The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-11-03
NEW YORK CITY.

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The lowest amount ever held was 3d.
$4,000. -
Young Walworth has wri,,pna p lettel
from Sing Sing to the keeper Of th'
Tombs, in which he says: "Please inform
Ned Stokes we are going to get up q first
rate reception for him in this glorious In
stitution, as soon as he puts on the uni
form and has his hair cut in fashion"
The failure OF James II. Gordon, stoch
broker. is announced.
Stokes has departed for Sing Sing.
Fl. B. Claflin & Co. notified the assessed
banks Today that they were not In need
Of any assistance.
Specie shipments to-daysamounted tc
1884 900, In silver bars.
The export trade was never in better
Condition than at present, at least all The
steamers leaving are loaded to their ut
most capacity, and rates were never high
or than now. The import trade has fallen
away to almost nothing, and the steamers
arriving are often but half full. This fall:
ing of is especially noticeable in the
amount Of dry goods imported.
The house OF 81. B. .Claflin & Co, Is
freely spoken ofthis morning as in trouble.
II Is stated that an adjourned meeting oil
those interested in this house will be held
at noon to-day.
The bricklayers and masons will meet
tonight and determine whether or not
they will accept the situation and agree to
the reduction Of wages decided upon by
their employers.
The bricklayers Of Washington have
commenced strike.
Stocks have fallen of and the bank
Of England has fixed the rates at s per
cent. At this time nobody seems to see
the end.
The Springfield Republican, in review
Of the many factories in that section.
notes a general reduction of time and
wages, the whip and cigar interests only
escaping. .,.
A delegation oil Crow Indians are stop.
ping at the Grand Central Hotel.
At Prospect Park to-day, Judge Fuller
ton, American Girl and Camors trotted
for purse Of $500. American Girl
won the first heat, Fullerton the second,
third and fourth. Time, 2:25i, 2:21, 2:22,
2:23t. A match was Immediately made
between American Girl and Fullerton.
The servant girl who caused the arrest
Of Capt. Smith, OF Patchogue, on the
charge Of poisoning his wife, Is TO be
prosecuted Tor perjury and poisoning. 1t
ia alleged that In Boston and Syracuse
she made groundless charges for the pur-
pose OF blackmailing, against her en-
ployers. :,
A concert tonight for the benefit Of
the sufferers in Memphis, netted q con-
siderable sum. :,
On enquiry Of the freight officers Of
the leading railroads, 1t was ascertained
that their freight business was suffering
severely from financial disturbance, and
In many cases Railroad Companies were
largely cutting down expenses by reduc-
tion OF wages and discharge OF workmen.
Nearly three hundred men are thrown
out of employment BY the partial suspen'
sion OF work at tho Planet Mills.
An extensive carpet weaving establish.
ment in South Brooklyn, 1t Is said, will be
closed alter Thursday next.
The reducing OF mason's wages began
to-day. Fifty.three Of the men at work
on the Delaware & Hudson Canal Com
pany's building struck. The laborers on
the same Job also struck.
The iunreal OF Rev. DR.. John Bundley,
D. D., Of England, known In this country
az an opponent Of Charles Bradlaw, took
place from st. Luke's Hospital.
The funeral services over the remains
of John @. Eenan will be held tomorrow
in the Church Of the Holy Innocents,
after which the body will be conveyed to
Albany for interment.
Boxes will be at the different polling
places on election day for contributions in
aid Of Memphis. Barnum's intended bene.
fit for the same purpose has been post.
poned, owing to ottelegrams stating that no
money was needed.
James Deloso, the center one OF the
jurors in Stokes case, was arrested TO.
night and lodged in the cell occupied BY
Stokes after the shooting Of Fisk. The
Grand Jury Is believed to have indicted
him for disregarding his obligations as
NEw York, Nov. 2.-Senator Schurz,
accompanied by his travelling companion,
MIR. Joseph Tultzer, of st: Louis, arrived
from Europe yesterday, and lett for Wash
ington to-day.
The rate for the purchase Of silver was
Yesterday reduced at the United States
Assay office from 120 to 11S per standard
ounce. During the day q 900 ponnds OF
gold was received for coinage.
The Board Of Aldermen, yesterday, re-
considered the resolution appropriating
two and q half millions to the Industrial
Exhibition Company, and laid the resolu-
tion on the table. ..-,
The funeral Of the late John O. Heenan
took place to-day from the Church Of the
Holy Innocence, where solemn high mass
was offered. The remains were then
taken to Albany by special train.
The Secretary OF the Employers Asso.
citation report that nearly all the men
were at work yesterday, IS before, at re-
duced wages, and he has no doubt those
absent will soon return. BE says If 30
ciety men do not submit TO reduced pay
their places can be filled by outsiders.
The central meeting Of the brlcklayers'
association was held last night,
but the proceedings arc not yet made
public The members express the con-
viction that the Societies will adhere to
the old scale Of prices.
Five hundred hands were discharged
from the Danforth Locomotive Works OF
Paterson, New Jersey last night.
Nearly the entire force have been dis
charged from the Grant Locomotive
Works, same city.
The salaries Of the men at Rogers
Works have. been reduced flRy.eight
cents q day, so as to make II equivalent 10
the proposed reduction at Paterson. The
manufacturers consider there Is little pros.
pect Of improvement during the winter.
It is said that over three hundred Eng
lish mechanics, OF Peterson, N. j have