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''!'.' I THE MESSENGER Is PubL i In Three Kdl t4 : k.- . Hons, ' The nlr fESSKNCEH WBKK tX M :ss EN G K 14, Anil tlv.' OOLDSHOKO' fYMV TO ADVERTISERS : tub Mistxcain m . Urrf ClrrwUtio than other Strpitr tt a re. At tractive . VTjijchtaKe Papers. tfcf Stoto. TABLISIIED 18G7. WILMINGTON. X. C, FRIDAY, SEPTE3IBEU 13, 18S9. PRICE FIVE CENTS t tl V I t 4 . . ,vi,.r, I 111 1 .1 I 1 1, OJ .. I I I 1 1 I II v :v (27' ii i ; PISTOL GRAPHS. ; . j A fcon of Charles DickVns has written a novel, but is afraid to publish it. If trash v don't.. If good send it forth, j Rev. II. G. Pearson", is to begin a meeting at Charlotte on 21st inst. -He is billed for Henderson next, we think. Stevenson the novelist, will remain among the buth Sea islanders for an other year .on account of his bad health. 1 ; - The majority of Priofj in the Third Louisiana District is given variously. It w certainly more than G,000 and less than 8,000. . : . V . 1 , I Spurgeon's college educated 79 men. Of the j active ministry, worker he is ! 1 in London has these COO are in Whati a great DThe Virginia 'edi.Uvs have formed a State Press AssociaVon for strictly business interests and ot for pleasure. It-is non-partisan. I 1 ' :; , : ' -L i Tho. witty. Philadelphi Press says: "When John L. Sullivan gets into Congress and catches tlx eye of the tspeaKer, it will be wen toinave a raw oyster within call." j It is agreeable to know that Mrs. Burnett, the excellent Engli'shnovei ist, often wrongly claimed as an Amer ican, makes .from $20,000 -to $2.(,000 a year by her pen. j - - Democrats in Dakota, Ohio Imd .Pennsylvania show by their deliver ances in conventions that they beluyvje in a campaign of education. They go for the war tariff. i t It is a fact that agriculture is depre ciatiugin New England and Pennsy vania. Col. T. "VV. Higginson has noted this as has the N. Y. Evening Post. The manufactures have done it. Mr. J. S. Carr. President of the Con federate Veteran Association, has is sued a call for meeting on 25th inst., at Raleigh. It - will be very, important and all Confederates should take notice. The negroes get the lions. share in many of the counties in the way of pub lic (appropriations - for the public schools. We see it stated- that in Cra ven county the negroes receive $1,118 49, while the whites get but $950.51. Some men pet more newspaper noto riety by an accident gressmen dp by years than many Con of life in Wash ington. Capt. Bonner, of Washington, N. C, is going-the newspaper rounds because of the finding of a gold, ring in a block of Northern ice. The fact is in ail our Northern exchanges. It takes Mr. Crawford, the American story writer who, lives in Italy, out a month to write a novel of ordinary size.1 We I used to hea.r it said easy writing was hard reading. that We have' never had curiosity enough to read a page of his writings yet. has made quite;a reputation. He It is believed in England that when Parliament meets the Liberal partv will split to pieces. There are signs indicating such a result. This of course will give theTprjes an indefinite lease upon power. . When Mr. Gladstone dies they may have it all their own way. Bad for England bad for the people. : A convention comnosed of members from Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian and, Christian denominations was! held in Chatham county on 6th inst., to de nounce a clerical quack calling himself E. nley. He claims to hail from Co lumbia, S. C-i and to be a Methodist. He is from Maine and is a fraud. Be warned. S. Barring Gould is an able writer He is a man of gifts. He is now ac cused of stealing1 much of his "John Herring," a story of a certain power, it is said. An Hungarian novelist named Maurus Jokal had previously written a powerful but rough and un equal novel called "Timar-s 1 TWo Worlds." .. Mr. 4kuldf who is an Eng lish clergyman, is accused of using no little of this Hungarian production for his own story. , , The end of S S. Cox was peacefu like one falling into, sleep. He was , conscious up to. a quarter of an '. hour before death came. - We suppose from the accounts that he did not know he wastodleT A dispatch says : . 1 "Cox's last conversation! was about the four .territories, ; whose statehoo Cox's last conversation! was aboiit he hoped to iather. He mentioned New Mexico and Arizona, and feaid something about making a great effort in their behalf at the coming sessiorif In the afteraoono while Dr. Lock wood witty remarks w.hich completely upset the doctor's dignity : ? 