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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1885
Page
4
The Evasine OnstevEi will be kept for sale on the counter at Mr Maurice Leeb's confectionery store where non subscribers may obtain it for publication. It will also be available for sale at Henry Weiler's newsroom.
Increasing cloudiness with local showers in the weet portion and northwesterly winds. Slight temperature changes and lower barometer. Saturday shows fair weather for South Atlantic and east gulf states, with rain for the middle stars and lake regions.
Friday edition recounts a verse about love and memory with local notices. Includes millinery ads, clothing, and grooming goods from Matteson and Co. plus brief society items on residents visiting Buffalo Albany and Beagle street. Mentions assaut fines, hotel keepers, and rail timetable hints.
The Fredonia Canning Factory sold to T. Hubbard and B. W. Thompson for $0,000. Social Turners announce a Monday gathering for ticket holders. John Small visits nephew Thomas Stanley on Roberta Road. Gypsies plan a summer wander. Mrs. Barelay’s auction on Front Street nets $25 and adjourns to Saturday at 1 p.m. William O. Stevens Post G.A.R. meets to memorialize Gen. James McQuade. A storm signal is ordered up. wind over 25 mph triggers the red flag. Numerous arrivals at Erie include J. I. Kennaday Rochester M Crissey Stockton B B Lord Ida Steinberg Sinclairville F N Carpenter Rome and others. Several listings of arrivals at Urlbert and local leaders are noted. Warm weather cuts pumping at the station reducing daily water output from 2,500,600 to 1,357,892 gallons. coal savings noted. Monday auction announced by Wx. Moore for old stock and men’s furnishings as he plans a new stock at a new store. Dunkirk Allegany Valley and Pittsburg Railroad Company directors elected in Albany include Edwin P. Worcester Cornelius Vanderbilt and Chauncey Depew among others.
Arthur Peters will complete Mr J Gifford's residence on Fourth Street in a few days. The roof is abmoggled and painted red to harmonize with the structure, which promises to be one of the prettiest houses in the vicinity when finished.
Miss Ela Lapham begins a lecture course titled The Elizabethan Age with sessions on April 18 at 3 PM at Mrs. Milton B. Cazhing’s residence on Eagle Street. Courses cover English Homes and Customs, contemporaries, Sidney, Raleigh, Spenser, Hooker, Shakespeare, Beaumont and Fletcher, Ben Jonson, and Bacon. Tickets cost $3.
The Rt Rev A Cleveland Coxe D L is expected to attend the Morning Service at St Bom Episcopal Church and will preach and administer confirmation. In the evening he will be at Trinity Church Fre donia Rev F W Raikes rector Rescue ELone Co Jamestown receives a new four wheel carriage costing 318 25. the old carriage dates to 1850.
The Episcopal Church Sociable at St. John's rectory drew broad parish turnout and raised about $26 for the Treasurer. Mrs Erastus Brown led instrumental music with songs by Mrs Ronie Hills and Mr Henry Murray, while readings and recitations entertained guests. Apollo Gice Class performed four encores, with a fifth encore added, amid overall praise for a grand, enjoyable evening. The event was hosted by the Ladies Aid Society and celebrated by attendees as a success.
The funeral for John Humphrey Sr. took place Thursday afternoon at his Central avenue home near the Half Way house. Rev. F. W. Raikes of St. John's Episcopal church led services. Embalmed and laid to rest in a cloth casket, the remains showed no signs of death. Interment was in Forcat Uiecametery. Pallbearers included Ralph B. Day, Franklin Burritt, D. Arnold, Thomas Cowan, Alonzo Corwin, and William Stuart. Humphrey, a native of England, had lived in Denkirk for 33 years. he leaves a widow and five children, including John Jr. in Warren Pa and daughter Martha. Captain Charles M. Fellows, son of Portland’s John Fellows, was buried in Buffalo by De Molay Lodge F. and A.M. He was a lake captain and commanded the Colorado when she exploded two years ago.
Removal to Center Street announced for merchant tailoring and gent’s furnishing goods. New premises, formerly a restaurant sample room, will host a refit and spring stock with Mr Joseph Tyler supervising the cutting department. Bradford and Tioga counties judge jury rate publication to prove "jury pricing" in Crawford county.
A batch of local items reports farmers in Hanover burying cows, Daniel Ehweitzer paying $60 for excise violations, Meadville station foundations being underpinned, and Corry appointing Charles Porter as PA fish commissioner. Oysters, clerical moves, rail workers, river rafts, Adventists May 19 prophecy, new real estate venture in Little Valley, Downer works move to Boston, Warren Knights Templar forming, St Luke’s vestry inviting Rev A Sidney Dealey, Jamestown election shifts, Imogene Crane’s death, and polo results in Olean with Excelsiors defeating Armorys 3 to 1.
A patient once given up by eminent physicians and reduced to two skeletons says she is now "as good as new" after taking Dr Pietec's Favorite Prescription and applying local treatments. The remedy is sold by druggists for one dollar with a price cut.
The letter touts a household renovating machine to wash bed clothes and feathers, claiming sanitary necessity and nationwide physician attestations. It urges prompt attention from Dunkirk, F.C., with satisfaction guaranteed and signed by D. W. WesLer.
H P Monroe announces ceiling decorations wallpaper and paints for spring 1885. stocks include endless ceiling decor designs distinct from neighbors, wall papers brown backs white backs flats and micas, room mouldings bead moulding ebonized cherry ash and brass, cornice hooks drapery chains and shades. 75 cent shades offered.
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