New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-20
NEWS FROM THE SUBURBS.
LONG ISLAND SEES ANOTHER GHOST.

Meeting House III Broadwdy' eaSu "a .hl 80
Chief of Police House and reporter hasteheq 10
the Westinghouse. As they nesred IL the c1 t
plainly saw the strange form disappear IN ,ne
house: They approached the house cautiously but
fonnd the doors and windows fastened at this time
The PARTY increased to ten and one of them looked
through the key-hole of the front door. "heh he
Rfter what saw through that keyhoe, never want
TO go out again after dark saw three pig men w.
I'm white and with swords hanging by their SIDES Whenl
looked in first they close together ana one OF mem
seemed TO be explaining eometnmg 10 Ie ON, w. home
On Friday night another young man OF the vi
lage, who had not heard of the ghost, was passing
the meeting house and saw the apparition. j. En-
bank lives the rear OF the NEE ing mouse Tic Is
eighty years old and one of the leading mem
bers of the society which worshps in the church.
His youngest son, about sixty years of age, gave
his version of the ghost story as follows:
think it's all nonsense When was boy about fifty
years ago. remember very we'll that there was real
ghost in the meeting YOu where the meeting
house stands burial ground during The keyou-
Fifty years ago they might be making some some 0 oTSe 'h e
enough of them Left TO make any rouDe now
FOUND DYING IN A FIELD.
William Holden, Anton Dickinson and Jacob
Vicl. three boys who were walking through
Stevenss Woods, at the foot of Duncan-aye, Jersey
CITY, yesterday. discovered an old man lying IN n
ditch They pulled him out and found that he was
unconscious. An ambulance was summoned, but
he died before he reached the hospital. MIS- Eas-
tell of Ulster County, n. Y, had called at Police
Headquarters on Friday night and asked that Il
search BE- made for her father, Jacob Burley She
II,
old and whose mental faculties were impaired,
had been visiting his son in Cumberland County,
Md She went to the PonnsylvanLa depot IN Jersey
City on Friday morning to meet blln put learned
that a man answering his description had arrived
an hour before. The place where Mr.. Burey was
found is nearly three miles from the depot lie had
a piece of paper i'll his pocket ON winch was IN
scrihed want to 90 to New York" His daughter
took the body to Kingston last night.
NEWARK.
The Essex Art Association closed its loan exhibit
ton last evening after a successful season.
john Marley, labOrer, age thirty-hye, while
crosslnp fine Erie Railroad bridge yesterday was
struck bv tram and so badly injured that ne ded.
He lived at No. 80 BiComhedayep ana leaves
wife and two children.
The monastery of st. Dominic for dominican
nuns which was recently erected at Ihlrteenth-
ave and south Ninth-st., was opened yesterday by
Bishop Wggcr The monastery IS the first OF the
order established in America Ii is of stone, and con-
Strnctcd in the most substantial manner. 1t has
three stories and encloses court sixty feet square
which is surrounded by an open clolSter supported
by stone arches and iron columns. ihe cells ol me
nuns are Sx13 and are furnished only with bed !
table, chair and crucllix.
JERSEY CITY.
The Citizens Association has appointed COM
mttce to urge the Board of Public Works TO have
the streets cleaned.
Edward Dougherty. an ex-pocemau. was Ie-
quTed to furn SD bail yesterday to answered. charge
of assault and battery ON William PelOubet, age
ten PelOubet and some other boys We're playing
bail in Dougherty's pasture lot in BaldTin-ayey
I)OuLHtlIN
Peoubet down with a bat, striking him several
heavy blows lie then dragged hin to the police
station and asked the sergeant TO lock him up but
the sergeant refused TO do so. The boy may die.
SUNDRY NEW-JERSEY TOWNS
CARIsrADr-John Moorehouse Of Secaucus, and
his son Robert, age eighteen, were driving across
the track yesterday when their team was fright
ened by a locomotive and ran away robert was
thrown out of the wagon and killed.
