The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-28
NEW YORK CITY.

eSAuaJ % COuusel lUC 0hule Wilkinson IN
her suit for SEQ, 900 damages, for breach
Of promise Of marriage on tho part Of
Brick Pomeroy. The case was up on
preliminary questions. fH ..3..' NI
The prosecution Of the so called Geneva
Watch Company came up yesterday, be-
forc P0lice.Justice Ledwith. Aftef evi-
denCe was given showing the concern to
be selling bogus watches, the District
Attorney called to the stand as a witness
Ellis II. Elias. His objection to his testi.
lying Tor the prosecution was over ruled.
He admitted there was no such concern
as the Geneva Watch Company, and that
the firm names attached to their circulars
were fictitious. The case adjourned TO
Monday. 'a.
Yesterday was another day OF excite
ment In the Stock Exchange over the rise
In Erie, Financlers say the transactions
are mainly on the part oil the English
cnSpisSIlsS' M sIs who arc trying TO get hold Of
No testimony Of any great interest was
elected before the Judiciary Committee
last evening. A furniture dealer testified
that he had monogramed certain chairs
Tor the Erie company, "G. G. b." but the
committee declined to grant request to
search Barnard's house for these chairs.
A fire broke out In the Pierrepont
House, the principal hotel in Brooklyn,
to-day. Il is feared 1t may be wholly
destroyed. -''u0U
The Erie excitement was renewed this
morning. Stock suddenly tumbled from
60 to 90, owing to reported declines in
London. AS a consequence, many bull
spectators are slaughtered. M b.
The President Of the Farmers Trust
Company says he had registered 10000
shares OF Erie 10 the close OF the month,
and the total is 10000; not as many as
was formerly expected.
The now Health Officer, VandCrpoOl,
attended q meeting ofthe Board OF Health
to-day Tor the first time. He was ordered
10 commence suit In twelve cases for non.
compliance with the orders Of the Board
and to prosecute all persons for failing to
report cases Of smallpox. An inyestiga.
ton was ordered.
A motion was made 10 arrest Judgment
in the cases OF Charles Maxon and John
Talbot, convicted OF smuggling, on the
ground of want ofjurisdictiOn, the offense
having been committed in New Jersey.
The damage TO the Pierrepont House,
by the late fire, on building and furniture,
is probably 81 900; fully insured. l
The committee Of the Georgia Legis.
turc arrived here yesterday 10 take testi-
mony in regard 10 the conduct of the
absconded Ex-Governor Bullock, of that
State. The investigation will include
the Governors financial transactions with
the State agents. The proceedings will
be conducted in private.
A lawyer named Daniel G. Birdsall,
yesterday made IN assault upon ex.C Collec.
tor Of Internal Revenue, Rev. Thomas E.
Smith. Birdsall aflirms that Smith owes
him money for services growing out Of an
indictment trial
Ex-Judge Fullerton, of the Board orI
Health, has commenced the test case, the
accused being DR.. Moritz, to secure
punishment to physicians who do not
report cases OF small poX.
Atan enrolment Of Tammany, yester-
day, many negroes recorded themselves rs
adherents. I'5
A Tammany resolution is before the
Board Of Aldermen, authorizing citizens
to use Police and Civil District Courts, as
halls for the discussion Of any subject OF
public interest, not political, .li
Erie was the sensation OF the day
yesterday. No such excitement has been
witnessed on Wall street for years. Nu-
merous instances ore reported of negotia.
tions in stock having been made. The
number OF shares that changed hands Is
estimated at2OO,OO0. The opening price
Of 52per cent rapidly advanced in the
morning, and was stimulated under orders
to buy, telegraphed from Europe, until at
the close the price reached 90.
The World editorially says that ,Jay
Gould alone netted profit OF $3,240,0O0,
and expresses its suspicious that yester.
dry's business was but h feature of "a
great plot Of the Sickles' combination to
make colossal fortunes.
Elias Mcguire yesterday recovered
$24, ia in q suit against the Adams Ex.
press Company, the value Of box OF
watches shipped TO Memphis, Tenn, in
1868, and subsequently found in the lower
bay at this port. a. - 80
The Brooklyn Reform Committee pro,
pose 10 laKe legal measures to eject the
lncumbents in Office elected iraudulently
last November. I3u .g.TlHIf"E -,
The fur dressers are on a strike for high.
er wages. t.''
y A spicy debate took place in the State
Senate at Albany to-day on the charter
Senator O'Brien created sensation by
denouncing Comptroller Green and Com.
missioner Van Mort as tools ofSthe ring,
and promised to leave tho Senate and 90
home when the charter bin was passed.
It Is stated that the Judiciary Commit.
tee Is in possession Of the exhibit OF the
banking account Of Judge Cardoza, show.
ing at various times drafts made by Gratz
Nathan, Cardoza's receiver, and CORES.
ponding deposits ofamounts by the Judge
The total of the transactions reaches about
$4,000. s-G '11'a ID -
The New York Custom House Investi.
eating Committee this afternoon examined
Robert B. Cathelwood relative 10 Leet's
General Order business, and then ad.
journed until Monday, when VIM. Orion
and several others will be examined.
The Supreme Couucil of the Scotch
Rite Masons will probably meet at Louis
vile or, May 10th, instead of San Fran.
cisco.
There is considerable interest in Treas
ury circles as 10 the ultimate result ofthe
Investigation into the official conduct of
the Comptroller, of the Currency. Secrc-
tary Boutwell, had an interview to-day
with the President, and presented writ
ten statement Of the Comptroller. This
statement will be fully considered before
any official action will be taken. fi
The Republican Senators, at Albany,
held a caucus this evening, and 1t Is un.
derstood that tho vote on expelliag
Senator Wood failed, on the ground that
the testimony does not warrant expulsion.
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