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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1885
Page
4
A fragment notes a counter sale at Wr. Maurice Ines confectionery and urges regular subscribers to pick up the Evening Observer at the newsroom of Henry Weer, with a brisk call to obtain the publication promptly.
Forecasters predict fair weather for the district Sunday along the Atlantic coast and in the Tennessee and Ohio valleys with slowly rising temperatures. East portions may see light snowfall, a slight drop in temperature, cold winds that shift to variable and rising barometer afterward.
A York era style issue from Dunkirk reports brisk local items. Notes include upcoming lectures, fashion and millinery at Lyon Brothers, oil prices, and school openings. Community notices cover bar admissions, post meetings, and charitable and business updates with multiple names, places, and dates interwoven.
Easter Eve preparations and Holy Week services are described for 81st John s congregation. Daily Lenten meditations and Good Friday morning service precede Easter festival services at 11 am and 7 30 pm. Rector Raikes to preach Easter Thought. choir under Mrs Hills with new music. Floral displays noted. seats free to all. Catholic churches plan music at St Mary s and Sacred Heart with Krafft program and De Is Hache mass.
This morning Constable Keough arrested William Gainger near the depot for intoxication and suspended sentence on good behavior. John Wiggins, refused a drink at Premenschenkel's on Third Street, smashed a glass pane in the saloon and was arrested by Constable Calaban for malicious mischief. Justice Durrell discharged him on condition he pays the loge and costs.
28 acres of cultivated land three miles west of Brocton Station on Main road. Includes house barn and good well. One acre of young trees and a fine orchard. Sold cheap for cash. Inquire of Wu Zimmerman Dunkirk N Y.
The Dunkirk Cadet Corps offers two prizes for members the best drilled private or non commissioned officer and for deportment and attendance. The list opened March 1 with competitions planned monthly leading to a September 29 final drill. Ernest Taylor and Simu B Winters reached the last stand with Winters declared victor after a tied facing and Taylor fumbling his musket.
This morning train No. 21 on the Erie struck a runaway horse attached to a small log boat sled carrying coal and furniture near a crossing a mile past the white bridge. The horse was killed and the boy fled in fear. The sled was not overturned. Earlier, a freight on the NYPL&C left the track at Redhouse. wreck cleared by 11:30. A NYP&O train diverted via Dayton due to inability to run direct from Jemwenewa to Gelarmenon.
Next Tuesday evening at the Opera House an amusing operetta directed by Miss Annie Hille and Miss Alice Kidder will be staged by Grove House Academy pupils. A lively cast and a burlesque Cinderella interlude promise a humorous performance with local talent and a grand party finale.
Mrs Malvina Beggs wife of John Beggs died at her Buffalo Street residence after a long illness in her 61st year. Funeral Monday at 9 am from the house with Rev E F Adams officiating. She was a longtime resident daughter of Col Dickinson mother of four, survived by one son John Bewis of Hornellsville. Her loss is deeply mourned by family and friends. She was a former member of First Presbyterian Church.
Lake Shore trains near North East were stoned on a Saturday evening. Detective Silas B. Matteson traced the crime to Sherman J. Wright and Alonzo McGuire. Wright was captured at his North East home, McGuire seized in Gerry. Both youths held in Mayville jail, reflecting credit on the detective’s work.
An ad proclaims Hood's Sarsaparilla strikes at the root of scrofula by cleansing the blood and removing impurities. It claims thousands cured and urges purchase at all druggists.
In 1885 Spring season advice urges quality work over artistry for repairs and decorations. I F Monee promotes an endless stock of ceiling decorations with unique designs and color options. Re P Moreor advertises suitable borders and white backs for paper hangings and murals.
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