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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1885
Page
4
Fragmented steamship and train timetable notices show arrivals and departures for VENING OBSERVER area. Partial entries indicate times and destinations such as FREDONIA and JOUTHLERN with irregular formatting and unclear dates.
Probabilities indicate cloudy conditions with rain then colder clearing weather. Winds shift to westerly as barometer falls first in eastern portions.
Dunkirk local news for January 18, 1885 reports on skating rink plans and improvements, charity balls, concerts, church services, and social events. Notable items include marriage at St Marys, plans for a New Orleans visit, upcoming polo matches, and municipal notes on ice harvesting and sewer assessments.
A roundup of daily residents and visitors in the area includes Judge Durrell in Buffalo, Jack VanDevert improving, W D McKinstry leaving for Albany, and Mrs Isham's condition improving. Engineers, merchants, and clerks travel between Fredonia Salamanca and Buffalo while several prepare trips to Syracuse and Rochester. A funeral marks a note of travel as D A A Nichols and family leave Westfield. County physicians attend the Chau tauqua County Medical Society meeting with Prof Tremaine of Buffalo in attendance.
A charity entertainment is planned for Thursday evening at the Opera House. The program lists diverse acts including piano solos, songs, duets, violin and quartette performances featuring performers such as Pauline Polinski, Miss Lesté Nelson, Miss Helena Allenbrant, Mrs. Aibs, Mr. Mull, Mr. Brooks, and Mr. M. Driggs among others.
In a city notice the inmates of St Marys Orphan Asylum express thanks to numerous benefactors for holiday cash gifts and goods. Names listed include P J Mulholland five dollars, M K McDonough five, O Stillman thirty five, rest of donors and shops such as Buffalo One Price Store and Danforth Co. noted. Dated January 10 1885 in Duokirk New York.
The Lake Shore Bee Keepers Association will meet at the Apiary of A. E. Dodge in Fredonis on January 24 at one o'clock. All beekeepers and those interested in agriculture are invited to attend. John Benion, Sec. Protem.
A stream of crime notes across towns cites thieves stealing live hogs in Buffalo and broad daylight robberies in Rochester. Several small towns report burner and burglary incidents, arrests or close calls, and alarm over rising petty crime while social pages note deaths, bequests, and local developments such as new libraries and skating rinks.
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