The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-15
Gossip from the Metropolis.

Cool Wsdther-S0eiety NeuS-A hews-
paper Understanding about Him
Beecher ScGnddl-CIoSe Of The Lnuestigd
tIon-DramatIe MattsrS-"BsLS Lamar"
-RctO actors, etc, etc.
Special correspondence OF tho IntC!NgeneeE.
NRw YORK, August 9, 1874
The chilly air and frcshening breeze Of
the past few days have united to bring
back to Gotham an immense influx Of
rustic stragglers. From Long Branch,
Saratoga, Uatskill, up the Hudson, and
from the numerous sequesteIed hooks IN
Jersey, comes the invIgorated multitude
back TO the city with its turmoil and
traffic, its bustle and confusion. At noon
yesterday the thermometer indicated rs
degrees, and the highest point reached al
any time during the week, thus far, was
SO degrees. So you can form an idea oi
the delightful weather we are expe-
riencing. The "oldest inhabitanp al
firms that this summer is the coldest we
have had in probably dozen years, and
this Is pretty generally conceded to be a
fact. l believed do not exsggerate when
| say that light overcoats were in requisi.
ton few evenings since. With the cool
weather comes reviviDg hope In trade; in
fact, hope Is what o large share Of our
merchants live on during the summer sea.
son. 1t is really queer sight, when
promenading Broadway, to glance into
the extensive salesrooms which line that
thoroughfsre, and see them almost entire.
| ly deserted;-litlle, or absolutely nothing
going on. Inactivity, In Q more or less
degree, pervadcs every department oi
commerce during the heated term.
SOCIETY
Ia at an extremely low ebb. The last
wedding Of any note took place about O
fortnight ago, but as the event came off In
q quiet and unostentatious manner 1t can
hardly have been considered Of much i'm.
portance BY that distinguished inexorablC
autocrat, Miss Grundy." The contract
ing parties on the happy occasion, al
which have limited, were Mr.. Frank
Leslie and Miss Miriam F. Squier. The
name and fame Of Mr.. Leslie are world
wide. BE is the proprietor Of one OF the
most complete newspaper publishing
houses In the country, from the presses o.
which are issued upwards Of q dozen jour,
nails. ! give you the names o.
the principal ones: WuItrdtSd NetoI
paper, German Illustrated, Chimne,
Corner, LGdy'S journal, Boys and GirLi
Weekly, You"g American aud lays Do
ino1 (WeekliesG and the Budget Of Fun
Pleasant HOur,, LGdy's AG0GEinG, Joll,
Joker and Boys Of America, (uonthlies) J
Mr.. Leslie Is therefore emphatically i
newspaper prince" Although hiG
papers do not display vast amount o
erudition or originality, still they are, L
say the least, interesting compilations
and are literally appreciated and pstro'
nized by the mssses,-ior whom they arr
chiefly intended. In ingenuity and en-
terprise, Frank Leslie stands perhaps, un
rivalled in his profession. Miss Squiel
, has some reputation 10 literary circles Al
q contributor 10 several Of the Weeklits
, The marriage took place Of 3d. Thomas
, Church Filth Avenue and Fiity.thirC
street, and Immediately after It the new
couple left for Interlaken, Mr.. Lesliei
: charming villa at Saratoga. The
BERcuER-TILToN
= scandal still draws its slow length along
, to the infinite disgust Of the respectabI
> portion Of the community. II Is hope
, that speedy termination oI the invest
: CATION may takc place, and the committe
have also announced their concurrence 1
this desire. 30, perhaps, ere this reache
Q you the verdict will have been given I
i the world, either adjudgiug as innocer
Q or removing from his honorable and use
o iul post rs guilty, one Of the represents
;. tive ministers ol the land. A Brookly
4 paper, in It's issue Of few days ago, bra1t
r cd Tiltnn as lunatic, and attempted I
Q prove that insanity Is hereditary In hi
: family. The article referred 10 create
: an intense sensation, but nothing NOR
h IS the people hereAbouts do not incline /
0 view Tilton In that light
b The managers OF the