12 Jan 1885
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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1885
Page
1
Farm for sale in Westfield near churches school post office and depots. Land is well watered in good tilth with a young thrifty orchard. Terms low for choice property time for payment to suit purchaser.
The Erie Store in Mentor Buckner begins a three week winter sale starting January 18. The notice emphasizes remembering the date and promotes the store's seasonal discounts.
A Wisconsin prison escape ends with Michael A. Hoagan Thomas Derby William Burns and Richard Page recaptured after using skeleton keys and a rope to reach the wall. Page was seized by a farmer while attempting to steal a horse, the others found hiding in a hayloft on prison grounds hours later. Derby and Hoagan had seven year burglary terms. Derby had been captured in Chicago in June 189% after a pistol exchange.
Washington January 12 Colonel Boudinot of the Cherokee Nation testifies before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee about lands leasing. He denies personal bribery knowledge, cites hearsay of a $4000 payment to A M Rogers, and argues leases too large and unfair. Rumors implicate several figures while Bushyhead and other leaders weigh the political risks.
Washington dispatch details Sherman’s published documents challenging Jefferson Davis. It covers Davis’s alleged shift on state rights, threats to civil war, and a secret message calling habeas corpus suspension, plus Stephens letter context and North Carolina factions. Damaged and later items include a poisoning case in East Liveroot and university unification talks in Ontario with bank closure and a steamer sinking in New Orleans.
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