New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-25

missioner Bndden, Of the LIST Dstrcs as presluen.;
BENJAMIN Van Steinberg fireman on the OentIIAA
Railroad of New-JeRsey, was struck ~ nlS owu ~
connective engine yesterday at jersey OiVy' anu "''
fatally injured ,o5
The Orphans Court Of Hudson County has ended
the contest over the 900 left by DaVld Meecn
the rag-picking mser OF jersey City by dlVlo'hg
among the claimants.
Henry McC4uire was arraigned before Judge Davis
aE Jersey CITY yesterday ON the charge OF sIeAnH
gold watch from Richard Dayis OF Fl SiId
watch was recovered and Mc3ure Is neiu'
Thomas P. Cullen, the man who sWindled S Jnl
nnlIbepS traveller Of Jersey City, out OF $Zo
and gold watch by means OF 1orged 20
taken TO Jersey City, yesterday, and commt'eu "
await trial.
Josenbine Wbitlock, a cOlored girl fourteen years
Of age who robbed William Freligh' OF no :;, III
Yorkst. Jersey CITY, her employer. Oh
valued at 5000 was arrested yesterday ID new
and taken to jersey City Tor TRIAL.
.Judge Knapp, of Jersey City, yesterday granted
an order dsmssing the proceedings IN Lne peivlot
asking for judicial investigation into tne "
the city on the ground that IL vas re
Of sgners bad not complied with the laws "nion AZ
uuire them to pay taxes within year,
LONG ISLAND.
orrruA,,proN.-The Excise Commissioners In the
town of southampton met on FRIDAY anu hAeu 'n0
license fee at $1OO.
pFApsATI,s-Tbe work on thenew railroad TO run
from pearsais to Long Beach is advancing rapidly.
The grading is completed and over one mile VI 'ne
| track laid.
CoIITor po1NT-Hepry Kirchgesser. o College
| Point Marshal was fined So yesterday ~ Jusuco
Frame of Flushing for strik king Fred Wlnkler y
lad on the head with his club for nOb moving Vh Vn0
| sidewalk when he ordered HIM to so.
CANARsrE.-A party of laborers. while excayatlIne
| at Canarsie few days ago. eXhumed three skele-
| tons and number Of other bones. Inc reina a
arc believed to be those Of Cannrsie Indians Mneh
exposed to the air the bones soon erumDleu 10 ouS
COLD SPRING HARBoR.-Tho brig Florence, OF
| Stoninpt0n, from New-Haven for New-York, Iost a
man overheard in the Sound of Cold Spring harD0r
| on Thursday evening. boat was at once lowered,
but the man was not seen after he first struck the
| water.
| BLIssyILLE-CiYil Engineer Mcdonald, under In
strnctiong from the Queens County Board OF super
yisors has investigated the cause OF the fall OF the
| BIissyile bridge over NewtOwn Creek; he says
substantially that the addition OF ten feet TO the
| bridge added too much to it's weight.
| STATEN ISLAND.
| SILVER LAKE.-A band Of gypsies is camping IN
at Silver Lake. They are doing wells the men trade
| horses and the wOmen!tell fortunes.
| ToMPKINsVILLE.-Th strike at the American
stores at Tompkinsville is at an end The men nave
returned to work, the employers having agreed 70
| nav them 81 70 per day. They have been receiving
81 80 and demanded 81
| INTERCHANGEABLE dwelling OF Denis Manning
| In YorK-ave. in New-Brighton. was destroyed py
fire with most Of Its contents early yesterday. Inc
loss was about 81 800. On Friday barn belong
ing to Mrs. Thompson at Huguenot vas destroyed
involving loss of $500. ---.MOst OF the boys en-
| gagged in Dejonges paper factory at New-BTlghtoD
who struck for an increase OF wages nave returned
to work OF the old rates