21 Jun 1883
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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1883
Page
1
Grain prices show limited movement across flour feed and wheat markets. Wheat No 2 red in Toledo higher bids. corn dull with varied No 2 and mixed lots. oats nominal. pork and whiskey steadier with slight shifts. general market activity described as fairly active in certain grains and subdued in others.
John Promenschenkel promotes Buffalo Lager on tap as part of local tasting event. The brief item notes a community beer on draft and mentions a 27 minute window for tasting.
A massive bankrupted clothing sale near the post office drew unprecedented crowds as doors closed to manage the rush. Prices slashed on men’s suits, overcoats, pants, and vests, with emphasis on one suit per customer and a limited sale window of a week.
A compact report notes the Erie Germans protesting jealous rivals as authorities barred their entry in a Chicago event. The piece references Texas teams and a Boone bound at Philadelphia, signaling a scattered sports rundown from a 1900s era AP wire.
A large indignation meeting of Liedertafel Teutonia and Mennerhheer groups in Erie Pa. denounced Buffalo reports that examiner Federlein found the societies in poor shape for the sengerfest. Members cried foul over alleged festival jealousy and late tempo data, appointing committees to travel to Buffalo.
Misygarouis Minn June 20 About 31. M the Chicago express on the Oma ha line ran off the track near East Minneapolis due to a misplaced switch. The engine W Harrington of this city and baggagemaster Roberts of Elroy were instantly killed. A brakeman was badly hurt. The train was on its first trip over the line and was traveling forty miles an hour. A few passengers were slightly injured but none killed.
A report from the stock yards says 500 Texas steers became frightened and charged through the southern part of the city from Ashland Avenue to Lake Michigan over a mile. Citizens with guns attempt to stop them as several people are injured and at least one killed.
Police found in a North Fifth Street cellar, formerly Dr Isaac Hathaway’s dwelling, bodies of several children and many bones. Hathaway, jailed in 1881 with Rev Thomas Miller for criminal malpractice, fled after bail. He later returned but was not rearrested. his wife had accused him of brutal assault and threats, then withdrew the complaint. She said he performed hundreds of procedures.
Twenty one skulls or skull fragments were found buried in a dwelling cellar. Hathaway faces assault charges in county jail with a coroner detainer. Paovipsxorrows, Mass., June 9. The whaling schooner Ellen Rizpan from this port lost mate Dunham and four crew, save one colored man, when a whale strike fouled the mate’s line and the boat sank. the captain and mate reportedly perished, Dunham a brother of the captain leaving a family. The total men aboard is not stated, likely six to eight.
At five o'clock this evening a fire broke out in the Elm flax mill at Fifty-seventh Street and Eleventh Avenue. The four story building with a 125 by 150 foot frontage housed about 590 workers, including 300 women. Smoke filled stairs and the elevator shaft as workers fled. two girls collapsed from smoke and were trampled as others escaped. One man leaped from a window and injured his head. Damages are estimated at 11,000 dollars.
At Locronr N June 20 a scene of panic erupted when screams cried Don t shoot mam ma as a revolver shot rang out. Police found Mrs Kinder unsettled and blood on the floor. Kinder, wounded in the leg, was found hiding behind clothing. Doctors treated him but bullet extraction failed. Mrs Kinder remained silent about any wish to have him confined.
Ilerr Federlein director of the National Sagerfest to be held in Buffalo in July notes that the Germania Slagers of Dunkirk, with twenty two active members, performed the difficult “Friths of Sage” credibly. Observers praise four months of diligent study and assure Dunkirk’s representatives will not be ashamed at Isengerfest.
A proposed wrestling tournament in Buffalo would run on the evenings of June 29 and 30. Prizes totaling 1500 dollars are offered. Each contestant will face every other competitor in three falls including collar and elbow catch-as-catch-can and sidehold.
O'Clock Dispatches report Dorsey speaking plainly as a famous minstrel is reported dead and the Tre Tefis family is reunited as they marry again in a surprising turn of events.
A collection of government notices covers Judge Merrick’s continued role in prosecutions, botched explosive torpedo experiments, and political talk about Niobrara star-route awards. War Department reports detail Crook Apache captives and policy on prisoners, with Interior and Indian Commission discussions about women and children. Guaymas miners report low gold yields and caution against optimism about California placers.
Special to the AP from New York June 21 reports Dorsey writing to Howard Dickinson denouncing MacVeagh and James and defending his work for the Republican committee. He asserts he never defrauded the government or anyone, and criticizes Arthur’s administration as well. Charles Backus the minstrel died this morning.
Sr. Lor June 21 Rush Tevia and his divorced wife, a Gen Sherman relative, have remarried in Philadelphia after Tevis shot her seducer last winter and obtained a divorce but could not forget their love and sought reconciliation.
Arch bishop Wood died in Philadelphia at eleven ten yesterday. Br Roustou, a 76 year old retired physician, died in Quebec after prominence in the profession and a 1807 rebellion role. Frances Maria Scoville to Frances Maria Howe after court decree in Chicago. Carrie Harris, a colored servant, convicted in Philadelphia of poisoning her employer’s family in May, four years in prison. Charles Backus’s condition unchanged in New York with no recovery expected. burial requested in Rochester. In Lockport, George Moore found guilty of manslaughter in the fourth degree for killing his child. Alfred Wund, 18, of Ohio, gravely injured on a moving train near Castleton, later died. In Wilkes Barre, John Keenan convicted of murder in the Molly Maguires riot. sentence deferred to Saturday night.
Baron Coutts, famed London banker, owed much of his rise to learning a noble customer was refused a loan of 50000. He lent the peer the sum with no security and took the rest on deposit. The king heard of it and transferred royal accounts, inspiring imitators and building Coutts’s fortune. Rev. D. H. Wheeler D. D., president-elect of Allegheny College, has arrived in Meadville. His public sermon Sunday will be the baccalaureate.
Special dispatches report nihilists acknowledging a power loss but vow to keep up their fight for liberty, while Russia and Germany inch toward war and money shortages strain operations. In Harexa, Montana, a Butte coach carrying eight passengers was stopped by road agents who robbed them of money and valuables, with the treasure box contents unknown. In Franklin, Mass., Wm. T. Cook & Co., straw goods makers, failed with liabilities around 200000.
Public sale to be held Thursday morning June 28 in three lots dry goods groceries and boots shoes at the store on Lion Street formerly occupied by W K Hequembourg. Sale includes remaining stock from former owner with prices to be offered openly. Weather forecast for Lower Lakes shows rain partly cloudy and variable winds with a slight temperature rise.
The Cologne Cathedral, begun 635 years ago, faced delays, with funding boosted by Prussia and architect Zwirner guiding a fresh push. The structure, Northern Gothic and cross-shaped, measures 510 feet by 231 feet with 500-foot towers, and funds now rely on a lottery to remove scaffolding and finish work. A separate incident saw the Clear Creek bridge collapse, sending a loaded lumber team into the creek and narrowly sparing the driver.
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