The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-07-18
THE EAST.

special session at Providence on the 9th to
frame law governing the sale of intoxi-
eating beverages, to take the place of the
nth amendment repealed June 90
RICHARD LEWIS q plasterer, fatally shot
Mrs Elmira MOseby and her sister. Eme-
line Myers. and then committed suicide on
the 9th at Pittsburgh, Pa The parties were
all colored. Lewis boarded with Mira,
Moseby and, it was thought, wanted to
marry her, and shot her because she re-
fused
By an accident on the Pennsylvania road
near Wilmerding station on the 9th two
boys and man were killed and thirteen
cars were demolished.
In New York City tho heat was on tho 9th
causing great mlny deaths among chill
dren Seventy njhe had died of cholera
infantum and th1rty-tive of diarrheal COM
plants in forty~oight hours
A HEAVY ra1n-storm on the 9th ut Johns
town, N. Y, caused the Cayadutta creek to
become raging torrent, which soon burst
its bounds, and two dams gave way, being
unable to stand the enormous pressure
Several factories along the banks were
swept away, and many buildings and out
houses were carried of. The Fonda, Johns
town l. Gloversvflle road lost seven or eight
bridges
On the 9th Governor Beaver and the
State Board OF Relief Commission decided
to distribute s50O, 600 among the sufferers In
YOUNGSTOWN, Pa The money would be paid
to the needy survivors in checks and
would be the first installment OF the
8, SOC, 600 contributed for the relief of the
people which was being held by the Gov
ern0r.
Up to the 10th the expenditures for re-
lief in the Conemaugh valley, Johnstown
and vicinity, aggregated 81 ,7OO, 00O This
included disbursements of the State in the
abatement of nuisances and the payment
of the military detailed to staff and police
duty. The number of persons to be fed
had varied from a maximum of 81, $50 to a
present commissary roll of 1000
On the Central Vermont railroad a pas
senger train was ditched on the 10th by a
washout near Brandon, Vt, and q dozen
passengers were injured, none of them
seriously.
DISPATCHES of the 10th say that in the
freshet at Johnstown. N. Y, few days ago
eight persons lost their lives and ten were
missing, and many buildings along the
banks of Cayadutta creek were swept away.
In Gloversville, two miles distant, the
streets were flooded and several houses were
wrecked. The general belief was that the
flood was caused by q cloud-burst near
JohnstCwn.
NEAR Greensburg, Pa, q rain-storm on
the 10th caused great damage to crops, and
high water carried away buildings and
bridges.
On the 10th John Kelly was hanged at
Canandaigua, N. Y, for the murder of
Eleanor O'Shea, at Geneva, November s.,
1883
ORE, believed to be rich in silver. was dis
! covered on the 18th near the county house
in Warren County, N, Y, by Mr.: John Nut
ting.
PELAT1AH ELY, eighty-four years old, was
married on the 18th at Long Meadow, Mass,
to his housekeeper, aged fifty tive years,
within twent y-five days of the death of his
former wife.
GEORGE LAW, wealthy young New
Yorker, was swindled out of So, 600 ON the
18th at Long Branch, N. j., by gamblers
! On the 18th New York transferred $3.50,
coo and Philadelphia 500, 600 to the Cone
maugh tPa) Flood Commission.
AT Johnstown, N. Y, it rained on the 18th
and the water in Cayadutta creek rose 10
such height that the search for bodies lost
In the recent freshet there had to be
temporarily abandoned. 1t was known that
the number OF lost was FIVE, and several
were still missing. The total loss by the
flood was estimated at 200 Coo
The bark Crusader reached New York
on the 18th from London and reported
having narrowly escaped striking several
large icebergs which were floating directly
in the path usually taken by transatlantic
! steamers
! AT sommerville, Mass, August Rosen.
berg murdered his wife and two children
on the 18th No cause was known
| On the 18th William P. Swope, of Phila
delpbia, wellknown attorney, disap
peared, and he was said to be an embezzle1
| to the extent of $40 on