New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-23

and the servant unwilling 10 explain ponce m'l
was summoned and it was fonnd that slle Is2 ca
number of articles slowed in her room ready ior
removal ard had put on one OF her mistress s,i
drrs "a under her calico one After the woman was
locke up il found tilli shc was hu1 'Gs 20
Dav, who bore very COOL character willis Il, ,no
employ of Mrs Van Dine, but that her rear nanlo
was Mary QHgley. She IS about twenty -Se'on
years old.
Jacob jaeger age twenty-one, of No. 169 ThrooP-
ave-. died yesterday from the effects OF S f9
wound IN the thigh received on sunday nlght. ms
assailant was ErhaTdt Schneider, age twenty I'VE
The latter says that when passing JaegeT rs house
he was. knocked down and then . ore" Ahiio 1"
self-defcnce. Schneider il under arrest
The report of the Board of Assessors shows that
the total valuation of the property IN the city Is
$3.50 2659ij. an increase OF T2O, 1Z9,S|4 oNCI
what it was in 1850 The increase Is largely uG ~
the taxing of parsOnages and the buildings OF tne
Brooklyn Benevolent Society in the Sixth ward
and the new buildings erected during the year
JERSEY CITY.
Patrick Brown, lahoreT, living in New, fork,
was struck on the head by falling block Whle az
work on the Red Star Steamship pier yesterday ana
severely injured
Two new cases of smallpox and one death from
the disease were reported to the health auth9rles
Yesterday The pupils in Public School No. were
vaccinated yesterday by County Physician converse
and Inspector benjamin.
NEWARK
Receiver FrelinghuyseA of the Mechanics Ma
tiouaI bank has received authority from Controller
Knov In declare n dividend of Is per cent to the
creditors The dividend VIII be paid after
New-Years.
Coroner Mann held an inquest yesterday in the
case of Edward SOden, the boy who was shot ana
killed by James Graves an old man, on Tuesday
night in front of the Argyle House In Market-st.,
Newark A number of witnesses testified TO the cir
cumstances of the shooting. The jury brought III a
verdict of murder in the first degree In the course on
the examination of the witnesses the father OF the
murdered boy showed disposition several tunes 10
rush at the prisoner and he became excited that
the efforts of several men required To restrain
him. The counsel for the murderer has announced
that the defence will be insanity.
LONG ISLAND.
BRFsLAU.-The seven year-Old daughter of Mar
tin Schneider, of Breslau, badly bitten by
Newfoundland dog that belonged IN the family, on
Wednesday evening. The child was alone in the
house playing with the dog, when VI suddenly sprang
upon her tearing the flesh on her face, neck and
arms so that it hung in strips. When discovered
tearing al its flesh. The physicians pronounce the
childs injuries fatal.
STATEN ISLAND.
SrAPLRroN.-At Stapleton, on Wednesday, the
property of the Coast Wrccking Company, or Aer-
ritt's wreck organization. including the steamer
Relief, steam pumps and pontOons. was SOLD at auc-
ton to close the affairs of the concern. captain
Merritt who was the principal purchaser, PAID ooOO
for the steamer Relief The wrecking business Will
now be conducted exclusively by Captain Merritt.
..C Coroner Ambrose yesterday took change OF the
remains of William May, the chief nurse on Holt
mans Island, who died there suddenly from heart
disease on Wednesday. The body was taken to the
boarding station at Clifton, on board the steamer
Governor FentOn, and from there removed To u
receiving vault at Woodland Cemetery, StaplctOn.
Mr.. May was forty-eght years OF age,