26 Feb 1883
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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1883
Page
1
Miss Mary Holly died after her dress caught fire while raking leaves for a fire on a Saturday morning. She was to be married that day in Conneaut, and the accident occurred while preparations were underway.
A dispatch reports Barber’s arrest on bogus railway bonds as a major breakthrough in a wide fraudulent scheme. The originator linked to Wells Fargo era robberies and a 1878 Reading theft is named, with further arrests expected. Separate items note political and river flood developments, jail escapes, penitentiar y fire losses, Augustinian society debts, and Folger’s health delaying Treasury duties.
Special Dispatch reports the British Government seeks the extradition of P. J. Sheridan for involvement in the Phenix Park murder, but the request is refried. In another item Raucurster notes Monroe County Land League urging Congress to push free trade with Ireland, with action expected soon.
Special Dispatch reports a morning blaze at the Grumme & Kleppen furniture warehouse and F. M. Browse drug store in Enaina. Origin unknown. Estimated loss exceeds 36000, fully insured. Fire department response noted but no injuries reported.
Telegraph notes report a princess birth at Windsor. Elsewhere a schooner Teal capsized near St Johns with loss of hands, smallpox alarms in Leadville, and schools closed. Fatal shooting in Tombstone followed dispute claims. Relief funds aid Hood sufferers in New Albany Indiana. Cargo of wrecked Glamor gan valued at 1000 tons. Wa bash floods devastate farmhouses and towns. Public meetings planned to push divorce reform. Accurate marksmanship feats reported at Rennselaerwick with 20 bulls-eyes in off-hand shots.
A parcel with dynamite and fuse was left in Ballydehob post office addressed to Earl Spencer. Reports from Brussels and Paris tie the incident to broader plots and arrests connected to the Ganshortz explosion and Irish upheaval.
Promoters doubt ratification of the Mexican treaty and note no time for discussion this session. The fiftieth anniversary of the congressional temperance society was celebrated with Senator Vance presiding. Indictments include Nathan Bennett of New York for stolen goods case from 1881. Alabama claims court demand figures, river rising reports, and bank charter updates fill the page. Leprosy case in Honolulu revealed among a Philadelphia patient sent for treatment. Vicksburg to Fallujah rail line overrun by water, Ashton crevasse affecting plantations. Market updates show wheat, corn, and other commodities steady with regional price notes and bank charter expirations.
Special Dispatch to the Evening Observer reports a sequence of terse notices from February 26 including the incorporation of Overland Telephone Company of New York to run from New York City to Albany and Buffalo with capital of one million, a devastating flood in White River region wrecking homes across 800 miles, mass poisoning cases in Western lunatic asylums with multiple deaths, and a grim confession of a black woman in Rocrram Indiana admitting to killing five newborns.
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