New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-09

At the Tombs Police Court yesterday, on the com
plant of Policeman Langan, of the Fourth Pre-
| cnct. Michael sullivan was charged with keeping a
lottery policy shop at No OS South-st and was re-
quired to give bond in $500 to answer At the
Essex Market Police Court yesterday, be
| fore Justice Gardner John HeiseT, of No 1872
Sixth-st. John Scharer, of No. 21S East Thlrd-St,
| d. Thalheimer, of No. 1877 Fast feminist, and
George Stumps, Of No. Gouveneur Slip. were held
each in 5000 TO answer for dealing in lottery policy
| slips Henry Pepper, age fOrty-one of No. 2oS
GTcene-st., was aTTagned before Justice Smith, IN
the. jefferson Market Police Court Yesterday by
charged with being a lottery dealer at No. I'D
Greene-st He was held for trial IN default of 500
| bail.
| RIGHTS OF WAY or TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
| Judge Russell yesterday had before him the
various suits of Louisa NJ Livingston ganst the Me-
| tTOpOlitan Telephone Company, the Law Telegraph
| Company. the American District Telegraph Company
| and the Gold and Stock Telegraph Company. Mrs
Livingston, by hercOunse served printed complaints
on all the defendants asserting that the defendants
in the several suits are likely to break down the cle-
vator shaft of her building by the weight OF some
hundred and fifty wires and cables attached 10 the
shaft ana other appliances attached TO her bmlid-
ing MesSrs. {. :. Gage, for the Metropolitan leie-
| phone Company, and w. q. Peckham for the Law
Telegraph Company asked the Court 70 lnodIiX az
| order which forbade the companies from sendi"g
their employees into upon the defendant premises
| and order modifying the original order was
entered accordingly.
| NOT An ORNAMENT TO THE POLICE FORCE.
| At the Tombs Police Court yesterday before
| Justice KIlbreth, James Grey, policeman OF me
Twcnty -scVeuth Precinct. arraigucd by Rounds
man Lonergan, on the complaint of Mary Boyer, oI
No 2S3 Broome-st. tor disoulerly conduct Inc
complaint stated that she engaged In down
town hotel laundry, and was on her way homo
Wednesday night, when the accused man used M
proper language to her III Narrcn-st. Her stare
ment was corr1borated 10 some extent by Rounds
man LOnergan, who found the patrOiman on ms
post aud under the influence OF liquor. Iatuck
Cummisl.cy, whose place OF business is At No. III
Nar:en-st., made q charge against Grey OF assault
aud battery He urged the roundsman, to take
Grey 20 the station, when the latter struck him IL
powerful blow with his club on the leg. Gray was
fined $40 and was held for trial IN Special Sessions
BROOKLYN.
Deaths last week, 300; births DDS; marriages,
III.
The stone pillars OF the City Hall need strengthen
ing or bracng.
The Grave.cnI Board Of Health has under con
sideration plan for the construction Of sewer on
Cuney Island from the COucougsc 10000 feet west
ward, VITA an outlet in Grayesend Bay
A visit 10 the Brooklyn Waterworks at Ridge
wood and Hampstead was made yesterday by
Mayor-clect Low, IN company with Comm~~lonrr
French. Deputy Commissioner Winning, Chlct In
giHccr Van Buren, and Assistant Engineer Bergen,
of the Department of City Works, and W. n. Beard.
I'm giving a verdict of death by drowning in the
case of Francis Lumph who jumped into the East /
River IN trying 10 get on board lerryboat at the
foot of Grand-St.. on Tuesday, the COroncrs jury
censurcd the Nassau Ferry Company for not pre- |
venting the accident by having gates on It's bridges
Andrew D. Culver. president Of the East River |
Bridge and Concy Island steam Transit Company, !
TO which the Brooklyn Board of Aldermen gave q |
franchise on Tuesday TO build its road from Fulton |
Ferry to Grayc.cnd Cemetery, denied yesterday |
that that corporation had anything 10 do with the /
Brooklyn Elevated Company 10 winch a franchise |
was gwen at the same time. An injunction was OH |
tanned yesterday TO restrain this road from building |
in front of the Roman Catholic Church OF the As .
sumption, at York and Jay-tt-.