's- f ' ? Perotinitis killed him. ) The -world is happier and btbr; because" ' he has livedo Peace tq jjis spirit I ? : ! W. S. GHADWICK HAS BEEN ELECT ED PRESIDENT OE THIS ROAD. The Matron at th Insao Aylum will bp Request ed to KeIn Biff Breaks of Tobaec Lalor A sent Among the Xe-groeu-Xeero Firemen Comlofi: to Wll mlnKton. Messenger Bureau, ( Raleigh, N.C., Sept. 12,1889. f A fine crayon portrait of Dr. E. Burke Haywood, was yesterday pre sented to the North Carolina Insane Asylum. For twenty one years he was a director and during much of that long period was president of the board. ' It was learned to-day that if Mrs. Lawrence, the matron of the asylum, did not tender her resignation the board would request it. It was rumor ed a month ago that she would resign. The colored firemen will have an ex cursion to Wilmington next Monday. Posters are displayed everywhere, making announcement of that fact. The National baseball team, unquestionably one of the strongest colored teams in the State, will also go, as no excursion nowadays appears to be at all complete unless a baseball club forms a part of it. The people here find it difficult to believe that so great a storm has raged so near, without a sign of disturbance in this section. For; three days there has been a delicious breeze mainly'from the West and Northwest, but the weather continues quite warm. Rain is beginning to be needed and there are signs of it. The bills are up for Agnes Herndon, who opens the theatrical season and she will have a large audience. Business is picking up considerably. Quite large stocks of goods are being laid in. Interest was great this morning in the Insane Asylum board's proceed ings. There were all sorts of surmises as to the man who would be chosen as superintendent. It was generally con ceded that it would be one of the four named in the special telegram sent the Messenger last night. The sheriff of Davidson county to-day brought three convicts to the peni tentiary. 1 Two more lynchings are reported, making three thus far this year. 1 Governor Fowler to-day addressed the ex-Confederate veterans' .associa tion of Catawa county, at Newton. The attendance was large and the en thusiasm was great. , ' ! , The mystery is ended. It was learned this afternoon who the new directors of the Atlantic and North Carolina railway are." They are as follows : W. S. Chad wick and T. D. .Webb, of Car teret; W. G. Brinson, of Craven; P. M. Pearsall, of Jones; Dempsey Webb and A. C. Davis, of Lenoir, W. T. Caho, of Pamlico; Charles Dewey, of Wayne. Clement Manly, of Craven, is State's proxy. It was intimated a day or so ago that the Governor would appoint only persons on the line of the road as directors. He has carried out this plan, as is shown by the list of ap pointees given above. The election of W,. S. Chad wick as president of the road was quite a sur prise, no doubt. He was a sort of "dark horse," as it was the general belief that Bryan and Simmons were the lead ing men in the race. j A gentleman remarked to-day that the appointment of either Bryan or Simmons would have caused mnch strife, and that all was now allayed by the selection of Chadwick, who is a successful business man of Beaufort. It remains to be. seen, however, what turn affairs will take. Year after year this railway has been a bone of conten tion and a source of disputes out of which some deep enmities have grown. 'The State Veterans' Association will meet here on the 16th of October. The date is well chosen. It is during the fair and of course a large attendance i3 assured. There were very satisfactory breaks of tobacco at the three warehouses here to-day. There is a brisk inquiry for Igood leaf and prices are well sustained. The roofs of the-big buildings at the cotton seed oil mills, are being painted. Last night a labor agent took fifty negroes from the Selma section of Johnston county. - He; would have taken hundreds of the negroes, but the people whom the latter owed money, took out warrants and the exodusters could not get away until they settled up. The agent paid a good many bills, as long as his money held out, but fi nallly stopped, with only left. He had to leave the best of his negroes and take away the "rag tag and bob-tail," as a railroad man put it. The warrants were taken out under the law j which allows them to be issued in cases where a debtor is attout to leave the State. Next week the labor agents will arrive in numbers and will be ready to take the negroes away by the hundreds. The