The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-12-23
NEW YORK CITY.

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terms OF the Supreme Court in this city
for the next two years, which is required
to be announced one month before the ex,
piration OF the year, has not yet been
J made public. This is said to be owing to
the hesitancy which exists among some ol
: the Judges being known as holding court
for the time when the trials Of some of the
accused ring men occur.
s Tweed's resignation as Grand Sachum
of Tammany has been recently demand.
O cd by prominent members of the order.
1t Is understood that Tweed will soon re-
tire to be soon succeeded by Isaac Bell.
J The time for the examination of TwCed's
! suritics is fixed for December Goth. The
4 requirements in respect to his bail. His
friends are said to be few. His available
cash is little.
In the case OF Connolly, an order of the
| court for u reduction Of his bail Wilpbe
served on the Sheriff to-day, when the
required bonds will be perfected prOba.
bly,i and Connolly will be released
from the Ludlow street jail to-day or to-
morrow. The delay is due from the fact
that he must meet the indictments found
against him.
Jacob Worth and Edward Terriers
were yesterday found guilty oI having
elected the Inspector OF Elections from
the polling place in Brooklyn, at the late
election.
The Grand Jury have addressed com.
municatiOn to Judge Ingraham, Of the
Supreme Court, directing his attention to
the filthy condition Of the city prisons.
They represent that there Is an insult.
hCient police force, and lack of funds for
the city departments,
Rumors are Curreut that tho Grand
Jury have summoned witnesses TO testify
concerning Fisk, Important develop.
opments arc expected to-day.
1t appears that the indictments against
Tweed were found fifteen days before
they were brought into Court. All this
time the Grand Jury have kept the mat.
ter quiet.
There have been thirteen new small.
poX cases since yesterday noon.
The President Of the American Trust
Company, has been summoned before the
Grand Jury to testify as to the deposits of
tho ring officials. Other officers of the
Company have been subpUned, including
Augustus Schell, Horace +. Clark, W. II.
Peckham and Peter B. Sweeney, the lat.
ter when he comes back from Canada.
Mayor Hall was in the Grand Jury
room this afternoon. Jas. Fisk, Jr., and o
large number Of females were In readiness
for examination.
Several prominent merchants and ply
siCans gave testimony upon tho quaran.
tine matter before the Commercial Com.
mittee at the Chamber OF Commerce, TO.
day.
Judge Blatchford, in the U. s. Circuit
Court to-day, delivered his decision in
favor of tho executors of D. W. Goodman,
Of Alabama, against the New York Mutu.
al Life Insurance Company. The Com
pany refused to pay the policy Of 1885, 900,
on the ground that several payments Of
the premium were due. The claimants
bontended that the Company by with.
drawing their agencies from Alabama,
during the late war, prevented Mr.. Good.
man from paying the premium. Judge
Blatchford deCreed for the claimants with
the costs, the Company to be credited for
the unpaid annual payments.
Assignments of the Supreme Court
Judges for 1879 were made to-day.
The receiver Of the Ocean bank places
the value Of tho collaterals deposited by
the bank examiner, Calendar, at $4,000
TO $4,000.
VIM. Brown, one Of the counterfcltcrs
who escaped from Ludlow street jail
some weeks ago, was arrested at Freeport,
Illinois, and brought here and put on the
stand In the Miner case, when important
revelations arc expected.
Charles Busch has been again arrested
for attempting to mako love to Miss Nils.
son.
The grand jury adjourned till Tuesday
without presenting any new indictments.
RumOrs continue that important arrests
will be made. An attachment against
the property Of r. B. Connolly has been |
issued in suit by Patrick Carol, late su.
perintendent OF the markets, to recover
$4,000 alleged 10 have been paid for gro. |
Ceries, provisions, &C., for Connolly, An
investigation will be made of the affairs |
ofthe former clerk Of Washington market
to ascertain what was done with the large |
sums collected from the occupants of the |
stands on the sidewalks of Vezey street. |
Some Of them pay from $1,000 TO $500 |
annually, but II Is alleged not dollar has |
gone into the city treasury.
The subtrcetiry has disbursed $4,000 |
in gold for tho redemption Of the five
twenties.
The cold has sensibly abated but the |
rivers are filled with floating icc Snow
and hail tonight.
The house Of Henry b. Kirk, at Morisi.
ana, was burned to-day. Loss $4,000
insurance $21,5O0 |
Comptroller Green publishes an official
statement showing the debt Of the city !
and county to he 900, ,4O3, ,790; amount Of
cash in tho treasury about 100000.
In conversation with Times reporter
this evening Gen. SiCkles stated that his
visit has no POLITICAL significance The
relations between the American Govern.
ment and Spain were of q cordial charac.
ter and no possibility Of n rupture existed.
The war for the suppression Of tho Cuban
rebellion was exceedingly popular with
the Spanish people. The Minister stated
that the report that he had intended to
act as agent for the English Erie stock.
holders was altogether without Iounda.
tion.
There was n lively discussion at the
Literal Club tonight over n motion to
suspend the rule by which elections arc
made by ballot in favor of a lady Candi.
date, Miss Olive Bates, Of Brooklyn, con.
nected with the press. Some were for
adhering to the practice Of excluding Ia.
dies, others were for freely admitting peo.
ple without distinction Of sexes or Coiors.
The motion was carried after q stormy
debate, but there being four negative
votes the lady, by the constitution Of the
club, was not admitted.
The sixty.slxtn anniversary Of the New |
ENGLAND Society was celebrated thia |