The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-01-01
NEW YORK CITY.
OPENING OF THE METHODIST CHURCH
MEXICO.

OPENING OF THE METHODIST CHURCH I,
MRXICo.
New York, Dec. GA dispatch from
the City Of Mexico says the first Method
ist church there has been opened.
NO FURTHER PROCEEDINGS m THR vtR-
GHHrUs CASE. I,
The District Attorney says that nc
iurther proceedings will be taken In The
case OF the Virginlus. It is NOT iikelv
The vessel will ever be raised, and II i
9eemed requisite that the vessel should
% produced before she could be lIbelled;
Government officers say that whatever
may have been the relations OF Mr., PAT.
sSSteOn ~ inc Snaa oil her registration.
tAere was abundance or Psoof tSai ha 20
not owner at the time OF her capSurs " y
REDUCTION OF WAGES.
1t is said the Central Railroad of New
Jersey Is about to reduce the paw OF lie
employees 10 per cent.
uNIyERsAL SYSTEM OF wR1aKrs.
An association has been formed here
lor taking into consideration the various
questions relative TO meteorological re-
forms. and the adoption Of an i1nfVersal
system OF weights, measures and values.
STOCK EXCHANGE ADJOURNED.
The Stock Exchange was adjourned
AZ one o'clock to-day TIL Friday morning.
.. SALES OF COAL.
The regular monthly sales Of Scranton
coal took place to-day, as follows: Steam.
boat, 5000 tons, "a 90; CRATE, Il, 900 tons.
"a S5a4 80; egg, 10000 tons, S5 1Oa5 so
stove, $4,000 tons, $5 25a5 ST. chestnut
IO,OO0 tons, 20a4 27f. There Is con.
siderable decline in prices compared with
the November sales.
TRIAL OF Rx.sENAToR GRAHAM, r
The trial Of Senator Graham, CHARGED
WITH the misappropriation of the sum OF
$S00, 900. funds Of the Waikiki National
Bank, Of which he was President. WaS
concluded to-day. The defense called no
witnesses, and the court directed he iurv
TO give a verdict of guilty on the testi-
mony produced, which was done. and
Graham was remanded for sentence
SENTENCED FOR TEN YEARS.
Jim Cusick, known as the 9Th ward
man'eater, has been sentenced to ten wears
u tne State Prison.on q charge OF assault
with intent to kill convict while he hiHa-
,alf HaS serVtug Term on BlackWell'a
Island.
ACCEPTED THE PRoPosRD REDUCTION.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31,-AItwo o,cIocl,
committee from the engineers Of the
Pennsy ylvania Railroad waited upon Mr..
Barker, Assistant Superintendent in Jer-
'ey City, and reported that the engineers
d the New York division, numbering |
l36, had decided to accept the proposed |
teductlon and would not strike, but would |
present remonstranCe to President
Thompson asking that when business i'm.
proves the present rates be restored.
The engineers OF the eastern division
d the Pennsylvania Railroad have been
n session in Jersey City the past three
hours endeaVoring to decide whether or
not they will strike tomorrow. The en-
Sineers, pilots and other ferry hands of the
reported this morning that thew
lcceeded to the reduction Of ten per cent
IN their salaries.
'AssENGERs AND CREW OF THE VIRGIN
IUs.
The greater number Of the rescued
passengers and crew of the Virpinius
IT'LL remain In Cuban restraint in Pine
treet. Nearly all however, have made ar.
to join either their friends or
and in lew days they will
all have been dispersed. Many
,resents Of clothes and money were re-
,etVed to-day for the ex-captfves, chiefly
rom active sympathizers with the Cuban
'ause.
JURY DISCHARGED.
The Jury in the case Of Maggie Jourdan,
.harged with assisting in the escape OF
sharkey, the convicted murderer, from the
Combs, failed to agree and were dis
iharged. : i