New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-10

Sow il the author Of the platform unanlllouoy
adopted at the recent Republican 9ta'e Ooi'
voune woman was found at q. m. YESTERDAY
| living in the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad cut az jersey
(itv badly wounded abOut the neal anu ueTA' =
was taken to the Hudson County CnuIcn iTgstRIIJa
| and Home, where she gave her name as Matiiua
| Miller of No. % GlenWoOd-aVe. HcI Ilu niH,
which may result fatally, were received Dy lailhs
| down the embankment
The new grain elevator of the Pennsylvanla Kal-
road is rapidly nearing completion an no WI pe
ready in August for operations. IT. L. ZOO Ieeb -
length by 145 feet in width and vii haye e c az
pacitv of 15O 900 bushels. The toundatloh is on
stone and has cost, il is said, with the nlllnR Vi t
marshes around It, 800, 00O The lever stoIy Vi
the elevator is of corrugated iron and tue upper po
he RIM from the building to the wharf for unloaGing
canal boats and loading ships. In the building
there will ne twenty-fOuT SO t. or eeVatlng appa
Tatus for taking grain from cars
NEWARK.
The CITY Treasurer paid out nearly $4,000 to
public school teachers on Saturday.
The class races of the Princeton College Boat Club
will be rowed on the Passaic River course from the
Triton Boat Club house next Saturday at . p. M
There will be races for SKIES, fOurs and singles
Apetition to the Legislature against the action
of the elevated railway companies III carrying on
the sale of newspapers books etc, ut their stations
is in circulation among nCwsdcalcrs and others.
Tho Germans of Newark have decided to observe
Decoration Day upon Sunday tins year., For this
purpOse all the bands of music in the city have been
engaged The German Posts of the Grand Army OF
the Republic will not participate IN the sunday
parade.
A convention of delegates of all the trade Organ-
cations of the city has been called to meet on Fri
day evening of this week Tor the purpose Oi forming
general union of wOrkingmen ana considering 7,
plan for the establishment of wOrklngmens
lyccum.
The body of Mrs John Kolf, of Harrison, Hudson
County, who had been missing from her nome SINCE
early on Wednesday morning, was found iloaIlh@ III
| the paSsaic River, mt the Chemical Works NJ
| Newark, at g o'clock yesterday morning Az ! l
o'clock the body of her baby was also found Ill the
| water near Commercial DOCK
George Kuhn. an employs ut LcOnard's corset
factory, at No 314 Markct-st., fell from the iourth
story through the hatchway on Saturday. In fail
| ing he extended his arms, which, striking against
the sides of the hatchway. impeded his descent Az
the bottom he struck against an empty barrel; DC
molishing it, Kuhn only sustained Il fractured IT'D
! and n few bruises
An alarm of fire, shortly before 10 o'clock on
Saturday night drew crowd of people to the neigh
hOrhOOd of Broad and Grcen-StS and IN the excite
mcnt n runaway horse attached to Il light carriage
! dashed into the crowd. Alderman Lyon of the
Ninth Ward, was knocked down ana SSvtffcIGg rn
| cCiycd a number OF cuts ana bruises.
| A Young woman named Mary Pascl, who occupies
n room on the second floor Of house at Howard ana
| Baldwn-sts, III Newark, overturned lighted lamp
| ut o'clock yesterday morning.. IL exploited, ana
| the Young woman, failing in tho attempt TO cN-
| tinguish the flames with bed quilt, spranE through
the window TO the street distance of thirty feet
She suffered only slight injuries. The hro was eN-
| tinguishcd by neighbOrs.
| The wife of Christopher Trluz died In January,
| 1877, leaving him three yonng children. soon
| aftprward he placed the children i'm the Protestant
Foster Home until such time rs his circumstances
| would allow him 10 take proper care oil them In
October 1877, he married again. and now claims to
! b. able 10 support his chlldfen comioraby' Inc
| managers of the Home declining 10 yield them MP
at TrautZs demand, he applied tu Chancellor Kun
Won last week for q writ of habeas corpus, which
| was granted, Tcturnablc to-day before the vice
| chancellor, - 800 ~
| WoODsBURG.-1he Long Island Railroad depot
! at WOOdsburg was broken op'n on Saturday
| night, and the tcket-rack and tickets stolen.
| FLUsnING.-Thc belief is current in Flushing that
| tho cOOrcd man Croker who was drowned IN
| Little Neck Bay on Monday last, was struck with
! an oar by his companion aud thrown overheard
1t is alleged that ut the inquest no effort was made
| to remove the mud with which the body was
| covered, 40 AZ to make "A careful examination. J he
| jury found verdict Of death by accidental drown
! ing. When tine body was cleaned for intcrmcnt a
| confusion was found upon the right temple.
| STATEN ISLAND
| SOUTHFIPLD.-In addition to tho numerous in
ccndiarv fires in the various villages on staten ISL
| and within week, the wOods in The town Of
| S0uthicld, especially at Ettngvic and Richmond,
have suffered greatly ut the hands of the inccndia-
| rcs. About 800 acres of valuable timber have hccu
| destroyed, involving IA loss Of several thousand
! dollars.
| RICUyoXD.-At tho recent term Of the Richmond
| County Circuit Court. Judge Gilbert presiding. n
| motion was mad" 10 have James T.. W. Wheeler q
| lawyer, punished for contempt of Court IN Falling
| to pay over 10 client the sum of So -
collected bv him, rs ordered by the Court judge
| Gilbert granted the motion, and fined wheeler
| $50 - or to stand committed until the line was
| paid. Wheeler however, wa4 not ~ Court, ana no
one seemed to know where he was. lie IS believed
| to have gone away
NEWJEEsEY.
| HOBoKrN.-Wilham Calhhan, sailor on the
steamship Greece fell down the hatchWay Of tho
| vessel on Saturday evening, and was 80 badly In
! jurcd that hc died Yesterday morning.
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