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Newspaper

Evening Observer

Location

Dunkirk, New York, United States of America

Date

Jul 09, 1883

Page

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Flour quiet and dull markets across multiple regions

Buffalo reports quiet flour and demand for cornmeals, with 6 500 barrels traded at range. Oats steady, spring wheat dull, winter wheat lower. Corn weak and unsettled with mixed Western lots selling at various prices. Detroit and Cincinnati show steady to dull prices on flour and wheat, while Toledo notes higher wheat. Oil City market follows broader market activity. Global reports include heat prostrations in New York and cholera notices in the Mediterranean, with multiple city updates and a jail-cell suicide in Paterson.

Buffalo Duluth Aalea Detroit Toledo Oil City

Horrible railway disaster near Beachville

At Credit Valley railway twenty nine miles east of Thomas Ont a washout derailed train three. The engine toppled burying driver Jerry Devaney and fireman William Cochrane who died or nearly died from boiling water. A passenger woman was injured and an Indian rider hurt. Conductor Norman Glendenning lightly hurt.

Thomas Ont Credit Valley Railway Beachville Station Jerry Devaney William Cochrane Chicago Norman Glendenning

Weather notes lift crops in Minnesota and Iowa

The report describes recent general rains along the Northern Pacific improving wheat that was hurt by heat and drought. It notes the Red river valley suffered despite the rain. Burlington Iowa reports July crop prospects up eight percent in corn over 1882 with better yields for winter wheat at about 90 percent, oats acreage and condition improving slightly.

St. Paul Northern Pacific Red River Valley Burlington Iowa

Insane Farmer Kills Grandson Then Burns Farm

Batavia Ohio July 8 George Ayres sixty a wealthy farmer near Salem Station Brown county shot and killed his grandson Charles Preston who slept in the house set the dwelling on fire then set the barn ablaze and killed himself another grandson slept through the tragedy Ayres insanity is noted in the report It describes a fatal case of arson and murder at a rural farm with no other injuries reported

Batavia Ohio George Ayres Salem Station Brown County Charles Preston Ayer

Bank Robbers at Belleville Savings Bank

Belleville July 7 Noon two men entered the Belleville Savings Bank one drew the cashier’s attention while the other grabbed the cash from the coaster totaling 1420 dollars they fled in a buggy and have not yet been captured.

Belleville

Weston Telegraph Company Faces Jurisdiction Clash

In the People versus Weston Union Telegraph Company the defense moved to strike the case from the State court docket claiming United States Circuit Court Judge Blodgett holds jurisdiction. State Judge Gary overruled the motion, creating a direct conflict between the state and federal courts.

Cintenco Weston Union Telegraph Company State Court Blodgett United States Circuit Court Gary

Grand County tragedy reports conflict in Colorado

Conflicting reports on the Grand County tragedy persist. A body of twenty armed men reportedly left Georgetown to avenge victims but no confirmation. Weber is dead while Dean remains alive. Goffin Martin and Redman linked to the attack elude arrest. Redman is badly wounded. Sheriff Rager seeks arrests at Grand Lake as calm is expected.

Denver Col Grand County Georgetown Weber Dean Goffin Martin Redman Rager Grand Lake

Desperate Arrest Goes Wrong in Gressseven Kentucky

Marshal Hensley and deputy Bagley are killed during a midnight raid on James Owen as fifty shots are exchanged. Four posse members escape uninjured. others wounded unconfirmed. Owen’s location remains at large on a felony warrant.

Gressseven Marshal Hensley Ben Bagley James Owen Owen Bagley

Multiple City News Dispatches From The Nation

Lightnings in New Haven and a widower injured by a woman who had asked him to marry her. AUSTIN: A mother and child die in a river boat cyclone when struck by a falling tree. New York: Umberto Galatola crew rescued after ship sinks. 12 men found in open boat without food. The heat wave brings fifty one sunstroke cases and several deaths. Paris notes possible British annexation of the New Hebrides. Constantinople urges Egypt to curb refugees at Turkish ports. Chicago: State Auditor redirects 72000 dollars from tax levy to General Fund. potential mandamus to recover funds. Hazlehurst: editor and supervisor arrested. released and disappear, suspected to fight in Louisiana. Buffalo: wrestling medal awarded to Dennis Gallagher by Richard K Fox. Decatur: deputy shot during alcohol-related arrest. mob tensions and armed resistance reported.

