New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-05

growth Of schools It ms been determined 70 have
two assistants The most prominent candida'e ior
A suit for separation from her husband. Henry
O'Keeffe. has been begun by Mrs. Mary O'Keeffe:
She alleges intoerable cruelty on his part followed
Of cruelty are made by the husband and he charges
the plaintiff. who Is bis second wife, with i'll treat
ing two of her children, beating them brutality
while they were TAXED and sending them in the
street nude. so that he has been obliged to put
them In the Half Orphan Asylum
motion was made yesterday in the Special Term
of the Supreme Court to reopen the Judgment
against Alderman III. o. Jones' in the SUIT OF the
city and the Board Of Education of brooklyn TO re-
$3.50. 900 of the educational funds stolen DIV
Jones and his brother-in-law, Stuart. The ]udg-
ment was taken by default in July, as the deience
could not secure an adjournment OF the trial.
stay of proceedings was afterward secured and
Jones remains under 1915. 900 BAIL Argument was
made before Judge Barnard for the motion yesieI,
day by j. Weinberg and it was opposed by W. u
Dewitt. Judge Barnard reserved his decision
NEW-JERSEY.
HoBoKEN.-Charles Ward, the old man who cut
his throat in his son-n-aw's house, No: $50 First
st., on Sunday, died yesterday in ST. Marys hos
' STATEN ISLAND.
NORTHFIELD.-The three year-old daughter OF
Peter Decker died on Sunday from eating wlld
cherries.
LONG ISLAND.
LONG ISLAND CITY.-An attempt was made on
Saturday by the Hunters Point gamblers to begin
DOok-Inaklng on the Engnsn pau OF iHylnB Ohuo
against horses, but the visitors to the room were
few Yesterday everything quiet In the vicinity
of the pool-rooms. and no gambling was done.
HEMPsTEAD.-The Valley Stream branch of the
Hampstead Railroad is to be sold at referees sale
Saturday. The road runs from Valley Stream to the
village of Hampstead, but it has been abandoned
for several years. The road, it is understood Will
be purchased for the bOnd-hoders who propose to
organize company and operate it.
WESTMINSTER COUNTY.
New .RoCHELLE.-A man by the name Of POde-
vile, who keeps liquor store in the Cedar road,
near the old mill dam, NewROchelle, about IL
o'clock on Sunday night went to the house of Con-
rad Lfery III Grant-st., TO see his wife and TO IN
duoe compel her to leave there and accompany
him home. Mrs. Podevie, finding it impossible to
agree with her husband. had left him and taken
refuge with her sister. Mrs. Llfery with the Inten-
tion of beginning suit against him for limited
divorce. Not being able to persuade his wife to ac-
company him home, POdevile used abusive Ian guage
10 Llfery, and charged him with keeping dis
orderly house and haTbOriDg his wife for immoral
purposes. POdeville then pulled out q large
butchers knife, and Lifery seized shotgun which
he discharged, he says TO brighten Podevllle.
The latter drew his knife ana rushed at Lifery,
who knocked him down with the butt of his gun.
DR. Van Courtli.ndt of Mount Vernon, was sum-
moned and he attended the injured man. He found
that III addition to the wound inflicted on Pode-
yille's head with the gunStock, a number OF shot
had entered his body.