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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1885
Page
4
Fragmentary timetable text shows arrivals and departures for EASTERN and SOUTHERN lines with times like 19 00 1:30 and 6:30 pm. Mentions places Jou Byoo and Byoo arrival 10:15 am. Data is incomplete and inconsistently formatted.
Fair weather expected in the lower lakes with light snow in the extreme east and rain later. Wednesday morning brings slightly warmer winds shifting to the east and south. Barometer rising in the eastern portion as conditions change.
Mis hatenme soul hears no echo of battle yet a little one grows in memory. Abd Nets from over the sea as Mepe mourns a daughter’s coming. Local ads note oil prices, fabrics, hats, neckwear, carpets, and tailoring offerings at Oakley, Matteson, and partners.
Warm sugar social at the M E church parlors tomorrow evening. Miss Nora Lynch visits Hornellville and Elmira. Mr Carl W Keiler takes a post with Buffalo grocer C E Bishop. Interestronal Brewery draughts at Julies Siener. Skating exhibitions by Dennis Toomey and Andrew Cameron at Sala manca Thursday to Saturday. Arthur W Houghton of Jersey City Erie offices visits Dunkirk. James E Teal leaves Isis home in Oswego. Notable arrivals at the Hurlbert House include Liehtenauer, Chapman, Persell. Dr and Mrs Curtin travel to Syracuse for a wedding, return Wednesday. Chauncey Rathbun travels to Hornellsville then Albany then Peekskill Military Academy. Pat Upsilon Association of Buffalo banquet at the Genesee. George W Patterson of Weatfield attends. John Rogan opens a flour and feed store on Lion Street above Fourth. Eastbound way freight brakeman injures right hand. digits removed. Nellie Hayes jailed for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Rt Rev Arthur Greveland Core will visit St Johns to preach and confirm, with morning prayers.
Remember the social at the Presbyterian church tonight with instrumental and vocal music. Warm sugar will be served at supper. The Euripides Club audience for Kathleen Marourneen is expected large as tickets sell well. Knights of St George plan an April 23 first entertainment with an excellent concert program.
In Buffalo, Justice Thomas Corlett denied a motion for further particulars in the Board of Supervisors of Chautauqua County v Orrin Berry et al. In Erie County Circuit, Justice Henry A Childa granted nonsuit for the defendant in James M. Graham v Chautaugus Steamboat Company.
Special report of fear at a hardware store where Wiggins and Pierce thought an infernal machine was hidden under the platform. After cautious inspection, the object proved to be only a cast-off section of an old sand pump, posing no danger.
The operetta Dress Rehearsal staged a week ago in the Fredonia Opera House by Mrs Hills and Miss Kidder will not be repeated. A planned performance had been announced but the project has been given up, ending the effort in that venue.
The Lake Shore Beekeepers Association will hold its April meeting on Saturday the 16th at Forestville. Beekeepers and others interested are urged to attend. Edward B. P. J. of Jamestown is a candidate for the internal revenue collector appointment.
Obituary notices report Loren E Pauleon of Co C 112th Regt NY Vols dying after a long illness. Services conducted by G A R at Forest Hills Cemetery with prayers, wreaths, and music. Also announced are the deaths of John Humphreys and Mrs Harry Paige with funeral details and burial at Forest Bill cemetery.
Thereh Mathers and Mrs A J Jaler report a two day visit with Rev J A Kammer of Sharon Pa former Dunkirk First Methodist pastor. Kammer’s Sharon church has 435 members and 275 in Sunday school seating 1200. Sharon, a lively town of 8000, lies 70 miles north of Pittsburgh and southeast of Cleveland and hosts mills and foundries. A Western presbytery meeting followed by a popular gathering was held with Rev W Tripp’s earlier sermon on Christian work among Indians. Rev W Martin and J T Hoole from Dunkirk attended.
Removal notice states a full stock of merchant tailoring and gent's furnishing goods will be moved to the former restaurant and sample room near the fire hall on Center street. The shop will be refitted with a new spring stock and open for business April 11. The cutting department will be supervised by Mr Joseph Tyler.
The ladies of the M E church invite all to a Warm Sugar Social at the church parlor Wednesday evening next April 15. A notable musical program will be featured and the invitation is general. Bring your friends.
Summarizes multiple railroad incidents from Western New York. Lake Shore freight No 38 derailed near Forestville causing hours of delay. Erie No 32 slight accident. D and U engine repaired at Forestville. freight and passenger trains delayed. Lake Shore pay car moved. fast Lake Shore train planned May 1. Also reports fifteen tramps found in Nickel Plate box car with provisions and whisky. Lake Shore detectives broke up a twenty strong gang robbing freights near Angola over four years. leaders identified. gang described as dangerous and desperate. cooperation with authorities urged for reform.
The fish season is nearly over as cold snaps froze the ice but the thaw hurts little. Fishermen avoid going out due to fish prices dropping to six to seven cents per pound in Buffalo. No boats fished Saturday or Monday amid a severe storm. Some catch today went mostly for home consumption. R. M. Mullett shipped about twenty five tons of fish this season.
The advertisement from C. I. Hood & Co Apothecaries Lowell Massachusetts describes Hood's Sarsaparilla as prepared with skill and care under the direction of its originators. It emphasizes thorough knowledge of pharmacy years of experience and reliability.
County and vicinity items report Wellsville water rents for fire use of 1285 dollars and a fire loss in Randolph due to lack of protection. An Exhibition of Sales is set for April 2 24 in Angelica under Allegany County Farmers Club. A 1885 reunion of the 116th Regiment N Vols is planned in Buffalo. Other notes mention a freak calf with human head near Friendship and Belvidere, a Wellsville woman burned to death while intoxicated, and various regional clerical and sheriff actions.
H P Monroe advertises ceiling decorations wall-panel materials mouldings and paints for spring 1885. It promotes unique ceiling designs and various wallpaper options including brown backs white backs flats and micas, with 45 cent shades and hardware like cornice poles drapery chains and fixtures. The copy emphasizes quality work and a broad stock for repainting and refinishing interiors.
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