negroes are. wild to get away that is, a large-proportion are of that mind and the labor agents say they can get all they want. Tho labor agents have scores of sub-agents, negroes, who pick: out the men and incite them to leave. - :, . ' Tr Nihilists In Copenhagen. Copenhagen, Sept. 12. There are rumors from various quarters, i that a large number of Nihilists have recent iy arrived in Denmark. Inconsequence of, these reports the authorities here are taking extraordinary precautions for the protectidh of the Czar, during i: f'XcU t, TwiZn T u life is intended. ; Counterfeit Money in C! eolation. ' CHATTANOOGA, : Sept. 12. A. new counterfeit two dollar Treasury' silver certificate has been found in circula tion here. The engraving is fine but the printing jand paper poor; - All the coun terfeit so far discovered re numbered VB 105,4414741'? ,and bear-the -picture of. General Hancock, - - .j .jjl THE ATLANTIC ROAD. CORPORAL TAD USE BESIGNS. The President Accepts the Itelsifttlon GoMip oa to TTno will 1 ill Saeceor. Washington, Sept.12.The follow ing is Commissioner Tanner's let ter of resignation and President Harrison's reply thereto: "Department op Interior, Bureau op Pensions, Washington, Sept. 12,1SS9. : "To the President: The difference which exist between the Secretary of Interior and myself as to the policy to be pursured in the administration of the Pension Bureau have reached a stage which threatens to embarrass you to an extent to which I feel I should not call upon you to suffer, and as an investigation into :the affairs of the Bureau has been completed, which, I am assured both by yourself and by the Secretary of Interior contains no re flection on my integrity as an individual or as an officer, I herewith place my resignation in your hands to take effect at your pleasure, to the end that you may be relieved of any further embar rassment in the matter. - Very respectfully yours, James Tanner, Commissioner." "Executive Mansion, ! Washington, Sept. 12, 1889. lion. James Tanner Commissioner of Pensions: Dear Sir: Your letter tendering your resignation of the office of Com missioner of Pensions has been receiv ed, and your resignation is accepted to take effect on the appointment and qualification of your successor. I do not think it necessary in this corres pondence to discuss the causes which have led to the present attitude of af fairs in the Pension office. You have been j kindly and fully advised of my views upon most of these matters. It gives me pleasure to add that, so far as I am advised your honesty has not at any time been called in question,and I beg to renew the expression of my personal good will. ! Very truly yours, Benjamin Harrison." Goesip as to Pension Commissioner Tanner's successor is now engaging all attention. To-day ex-Congressman William Warner, of Missouri, ex-Cpm-mander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic is believed to be most like ly to be appointed. He is said to have left Kansas City in response to a tele graphic summons to meet the Secretary of Interior. The other candidates are ex-Pension Agent Poole, of Syracuse, N. Y.; Gen. Charles E. Brown, of Cin cinnati and General Powell, of Illinois. The impression of yesterday that Tanner would be provided for in some way by the Administration still pre vails, but just where cannot be learned, if indeed it has been decided. A west ern paper published a statement that he would enter upon the practice of law after leaving the Pension office, but close friends of the Corporal's say that is entirely gratuitous. The FayettfeYlUe Centennial. ' Fayettevtlle, N. C, Sept. 12. (Special.) Interest in the approach ing centennial here in November in creases every day. A large enthusias tic meeting of the various committees in charge, and the citizens conjointly, was held here this afternoon, ana every body resolved to put their shoulders to the wheel hereafter to make the centennial the grandest event history has recorded South of Mason and Dixon's line. ! The finance committee made a re port, and neither time nor money will be spared to make every feature a suc cess. r ' The announcement that ex-President Davis will surely be here has had the gratifying effect of redoubling - the energies of our people and stirring the county from centre to circumference. The railroad will give the low rate of one cent per mile each way and tick ets will be on sale November 18th, good to return on the 27th. Lieut. Col. W. S. Cook has received a letter from Gov. .Fowle tendering the committee on mil