New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-02


niture of StacOm and had paid him T2O on the li-
stalmcnt plan. Last week she omitted payment
and during her absence the accused men gained ah
entrance to the house by saying that they wished
to repair a bureau. While she went for police,
man the property was taken away. The accused
men asserted that they held chatel mortgage on
the furniture.
BROOKLYN.
Two attempts have been made by thieves to
enter the house Of ex-Mayor Booth, at No. 30
South POriland-avo.
4 coroner's jurv has found that Montgomery Dor
sew coloTcd who was shot on November ;, at
C0ncv Island. and died November %. came to his
death at the hands of William Anderson, also coll
orcd. Anderson Is under arrest
Taxpayers began to settle their accounts with
the city for next year yesterday. and the lax
Office was throngcd all day. 4 large amount of
money was sent in checks by mall over g 0OO,-
900 was received.
whose salary reduced in August from S 900
10 ~. 900 has resigned. His assistant. Charles W.
Thomas, has been appointed to succeed him, aud
Dennis y, NamaIa To succeed Thomas
tn" Teachers Committee Of the Board OF Educa-
tion has adopted resolution fixing the salary Of
male principals ~ $500 for IN" first year Of ser
vice. instead OF $1,000, and making the iucrcaS"
600 year until the maximum salary % { $500 Is
reached.
Some boys in L1wrcncc-st., yesterday leased n
pcdlcr named .Iluc, FI,uii of No. 81 Hopkin,-.t
who in retaliation threw stone ~ Them. and
struck Charles Brown. az" six of No. 10 Lawrence
ST., ia the head The boy skull was fractured.
In drunken quarrel last evening in dram shop
at Harrisuu-avc. and Bartlctt-St. William kcttlcr
who has no home, was pushed with such force by
John Never. OF No. Isl llarTisou-aVc., that he fell
over backward and the base of his skull was irac-
turcd. He will probably die.
Suit has been brought against the Boarl Of Edu-
cation by the German Orphan Home To recover the
81 200 ~ due a. II from the state School moneys
which the Board refused to pay on the ground that
the Home maintained q scctarlan school within the
meaning of the law.
United state, Internal Revenue Collector Ward
has seized the Rdgewood Brewery in Queens
County. charging the proprietor Mrs Henrietta
Marquldt. with cyading the law, In that beer was
removed from II IN unsi1mpcd package. The
brewery IS valued at $4,000 aud Mrs Marquadt
gave bonds III that amount yesterday.
William g. McPhail. formerly clerk in the store
Of Dale \ Joslyu who was wanted by the sheriff
in a suit for So goo damages for betrayal under
promise OF marriage, brought against him by Miss
hc arrested few weeks ago, was found IN
Allegheny City last week, aud taken TO Raymond
Street JAN in Brooklyn yesterday.
The Commissioner, Of Charities and Correction
yesterday appointed DR.. Bowen. who has been first
ASST tant IN the County Insane Asylum. 10 succeed
DR.. j. :. NoOdsdr rs superintendent of the Asylum
for lncurable Insane, at a salary OF ~ 200. Dr
Ferris was promoted to Dr. Bowen's place. and Dr.
Shapks added 70 the medical staI the Insane
Asylum.
JERSEY CITY
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has suffered
considerable loss from the dcprrdatons OF thieves
open aud robbed freight cars. squad Of police
men walked through Ga" yard Yesterday morning
between . and ., and captured live prisoners.
One of them was William Buck who ha. been
wanted by The police for several month ON various
charges OF burglary aud highway robbery
4 man who was caught in the act Of rnbbng John
Dcuuist"us house IN llcury-st. on Thanksgiving
Day was called for trial yesterday in the Hudson
Comfy Count. He refused 10 give his name and
said tlat he lived IN Philadelphia. He declined to
give any further informant ion abou; himself Inc mid
hp lIeh ft Irtu Il
family. The prisoner VINO is an elderly man of fine
appearance, was sentenced to five years ia State
prison.
NEW-JERSEY.
EAnwAY.-Chqrlcs Tcnill age ~ died Yesterday
from the effects Of an overdose of laudanum......
The Bank Examiner has completed his inyc-tiga-
ton of the National Bank, and the Controller has
ordered assessment of fifty per upon The cap
ital stock. Mayor High, who is one OF the drec-
tors, says that arrangements arc expected to be
tuition 10 resume business.
Acknowledgement County has got rid Of one
band of thieves only to find Itself suffering from
another. Hardly "a night passes without tomc house
being entered or some one stopped on the highway.
" Del" lancs vas attacked by highwaymen in a
lonely part of the town and robbed. Joshua Brown
was also stopped in the street by unknown persons
and had his pockets empticd.
IoBOKEV.-An unknown man was discovered
yesterday morning hanging from a beam in tho eel
lar of a tcncmcut-huusc at Grand aud Sixth stS.
He was poorly dressed and looked like n tramp !
There was nothing to indicate the mans identity
except some photographs including one of himself
which were made by j. NJ. Kuhn, saltwater, MINI. |
The suicide was apparently about thirty four years
old.
WESTMINSTER COUNTY.
YoNKERs.-C Coroner Mitchell held an inquest yes
tcrday the body of John Landy age sixty Of No.
- W OOd-pace, and the jury rendered verdict of
death from Paris green, administered by himself
while insane.
CnAprAorA.-IIenry Mead was found at No. 10
First-ave., yesterday, bv Deputy Sheriff Quinby.
would give explanation why he had left his en-
ploycr August Ericsson, who had been suspected
OF his murder, was Therefore released from Jail.
LONG ISLAND.
LOCUST VALLKY.-Frank Dudgecn has invented
Il steam wagon, aud few days ago IT is said that
lie attained speed of thirty miles hour OH the
turnpike.
HICKsvIILE.-Edward Sulman has been presented
with gold watch and chain by Miss Valentine
Bngcs and Miss Ellen Forster whom he rescued
from drowning in the Great South Bay near Baby
Ion on September is.
ROCKVILLE CENTRE.-A pancake match took
place at the LakOZa House yesterday for $40, be-
tween D. Smith, Gill Denton and G. Van Berch-
tengen. Smith dspOscdOf twenty aud retired,
DoatOn thirty and retired, and Van Bcrchtcngen
thirty-hve when he was declared the winner.
STATEN ISLAND.
SrAPLETON.-Wiam ii. Vanderbilt has present
ed 10 Mrs. Van Duzer, his mothers sister, "A large
piece of property where the Van Duzers lived at
the time that the late Cornelius VANDERBILT - q RED
into the family, and where they have made thcir