A verdict of $lO.571 81 was given yesterday by |
the Jury in the United States Circuit Court m the |
suit OF NiIs. Armstrong against the Now-fork Mu-
tUa Lie Insurance Company Co recover policy ON
the life of her husband Armstrong va, the victim
OF murder at the hands of Benjamin Hunter, who
was aftcrward hanged. II was asserted that !
bencii the policies were found IN his effects and
TUNED over 10 Ms Armstrong There are policies
of BIOOUD IN the Proy'drnt Lie Assurance Com
panV of rhiladcl phia and SO 600 IN the Manhattan
Life Insurance Company of NcW-lork, likewise
held by Mrs. Armstrong.
The fact i made known that the late Thomas W.
Field superintendent OF Public Instruction. died
intestatc. In his last illness he sent for a lawyer,
but fell into Comataso condition before he could
matter grows ont OF the fact that Mr.. Field TcCoy-
cred a verdict of $4,000 few wears ago for the
seduction of III, wife By Thomas kusclla. After
Mr.. Field was divorced IRON ms wife he placed this
sum as a trust fund in the hand, o, George H.
Fisher and R:p.cy Ropes, the lncom" 10 90 10 her
during her lifetime. and the principal TO ic dis
posed of by Mr.. Field by his will. His divorced
wife is now Mrs. Thomas kin,clla and on her death
the trust fund will revert TO the estate OF the late
MT. Field. - .
Michael Kcyfus. flaCnau al the Grccne-st. cross
ing Of the Pcnnsyivan. Railroad. Wa, struck Dy an
engine while AT his post yesterday aud fatally IN
jured
James Guymann, age eighteen was committed 10 !
the County JAN Tor three months, 10y Judge Sui
sing, yesterday, Tor beating his father mother aad
sister.
George Van Dangals, the driver of "a Newark
brewery wagon, icll from hi seat az Barrow and
GranG-sts, Yesterday and fractured his skull. He
was removed 10 the Charity Hospital.
An unknown man, apparently a laborer, about
fOrtr years OF age. died 40 the Charity Hospital
yesterday from injuries received on Wednesday, at
Centervllie, by being struck by Central Railroad
engine.
George jacob, a bartender, is rcportcd 70 he
missing, He drew 300 from savings bank and
went to New York 10 look for uncle IN "A ship
ping Office, intending 10 deposit his money in q
New-York bank. II has been asccramcd that be
ca He'd at the sliipgnU Office but ne did not nnn.1r
at the bank. He has not since been seen aud hi.
friends fear that lac has met with foul play.
A meeting Of the Board OF Directors of the MutuaI
Benefit Life Insurance Company was held ycster-
day afternoon. IL was TuInorcd that some action
had been taken regarding tho statement that the
csgnation OF Lewis G.. Grover, the lgte nresidcnt
had been caused by threatening letter from Cash,
Ter Baldwin 1t also stated that certain changes
had been made III the officers, including the retire
ucnt of MIR Grover from the position of counsel for
the company, which he has held for some time
Several directors questioned, but they declined
TO say anything in confirmation of these tatcnents
They did not, however, deny that the statements
were true.
Long ISLAND CTY.-Jeremah O'Connor a Long
Island City policeman, some time ago dragged n
corpse from a coffin the 1hirty-fOurtb-st ferry
New-York, and was adjudged insane by the physi.
clans at Bellevue Hospital He was sent TO an Gsy-
lum where he remained only few DAYS As he
had only been suspended from the force and as the
police physician certified to his sanity he waq or
dered 10 patrol duty by the Police Commissioners
yesterday.
STATEN ISLAND
WEsTFTLD.-Chck thieves have been nj work
in the town of Westteld for the past few nights
NEw-B RIGHTON.-Ads Winant, the youth who
arrested on "A charge of stealing from tho post
office at w-Brighton registered letter contain
ing $50 belonging TO Michael Condor has been
honorably discharged by Justice Seaton. The post
office IL kept by blrs. Smith Other letters contain
ing money have also disappeared and detectives In
thc empnY.of lhc postal serNice |