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Two children of the iauitor of Public School No;
g. AT Bedford-ave and JeffeTson-st, were reported
to the Board of Health yesterday as lying SICK WIN
scarlet fever at the janitors rooms IN the sc'iT
house. Seventeen hundred scholars occupy tne
building during school hours The school VIII proD-
ably he closed at once
The Truants Home on the Jamaica Plank road;
is reported by Ihe special committee OF the b2I1 ha
Aldermen TO be in ruin0us condition as 10 ny ny
buildings; the children are said not 10 ne PIuTTin
clothed, and the MANAGEMENT of Keeper Nc am,
many is generally bad. lie is mllkmal' anu i'i''
his old business from the Home
In the Supreme Court of Kings County, before
| Justice Pratt, Yesterday, the case OF w r ".
Shanks against Joseph Hart AM others, PuD,
motion of the plaintiff was granted for coli2sun
to examine John Chamberlain, OF NasniinYg'o"'
ID. c.. one of defendants witnesses Deiore tii",'
| The Tourists" J. NJ. and Thomas Coos; nav
been sued Tor libel damages at $1,000, by Edward
! NJ Jenkins The plaintiff who is, or Tathef WIS.,
partner of the Cooks, charges that whle ne was "a
Europe settling up some business they puollshcu
statement that he had ahsc0nded with their money
| The Cooks have sued jenkins Tor an accouniIh ~
Before Justice Pratt yesterday motion was ldu1 ~
STAY the libel pending the decision OF the 0the sun
! on the ground that the result of the libel SUIT ae
| pended largely on the testimony produced al 'ie
| other trial. Decision was reserved.
JERSEY CITY.
| Two or three unimportant leaks have been us
| covered in the new reservoir
Police Cap ain Farrer PatTolman James HOP,
kins, Election Inspector Thomas iI9 PHI gnce
Michael j. OMara who have been ON 'r rdr S, a
quilted yesterday. The jury was out tuttS-"'o
| minutes.
Thomas Meehan. age fifty driver in the employ
| of + d. Valentine, of No. 40 WaShhg'on-'l.,
! New-YOrk was crushed to death yesterday ao"ut
| noon IL front OF Thomas Rellys grocery sore no
$40 Frst-st, hya hogshead OF ale wLich nc NE
| BODY was removed to his late home, at Dalght ana
| Canal-st., New-f0rk.
Eayum Grumbuch, age twenty-one, ana Josephile
| n, ,tCYa
| Peloubet Yesterday morning on a charEe OF HErmi-
| together improperly at No. lbs Steuhtn-st. Inc
prisoners had ei1Pg 900 iron, baIo5gn fo her hn5
| band, Jacob Rupp. The latter followed iIeih 10
this country and caused their arrest but when his
| money was returned to INN he Withdrew MS coh-
| plant and started back to Germany.
NCW-JERSEY.
| HogoKrN.-Charles A. Davis, negro who was
| arrested ON a charge of burgltTiously entering
! Anton Othen's rum shop. at Grove and NeWark-Sts
fnig0ed INSANITY when arraigned before Recorder
| Med nough yesterday morning ne zen on ms
| knees and began TO shout, sing ana pray SO Nls|i
ouslv that il became necessary 10 Sehd MN p'cH 10
| a cell subsequently lac became perfectly sane
pleaded guilty. and was committed ior trial.
NEWARK
William Turner. an English halter. who had been
on debauch, was iound wing TedY ~ an "', ,,ad
| Raroad-place on Friday. Death had beeu caa'eu
| bv conclusion of the brain 1t was StaiSM DS
Turner's friends that he had been robbed oil TO ~
| the propgery near where his BODY was lnuhu '.hl
| fonl MAY was intimated. The County physician
eynressed the belief that death had been caused by
a fail .
