14 Jul 1883
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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1883
Page
1
SUFFALG markets show flour cornmeal oatmeal and millfeed steady with no sales. Winter and hard spring wheats steady or uncertain with limited activity. Toledo and Cincinnati quotes list mixed prices for wheat corn oats with pork whisky and hogs showing unsettled to weak trends. Data indicates cautious demand and small car load deals on track.
Hawley and Son of Sherman report wool receipts reaching 10 000 pounds up to Wednesday and paid 28 to 30 cents a pound. A monarch horse owned by LB Thomson of Springville, Erie Co., won a Detroit race and a later East Saginaw event in 3 27, aged eight. Jamestown Journal notes wool market steady with 27 to 32 cents per pound ranges. tariff changes reportedly drop prices by 3 to 4 cents. Chautauqua county five underwriters annual meeting held at Mayville’s Chautauqua house. Hiram Smith re-elected president, G Frank Lapham vice president, Fred P Todd secretary and treasurer. next meeting August 14 at Dunkirk.
Local ad notes 5 000 Trade Dollars wanted at par for clothing and gents furnishings at Levy’s 57 Center Street. Also mentions T N Stickney and a sale at OnsERVE nue with reference to Par Value and Honest money. Speer’s Port Grape Wine is advertised as well as grape picking near Speers Vineyards.
In Eets Pennsylvania on July 13 a collision between a freight train and a special pay car injured several aboard but left all with minor injuries. The wreck near Clinton was severe, with engineers and paymasters among the maimed, cared for by railroad surgeons.
A string of terse reports from Lemont to New York recount deadly accidents, crimes, and accidents. A quarry collapse in Lemont kills four. a Georgia couple charged with beating a grandchild to death. a farmer shot in Ohio. burglars steal from Laurens Josephs and T. Anderson in Long Branch.两 men die from gas in Washington Court House, Ohio. a missing Miss Noles found dead near Tallapoosa River. wreck near Lisbon leaves most of Pimpao’s crew dead. a jailbird attempts hanging after conviction in Philadelphia. embezzlement and forgery charges in Putnam. a Dallas murder sparked by a burglar warning. and assorted thefts, elopements, and railway lease deals. Authorities in New York deny strikes. a wax-sales scam unfolds in Baltimore. and cherry yields expand canning profits as harvest peaks.
A severe evening storm in St Louis caused widespread destruction on land and water. Boats broke free and drifted across the river, several sunk. A lumber raft with 900,000 feet of boards and a 500,000 foot log raft were carried away, the former striking a bridge and breaking apart. Five men on the raft escaped narrowly. Many buildings were wrecked and one person was injured.
Reports from the storms describe hail across Iowa and Illinois with two buildings destroyed in Gibson City. Davenport area tracks span ten miles by four. Scott County Iowa losses exceed 150000 dollars. The Dakotas report the region's fiercest windstorm, lasting an hour and a half at sixty miles per hour.
The president may depart Monday for a Newport Cape May Long Branch cruise. Ninety Census Bureau clerks to be discharged due to funding gaps. Baldwin Pennsylvania post office burned. all mail and records lost. Rock and rye makers claim it has always been a beverage and seek tax refunds for stamped imposts. Civil Service exams begin Monday with new standards. over 350 examined in Washington, more than half likely above sixty five. A colored man posted the fastest four hour application. Only around thirty of fifty finished within the time limit.
Grace Courtland known as the Witch of Wall Street in New York publicly convictes Will Jones of Milwaukee who seduced her daughter Maggie.
A columbus era notice reports fires in Columbia Fenn with the Williams block and several businesses burned, loss pegged at 85000. Richmond sees a French lawyer claim 200 acres in Kanawha county Virginia. Erie road accident injures brakeman Cassiday badly. New York burglars loot valuables from Fort Washington and East Forty-seventh Street homes. Oswego notes Dr Mary Walker leaving for Washington. U S failures total 140 across regions. Clinga murderers near Marnes. Frank Hallock killed in pursuit. Sag Harbor boy bitten, convulsions and death follow. Atlantic City citizen William Hamilton found dead in marsh.
Clarence and Geo Waldeman, two brothers, fought to settle a grudge in Giarrier Pennsylvania. A sudden storm interrupted the bout as the seconds stepped in to separate them.
Five workmen moved a two ton cap stone across a temporary shaft floor when it toppled through three floors. Dennis Sullivan was killed. four others injured, some fatally, as the stone fell forty feet in an accident at the Flint block in sven Massachusetts.
The National Live Stock Journal advises liberal feeding for suckling ewes to sustain their lambs. A tested ration includes ten bushels oats nine of corn one of flatseed and half a bushel of ground wheat middlings with one and a half pounds per day plus similar hay weight. Straw can replace hay with more ration. shelter is essential for cold weather growth and clover needs plaster top-dressing to spur regrowth and deter root worm.
New York reports Orange Judd faced financial reverses after donating 100000 to Wesleyan University and other Methodist institutions. His recent 300000 real estate venture worsened affairs, though President David W. Judd clarifies Orange Judd is no longer with Orange Judd & Co., and the setback does not affect the firm.
An Orleana County report says twelve year old Holcomb ran away from home weeks ago and was later found dead in Scaries Pond. Authorities note the death is under investigation amid mystery over the drowning’s cause.
Special dispatch reports a robbery at Weaver's store in Mostotraviate Pennsylvania last night. Cash and securities valued at thirty thousand dollars were taken. Some items mention a fatal drive near Roanoke and a bank statement noting changes in loans deposits and reserves.
On July 14 at Damietta thirty eight cholera deaths were reported, with eleven deaths among men and officers guarding Mansurah. Deaths also occurred at Mansurah and Saningand. The colonial commander fled, was arrested, and replaced by a British officer.
Weather brief from Signal Station shows warmer, partly cloudy days with local rains and southwest winds. Agricultural tips detail the popularity of the old Soules wheat, pasture recommendations by C Henry Stewart, harrowing methods for corn and potatoes, Timothy grass seed bed costs, and careful clover sowing to avoid weeds, ending with a suggested seeding rate of a peck per acre for solid stands.
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