
years to begin ut the expiration OF his present term
Peter Maglin, the Italian who was so severely
burned on the 25th November last by the explos on
of lamp filled with naphtha, at his apple stand near
Fulton ferry. Brooklyn died ut his residence in How
ards court, that city. at All early hour yesterday
morning.
LOUIS Grupp, brakeman, while standing on top of
a freight car signalling the engineer, at Lawrence. N
j., last evening. was thrown under the moving cars
by the jostling of the train and instantly killed He
resided in Philadelphia. where lac leaves wife and
several children.
The trial of William Morris. alias Porter for com
plicity in the robbery of the safe In Iberts -four
store. Graham avenue. Brooklyn, concluded in
the Kings County Court of Sessions yesterday. The
counsel will sum up to-day, when the will be
given to the jury.
In the Board Of Supervisors of westchester County
Tuesday. the special committee appointed TO in
accounts Of the keeper of the County Poorhousc
ported that he charges insinuations not only
not proved, but are unfounded."
Suit was brought in the Brooklyn City Court. be.
fore Judge Reynolds yesterday, by Augustus Maver-
lex against Dcnas Barnes to SOL n balance
of salary claimed editor the Ags He also sues
for 900 damage for having been discharged with
out due notice. The trial will be resumed to-day.
The inquest held by Coroner Baylis on the remains
of William Rhodes, the fish pedler who was found
dead in the culvert at Hicksvle, l.. l., on Tuesday
resulted in verdict of accidental death. II is pretty
generally believed that his horse away with him
but there are some who hold TO the theory of murder
The Home Insurance Company yesterday bought
in under foreclosure proceedings the homestead of
the late Luther Redhcld formerly President Of the
First National Bank, of Tarrytown. in the hands
of receiver. The company held n mortgage OF
$4,000 against II. Interest and costs added the
claim amounted to about $Il,3O0. Tie purchase
price was s11 200.
Early on Monday morning three small frame tene-
ment houses In Sing Sing two OF them owned by
Nicholas O'Brien aud the other by colorcd man
named Brady. were set on fire and completely de-
we're rescued from the burning buildings On the
following night barn owned by Mr. &. r.. Maurice
was totally destroyed by FIRE; the work of an incen-
| diary.
The commission appointed by the Chancellor to
examine the mental condition of Mrs. Greuwe, of
Hoboken, have notified her to appear for examina
ton Mrs. treiwe said yesterday that her husband
had offered her Si0J 10 go quietly to the New Jersey
| State Lunatic Asylum aud board there for few
weeks and leave to him the of the children.
4 She says she replied she would not leave HIM tho
| children for $ID0,OOD.
| The Hudson County New Jersey Circuit Court is
engaged In hearing the Of Patrick Malone against
David Joyce TO compel the latter. who declared
elected at the last spring election Police Coipnis-
soner, to vacate his seat William L. Dorgan was the
most important witness. He testified that he had
repeated and furnished other repeaers TO vote for
joyce Counsel Tor Joyce objected 70 the admission
of the evidence but the Court admitted the testimony
and the defendants counsel took an exception