The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-12-31
NEW YORK CITY.


NEW YORK, Dec. 3O.-Early this morn
ing a fire broke out in the five story
building No. 60s Green street, and before
the ilamesiwere cxtinguished damage was
done 10 the amount Of nearly 100000.
Sarner 6 Brothers, dealers In caps and
filrs, loose 100000; Thomas ]. Cooke &
Co., and ]. Wood, commission houses,
$40 900 each, and Sylvester, Brush Il Co.
dealers in furA 100000. The building
was damaged 10 the amount Of $4,000.
THE cAsE LOOKING WORSE FOR JORDAN,
MARsH co.
A dispatch from Boston says; A couple
Of years ago three OF the leading import
ing houses in New York discovered that
Jordan, Marsh 6 Co. were selling Ger.
tain class Of goods al IS per cent lower
than they could possibly be purchased in
Europe and imported into this country.
This fact was reported 10 the proper
officers, and close watch was kept upon
their operations at this port, At about
the time the firm was suspected It took
into It's employ q young man named
+ q Tanbnon, who was Immediately
installed as custom house clerk Of all the
establishment and the books and foreign
importation department were placed en-
tirely under his control. Jackson admits,
according TO the dispatch, that during
the two years he has been employed by
the firm he has al the same time drawn
handsome salary as secret service
officer Of the Treasury Department. In
seven cases Jackson asserts there ia indis-
putable evidence Of the guilt Of tho firm
and the fines imposed upon conviction
will moi DO less than 81 500 900, and 1t is
possible this amount may be Increased In
consequence OF developments from the
investigation now in progress.
A HERALD ATFACHE JUMPS OVERHEARD.
William B. Stevens, Of the New York
Herald and o passenger on the steamship
City Of San Antonio from Key West
jumped overheard during the voyage and
was drowned.
DEBRIS OF TnR PANIC NEARLY RNDRD.
Loan certificates outstanding 1885,
900; decrease, $4Sj, 900 since yesterday.
THE vTRGINIUs PRISONERS.
The released Virginius prisoners Odsy
passed vote Of thanks 10 Commander
Braine and other officers Of the Juniaia.
Engineer Knight OF the Virginius a8id
the original sentence at Santiago was
that the entire crew be hung al the yard
arm, but that the captain Of the Isabella
Catolica, did not wish such spectacle 10
be made OF his vessel, and obtained q
change Of sentence 10 death by shooting
and Communication Of that for II Of the
crew TO the chain.gang. Knight, two OF
the QuarlermastGrs and one Of the oilers
were accordingly sentenced 10 the chain.
gang for lie, and the other 13, all Of
whom were boys, 10 Sand II years hard
labor on the gang. A lie sentence Of
this kind was regarded as worse than
death.
NOT TO BE DISCHARGED.
The report that largo number ol men
would be discharged from the Navy. Yard
Wednesday next Is said 10 be untounded,
orders received from Washington merely
directing tho head departments at tho
yard 10 discharge the workmen as cir
cumstRncea may permit. There are now
$500 WorEmen employed at the yard, be.
sides about 500 in the employ Of outside
contractors. The appropriations are only
sufficient TO keep sixteen hundred men at
work, but q considerable number will be
kept engaged all winter.
AAIADMINISTRATION OF COMMISSIONERS.
The Supervisors OF Brooklyn report
that the Commissioners Of Charities have
sQuandered $4,000 in the last four years
by buying supplies miserable in quality.
The committee recommend that Governor
Dix remove tho whole board. The inves.
tigation into the affairs oil the aims house
in tho same city develops the most shame.
tul state Of affairs as regards the treat
ment Of the inmates, both old and young.
A statement is made that the doctor in
this institution goes TO work with sharp
surgical Instruments to perform difficult
operations when he Is so drunk 6s 10 be
scarcely able to stand.