New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-10

merchandise designated in each entry on when tne
duties bad been paid or secured Ihese her,son
Yesterday received circular from Actne oecre ay
| French, calling attention to decision Oh tne
! Supreme Court and advising that these lees no
longer be collected.
Waldburga Elder. a German. arrived from bIehe1
on November g. $780, accompanied by ner nuspan rn
and child. Ten days sfterward tne fanny nth
sent to South Carolina by Pastor Neumann VIII
the promise Of employment In TINS they VIZ Us
appointed. and they were overtaken py slekhess
which took the woman ana cni,d 10 Nav York for
snnnort arriving Yesterday. This" said Secretary
Jackson, us another piece of evidence 10 1av0r OF
amending the immigrant laws so that New iorN
shall not he chargeable with the maintenance OF the
sick and destitute more than one year AFTER afrVs
instead of five, as now"
BROOKLYN.
Mayor Low is preparing a letter to the public IN
regard TO the proposed opening or the extension Vi
Flatbush-avc from the Bridge.
The funeral of the late DR.. Partridge will take
place in Christ Church in Bedford-aVe., at p. H.
to-day.
Absolute divorce was granted Yesterday to Mrs.
Addie VI. Francis from Warren Francis ana 10
Alfred Hastead from Mrs. Annie Halstead.
The Rev. Henry A. Powell has resigned from the
old Bushwick Reformed Church, and has accepted
the call given him by the Lee Avenue GoIgrega-
No clew was found yesterday to the eighteen reg
i.tercd letters, addressed to the Electric Pad Com
pany, which disappeared from the Brook yn Post
Office on Saturday. The amounts in the letters
were small, and the total loss will not exceed $40.
The Board OF Aldermen voted yesterday to adver-
tise for proposals for furnishing the eleven new
members of the Board with badges to be oI eighteen
carat gold and of the usual design; The cost is
about $50 each. Last year the Republican majority
defea ed a similar plan for taking money out OF the
treasury.
The Justices Of the Peace of the Town Of Flat
busn whose terms expire with this year, were not
elected ut the town meeting last week as Justices
were in the other towns in the county, after the
constitutional point was discovered that the law
changing the town election 10 the general election
did not affect the Justices. In order to secure
themselves the three Justices whose terms Will ex
pirc held meeting on Saturday wit the fourth
Justice, whose term is not near its end and and TWO
Justices Of the adjoining town of New-Lots, and the
latter TcappOnted the three Justices The action
will render their positions secure, rs there IS no one
10 contest the seats.
JERSEY CITY.
Frank Foster, recently arrested under the charge
of swIndling Phillips Il Co.. OF No. 662 Race-st.,
Philadelphia, ont OF 81 600 worth of rolled gold by
means of n forged order was to-day surrendered to
the Pennsylvania authorities for trial.
NEW-JERSEY.
PATERsoN-Patrlck Murphy was arrested on
Sunday and Fitted OH suspicion OF beng one or
the burglars who robbed the pOst-Oiire at Boonton
Morris County, last Friday. The clew which led To
his arrest was furnished by check for go picked
no IN Mest.st Paterson. II was drawn to the order
of Postmaster Dawson, of BOOnton on bank III
Morrstown.
HAcKENsAcK.-Alfred, alias Major" Green, John
Wright, Antony Dne and John jordan were
caught on Sunday afternoon in an attempt To break
jail at Hackensack. They had succeeded IN loosen
ing an IRON bar from one OF the windows Green is
awaiting trial on several charges OF burglary Ihis
was his second attempt at Jailbreaklng within
few days.
WESrCHESTER COUNTY.
MAMARoNEcK.-Jam Strnger. formerly Of the
firm of Stringer ~ Townsend, publishers, IN New
York. died at his residence yesterday at the age of
about seventy years.
NEW ROCHELLE.-A large house on Huguenot-st:.
owned and formerly occupied by George ). Ptnheld,
was totally destroyed by fire early on Sunday
morning II contained furniture and had been
leased to family from New-lork, who were about
moving INTO the premises The property IS SAID to
the work of nccndIary. he loss Is cstlma ed at
5000 to $1,000. .....A. j. Kistinger, q cigar
maker, died suddenly Yesterday morning. lie was
about seventy years old.
LONG ISLAND.
Lose ISLAND CTY.-An interesting case concern
ing the ownership OF certain rolling stock IN posses
sion of the Long Island Railroad Company but
formerly owned by the Hampstead and Rockaway
Railroad Company, came up before Judge Barnard
at tho Supreme Court, Clrcnlt, yesterday. lt APP
peared that the Long Island Railroad claimed
ownership from the fact of a lien being held upon
1t by another road other than the Rockaway line,
which road was subsequently, acquired by the Long
Island Company. Judge Barnard decided that the
property belonged to the Rockaway road and the
jury returned verdict in favor of the plaintiff for
$S37S....At a fire at the Daylight On Works
causing slight damage, yesterday morning, one OF
the local volunteer tire companies lying close TO the
works refused to do duty. The matter will DO ln
vestlgated by the Fire Commissioners. The
trial OF the writs against exMayOr DE BcvOise for
mi .apprOpratng funds of the city amounting TO
$1O4, 900 will begin before Judge Barnard in the
Supreme Court, Circuit, to-day. This Is the civil
suit instituted by the CItlzeus' Committee of As
torla criminal action IS also pending Patrick
Casey, who shot Sergeant Comsky at tne Hunters
Point Police station was indicted by the Grand
Jury Yesterday for murder in the first degree lie
will be gued tomorrow.
STATEN ISLAND.
WEST BRIGHToN.-Mrs Sarah Barrett, widow of
Colonel Nathan Barrett, buried yesterday
Her husband founded the original Staten Island
Dye Works forty years ago.
STAPLEToN.-The new ferrybOat SOuthfeld will
resume her trips the east shore terry Tomorrow
...... he United States schOoship Portsmouth, |
from jamaica anchored off Staten Island yester-