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Newspaper

Evening Observer

Location

Dunkirk, New York, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1883

Page

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Dairy markets and butter cheese prices across towns

Wellsville saw light butter receipts with prime butter at 18c and cheese unchanged. Pike factories offered at 93c, Clau­tauqua sold 1,500 boxes white cheese at 91¢, Star cheese sold 79 boxes at 4c, Stockton reported 10 packages butter at 16 to 18c with 340 cheese boxes at 10c. Corry noted quiet activity with 41 cheese packages at 15–18c. Sinclairville listed varied cheese lots and 90 creamery butter tubs offered but unsold.

Sherman Clautauqua Bibley Gerry Star Cheese Factory Stockton Corry Sinclairville Central Chant Board of Trade

Grain Markets Mixed as Wheat Declines and Corn Steady

Grain markets show activity in flour cornmeal and millfeed while wheat remains largely neglected. Detroit quotes list white and red wheat with cash and futures figures, corn steady with No 2 at mid sixty to sixty seven cents, and oats and other feeds quiet with minor bids and asks across on track and on the board.

Duluth Detroit

Great Disaster Update From Italy Reported

The Associated Press dispatches from Italy provide further particulars on a great disaster. The telegraphic strike persists with stubborn public silence as new details emerge about the incident and its aftermath.

Ischia Disaster Updates and Aftermath

Reports from Sarres and Rome describe Ischia's calamity as ground subsidence rather than an earthquake with 2000 killed and 1000 wounded. Rescue efforts continue as 24 infants’ bodies arrive, 24 orphans rescued, and relief funds from the King Queen and Pope pour in.

Brotherhood Strike Demand in railroad offices dispute

The strike story from New York notes the Brotherhood seeks only that railroad operators not handle Western Union business. A striker says railroad offices total about 9,000 and many will close except in the far west where the Brotherhood is weaker. Master workman Campbell denies plans to meet member payrolls.

New York Brotherhood Western Union Sest Campbell

The Missouri Sunday Law Enforcement in St Louis

Today 986 warrants were issued against violators of the Sunday law in St Louis and many more will be sworn out. The prosecuting attorney will drop cases against liverymen as they are now considered work of necessity. Test cases will be advanced on the docket against street car companies and newspapers.

Ischia Rome Forio Saccoameno Fonttana Serrava Misericordia Asylum St. Louis

Border War Sparks Movements at Rat Portage

The Manitoba Premier travels with a carload of police to Rat Portage amid the Loundary line dispute. Police plan to arrest Ontario specials, with tense confrontations anticipated. Winnipeg field battery and cavalry are readied to assist, and fifty Regina troopers are ordered from Ottawa to the scene.

Arkansas Outlaws Surrounded in Mountain Chase

In Perry county mountains a posse overtook Montgomery Yell and Garland counties outlaw bands. A desperate battle followed near a fast river bend as pursued desperadoes fortified with stones. Three pursuers and a bloodhound died. outlaws escaped uninjured. Riah Blocker reportedly surrendered. outlaw strength unknown.

Star Series Ark Montgomery Yell Garland County Perry County Bute Riah Blocker

Governor cleveland grants Kennedy pardon for robbery

Governor Cleveland pardons Dennis Kennedy who was sentenced in Washington County on December 1 1881 to five years and five months imprisonment for robbery involving 86. The district attorney believes larceny was the proper charge and the judge agreed there was no robbery.

Cleveland Dennis Kennedy Washington County

Woman's Good Name Tarnished by Morning Clash

Patrick Moulton, 44, and Bernard McCaffrey, 32, were involved in an early morning dispute after McCaffrey accused Moulton of insulting a woman in the town. The incident occurred near Trox and involved threats and a verbal altercation. Authorities might pursue further charges depending on witnesses and injuries.

Trox Patrick Moulton Bernard MecCaffrey Moulton Bin

Telegraphic Topics Broad News Roundup From Cities Abroad

Berlin reports no ministers will attend interview between emperors at Ischl. Semenov, 180 houses burned. Lima public meeting sparsely attended to discuss peace measures. Bremen warns American ships to report pickled pork quantities under heavy fines. St Paul fire damages telegraph and insurance offices. ice graph office suspended. Baltimore man charged with defrauding Union Bank. other forged papers found in Nicholson firms. Rochester & Pittsburg rail dispute resolved. soda ash works closed, workers resign. Mowat Cannel subject to murder conviction and noted family tragedy. Jersey City men plead guilty to bank robbery attempt. 10 years. Milwaukee leprosy spreads among Norwegians. Minnesota reports cases. Louisville expo prep underway. president to be received with minimal display. Gloucester highway robbery attempt. suspect arrested. Geneva Socialist meeting ends with red flag raised. leaders detained. Constantinople opposition to patent law persists. Turkish offer to revise tari refused long-term treaty extension. Eric Pa train accident results in horrific injuries. survivor wife present.

