New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-16
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was sent home In an ambulance
Henry r. Percy one of the oldest printers in this
| CITY, died at his homo in Brooklyn FRIDAY. lie was
ejghty-four years DID, and born in this city lie
owned the first power press in the city. Mr.; fiercy
! was a Republican, and an advocate OF the abonuoh
of slavery IN the early days when II was %
at p. H. to-day at the Congregational Church' III
State-st.
DR.. John A. Arnold, superintendent of the lncura-
ble'S Hospital, made superintendent OF IIo
County Hospital Yesterday, by the Charity Commls-
sioners; Dr. John C. WOodside. first assistant phy
slcian at the asylum, was appointed as supeTlhIeld
ent Of the lnCurables Hospital DR.. Homer H. part
lett was made penitentiary physician Peter Null
lady, steward at the hospitals and Michael D. oin-
mott, clerk at the asylum, steward
The Union Ferry Company and the Brooklyn Cl!y
| Railroad Company procured wr1ts OF cerloiaIi W
review the action of the Board OF Assessors IN Pldcf
ing the personal property and the capital stoch oI
the corporations on the roll of the present year lor
| the tax of 1SSO for local purposes, omitted from
the tax roll of that year. The matter mas Oeen ~
gued at length. Yesterday morning Justice Ira .o
gave judgment for the respondents III each odSo'
| quaShing the wTis.
NEWARK.
The financial secretary of the Ciga1nakers Union
is reported to be missing. He had In his possessioh
$3.50 of the funds OF the union.
The New-JerSey Provisional Battalion, consisting
of ten selected companies of the National Ouardi
under command OF General f. Bqrd Grubb, sI n
yesterday for Yorktown. The Newark and fateT11
train nj A. M being joined by companies at Ellza,
BETH New Brunswick and Trenton, where the stali
had been ordered to report. The battall0ih nun
bered over six hundred men. The Datuailon tN-
pected to reach camp at Yorktown on board Oh tlle
steamer Grove from Baltimore, before noon tO-udy'
Judge Ellsworth, counsel for Robert Martin the
convicted murder, appeared before JuuGJ p ior
YESTERDAY and asked when the Court would near
motion for trial. Judge Depne sald tn I
time would be given counsel IN which TO make tie
application before sentence pronounced. III IS
N der hat frr0uuu
VIII be asked is that the verdict was contrary 10
the weight of evidence on the part of the intent to
kill II il stated that Martins counsel has learned
of a physician in Cuba, who once treated Mdttln
when he was suffering from mental disorder
STATEN ISLAND
WEST BRIGHToN.-At the recent church fair at
West Brighton, Police Commissioner McQuade was
voted gold-headcd cane.
ToMPKINsvILLE-Mar McLoughlin about a
week ago received painful wound in her loot 10y
stepping OF a rusty nail. She died irom IockIa" vi
Friday.
STANDARDIZATION Dunn, better known as
"Unclc" Dunn an old colored man, left his home
in Rocky Hollow" on Friday evening ana ana not
return His dead body was discovered early yes
terday morning hanging by one leg from renee IN
0unn-st. II is believed that the old man, WIie
climbing over the fence caught his foot between the
picketS aud in trying o eXtTcate II Tell backward
and died in that position. Dunn was ninety years
of age.
NRw-BRGuroN-The schooner Mary Young, OF
New-Yorl, bound for Mexico. was lying at anchor
in til. Kills on thursday. Arthur hulSc ana IhaI ~
Hilton, two of the crew. refused to obey me cap
taiu'S orders. The captain came to this city ana
engaged two men to take their places. On FRIDAY
morning the captain discovered that the schooner
had been robbed in the night OF large quantity OF
thc clothing of the crew and OF provisions. me
thieves carried off the property in the yawl
boat. 1t was found near the Ncw-Brighton per;
.. The family of John HOyt arrived from England
on Friday, and while their way from THIS Guy To
Staten Island in carriage the youngest chlld, a
boy two years of age died. The child had been sick
during the voyage.......At some athletic games III
This city recently c. w. Dnrand and A. l.. Carroll,
both of the Staten Island Athletic Club, tied III the
running high jump contest. lhey again , mfn on
Friday at West Brighton DuIand was declared
the winner, clearing . feet inches.
long ISLAND.
MERRICK. While John Stinson and his family
were at work Friday some person entered his
house and stole 5000 III money. Yesterday 1t was
found that the money had been taken ny StlnSons
SON. and the most of it was recovered
NEwTowN.-The Long Island cabbage crop is
failure this year. almost the entire crop having been
destroyed by worms. Nj my of the farmers have
lost heavily Alexander Baxter. of Ncwtown.
planted forty acres OF cabbage not one OF which
matured.
FREFPoRT.-The RaynOr fishing crew caught
on Thursday and Friday four and a half tons Of
bueish. On the first days haul the weight of fish
was too great for the boat, and it was Obliged 10 sig
nal for assistance. The GeldOn Fishing Company
captured about 5000 weight. The fish caugb IN
the gill nets averaged about seven pounds eaCh.
During the past week the water about Kerr Inlet
has been alive with bluciiSh, and they can be seen
frou the beach breaking in all directions
JERSEY CITY.
Thomas v Carter has been nominated for the
Assembly by the anti-m0nop0StS OF the llld DIS
trict.
Police Inspector Mahoney, of Boston, yesterday
identified Fustcr and Snow, the " gold bncE
swndlcrs as the men whom the police are looking
for i'll Boston. They swindlcd man named Haley
out of 81. 900 by the same trick.