The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-08-31
NEW YORK CITY.

NEW YORK, August 30.-Francis Nor
oney, q young stone cutter In First ave
nue., is reported TO have fallen heir to ar
English estate valued at $500, 1000.
Charles OConner was visited BY q
least q dozen reporters yesterday, but hi
refused to talk with any Of them, merely
observing that he has decided not tC
make known In advance his political pur.
poses, The Sun, however, says It Is set.
tied that he will mot accept the fusion
nomination for Governor. a7H..f.
Thomas Cornell, Of Rondout, prints q
card stating that the allegations against
him In Kingston dispatch yesterday, il
connection with fraudulent transactions
concerning the Kingston and Syracuse
Railroad, are all untrue. He also states
that suit has been commenced against the
directors Of that road for the malappro,
priaton Of two million dollars worth Of
stock. N 10 -
The Herald states that Gov. Curtin last
evening was much better,
George Kingsland, on arriving yester.
day from Europe, was arrested for the
emoezzlement Of the funds OF the Jersey
City National Bank. a.4
More robberies committed by the bur.
glar police officer Aiken, are being
brought to light. y H
Mrs. James Fisk, Jr., proprietor Of the
Opera House, refuses TO cancel the Erie
lease ot half Of the property made BY her
husband, and it accordingly has eleven
more years to run.
President Grant arrived here early this
morning and went to Long Branch.
A dispatch from Hyde Park, Pa, states
that one OF the breakers Of the Ebervale
Coal Company was burned last night.
NO lives were lost. Loss heavy; insured
for $4,000.
Gov. Curtin is still in a precarious con-
dlton. He was removed here from
Brooklyn to-day to secure better medical
treatment.
The application OF g. Granden, held
for dealing in obscene literature, to have
bis bail reduced, was denied by Commis.
siOner Osborne.
The funeral Of Henry Hall Ward, the
well known banker, was numerously at.
tended from his residence in Bond street,
to-day. The New York Society ot the
Cincinnati, OF which he was q member,
attended in body.
Charles Schaffer, an elderly man, who
was despondent over heavy losses from
the Chicago fire, committed suicide by
drowning at Jersey City to-day.
hiugsland, the defaulting bank teller Of
the Jersey City National Bank, was held
in $4,000 bail to-day. His father 10 his
bondsman.
The Times sixteenth excursion for the
poor children took place to-day, to Boon
ton, New. Jersey. Over 1,400 children
were taken from this city. An address
was delivered by Hon. John Hill, NJ, C.,
and responded to by George F. Williams,
manager OF the Times.
Arrived, the steamer Weser from Bre-
men. ......r
The London Times of the goth, SAYS the
foot and mouth disease is increasing
among the cattle to an alarming extent
Notwithstanding all Of the precautions
adopted. The official returns show an in.
crease Of over 1000 cases in the infected
districts for the past week.
The Telegraph Of the same date has the
following: Being now permitted to write
on the approaching interview between the
three Emperors, the Russian press gener.
ally draws hopeful aud peaceful auSuries
from the event. The GdLOeS, however,
hints that the Sclavonian and eastern cues.
tions will be brought on the tapis;that Rus.
sia though not greedy of conquest must see
Christian subjects Of the Porteprotected
from persecution and oppression, and that
an open declaration to this effect NAV be
made. The Papal encroachments in Ger.
many and the International will also af
ford points of discussion and combina.
tion. The sane paper says: Emperor
Napoleon has frankly indicated his views
with regard to the forthcoming interview
ot the three emperors at Berlin, the pres.
ent condition and prospects oil France,
and other topics Of the day. Referring
TO the Imperial assemblage, His Majesty
did not consider that it involved any
immediate threet or danger TO
the peace Of Europe. But he
did not conceal his belief that
more than mere compliment was intend.
ed by the unwonted meeting, and that
when each power had served It's own i'm.
mediate purpose by the help OF It's neigh.
bors, partnerships would be dissolved.
Napoleon the III. leaned somewhat Sc.
vercly on the protectionist views OF M
Theirs and his lavish expenditures of the
army, which he contrasted keenly with
his parsimOniOus views while in opposi.
ton under the Empire, and pretty plainly
hinted that despite the Presidents word
Of peace, his mind was bent on war.
The Liberal Republicans held primary
elections tonight and chose full delega.
ton from this city TO the Syracuse Con.
vcntion. Among the delegates elected
are Gen. John A. Foster, Whitelaw Reid,
Gen. John Cochrane, Waldo Hutchlns'
Gen. Henry A. Barnum, Orlando stewart
Samuel Sinclair, George P. Bradford
Charles <. Graham, Horatio N. Twemb.
ley, Freeman J. Fithean, William q, Raw.
ner, Gen. George W. Palmer, E. j. Squire
Christopher Pullman, ]. Nevans Hore-
man, Gen. V. Vanbrunt, Benz. Merritt and
Dan'l D. Conover. The Democrats also
elected delegates to their Convention at
Syracuse.
A Message From the Sea,