HAcKENsACK.-The Cavalry Club was out for a
ride and drill yesterday The Bergen County
Savings Bank will on Tuesday begin paying its DE-
postors dividend of 4 per ccnt..--..lhe Odd
Fellows are making great preparations to celebrate
on Wednesday. the siXty-fith anniversary OF the
founding of Odd-Fellowship. The services arc to
b. held in the First Methodist Episcopal Church.
ELIZABFTH-C Colonel John Kean, father OF Con
gresham kean, Is lying III at ms house AT tIslho
......The Red Ribbon Club will go TO staten
Island to establish club there
BLo1MFIELD.-The Essex paper mill is in opera
ton with full f0rco of wOIkmen.. he LAYING
of water pipes has been resumed by the East
by the Reform Club to form Law and Order Com
mlttee to close unlicensed liquor shops
OEANGE.-The Rev. w. T. Henry has addressed a
letter 70 the Baptist Church stating that he will
consider the call extended to hun to occupy tho
pastoIate.......H. G. Williams has been held to
bail on an indictment for criminal libel. Will
Jams the writer of a card charging state IN
iiI Sso. ! {" WIN i'''s' u '1''''''' ''D'
EAST JANHCA.-An oyercoat of tine texture the
pockets containing "A number Of letters al dressed
TO samuel Jackson. Queens County. was found in
q rhubarD field Yesterday. pair of kid gloves
nearly new were found Gy the side of the oycrcoat
How the coat and gloves came there IS mystery,
bal the officials believe that they were thrown
there by burglars.
HUMPsrEAD.--Whcn Foster Smith gave his re-
port to the Board of Town Auditors as one of the
Overseers Of the Poor, in March, he reported an
UneXpended balance OF $3.50 30. MIR. smith was
defeated AZ the recent election, and when applied
10 afew days ago by his successor 10 turn over
the above money to him Smith presented IN its
stoq = uf W -
paid since his account was rendered, and " IN
cash. The Obligations il is understood, were in
CURED duing the year for which he had reported.
STATEN ISLAND
STAPIEToN.-The Richmond County Young Mems
Democratic Club was rcoIganlzed last night......
The body of an unknown man found in the water
near Clifton sc terday, was taken TO the M0rgue'
The man was about forty-iye years old.
ALONG The SOUND.
SoUrHPoGT-The funeral Of Francis ID. Perry
will be held tomorrow.
NoRwAIK.-E J. Hill, OF this place, and Senator
ScOied, of stamford, ale competitors for the !
position Of delegate to the RepHRe f N@{on2
T. A. b. Society will be held III Lockwoods Hall /
WYsiPoGT.-Tfe corner stone for the Staples |
Free Academy viii be laid Tomorrow, Bells VIII /
ring at II m. The day will be holiday as the ten |
port band will perform and singers from al! the |
churches will sing. Governor Waller and Secre- |
taTy iine Of the state Board of Education, are 10 |
iC SCNt. he cost Ol the IL W blUClllt VIII po
$4,000, and President staples, of the First !
National Bank expects 10 present it TO the town.
BGIDGEPORr-The Rev. A. q. Rogers, of Hudson, /
y. y will fill the Rev. John Lyons pulpit at the /
Church of the Rcdeemer to-day...... UndeT Demo- |
cratic rule the cost to the town for the two cleo
lions of Ss3 was $5O51 81. One of The items was /
"FoT transporting ballot boxes SO another, |
"FOr fixing polling places, etc, Sl37 TO-. -.
John Sears, who, a. is alleged, sDatched q $3.50 |
gold watch from the vest of Robert Ross; on tho
railroad bridge in August last and Michael llussey
his acconplicc were held by the City Court yester
day in bonds Of 81 900 and $1,000 respectively. |
......A FaiTheld-ave whist party completed a con- |
test OF 800 points last evening the game being won
by seven points Dining the ten slttings there had /
not been diiieTence OF more than Nfteen points |