09 Aug 1883
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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1883
Page
1
Markets page notes corrected figures and closing prices from telegraph reports. Bremog leads gains with notable shifts in steel, rail, and mining sectors as traders reassess supply and demand dynamics.
Wheat strong for milling with No 1 hard Duluth bought 600 bu at 9 132 and 200 bu private terms while corn remained scarce and in demand with No 2 bids around 58c. Pork and whisky steady. hogs weak on the lower end. Currency and futures quotes show slight shifts with wheat and corn prices cited for several months ahead. A note on future grain markets and a local veterans reunion tease conclude the report.
The report covers the second day at Buffalo with Associated Press dispatches noting a confident man from Pennsylvania Butter and Cheese and the capture of a crooked man. Details indicate a local crime and pursuit theme with regional names and a caper near the Erie region. The story emphasizes arrests and ongoing investigations with named figures and places.
Slade claims fair defeat to Sullivan and vows rematch while Mitchell fights a light contest and Ryan looks to a Madison Garden meeting with Sullivan mid September. Cobin named Ryan’s coach as Paddy Ryan pushes a Boston delay for Sullivan bout and a New York card within six weeks.
Orlando C. White of Leon obtained two pension-check letters March 14 in Burrs o and forged the Spink check for $18 in Jamestown before cashing it and endorsing the Plopper check for $12 in Michigan. He returned in June, was arrested, and today admitted guilt. Bail set at $2,000. held for next district court term.
The Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society met in Emmema with daily sessions this week. Governor Pattison, chair, was absent. Dairy talks dominated the day with county reports showing butter at 25 cents a pound, cheese 10 cents, milk four cents a quart, and dairy cows costing about 400 dollars. Presentations urged keeping profits from beef cattle within the state rather than Ohio and New York.
Bienwoxp August 8 Captain Dodd of the schooner E. G. Irvin arrived from New York and was arrested on charges of attempting to violate neutrality laws. The schooner was seized with large quantities of ammunition rifles cannons pistols carbines aboard. A seaman said the Irvin signalled for another vessel near Hog Island before bringing the cargo to Richmond for investigation.
Report of racing heats for a 1500 purse event in the three minute class. Entries include E Butber B a Phallis 1311 W H Saunders Jr B G Index 2122 J Stark G G Gerald 3283 D Mackie B M Mambrinette Dr W Sargent B M Peat Dr 8 Green B M Eva De AL Levis B A Boutham Dr. Times for heats given as 2128% second heat mite 2.83 third heat mite 2.24 fourth heat mite 2.27.
Treasury Department resumes plans to vault silver dollars as Postmaster General approves two cent stamps for stamped envelopes. A Norwich physician sues a restaurant for civil rights violation over race in a dispute where the keeper says the doctor was disorderly. Tacoma customs reports a sloop smuggling Chinese across the border. nine Chinese passengers escape. Gen. Crook places San Carlos Reservation under Capt. Emmett Crawford to maintain peace and oversee Indian prisoners. Star route contractor Albert E. Boone sues Flora Cabell for 1700 alleging loan return and contract manipulations involving the Cabell family and a nephew in the Indian Bureau.
Mr William H L Vanderbilt visits the Moravian cemetery at New Corp to select a site for a grand family mausoleum over his ancestors. Negotiations with an architect accompany his son George as plans for a 150 foot high monument rising from a chapel of Indiana limestone are kept confidential among family members. The project promises a conspicuous landmark visible from the bay and surrounding area.
A Hazeton mine hosted a successful lime blasting trial witnessed by coal operators. Nearly pure carbonate of lime is calcined and ground, pressed, and inserted into a drilled coal cartridge. Water and steam crack the coal, promising safer air and cleaner extraction with economy and time compared to gunpowder. Also tested in England and Belgium, it is rapidly replacing powder use.
The Strikers remain hopeful amid a bleak outlook as reports circulate on their ongoing dispute. The Suns publishes Fife columns suggesting Dorsey’s spite toward Daf is a topic of editorial contention.
Special dispatch reports ex senator Dorsey confirming prior publication of the Dorsey budget. He claims Garfield's nomination arose from a premeditated scheme and asserts Conkling could have been nominated. Dorsey says he supported Grant but could not accept another outcome.
A New York dispatch reports a female striker confident of success after three applications by former workers were rejected as inferior. The strikers remain convinced they will prevail.
Special Daxpatch reports from Waanisorux on August 9 state Secretary Lincoln aims to stop duplication among officers accounts. The move follows a recent officer suicide caused by fear of exposure.
Andrews, accused of murdering Maroney, was a rival in a love affair. Victim's friends attempted lynching the suspect in Toronto amid the August coverage.
Special despatch reports Chairman John F. Smyth asserting the Republican party remains a harmonious affair as Atany outlines the current unity.
A special dispatch reports three excursionists drowned in the Yamaska River near Moxirgzac on August 9. The incident stunned local observers as rescue efforts were hampered by swift currents and fading daylight.
Special Dispatch to the Frenang Observer reports the steamer Ludwig, believed lost, had twenty steerage passengers aboard. location and fate remain uncertain as of August.
Michael Danner, a station agent for the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, was arrested for alleged embezzlement of funds from the Odd Fellows Benevolent Association of New York, dating back about ten years. Authorities say his real name may be F. M Denner after a shortage of between $3,009 and $35,000 was found and he reportedly fled to Canada.
Bebil the professional swimmer and anvalet captain Webb announces plans to attempt the Niagara whirlpool swim. He believes Webb could have succeeded if done properly and vows to practice in the Thames and test dangerous whirlpools before sailing to the United States to study currents with weighted dummies. He intends to attempt Webb’s fatal swim once prepared, asserting success hinges on practical water knowledge and management by Devens.
No wires were cut last night the Western Union reported. The report comes as a brief dispatch from New Yoak dated August 9.
Martin Pross, about 45, was sent to the county Insane asylum at De Wittville last week. He had been released last spring under the impression of cure, but his insanity again appeared in a dangerous manner necessitating his re incarceration. Pross lived with Mrs. Geo Dutkee above Ashville in Flarmony.
The station notes fair to partly cloudy conditions with local rains and nearly steady temperatures. Tomorrow may bring more rain. Crop prospects worry over mould and rot in vines after wet weather, especially in the Delaware vineyards. drier spell could salvage remaining yield. Mrs. Laura A. Doolittle of Ross Mills receives a monthly widow pension of 14 dollars, after earlier rejection. N. H. Hill prepared new affidavits.
A compilation of brief items spans Dover Norways ship collision near loss of thirteen crew. Fiji Islands disease outbreaks. a mysterious jailed German wild man in Mason Ohio. a 14 year old farmer’s daughter attacked in Lindeo New Jersey. Cetewayo alive claims from London. Texas fever denial in Dodge City. cholera deaths in Egypt. a Bismarck telegraph strike incident. Baltimore & Ohio railroad operator strikes. Oscar Miller shoots at Kate Stambach in Hamburg Penn.
At a Chautauqua County Veteran Union executive meeting the next annual reunion was moved to Point Chautauqua for Tuesday and Wednesday of the last week in August due to the county fair in early September. Samuel Scudder of Randolph, 33, died Tuesday after long service as Randolph supervisor and former assembly member, with a large period of lumbering activity. he left a wife a son and a daughter.
The Hon. Moses Warren of Brunswick, longtime county surrogate and Central National Bank president, learned today that his daughter Mary aged about nineteen secretly wed Edward Welch, his family’s coachman of six years. They reportedly married May 25 after eloping from Warren’s residence, with a Baptist minister performing the ceremony.
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