16 Jan 1883
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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1883
Page
1
A local notice from Wilson announces a new Car Fuge and Wagon Shop at Talcott and Ruggles in Dunkirk offering his work, including a flexible platform spring specialty, welcoming customers to inspect his craft. The item reads as a brief public business notice in a period voice.
Flames devastated the music store of McCammon near Tweed in Albany at North Pear and State streets. Firefighters fought the blaze, gutting the building, while nearby Young Men's Association rooms were saved by wetting down. The old landmark hosted operatic and dramatic stars and political debates. insurers expect a quick rebuilding and coverage remained substantial.
In Loris on January 1 Clay Sexton chief of the fire department stopped a well dressed young man who taunted bystanders. Hearing the insult Sexton rushed from fire headquarters and beat the man for about ten minutes. A large crowd gathered and applauded the strong conduct.
Acbaxy New York January 16 The Court of Appeals today upheld a lower court ruling convicting County Treasurer Bork of Buffalo of embezzlement. The decision ends months of speculation that he would escape punishment as Governor Cleveland had at one time been his attorney.
Special Dispatch to the Evening Observer reports the firm of C Con Read & Co brewers of Budweiser faced a half million in debt and likely failure. Their wine vaults and wine garden were renowned but assets remain unclear. A bookweiler, Chapman, made an assignment for creditors amid heavy liabilities.
Foreign Affairs reports a plot to murder the Lord Lieutenant and other high officials. Prince Krapotrine is named in connection with the investigation. A probable wreck is linked to a Dena mite explosion, details remain unclear.
From Syracuse dispatches the report notes an overdose of morphine and mentions Prince Victor Napoleon publishing a manifesto on the Napoleons importance in French affairs. The brief item links to broader Napoleonic context with no further detail.
Special dispatches report a 1640 style plot uncovered by police aiming to attack high officials including the Lieutenant. The message attributes the work to the Pesinns, with details of the conspiracy amid a flurry of reports from Luxpos and Harwich about wrecks and deaths linked to dynamite and hydrophobia cases.
Market report with mixed prices across commodities including butter eggs and poultry. Notes scattered quotations for wheat corn pork lard bacon and dairy products, with regional hints from Toledo Dunkirk Akron and Chicago markets. Prices cited show slow demand and uneven movement as stock levels fluctuate and new arrivals arrive.
Morrisville station agent George Matthews of the Ontario and Western Railway Company absconded with more than 8000 of the company’s money. Officers are pursuing him.
In Epatna New York on January 16 a Tule four year old girl was assaulted by David Bruce who enticed his little niece upstairs in his father’s house. Neighbors planned lynching but the law protected the prisoner. Public indignation runs deep as authorities detain the suspect at the depot.
Prince Krapotkine addressed the court claiming the Internationale does not exist and anarchist ideas survive suppression. He argued the trial targets foreigners, warns of renewed revolution, and urged studying the social question rather than prosecuting anarchists. He predicted ten years of upheaval if not heeded.
Nell Ryan a town woman was found dead in a Railroad avenue bagnio yesterday morning. She lay on a bed with three whiskey bottles and a morphine box nearby, head under the bed, no fire in the room. She was about twenty nine, previously attempted suicide several times.
Telegraph notes report a major fire at the Calumet iron and steel works in Irondale. The text also mentions political nominations in Dover and Illinois, a relief donation in Germany, and a bishop in Indianapolis dying after a second stroke. An ice bridge railway connected with the South-eastern line at Langueil Station with twenty five cars crossing.
Weather bulletin notes probable conditions over the Lower Lakes with warmer and cloudy skies, light snow, gentle to smothering winds, near stationary or lower temperatures, and lower atmospheric pressure.
The report covers Hugh O'Donnell's alleged confession amid a whiskey rumor, a laborer killed at Lara Bee oil tank, speculation on Hoarie from Massachusetts and Long's chances, a Petry verdict in a Long Island mayoralty case, an arm amputation at Larabee, a Miss Scott legacy dispute at McGill, a Lehigh Valley worker killed near Wilkes-Barre, and a Denver Republican caucus balloting showing no United States senator chosen yet with Pitkin leading.
A fire swept through the forge and bolt department of the Elba Tron Works in Franktown Franklin County today, gutting the immense plant. The total loss exceeds 40000 dollars with only a portion insured, and firefighting crews struggled to save the structure.
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