Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-09
AND TIE WATERS CANE
SECTIONS or THE EAST STILL suN-
lE-Tsl i.I RAINFALL.

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Tie Schuyil.sn ct Philadelphia Higher
,l.l,, for twenty Eenrs-Sew ,,crs.v ,n:i
\ Nir"ir:H Also F.notie.t in places-stidi-
\ tiouai Business Enbaril>sInents--a.h her
/ News.
Eastern and Southern F.oo,ts Still Isasi'sss.
TIE waters in the Schuyllill riv3r at
philalelptia within the week attaince the
highest point reached for twenty Years
involving the destruction of property ,sti-
mated at frcm Slo,noH to $4,000. Bat
one fatal accident is reported, the dr'wn-
ing of Samuel Dallas, aged IL.
Throughout tie eastern section OF the
state the rainfall was very heavy. Many
houses and mills along the lrandyHine
creek. in the vicinity OF Vest Ches;erand
Downington. were flooded and business
seriously interrupted. At Wi!liamslort
bridges over TIE Susquehanna h d t. he
ballasted with heavily loaded coal cars. A
| large section Of the Schu.lki valley lnthe
vicinity Of Mouistown ard Consohacsen
Was almost entirely under water.
The present estimate o. the damage
done by the food from the broken dan at
Feltville to the Catimys dam in New Ter
| sey, distance OF five miles, is S25i900.
The streets in PjuinGeld are danagel to
the extent OF S2n,oH0. More rain will
prove disastrous. The upper Feltv.lle
dam is two feet high and holds back lale
mile and quarter long and from 800 b
$40 feet wide, and thirty feet deep in sonic
places. Ii it gives way Scot Plains arIl
Farawood will probably be swep. gu, IL
existence and Plainiie!d will be iuun lated.
The James river is seventeen feet abote
the ordinary low water mark at Richmond.
VA. and still rising rapidly. The whares
at Rockets are al under water and the ad-
jacent streets, houses, cellars aud gas
works are inundated. The Indications
point to freshet equal to the greatest for
Years.
Business RcverscS.
w. f. johnson Il Co., leather dealers of
Boston, have failed. The direct liabilities
are given at S225,G0o, with contingent
liabilities of $40, 0u0. The latter are
said to be amply secured. Th cause of
the failure is attributed to the gncral con-
dition OF the leather business FIR the past
three years, the caution of bans since re-
cent failures, and the conseguat tighten
ing of money.
seheppers Bros. of Phi;adehhia, whose
worsted mill closed down on account of the
failure Of Lewis Bros. & Co., hive made
general assignment. Nothing has Jeen
learned as to the amount of TER liabili-
ties. The firm owes $11,oG in wages.
They did business Of from eco, 900 to
$S00,000 year.
Suit Instituted Against the s,uth Fork
Fishing Club.
A Pittsburg dispatch of recendate says:
A suit has at last been entered against the
South Fork Fishing club for damges for
loss of life and property occasio,ed by
the breaking of the South Fork dar. above
Johnstown, May 3lst. The suit is bought
III this city by the widow and childen of
John A. Little, Of Sewickley. a drummer.
who lost his life III the Hurlbut house.
Johnstown, by the food 1t is for lam
ages for the loss of the life of Mr.. Little.
and asks for $4,000. The defendants
named are the millionaire owners ofthe
Conemaugh reservoir, including Andrew
Carnegie, Calvin Wells and two members
OF Gov. Beavers commission. Altogether
they number about fifty of Pittsb1rg's
most wealthy and prominent citizens.
John Thomas & Sons. the Johns,own
manufacturers. whose business was ruined
by the flood, will be the first to bring suit
agsinst the club for loss of propertv.
Their claim will be for 500, 900 at least.
and will be filed this week. They lave
large financial backing. These two suits
will doubtless be test cases, to be followed
by innumerable others.
I ons Oh Risks. Short on Cash
The sheriff at Reading, Penn, has car
law o1o VIZ oiueI VI luo court 10 Sell the
OF tie Standard Live Stock In
surance company, of that city, the failure
OF which was recently announced. The
only property found was lot of old
Office furniture, and leo city creditors will
realize nothing. The business of the
company was that of insuring horses. and
it had nearly si1,0Oo.0O0 of insurance on
its books at the time of failure.
Alaska Morals No, SO Very Bad
A correspondent with the senate COM
mittee in Alaska sends a letter from Ju-
neau. under date of June 26th, reviewing
the inquiries of the committee. The In
dams were found to be living in ar appar-
ent state Of contentment and engaged in
almost all the pursuits of the whites.
The committee fonnd the c+,+a f 4lo