Assassination talk and train wreck headline mix

Special dispatch from New York reports W F Story of Chicago noting chatter for Arthur and Foster on a political ticket. In Leanvinwe a Grand Canyon excursion train wreck kills and injures many. Other brief items mention a steel mill resuming work, a man found dead by suicide, and miscellaneous city notes.

Story Evening Observer New York W. F. Story Chicago Arthur Foster

Mill Accident Claims Man As Saw Bursts

A mill accident near Cannonpare on July 31 leaves George Rowley instantly killed when a saw bursts and severs his head. His father stood nearby and was splattered with his son’s blood in the gruesome scene.

Patuly George Rowley

Domestic Tragedy: Pair Found Dead in New York Room

A man and his wife were found shot to death in a furnished West Twenty second Street room. Horace B. Shepard, a shipping clerk, and his wife Mrs A C Kelley aka Mrs Voultaire appear to have died by murder or self inflicted gunfire. A ten day old letter says they planned to die together and had secretly married. Mrs Kelley, mother of five, was long associated with Shepard’s confidant, Mr L A C Kelley.

New York George Shepard West Twenty-second Street Toth Larai Horace B. Shepard Laveu Horace Shepard A. C. Kelley

Garey Killed in Shipboard Shooting Near Cape Town

Intelligence reports James Carey, identified as a former official, shot dead Sunday aboard the steamship Melrose between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth by fellow passenger O'Donnell. O'Donnell boarded Kinfauns Castle at Dartmouth, with transfers to Melrose for Cape Town sailings, sparking shock in London and in Parliament. Carey was killed as he landed at Port Elizabeth. O'Donnell arrested. government actions heighten security for Carey’s entourage.

Associated Press James Carey Melrose Cape Town Port Elizabeth O'Donnell Kinfauns Castle Dartmouth Natal London House of Carey O'Donnelll

Signal Station Weather Update With Local Rains

Probabilities indicate partly cloudy conditions in western portions with local rains in the east. Temperature remains nearly stationary across the region, with calmer conditions near the lower lakes and a steady air mass across Wastixeros Ouskevatios.

Wastixeros Ouskevatios Fuakin

Electric Sparks Across Cities Report Far Reaching

A digest of late 19th century dispatches notes a Centreville youth Silvey, seventeen, fatally stabs his elder brother. In Chicago the remains of Hon. Thomas Hoyne arrive amid Carlyon disaster fallout. New Orleans reports two escapees from Ship Island quarantine arrested. Worcester tallies five thousand five hundred dollars raised for the Parnell testimonial. Troy confirms Selar Knight commits suicide after two decades as Crescent justice of the peace. Ottawa issues extradition warrant for Roger Amero in Watertown murder. Montreal steamer Nettiesworth ashore near Magdalen Islands. wrecking vessel heads for relief. St. Louis Civil-service Commission screens fifty post office applicants. Unionville youth Charles Wright, eighteen, fatally shoots J. M. Tam over a trivial dispute. lynch risk threatened if captured. New York reports Thomas Burser charged with outraging a nine-year-old near Newark. victim may die. Easton notes Babato Alexander refuses to eat. death sentence may follow. Lancaster reports storm damage in the county with over 1,000 acres tobacco destroyed and bridges washed away. Albany denies life-imprisonment commutation for William Ostrander. slated for Utica hanging August 10. Newburgh records fatal fall of George Weiler on West Shore road, first passenger fatality on the line. Ottawa reports 1,000 pilgrims depart for St. Anne de Beaupre, including many invalids seeking cures. Washington notes Captain Warner of the Ewing reports to command Fezzenden and Detroit readiness.

O Donnell and Carey murder at sea linked to Fenian plot

O Donnell pursued Carey from Dublin as both sailed on the Kinfauns Castle. Authorities suspect Fenian influence aided Carey’s escape, alleging he was followed and killed at sea after a shot. Carey, alias Power, died shortly after, and O Donnell surrendered to police at Port Elizabeth. Carey wrote from Madeira of the voyage and of denouncing invincible anti Ireland rhetoric.

O'Donnell Carey London Kin 'Fauns Castle Dublin O'Donnell Aur Melrose Port Elizabeth Power Dartmouth Madeira Invincibles Ireland

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