itary the free use of four hundred tents for quartering the military, which was duly accepted. Extensive preparations will also be made for i quartering . the old ex-Confederate yeterans in a body. Among the many attractions will be the Governors of the thirteen original States and their staff officers on horse back, while the twenty-five hundred .dollar fireworks display on the night of the 21st will be by far the greatest pyrotechnic display ever witnessed south of New York city. After an en enthusiastic discussion of other topics, germane to the occasion, the meeting adjourned to meet next Thursday after- noonj at which time the chiel marsnal for the occasion will be chosen The Spider and the Fly Story. charlotte, jn. u., sept. iz. it is reported that Capt. S. B. Alexander, ex-Dresident- of the North Carolina Farmers' Alliance, announces that the jute trust has offered the Alliances that if they will go back to the use of jute bagging,. it will be sold at 8i cents on time, and that the jute trust will pay the farmers $ 2 more - per ton for all their cotton seed than is offered at any of the cotton seed oit mills.-The Char lotte ' (rwude regarda - this as : proof positive that the jute gentlemen are in bad straits, and thinks ."it" f ought to be sufficient to encourage the farmers in their decision to stick to cotton ' bag ging." The jute trust is now shipping; its bagging to cotton points all over the South, with. or . without orders, ancL in some places it has boen'offeredVajL-.two cents per yard.; An "Alliance-man in this State has been accused' of buying the bagging 'and taking it into the country, j Correspondents are , ; after him through the Alliance organ and want to "spot the-trmtor? - Yew Cotton at jSheloy. f Sheb?V 'C Sept. ;1&HBpeclal. Two bales of new cotton, the first I4 the season, : was sold here to-day.x at IX. T cents, x was raiseu. vyu. j. i)umcj and was bought by o. tl. Urtce. iit !U' .V,.:..,.' tit THE GREAT STORM IS STILL RAGING OFF THE NEW JERSEY COAST. It He Not Abated Sine MoncUr Mbt : List or Veteb AhoroUnjr Uvee V-nt -.Life arlns Station Forty Feet Above XXifth Water Mark riooded. Wilmington, Del.,2 : Sept. - 12.--A Lewes special to Every Evening states that no language can picture the terri ble scene along the coast. The wind is blqwing with almost hurricane fierce ness, and a driving rain with a force that cuts like hail is falling. The half mile reach of sand between the town and the coast is a tossing, billowy ocean bearing wreckage on every" wave. Through the mist of spray and storm the tattered sails and naked masts of a score of deserted and dismantled ves sels can be dimly seen. Since Monday night the storm has raged without abatement. Yesterday's dawn showed a hundred vessels which had sought the refuge of the breakwa ter. The refuge was insufficient, and by 11 o'clock the sea broke over the breakwater, wrecked the telegraph sta tion, carried away the big fog tell, and rushed shorewards sweeping away the steamboat pier and dashing the Italian bark "II Sal vatore" against the iron government pier. The piers of Brown & Co. and ,Leuce Bros, gave way and were swept to sea, and the United States Marine Hospital was dashed from it moorings and sent spinning down the beach, i The Lewes life saving station, forty! feet above high water mark, was flooded, and its foundation undermined. Hughey ville, a suburb between the town and the beach, was submerged, and its 200 in habitants fled for life, leaving all their possessions behind. The first boat came ashore at 9 a. m., then came another and another. The life saying crew,reinforced by Henlopen and Rehoboth crews, went to work and have labored almost unceasingly ever since. The crew of every ! vessel that struck was taken off by these daring men and not a life was lost among the scores of men they handled. The following is a complete list of the fessels that came ashore : Italian bark, II Salvatore; American schooner Henry M Clark; British schooner By ron M; American schooners Alena Co vert, Gertrude Summer, Q. F. Becker E. and L. Bryan, Maud Leonard, Mina A. Reed, Novena, Charles P. Stickney, (total loss); Addie B. Bacon, 3. A. Ru dolph, A. and E. Hooper, Emily R. Dwyer, J. D. Robinson; American ship. W . It. Grace, American barge Timour, Danish bark AtalantaAmerican brig Richard J . Green, American schooner Major W. H. Tantum, (total loss); Netc tie Champion; pilot boat T. F. Bayard, barges Wallace and Tonawanda and two others, names unknown, also a ves sel sunk off i the Brown shoals all the