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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1884
Page
2
various brief notes on public figures events and culture including a Dutch trade fair in Amsterdam livestock prizes a Canadian medal a German expedition to Africa updates on Union parade Brooklyn figures and New York civic costs church and police spending and potential editorial chair candidates all reflecting a mosaic of mid 19th century American and international news items with multiple named entities and places.
The item reviews 1880s census data on blindness declining since 1851 and notes smallpox and eye surgery improvements. It also reports 1883 wheat prospects, exports, and possible low prices, then provides a series of local Forestville notes on residents, visits, events, school debates, illness, obituaries, and town meeting results.
A Friday social at E. J. Goodenough's home brought about 40 guests for a bountiful supper and high jinks. Music was provided by G. B. Rider and Herbert Terrell. Attendees included Ames Herrick Nellie Russell of Dunkirk and Mrs. E. E. Dix of Forestville. Hosts thanked guests and helpers at the end of the evening marking the season’s first sociable event.
The manuscript recounts an Indigenous legend from Cayuga and Onondaga peoples about two giant feathered mosquitoes sent by the Manitou to scour the Seneca River region. After a devastating battle, the monsters were slain but left unburied, their carcasses decomposed to form clouds of mosquitoes that spread across the land.
The State Press association officers and executive committee met at the Delavan house Albany last Thursday. Presidents Edward Parker and others from Geneva, Yonkers, Lyons, Dunkirk and Dansville attended as the next annual meetup was tentatively set for Plattsburg in June. The program includes addresses and poems and a Lake George visit. a brief assent to Montreal was noted. The group unanimously adopted resolutions endorsing repeal of the state paper law and urging legislature to expunge it, arguing it unjustly benefits a few at taxpayers’ expense.
McKee Rankin exits the Union Square Company after Storm Beaten to start a new play, Marion Elmore travels with Miss Madison Square Company, and Newark hosts a marriage between Marion Elmore and Frank Gosee. Chicago to build a large opera house, while Knutte Claxton stirs Albany society. Palmer weds Laura Shook. Modjeska rehearses Najera for Baltimore. St Louis Elks protest Henry Irving visit. Proctor comments on lunar lines and Wagner’s Tannhauser music visions.
C A Barbed of 496 Walnut St Elmira NY writes that months of rheumatism with back pain and numb limbs were relieved after three Salicyline doses. He says the remedy fully cured his case and claims it is the only one that helped. Sold by all druggists at 40 cents. G P Monroe druggist Dunkirk NY listed as agent.
The latest charter for a local natural gas company has been granted to the Tidioute Light and Heat Company. Capital stock stands at $10,000 with officers Win H Shocklaton Warren John Siggin Tidioute Jan W Kinnear Tidioute Frank J Glermonger Oil City Mernal P. Greieici Tiliouis.
News Register dispatch from Hubbard notes Gabriel Erb a sixty year old widower was found drunk in a field Saturday with hands face and feet frozen. He died Sunday. He was recently sued for breach of privacy by his housekeeper and had been drinking heavily since the suit began. He was wealthy and ran cattle. Port land Maine reports 100 cattle from Liverpool sent to quarantine and seven showing disease signs during transit. Now nearly all quarantined cattle are affected. De Long and party on the Frisia expected in New York with burial at Holy Trinity and interment at Woodlawn after a formal reception on Wednesday. In Wilkes-Barre G A R abandoned a corpse after denial of cathedral entry while wearing badges.
The Cleveland market report shows mixed grain and flour prices with No 2 red and white wheats trading around 1.02 and 6.75 to 6.40 for various grades. Corn, oats, and rye quoted with cash and March futures, while beef and pork values hold steady. Market notes include sheep and hog bids, and dairy and lard activity across multiple regions.
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