The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-08-15
NEW YORK CITY.

NEW YORK, August 14-By the burn
ing Of Anteureith's factory in Central av
enue, Brooklyn, last evening, 175 mer
have been thrown out Of employment Al
average of 600 sewing machines werC
turned out daily, besides q large amoun
of chamber furniture, and considerable
number Of refrigerators. 1t is proposed
TO rebuild the factory Immediately.
Within the last three days twenty-five
vessels have been chartered in tho petro-
leum trade, with a carrying capacity Of
100000 barrels, and eighteen in the grain
trade with carrying capacity oi 100000
bushels Of grain.
Plat & Boyd, importers Of glassware,
against whom suit has been brought ia
recover 81 900 900 for under.valuatIone Of
goods, deny tue existence Of any intention
10 delraud the Government, implied by
the action of the Customs officers, and say
that proceedings were taken against them
merely 10 test the Interpretation oil the
statutes relating 10 the importation Of the
class Of goods involved. -.
Over 100 outbound vessels, OF all
classes, are at anchor inside the bar wait
Ing Tor the weather TO break. The wind
Is high yet, but the rain hes moderated.
A Washington dispatch says that late
last night the Secretary oi the Treasury
sent by q special messenger to Collector
Arthur, OF this port, orders for the imme.
dIate removal OF nearly one hundred Gus.
tom officers, some Of them occupying re-
sponslble places, on q charge OF fraud
and corruption, and that the dismissal ol
another lot Of dishonest officials Is ex-
pected In o few days.
Capt. Deddes. Ol the steamship
MoaS, says Of his meeting at sea with
Capt. Felburg, Of the steamer Ernst
Merritt Arndt: II did not refuse to tow
the Arndt because the offer OF her Captain
was too low, but because he would not
accept my proposition TO tow him In,
leaving the compensation to be settled by
our respective Companies upon our ar.
rival at New York. lie wanted to state
the figure then, which declined to do"
The funeral Of tho late George N. San.
ders took place to-day from st. Annes
Episcopal Church, Eighteenth street, near
Fifth avenue. The services were Of d
simple character. The coffin was OF rose.
wood, silver.mOunted, bearing the in
scription, "George N. Sanders, born Feb
ruary 81, 1879; died August 13, 1877" and
was covered with floral offerings. A
number Of distinguished persons from dill
terent parts Of the country were present.
The services were conducted by the RsX
Mr.. Chamberlain, assistant rector al 81.
Anne's. The pall.bearers were Algernon
s. Sullivan, John E. Ward, John Il. Gar
land, Beverly G. Sanders, Colonel White,
General James r. Anderson, DR.. Bayard,
and James ii. Ball. The body was taken
to Greenwood cemetery for interment.
The Police Commissioners 10 day
adopted q resolution allowing the Lc'
gion of st. Patrick to parade with arms,
as well as knights Templar, and will fur
nish police escort.
Although Assistant Secretary Sawyer
was In close consultation several hours
with Collector Arthur TO day, the latter
denies receiving instructions from the
Secretary of the Treasury to permanently
discharge q large number Of customs
inspectors. An officer Of the customs,
however, Is reported as saying today
that the report had some foundation, as q
recent large revenue case had implicated
a number OF clerks In dishonest practices.
A large number Of customs brokers, mer.
chants and Government inspectors were
at the Custom House to- day making anx-
lous inquiries relative to the report.
Notwithstanding the large fleet OF yes
sells which arrived to-day and this even.
ing none report any serious disaster from
the gale. All delayed mails arrived al
the poStofflce before 0 o'clock tonight.
The southern mail due at 6:30 this nom.
ing reached here at 9:45 P.M