New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-25

pesday in the Church ofThe New ~ O. Aver was re-
ST. and MOnroe-place. AAo A'S'
elected president ,,,,,
Tho number of deathsin the week ending February
10 was 2J9 an increase OF ~ over tIe Us ,es az
week the births numbered ZfI 'uu -,
The Greene and Gates Avenues ana the futnaIln IN
.,.enue and Haseg Street Railroad Lines are 10 NC
Ttended TO the city line from their present ternl
Dr George T. Wray, who has been accused OF Try
ing to conceal cases Of smallpox at 70 ~ he con-
m0nt-ave., denies the charge ana saws thaU Ho 0oH
formed TO the law in every particular
A valuable trotting horse. owned by Henry shue,
of Park-place aud Casson-ave, was stoieh H on
under the eyes of the who cared iOr MIN aI TUG
stable Wednesday afternoon blacksmith naueu
Craig went 10 tile stable with an unknown man nan
who, Craig said, was Jockey. Inc morse was leu
out and the alleged jockey mounted MN anu I,le
diately galloped off Craig, saying that something
must be wrong went after him. Inc case was glHeLh
to Detective Lenahan, OF the TENN fIeelhcl VIII
a description of Craig. lie found the morse IN d
stable at Kent-ave. and Hewes-st, Cralg anu tne
Jockey have not been arrested
In the City Hall Police Court YESTERDAY alter
noon. G. A. Byrne, OF Iruth was examined uP9n rno
charge of publishing criminal libel against James
McDermott, charging him with being pIoles-
sonal perurerD Mr.. Byrne swore tnat on tne 'lay
the article complained of appeared ne was HmTo ~
scious being sick with dphthera. From February
to February II he did not write, e!lt or publish
anything in his paper He did not know VINO was
in charge in his absence, who wrote me article
which me would not have printed if he had seen it,
rs 1t was lbellOus on ITS lace justice Wdlsn ss'
| that he could not hold the defendant unuer SUCH
evidence. aud discharged him.
Another deficiency in the accounts OF tredeIlck .
Massey formerly president of the Fire Department,
as treasure of the Widows and Orphan una OF Cne
Old Volunteer Fire Department, IS repOrteu Ay Git
n wear ago in settling Mr. Massey's accounts 9enclC
| of S4 600 was found, which he made gOod aItel
little time The treasurer recently dsS9Hei1 0n
alleged that there was still declt Oh
in the fund.- This was reported to the trustees VI
the fund who expected to confer WIN MI. SlaSsIJ
Yesterday but he did not appear at the hour lor te
| meeting As Mr. Massey gave no bonds during tne
| hp office
| for any deficit will finally fall upon the trusteeS'
| JERSEY CITY.
| f,brstonher TanReman an ex-Alderman of Ho-
boen, arrested Yesterday ana pIaCeu nu a
bonds to await the action OF the Granu jury uPoh
| charge of brutally beating his wife.
| John Aiming, of Middletown, N. j.. fell from a
tram on the Central Railroad OF NeWJe[sey; Tedi
| PamrapO Wednesday night, ana was DaulJ lnJuiou'
| He was taken to the Charity Hospital
NEWARK
The body of an unknown man was found IN, tne
deep pit OF Sturgs ~ Sutphens nour ll HIaa ~
aft and had evidently been IN the pit for months
There is a small shanty over the pit. Inc man eEa,
IDENTIFY entered the shanty and falling cow 1b inf
NIT was struck by the revolving cog whee'S, Wnlcn
tore his clothing and threw HIM on beam: cluct
tbo mill closed the ice formed over him six feet and
theu melted again sufficiently TO reveal Ills Pie'oH''
He was about thirty-tive years OF age
LONG ISLAND.
Ntxvo1A.-Therc are 1870 patients in the Queen
Comfy Insane Asylum an Mneola. Not slnE'
case of sickness has been reported III tue st'u''o
| this winter. -
LONG ISLAND CITY.-The inquest as to We caus
| of death of the insane woman, Mary OOorWan
who died in the cells of the FIRST freclhct G H
House at Astoria was concluded by coroner DaNIei
at Long Island City yesterday. Inc {uiy iS Srnr
! fbat he deceasetPROman came TO her death iron
| exposure and neglect. o.,
J,uNcA.-The public school building in the vi
loge of Jamaica was broken into by thieves "eune1
dov nj MI and a silk flag valued al tJO anu sCiluo
= hooks 10 the value of $50 were stolen Inc thltNc
dcstrnvrd considerable property and had packeu J
tbe school organ quantity OF DOCKS ieauV iuI ~
naval 4 reward of go has been cnereu lor III
I arrest Of the thieves
STATEN ISLAND.
NoRrUFIFtp-The Town Board Of Northnelu ha
| annointed BENJAMIN j. BOdine Scaler OF "elgh'
= | aud Measures. ., 4, n
: sorru BRAcH.-Ex- County Treasurer Hugh NJ
. | Roberts has been restrained by llDuhGtpn iiol
n taking sand from the property claimed Dy MAT
| Burke at South Beach.
NfnprrrowN.-Cnlvin c. Bradley died at n
+ | home AT -Four Corners. town Oh 9la"i ',ro,
l. | "Wednesday afternoon Nh Bradley vas y HIoiu
| nent lawter ana was well known IN New ierh1 I.
| ono zinc Le represented MIddletOwn IN the, hcl
- ,nond County Board of Supervisors Inc hlchihVn
i Couutv bar will meet this morning at HJChnOAu
take suitable action as 70 MS dcath'
HUDSON RIVER TOWNS.
% s,xc StyG-The residents of Sing Sing are g
n i'll m conseGucnce of n bill having been lntr
p duced nm the Legislature providing that an eIsol
T. c"nv.cted of capital offences IN tins STATE al
~ s.ntcnccd TO hanging shall be hanged at the I'll
d sing Prison |; il claimed that tins would chn
dtinno disgrace to the village, and mat the ioc
I'm NJ a STATE prison there Is already suthGieI
,;crna mon lis name. Immediate steps Will
g. taken to protest against the passage Oh INC PoPo'