The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-19
THE EA9T.

IN tho vicinity of New York tho storm
continued with undated vjgor on the 18th.
Several wrecks were reported along tho
coast, and accounts of damage at seaside
resorts continued to come in. Ocean steam
ships were arriving all right At Lewes,
Del, many ships were reported wrecked
and over forty lives were known to have
been lost Ocean City. Maryland's leading
summer resort, and Atlantic City, n J.,
were wrecked. -
On the 18th the body Of Miss Anna Mead,
the Btngha,nton young woman who CON-
mitted suicide at Niagara Falls on tho 5th,
came to the surface ON the Canadian side
OF the whirlpool and was secured
HALF mile Of ground just outside tho
town OF Plymouth. Pa. settled over Q coal
mine on the 18th, and several mules In the
mine at the time were killed Tho miners
escaped
On the 18th Mrs Margaret A. billiard, Of
Easton, Pa, whose husband was murdered
recently, confessed that her paramour.
William F. Bartholomew, fired the fatal
shot and that she was an accessory to the
crime.
JOSEPH AvR1SGToN claimed to have dis
covered silver mine in the mountains
near Connellsville, Pa, on the 18th.
On the 18th the two hundred and fifty
fourth anniversary Of the settlement Of
Concord, N. H. was celebrated. Wilton, N.
H, founded one hundred and fifty years
ago, also celebrated
OVER forty sailors were drowned of
Lewes, Del, in the great storm, and SCORES
OF ships were on the 18th making hard
battle for life there The storm was SUBJ
siding in tho neighborhood Of Atlantic
City, n J., and reports of the great dam
age to property in that vicinity continued
to come In.
The death Of Captain James Rees, aged
sixty-ntne years, the celebrated boat-build.
or, occurred on the 18th at Pittsburgh, Pa,
after prolonged illness Captain Rees
was the first manufacturer in the world to
make steel-p'ate boat
AT their National encanlpment at Pater-
son, N. j., on the 18th the Sons OF Veterans
elected Charles F. Griffin, of Indiana, Com
mander- in- Chief, to spccsed General Alb
bott
DE-. BARTLETT concluded his six days
shooting at Buffalo, n Y, on the 18th, hav-
Ing broken In that time g., or glass balls,
beating DR.. Carver's record by over 1000!
Bartlett also broke 500 balls in fourteen
minutes, and broke ten in eight seconds
If was reported On the 18th that an aver
ago Of twv bodies a day continued to be
found In the debris and rivers au Johns
town, Pa. Co..
On tho 18th Mrs George H. Dunsford, wife
of leading citizen of Reading, Pa, died
from the effects of swallowing two false
teeth which went down her throat while she
was laughing.
In the vicinity Of Bangor, Me-, forest
fires were doing much damage on the 18th
Country roads were impossible on account
OF the heat The cities of Fredericton aud
Moncton, N. b., We're surrounded by flames.
FLAMES swept away the business portion
of Dandy, N Y, on the 18th
TEEAEE and Gaudaur contested a scull-
Ing race at McKeesport, Pa, on the 18th
for 81 600 side, the latter apparently WIN
ning Teemer insisted that Hamm Gaud-
aurs trainer, purposely fouled him to pre-
vent him from winning the race
In Brooklyn Oh the 18th F. W. Gesswetn,
millionaire tool manufacturer. was shot
dead in his Office by Christian Deyhle, aged
sixty years, whom he had beaten in patent
lawsuit
On the Atlantic coast the storm was still
raging on the 18th. but it was thought tho
worst was over. The loss to summer re-
sorts and shipping would amount to mill
ions OF dollars. Milton, a town of three
thousand population in Delaware, was en-
tirely washed away by the storm, and other
places were badly wrecked.
In New York wholesale oyster men said
on the 18th that the oyster planters had sus-
tanned loss of nearly s2,O0o, coo owing to
the recent great storm.
Ina quarrel over a game of cards on the
18th at Pittsburgh, Pa. John Franchiskello
stabbed and killed his brother, Michael
Franch1skello. The murderer escaped.
On the 18th Walter c. Campbell, of
Youngstown, N. Y, made tho trip through
the rapids of the Niagara gorge below the
falls in boat and was not injured. Tho
boat was upset, but Campbell, who had on
rubber suit, reached tho shore in safety.