New-York tribune., 1881-12-16

TT Reid-avc The cause of her death Was
hemorrhage of the lungs. -
Margaret Watkins. Of No 10 Noble-st., sealskin
| sacone worth 5000 When the boy left the car at
franklin and Noblc-sts, with his bundle, ne was
| asked by man wearing good clothes, II that pun
die was Miss Watkinss sealsl1in cloak he was her
brother and was just going for il. The boy gave up
| the bundle and the man walked away. lie mas hoV
been seen since.
While Fulton-st, near Johnson-st, was crowded
with shoppers at 1 p. m yesterday, Young man
snatched a pOcketbook containing go from the
hfthds OF Mrs. Jane Willet, of Richmond va, VINO
INFO Jolns0n-st. pursued by several women and
cries of Stop thief" Ex-Detectve Frost captured
the thief as he was about to get on car IN wash
ingtOr-st He gave his name as Williams
The will of Jonathan T. Wells an eccentric
bachelor who gained nOtonety through an effort TO
prove him insane few years ago was offered l9r
iyn Fraternity, $4,000 to the Church Charity
Foundation $5, 900 to ST. Vincents Home for Boys,
80 900 to the Home for Friendless Women and Chill
Aren. 5000 to the Childrens Friend Society OF
Jersey City and So 900 TO his executor, A. w. Kent
The rest of his estate is left to relatives The VIII
JERSEY CITY.
James Brady and Patrick Brennan car drivers on
the Montgomery-st. line, became involved in a fight
i'm Sanderss Hotel, at the head of MOntgOmery-st.
early yesterday morning ana brady, WIN g Clasp s
foand that Brcnnans wound was serious, and proD-
ably fatal. In the afternoon Policeman Smith ar
rested Brady on his car and locked him up.
Mrs. Kate Simpson, the wife of a wealthy Nevada
cattle raiser who was robbed on Wednesday even
ing of her pOckctbOOk containing S24O in money
and the railroad tickets for herself and sl5er-n-law,
was forwarded yesterday with her sister-n-law to
her destination by the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. The police have not yet been able to find
any trace of the pickpocket who robbed her.
Counsellor Rycrson made an application yesterday
TO Judge GarTctson to have fixed the conditions OF
bail for John lalligrd, the convicted and sentenced
president of the deiunct Mechanics and Iaborers
l}aak, pending his appeal 90 the Chancellor for
writ o error The bail has been fixed AZ $1,000,
and the Court said that the conditions would be
announced today. IIalliard has been sentenced to
eighteen months in the State Prison.
NEWARK.
The firm of NuGent & Co. made an assign
ment yesterday to George b. Jenkinson the receiver
for the Nugent property The advantage TO the
Mechanics National Bank is that, should the suit
Of the bank in the limited States Courts fail 1t will
still have standing under the state law the same
as other creditors The principal creditors are
Pickard & Andressen, SGG.323 81 Matthew Phelps
d Co, 1857 OF; John II. Bryan q Co,
SI71S3 % f. Probst & TO-, 500, ,603 n. W. Rice
Il CO., 1901; Z. Kelley * co, 3s,90S d. II. De
z. Harlnony's Nephew $I7,770; A. ~ = f. spring,
S20G67. The mortgages are: Mutual Benefit Life
Insurance Company. $40 600; Merchants Insurance
Company, $2j, 900; tamclia |. Jacobus, $4,000;
Thomas b. PeddIe, $4,000.
NEW-JERSEY.
CLARHMr rNT.-A misplaced switch the New
jersey Central Railroad, near Clarcmont, threw
train of oil cars off the track on Wednesday night.
aud caused some delay to travel. Some of the
were badly broken up
STATEN ISLAND.
WEST BmGHrON.-Iherc was considerable excite
meut III West Brighton yesterday morning when 1t
was reported that Miss Jessie Anderson, young
daughter # John H. Anderson, had been outrageOusly
assaulted by tramp he evening previous. Mrs. An
derson stated that her daughter arrived home about
7 o'clock Wednesday evening She said that while
on her way home from school she was stopped by
rough looking man who induced her to 20 with him.
In n ApO lp "A tel -
screamed and he released her. The police are
making an investigation.