25 Jun 1883
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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1883
Page
1
Market report cites steady flour demand in city and western brands, with active crop conditions and quiet delivery for detacels. Millfeed plentiful though prices lag, winter wheat bids around $0.829 to $1.17 per unit, corn largely unchanged with few public transactions, oats and rye varying, and livestock quotes mixed across regions.
The flood devastates Mississippi farms and crops with widespread property loss. Authorities warn the danger is not over as rising waters threaten more land._
The Watery West recounts rising water in St Louis as the Madison dyke breaches near Venice flooding vast areas. About 600 feet of Chicago and Alton track vanished, isolating the North, while East St Louis and Venice floodplain expands. Ten to fifteen thousand acres of American bottoms cropland submerged, with crops losses estimated around two hundred thousand. Cahokia and Carondelet towns lie under water as residents seek safety in schools and skiffs.
Francis Craft a 70 year old Lancaster township farmer and church deacon visited Butler to see O’Brien’s circus and was fleeced of 1000 dollars by a gang of card sharpers. Warrants issued and sheriff pursuing the suspects.
A Chicago special reports the court has sentenced Paymaster Wasson to discharge dishonorably for defaulting. The ruling cites failure to fulfill duties and tarnished service record.
The New York Northern Railroad Company was incorporated with a capital of 1 million dollars to build a line from near Waverly through Truthansburgh Ovid Waterloo Seneca Falls Clyde and Rose Valley to Nicholas Point on Sodus Bay. Incorporators include John B Alley Joel A Sperry Wan Anway Saloman T Streeter and Edward Jordan, owners of the Pennsylvania and Sodus Bay Railroad line.
Telegraphic notes report Bassett elevator burned with losses of 75000 dollars. McMillan stove factory in Mannville burned. waterman perished. Corning keeper took morphine contemplating suicide, saved. Vera Cruz fever ravages Europeans and Americans. Vermilyea died from chloral in a hotel. Damietta quarantined for suspected cholera with nineteen deaths. Richmond affray leaves Crutchfield dying after stab wounds. Texas express collision near Independence injures none seriously. Dover youth Long shot dead in hayloft by Glidden in accidental gun discharge. St Petersburg cites Gourke transfer over failed local governance. Jacksonville fireworks store explosion injures two. smoke leaves proprietor critical. Waterbury arrests over burglary with female accomplice, alleged abuse of young girls. Havanna combat deaths ere Mirazcane. Casimir killed. insurgent leaders shot. Jeremie siege. fever deaths tallied. tremor recorded at Valpetaing.
Fragmented OCR notes allege discrimination in hiring and a political finance feud. Indirect references name a Kerry group and a Paris based financial interest causing market unease as securities slump and public sentiment dampens.
The steamship Furnessia sailed with 300 assisted emigrants yesterday. Officials questioned the newcomers and found many had been in Kerry workhouses and were destitute. A meeting this morning indicated the ship company may be required to repatriate them to Ireland.
Frewsaure Freweburg area reports Eliza Bartlett aged about forty and unmarried drowned herself in Conewango creek after noted love troubles. Coroner Yates took a jury verdict. Funeral planned for Monday. Separate case: a child of Miss Scoville, an unmarried woman, found deceased near West Vienna under stones. mother confesses killing, aided by Samuel Hall. both arrested. Also notices on July issue of North American Review discussing dynamite in civilization and other essays by Sheridan, Frothingham, and others.
Telegraphic notices report rioting at St Gall Switzerland ending with dispersed mobs, a New York fire that left occupants nearly suffocated, and multiple drownings or deaths including a missing cashier found dead in Cleveland. Additional items cite a Nashville bishop consecration, a monument unveiling in Washington Park, and a Mexican revolutionist assault near Matamoras with cavalry pursuit.
The President named David D. Parker postmaster as Thomas J. Brady faced an indictment with 20000 bonds posted Saturday. Elmer, second assistant postmaster general, voided Miner's contract on the Niobra-Ta Star route. Teller pushes Apache captives off San Carlos, Lincoln to aid. Elmer cites star-route costs in Louisiana and Texas at 224000 for the past year, down 142009 from the prior year. Williams seeks disposal of the original indictment. Ker seeks more time due to Merrick’s illness. Internal revenue district consolidations loom, with GOP protests and scheduling delays delaying the order to Monday.
Special Dispatch reports widespread flooding along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. Bottom lands are submerged, crops valued in the hundreds of thousands are destroyed, and thousands of acres lie waste as the rivers rose about three inches yesterday from St. Louis to Cairo.
Woonacer Conn June 25 burglars broke into the Woodbury Savings Bank vault stealing 25000 in cash and all securities. The thieves then stole a horse and fled toward Southbury after swapping it for transportation.
In Bonnertown on June 95 W J Thomas Gray a Philadelphia pilot was fatally stabbed by tramps attempting a robbery. In New York a misaligned switch on the Brighton Beach Railroad derailed an engine and two cars with no injuries.
Light rains follow by cooler and partly cloudy skies. Winds will be light and variable with a rising barometer. Forecast calls for a cooler trend and variable conditions across the lake area.
Jamestown AOUW lodges plan Select Knights order. John Connell of Erie County fathered a 164 pound newborn. Capt F C Fox to oversee Long Point season at Chautauqua Lake. Crawford County Agricultural Society to hold fair in Conneautville on October 2 4 and 5. Clarion County boasts two centenarians John Magee and Longwell aged 1065 years. Four year old son of Charles N Watts drowns near Buffalo & Southwestern rail line. mother rescued by family dog. Mrs Lasure of Wellsburg dies aged BT years. husband 69 attends funeral after 42 years marriage. Century to publish a piece by E Smatley on strikes and oil trade following a trip with artist Fasey.
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