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Newspaper

Evening Observer

Location

Dunkirk, New York, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1883

Page

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Trade and Commerce Markets Corrected for Evening

Tele graphic reports from multiple towns on July market activity for dairy products. Butter prices ranged from 8c to 17c per pound with varying quantities sold. cheese sales totaled thousands of boxes at 9c to 16c, across Westfield Corry Sherman North East East Aurora Jamestown Pike Warsaw Campbell Hill and surrounding buyers and sellers.

Westfield Corry North East East Aurora Warsaw Pike Station Pike Horton of Gainaville Melvin Attica Harteys Harris Cuba Campbell Hill Smith Corners Cramer Arcade

Grain Markets and Stocks Snapshot from Buffalo Detroit and Cincinnati

Grain prices hold steady with flour cornmeal and oats firm in quiet trading. Wheat bids in Duluth for July at 1.17 and August 1.16 with other months noted while corn sales mix western and sample west at 54.4 and 0.43. Detroit quotes show No.1 white wheat and various futures, oats and flour ranges, while Cincinnati and Toledo areas report unsettled whisky markets and beef packing figures amid light prices. New York stock listings include Missouri Pacific and Central lines with multiple minor price movements. government bonds referenced.

Duluth Detroit Loledo Ovncinsatl Polk

Telegraphers Petition for Pay, Hours Reforms at Western Union

The executive board of the Brotherhood of Telegraphers demands an eight hour day eight hours night work with extra pay on Sundays and a 15 percent salary increase across ranks. They seek equal pay for equal work and higher minimums for linemen and Wheatstone operators. Western Union has not acted and a list of represented employees is being prepared.

New York The Brotherhood of Telegraphers of United States Canada Western Union Telegraph Company Gen. Eckert Wheatstone Western Union Company Eckert Baltimore Brotherhood of Telegraphera Western Union Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Companies Baltimore & Ohio

Stench Reported From Tenement On West Fifty Second Street

The janitor at 388 West 52nd Street reported to police tonight a strong odor issuing from the rooms occupied by Frank Thedfort. No victims or injuries reported. Police awaiting further information from residents and building management.

New York West Fifty Second Street Thedfort

French Sculptor and Tragic Death in Jersey City

The door broken, Thedfort found shot with a pistol in his right hand and forehead wound. He had not been seen since last Saturday. He was intemperate and his wife left him six months ago. New York reports a related tale of a Jersey City courtship and a late elopement between Tunison and Miss Barton ending in marriage after a dramatic telegram.

Thedfort New York B. C Tunison Jersey City Misa Bell Barton York Miss Barton

Desperado Hardy narrowly saved from lynching by sheriff

Erkneen Guova Indiana July 16 A mob carried Hardy to a bridge intending to hang him for the murder of postmaster Clingan. He claimed his partner Crawford did the killings and asked for justice. The crowd split on lynching but sheriff took him to jail. belief remains he may be lynched.

Erkneen Guova Ind Hardy

Telephone strike threats in Cunaco on pay demands

Reports say leaders of the accessors to the telephone company have been notified to appear at headquarters to receive what is due them, deemed equivalent to discharge, prompting all repaired and line men to strike in the morning.

Cunaco Chicago

Abortion Suspect Arrested in Pittsburgh Case

Milton Province, a Scottdale, Pennsylvania man, was arrested in Pittsburgh on charges of procuring abortions for Miss Minnie Graff and F M Clark’s wife, both Scottdale residents. The alleged abortion occurred in the woods days ago and both women are in a precarious condition. A warrant for Dr Cook of Uniontown for complicity was issued.

Pirrestine Milton Province Scottdale Minnie Graff F. M. Clark Dr. Cook Uniontown

Telegraphic Topics from Various Cities

Reports of town fires yellow fever deaths school damage a factory loss counterfeit arrests rail bridge collapse deaths escapes robberies murders and lightning strikes across Belleville Havana Trenton Vergennes Syracuse Pittsburgh Chatham Concord New Brunswick Taylor's Gothenburg Bristol and Port Henry with multiple fatalities and crimes noted.

