The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-01-10
NEW YORK CITY.


NEW YORK, January 9.-At New Ha
ven yesterday at the first annual meeting
Of the stockholders oi the New York
New Haven s. Hartford Railroad Com
pauy, since the consolidation OF the two
lines, one Of the stockholders charged
that something like $500, 600 Of the iundE
Of the road were unsccounted for. HiE
reason for inquiry, however, failed to pass
The news Of the death OF the Ex'Em-
peror Napoleon, which was received IL
this city before nine o'clock this morning
was not wholly unexpected, from the ten.
or oi tho dispatches yesterday. 1t issel'
dom that a man at 80 advanced an age al
Napoleon's, his being now sixty five
has recovered from such illness. Many
have wondered that the Emperor allow
ed himself 10 undergo series oI opera
tions which have thus resulted in bis
death.
Messrs Phelps, Dodge q Co., publish
3 card saying they expect to make sat.
tsEactory explanation Of the suit against
them. The charge against them is for
undertaking invoices. The amounts
claimed to be due the government, are
estimated to be very large, some accounts
placing them at much over o million dol
lars. There are various conflicting state
ments as 10 a settlement shaving been
agreed upon by the payment to the gov
eFnment of the amounts due, with com.
promise of penalties for 5000, 1000.
The news OF the death Of ex Emperor,
Napoleon was issued in an extra this
morning. Wall street received it without
special emotion. Tho public generally
were unmOved,
Thcgovernment sold 81 100000 of gold
to-day ut 1880.
In The case Of Miss shotwell against
Brooker, to day, the complainant failed
to appear and the case was put off till
tomorrow.
Three additional jurors were obtained
to-day In tho Tweed case, viz: Dennison
K. Parker, ex.pOliceman; Patrick j. Kee.
ney, 18th Division, 1st street, toy mer'
chant; Richard Dawson, 452 Greenwich
street, liquor dealer.
The counsel Tor Stokes is still engaged
in preparing bill OF exceptions. Stokes
says the bill will be presented at the gen.
eral term Of the Court Of Oyer and Ter.
miner, Wednesday next, and he has no
doubt new trial will be granted.
John Harrington, who attempted to
kill Julia Smith a few weeks ago, was
convicted to-day in the General Sessions
and sentenced TO ten years in the State
prison
The second trial of Fanny Hyde for
tue murder of George Watson, In Brook
lyn sometime ago, takes place on the 3Oth.
She is now at large on bail and in very
poor health.
Geo. Taylor Bradbury, q large dry
goods dealer in the Bowcry, and Henry
P. Sturges were arrested to day, charged
with taking silks valued, at $4 500 from
the steamer Wyoming on the 18th of Oc-
tobcr. Sturges had offered some silk for
sale, which was identified as part OF the
lot missing. When he was arrested he
explained that he got the silk from Brad
bury, hence the arrest Of the latter.
Henry Ward Bcecher tonight, in his
lecture on compulsory education, advo-
Gated female suTerage and the compelling
of parents to send their children to school.
The billiard match for the champion
ship OF America and diamond cue, to-
night, was won by Dion. Score 1900 to
Days 1,47O. The largest runs Of Dion
were 1866, 141, 1874 and l05. Dsly's were
1877, 1853, III, 90, 1914 and 10S. FiIty.nine
innings were played. The audience was
large and orderly.
Mrs. Woodruff and Col. Blood were
arrested this morning, and locked up in
the Ludlow street jail, on the new ildtct.
ment of circulating obscene literature
through the mails.
The Liberal Republican General Com
mittee for 1878, was organized tonight
by the reelection Of Thos. E, Stewart, as
chairman. Resolutions were adopted
censuring the action Of the administration
regarding the Louisiana difficulty, charg-
ing President Grant with despotism, and
declaring his policy as tending to the dis
ruption Of the Republic.
At the annual meeting Of the Union
League Club, held this evening, Jos. q.
Choate was elected President The roll
of membership contains 400. The death
OF members during the past year has been
twenty, among whom were Horace Gree
ley, Jno A. GrisWold, Geo. P. P1tna IN,
Geo. @. sattelle and ]. s. Kensett