Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-06
DOMESTIC

DOMESTIC.
The roof of a tunnel under the AL
slegheny Mountains at Dexter's Gap caved
in the other day because Of quicksand.
Two men were killed and three others
were fatally injured.
THE stock speculative dealings in New
York opened in a disturbed condition on
the 14th, and soon after the Exchange be-
gan business rumors of failures created a
panic, the following concerns clos
ing their doors: Nelson, Robinson
81 Co., Calf & Randall, o. NJ. Bogart g.
Co, bankers; j. G. Williams, Hatch g.
Foot, Donnell, Lawson & Simpson. Hotch-
kiss g. Burnham, the Metropolitan Bank,
and the Atlantic State Bank of Brooklyn.
Prices suffered seriously, some shares
touching the lowest figures for years. The
Clearing House Association adopted
measures by which the banks were
to STAN by each other, and, in a
manner, this restored confidence, val
lues showing al improvement at
the close. 1t was confidently asserted that
the Metropolitan Bank would soon resume,
n that a continuance of the ~s'scare'' was
beyond the bounds of probability. At
leading trade centers there was
lively no excitement, and a feeling Of con-
:fidence that no general panic was impend-
ing was expressed.
A HURRICANE, accompanied by torrents
of rain, prevailed a few nights ago in Jack
son County, West Virginia. The rushing
streams swept away fences, outhouscs,
and in some instances dwellings. AT
FARMLAND Mrs. Collins and her two chill
idren were drowned.
Tn 1roc 1icoorarol ~, fI,o 1d+L That ro1,,,
&c. Emo, President of the Second National
in his accounts, but his father made good
the deficiency.
By collision on the 14th between freight
and gravel trains on the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad, near Connellsville Pa, fourteen
llaborers were killed and twelve others
injured, some of the victims being roasted
ito death.
DR.. S. A. RIcHMoND's Medical Company
jat st. Joseph, No., failed on the 14th for
t$150,00o, with no assets. The money was
mostly owing to newspapers for adver-
Using.
H Metropolitan National Bank of New
York resumed payment on the 18th, and
ian improved condition of affairs prevailed
tat the Stock Exchange until about fifteen
minutes before the close of business the
failure Of Fisk & Hatch was announced,
Gausinga sensation, as Mr.. Hatch was Presi-
dent of the Stock Exchange. Then prices
ltumbled, and the market closed in a cha
lotto condition. No serious disturbances
were reported throughout the country, the
feeling prevailing that the storm could be
iweathered.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR on the 18th issued a
proclamation restoring to the public do
lmain the lands set apart by an executive
lorder as a reservation for the Jicarilla or
iApache indians in the northwestern part
iof New Mexico, embracing 100000 acres.
W. BEGAN CASH, the South Carolina
murderer Of Marshal Richards, was killed
the other night while resisting arrest by a
posse in charge of Deputy Sheriff King.
The Papacheag Mill, near Worcester,
Mass, was burned to the ground on the
might of the 18th, causing a loss of $780,
200. Several of the employees jumped
from the windows, some being fatally
hurt. 1t was feared that bodies would be
found in the ruins.
THE National Bank of Commerce was
organized at Minneapolis, Mimi, on the
10th, the capital stock being 81, zoe, 900.
Six men were fatally scalded a few days
ago by the bursting of a steam pipe at the
Pennsylvania steelworks at Harrisburg.
THE Tuna Valley Bank at Bradford, Pa,
closed its doors on the 18th.
SENATOR SHERMAN stated at Philadelphia
on the 18th that in his Judgment the coun-
try was not on the verge of a panic, aud
that the present troubles were merely
local. He said that recklessgspeculation
was the. cause of the existing difficulties,
and the remedy was for people to refrain
from dealing in securities or products
which they did not bold or control. He
thought the present fury would make the
people more cautious, and would turn their
aattention~more toward legitimate business
enterprises.
A. A. SHAW, Treasurer of Clare County,
Mich, was bucked and gagged on the night
of the 14th, at Harrison, the county seat,
and robbed of $1,000 by unknown men.
fully 1900 persons attended the open.
ing of'tae General Assembly of the Pres
byterian Church at Saratoga, N. Y, on the
10th. DR.. Hayes, of Denver, was chosen
Moderator.
AT the session in Baltimore on the 18th Of
the African Mt thodist Episcopal Confer.
ence decided glound was taken against
canp-meetings.
AT tho ninth annual meeting of the Ma
fienal Temperance Society and Publication
House in'New York q k,w days ago it was