Wharton Harker recounts Garfield era strikes in cigars

The dispatch reports looming cigar factory walkouts in Ottenburg Brother’s plant near New York on July 47 unless the workers return. About 7,000 men, both union and non union, would be idled across fifteen factories, threatening production and labor peace.

Associated Press Ottenburg Bros

Five children drowned in culvert rush during storm

In Barnsley five children seeking refuge from a rainstorm were swept to death by a sudden water surge. The corpses traveled about two miles. In Lewiston Pa Teed Alexander refused to leave a field when told by the owner Samuel Longwell who then struck him on the head killing him. In New Haven Adirondack Murray plans to open law offices in New York and San Antonio to practice law.

Barnsley Lewiston Teed Alexander Samuel Longwell New Haven Adirondack Murray New York San Antonio

Washington Wafs Cabinet Meets on Routine Business

An informal Cabinet session focused on immediate routine matters. Captain Kress faces court martial over building a San Antonio storehouse. Norfolk yard dispute involves Commodore Mayo and Commander McGlensey over a clerk’s leave papers. President’s Yellowstone trip likely in August. Civil Service rules block many executive appointments. Several local incidents reported include the Calhoun circus disaster, Clingan murder suspects, and injuries in Des Moines and Dickinson windstorms.

Kress Ordnance Service San Antonio Tex Norfolk Navy Yard Mahone Mayo McGlensey Court of Enquiry Norfolk

Boilers Explode at Kutztown Anthracite Furnace

Special Dispatch reports eight boilers at a Reading Railroad anthracite furnace in Kutztown exploded early today. The engine and boiler house were demolished. Frank Waltman, 21, was killed instantly. Solomon Waltman was badly bruised and Henry Waltman suffered internal injuries and is expected to die.

Reapine Kutztown Reading Railroad Company Frank Waltman Solomon Waltman Henry Waltman

The Prospect of Arthurs Renomin ation

The Times reports in Washington that Arthur would welcome renomin ation and aims to shape the administration accordingly. Blaine is not believed to oppose Arthur's renomination.

Arthurs Associated Press New York the Times Washington Arthur Blaine

Smuggling seizure on steamship Alaska goods worth 3000

New York July 16 Ten trunks of dry goods belonging to a passenger on the steamship Alaska have been seized by customs officials. The contents are valued at 3000 dollars.

New Yoak Alaska

Garfield Nomination History Promoted by Wharton Barker

Wharton Barker plans to write the history of Garfield's nomination. He rejects the charge that Garfield was not true to Sherman as absolutely false. The piece frames the past struggle and defends Garfield's alignment with Sherman.

Parapecpita Wharton Barker Garfield Sherman

Western Union to not raise operator pay claim

A Western Union Executive Committee member stated operator pay demands cannot be granted. The company currently spends twenty thousand dollars daily on salaries and would let workers attempt to manage without. The present moment is seen as a suitable time to settle the dispute.

Evening Observer New York Western Union Executive Committee

Cholera Spreads Across Egyptian Countryside

Special dispatch from Arexanpetra notes general cholera spread in the country. Sanitary Commission moves to isolate affected areas. A suspected cholera case reported in Alexandria today. Daily death tolls reported: 28 at Damietta, 38 at Mansurah, and 15 at Samonond yesterday.

Arexanpetra Sanitary Commission Alexandria Damietta Mansurah Samonond

Probabilities Signal Station Weather Note

Wasnixotos Observation 3 P. of Lower Lakes reports fair weather and local rains in the eastern portion, with cooler northwesterly winds.

Wasnixotos Lower Lakes

Electric Storms Hit Multiple Cities Cause Crop Damage

Reports from Elkhart Long Branch Cleveland Fon Du Lac Reading and others describe cyclones hail storms and heavy rain causing crop and property damage. Journeymen horse shoers strike for higher wages. Police hunt Chay Hill tied to a county inheritance case amid reported looting and saloon activity.

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