New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-16

o % e comm;ttee 10 be- iiIed at stated sums for
fa9I-'s2 The Board then went into executive SEES
SION to consider charges OF Of
the urinary department of Grammar School NO. IL
No conclusion was reached
BROOKLYN.
Police Justice F. g. Fisher took the oath OF once
Yesterday He required to furnish bonds IN @Z'ooo
Christian Buntley Of No. % Cook-st., was ar
rested yesterday on charge OF keeping poiicS
shop.
Black sewing silk worth $3.50 was stolen yester-
day morning from the store OF Z. a. Johnson NO
49l Grand-st.
Fifty street fire alarm boxes will be put in opera
ton next Wednesday, The poles have already been
put up. The plan includes the putting III bI ooo
sire boxes when the appropriations are suiiicieh'
therefor.
Exceptions to the action Of the Supreme Court IN
resentencing Edward Reinhardt were filed by the
counsel for the prisoner yesterday on the gloauu
that the Appellate Court, after deciding against tue
prisoner could only remit the case 10 the COurb "
over and Terminer of Richmond County, in which
the original sentence was declared. writ OF cer-
torari will be applied for on the exception.
JERSEY CITY.
Peter Ecker age fourteen, was struck by a train
on the Central Railroad last evening while crossing
the track, and was fatally injured lie was taken
TO the Charity Hospital
Josephine Mccormack the little girl who had
been missing from her home. at No. 375 fiith-st.,
for nearly two weeks returned home yesterday az
ternoon She told an improbable story about eelng
where she was kept closely confined
The bondsnan Of William Salzer. of Union HUI,
who was arrested on charge OF embeZzDg $500
from the Hudson Brewing Company, informed tne
police Yesterday that SalZer was not to be found
Mr. Seigfried his bondsman, received letter from
Salzer telling him he was about to run off,
Walter Lennon, the fireman of the ferryboat
Fanwood, of the Central Railroad Company, was
arrested yesterday and placed under bonds lie is
charged with atrocious assault ana battery, the
complainant being George Griffith The two men
Quarreled, and Ilemmon peat Ufllltn III teiiioic
manner with an iron bar.
The Board of Aldermen has perfected plan by
which to guard against any unnecessary eXpenui-
ture of the Poor Fund. The Overseer OF the Poor
formerly gave orders on a grocer whom applied to
for AID by the poor bat these orders were frequently
used for the purchase of liquor The Aims Com
mittee of the Board recently made agreements WIN
some of the shopkeepers. go as to have inc neces-
| sary supplies at the lowest possible prices Tue
goods will be furnished by tho dealers on . orders
| signed by the Overseer of the Poor. the dealers
agreeing to supply only what the order calls 1or
NEWARK
| The East Newark branch of the Irish Land League
| held a Inass-meetlng last night. The Rev, Pierce
| Mccarthy presided. The principal addresses were
made by L. +. Mcdonald and D. b. Kirby. The
| meeting was well attended and very enthusiastic.
| Patroiman Schultz. of the Newark Police Depaat
ment arrested little girl IN the front hal OF ms
| house on Norf0k-st early Tuesday evening for
stealing She sad that she had been taught 10 steai
| by a woman named Mrs. Rink, OF No. 19G NorIork-
st. 1t was found yesterday that me woman MIX MT
Systematically instructed young girls in the busl-
ness of stealing Mrs. Rink was taken INTO custody,
| and also little firl named Canheld. line former
was held to bail yesterday. ana The latter was 'e-
tanned q witness.
