The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-15
NEW YORK.

carried on by parties here in connection
with the Havana steamers, set a watch,
the result of which was the capture of
the sloop Four Brothers, belonging to
the State of New York. and employed
by the Health officer as tender to the
hospital ship Falcon. The custom OFF,
cials on taking possession of the vessel
found secreted very large quantity of
segars. The persons on board the yes
sci were arrested.
"A fire broke out at three O'Clock this
morning on the premises of d. Apple
ton & Co., corner of Grand and Green
streets, and in less than 15 minutes the
whole ofthe five story building was in
| 14mes.
SEirhe fircmen succeeded in confirming
thu fire at Appleton's Publishing
House this morning to the building in
which it originated, the interior of
which was totally destroyed. A lar. 3
building also occupied by Appletons
was saved, with very slight damage,
and also Trobridge's large publishing
and VauRw, book binders. occupied
the third floors in the destroyed build
ing, and Mabie, Todd 81 Co., with APP
plelon, occupied the other two floors.
The building belonged to II. s. How
ard, and was insured for $4,000 Ap.
Howard's loss $25.O Liebenroth 81
Vanaw's $40 900. Mabie, Todd IS Co.'S.
unknown. All fully insured.
AT 1:l5 this morning a fire broke out
in the hair and straw depot of G. B.
Lawton 81 Co., Nos. 426, 427 and 42S,
through the entire building, which,
with the contents, was consumed. The.
| loss is estimated at $50 1000.
BY the falling of the floor in Ryan's
paper collar mandatory in Canal
street, yesterday afternoon, Maria Fal-
\
Kate Johnson, aged 16, was seriously
injured. Forty other girls were work.
ing in the room at the time, but all es-
capped.
The case of Mrs. Steinway, who sued
for the custody of her three children
now held by relatives of her late hus-
band in Germany, was decided yesteE-
day by the Supreme Court in her favor.
The camp meeting at Sing Sing closed
yesterday with a great love feast and
final grand march around the grounds
at midnight. During the services a
subscription amounting 10 two hum
dred dollars was taken up to defrAy
the legal expenses necessary to obtain
the release of a young girl, who is said
TO be confined in a Catholic institution
because OF her conversion to Metho-
dism.
Ayoung girl named Kate Conner, fif-
teen years of age, who was arrested on
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the station house on Wednesday night,
| it Is presumed from shame and grief.
Detective Terman, of the Central Of
| fee, q day or two since, arrested man
named John Taboo, who is charged
with the larceny of two hundred dol
lars in gold from widow in Buffalo
with whom he formerly boarded.
Yesterday afternoon an officer ar
rived from Buffalo to take charge of
prisoner, who left for Buffalo last
night to attend his trial.
A rowing match cCm off onsMo1-
day, the 18th INST, at Sing Sing, be-
tween Charles Ward, of the Ward
side. The race to be'one and a-half
miles and return. A great deal of in
terest is felt in the contest, and bets
are being freely made. Ward is the
favorite.
has arrived.
The Atlantic Base Ball Club, of Brook.
lyn, and the Olympics, of Washington,
played yesterday. The former won by
a score of 55 to 81. Both clubs made
fine display.
The master masons and bricklayers
have failed to compromise, and the
strike goes on, the former re-adopting
the original motion to employ 10 hour
men.
The Board of Health have issued reg
ulations relative to the transportation
OF cattle, which If respected by Railroad
Companies and drovers, will greatly
aid in preventing the further spread OF
the cattle disease.
A family on 18th Street, were yester-
day poisoned by eating beef.steak from
| diseased beef.
The New Register, Patrick II. Jones,
was sworn in TO day.
Judge BOnney was struck with par
alysis last evening, and is confined TO
his bed.
A large party of missionaries will sail
| in the steamer Erin Tomorrow enroute
to Turkey, under the auspices of the
American Board of Foreign Missions.
| A Fenian meeting, numbering 5000
persons, was held in Brooklyn yester-
day. Two special envoys from Ireland
are said to have been present.
A large shark was captured off one of
the North River piers yesterday.
Two hundred and eighty-e eight bar
rels Of contisticated spirits were sold Mt
auction yesterday for G4@65c.
Three cases of cholera are reported in
the town of West Chester, and one or
two in Morrisiana.
Imposing Masonic ceremonies will
take place on Sunday on the occasion
| of the funeral of Sewall Smith, Grand
Tyler of the Grand Lodge OF New York
for the last quarter ofa century.
| A cable telegram announces the ar
rival of the yacht Sappho at Falmouth
| in fourteen days from New York.
The thirty-six thousand dollars in
Treasury notes belonging to a Quide-
neck bank of Rhode Island, abstracted
from the post Office in March last, have
been recovered in New Jersey.
Robbery OF Adams Express Company.