Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-21
GUTHRIE OF TO-DAY
4 CITY T1r.y HOPES SOON TO RANK
WITH THE REST
Disastrous Cccs-I III at Wukcsbdrye, PENN
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FARTHER Ne,rs OF stanley Various O.te,
BROUGHT RI WIRE.

IT. A. Stockslager. formerly OF Indiana,
but now OF Guthrie. Oklahoma. is in Wash
ineton to consult with the secretary of the
interior relative to Oklahoma matters. Mr..
Stockslager speaks i'll glowing terms Of
the energy and enterprise OF Guthrie. He
says that there are Already several brick
yards and forty-two lumber yards in town;
that an electric light plant h S been estab-
lished and ie now in working order: that
arrangements are being Effected for the
building of Il line of street railway, and that
everything points toa prosperous future.
Lots which on the cd OF April were one
vast uninhabited territory. have been sold
as high as $500 each. Mr.. Siockslager
says lie thinks the values are fictitious to
some extent. but he has no doubt that the
future Of this wonderful new town is as
snred, and that within very short time it
will compare favorshly with many Of the
larger cities OF the east and west. Guthrie
hopes for the territorial capital. .:
A disastrous cave-in has taken place at
Wilkesbarre. Penn. The Hollenbect1 a.
Holman vein of mines are situated under
the ,hickly settled portions Of tho city.
They nre 1000 feet deep and for years past
no coal has been supposed to be mined
In that portion OF it underlying the city for
lear the earth would sink. crash came.
and one of the principal thorouchfares of
the city was filled with crevices. from which
gas escapes in huge volumes. The owners
OF houses are greatly alarmed. The men I'M
the mines had all they could do to escape
with their lives. Some of the mules were
caught in the workings and killed, Eight
hundred men and boys are thrown out of
work. The mine owners loss will: be over
SlooOoo and the loss to property owners ON
the surface will be double this amount.
The citizens OF O!can. N. Y. backed byl
the whole Genessee valley. are protesting
against the maintenance of the Genessee1
valley reservoir. Like the ConemaughI
valley reservoir. it was formerly the feeder
OF canal. but is now merely sportsmen's
resort. 1t is oven larger than the Cone
maugh death pond. and its dam is said to
be weak. I
"A letter has been received at Zanzibar
from Ururi. on the southeastern shore Of
Victoria Nyanzia. dated December I'd.
which reports the arrival there Of Stanley
with number Of invalid members of his
force. The letter says Stanley has sus-
tanned heavy losses. largo number OF
men having died from disease and famine.
The explorer had rejoined and left Emin
Pasha at Unyury. on the northwestern
shore of the lake
Calvin S. Brice has been elected chair
man of the democratic national committee,
in place Of VIM. Fl. Barnum. deceased
"A lively wind and thunder storm visited
New York and Brooklyn the other evening.
Lightning struck in several places.
building in course of erection in Brooklyn
was blown down and six workmen were
buried in the ruins, two Of whom tere
Killed. The st. James Catholic church in
Brooklyn was struck by lightning and WAS
burned. causing damage OF about 100000.
The Calender insulated wire works at
East Newark were struck by lightning and
set on fire. The loss is estimated atfrom
$4,000 to 100000.
Three canals supply water for thefmills
at Holyoke. Mass. A few days since water
broke through the race-way AT the Cabot
street mill. demolishing the southern part
OF the building and carrying away the rail-
road bridge. Only for the lower canal for
the water to enter it would have submerged
the entire lower part Of the city. The dam
age will amount to 100000, and will neces-
state closing all the mills until repaired.
-Ihlrty-three Cinnamon in New York
gave s29G to the relief of the Johnstown
sufferers. There is something of a Chris
tian even in pagan. OF 1924 houses at
Johnstown 295 were completely wrecked by
the flood. These figures illustrate the
thoroughness ofits devastation.