crew drowned but two who gotxashore on a raft, and another vessel in regard to which there is a dispute as to her j being a bark or a three masted schoon er as her topmasts only can be discov ered as she is sunk on Shears shoals. It is notj known whether her crew es caped.! The t total number-of lives lost will probably exceed forty. , Five of the eight men who composed the crew of the E. & L. Bryan perished where the vessel struck on Brandywine shoals. The mate and two seamen caught a spar and drifted all night; at daybreak the others discovered that one of the sailors was dead, his body still lashed to the spar. The two sur- mvors were picked up by a tug and brought to Lewes. There is great concern over the crew of the pilot boat Ebe Tunnel; she put to sea on Monday and has not been heard from. An unknown schooner is ashore at Rehoboth and the coast for miles, down is reported to be strewn with wrecks. News comes from Rehoboth that the surf is breaking over the Bright house porch, that the Surf avenue is entirely washed away and that the Douglas house is surrounded by water and its inmates are in great terror. The three vessels previously report ed lost outside the Capes are the schooners Kate E. Morse, Walter F. Parker and J. & L. Bryan. Two men alone, a colored man and a German, have come ashore as the survivors from these wrecks; they were on a raft from 5 o'clock p. m. Monday to 9 o'clock a. m. yesterday; the other fif teen who composed the crews of these schooners are given up for lost. Long Branch, N. J., Sept. 12. Nearly every bulkhead of the cottages from North Long Branch to Seabright is badly damaged. Cottages of Brav ton Ives, D. Sackett Moore, John Mil ton Cornell and others are undermined. They will probably go out into the surf to-night. The sea has washed over the bluff into Ocean Avenue at Monmouth Beach in a dozen places.1 The sea has cut a new inlet throagh North High land Beach. At I o'clock it was still raining furiously and a strong .wihd was blowing and the surf was tearing but the bluff here in numerous places ; The Ban's Cotton Review ; New Y ork, Sept. l-i-The SunV re-, view- of the cotton market, says: Fu tures exhibited a straggling, uncertain tone till about the last . hour, when big receipts at ports discouraged some of the late buyers and a small movement to unload caused a slight decline. The pressure on; September Is about trver and the short interest lot-October is pretty-welL covered. These months were consequently exceptionally weak. Weather reports from' the South were generally good, but there were advices of rustand worms in some localities. Cottonr on-spot was "more 'active, the t holders meeting vvthe i demand more freely- 'X Th6 National-A$ctl6a brthe cot- lOred. Hapiists is holding its. ansual'tcs- Eicn avinuinopcus. :ar - .. .. " . 4 THS boahd of director Elt Dr. W. U. Wood, of Halifax Coaaty, Saperintelnt of the Nerta CareUaa la MDC A)l0IO. Ralkigh, Sent. 12. f Special.! The directors cf the North Carolina Insane Asylum elected Dr. W. II, Wood, of Halifax count v, superintend- ent of that institution on the seventh ballot. There were twelve candidates for the position. These who led on the first ballot were Dr. Brown. Wood. Tucker, McDufilo, MUler and Hines. ; The new superintendent was born In Washington countv but has for twentv- fivo years lived in Halifax. He is Pres ident of the State Board of Medical Examiners, and was an array surgeon. He is fifty-four years of age. He is an! able man, and his election rives gene ral satisfaction. There were twenty-two candidate for the position of f-econd assistant physician and J. R. Pearsall, of Fav ette ville, was elected. He has had some experience at the Western North Carolina Insane Asylum. A resolution was adopted prohibiting the use of spirituous liquors in the aylum save ior uieuicuKu purposes, resolution was also adopted raising a committee to look into the advisability of making all purchases by the advertisement ana proposal system. The Board adjourned to meet in December. The Baltimore Kiponlitoa. Baltimore, Sept. 12. Baltimore looks as though it were war time. Troops are seen everywhere, and the dilusion is heightened by the fact that they all look wet and musty like real soldiers. The roll of drums and tho rythmical tread of feet is accompanied by sharp commands and shrill bugle calls. The weather on the second day of the Maryland Exposition was bad enough, but that of yesterday and to day has caused the promotors of tho big show to look sad. Hundreds ef vis itors