New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-11

| they were put ont Freeman returned Ho wa
| stabbed and died in q short time. Curry was OF
| rested in bed. He proved an shbi yesterday.
JERSEY CITY
The city's revenue from taxes and assessments
| last week was $7.359 %.
John Brewer. OF No. 1873 Essex at. was struck by
locomotive at the Warren-st crossing OF the Penn
| sylyausa Railroad yesterday afternoon. ana re-
ceiyed probably fatal injuries lie removed to
| ~ Francis's Hospital
| Mrs. John A. Hedden. wife of the former cashier
of the First National Bank, OF Newark, who is now
| in State prison for Incorporating the funds OF
| that bank. was Jersey City yesterday something
signatures to petition for her husbands pardon
| Edward Fortune, of No. 81 Wales-st.. was
arralgned before Judge Stilsng yesterday morning
ON charge of having been concerned in % burglary
| at George f. Mitchelrs house, NO. 333 paramount
ave IL is alleged that hat which was part Oh t9e
| pl Ipder was found In the prisoners possesson' ho
| was held for examination.
The Board of Public Works, I'm which there has
been deadlock since the last part OF ApIli sue
noon by the election of Commissioner william n;
Whean president. Political parties In the poard
are a tie aud compromise was effected by giving
! the Democrats the presidency and the Republicans
four out of the five important committees,
WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
BEDFORD.--John Carson, age forty-seven, car
penier, hung himself with sash cord IN an unnn-
shed house on James su,tons Place De'@eeh mt
Yesterday morning He had been foreman for Ar;
Sutton during the past two years. 1t - supposed
house which Is Of very peculiar style Of construc-
ton, had led him TO commit the act.
WHITE PLAINs.-In the Surrogate's Court at
White Plains yesterday witnesses were examned
for the executors in the contested VIII case OF Miss
Sarah Merritt of Port Chester. Jared V. Peek, one
of the subscribing witnesses to the VIII, testiied 10
the circumstances under when me VIII MAS pre- %
pared by Stephen II. Thayer. and the condition OF
the testatOr's mind at the time IL was eXecuIeu'
He also testified that he considered that bliss Mer-
ritt quite competent to make VIII anu thaV
she was under no restraint.
LONG ISLAND.
WUTEsToNE-About 5 o'clock on Sunday after
noon u SLOPPY acht, believed to hail from Green
point with party of twenty or more people on
board appeared in the offng at Whitestone They
cut loose aud sailed away with several row-poats
that were fastened to United States revenue cur
ter No trace of the boats or the men VINO TOOK
them has been discovered. Inc property stoien ID
valued at over $JOO
LONG ISLAND CITY-The difficulty between the
Common Council of Long Island City and the loca'
Board of Education promises to develop INTO Sc
rious complication. The Aldermen appointed an
expert to examine the books OF the School Comnls-
sioners and when President Gleason demanded the
books IN behalf of the city he met by refusal
The Aldermen are about to take the matter before
the courts. The trial of james ato and Edward
Abertson, the two negroes charged with assaultlng
and robbing Mr. William Il. Valentine, at Roslyn,
last April began at the Queens County Court OF Ses-
slons III Long Island City, yesterday before Judge
John j. Armstrong and Associate Justices Cloves
and Lawrence EatO was defended by George A.
Mott and Albertsou by William j. Stanford. The
counsel for Eato requested that his client should be
tried separately, ana the Court granted the appica-
ton. EatO pleaded not guilty, Only eight jury
men were obtained when The panel of forty-eight
was exhausted. Juige Armstrong ordered an adj
ditional panel of seventy-fve, and adjourned the
court until to-day.
STATEN ISLAND.
RICHMoND.-A report of Treasurer James K. Rob-
inson OF Richmond County, shows that there was
a balance in the treasury OF $27,07 rs III July.
NEw-BRGHroN.-The new Board of Trustees of
New ghtou have organized with Mr. Wilcox as
president.
STAPLEToN-Mchael Oats, keeper of the Morguo
at StapletOn, for threatening Justice vaughn at
Clifton has been put under bonds to appear at the
next Court OF SESSIONS