NEW-JERSEY.
| Observation-Disclosures carried away sllverwaIe,
| clothing and gold watch from the mouse OF Z.
| BOggs last night. Several Other DuIHaries nave
| occurred recently in the town.
| PANRAPo.-Prime Smith was arrested Yesterday
ON charge of assault and battery made by Thomas
Van Buskrk. Both men are colcred. Ihey omar
| relied tuesday night and Smith struck Van Bus-
| kirk over the head with poker
| BAYoNNE CTY.-Tbe bridge spanning the Central
Ncw-Jersey Railroad track near Newark Bay bridge
has been taken down, and the railroad authorizes
will replace it by a more substantial one, WIN
| span thirty feet wider than the OLD one, 10 chaDe
the LAYING of another rail through this city to the
| Bay draw.
| F1Iz.pyTu.-Tbe three proprietors Of tho acid
| works who were indicted for creating q nuisance.
| were arragned before Judge Mccormick. in the
Court Of Special Sessions yesterday, and were each
fined So and the costs of the prosecution. the SEN
| fences were made nominal, as the defendants had
| abated the nuisance.
| HOBoKRN.-At the meeting Of the Common COun-
Gil Tuesday evening resolution was offered nlfsc
| ing an investigation into the management OF Pubhc
| ScboONO 3. 1t was referred TO tho Committee oil
] the Whole. The principal of the school, MISS Gun
| ningbam was tried and acquitted recently by the
Roard of Education on charges of having used i'm
! proper language 10 some OF her pupils
ACK-The Grand Jury entered the court
| room yesterday and handed Judge Dixon batch OF
| criminal indie tments, but as 10 defendants were
| arraIgDed the names of the indicted persons could
! nor be learned 1t WAS rumored that }. ): Berry,
| the cashier OF the defunct Bergen COUNTY Nalonai
| Bank and some of the directors were among the IN
dicted persons bat the ruIDOTs could not be traced
| to any responsible source.
| NEw-BRUNswICK.-Uueh Boyd. the editor of 1hl
| Dqily Home NoCs, of brunswick. was arralgned
III tue Court of Quarter Sessions in that cry YES
| terday on an indictment charging him with having
hbeled John A. Wang Mr. Boyd pie not
| for trial the alleged libel consisted IN the puDlica-
| ton of statement that Mr.. Walhng received $l5
| for his vote while delegate at political conVen-
| ton during the recent campaign.
| LONG ISLAND.
| FLUSHING The boat found bottom upward neal
Rlkers Island, in Flushing Bay, was taken from the
foot of Onehundred- and feminist, New York, Mon
| dav by Henry Drnker, of No. JIG East One-hun
dTed -elcVcnth-st., and John Gerroghdv. OF One
bundred-and- ninth-st.. for the purpose OF shlng ~
| Flushing Bay. The men have not been heard OF
| aud 1T Is supposed that they were drowned
| LONG ISLAND CITY.--Long Island City owes
Queens County $40, 600 the tax deficiency for State
| and county purposes At a recent meeting of the
| Board OF Supervisors, Rapph Burnat, Corporation
! Council of the city, appeared before The Board and
protested against including i'll the tax levy any por-
ton OF the $4,000 due the county from the city
The Supervisor OF Long Island City has not yet pro-
dnced the assessment rolls and the equalization Ia
Die cannot be perfected. The Board proposes 10 ap
DIV to the Court for mandamus for the production
Of tne roll as the business Of the county bas beer
| retarded for over a month.
STATEN ISLAND
| WEST BRIGnTON.-ROber 3. Minturn has sold hi,
| house at West Brighton to George Bonner, The
| banker for $50 900. Mr.. MInturn intends to live
| in New-YOrk.
| GARRErsoY.-The school house Mt GaTetssn Sta
ton on the line of the Staten Island Railway, wa
| entered 10y thieves Monday night and everything
| movable was carried OFF,
| MDpIFrowN-The auditors of Midd!etown have
| ended their work. The bills as audited amounted
| TO $3.50 20. while the amount claimed wa;
| So O40 "a The bills auOited last year amounted
| to Is, 1888 Sc
| CLnTON.-Mrs. Catharine Vaughn, age eighty
| seven mother Of Justice Vaughn at Clifton. died
| TUESDAY, at the house of her son, with whom sh,
| had been living for the last sixteen wears. Mrs
| Vaughn enjoyed good health mp TO within shor
time OF her death. The funeral will take place To-
| day from st. Mary's Roman Catholic Church al