New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-26

intended to write "perostitis"
The trial of a suit brought by franklin Horton,
ieweller against A. s. Sullivan, Public Admnlstra.
tor of Ney-York, was begun in the circuit Conrt
Yesterday Tho object of the action Is to recover
jewels worth $4,000 stolen from ortSns soS StoTe
Grady, diamond pedler, who diei lntesta S lase
winter. After the robbery OF Horizons store crazy
told HIM that he could have the jewels BACK iof
s., 900. Grady was eccentric ana always carriou
many diamonds with him.
JERSEY CITY.
Patrick Rafferty,, age sixty, a track walker on the
Pennsylvania Railroad, was struck by tram near
the Hackensack Bridge at n late hour on WenneS-
day night, and he died OF his injuries yesterday
morning. He lived in Newark-aye near Ionneie-
ave.
MAYOR Taussig has been informed that President
Samuel Sloan, of the Delaware, Lackawanns and
Western Railroad Company, If his health VIII per-
nit, Will give hearing on Wednesday OF next weeA
TO the committee appointed to confer Win hlh III
relation to the payment of municipal taxes on the
property of the railroad.
NEWARK.
Expert Lewis testified before Special Master
Knight, yesterday. in the suit OF Receiver il3oaIt
against the directors of the First National Bank III
regard to the of the bank funds for the purchase
OF its own stock. which is expressly forbidden by
the National Banking act. These purchases arc
shown in a stock ledger in an account kept in the
name of the cashier James A. Hedden trustee: Inc
account begins on December 20, 1877, and is CON
tinuel till July |, 1879. Mr. Lewis showed that
between the dates mentioned over $50 shares OF
stock were purchased at cost OF 80 ,0oo, ana
the purchase money was entered as loans 10 Ilrcc-
tors Cook, Dicker5on. Greacen. McDregOr LOCK
wood and others. Nearly all the testimony mas
been anticipated in the proceedings OF former trial
i'll the court at Trenton.
NEW-JERSEY.
Observation-Disclosures Ennis, age ten, was burned
on Wednesday in a bonfire which her paymates mad
kiDded. She died yesterday morning.
PATERsoN.-Isaac Van Wagner, Master in Cham
cery is taking testimony In case similar to that OF
little Mabel Wiuans. recently reported from Essex
corpus granted by Judge Dixon on the Application
of Hugh and Ann Mellon who seek to recover inc
custody of their four-year-old girl from James aud
Ann Connolly. The COnnollys some time age agreed
10 take charge of the child If ITS parents would pay
its board They assert that the mother sdlss patel
and not fit person to bring up her daughter anu
they wish to keep the little girl as their own Inc
COnnollys say that the MELONS have not paid board
for the child for some time Coroner NewcOmbe on
Wednesday night held an inquest in the case OF the
man whose body was found in the Passac River be-
low the Falls Tuesday. The dead man was suppos-
ed from temperance pledge found III his pocket, to
be Patrick Calahan. The witness to the pledge was
the Rev. Gabriel A. Iealey, of 81. Bernards Church,
this CITY, The jury found that CALLAHAN came to
his death from fracture OF the skull inflicted III
some manner unknown.
LONG ISLAND.
BAYsHoRE.-The body of August Brandt, who
was drowned in the Great South Bay in the storm
on Nav H. was found yesterday by Captain Berri-
man off Nicoll's Creek five miles from where the
dead man fell overheard.
LONG ISLAND CuY.-Johu Krabs, a poor German
living at Woolsde, went into Dlnglers liquor store,
in Jackson-aye., yesterday, and went To sleep III
chair. Two sporting men from this city went
into the store, and seeing krabs asleep poured kero
sene oil from the cigarlighter on him, and then set
fire TO it. His clothes took fire and he ran INTO the
street, enveoped in flames. He was seriously
burned before they were eXtlngulshed
RIvRRHEAD.-The assessors of Suffolk County,
who last year reduced the Long Island Island Kali
road Company's assessment $3.50, 900 have III eight
of the towns increased the assessment $lS2, OO0..
The Excise Board have rejected the application OF
the only person tthe proprietor OF the Sd1tOlk Ho-
tell who applied for a liquor license, and have adj
iOurned until September 3O......JameS Eagan, age
thirty who lived Borden-ave., Hunters Point, fell
of the pier at Provost's dock. on Newtown Creek
while intoxicated, at O late hour on Wednesday
night and was drowned. His body has not been re-
covered.
STATEN ISLAND.
WEST BRIGHTON.-Fredcrick Berry, age fifty
three a Weil-knOwn citizen of Vest Brighton, was
buried Yesterday. lie died from injuries received
by being run over by lire truck which was Calleu
out by false alarm.
SNUG HARBOR.-A.new ferry between Snug ilar-
Dor aud Port Johnson, n. j., will be started about
Juue L by the company controlling the Pennsyl-
wanna Annex line. 1t will he operated under char
ter granted by the Legislature IN 1880.
MfDDLETowN.-NO clew has been obtained 10 the
thieves who robbed Captain Jacob n. Nanderbllts
house III MIddletown on tuesday night The dla-
mond earrings of Mrs. j. Ii. Vanderbilt jr., which
among the things stolen, were presented to her
by William II. Vanderbilt. The Captains house
was robbed about SIX years ago by Tom" Short,
the leader of a band OF thieves at that time in
Tompklnsvlle. Short is now i'll the State Prison.
Both times the house robbed an entrance was
effected by removing pane OF glass from one par
ticular window 1t is thought that the last rob-
berry was the work of some OF Shorts former COM
panlons.