New-York tribune., 1882-12-31

c;rcIes ,p reyard to the coming election for Com
nandeT of the Department Ot hew-iOrk o,'lIo y
circnlar signed by nearly all the conmandefs; M uu
delegates of Kings Couniy in the interest oi Naor
John II. Walker, chairman OF the Mem@rlal I'll ;iI
mittce and Commander of Rankin Post no ~ win
| be sent throughout the State Ill a le" uaJs'
JERSEY CITY.
Terrence Hughes a young man living III Ninth
st. was orr, ,tc yesterday on the complaint OF hs
| father, who charged him with bcinka habltnaal IA
drunkard Three days ago he stoI9 goo rom H.5 tn
father aud spent it all for liquor. lie was seno W
the Pcnitentiary for sixty days.
NEWARK
| c. A. Kirby was arrested in the Post Office yes,
terday charge of using the mails lot trauuulchS
purposes. On Friday number of letters addtesseu
| 10 the Newark Manufacturing Company were r.
ceivsd at the Post Office from different towns IN the
STATE. The carriers could not find any such com =
pany at he address given ana reported ine IacE ~
Postmaster Ward. lie communicated with Uhlled
States DstTict-A Attorney keasbey IL was tntu aa-
cartained that Advertisements of the Newark manu
featuring Company mad been published Offering
light employment to women and iequir!ng a2pIIii
cautS 10 send stamp for reply. Kirby presented
himself at the office yesterday afternoon ana askGd
tor the letters when he taken into cus,0dY 40
said that he a stranger in Newark. and hau i-
tended 10 hire room at No. S2S BF0id-st, ,le
number indicated the letters, for the business
advertised
NEw-JERSEY.
HODOxEN-A sneak thief entered the LADIES'
dressng-roOm of HeIamer's Riding Academy IN
HudsOn-st. on Friday night, and stole four seal
skin sacques.
LONG ISLAND.
WooDBURY-Cha Jackson and George Walsh
two Ncw-York newsboys were arrestcdon FRIDAY
evening on a charge of setting drc to the WOODS Ot
.. Is. bOntiort. The ire was not eXtngul'he'I uh-
til over twenty acres of valuable timber had Oeeh
destroyed.
JAMAICA-Thcrc is trouble along the main line OF
the Long Island Railroad. Surveyors are doing me
preliminary work for double track, and number
o. persons will have to give up considerable laad
that they have long thought TO be their own.
COLD sPmNG.-John Ducey, while intoxicated
on Friday afternoon, went 10 J0heSs DOck, ana
without prOyOcat!on drew revolver and shot tye
times at Henry Coleman, who was at work there.
One of the balls wounded Coleman in the back.
Ducey made his escape, and is still at large.
LoNG ISLAND CuTi1rhe prosecutions begun ;aa
hquor dealers have completely fallen through.
DIstuct-AttOrney Downing, in the Queens
County Court Of Sessions yesterday, moved
to DISMISS ne charges, he did not believe that he
had sufficient evidence 10 secure a cOnvc' lou.
Judge Armstrong directed the indictments to De
set aside. There were eighteen indictments OBJ
tanned originally r violations of the eEcl1c law III
selling liquor on Sundays, Two cases were tIlrd
aLi the jdiy failed TO agree IN each. Mr. Downing
stated hat thc only evidence for the prosecution
was hat of detectives hired for the purpose OF pro-
curing 1t.
STATEN ISLAND
STAPLEToN.-PolIce Sergeant John II. Cook,
charged with neglect of duty IN permitting tao
escape OF John SWeeny, confined for highway rob
berry, has been hOnuriGly acquitted, ana the Com
mlssi0ucrs have Increased the force Oh guard at tie
station.
NEW w-BRlGHTov-Charlcs Fritsch, who was in
jured at the Pavilion Hotel ar, died on Friday
uuIl has injuries.
Inc Official investigation into the cause Of the
fire has boeu concluded without satisfactory results
Augustus Prentice the owner, has refused 10 EN-
plO; detective aosis aucc, and number ut citizens
have begun movement - Investigate the matter
at their own expense.
klCMOND.-TA, Richmond County Supervisors
have comg.e ed the ou.g.t .0r the ensuing year.
he total amount appropriated Is 81 t,OOo, Ot
which 80 900 for tie state tax FOL 0JO Tor IN
tcre-t ca county bonds; 81, 900 Tor the Police De-
parImeut; and $4,000 Tor the Almshouse
WE>ICHESrER COUNTY.
MoUNT VfRNON.-The Rev. J. ii. shepard, who
has lad charge of the UniycrslIst Church at
G.cenpolnt l.. t.. for several years has offered his
Ie5iguai on, finding that ms new dutls as one ol
the Justices OF the peace at Mount Vernon required
all his attention.
YoNKERs The Wlring Hat Factory is to be sold
uu.cr foreclosure ptocee,iing..- l. LONatj
counsel Tor Coructti, the Italian murderer. Will
caIIv hIs clients case TO 10 the Court OF Appeals,
which, under the Penal COde, VIII stay the eXcCu-
fH.rt