The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-10-22
A MESSAGE FROM rHR DIAD.

HOLLAND, Mich October 2l.-Late las
night trunk came ashore near Crane
Haven, containing papers, jeweIry, cloth
ing and an insurance policy In the namI
OF B. F. Sweet, Braidwood, Illinois. TIL,
wind Is from the north this morning anC
light A large number Of persons have
gone out searching tho shore between
SangatuCk and Grand Haven.
The body OF boy was found near Porl
Sheldon yesterday, and has been i1enti
fled az that Of the oldest boy Of John 0s.
borne. A tug, supposed to be the Gov.
ernment tug Graham, came down, from
Grand Haven about II o'clock this morn.
ing. When about eight miles out form
our harbor she was signalled by pass.
ing brig and stopped, and as near as
could be ascertaiued by aid OF the glass
lowered her boat aud picked up some
thing, and then turned and went back to.
ward Grand Haven. The brig went on
south.
Prof. Scott, Of Hope College, has jnst
shown the Associated Press correspon.
dent a leaf from diary or pass book,
found attached TO a piece OF the moulding
OF tho cabin by small nail. 1t is badly
chaied and water soaked, but by the aid oil
a glass one can make out the writing,
which isas follows: .....
"0h! this Is terrible! The steamer ia
breaking up last. l am aboard from
Grand Haven TO Chicago.
"GEo. CONNER"
The last two letters oil the name are very
faint, and the name may be "Connell."
Manager Hall, OF Grand Haven, states
that tug arrived there with three
bodies, one, Fred Spseth, Of Grand Rap.
ids; one, Montgomery Crassnan. oil Grand
Haven, and the other, lady, supposed to
be Mrs. Rev. Farrell Hart, Of White
Pigeon,
PARTIAL LIST OF THE LOST.
GRAND HAVEN, October 2i.-The follow
ing are supposed, by inquiring friends,
to have been on the Alpena: E. Mills, OF
East Michigan, on his way to Topeka, Ks,
where be was TO have been married
to-day. His friends and parents live ip
Marshall, Michigan. W. ". Wallace aud
wife, Milwaukee; Isaac Bush and wife,
Rockford, Mich; sister OF Mr.. Dibble, Ui
Muskegou, Michigan. Mr.. Crossman's
watch was stopped at 1850. 1t was sup.
posed the steamer foundered about that
limo Saturday forenoon. The body found
near Pigeon Greek this morning proves
By letter to be that OF Fred Sperthe, Of
Grand Rapids. The tug Graham has ar
arrived bringing the bodies OF NJ. Cross
man, Grand Haven; S. B. Cole, Evans
town, Ills and sis or OF Frank Holbrook,
In l. nj hA u fn NJ
other bodies found.
THE STEAMER SAID TO BE uNsEAwoRTHY.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, October 2l.-A Chicago
special dispatch from Holland comments
on the character Of the wreckags OF the
Alpena which came ashore there. 1t Ia
stated that there are in some caseD abso.
lutely rotten timbers, aud that 1t Is con.
Sidered remarkable that she had not gone
to pieces sooner. The people who saw the
condition OF the timber that tloated in
were highly indignant II Is fair to say
that 1t is claimed, in behalf OF the Goodrich
Company, that many OF the pieces OF wood
which came ashore were not parts o! the
Alpena wreck, Mrs. Senior, whose son was
last on the vessel, has hOsn on the shore
ever since the newa arrived OF her loss and
expresses her belief that the Alpena and
the David A. Wells may have collided,
sinking the Wells and disabling the AL.
pena 80 that che was unable TO cope with
the waves. The Wells was sunk Oft this
port. Mr.. W. Q. pettibone, oil Chicago,
whose name has appeared in the list Of
those lost on the Alpena, was not d passen.
ger, having eft for Muskegon Friday eve.
ming from Grand Haven by train.
AN AMENDED LIST OF PASSENGERS.
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