Philadelphia Church Fight Ends With Arrest in Quarrel

In Norrots July 7 Special to the Associated Press Commodorey Mayo ordered commander McGlensey to employ two Malone negroes. Mayo wished the order destroyed. A quarrel followed and McGlensey was arrested yesterday.

Associated Press Norrots Mayo McGlensey

Ex-deputy arrested on fraud charges in Moxtéoueuy

Green P. Franklin, a former U S Marshal deputy, was arrested Saturday for keeping fraudulent accounts. He escaped from officers as Marshal Strobock sent a pursuing force. Franklin had testified against Strobach at his recent trial in Moxtéoueuy, Alabama.

Speciel Associated Press Moxtéoueuy Ala Green P. Franklin U. S Strobock Franklin Strobach

Desperate Maniac Ravages Hotel Rooms, Then Shoots Self

Des Moines dispatch reports Trenry Seager of Swan's, New York, described as a maniac, demolished furniture at Morgan's Hotel. He fired a shot but survived. Five policemen were needed to subdue him and restore order.

Associated Press Des Moines Iowa Trenry Seager Swan's N. Y

Fast Flyers Set Record Time for Homing Pigeons

Two homing pigeons released in Lynchburg Virginia on Saturday reached Northaweros Massachusetts in 23 hours 46 minutes covering 503 miles. The feat marks the fastest time on record according to Special to Associated Press.

Associated Press Northaweros Mass Lynchburg Va

They Will be Lynched. Outrage Confessions Reported

Special to the Associated Press from Senngint Tenn on July 9 reports that a white man and a Negro arrested for outraging two little white girls confessed today.

Associated Press Senngicnt Tenn

Church Dissension Reported at Bridesburg Parish

Special to the Associated Press. St Stephens Episcopal Church in Bridesburg was barred against the rector by the vestry yesterday. The vestry claims he is a Ritualist.

St. Stephens Episcopal Church Bridesburg

Electric Spares and Disjointed Updates From Across Cities

A collage of brief items reports on a prize fight cancellation in New York, murder in Lake Providence, a yellow fever death toll in Havana, vessel quarantines near Pensacola, a destructive fire at a Lycee in Toulouse, a shooting in New Orleans, a circus accident in Brainerd, a theft trial in Albany, and weekly death tallies with a Baldwin obituary note in Worcester.

Telegraphic Topics From Across The Nation

A wide set of brief dispatches reports sun stroke deaths in Philadelphia, coal mine strikes in Springfield, a lightning strike killing a woman in Paradise township, a tidal event in Racine, a ship ashore near Muskeget Channel, and multiple fires in New Brunswick and Boston. Also noted are heat deaths in Philadelphia, meningitis in Marie Elsner, changes in Iowa livestock, shootings in Watertown and Potosi, a train collision in Ironstone, a bank dispute in Toronto, a fatal lightning strike near Petersburg, and a mob incident in Mt. Sterling involving a Black man accused of rape.

Philadelphia Tragedy Final Scenes of the Great Trials

The Philadelphia tragedy unfolds with a husband Charles Briggs killing his wife in the cellar amid questions of insanity. Special dispatch notes the case as part of the day’s reports. In Ireland at the Sligo assizes verdicts include Tansy fourteen years Rogerson twelve Haughton eight and Kelly two. A Jersey City officer fatally shoots a burglar after being wounded.

Evening Observer Charles Briggs Sligo Tansy Rogerson Haughton Kelly

A Good Sister Outraged

Special Dispatch to the Evening Observer reports that Sister Clemens of a Catholic order was abducted and ravished, then found dead. The shocking case involves a Catholic nun and a violent crime in the area, stirring public outcry and calls for justice.

Evening Observer Sax Antoxtio Clemens

Weather and crime notes from around the globe

A flood of brief reports covers weather, rescues, drownings, a suicide, a dynamite robbery relic, fighting and cholera deaths, an attempted train wreck, and shipping orders. Notable items include a sailor's 27th rescue in New York, a Philadelphia murder case linked hang, and foreign unrest with soldiers on streets and port orders in Berlin.

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