23 Jan 1883
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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1883
Page
1
Latest telegraphic briefs report a mysterious death by self-inflicted action. Bourbon State sees illicit distillery raid. Montgomery riot continues, resembling Parisian Krankicading style. Syracuse budget criticized for trainman negligence. A church row and communication issues surface amid wide coverage. Seventeen fear old noted.
Dunkirk area residents are notified of new or expanded local services. A car and wagon shop opens at Laloott and Ruggles streets offering custom work. A furniture store to open on Centre Street between Third and Fourth with repair services. Bus line operates between hotels and trains. A petroleum broker, K Williams, offers market access through local exchanges and margin carries.
A collage of small ads and notices including second hand saloon beer offers at 2 Second Street, employment and service appeals, a photograph notice at the post office, poultry and seafood sellers, five-cent cigars by H. C. H. Smith and James Rogan, train passenger carriage pricing, and real estate listings for seven houses on Ton, Leopard, Sisson, and Nevins streets with Selien & Popple handling prices and terms.
Michael Schener a butcher injured in a row at East Buffalo was found in a swamp near South Bend Indiana in a pitiful condition. The affair is described as intensely mysterious. He is believed shipped on a freight train after stealing money and heading off on a spree.
Sammel C. Bell son of Ton. Win Bell Jr former State Secretary attempted to shoot his wife at her father's home O L Jones a leading businessman. Bell returned from Chicago and told her she must die firing twice but missing. He was arrested about a month earlier after she filed for divorce causing citywide shock among prominent residents.
A gang rode to Montello on the Central Pacific line at dawn and robbed two white workers and several Chinese laborers, then seized and confined train crew in the tank house. They overtook the eastbound express, fought the messenger, but fled as passengers resisted. One messenger was wounded and ten dollars stolen. A posse of twenty pursued them.
Special Dispatch to the Evening Observer from Loupville Kentucky reports a U S Deputy Marshal raid on an illicit distillery. Casks were tapped and about $20 000 worth of illicitly distilled whiskey was destroyed. Moonshiners resisted and pursued officers but no fatalities occurred.
Special dispatch reports that Illson, the man who died by his own hand at Niagara Falls, was a wool dealer from Philadelphia. Authorities here believe the deceased’s origin connects to the Philadelphia wool trade.
A special dispatch from The Evening Observer reports renewed rioting in Opelika Alabama. Ex mayor Danhbar and a posse arrive to defend the beleaguered city as many residents are arrested for violating city ordinances and gunfire erupts in barricaded streets.
Special Dispatch details Captain and officers of the Sultan censured for not aiding the sinking Cimbria. Passengers and crew describe scenes of panic. boats failed, many perished in cold waters. Also reports failure of a train robbery foiled near Buffalo and a Syracuse accident blamed on negligence.
Aida-like production faces disruption as townsfolk, actors, and management clash over finances. Reported in Brerapa New York, locals describe crowds asserting pressuring actions against the troupe amid alleged shortages and unrest.
Fragmentary page item reports fluctuating commodity prices and weather hints, with scattered references to dairy markets, grains, and stock quotations. Names of places and firms are incomplete, but New York and Detroit markets appear. Overall, a rough digest of late market activity and conditions.
A fight at the Lutheran Church follows the excommunication of ex-Alderman Charles Schlosser. Hot tempers flare as a sister member is called a liar, exposing divisions and prejudices within the congregation.
Item notes a red and old gold silk kerchief found on the door of the Opera House during the Brengerbund ball. finder urged to return to the office for a reward. Also mentions slight accident near Third and Bikst, with no injuries reported. Thomas Burke, 26, dies of brain fever after two weeks illness. boilder Works worker and Pioneer Hose Co member, to be buried with other firemen.
Nashville criminal court fines ex-Treasurer Polk at 100000. Pressburg reports Una led offenders in outrages sentenced to imprisonment. French senate says republic safe. frauds feared. Northwest extreme cold with fifty below zero readings. Panama dispatch notes four Americans detained over 50000 pounds stolen from U S government. Panama Railway offers 10000 pound reward. Robberies at Sharon Pennsylvania and Gold Mountain New Mexico leave multiple deaths. A Pittsburgh prize fight left Gilsone mortally injured. A store raid at Silver Peak. two killed. A railroad worker dies after a fall near Cleveland as head is split by rail.
Special dispatch from Ireland reports a number of deaths by starvation off the coast near Stoga on Kiesimin Island. The account notes extreme scarcity and ongoing suffering among island residents.
The French Nation in Trouble reports President Grevy has guarded his residence with armed troops amid political agitation. Market panic followed government securities holders selling off, fearing policy shifts would depress values. The situation appears highly unstable and uncertain.
Special dispatch reports two men hanged in Tralee for a murder, amid protests of innocence as the drop fell. Fragmentary items note the death of Gustave Doré, mourning in Paris academies, vigilante actions in Thompson River and Sand Point, and a Cleveland verdict in a defamation case against Captain S. Paddock, a prominent merchant.
Ny and Dispatch to the Beeniuig Uovereer, BS Toulay Grove, CUsk damaged farous as the denied tig motive is the Lawrence, a respectable no t committed death by own action, and only 15 v4 Krown, OM. Brown, a promine nt Cleveland yesterday of congestion of brain. He was a net of profound learn ing not only in law but in all branches of sciencr quid was noted as a dinecrat, he took an active pact in awalities and wars one of the most populier dem centic cam paign speakers in northern Osio. The decease was dn years oof oo and Wis prominently identified with st Patcick's Roman Catholic eliiret. on the westside. His wife is a neiee a) eve ernar Ewing.
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