The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-01-19
NEW YORK CITY.

New IoHE, January l7.-Rcports q
the increase Of smallpox in this city begin
to excite alarm. The number Of cases
has increased in the past week from IS to
81. The disease seems be confined To nc
one section. Vaccination is rapidly pro
crossing, but among the lower classes Of
Germans, who object to vaccination. the
contagion is making the most marked
ravagCs.
AsuhScrlplion was set on foot yesterday
among the crowd gathered to witness the
unveiling Of the Franklin statue for the
purpose OF procuring statue of Horace
Greeley, to be erected opposite the statue
OF Franklin, at the other end OF the square.
Six thousand subscribed to the list, com
prlsing among others the names ot G. \.
Dana, Mayor Hall, Henry Ward Nrrrhcr,
VIM. Orton md Samuel Courtney.
Gen. Henry A. Bhrnum, who was YES.
terday elected 10 the command Of the New
York department Of the Grand Army ol
the Republic, is said to hr an adhcrcnt 10
the Fenton party.
The WOmens' Missionary Society, for
the conversion Ol hCathenS, held its an.
nuaI meeting yesterday. The address
says the Society wants means for its pro.
per maintenance, During the year i've
missionaries, sixty Bible readers, and
eighty children have been supported in
lurthcrancc nl their lAhOrs among the
hcathcns.
AT the ice boat race yesterday, on the
Hudson river, one craft sailed nine miles
IN eight minutes, and two others going q
mile in minute
a great crowd were at the Court Of
Oyer anil Tcrmincr this morning, To wit
ness the arraignment Of Stokes lOr the
murder of James Fisk, Jr. Stokes was
brought to the Court in u close carriage
and arragncd. His counsel asked for a
postp0ncmcnt rs they md not seen the in.
dictmcnt yet. The case was then ud.
lOurncd until Wednesday next.
MIR. CaiaCa2y sails for Europe on Salur-
day.
y public meeting will be held in
St"nway Hall on the evening of the 2Gth
10 hear Il statement from DR.. Wines oi
the progress Of his mission for the organ.
iAati0n Of An International Prison Con.
grcss. Addresses are expected from Gov
Hoffman, cN-G0v. Seymour, Archbishop
MCClosky, and Representatives Banks,
Garfield and Kerr. Letters will hc read
from the President, Vice President, Mr..
Seward, Senators Sumner, CasscrIv, Nor
ton, Trumbull and others,
Isaac 7. Smith was appointed Receiver
ut the Central Savings Bank.
The run on the Third Avenue Savings
Bank continues hut is declining. About
100000 900 have been paid ont.
The appearance of Eldridgc r. Grey as
one Of the counsel in the Stokes case,
indicates that the theory Of defence re.
quircs much elaboration Ofdctails.
1t is said the pressure of freight occas.
iOncd by the railroad blockade has com.
PEELED the Pacific Mail Co. 10 charter
another steamer TO go TO Aspinwall on
the 95th.
There is great excitement at FOrlham
College over the two attempts to assas.
sinatc student named RcnCil, of Saint
Louis, by IN unknown person.
Two hundred and forty thousand dol.
lars worth of Brooklyn Park bonds sold
to-day ut $l0lEa10903 with interest.
The resident agent of the Liverpool Il
London Insurance Co, states that the
allegations made in DclmarS paper, RI.
garling the company which he repre-.
scnts, arc utterly untrue.