have left the city. The labor parade, in which 15,000 men were to participate, dwindled to about 2,000, but many others will meet them at Pimlico, where they will hold their annual celebration, but the grand feature of the day will be the sham battle of North Point. Troops to par ticipate are from Maryland, Pennsylva nia, Virginia and Delaware, and United States regulars. Thousand of shots will be fired from musket and cannon, as the fight of seventy-five years ago will be waged anew. i At night the postoffice will be dedi cated. Chairman Daniel E. Conklin will preside. Mayor Lai robe will de liver the address of welcome to invited guests; he will be followed In short speeches by the Secretary of the Treas ury,' Win, Wlndom," Secretary Tracy, Postmaster General Wanamaker, Hon. R. Stockett Matthews, and Hon. Fran cis P. Stevens. Vice President Mor ton will be present. After the exer cises a ball will be held. BaMball. Washington, Sept., 12. Washing- lowing is the record made by the clubs in the various games played yester- daj: ' . , . . ; . At Boston FIRST GAME. Boston... ........ .3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03 Cleveland.. ...... .1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 02 Basehits, Boston 7, Cleveland 7. Er rors;. Boston 2. Cleveland 0. Batteries, Clarkson and NBennett, Bakely and Zimmer. . SECOND GAME. Boston...... ...... 3 (N) 0 1 0 0 0 15 Cleveland. ....... .0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0-0 Basehits, Boston 6, Cleveland 3. Errors. Boston 0, Cleveland 4. Bat teries, Clarkson and GauzellXTBrien and Zimmer. At Columbus- Columbus.. ... ...10 1 1 Cincinnati. . .X .O 0 0 0 0 0 1- Basehits Columbus l3, Cincinnati 8. Errors Columbus 3, Cincinnati 4. Bat teries, Baldwin and O'Connor, Smith and Keenan. The following baseball games were postponed on account of rain: Wash ington Washington and Pittsburg. New York New York and Chicago. pniianeipnia ivtnieue ana at. louis, and Philadelphia and Indianapolis. Baltimore Baltimore and Kansas City. The Railroad to Atlantic City Thought to be Open. Philadelphia, Sept. 12. Superin tendent Dayton, of the Camden and Atlantic and West Jersey Railroads, which roads are controlled by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, tele graphed from Camden to the officials of the flatter company this morning as follows: 4Our train service har been resumed between Philadelphia and Atlantic City. We will arrange to send a special train to Atlantic City, leaving at 12 o'clock to-davj we will also send a special from Atlantic City for Philadelphia, leaving Atlantic City at 10 a. m. to-day. All passenger trains will run on regular schedule to and from Atlantic City hereafter." ; The above mentioned trains were run this morning and at ten o'clock the first train since Monday left Atlantic .City. It was in five sections the first contain-, ing eight passen ger coaches ail of which were packed even , to standing room. Fifteen thousand-peOple ; will leave here to-day and to-morrow- This will of course include many of the all , year residents." Many houses. are in an un tenantable condition owing to j bad sewerage caused by the flood.. I ; Am Expenutiv :Bailrad CoUUln. ! Fobt Wayne Sept. 12-During' a heavy fog yesterday a collision occurr ed at Millers City, Ohio, forty miles east of here on the Nickel Plate road which caused a loss - of about 1 100,000. The west bound fast freight carrying fruit and merchand f ze,ran into a gravel train! ! Both; locomptlTes- and fifteen: cars with their contents weredestroyed EnglneersXbert and Young of this city, were Injured. -12 V. NO SERIOUS TROUBLE EXPERIENCED BY VESSELS ARRIV ING AT NEW YORK- l ileoco m itooch rMir frm tMk. N CKac ta the Imn th ttT Aas rnkaowa teamr Ahre r Ner- New York. Sent. 12. r.ach irin, vessel report.- having exprrinoi unusually heavy wtmthcr, but h.id met with no hcriou trouble. Aiut oV!vi: the Roanoke and the Richmond, of .h Old Dominion line arrivxl. Thev had had their hjire of tho touirh weather. which wius shown bv their and rigging. 