08 Aug 1883
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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1883
Page
1
Trade and commerce section reports latest market corrections provided by Tale ataph each evening. Readers can expect updated prices and market movements across key commodities and financial instruments.
Market notes show quiet and unchanged prices for flour cornmeal and millfeed with spring wheat in fair demand. No 1 hard Duluth priced at 122 and No 2 hard at 114 4, plus small lots Sheboygan at 112. Winter wheat steady with No 1 at 110, and oats dull with white western at 40. Whisky steady at 113, hogs weak with packers and butchers 5.90 to 5.55. Wheat futures quoted for August September October. corn futures for September and October. Oats quiet No 3 at 53 1/2. Prices for copper and other commodities noted. Fire department steamer leaving to fight a blaze in New Orleans area. details about local firefighting unit and investigation.
The Associated Press summarizes yesterday's Buffalo races results and related events in a concise score update. The report notes the race outcomes and nearby mentions a prominent clergyman from Samestown, plus reference to automotive news about cars and transport.
New York dispatch reports organized wire cutting across the system with fifty nine wires damaged last night. Western Union offers 15000 dollars for each culprit and 1000 dollars for arresting violators. Reports describe cut cables at Cos Cob Scarsdale and failures to report Sullivan Slade match. Brotherhood tension prompts possible strikes and disciplinary actions against workers. A separate incident details a fatal domestic shooting in Bloomfield involving L L Conrad and his wife. The Rev Henry Benson was killed by a locomotive on the Buffalo line. Coroners to hold inquests.
San Francisco reports indicate over eighteen months a total of 5 million dollars in war materiel sent to China. Last Thursday 400 cases of ammunition were dispatched marked Government, Calibre. Items came from Springfield Massachusetts and were addressed to C. Lehmidt in Shanghai. Additionally 240,000 Springfield rifles, 25,000,000 cartridges, and 800 bales of cotton duck for tents were forwarded.
Merapvite August 7. John Kelley and Charles Link of Buffalo and Charles Hite of Columbus were arrested yesterday at Bradford Pa charged with robbing the Wallace Finn clothing house in this city last week. They appeared before Justice Tentz and waived a hearing, remanded to jail.
The eighteenth annual Buffalo Driving Park meeting opened with cool weather and light attendance around 2,500. Patrons crowded the pool stands while racers and enthusiasm were modest. Purse events include a $1,500 pace for 229 class and a six-year-old and under division with noted drivers and horses listed in entries.
In Greene township two accidents claimed lives and limbs today. Susan Sholtz died instantly after a four foot jump dislocating her neck. W. Davis, a leading Knight of Labor and chief at the Vickory rolling mill, was badly injured by machinery and left horribly disfigured though expected to live.
The article notes the consolidation of internal revenue districts affecting the Twenty-eighth New York and others, a Canadian vessels entry rule, and bonds redemption details. It reports Rear Admiral Cooper and Commodore Luce directing available vessels from Newburgh to participate in the centennial. It covers labor sympathy resolutions, pension law violations case details, and local railroad engine deliveries, plus costs from Jamestown protection event.
The New Method of War claims cutting wires as a strategy adopted by strikers. Special dispatch notes extensive wire damage across New Jersey and New York regions including Passaic Elizabethport Kings Bridge Scarsport Tarrytown Easton Port Chester Greenwich Conn with multiple Western Union and Mutual Union lines down.
Special Dispatch to the Evening Observer reports Chicago Aug a convict at the State penitentiary George Kellogg confessed to killing Charles McMahon and two farm hands a year ago. He hanged himself by a coil of wire drawn into a wire drawing machine, causing fatal injury.
Special dispatch notes a contract to fix a race between Hanlan and Courtney at Chautauqua Lake. Hanlan’s supporters bet on him and he betrayed the scheme by letting bets stand, while Courtney, unable to win, cut his boat.
A damaged notice reports two strikers attacked operator Stafford. He defended himself with a club and knocked both assailants unconscious. The incident occurred in August as described in the local damated account.
Special Dispatch to the Evening Observer reports John Reyne eloped with his step daughter who deserted him in Chicago for a younger man. The brief note places the incident in Milwaukee with Chicago involvement and a shockingly sudden marriage lapse.
Special Dispatch to the Meeting Observer notes 13 cholera deaths yesterday in Abusanoria. Officials urge vigilance and public health measures as fear and illness spread through the community.
Elmer F. Smith, son of William James Smith of Ellicottville, shot a Western desperado near his gulch in Colorado on July 18 in what appears to be justifiable homicide. The Salamanca rock yard stake changed hands with US Senator John R. McPherson purchasing a half interest from proprietor R. McKay, who retains the other half and oversees operations. Elliott & McAwiff of Allegany won the iron bridge stone contract for Salamanca, totaling 47000. two abutments and two piers will be built, bridge ready by mid October and in place by late November unless cement delays occur. bridge will be 389 feet long with a twenty-foot roadway and foot walks on both sides.
Three Rivers mill owned by Mick Bradner and Srith’s Paper mill destroyed by fire with reported losses near 80000 dollars. Philadelphia chemists Hance Bros and White face charges after a laboratory incident with 825000 dollars in losses. Multiple fires nationwide leave extensive damage and arrests, including a postmaster in St. Vincent and a suspected arsonist in Volney O M Ramson.
Camp Cassadaga campers enjoyed sunny warmth while witnesses testified to spiritualism facts. L C Howe of Fredonia gave a strong talk. future days feature more talks, social hops, a children's lyceum, Pettitt family concert, and other entertainments for campers.
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