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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1883
Page
2
The Even ing Observer explains the New York penal code as a codified collection of preexisting laws, not a new statute. It notes expected amendments and mentions ongoing legal matters including Fitz John Porter, Senator Logan, army appropriation, and tariff commission discussions.
A newspaper note defends the late ball of Loder Hose No 2 against a fireman’s claim that dance halls were improper for women. It asserts the remark is false and notes many uncles and acquaintances attended without issue, calling the fireman’s statement mistaken.
The Sunday restrictions in the new penal code have loosened, with police largely tolerating barber shops cigar sellers and liquor vendors. Barrooms music halls and beer dens operated openly, many serving women and children. Eleven suspects including butchers grocers fish-dealers and confectioners faced charges in Essex Market court, most held for examination. Erie county Fair clears debt and ends a deficit while Rev. Baker’s Huguenot ancestry noted alongside his Pleasantville death.
The old East Hipley schoolhouse, in use for nearly fifty years, is to be replaced by a brick structure. A maple tree cut by D. Dorman and brother yielded 191 cords of wood. A nurse girl Polly Guernsey of Meadville was injured falling with a baby. she died from spinal injuries.
A survey of Florida orange culture notes many failures alongside successes. It cites large shipments to New York, Boston, and Chicago, with northern buyers dominating consignments. Trees yield 3,000 to 6,000 fruit per season for mature trees, and an example notes 12,600 oranges from a single tree. Most production is by native Floridians, though many northern migrants plant orchards. natives are described as careless cultivators relying on luck rather than management.
On and after Monday November 13 1938 two cars run this road leaving Fredonia at 8 00 15 and 11 25 AM and 6 00 6535 PM Dunkirk departures at 9 05 and 10 00 AM and 7 25 2 01 Sundays add routes from Fredonia at 6 15 PM 1 25 AM and 5 00 0 35 PM Dunkirk 10 00 AM 12 90 2 35 with wind noted and unclear extra figures.
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