The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-08-28
NEW YORK CITY.

The WOrkingmenS Union last evening
discussed the proposed demonstration il
favor Of the Gight.hour law, and instructed
It's delegates to vote for festival in tht
afternoon during each Union attending 1t
as il may see tlt 1t is thought thC
demonstration will muster 10000.
a meeting of prominent local Demo
cratic politicians was held last evening to
perfect an organization oi the Tweed
Central Club, but the election Of officers
was deferred, There Is considerable nc.
tlviiy among the local Democracy and
the organization Of clubs is going on
rapidly,
The Nautical Gd.Cth, Ol this city, has
official information that the bodies of
Third Assistant Engineer q. W. Nc.
GoWan, II. Merriman, A. Mitchell and
NJ sllocnberg, who were attached TO the
monitor iron.Clad WeehRwken, when she
was sunk in Charleston Harbor on the
9Th Of December, 1863, have been taken
from her wreck, having been found at
their posts in the engine room Of that yes.
sci, and that they will reach here this
week.
The people of Brooklyn have asked for
n reduction of $45,000,000 in the State
estimate of the value Of the real estate in
that county.
Arrests were made this afternoon of
gang of swindlGrs on Ann street. The
premises were flooded with circulars
Offering counterfeit money for sale, and
also innumcrable boxes filled with saw.
dust, with letters about the stuff directed
TO all parts Ul the State.
The Clerk OF the Common Council
states that the city accounts have been
sent to the printers. The county accounts
Tor 1859 and 1870 are now In the Clerks
Office o! the Board of Supervisors, open
for public inspection. 1t appears to be
compiled in the usual form, mostly man.
uscript, and would take one or more eX-
pcrts ut accounts several days to examine,
analy2C and compare them
Among the persons injured by the
Westiteld explosion were the Mayor and |
other officials Of Syracuse who were
visiting this city at tic timS They have
commenced legal proceedings for dam.
ages. The Brooklyn coroner will not
issue warrants for the arrest of President
Vanderbilt and Others connected with the
Wesllicld, who are held responsible by |
the coroner's jury, unless advised to do so |
by the District Attorney of the county,
who Is now absent.
George s. Cobb, of Atlanta, was ar.
rested here yesterday for the larceny of
$4,000 from the Office Of the Southern
Express Company at Atlanta, Ga, May
25th.
NEW York, August 81.
This morning Coroner Herman made n
post mOrtem examination on the body Of
m unknown female discovered Saturday,
In n trunk left at the Hudson River Rail.
road depot. The verdict was that she
came to her death from Inflammation ofthc
bowels brought on by abortion. The
'orpaO Ia evidently that Of n young woman
u or ID years Of age, features pleasing,
lair light, and heightf five feet two inches.
Trap, truck driver, has been
Irrested on suspicion Of taking the trunk
o the depot.
Arrived, the Spain and City Of Paris,
rom Liverpool.
Jacob Lansing, the treasurer of Christ
Jhurch, in this city Is reported to he
IelaultCr. An examination OF his accounts
eveals deficit Of $4,000, which may
well TO much largersllm. Mr. Lansing ;
3 merchant, and has hitherto sustained
good reputation.
Mayor Hall has declared his intention
o sue the Times for tho rent for the :
'ast six years Of the ground on which :
he lGmeS building stands. He also states