Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-10
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poINGS IN THE EAST.

William L. Breese, senior member of
member of the stock brokerage firm OF
Breese e. Smith, has begun suit against
William X. Vanderbilt. The complaint
which is very..short alleges breach OF con-
tract in a certain negotiation in Lake Shore
stock which is famous in the annals OF Wall
street. Breese wants 81 1000 600 damages,
with interest. The complaint has been
served upon Vanderbilts attorneys. The
trial will be by jury before one OF the cir
cult judges, No papers have yet been
put on file. Breese's claim dates back to
1852. H. 3. Hollins was then Vanderbilt's
broker. 1t is alleged that Vanderbilt and
Holins laid a deep. wicked plot, whereby
the former was to be assisted in unloading
an uncomfortable supply OF Lake Shore
stock. Breese was induced to buy largely
of the stock, and had to sell loss of nearly
half u million.
The supreme court has rendered a de-
cision at Trenton, N. j.. affirming the con-
stitutionality of the local option high Ii
cense law. The opinion as regards the
high license feature was unanimous. On
the local option section the court stood
eight to seven.
For two DAYS past local newspaper Of
New York City has attacked Mayor Hewitt
with sensational stories of the treatment
of the employees of Cooper. Hewitt T. Co., at
Ringwood, N. j. 1t charged that Il miser-
able system of half time employment.
store order payments and general soul
less grinding of the poor men and their
Go,
indignant. He says it is a gross libel and
he will prosecute the paper to the end.
"A terrible explosion occurred on the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western rail
road few days since, about one mile from
Scranton, Pa. by which an engine attach
ed TO a heavy coal train was blown to
pieces and the fireman killed. The engi-
neer was severely injured, but will recover.
The new five story building owned by
G. Bessman s. Co., wholesale grocers, Of
Mansfield. o., burned recently. There was
a stock of goods valued at 100000 in the
building. S120000 worth of which was de-
stroyed. The insurance is $4,000. Tele-
graph, telephone and eectrict light wires
greatly hindered the work Of the 1iremen.
liz 1OSS Wy tlC Jul llluS vi VIC paper
mill at Lee, Mass, is now reported to be
$4,000. Fully insured.
"A New York special says that BARLEY
Campbell. the well-known playwright. died
recently at the Bloomington asylum for the
insane.
AT conference of the glass bottle
blowers and manufacturers. held at Pitts
burg Pa. the wage scale for the ensuing
year was amicably arranged and 5000
workers in the west will resume opera
tons when fires are started in the furnaces
September L. The scale slightly advances
wages on novelties, but otherwise is the
same as last year.
"A movement is on foot among the soap
manufacturers of the United States to form
soap trust. A meeting was held in New
York recently and plans of organization
discussed. but no definite action was taken
The yacht Susquehanna, with the pres
ident and party on board, was anchored
off the Surf hotel. Fire Island. a few morn
ings since. The weather was thick with
fine rain.
Gov. Hill, Of New York has committed
the sentence of Chiara Cignarale. the
Itali:.a woman who killed her husband, to
Imprisonment for life. .........