09 Aug 1884
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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1884
Page
1
The Dunkirk community celebrates the grand opening of the Erie Store at the Monroe Block. Shoppers applaud wide bargains and the store’s smooth debut, with many patrons expressing delight at the new shopping option.
Congressional committee resumes hearings at the Soldiers' Home in Dayton Ohio examining about twenty inmates with complaints against Governor Patrick and his administration. Chaplain Jamistaw testifies to harsher conditions under Patrick, noting threats of the guard house and a shift in laws, while advocates urge protection for witnesses and fair treatment amid ongoing reform debates.
August 9 dispatches report coke trade struggling with low spirits and overproduction. A Coke Producers Association meeting is set for the 26th to consider suspending operations in the coke region and implementing remedies amid demand shortages. Local rumor ties a missing man case to a potential murder, with an ex-suspect in Braddock jail for another murder. Wood workers in Tomsburg Pa plan a national organization to protect both workers and employers. Breeders Gazette cites British cattle disease rules and possible exemptions for Western US cattle, though no action has been taken.
In Wilkes Barre at a well sinking site Solomon Slusher and David Slusher died after a blasting accident. Frank Slusher, though initially overcome by foul air, survived with consciousness until rescue. The brothers hailed from Nesto Peck.
The War Department issues a general order to appoint eighty post quartermaster sergeants to replace citizen clerks as storekeepers and clerks. Selection will be by exam from experienced, fit soldiers, with two per regiment where possible, and physical exams by the army surgeon.
Democratic candidates for Congress are renominated in multiple districts including Samuel Dibble in the First and John J. Hemphill in the Fifth. Greenville’s W I L Perry secures Fourth district nod on the 102nd ballot. Third district undecided. later D Wyatt Aiken nominated. Greenbackers nominate M D Tenny in North Carolina and Elder J M Corgan in Tower Hill Illinois. Republicans renominate D B Henderson in Iowa and Elijah Little in Ohio. Tennessee and Virginia contests show close results with Republican gains in most districts.
A petition from Helena leaders to the Interior Secretary seeks urgent relief for about three thousand Piegan Indians at Blackfeet Agency amid reports that they are starving. Deaths rise as rations run low and provisions nearly exhausted. cattle losses attributed to hunger are noted amid prairie fires in Colorado and a Grand Army turnout in Maine.
Baseball report notes McCormick Driody and Glasscock joining the Cincinnati Union club for cash amid large salaries. Details include last games with Cleveland and pre-signing payments, plus later talk of two months’ pay. Also covers a Buffalo-Detroit 12 inning game, a Boston New York tie, and a burned Barnum sleeping car with losses.
In August at Conners Station Poor Herons Killen and Srenxanpoan Pennsylvania along with Mr Dixon Mrs Dixon a child and a man named Cuff were struck by a locomotive while crossing a loading track in a cartage accident. The driver and one infant died. others escaped. The party had been returning from a funeral.
The Bear Thetis and Alert arrived off Governor's Island at noon and were met by the Catalpa and launches carrying Commodore Fillebrown. Bodies were transferred to Brooklyn naval vessels and brought to Governor's Island, where they were placed on caissons and processed to the Post Hospital with guards, band, and a funeral salute. The dead list includes officers and soldiers from Annapolis Rochester Kalamazoo Philadelphia Washington and other places, to be interred at Mount Hope and remembered in ceremonies next Sunday.
A wild bull dubbed Phe Batt and Bloodhound, recently transported from the Indiana Territory, escaped a penned area in Louisville. It charged two dogs, killed one, and gored a young butcher. The beast crossed a ditch, swam Beargrass Creek with a dog bite, and was finally captured near Ravine, Kentucky.
Special inspectors of foreign steam vessels report they inspected the steamer Amsterdam on the sixth of June and found her life saving appliances perfect with four water tight bulkheads.
News from New York reports Henry Sweezy, aged 75, arrested at Hunter's Point for outraging a seven year old girl, with lynching threats looming. Other items include embezzlement charges against Middleton bankers in Washington, a newspaper man dead in Wilmington, liquor firm bankruptcy in Boston, graveyard body theft case in Norristown, cattle diseases in Lancaster, a suicide in Kalamazoo, and a plea to subscribe to the Observer.
The Pall Mall Gazette urges American mediation between China and France as the path to peace. Reports say Sir Thomas Brassey and Samuel Morley may receive peerages after Parliament. A dispatch from Foo Chow notes the American minister will reach Shanghai today. The Chinese stance remains firm and further French concessions are deemed essential.
A large fire at Moac's shipyard frame buildings destroyed the punch shed and binding shed with heavy machinery losses estimated over 350000 dollars. Insurance covers most losses. Foundry saved with great effort. The blaze disrupted shipbuilding at the Old Dominion yard and halted work on government cruisers. Firefighters received outside assistance but could not prevent the destruction.
Fehrs of a SCHRENECTADY report a large crowd on Wednesday night reacting to an arrest of four young men in a disturbance with the Salvation Army. About fifteen hundred men escorted the prisoners to a station, threatening to throw the office into the canal. Riots included trades and arson threats as police take precautions.
aiaporting New York reports the steamer American arriving with a gold bar shipment valued at $500,000 from the Bank of British North America. The cargo emphasizes strong transatlantic financial activity and bullion movement during the period.
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