New-York tribune., 1879-09-18

70 reopen the case in order TO introduce some anni
tiona testimony The motion was granteu ny
Judge Pratt yesterday.
Mrs Emily Colt died in 1875 leaving Woperiy
estimated a; 10000 TO her chi'dtci. i,ii H.
was con cstc Dy her husband. vino claimed 'n"i
tn prnp. riy wasaccimulat,d by him and intIns'eh
10 hIs Wife, and that undue influence was S.u W "l'' r
her Surrogate Necdcr admitted the VIII 70 pI"-
hlte The contestant appra ed 20 the iercru i"r''
of the Supreme Court. which affirmed the SURE
gates decision and the Court oi Appeals h"s AZ
afmed the decision of the General icin.
number of cifizens including a. A. Low, Arthnr
W. Benson, Darwin Il. James. h. W. >agf, W. IT,
Leonard and w. II. flcrman. have requested Mayw
Howell to appoint commission =" Plnpnic II ~ ;'
tailed statement showing every lot upon whlch
taxes and assessments have accuinuai'h 10 an ~
tent of % per cent more # n-s+'' Ntiiatloh,
the locality OF each lot, aud the name "l ne "W'ii
also the amOunt of taxes levied annually on ou.i
prnperfv aud against which the city l,>ncs ccIiih-
Gates of Indebtedness. The navor saws hAi ne M
no authority to appunt commission, huI ~ WI
request the Register OF Arrears ana tuc peN"rhl oi
the Board OI Assessors To prepare 5uch statement
JERSEY CITY.
Work il to he begun at once on the Hudson
River Tunnel at jersey CITY. The company Ie-
moved all legal obstacles Saturday by paying
$500 10 the jersey shore improvement Company
AID tine Delaware, Lackawanna ana Western l'all-
road Company.
NEWARK.
The employees of tho runk mandatory Of ;:
Lagowit1. IA Ncwarl-. have obtained an adv nee OF
- per cent, on condition that ih"V VIII induce 'he
IDiultt
mand an advance. If they succeed, further adj
vance OF 10 per cent will be granted.
Mary Jane Brady, IN eIght-year-old daughter OF
Edwin Brady, of No. . CahIuci-sf went to the cis-
tern IN The yard attached to the house. yesterday
afternoon to draw bucket OF wat +. she lei III
ana wa. drowned. The child's mother stood WITHIN
a few feet OF the place at the time.
Dietrich Nahubcn. "A saloon keeper o, No. lO3
GfccuWlch->t. aId NO.3i1 West SKI 'cntl--t, New
YORK Cty was robbed II SGiO vc. t'rdas afternoon
Oh tram of the ionna' a'INnin Railroad bctWc'n
Ncw-York aud Newark. lie had the money in IN
inside waistcoat pocket, which was entirely cut
away. IT, dat not mfss tie money unt.l hc got out
of tie train il NtNak X. In his Ide frQm NcW-lork
he sat besldr alhoIhcr man and took nap IOr
several minutes.
NEW-JERsEY
WoODuAvrv.-iu the last three days soyeu COWS
bolOu sIng 10 H y. Church have died under strange
circumstances. 1t Is believed tnat some one h1s
poisoned them.
HOBChEN.-Ihomas Brennan. of No. 237 New
a -k->t., tobOkcu. wds kuOc.th down y 4 truck at
the frrry-housc In that city yesterday, and lad both
feet crushed So badly tnat be Will probably lose
item.
ELIZABETH.-.Ios, ph Kes3ler is reported 10 be
m iss.ug and Is supposed TO have committed SUI
cd,. IL &, reported that lie jumped INTO the water
al ITembiy'- Polnt....-.lhc City Council Las OF
deTcd the suits recently decided AGAINST the Guy
To be appealed 10 the Supreme Court.
MoNTCLAIR.-An attempt was made on Tuesday
ght t. burn the Muutclalr public school building.
but the lire was cNtinru.sncd before any material
damage was done. suspicion is entertained that
some iacs who were expelled from the school on
the previous day were the iucendlaries.