26 Aug 1884
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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1884
Page
1
The First National Bank vault was opened after three doors were forced but contained no securities. the bank president Warner is missing and is blamed for the loss. Depositors threaten violence while officials condemn lax oversight and speculate that notes from the Burrows estate may erase its liabilities.
Chronicle of disaster after a thunderstorm reports two houses destroyed at Carpopear and uprooted trees. Fifteen fishing smacks lost outer cover. schooners Beteay Ferrel Elizabeth sunk near Sprackin Island and White Bay. A fishing smack with four men and two female passengers lost off Cape Brayle. A large former ship lost at Georges Day. No details. Baltimore & Ohio offers for control of B&O, denied by Robert Garrett. Murphy remanded to Pontiac Asylum after confessing to wife murder. Disease outbreak kills animals in Quilford Pa and alarm among farmers.
Governor St John and Mr Daniel accepted Prohibition party nominations for president and vice president at a large public notification event in Cana Maryland. Speakers stressed liquor control as the key issue, urging unity across regions to form a national reform movement.
Washington reports the loss of the Tallapoosa after a collision with the schooner James E. Lowell near East Chop Light Massachusetts on August 1. The Tallapoosa sank in nine fathoms after the collision. several officers and men were rescued, with two deaths and two missing. The article also notes projected river and harbor work including Hell Gate and funding for $10 million in three percent bonds.
Joe Kirby, a Painpsuite resident, suffered a sudden hydrophobia attack Sunday night. He froths at the mouth and bellows, needing several strong men to restrain him. Some say the episode follows a dog bite last year, while others doubt the diagnosis. New city notes report a separate violent death in Lambert City on the East Tennessee Virginia Georgia Railroad, where conductor Gus Raleigh was killed after a dispute with a Black man identified as Ea Taylor, who struck him with timber and toppled the freight car.
Reports from August 26 detail the People's party state committee's completion and plans for caucuses, a state convention, and a chairman election as Butler's followers organize in Massachusetts. Other items note Berkshire conference in Pittsfield, McKinney’s congressional nomination, and various local incidents across several states.
A Foo Chow dispatch says eight French ironclads entered the Min River twice, faced strong Chinese forts, and withdrew after an hour. Dispatches condemn the bombardment, while Millet in Tonquin promises to resist invasions. Cholera outbreaks in Italy and Rome rise with severe rainfall, isolating La Spizza and Cuneo. Debts and bank concerns in Albion, and a Denver City accident ending in a man’s death.
Report from Hampeat Orangeme nt describes hundreds of Orangemen attacking a Roman Catholic charter yacht at Henly harbor, threatening Father L with death, tearing down Papal Freigren text. Text mentions Wil Ge Oat of the Besmem Orrawa and Ont Angese, with talk of estate shipping leaving town and a single gun drop of 9908.
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