New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-13

on,osed nv the Mavor. and the Board of Education
was compelled TO borrow the money Inc me S,ns
deficiency s said TO be mainly in teachers salaries
Charles III. Smith, OF No. 1OS7 Dehaio-ase.'
when arTagned before Justice senior yesl'lu"S,
on the charge O! ATTEMPTING To shoot MS ia"e, o
December ,. said that Inc did not intend 10 shoot
his father but only TO brighten him; his reason lo
doing this he said. that his father iad hnuTus
his mother. Mr. Smith, or, was not ar uc, =.
handing the young man, allowed INN 10 go uhue'
suspension of sentence.
JERSEY CITY.
A citizens, meeting will be held this evening in
the CITY Hall of Jersey City, for the purpose on or
ganizng committee 10 raise funds Tor the relei OF
the distressed poor of Ireland
NEw-JERSEY
EI,z,pErH.-A test suit is proposed by the County
officers whose pay has been cut down TO 1T each.
Mouxr Horr-The Mount Hope miners have
struck for higher wages and gone over 10 te lrapo
mines to influence the miners there TO strike.
RAuWAY.-Thc Rev. Joseph Graves, OF Wsstfeld,
has accented q unanimous call 10 the pastoTatc OF
the Irving Street Baptist Church. and Will enter
upon his duties at once. The Church has been ior
some time without n settled pastor.
FRFEHOID.-The treasurer of the Monmouth Bat
tie Monument Association reports over $4,000 In
cash on hand, with some hundreds due and not
collected. If ten thousand dollars cannot be col
lectcd seven thousand dollar monument will be
erected.
PIAINFIELD-Mr Elizabeth Drake several weeks
ago threw herself from second story window ana
broke both ankles, while under halluclnati9n
that she could fly to Heaven. She was taken 10 the
Insane ASYLUM. The accident and the mental strain
have resulted in her death.
CAPE MAY-Another meeting was held on Thurs
day in the court house, in the interest OF the pro-
posed Cape May Railroad. Speeches were made by
Senator-eect Miller and Others The subscription
Committee reported the amount already subscribed
| TO he $4,000. A bottle, corked and sealed, was
picked up on " Two Mile Beach," few daps ago,
October 10, 1s70-fhomas Lowery drowned him
SELF l could not agree with my wife. I. s.-Please
get this in Philadelphia paper"
LONG ISLAND
NrwrowN-The work of digging the great well
| in Calvary Cemetery has been finished depth of
COG feet having been reached. In accomplishing
the work the drill had to pass through 4O6 feet OF
rock and 200 feet of hard clay. The waller rises
within ~ feet OF the surface, and steam pump IL
drawing from il 2, 500 barrels per day without any
perceptbe diminution OF the supply Inc temper
allure of the water registers OF. ms well Is about
| the finest on Long Island.
FLUsHING.-Yesterday morning the draw-bridge
over Flushing Bay at Little Neck, over which the
trains ON the Flushing and North Shore Railway
pass, was badly damaged by being run into by
schooner which carried against II by the strong
tide. Durng the morning the trains were unable
to pass the bridge, and the passenGcrs had TO
be transferred. A gang of men were sent out from
Hunters Point to repair the damage, which was es-
timatcd TO amount to 81 900.
LoNG ISLAND CITY.-The former advocates Of The
establishment Of q new County on Long Island to be
called Nassau, and to be composed of the eastern
towns of Qacens County and the western towns OF
Suffolk County. seem to have lost interest in the
project A notice appeared in The Babylon Budget
last week inviting all persons IN favor OF 1t to meet
in this place yesterday afternoon AT O'Clock sharp,
and il rs understood that circular invitations were
also issued. When the hour for the meeting ar
rived however, the only person present was Charles
G. Cooper of Babylon. He waited a reasonable
time for the appearance of Others supposed 10 he in
terested IN the project, but no one appearing lie
took the 1870 train home. apparently much cha
erined and surprised at the absence of Judge John
IL. Reid of Babylon, who had issued the call Tor the
meeting.
STATEN ISLAND.
New BR!GHroN.-Thc pew school building but
rs an extension TO District School No 3 was opened
Yesterday with appropriate exercises. Addresses
were made by George William Curtis. Erastus
Brooks, School Commissioner DR.. e.. Henry KING.
Comfy Judge Wesicrvclt and the Rev. James
Brownlcc. Most of the families on the north shore
of the island Were represented among those pres
cnt.
HUDSON RIVER TOWNS.
TARRYTOwV.-A branch line of telegraph 10 CON
meet with that OF the Western Union at East IarTy
town on the line Of the Newlork CITY and North
srn Railroad is in course of construction.
TrCSAHOr;-Di phiheria is reported 10 be very
prevalent at Tuciah0e and it 10 understood that
the school in the upper part of the district has been
closed to protect the scholars.
H.EeIsoN.-J0hn Kelly. lahorcr. who was pass-
ing along Locusi-aNc. in Harrison, about o'clock
Thursday night, discovered light IN tie country
residence of L. Luthcrs az present nnOccuplod. IL
was fuind that a large quantity Of glass and China
tI nf nor lrf