The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-06
NEW YORK CITY.

NEW YORK CITY.
New YoRK, July 5.-The intense hea,
yesterday prostrated many OF the militiS
men while paradlpg the streets, somC
sixteen Of them lett the ranks sunstruCk
many oi whom will die, scarcely half O
tho number that set out returned witt
the command. -- L|F
At tho Tammany celebration here the
Hons. Jas. Brooks, s. 8. Cox, w. r. Rob.
erts and Others made speeches. The ban
quet terminated the exercises. In the
evening the society 'oi the Cincinnatus
celebrated the day by banquet, previous
to which business meeting was held
resolutions Of regret at the death Of Gen.
Anderson were adopted.
At six yesterday evening two trains on
the Southside r. R., Long Island collided
between Fresh Pond Bush.trick station
one train had stopped to avoid running in.
to other. A telescoping Of the engines
took place. Three persons were killed and
many injured. At the time of tn coils.
ion the passengers were jumping from the
cars. Amid the excitement the suffering
were for a long time without water OF
physicians. t--
! There were about thirty.five fires dur.
ing the day, none of which were very SO.
rious.
Twenty.iour persons died from the
effect Of the heat. Ninety.seyen cases OIL
sbnstroke were reported.
Twenty.seven were wounded from the
careless use of firearms and fireworks,
The thermometer reached 0S degrees
in the shade at twelve O'Clock.
Numerous sunstroke deaths from heat
are also reported In Brooklyn.
Two more thieves escaped from the
Tombs last night.
An inquest was held today by Coroner
Schiermer in the case of Edward Burke,
one Of the firemen who died from injuries
received by the explosion at No. IS Lib.
erty street, on the 22d Of June, caused by
ether dripping through the floor and
becoming ignited from the gas Jet below.
The jury returned verdict that Burke
came to his death from exhaustion from
menengitis and burns caused by the ex.
plosion Of spirits ofnitrous ether, and we
severely Censure A. N. Lyons, owner OF
said building, for not making the neces.
sary repairs to the floor alter having been
repeatedly notified.
There has been 10 deaths in Brooklyn
from cholera inIantum within tho past
five days.
The exports tomorrow are estimated
at 100000.
Mrs. Nelson Row and her son, Frank,
died to-day, OF injuries received on the
South Side Railroad. 1t Is clearly estab-
lished that the accident occurred by the
culpable disobedience of the rules Of the
company by Conductor Rathbone.
The Long Branch meeting, which
closed to-day, has been the most success
iul ever held in America, which Is attrib.
uteble in q great degree, TO the untirlng
exertions Of the principal owner oil the
course, John F. Chamberlain. The new
grading OF the tracks makes 1t one of the
finest in the country.
The band OF the Grenadier Guards
gave concert tonight at tue Academy
of Music, before one OF the largest audi.
enccs ever assembled in the city. The
reception accorded them was the most
enthusiastic throughout, the audience re-
peatedly encoring and manilesting appro.
baton. When the "Star spangied BAN
ner'' was. played, the audience rose en-
maSSe, and there ensued o scene Of great
enthusiasm. They cheered again and
again. The band next played "Yankee
Doodle" and "God save the Queen" the
audience applsuding the latter with the
same enthusiasm which had greeted the
American airs. Horace Greeley was
present and attracted considerable atten-
tion. -N" e
The New York Times of the 9th, will
contain the full particulars of the consoli-
dation Of the Erie and New York Central
Railroad Companies, and consolidation Of
the English stockholders, who have elect
ed Commodore Vanderbilt, President,
with unrestricted powers. The freight
and passenger tariffs west and north, are
to be raised.
This morning Margeret Elliot, No. 1888
Stanton street, during fit Of temporary
insanity, seized her daughter Jane, aged
II; by the throat, and held on to her until
she was strangled. The mother was ar.
rested.
The band Of the English Grenadier
Guards, arrived here this morning. They
give a concert tonight at the Academy Of
Music, and leave for Europe tomorrow.
The heat to-day has been intense. The
death rate has only slightly decreased.
There has been upward of one thousand
deaths from all causes this week, up to
last night.
John P. Bigelow, ex.Mayor of Boston,
died yesterday, aged "a. nif I,
The French band will have a compli-
mentary dinner tomorrow at the Calren.
don and leave for New York in the even.
ing.