New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-17
habit of PLAYING tricks upon him. Once they sent
him to an undertakers shop III search OF SITUATION
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A DISHONEST posT OFFICE CLERK AT SING SING
Post Office Inspector Newcome YESTERDAY alics'ru
Sing Sing on a charge Of stealing letters sent
through the mails. Lawrence Is twenty-iour ycaIs
old and has been for nine years III the once hoIc
he was implicitly trusted by Postmaster william
son. Letters to Sing Sing have been missed lor Inc
last six months and decoy letter was sent ny the
Inspector, the marked money III whicli was ionha
in the clerks possession. The prisoner acknowl-
edged his guilt lie was brought TO tins city ana
taken before Commissioner Shields, who held hlm
in So 800 bail. The bonds were furnished by
friend of Lawrence, and he was released.
BROOKLYN.
A coronor's Jury findsthat Mrs. Ann Warren, who
died on Sunday, came to her death from violence
inflicted by her husband, James Warren, on June A.
Warren was held for the action OF the Grand Jury.
Us. T. Stranahan occupied his usual place in the
Office of the Park Commissioners yesterday. lie eX-
pressed of relief at his retirement from pun
lie life The new Board will meet TINS morning aJ
@ o'clock, and William Il. Kendall Will probably be
elected president
Elizabeth Hutter an unmarried woman, employed
as a servant by j. X. Cook, OF No. 333 Dekab-ave.,
was arrested yesterday for putting the DOdy OF Il
newborn child in the sewer pipe Of the house she
saws it was born dead. The coroner Will examine
the body to see if her story IS true.
Leverett Gray, steward of the bark James l., far-
way. lying at the foot of Persist, attempted TO
commit suicide yesterday by swallowing Two small
walls of laudanum. the reason Tor this action was
his wifes determination 10 have no more 10 DO WIN
him. He will probably recover.
j. A. Joel. the editor of The Grand army Gazette
and National Gudrdsmdn, arrested Yesterday Tor
the alleged libel on Colonel McLeer pnblishedn his
paper. When arr2igned, his counsel claimed thai as
no name was mentioned there was no libel: Mr..
Joel was held i'll $1,000 bail for examination on
Monday.
Ella Larabee, age seventeen, Of No. 276 Ever
creer-aVe.. was arrested yesterday for thlevlng.
The police found goods which had been stoIeh,
worth about $3.50, i'll her fathers house Inc
father, John Larabee, was arrested LOT feceNhg
stolen goods and Richard DeCOurcy OF NO. ooz
Broadway, was arrested as the girls accOmpllce.
They were held for the Grand Jury's action.
Mayor Low having been requested by Mayor
Grace to act as chairman OF the committee OF INC
Bridge Trus.ees-lncluding the Mayors ana Con-
trOllers of the two cities and Henry I. Murphy-ap-
pointed 10 consult with Colonel W. sellers, pies-
dent of the Edgemoor Iron COMPANY IeIatve 10
"Wednesday of next week Tor the conference, at the
office of the trustees.
A suit for limited divorce has been begun in, the
Supreme Court by Mrs. Mary Lux against her nus
band. John Lux, of Babylon, l.. l. The ground OF
the action is cruelty, of which the complaint sets
forth many instances, from 1860 until now; Inc
parties to the suit were married in 1S49, ana nave
eleven children. Lux is hotel-keeper' lie denies
the allegations of his wife, and alleges that she has
an ungOvernable temper.
JERSEY CITY.
Enoch KesslcI's store. No. - Newarkav was
entered by burglars Oh Friday night ana robbed OF
silk goods and jewclry worth S3OO
Counsel began 10 up yesterday IN the case OF
William j. Sipple, the telegraph operator VINO Is
charged with attempting TO steal @i2o dLpl tno
pany. The ease will be given to the jury today.
Ambrose Dennng, Lardner Siddons and Emil
Borman were arrested yesterday on suspicion OF pc
ing the perpetrators of several burgiareS when
have been committed on the Heights recently. Some
of the stolen property found IN their possession,
and they were held for examination.
The Conference Committee, which consists Of the
Mayor two members of the Board of Aldermen, two
members of the Board OF Finance the Corporation
Counsel and Attorney and throe citizens. which was
to confer with the railroad companies III relation 10
municipal taxation on railroad property, VIII nave
an interview on Monday with a committee OF the
directors of the Pennsylvania Company at PhlIa-
delphia.
NEW-JERSEY.
HoBoKEN-Gordon Farmer who has been post
master of Iloboken for seventeen years has ten
dcred his resignation, to take effect on July 1.
WEsTCHEsTER COUNTY.
WHITE PLAINs-E. q. Long. n Justice of the
Peace and Editor OF The Ucfcbester Ncus, published
AT that place, has begun a suit in the Supreme
Court against l.. G.. Sutherland Editor of The East
ern State Journal for libel, claiming $4,000 dam
ages. The libel III question was the republication
OF communication alleged to have been written
by Eugene Archer, n lawyer of the village, some
four or five years ago.
YoNKERs-Nlrs. 5. Cecilia Baxter, wife Of Abra-
ham Baxter and daughter of Bcnialnn Cursor OF
Yonkers, in April 1851, applied to Surrogate
Coffin for letters of administration upon her
fa TIERS estate, valued at $4,000, and cited her
sister, Mrs. Martha f. Naran, widow OF James va
riau to show why these should not be so Issued TO
her. In May. 1881, the Surrogate decided 10 grant
the letters of administration to Mrs. Narian. The
Court of Appeals has just affirmed his action.
STATEN ISLAND.
STAPIEToN.-1he annual festival for the benefit
of the Mariners Family Asylum closed last evening.
NEW BRGuTON.-At the annual charter election
elected: j. J. Fethcrston, First Ward; Michael
Ion0ton Third Ward Valiant SchCcaIan Fifth