New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-21


in her stomach. He questioned the girls father,
her aunt, Miss Brown, and Fannie Bennett, a nurse
and scamsress In the family; IN his private ONCE
yesterday. lilo afterWard SAID tnere WeIc ho HO"
developments.
The funeral of Lieutenant Thomas w. Chandler,
who died on Sunday mt No. 16l Washington-aye.,
will take place to-day. His death was due to con.
gestion Of the BRAIN primarily caused by gunshot
wound received In the war at Fort Steedinan in
1865. He served in the 9th Regiment, New-iOr5
Volunteers. He was tfth-three years OF age anu
leaves a wife and three children.
Two young women sought police protection on
Saturday, in Brooklyn, from two young men, WnQ,
they said, had followed and annoyed them on their
way from Newark to Brooklyn, especially IN u
Broadway stage and In ferryboat. A lawyer to
whom they appealed took them to an office IN Front
st., where detectives were sent for ne TWO men
were found outside, and when taken before Justice
Walsh and questioned, gave the names OF 2o I
Shcchy, of No. 80 Barclay-st., New-iork, ana Johh
Dunn, OF Newark. 1t could not be shown that me
men had done anything in Brooklyn on Which
complaint for disOrderly conduct could be based,
and they were discharged.
JERSEY CITY.
A fatal case of smallpox was reported yesterday
at No. IL Ninth-st.
=, Clerk Rooney, of the. Hudson County Board or o.
Health and Vital Statistics. reports 443 deaths Ill
the county during February. OF these, 700 were
children under five years. The whole number Of
deaths from smallpox was seventeen.
Joseph Condor, age fifty labOrer employed at
Pier F. of the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Companys
docks, had his skull fractured yesterday afternoon
by falling block from broken derrick. iic was
removed 10 the Charity Hospital ana his injuries
are considered dangerous. Condor lives at No 3ol
Columbla-st., Brooklyn and has wife and four
children.
John f. strat'or1, whose mother owns some
valuable property i'm Newark-aye, applied TO the
Hudson County Court Yesterday for rellef. ne mas
been living hcuse owned by his mother, Dut he
has been unble to pay the rent for some Tine as ne
is suffering from paralysis, and Is unable to work
His wife has StTvcn to support the family, bur has
been un-ucces,ful. When they applied to MS
mother for aid she said she would sooner " cut her
own throat than give them a penny ami then
ordered them 10 vacato her premises. No decision
was rendered.
william Vaughan, man Of thIrty-fiye and Peter
Foster q boy of seventeen, were prisoners IN JUS
tice pclouhet's court yesterday morning. Between
3 and I o'clock in the morning. Officer Duncan saw
Vaughan ana Foster walking in the direction OF
Newark, and rs the boy was crying bitterly the Oh
fccr acco,ied hem Foster said he lived IN this
city, and that his companion bad induced nm 10
leave home. lie was sorry and wanted to 60 back
ordered the prisoners 10 be held until inquiry could
be made into the truth of the boy story.
NEWARK.
James NIathiSon painter living ut No. % Mas
sau-st., fell from ScaiOd while working on house
at No. 10 Clay-st yesterday morning and fractured
his skull. He died at st Michaers Hospital few
hours later
A scow. loaded with stone. ran into the temporary
bridge across the PasS1c AT Buigcst., yesterday al
tcrnoon The west side of the draw was carried
away. and horse and carriage with three men were
thrown INTO the river. The men were rescued, anu
the horse and carriage recovered.
Master in Chanccry Borcheog, to whom was re-
fcrred the long-pendng case of tine Erie Railroad
az inst julius Dringer. to determine how much
ci.ion Yesterday. Drngcrs debt, he stated, was
Sj1,1S0 80; overweight, trauducntly Obtained,
1854 tSi = Spne OF ba 5 PdI 2o By
Dringer S13f,2S7 20,
NEW-JERSEY.
PATFRsON-Charles SiscO. living at Yawpaw,
Bergen County, on Sunday applied to Officer Magee,
in Paterson, for assistance in recovering his horse
which had been stolen early that morning. II was
discovered that the animal had been stolen by Sscos
own son Henry who lives in Paterson. He was ar
rested and tho horse recovered. 800. Benjamin Nor
rson age sixty, has been missing from his home, i'll
West Twentv-scventh-St., since Saturday night.
......City Physician Myers found two beds III one
room If house i'm Sotowa, in the suburbs, each
containing three children, all SIX of whom were Ill
with scarlet fever. FityfOur cases OF the disease
have been reported in March, aud ton deathS.;.;.
EX-MayOr Socrates futile yesterday received let
ter from Macon City, Mo-. written by his brother
Horatio o; whom all trace mad been lost since the
war, and who had been given mp as dead.
LONG ISLAND.
Long ISLAND CITY.-Dcputy Treasurer Morris
went to Albany and Troy about ten days ago.
Since then he has not been heard from, and fears
entertained by his family for his safety.
STATEN ISLAND.
NEw-BRIGuTON-A child of Charles Koihlcr, age
two and a half years died yesterday from burns
received by its clothing catching fire from the
kitchen stove.
WESTMINSTER COUNTY.
PoRT CHESTER.-A company has been organized
to Introduce pure water for domestic purposes from
the Colcquam reservoir of the Greenwich. Conn,
wateT-wOrks. The trustees of the village have
given their consent Tor the laying of the pipes,
which will be done at an expense of about 1900.
Among the inCOrpOratOrs are William L. AbendrOth,
L. b. Wesley, W. J. Tingue, John W. Lownsoury,
r.. scars and William RYAN
WHITE pLAINs-\Irs. Eva Brooks, widow, for
mcriy resident OfRye died on January Ii at the
ga of about seyrntyivc years. and by her Will be-
dueathed from SlJ, 900 to 10000 in personal es
tate 20 eight persons. all dstqntly related to her.
The matter came mp before Surrogate Coffin yeSer-
dav foT probate bur Mrs Croft OF this city, niece
of The tcstariX contested the will on the ground OF
the mental incapaclty OF Mrs Brooks to make a
will