The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-08-08
NEW YORK CITY.



ing Yacht Club, including the DistriC
Attorney, Surrogate and Treasury a
Queens county and other prominent Citi
zens, yesterday embarked on the YAch
, Long Miller for q pleasure cruise. Tn
yacht struck submerged stake and wen
down at what is called Little Bay Side
The party narrowly escaped. AT tn
time great excitement prevailed. Tn
Flushing disaster being reported create
than it was.
Early Sunday morning, German CIR
sixteen years of age, in q sOmnambulstiC
fit, walked or fell from the attic Of he
residence in East Broadway and striking
the pavement killed herself,
The Nautical Gd2ett6 says in an article
on WeStIicld catastrophe, they shal
ask the coroner 10 take the testimony OI
the gentlemen who rtlllseda certificate Il
the boiler ol the WesttlCld not two year.
ago md who told jacob VANDERBILT If ht
did not obtain II competent supelintend
ent some terrible accident would hciall
his boats.
The Italian General Committee have
received a communication from the Mayor
declining to review the procession. The
Mayor says the refusal is from reasons
arising ont Of his late official action re-
spcCting the street procession and that he
may be compelled hereafter TO decline re.
viewing all civil professions. The Com.
mittee at meetingto be held tonight will
make arrangements Tor n celebration.
George e. TiCke, cashier for Vim. A.
EOble " Co., ~ Leonard street, was be.
fore Justice Hogan charged with embez.
element HG'said he was q partner in
the firm; had made loans to Mr.. Koblo,
and discounted his note He admitted
having lost good deal of money gam.
bling; admitted to VIM Koble that he
deirauded the old firm Of $50 900, and the
new firm of $4,000. lie was committed
Tor trial.
The authorities Of New York, Brook
lyn, and Staten Island, are TO have an of.
fetal inspection made Of the boilers on all
steam ferry boats forthwith. Professor
ThurstOn, of Stevens Institute, lOhOken,
al the request OF the coroner OF that
place, Is to eXamipe.the boiler OF the
Westlleld, with view Of presenting the
result Of his scientific observations to the
coroner's jury.
Many wounded by tho Wesllcld OK.
plOsOn are still under treatment Nt Belle.
vnc Hospital, Several are in n critical
condition.
The threatened approach Of cholera il
being met by every precautionary meas.
urG on the part of the health authorities
in the city. This morning the work of
cleansing the streets with lime and other
disinieCtants was commenced. The
quarantine officers state that up to the
present time no cholera has been detected
on vessels entering this port.
Jamaica, Long Island, is indignant be-
cause the South Side Railroad Company
refuse stop trains there. The difficulty
grows out Of the refusal Of the Jamaica
authorities tOgrant certain local privileges
to the company unless the company would
make local improvements by building
shops In Jamaica.
Lust night Chas. Brenner, a respectable
fruit dealer at 22G east 47th street. was
assaulted in front OF his residence by
Michael Coburn, brother to ssloe Cohurn,
and John Saunders. While Coburn was
pounding the unfortunate man, Saunders
drew knife and stabbed Bremen, in.
ilicting wounds which will probably re-
suit In his death. Both tho asSailAnts
were arrested aud held to await the re.
suit Of his injuries
The projected mass meeting for which
Il call was signed by New York mer-
chants to examine the alleged frauds on
the city treasury, will not for some uuex-
planned reason be held tomorrow night
In the Supreme Court Of Chambers to.
day tho case Of j. B. Cornell u. Controller
Connolly came up for hearing. The ac-
tion was to compel Controller Connolly
to pay the firm OF ]. b. Il +. w Cornell,
iron merchants, the sum Of 100000, al-
legged to be due by the city government
for iron furnished by that firm for the
new court house in 1862 OGOrman,
corporation counsel, cOntended that the
matter was in the hands of the commits
sioners Of the court house appointed in
1870, and without their sanction the Con.
troller had no power to pay any money.
For the plaintiff It was argued that the
full bill Of which the present claim was
part, had been approved by the Supervl.
sors in 1862 The case was adjourned
till Wednesday.
The steamer Robert lngham, from
Sydney, G.. r., with cargo Of cOal, while
up East river this morning,
struck n reef off 10th street and sunk.
The Turner'S Of New York and Brook.
lyn, with 800 delegates from Boston,
Chicago, Cleveland, Milwaukee, St.
Louis and other cities, formed in process.
sion this morning and marched To Myrtle
avenue Park. The afternoon was devoted
to gymnastic exercises. In the evening
there was theatrical entertainment at
the Turner'S hall ....... ..
Mr. Opdyke, Vice president Of tho
Chamber Of Commerce, will answer the
letter Of Mayor Hall and Controller Con.
nelly, giving his idea In regard to the
manner in which the accounts Of the city
and county should he examined and dis
Cilssed In the interest Of the public.
Thomas II. Dudley, Consul at Liver.
pool; will resign and return tn his home in
New Jersey in September
Inc tlrst Dale OF new nOpS from the
farm Of Elder Ferguson, at SChoharie,
N T., sold in this city today for bOc per
pound. .'...
Assistant District Attorney Sullivan in
an address tonight defended the city gov.
ernment from the charges of financial
fraud and corruption, and said the Repub.
lican party, when in power in the State,
paved the way for aud perpetuated the
frauds; and that the city authorities were
IN meet their aCCusers face to face.
Thomas Clarke Luby, an exile, spoke
in the Cooper Institute tonight before
nearly 5000 people on the case OF Ireland.
He sGid more wrong was done England by |
Fenianism within fow years than during
OCOnnelps career. That two Of the
most prominent Irish leaders to-day,
Mcssrs. Built and Martin, were Protest
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