The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-09-19
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Sept. IS.

BY a fire at 1881 South street, this
morning, VIM. p. Bright, Jr., d Co.. g
junk warehouse and the Long Island
house liquor store suffered damage
amounting to 5000. Sheldon & Ripley,
white lead manufacturers, and Geo. D.
Mulford, mustard and spice dealer, 1856
Fulton street, suffered from tre last
night, the first 81, 900 and the last 81 COO.
4 fire in Fulton avenue and Navy
street, Brooklyn, this morning, destroy
ed seven dwellings and eight stores,
with tenements over the stores. Thirty
families are rendered houseless. Total
loss $3.50, 900. No lives lost.
WORKING woMEN's ASSOCIATION.
Working Women's Association was
organized yesterday. The object is to
endenyor by an organization similar to
the mems trades unions, to regulate
their wages and obtain higher rates.
THE FIRE AT MR.. BENNETT's.
The scene after the suppression of the
fire at Mr.. Benefits mansion yester-
day was one of rough discomfort and
confusion. The least injured OF the
rooms still contained furniture, statutes
and pictures lying in utter disorder.
Magazines, reviews, newspapers, re-
ports and bound volumes lay in COM
mingled confusion in the rooms. Most
of the furniture, however was removed
to the billiard room. Mrs. Bennett is
absent in Europe. The family in the
Fort Washington house consisted of the
Bennetts senior and Junior, Miss Ben
nett, and Miss Crane, a visitor. at two
O'Clock this afternoon the family came
into the city and took up their abode In
Fifth Avenue residence.
ARRESTED FOR FORGERY.
Edward Schafer was arrested yGster-
day on charge of forgery, preferred
by John NJ. Pendleton, wool dealer, on
Broadway.
The firm OF Wheeler & Co. were COM
mitted yesterday, on a charge of cheap
jewelry lottery swindling.
sTABBING HIS WIFE.
Alfred @. Smith, stage driver was
yesterday committed for stabbing his
wife and inflicting a severe wound.
An insane man named Michael Con-
lon this morning stabbed his vile while
she was asleepi in bed. Her cries brought
to her aid two men, who were also stab
bed by Conlon. The men were serious
ly and the woman slightly injured.
Conlon was secured.
SAM. COLLIER.
Collier has arrived in Washington
and had an interview with his late an
tagonist in the prize ring, Billy Ed
wards, in relation to another contest.
Collier is anxious to recover his lost
lOurels. Edwards is satisfied and posi-
lively declines another battle WIKI any
one.
CANAL BOAT sUND.
About half. past six O'Clock Wednes-
day evening II canal boat was sunk at
pier 43, loaded with $50 bushels of
corn, 1 kegs OF varnish, and 80 oil casks.
The boat had just come down from
Albany, and with others was in tow of
the steamer Aida when she ran against
vessel lying in the stream, and the
tow sunk as above.
POSTPONED.
The revenue conspiracy case was post
poned again till Tuesday.
NATIONAL LABOR CONGRESS.
The National Labor Congress assem-
bles here next Monday.
STEAMSHIP NORTHERN LIGHT.
Anxiety is felt here for the safety Of
the steamship Northern Light, which
left here August 22d for Bremen, and
has not been heard from since. The
steamship Smidt brought 500 passen-
gers from Bremen. All vessels arriving
the last few days report damage from
cyclone on the 9Th at sea.
MARROW ESCAPE.
Several families had narrow escape
from burning to death at fire in
Brooklyn this morning. Many escaped
| in their night clothes. Officer Carr res
cued a child from the flames at the peril
of his life, losing his hair and q portion
| of his clothes in his heroic effort.