30 Jan 1883
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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1883
Page
1
Dunkirk residents seek medical and dental care with listed offices at Second and Center and Center Street. A wagon shop opens at Talcott and Ruggles offering custom work and hat trimming. A bus line operates between hotels and trains with livery office contact info.
Directory style note listing First Baptist Church Buffalo area with Rev. E F Crane pastor and regular Sabbath services at 12:20 pm noon, 6 pm Sunday evening, and Wednesday 7 pm prayer meeting. Also First Presbyterian Church corner Ex vie and Fourth with Rev W Austin and 12 oclock sabbath service. Strangers and young people invited to all services.
Anxious Wilkesbarre report notes parties have failed to enter the sunken mine due to rapidly accumulating gas. Lawsuits against Delaware & Hudson Company and others total about 300,000 with more to come. Rumor of a second cave-in near Five Points proved false while workers contend with frost and surface instability.
A Jamestown girl visits Ford sights while coast ing accidents and ship disasters unfold. Grace of the steamship Grace sinks by Old Dominion line Sony. A New York pawn broker crime and a needy customer. Gilbert the actor informed of his wife's death. Emintor Fawkes fled with 20000 in dent railroad employee killed. Wilkes Barre new facts on railroad commission appointment.
Emild Aldrich aged eighteen escaped last night from her sister's house in Jamestons by sliding down a sheet tied to a cedar beam. Her father lives in Kennedy. She left with a Bradford friend to see the world, taking no extra clothing and no clue to her direction. The father searches for her amid concerns of her past behavior.
Norforx Virginia Jan 3 The steamer Grace plying between this city and the Rappahannock river was struck amidships at about ten o clock in the small hours by the Old Dominion steamer Suray. Grace sank in about five minutes with TR. H. Wood among the passengers missing
Report from Minnavern Wis describes a deadly Grace steamer fire where a crew member died, a fireman suffered a broken leg, six passengers were injured, and the crew were rescued by the Saray ssni and cared for ashore. Actor John Gib bert, recovering, was told of his wife’s death with difficulty and great grief.
A pawnbroker was arrested for passing a counterfeit silver dollar to a woman who had pawned her dress. The bill was found wrapped in a ticket. He pleaded not guilty. Bail was set at 3400 for his appearance at an intention.
Special dispatches from Toronto and Beanhorn report that papers for the extradition of Hall of Newark, N J, charged with forgery, were received by U S authorities this week. His attorney seeks to limit extradition to forgery only, as embezzlement is alleged in a separate offense.
Special Dispatch from New York reports Mace and Slade did not box at Madison Square Garden as guards barred access. Police deferred to counsel, calling the sparring a prize light. A warrant led to their arrest, brief detention, and later arraignment in Recorder’s Court.
Sam Banks and Tom Jewin, brakemen on the New River railway, fought in a moving box car over a domestic dispute. Irwin drew a revolver and wounded Banks in the breast. The train slowed and stopped in time to avert disaster, but Banks died minutes later.
Three men and a woman sparked a riot in Somerset Kentucky. City marshal shot Jim Reynolds a rioter described as a regular desperado. Reynolds was wounded and later killed as he and the marshal retreated, while his companion shielded the officer.
Syracuse January 30. Charles Staring foreman of a West Shore gravel bed entered the Central Hotel registered as Charles A Staring and shot himself dead after asking the clerk to give his gold ring to his wife. Domestic trouble is said to have caused the tragedy.
A chaotic dispatch shows a death by self harm near Syracuse and a riot murder pattern tied to Kentucky. Mentions a deadly struggle on a moving train. Mack and Slade arrested with an examination due tomorrow. Brother Frank of Buffalo arraigned today, plea not guilty noted.
Special dispatch reports Parnell distributing money from New York for relief to starving Donegal families. Many rely on food aids. situation described as extreme. In a separate note, Alfred Smith was assaulted in a candy store row, receiving injuries to nose and head.
Parapeneina Pennsylvania January 30. Trown ex United States store keepers convicted to day of forgery in his conspiring with Phipps a distiller of this city The case had been kept out of court as long as it was possible and at Jase Brown contrary to expectation was convicted.
Brother Frank was arraigned before the criminal court in Buffalo on an alleged rape charge. He pled not guilty and the case will likely be set for trial at the next term of court.
The Evening Observer reports the editor of the Courier in New York facing debts likely exceeding 20 000 with many endorsements on his notes alleged to be forgeries. A separate dispatch notes foreman Adam Ray killed on the Central Railroad and a coast guard collision injuring two women and others, with several boys harmed.
Cloudy with rain or snow possible as warmer southerly winds shift. A falling barometer signals a change to cooler northwest flow. expect rising pressure later with temperature drops.
Latest markets from across the globe corrected by telegraph for this evening. Report covers trade and commerce trends, currency shifts, and notable price changes in key commodities and indices.
Market notes show dairy and poultry prices steady with some drops in hogs and cattle. The dairy section lists butter firm, cheese mixed. poultry prices move with hen and egg rates. a general cautious tone for midwestern stock. Local buyers like Manton & Co and Wielews broker sales, with attention to Southern Midwest demand and slow activity on beef cuts.
Detroit and Cincinnati markets report steady to firm trends in grains and pork with No. 1 white wheat offered at 1.024 for eas, 1.02 for February, and 1.087 for March. No. 2 wheat steady. Whisky at 1.13, hogs firm and tight at the close, with various bids for futures and spot.
A jumble of late 19th century items notes: nihilists jailed in Peter and Paul fortress, January corn prices in Chicago rising, a New York judge rules $1,209,000 against Union Pacific in favor of Credit Mobilier, a Ga man lost in a chasm near Ballulah, rescue efforts by rope. The Welcom has returned from Metlakatla to restore order, minor metal production figures for gold silver copper lead and more, and an complaint about an opera advertisement featuring a Talmage caricature to be sent to the grand jury.
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