New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-19

serve for three years-Chares Wager Hull, samuel
Putnam, John MCCauley and A. n: llmpson' lne
following were elected Clinton Hall trustees.Isauc
H. Bailey Hugh N Camp, Daniel +. AppieIIohI W.
C. ID. Borden. Cornelius NJ Bliss, Henry a. OaKley'
and Charles II. Isham.
BROOKLYN.
Croquct players were vely numerous IN prospect
Park yesterday.
John Schrouth, four years of age, received fatal
injuries yesterday. by falling from fourtn-stOry
window at No. 247 Ellery-st.
The husband of Mrs. Ellen Hicks, OF NO. ioI
Butler-st., found her sitting IN GUAR deau "neh
he returned home from work last evening.
Francis Bachmeyer, of No. 612 Broadway. hye
years old, died last evening from fracture OF me
skull caused by falling from WlndoW 10 Inc s'ue-
walk.
The names of Tax-Collector James Tanner and and
four others, who were expelled illegally from the
TwentysecOnd Ward Repnblican d Assofa1O If
the General Committee. They Will now DC trleu
upon charges duly preferred.
JERSEY CITY.
Justice Peloubet, of Jersey City, yesterday com
mitted John Sivan, alias Yankee Sullivan"
negro to Jail on q charge of brutally assaultlng
Charles Fisher and beating him until no Decame
unconscious.
Joseph Carroll, of Jersey City Heights. carpen-
fer employed on the new grain elevator of the Penn
svvania Railroad, at the foot OF Fourth-sf, Jersey
City, fell from the top of the elevator yesterday al
ternOOn and instantly killed. his DOuy WAS
horribly mangled by the fall.
NEWARK.
Mrs. Voss. of No. 800 Market-st., gave birth
to triplets yesterday morning.
NEW-JERSEY.
NEwToN.-Nrs. VilOria Harris, age twenty died
in great agony at BlarstOwn on Sunday from eat
ing wild hemiock root which she mistook Tor sweet
lquOrice.
PArrRsoN-John Turner, age eight years, was
drowned i'm the Morris Canal while bathing on Mon
day.. AT the meeting of the Board of Aldermen
&C Paterson on Monday evening the appointment oil
seventeen new policemen was calpff"veeuip az, an
ordinance was passed giving the Chief OF P0llce
$3.50 n year, police sergeants 5000 each, ana the
E2tromon $500 aGhSPGSeal Oa d,aTon HENRY
and attempted to arrest HIM. After struggle
Mahar made his escape. Whitehead was badly
bruised 1900 ,-,, ,.-
FLUsUING-Dr. Lever was appointed Health Oil
Ger for the town of Flushing yesterday.
AsroRIA-The Rev. r. S. Cartwright has severed
his connection with st. Johns Episcopal Chlrch NJ
Astoria. lie was its rector for n number OF years.
JAMAICA-Samuc Fleet was elected at the Spring
election as of the OveTsceTs OF the Poor IGr Ja-
maira and Ovrrsccr of the Village Poor ut the char
ter election. lie wants to hold both offices Al q
meeting of the Town Board, held yesterday, n com
mittce WIS appointed to bring suit to declare MS
seat as Town Oycrscer Of the Poor vacant
STATEN ISLAND.
STAPLETON.-At a German military picnic on
Staten Island on Sunday, two men who were fencing
with swords grew angry, and before the spectators
COuld int TlcTc both men were wUunued' l ne WH3le
party on its way To TINS city DelOTo lno poIce
had information of the affair.
EDGEwATFR.- It the meeting of the trustees of
Edgrwatcr yesterday. Thomas Blake on behalf OF
tine residents of Concord entered protest against
the burial on the commons of any moro animals
dying with plcuro pneumonia. me trustees He-
ci,lcd Ia consult General Patrick IN the matter
Philip Brady offered n piece ol land at Chiffon as
buryng ground for dead cattle.