Tho arcurncut for now trial in the case OF Robert
Merlin convicted of numbering his wife ANA child
took Mace Yesterday, before Judge Dcpuc. IN,
Iudye Ellsworth the counsel for Martin. submitted
several afidavitS, from the mother Oh lIe muir
dered vile stating that Martin, while drunk, com
United acts that he could not remember "hrh ne
became sober, and that when he drank liquor n'
| hecone wild and crazy. Other aiiidaYts coII"O"i-
ated these statements. AfdavIt5 were also sun
mitted of persons who stated That IN cohVelsil!G2n
with Police Surgeon Read, an important witness III
the trial of Martin, Read impeaehed ms oW 'E'-
dcnce. After argument, Judge Depue reserved his
decision. .l, roo, ,,,r,
CoDONA.-William kirkpatrick. of. Corona, was
| Amounted Yesterday by the Town Board OF lie"-
| town Justice OF the Peace, 10 III the vacancy
caused by the death o Justice Duffy
BAYsIDE.-Lewis Bedell, of Bayslde' planted nus
season thirteen acres Of cabDagc, and VIII nor ne
able to market any Of IL. His loss Is over T-'ooo
He expended 800 for the manure alone aslG' nom
his time and labor.
S,,IrIITowN-'rhe catching Of oysters in tho
nev,ly-Iiscoycrcd bed in Long Island Sound. oil
Smithtown has been discontinued for the season.
The bed has prod. ced several thousand bnshels %
large well-hayOTed oysters, and cXpeHenGed oyster
men give il as their opinion that they Will be found
for five years i'll large quantities.
STATEN ISLAND.
CUEIsrA.-An artesiau well is t. be bored at The
| linolcum factory at Chelsea, when Is expected L,
| supply $4,000 gallons OF water dally'
| ToNPKINsyIItF -Thc annual report Of the Smti
IpfTinaTy. at Tompkinsvillc, shows that $500 ;;
wa, collected in staten Island churches Tor inc III
stItutlon on Hospital Sunday.
| CIrrr6N-Tbe valuable mare Ethel, owned by X
w. Cameron of Clifton being attacked by vicious
dog recently ran into brick yau, USED Tor si"rlht
| gasoline. The mare died before being rescued
Observation-Disclosures Schumacher, age seventeen
Of Stapleton q few DAYS ago was kicked III the az
l domen by playmate. lie died on FRIDAY. Ut
Feenv made an autopsy ana ion 1 sinai r sIe =
J. agree as to the cause OF death
WEST MISUNDERSTANDING George Burgess
of West Brighton, has rendered ms resignation
: | Patrick Carbon, a Waterman at ReynOidss pam
r | works at West Brighton, has been missing sine
a | Friday. On the morning OF that day ms hat aii
d | dinner-pal were found on the wharf. A.th0ug
/ Carbon was supposed TO be on duty during the mSh
he was not seen during the early hours OF the morn
ing. 1t Is supposed that he was Drowned III ~ u
effects of gunshot wound received while attendin
IS pigeon shoot at West Brighton on election day
l, Taylor was shot by youth named CaVon Eaedn
+ | who was shooting at lost birds from the traps.
Re WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
l. PELHAM MANoR.-The Rev. ID. n Froeland fror
Monroe Orange County, will be installed TINS alter
1, noon As pastor of the Memorial Church at PelhaI
Manor.
WHITE PIAISs.-The Supervisors of Wcstchestc
IS County will meet at White Plains tomorrow, 10
!: their annual session. On Tuesday they Will 81
81 pauize as a Board of Canvassers and canvass IN
a. votes cast at the election Ill the county on Tues
a day.
n, MOUNT vERNoN.-At a Meeting of the stocl
az holders OF the Mount Vernon Water Company, o
Friday evening for the purpose OF reorganization
the following directors were elected: DAVID = lack
, | enbush Joseph 5. Wood John Berry, Burr Davl
a Max Huss, Elijah ~ Wilson, Charles II. Wilson
w William ID. Chaplin, 6. Mar'en, Oliver Dyer, Edso
81 Lewis and DIR. :. l.. Close The election Of Officer
* was postponed until Friday evening next The SUI
"a OF $3.50 was paid in by those present or representa-
o. by proxy A plot OF ground has been purchased
o. Tie site Tor the well wells and operation in bore
~ ing will be begun at an early day. 1t Is unde
| stood that the Unlyersalst Church OF MOu
Ie Vernon has invited the Rev. j, Riley johnson
| krcorne its pastor and that he has accepted
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re MARINE INTELLIGENCE.