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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1884
Page
2
A long compendium reports June earnings and public debt shifts, population growth, stock market declines, and political trends. It notes Vanderbilt profit claims, Tammany celebrations, Vennor and Wigrams, New Jersey gold rumors, and calls for party leadership, plus weathered stock data, hop yards, tariffs, and agricultural outlooks across states.
Buffalo special report notes Dunkirk GA Roof Dunkirk band line appearance led by drummer Schneider from Dunkirk as 74th Regiment band. Stain disrupted the ball game while Weed Hutchinson Parker and others attended. A workingmen meeting dubbed as a boom for Butler failed. Gov. Cleveland reception along the march drew sharp envy from locals.
Local notes from Cassadaga and Lily Dale recount visits, renovations, and seasonal happenings. Marion Dalrymple’s house praised by Pettis and Son of Sinclairville. New cottages rise on CLPOA grounds, hotels upgraded for 1594 meetings. Heat, drought, and showers impact crops and daily life as residents travel and visit nearby towns.
In Brocton and nearby towns residents report U. S. LaDue sending a carload of calves to Chicago with more expected. A large Native American party arrived at night, causing disturbances. Fire destroyed the old M E church at Tonawanda. A lightning strike injures a child but otherwise shocks pass. A schoolhouse incident leads to a case before Judge LaDue. The town hosts a July celebration with roast ox and fireworks despite some rowdyism.
Watts Flats Frow reports two acres of golf land sold at 875 per acre to fund an artificial lake about twenty feet deep near Watts Flats. The lake will supply water for the station house and water tank. About fifty men and several teams work on the dam and land clearing. Jerry Madden’s new barn sits on the site of a burned one from last spring. Lops won a building contract for 300 dollars and is painting his new house with bay window and veranda visible through trees. The Faulkner family mourns the loss of twin Mary and Martha, born this spring, one dying at 10 weeks. The poem notes the infant’s grave under white roses.
The June meeting of Chant Pomona Grange was held the 19th and 20th with Stockton Grange at Delanti. Attendees included farmers and wives. events featured music, papers on cooperation, and discussions on agricultural fairs reform. Weathered by heat, attendees enjoyed a long program with speeches, recitations, and a cream social.
A gold medal from Iowa authorities at the Nineteenth Goperat Assembly was presented yesterday to Kate Shelly at Oxden The ceremony occurred in the absence of Governor Sher wan with Private Secretary Welbergisen making the presentation Professor John F B Curran of Angus responded on behalf of Shelly to a large crowd in attendance
In Tara Ontario July 5 the Rog ers swill boiler exploded demolishing the building. Engineer William Walker was killed. D Bennett and another worker were fatally injured. Excommunicated for Cubelit Bartly Cures Mich July 7 the Seventh Day Advent Church here excommunicated Elder D M Con light Otsego for discarding Mrs White’s visions as curious.
C R Marshall English forger arrested in Milwaukee for forging 350 Bank of England notes escaped from a police station in Cmcaco Michigan with a tramp stealing a pass key. Authorities pursue and seek extradition papers from Monterey Mexico where Young Morrison faces detention after forged telegrams.
Montreal July 1 Fire in Lachine Saturday destroyed forty houses mainly occupied by poor laborers. Three hundred people homeless. Loss estimated at 850000. Homeless to be housed in tents. A subscription started for their relief. Des Morees Ottawa July 1 Prohibition closes all saloons. Liquor unavailable. Prohibition law expected to be observed though river points show resistance. Saloonkeepers moving stocks to other states or changing business. Ottawa adjoins duty free goods rule. Five years for robbery. Boston July 3 Charles Gogel sentenced for forgery on the Union Bank. Montrose banker William Cooper dies from wounds after being shot in the street June 1d.
A garbled notebook style listing from Minnesota markets shows wheat prices and grades, including No 2 red and No 3 red, with Corn and mixed offerings. The readable items mention a price around 1.09 dollars for wheat and malted grain terms, but the details are fragmented and largely unclear.
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