New-York tribune., 1882-02-21

OF Trade and Transportation. wil star, Ior C,
! ingtOn tonight to confer with the House Oo,i-
miitt on Rail oads and Canals, n relation 10 tne
| Hennepin Canal Improvement They Niii renhari
in Washington until Thursday, When WIN d. ,,., D'
Sherman, Charles :. Smith and jackson :, SchullH'
of the Chamber OF Commerce. they will have con-
fcrclce with the House Committe on Commerce, N
rclation to the interstate commerce oils no" pcH-
ing.
Mrs Bridget Grimes, age forty, OF No. 255 Kent
av committed suicide yesterday morning bv taking
Paris green. No cause is assigned for the act
The police force was especially active on Sunday
many mn being in plan clothes, h ol'orc.lS On n tno
/ hquOr W, and over forty complaints were pre-
sented to the Excise COmins toner's yesterday
The wife Of Ncw-Ycrk publisher, who was ad9-
! vcrtised yesterday as mis- ing from her mono IT
Brooklyn sine Friday, and who N was ttaTeo', nad
committed suicide, returned to her home Yesterday
| afternoon.
Fire Commissioner John n. Partridge, in accord
| ancc with IN. requirement of Mayor Low in accept
irg office at his hands to give no all Other business
! h resigned the command Of he 23d Regiment; 10
| is not vet known whether General jour ian whoin
| Mavor Low rcappoIntcd Police COmmiss'oner viii
re ign ron th command of the Second DlVlsior, or
whe her he has resigned president OF the Jay ana
Smith Street Car Line and yicc-prcsl lent OF the
| Fulton Municipal Gas Company.
twas expected that an important meeting of tho
Bridge Trustees would take place Yesterday, aS ne
SUI jec's of rapid transit over the at turt ani One
a"Ount of money needed to cnnpl t. the work,
were to come ND for discussion but the number oil
| tru tees present was one less iilan quorum, ah'
after waiting an hour, and looking over Il model of
! the cir ulating system for carrying rs over the
tracks the bridge, and at picfur sof he proposed
! elevated platforms Over the termIn III the TWO
cities, the ten trustees present went away.
a motion was made IN the Court OF Sessions, YES
! tnrdav in half of Alderman II. o. Jones for his
dscharIc npGn his own recognzance, under the IN
| dctment charging him with forgery, einbezzlement
| and conspiracy in the matter of the funds Of the
Board of rdrcation, in connection with ms brother
! n-Iaw, u. 4. W. stuart, secre ary OF il1 D9Liu,
upon the ground that he ready for trial ana the
prosecution lailed.to be really. II was argued that
| the delay was caused by the failure Of the nyest-
| eating committee Of th. Board of Education to he
ready viii the facts The motion Was nsliy yG WITH tn
drawn ard the tiial set down for March ~ the
Board promising To he ready then.
JERSEY CITY.
There were 5JS deaths in Hudson County last
month.
Gorge Becbc. the twclye-yoaroll boy who was
| run over by heavily-laden truck in Payonla-aFe
on saturday afternoon In his right leg anputaicd
yesterday lhe hospital physician says that he can-
not recover.
The body of a man, apparently a German abont
near RObnsom'N Point, Bayonne, on Saturday after
noon. He had not been in the water moro han
three days and deep cut on the back on the mead
| gave rise to the belief that he had been murdered
| Ihc man was >tOutly built about five feet eight
| in hes in height, and had 4 black moustachh ana
| black hair lie was dressed in a striped cashmere
shirt, whi'e drawers, "A dark vest and black coat
| Edward BrannaGan, First District cons able.
was convict d vest rlay in the HUDSON Comfy
Court OF General Sessi MS I charge Of as'aul ana
ba. trry on Mrs. Francis ilibbarL Inc woman puf-
chased furniture worth SO from +. II. llawley, on
the iusfalmcnt plan: sho hal paid $}l of ,he
n, he house and demanded the rest. She tod mm
she could not pay II then, and he threatened to re-
move the goods. Mrs lbbarI put him ont of the
house The next LAY }rannagan went to the house
and after knocking Mrs. iiibbard down, took the
NEWARK
The death rate last week reached ninety-nine.
It q
pneumonia, and three from scarlet fever.
Sheriff Wi sht has comDl ted his arrangemen
for tae execn ion of Rob IT Martn on March .. for
the murder of his wife and child. Martin still clincs
10 the hope Of rcsrite, but is very much oppressed
in mnd. lie WAS visited by his sons on sunday, and
his bro her-iu-law spent the ternOon with him
writing letters to his mother and brother III Eng
land.
WFsrBURY.-Thc committee of the. Milk Pro-
ducorj Association appointed to arm the names of
thr persons TO whom sold the m AZ of the COWS
killed at the stables If Mr.. Denning and of Mrs.
Titus which were suffering from plcurO-pneu-
nOnia has accomplished its object and will report
at the next meeting Tic diseased beef was
converted into sausage meat.
OYSTER BAY-COroncr BayliS held an inquest
yesterday The body Of the unknown man found
on Sunday on The shore near Red Spring Glen Cove
llarOor, the Jury finding verdict OF d'aih from
drowning. The dead man was about sixty years OF |
age and vel dressed. The only icles found in |
the clothing werea tobacco pouch, clay pipe, and
a ticket on the N"w-iork anu PriviueIce line of
February l5 1852.
LONG ISLAND CITY.-.JOhn Beaman the young
man VIII was held by the corOncrs jury, on the
charge of numbering a man named LOeieT, on New
Years night Is sill in the County JII his parents
having ;ailcd To secure snrctlcs Tor his appearance
at the next sitting of the Grand Jury the first
NOnaaV IN March. IN Hayes, the lad who was
arrested on Saturday charged with being implicated
the highway robbery at BlissvIllc, taken b.
fore Justice D"lchnnty yesterday Hayes, who is !
only sixteen years of age, enled the charge He was
he'd for examination III : 900 bail. His companion
III the assault upon Horton known 10 the p lice |
but they have been successful i'll arresting him.
STATEN ISLAND.
PRINCE'S BAY he Princes Bay oystermen are |
preparing for the spung planting They have char
tered several sChoOucrs 10 20 to Virginia Tor seed |
oysters. which viii be planted next month.
STApLETO - Emanuel Huber, young German |
lately arrived from Europe. yesterday made COM
paint to the Staten Island Police that he W as |
knocked down and robbed by Two men on Sunday |
night IN the street. Subsequently John McDermott |
and James DUnnclly were arrested and identified by
Huber as the men who had assaulted him. The |
prisoners were committed by Justice Taylor on n |
charge of highway robbery without bail.
WESTClIES1ER COUNTY.
WHITE PLAINS.-M. NJ. Sillinan, who met with /
terrible accident at Mllliamsbrdge n shor time |
ago when he lost both of has legs below the knee,
has been obliged To undergo another operation, as
the bone of one leg protruded about two inches be-
low the flesh. Mr.. SilIlInan Is now believed to be !
doing well.
YoNKERs.-Ihc WarburOn-ave extension is to |
be pushed through the village OF Hastings. A com !
palent engineer IS making the necessary survey
of the route. The proposed Improvement VIII make |
"A beautiful drive from Yonkcrs directly north
through Hastings, connecting with the old Albany