The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-09-11
NEW YORK CITY.

NEW YORK, sept lu.J7A call lor
public meeting TO protest against the
official conduct OF Comptroller Green In
retarding the course Of public improve
ments, and 10 request his removal by tht
Mayor; Is circulated. One. has received
the signatures Of o number Of property
owners. lst Iwp4lt. lgf y iha7'l i.fJsil ]
On examination Of $500 pass books o.
the Hoboken Savings Bank, 1t hiss been
discovered, that there is o deficiency o.
$113,O00. There remains to be balanced
thirteen hundred books, and II the losl
upon these ahould be equally large, Klein.
mans deialcation would be near $150, 600
The bank now owes its depositors $3.50,
600, and will fall short Of paying It's debts
about $83000. 3ilI st
sRNATE COMMITTEE on TRANSPORTATION
The U. s. Senate Committee on Trans
portation met to-day at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel. Present = Senators Window,
Warner, Sherman, Davis, Conkllng and
Conover. Absent-Senators Cassidy,
Mitchell and Ames,t The whole Lot this
afternoons session will be devoted top pre-.
limipary business and the organization oi
the committee. ~ aita 1ias r-ift O.
IMPORTANT wrTNKss, AGAINST STOKES.
The detectives yesterday arrested In
this city Mrs. Muncie; X. Burton, widow
OF the late General Burton, oi the Confed.
crate service, and who Is an important
witness In the Stokes case, she being the
person, tits said, who saw Stokes throw
away bis pistol after the shooting. She
has been looked for since Flax was shot.
+. ~ BUTTER AND CHEESE. N4'"' -,
The Butter and Cheese Exchange was
formally opened to-day. Ex.Goy. Sey-
mour, Hon. Erastus Brooks, and Others
made addresses. The members claim
they should have Q, membership OF y. 900
from oil parts OF the country. . The tad-
mission fee Is $25.. The officers are Wal.
ter 8. Fairfield, President; Joel D. Hun
ter, John N. M.iWebb, M. ,Falsom, and r.
8. Doty, Vice Presidents; Henry n. Nor
gan. Treasurer: II. r. Pierce, Secretary.
An organization was effected june A,h ,
over one hundred and forty firms SUBJ
scribing. ,n, ifs
Theiirial oi The memb1rs of the Board
Public Works o. Jersey City, TOR NAL.
faasance In office, resulted in y verdict Of
not guilty. u
The st. Louis crickcters finished the
cricket match to-day, beating the St:
George by 80 runs. The match has pro-
duced good feeling between the clubs,
and it Is probable that the St George will
return the visit next year. The Missouri.
ans leave for Philadelphia, tomorrow,
for battle with the Young American
and Germantown cricket clubs: z
The Tribune has q letter from Judge J.
Holt, who was Judge Advocate General
In the Surrat trial In which he replies to
q statement made by recent correspon-
dent OF that paper. Judge Holt denies the
statement that Mrs. ,Surratt was man
acled during her trial and refers 70
o letter Of Gen. J. F. Hartranit who
was Marshal Of the court and In whose
custody Mrs. Surratt was. In reply
to which Hartranft states that she was
not manacled while In his charge, and
no thought Of manRcling her was ever en-:
by any one In authority; and
Iurther, Hartrantt received letter from
The daughter of Mrs. Surratt, who was
with her mother during her trial, thank.
Ing him for his kind treatment to her
mother and herself. Judge Holt also denies
the correspondents assertion that Reyer.
dy johnson was driven from the defence
Of Mrs. Surratt, and states that Mi. John.
son appeared on the trial, avowing II to
be his purpose to discuss only the legal
question as to the Jurisdiction OF the com.
mission to try the prisoners, and having
done this he voluntarily withdrew.