The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-10-04
NEW YORK CITY.
New YoRK, October 8

junction order has accomplished q reVO
luton in the city government, and tina
the only way out OF 1t, is to repeal tn
present city charter II says that the be
stowal ofpower upon Deputy Controlle
Green, meets with general acquiescenct
and approval,
The Committee Of Seventy had lon,
meeting last night, and adopted Consti
tion, A Committee of Conference witt
the Albany Council of Reform, was ap
pointed, and instructed to request tn
Mayor to appoint such Inspectors OF EleC
ton as they might nominate.
There was no quorum at the meeting o
the Tammany Society, which was callec
for last evening,
The famous yacht Livonia, which ar.
rived Sunday, Is an object Of interest
Many citizens visited her yesterday.
Arrived-The steamers Spain and Java
At a meeting of the Sinking Fund Com
missioners yesterday, 1t was ruled by
Mayor Hall and acquiesced in by the resi-
Of the Board, that 1t had no power to raise
money to meet the present financial crisis
in the city treasury.
The CahOes New York State bridge,
eighty rods long, over the Mohawk river
between WATERFOWL and Oahoes, was en-.
tirely destroyed by fire at three o'clock
this morning, The work Of an incendia.
ry. Loss, $4,000
The State Central Committee of the
Republican party, held secret session at
Fifth Avenue Hotel, to-day, The only
business transacted, was the appointment
OF an Executive Committee to report on
the best means Of carrying out the resolu.
tions of the State Convention, in the con.
solidation of the districts of the city.
The Childrens' Aid Society, sends West
tomorrow ninety.fvo children and adults.
They will be settled in Missouri. A ma.
jority in the neighborhood of Kansas City.
Tie Post says; eve are informed that
Mayor Hall has undertaken to suppress
the HdrperS Weekly In the streets, as libel
lous and indecent" '.. ..I"
Judge Barnard has been renominated
by the Republicans, for Justice Of the Su.
preme Court 1t isunderstood the Demo.
Gratis will mako the same nomination,
This afternoon reception was given
Christian Nllson on board the Swedish
frigate Josephine, now lying in the har-
Dor. A splendid collation. was served in
honor Of the distinguished guests On
leaYing the sailors manned the rigging
and o parting salute was fired from the
vessels. aslH HaF .Dt -. d."
A competent body Of workmen, up.
holsterers, &C., have been selected by the
Committee of Seventy TO select and mp.
praise the work, furniture, &C., of the
county court house, are now engaged on
their duties.
A Mr.. Gerraghty, inspector in the
Water Works IN Jersey City, having
lately been discharged from that depart.
ment, now makes disclosures Of fraudulent
transactions on the part of the municipal
authorities. 1t is expected that charges
will be preferred at least against one mem.
Der OF the city government.
Arrangements are completed by the
Tammany Hall General Committee for u
salute ofl0O guns in different parts OF the
city on the announcement Of the nomi.
necs for State offices.
VIM. Purdy, engineer of tow boat,
shot two roughS named Charles Kelly and
John Flanagan last night. They went
aboard the boat and assaulted Purdy.
Both are fatally wounded.
The Times says that II the city had hon.
est public prosecutors, the Mayor would
be indicted at once on the charges made
against him. 1t has no expectation that
District Attorney Garvin will do his duty
in the premises,
In the Brooklyn courts twenty suits
are pending against the Staten Island
Ferry Company for damages received in
the Westtield explosion.
The Committee OF Seventy will invite
Win. NJ. Evarts, on his return from
Europe, TO deliver an address on the con.
dition OF the city.
The board Of apportionment met to.
day and provided for the issuing OF city
and county bonds to the amount Of five
and half millions, interest not to exceed
Z per cent.
The trial of Madame Won Buskirk in
Brooklyn to-day on the charge Of causing
the death Of Emily A. Post, resulted in
the disagreement Of the jury, and the &C.
cused was admitted to bail pending new
trial.
A Rochester special says the platform
of the Convention as fOreshadowed by
prominent delegates will denounce the
New York frauds, demand the repeal of
the present city charter and the election
by the people Of all ofTlcial, and call on
the District Attorney to prosecute at once
all those charged with ffaud.t to the end,
that the guilty may be brought to punish.
ment.
Mr.. Tilden to-day refused to call a
meeting OF the State Central Committee,
expecting, it Is said, to be able thereby to
appoint temporary chairman himself
and eYclrdp Tho Tamnanv tlelepaiiOn.