13 Aug 1883
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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1883
Page
1
The City National Bank of Lawrenceburg Indiana closed with State officials examining the books. Dewitt C Fitch president and Henry Fitch vice president admit potential personal sacrifice to cover depositors. Bank tied to a family lumber business. no wider market impact expected. all debts to be paid.
The Commercial prints interviews with leading bankers and brokers arguing the stagnation is local to Wall Street. They blame overproduction overtrading excessive railway building and extended credit since the panic of 1873. All express hope for the country’s safe condition and foresee no financial trouble, only Wall Street’s stagnation.
Rumor claims Cortina led 300 revolutionists in Queretaro last Tuesday with reports of an approaching northern Mexico revolt before year end. The dispute centers on government power. New Laredo city officers were replaced by a large payment, against government wishes.
Allen Hunt Missouri reports an unabated oil boom with thousands of acres leased and many tracts selling for 50 to 100 dollars monthly versus 20 to 40 previously. Gas and oil wells discovered, rock oil found across a wide but unspecified area. Wells under contract and machinery arriving from Chicago and Pennsylvania.
Scattered items report multiple fatalities and incidents: a scaffold collapse on a fifty foot high bridge in Lexington kills four. a rifle shot aimed at a repairman in Scranton misses. a colored girl falls from a Mobile excursion boat with a rescuer drowned. a pubic dispatch notes Western Union lines tied in St Louis. a horse and buggy theft escalates to shooting in Hickman. a hospital death from malpractice in Wilkes Barre. and a train conductor in Bozeman reports twelve killed in Loretan tunnel with few details.
Aged resident Edward Dailey was fatally injured after refusing to give money for beer, with five arrests reported. The dispatch covers violent incidents from New Haven, Duluth, Albany, Florence, Canon City, and others, including a lynching, a bank robbery, and a Shoshone crime.
Dr. Richard Ely visits Ripley and Mrs. George White visits Erie while Mr. Charles Goddard visits his sister in Erie. Regulars include Mrs. Edmunds’s dinner, Judge at races rumored, and Charles Gates boarding at Ocean Spray. Fredonia Park areas praised, crowds swell for a fair, with hundreds visiting from nearby towns.
George Ely PhD of Fredonia has been appointed professor of mathematics at Buchtel College Akron Ohio. L M Caldwell of North East sold his setter dog to oil operator G C Howe of Bradford for 125 dollars. Joh Clark and John Botsford of Salamanca faced U S Commissioner Hazeltine on liquor sale charges, admitting sale but claiming it occurred within Salamanca village and avoiding liability. held to appear at Buffalo term court.
A Friday evening crowd at Cossadaga Camp enjoyed a Pettit family program with vocal and instrumental solos and duets led by John Eggers cornet performance of Roses and Lillies. Pettit family praised for entertaining masses as they depart tomorrow for Alliance Ohio. Saturday featured J Frank Thaxter of Chelsea Mass delivering singing and speaking, followed by a successful hop with about eight couples in attendance.
The Chautauqua season fills boats and cottages as a large amphitheatre opens for lectures and entertainment. Notable speakers include Prof Richards and Prof Roberts receives a lot for a rhetoric and elocution pavilion while Sherwin and Beard provide humor.
Tuesday month Ita lectures by W F Mattalien D D Boston on Unity of the Human Race. a lecture by Dr P B Henson Chicago on The Worship of the Golden Calf. a lecture Rev A A Wright Standard Scales for weighing New Testament Greek words. Wednesday lecture Rev J Foater Illinois Our Sunday School Work Tested.
Governor Hamilton issues an address condemning three recent Maryland legislatures for improper state fund expenditures totaling about a half million. He accuses an oligarchy of bosses led by Benster Gorman and allies, cites unpaid revenues since 1979, and notes delinquent officers owing the state $772,000 amid oyster and tobacco service disorder. In New York, a Senate labor committee reports 18,000 to 19,000 telegraphers in the U S and Canada, with average pay around 54 dollars monthly for commercial operators and 89 for railroad workers as a strike objective to restore former compensation.
The opening of the stock exchange across New York brought great excitement as heavy blocks fell on the market and prices declined sharply. The worst drops were in Northern Pacific Oregon Transcontinental Erie Western Union Prestic and South Western. A separate item reports James Morris of Craxar New Jersey shooting himself due to uncontrollable liquor appetite.
A hotel named Devon on the Pennsylvania railroad eighteen miles from the city burned this morning. Dispatch from Patrapenvats dated August 13 reports the blaze at the rural station area and notes the rapid spread of flames along the wooden structure.
A Muskogee telegram says Creek difficulties are adjusted to the satisfaction of all, bringing peace. The First Comptroller heard New York and Tennessee land sale proceeds claims, with a decision expected soon. Census Bureau furloughs rise from funding shortfalls, reducing staff from 1,706 toward half. Dr Beal lists evergreen species for Michigan climate, headed by Norway spruce and White pine.
Weather in the Pa area shows a fair spell after partly cloudy conditions with local rains and cooler northerly winds. Warren resident Captain Robt Dennison has long suffered a leg wound from military service and recently traveled to New York for potential amputation, while Rev Dr J H Vincent’s election as chancellor at Chautauqua University sparks praise for the institution’s global reputation.
Market listings and price updates are provided by telegraph each evening, reflecting the latest trades and commodity values across key exchanges. The corrected figures update investors on price movements, supply concerns, and market sentiment as commerce adjusts to daily developments.
Flour steady with good demand and 025 bbl sales. Wheat quiet with No 1 bard Duluth at 122. Winter wheat small trades 8 000 No 1 white and 4 500 No 2 red on private terms. Oats unsettled with 1 400 mixed at 87 cents and 700 white on private terms. Pork unsettled at 14 30a. Whisky steady at 31 13. Hogs weak for common and light at 450 6.00, packing and butcher 35.10 5.75. Wheat No 2 red 1 11 August 1 43 Sept 1 54 Oct. Corn cash August 534 for September 34 October. Oats No 2 white 62 cents. No 1 white wheat 1 07 cash Aug 1 04 Sept 1 23 5 Oct 1 34 Nov. No 2 white 1 16 4. No 3 red 1 13 3. Flour 4 50 35. Corn firm No 2 36 bid 36c asked. Oats No 2 white 8 9. Oats No 3 -c.
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