Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-21
HAPPENINGS IN THE EAST

fifteen years.
HAPPENINGS IN THE EAST
The state has taken charge in the
Conemaugh valley. ard all work hereafter
done in clearing the wreckage will be UNI
der the supervision Of Adjt. Gen. Hastings
A more cheerful and hopeful feeling pre-
walls and is daily increasing. and work all
over the valley is being pushed with vigor.
Tho horror OF the situation has not dimin-
ished, but rather grows. Search for the
dead continues and in all sections and d.
rections bodies are being found. A number
OF bodies are now coming to the surface Of
the waters. and those whose work has
made them competent judges say us many
more bodies us have been found are lying
somewhere. The provisions sent to the
valley don't seem to have reached the
right places. A number of carloads OF all
kinds OF supplies have been sent TO Nor
rellvie. and as there was no damage done
there by the flood this stuff has been mis-
applied. A prominent citizen of Eorrcll-
vile said: There is q large class Of peo-
pie here who have not lost a thing in the
linz ready to receive their share. 1t is safe
to say that these people have secured
enpugh provisions to last them six months
nnH clothing enough to last five years"
Hereafter tho commissary departments
Will be in charge of Col. Spaneler, assistant
qportermaster-general, with three assist
ants. There will be two past commission
us and eleven district commissaries. the
otter in charge OF the leutenants OF the
National guard. Their duty will be to find
ilt all the needy and make list OF them.
8nd make requisition on the quartermas-
ter-general for provisions and distribute.
lthem rs fast as possible. 1t is the inten-
|tion to induce citizens to take hold, and as
soon as possible the entire commissary
department will be turned over to them
Identification OF bodies has become so
nearly impossible that they will be buried
from this on as soon as found.
Word has been received that terrific
windstorm passed through Port Leyden.
Lewis county, and the lower portion of
Jefferson county. N. Y, few days since.
overturning trees, fences and buildings and
doing much damage. One house was
picked up and carried about 100 feet, and
an old gentlem IN and lady living therein
were injured. The destruction TO crops.
fences and orchards is said to be very large
In Port Leyden the buildings and sheds of
the iron WORKS were totally demolished.
Scarcely Il chimney is to be seen in all
Port Leyden and the streets were simply
impossible because Of the debris from the
trees and houses. Mrs Spain, who re-
sided in the town OF Florence, was killed by
her house falling upon her. This is the
only fatality heard Of.
AT Niagara Falls, the other afternoon,
"Jacko" Walker. boatman, and Frank
Davy, were drowned. They started in Il
boat from the shore above the inlet of the
hydraulic canal for the head of Goat Island,
but lost control of the boat. which was
drawn into the current and carried over
Horse Shoe falls.
BY the upsettinc OF Il skir on the river
at Pittslurg. Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Car
roll and daughter were drowned Mr.
Thomas and Mr. Carroll were rescued and
placed under arrest to await the investiga-
ton Of the coroner. 1t is said the men
were intoxicated and unable to manage
boat properly.
Tho West Coast Telephone company. at
New York. has received notification from
Santiago. Chill, that after a long fight the
courtst there have sanctioned the extradition
OF VIM. A. Bushnell. alias Gerald L. Han
son. and he has been handed over to De-
tective Reilly who left New York in Octo-
a Il e..
old forgery Of $4,000 on Butler. Stilmun &
Hubbard. after he had succeeded, under
the name of Hanson, in stealing s25 900
from the West Coast Telephone company.
OF which he was agent in Chilli 1t is one
OF the most extraordinary eX:radition cases
In years. There is no treaty between the
United States and Chill and the prisoner is
delivered as an act of courtesy to Uncle
Sam. the man made many friends in San
tiago. The town took sides. duel was
fought and wagers of thousands Of dollars
were made that he would never be brought
back to New York.
Capt. Kelly. of the British schooner
City OF Nassau, reports a: Baltimore that
about seventy-1lve miles south OF Cape
Hattaras he sighted large Rats of cut lum-
Der. which had the appearance OF being in
the water but short time. For miles the
lumber stretched away. and it WAS with
difficulty that his vessel cou get along.
l., Mrs. Charles F. Adams. widow Of ,hc
late c. i. Adams. and mother CT John
Quincy Adams and Charles +. Adams. pres
ident Of the Union Pacific. has just died at
Quincy Mass. aged 81.
Tho number of persons who have so far
registered at Johnstown is 2C.110 THO
registration is having its good effect, and
it is believed within u few days all TIE !iv-
ing i'll Johnstown and Vicinity VIII be ac-
counted for. The population Of Johns.own
and mi, ,T,at<,,l nv fi,a Too1 abnut