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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1885
Page
4
Partial timetable fragment lists arrivals and departures for Eastern and Western lines. Entries mention Aprival and Depar, times around 7 to 8 p.m, and specific stations like Fredonia with arrival and departure markers. The legible data includes May 4 timelines and multiple city names, but many details are garbled.
Weather forecast notes snow and rain in the Lower Lakes with cold follow by a shift to southwest and northwest. Local items reference sales at Maurice Loeb's confectionery and Henry Weiler's newsroom, poetic verses about farewell, and a string of city notices including school, council, examinations, performances, and community announcements with multiple names and places.
Joseph B aRicer of Lion Street seeks consent to run, praising Rider’s term and suitability as a capable officer. A Buscher v Amrhein case settled and withdrawn. $45 suit over shelving contract. railway accident totals from 1834 to 1878 noted with counts of collisions, derailments, and resulting deaths and injuries.
The Knights of St Patrick held their annual ball and exhibition drill at Columbus Hall on Monday night. Despite bad weather, about one hundred couples attended, with twenty Knights on the floor under Capt. D J Maloney. The battalion staff from Buffalo, including Col John Feist and Lt Col T J Lanahan, praised the precision of the sword drill and marching.
Audiences laughed from curtain rise to final act as Alvin Joslin and Peck s Bad Boy parody drew strong humor. Krafft s Orchestra provided music while 50 and 35 cent tickets kept profits modest. Meanwhile the M E church ladies invite all to a sleigh ride and oyster supper at Francis Rhodes residence Wednesday evening with free sleigh service and 25 cent supper.
Lenten services at St John s Episcopal Church begin with Ash Wednesday observances tomorrow at 10 30 AM and 7 30 PM. Thursday services are at 8 0 0 PM and Friday evening at 7 30. Free seating and cordial invitation to all to attend any service during Lent.
Louis Koch at the Dunkirk Furniture Ware Stooms urges those needing repair to order cabinet or upholstered work. In valid furniture will be called for and returned in good condition as per policy. Orders may be left at his store for pickup and turnaround.
The Sherman report outlines Democratic and Prohibition caucuses in Chautauqua with nominations for supervisor, town clerk, assessor, and collector. Republicans field temperance candidates led by a life long temperance advocate, while Charlotte Prohibitionists back a full ticket headed by Orrin Torry. Community letters note charitable gifts and a Germania Masquerade night with 55 couples, despite poor weather, finishing in profits.
Sherman dispatch notes ample receipts of Chautauqua county butter with many lots selling at 18c and prime stock at 20c for order trade. Winter prices drop to 2c for spoiled butter while farmers face large losses. Cheese outlook for 1885 weak as Edmunds cheese factory alliance consolidates. about fifteen factories expected. Debts to Jackson & Company settle with Jas. Russell or N. J. Jackson on Front St. at coal office. daw.
The storm paralyzed rail lines across the region with drifts up to twenty feet in places. Trains on multiple routes were abandoned or delayed, coal shortages worsen suffering, and Chicago saw temperatures near 10 below. A large snow plow operated between Brocton and Corry to clear the worst cuts. A Portland school district observed a full day of winter plays and praised teacher Edith Burnham for orderly classroom life.
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