1 . Tho Roanoke left Norfolk lt MonUj night. She was duo Lore at tn 6Uai Tuesday night. Tho Captain rt$tturtt that, while his vetwel uMaletel no serious damage, tho trip a. one of the rougnest tie had ever oxrriontd. r rom ine time ne left until hU arrivnl storm after storm was eneiuctr! with but little recess ir'twren. The Richmond, which ihould nowbf on her way South, having started ( lat ' Tuesday night put hick. The feterm was encountered off the lightship about midnight Tuesday, and fearful of vent uring further to sen, anchor was lot down in Gravesend Bay. 5eeiug that tne storm snowed no siirn of abutitif. and as the vessel was light the Captain- vurnoa ner nose oacK towanl her dtok. The weather in the lower bar. th Captain says, was unprecedcntir severe. The wind blow at a terrinc rate, while stranfro to si v. a den;e foe enveloped everything and made navi gation well nigh Imtxibie. Grave send Bay was covered with bteamert and vessels of all kinds waiting for the storm to subside. Tho United States man-of-war Atlanta, which left Brooklyn navy yard the fore part) of this week and had been given up as lost by the newspapers passed out thl morning about 9 o'clock, v I The National Lino steamer England from Llvei-pool, got to her dock to-day after experiencing one of the roughest voyages her commander had encoun tered In a service of sixteen years at pea. At midnight Tuesday one of the fire men was washed overboard and drown ed J The England was struck by the storm Tuesday evening. The wind ami sea were something terrible. Captain Healy says that the steamer was almost turned over by the combined force of wind and sea. She careened;over un til the tips of her yards dipped Into the water. (Midnight.) There has . been ns change in the position Of the storm since last night. The winds have do creased somewhat In iolence; they a still from the northeast on the New England and New Jersey coasts tnd from north to northwest south nf J.be Delaware capes. Atlantic CmN. J.. Sent. 12. Th wind still blows at the rate of thlrfr- five to forty miles 1 an hour andi it is still rainlncr. The beach tides have not been large and consequently are unaccom led by further damage. The meadows, however, are : still three and four feet under water. Three or four TToolhardy Dooole reached hero to-day from Plessant ville. They walked to the big railroad tower where the principal washout is, where they swam, and did tho "haa.. over hand" act on loose rails. One or two people started from here for Pleaa antville under the impression that they might catch trains for Philadelphia. How they succeeded is not known. .It was a perilous journey. Yesterday two young ladles, a child and two men attempted to cross the current at Knickerbocker club honm on the meadows; the boat was swamped by the violent tide and tbe occupant thrown out! tho hnnt vetui 1 mturiL through the herculean efforts of a msjt and the ladles rescued. - Re my Fegel, who keeps Fegel thor oughfare house tells of a daring rescue at 5 oclock Tuesday afternoon, i It was found necessary to move out, owing to the rising waters. The current was too strong to row a boat so Mr. Fegel and six strong men took the partv of thirty people fromthe Thoroughfaro hotel to Atlantic City proper. The la dies were led several hundred yards through the water which wss tip ta their necks. There weroHwelre gmsll children In the party. Bv the action of tbe tide an inlet no runs throughCbelsca; the latteKplace Is still submerged; There has been communication with Long Port. -.A train started this morning witha coo BirUVUUU Uli UUk IUO IM.BB tl W UOU1J washed. There Is no telephone com munication. X It Is not known whether br not ths hotel Aberdeen withstood the tora. Great anxiety Is felt for the safety of the residents. . Atlantic City meadows appear to be a vast lake surrounding the city. Many days mutt elapse before the actual ux will be known. Contrary to the predictions of tha weather clerk the wind redoubled t i fury from, the early hours of yesterday, blew continuously throughout the night and it rained as hard. The indications are that it will' continue throughout to-day. The ocean has quietea and only the usual tides flow and ebb. The direction of the wind Is unchanged. It is estimated4 that 150,000 will- not cover the loss to Atlantic City. Noktolk; Sept--, 12. An.unknowB brigaattne rigged steameri with red or yellow funnel came ashore" at sees o'clock to-night, almost opposite the life ' saving station No. 1 at Capo . Henry. She displayed the following night signals: Red ,Coston light v turn ing green and red again, shooting one red Roman candle. , Hp to .ten o'clock IV m the life caving crew had not :suo; ceeded In getting a lino to her. t Tho wind was'blowxng thirty miles an hour fronV the - Northwest. The steamer, camo from the South. She may get cir&thifhvrstcr. 1 N rx -1 it 1 1 I - j ' , - ,
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Sept. 13, 1889, edition 1
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