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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1885
Page
4
Evening Observer prints a compact rail schedule noting arrivals and departures. It lists times in a shorthand format with prices and service notes for the local route. The card emphasizes train times and fare details for travelers.
Weather notes predict partly cloudy skies and rising western temperatures with easterly winds. Local items include news of daily exchanges at Maurice Loeb’s confectionery and Henry Weer’s newsroom, plus a Dunkirk Business Index printing note and various brief community updates.
Typhoid cases local. Walter Moore’s remains expected home tonight after death seven months ago. Miss Aden Patterson visiting home from Buffalo. inmates arriving at the Herbert and other local hubs. Charter revision meeting delayed due to illness. polo tournament planned at Little Falls February 11 for a Central New York title. Side-bar accident near Conewango causes damage. Captain Lach’s transfer agent post to be filled. Western New York Masonic meeting in Buffalo elected officers. local insurance agent notes family plans in Florida. Kerry Gow at Opera House features Murphy’s familiar performance. strong reception noted.
A programme arranged for the Dime Social at Mr and Mrs Louis Koch residence Thursday night includes piano solos by Belie Nelson and Agnes Koch singing Soprano, with readings and other musical numbers by likely participants Miss Little Millar and Miss Syulo Qillard. An invitation is extended to the public.
The Fredonia crowd enjoys a roller rink gathering praised for hospitality and a post supper skating session. A Valentines style event featured ladies hosted by Mr and Mrs Brown at Dr Palmer's home with a supper noted as excellent. The party extended past 10 30 and the rink was reserved for the group, seen as highly enjoyable by attendees.
Snow fell Tuesday night across Cleveland and surrounding areas, causing widespread railroad delays. Lake Shore trains west of Cleveland faced heavy snow and poor connections, with No 14 arriving late and No 2 and No 4 delayed. Reports note persistent snow and cold north winds disrupting service, while some routes to Salamanca and other points experience slower schedules and confusion in yard operations.
A series of property transfers across Dunkirk Cherry Creek Sherman and nearby towns shows multiple deeds recorded. Notable grantees include Josiah Smith Murray Hequemne, Chas Murray Chas F Itequem, and Mary Conkling with parcels in Dunkirk. amounts range from 100 to 3 1/2 thousand dollars. Transfers cover land in Cherry Creek Sherman Tarmony and Van Buren with buyers including Joka Undwig Fredrick Wygant and Daniel Fairbank among others.
The statement of funds expended and on hand for the charity entertainment week ending January 24 notes balance on hand and needs of the organization. A prompt response provided dominoes for games, with a call for magazines and illustrated papers including St Nicholas and Harper's Weekly, to aid the young unemployed at the rooms.
The Chautauqua County Agricultural Society held its annual meeting in Jamestown Monday afternoon with little business. Elected officials include President Robert N. Marvin Jamestown and Vice President Flint Blanchard Jamestown. Secretary C. S. Fletcher Jamestown. Treasurer G. D. Glidden Jamestown. Directors Thomas N. Gifford Ellicott Daniel Sherman Utica Thomas Boak Kilery Lewis Woodward Kiantone. Receipts last year were 4471.08. expenditures 4870.47. Next year’s fair date to be set by the board.
Cassadaga reports weekly freight receipts at Laona depot totaling 367 dollars for the week ending Jan 23. A local Laona correspondent praises Cassadaga as a superior butter market, with county sherif Prentice visiting for business. Ice houses fill with the best ice, D A V P shipping ice to Dunkirk, and local mills drawing timber. Adjutant McAllister’s lecture plans falter, while political candidates and session figures debate for Stockton supervisor. Farmers report 40 cents apples and 30 cents pottings per bushel. Residents mention travel to Syracuse, Little Valley, and Brocton, with sermons expected biweekly.
A Cana area report notes many candidates eye county posts with Prohibitionists planning at town meetings to field felekets in the field. Deputy Sheriff Jeaner and Cor Wilhaniestown are among incumbents favored for sheriff, while ex-sheriff Lott of Mayville and Undersheriff Clarence Lake of Mredonia seek the office. Mr. Spears, formerly Silver Creek Local founder, writes for the New York Mail and Express, attached to the Sun.
The fragment lists numerous disparate notes: gas wells at Cventy Au9 VYIokNirYy in Chaclougua. the Giean library holding 3,090 books for 110 patrons. Olean papers aging. John Marklam’s Frewsburg house. financials including 2000 pounds and 500 insurance. a will and legal notes. a plant in a vil Wott. a Jameston hotel cook, a nine year old daughter at an orphan’s home. oil industry idle workers and future outlook. N.Y. P and O under Erie management. proposed move of N.Y. PL & O offices to New York with Erie to save 56,000 annually. Williamson Masons lecture for Carthage sufferers. Williamson village population 450 and Mason balance $120 credited to Carthage.
A historical snippet contrasts ancients beliefs about silk origin with medieval silk production. It cites Constantinople and Italy as early centers, Henry IV promoting silkworm culture, and a Courrier de Lion estimate showing enormous annual silk consumption and cocoon numbers, with extraordinary calculations of silk length spanning Lyons.
A杂 fragmentary column recounts grisly tales of consuming blood from slaughterhouses, a wealthy woman bathing in blood, and a Broadway kitchen scene where knives are polished on a brickboard. The eerie anecdotes reveal public fascination with blood and sharp implements, set in urban life.
A Yorkshire man, once jailed, is linked to a murder claim as authorities push a case over a barred well body. The man remains in custody while the town monitors his moves and public commentary grows in the Evening Observer.
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