The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-16
NEW YORK CITY.

NEW YoRK, March ia meeting OF
tho Paint and Color manufacturers was
held here yesterday, at which protest
was made against the proposed alteration
in the tariff, and the free list was con.
demned. A permanent organization was
effected. m III
At White Plains, West Chester county,
an attempt was made TO poison a family
named Ackcrman, composed Of eight per-
sons, by impregnating the spring well
with arsenical poison.
II Is thought that an entirely new line
of procedure will be adopted In the Hall
trial. New witnesses will be summoned
and the old ones discarded.
A mass meeting Of tho citizens was
held In Brooklyn last night, at which the
report Of tho Reform Committee was
presented, showing up the frauds in the
election held In November last. Address.
es were made by prominent citizens.
Upon the opening Of the Hall trial to.
day, tho counsel Tor tho prosecution said,
that owing to the death Of Juror, the
first thing necessary would be the dis.
charge Of the present jurors, and then an
extension Of the term Of court. The coun.
sci for the defence said the question would
admit Of n doubt as TO whether tho court
could extend It's term. After discussion
the court extended its term to Thursday
next. When the court meets Monday the
power oi extension will be further dis.
cusscd.
Judge Cardozo to-day set Wednesday
for the trial Of Haggcrty and Baulch, ac-
cused Of abstracting city vouchers; pro-
vided that ex.Comptroller Connolly
appear against them, otherwise the pris.
oncrs will be bailed.
p A report circulated that strikes were
impending among the laborers for the first
OF April, traced 10 the Internationals,
proves to be false.
The examination of the Brussels mur-
derer and robber case was continued to-
day. Petroyc Halet, in Philadelphia,
wherc Noght stopped when he first came
to this country, was placed on the stand
and corroborated tho testimony given by
previous witnesses from Belgium.
The jury in the case of Donelson US.
VIM. Triellman, Wall street broker, to.
day rendered a verdict for defendant for
$1,000. ....
Sigcl and Jacob Chase, real estate
brokers, were arrested to-day on bench
warrant. They were charged with OBJ.
tNining one thousand dollars worth of
saddlery from B. +. Mehals on thepretext
Of conveying TO him farm worth ten
thousand dollars, on which there was no
encumbrance but small mortgage, when
the investigation showed that the farm
was covered beyond its value. There Is
said to be regular ring engaged in this
kind Of swindling.
By q statement of the Grand Treasurer
Of the Odd Fellows Lodge OF this State,
they have expended over 100000 for
the relief of Western sufferers.
The examination into the charges
against the Judges was resumed by the
Judiciary Committee this A. NJ, and re.
lated chiefly to tho charges against Judge
Barnard Of granting exorbitant allowances
to the counsel and receivers. Among the
witnesses summoned to-day was Jay
Gould.
Burglars were found in an unoccupied
house belonging 10 FRANCIS Tlllen, last
night, at Nyack. A party of young men
entered the house and attempted to cap
ture tho burglars, two Of whom escaped,
and the third was chased out on the roof
and shot dead, on refusing to surrender.
The sale o! the effects Of the Central
Savings bank has been indefinitely post
poned by request Of the directors.
Jay Gould has resigned as b director OIL
the Eric Railroad, and his resignation was
accepted.
The Judiciary Committee Of Investiga.
ton met 10 inquire into the charges
against Judge Barnard. Among the
witnesses was Jay Gould, who said that
tho accusations of corruption against
Barnard in the Eric suits were un.
founded.
Alta meeting Of the citizens tonight,
the report Of the Committee which had
been sent to Titusville, recommending
the construction OF an Independent road
to the oil regions, was adopted, and the
committee instructed to apply through
the city council to the Legislature, to
bond the city in million dollars to build
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