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Newspaper

Evening Observer

Location

Dunkirk, New York, United States of America

Date

Mar 02, 1885

Page

1

Church Directory Listing of Local Congregations and Services

Local church notices list Rev Mareti at First Presbyterian Church with Sabbath services at 11 A M and 7 P M. First Methodist under Rev J I Tate holds 11 A M and 7 P M Sunday services with Sunday school at 12:30. First Baptist at Fourth and Buffalo with 11 A M and 7 P M services, Sunday school at 12:30. St. Pauls Episcopal on Fourth and Lagalets with 11 A M and 7 P M and Sunday school at 2:20. German Moul City Church at Deer and Fourth led by Rev J C Groth with 10 and 7 P M services and Sunday school 9. German Evangelical Church at Fourth and Fifth led by Rev GF Spreng with 10:30 A M, 2:00 P M, 7:00 P M services and Sunday school 9. Free Methodist Church with Sabbath preaching at 11 A M and 3 P M, Sunday school 9 A M. Tabernacle Baptist Church Fourth of Aweor Center with 5 and 7 P M services and Sunday school at 2. Other Catholic services noted year round with other announcements.

First Presbyterian Vem. Mareti First Methodist Church Bik Ker J. IL Tates First Baptist A. Lenoy St. Foiln’s Episcopal Ciurceh F. W. Linkes Regnitr J. C. Groth Bae Thoraday Vvening German Evangelical Church GF. Spreng Free Mutiodist Church J. TF Dinas Tabernacle Baptist Church Fourth of Awear Center Res. E Stone Aefia

Congo Question Debate Shapes Belmont Resolution

The Houze Committee on Foreign Affairs adopted a Belmont backed resolution on the Congo question. It upholds U S refusal to form entangling alliances and warns against participation in any political move by European powers. The Belmont text urges neutral, friendly relations with all nations and noninvolvement in Berlin Conference commitments.

Houze Committee On Foreign Affairs Ate. Phat Congo United States Belmont Europe Atlantc Paeiic House of Representatives Washington Ercbhy Lie Germany France Berlin

Governor Bates halts hanging for ex marshal in Bates Tennessee

Nasuvill Tenn March 2 Governor Bates commuted the sentence of ex United States Marshal William Spence from hanging to life imprisonment for the murder of his son in law Colonel Edward S Wheat. Wheat a well known wholesale merchant in Nasuvill is dead. Mrs Wheat funded lawyers and gathered names for a pardon petition. The report notes her grief and the deaths of her eldest son. Encampment of G A R at Centaxcocs endorses Sons of Veterans and a women’s relief corps. Banquet features the toast The Blue and the Gray. Next Encampment meeting set for Atlanta. New York March 2 arraignment crowd gathers City Hall Mrs Dudley Richard Short and Justis Schwab face charges. Short pleads not guilty to assault and battery bail set at 35000 for Mrs Dudley and Schwab’s arraignment deferred.

Nasuvill Tenn Bates United States William Spence Spence Supreme Court Edward SS. Wheat Ceatlaxcocs Tennessee Alabama Georgia The Sons of Veterans C. Warmer Ohio Garnet Andrews Chatta Tooga Yazoo City Miss Dixie Atlanta New York

Elopement Scandal in Eptimats Courtship Ends in Flight

George W Grant a married man and father of three elopes with Sallie S Potts a servant in the Grant home. Reports say Grant raised 1500 on notes and collected 700 from customers before leaving and may have taken at least 2000. Potts is 23, a blonde. Grant is 30. Kroxur Iowa March 2 a Wabash derailment near Pentecrite injures a broker and a passenger with several in the coach hurt.

Eptimats George W. Grant Sallie S. Potts Grant Miss Potts Kroxur Iowa Wabash Pentecrite

Senate Debates and Appropriations Mark Budget Struggles

Senate and House proceedings discuss the Deficiency bill for federal courts, post office funds, and fortifications, with debates on coinage value, railroad land forfeiture, and conference reports. Key figures include Mr Wisor, Mr Maxey, Mr Randall, and the President elect. The session ends amid confusion with adjournment and multiple committee reports.

Senate Alause of Representatives Wasisaros Rewt House United States Estes Department of Justice le Mechel Citven Plumb Allison Beck Bingham Dibrell Randall Hancock Hore Cleveland Reed Thomas Forney Trota

Inauguration on Mount Popocatepetl Celebrated

Excursion from the City of Mexico will ascend Popocatepetl on March 3 to mark Grover Cleveland's presidential inauguration. Descent scheduled for March 4. American participation expected. customs receipts in January rose about $70,000 from December.

Cleveland America City of Mexico Senor Luis Gonzalez Morella Mexcan Mount Popocatepet Grover Cleveland United States

End of Session Looms as Debate Over Key Bills Rages

Lawmakers wrestle with the Appropriation and Deficiency bills and a possible extra session. Senate and House factions threaten filibuster, with Randall and Holman among key players. Foreign relations notes include Frelinghuysen’s letter on the Clayton-Bulwer treaty and Nicaragua talks.

AMD Wacnisotos Miles Senate BN. Randall Wilon Iowa Fredericks Allioonale Dolumh Beck Cockrell Messrs Randall Holman Townehend Cannon Long House Post Office Navy Commerce Committee Marbor Tiarbor State Department Frelinghuysen Miller Committee On Foreign Relations Costa Rica Nicaragua Nicaregue Allie Hine Kame Polles

Fatal Affair at Rocanare Dance in Texas

A quarrel at a Rockdale area dance 15 miles south of Rocanare, Texas, Friday night left Zeck Stephens dead in a shooting. Buck Stafes was killed, Hodges the bystander wounded, and a ten year old girl mortally injured. About 100 men search for Stephens as authorities warn of possible further violence.

Rocanare Tex Rockdale Zeck Stephens Buck Sdafes Scales Stephens Hodges

That Tired Feeling From Hood’s Beverage Parable

An unclear passage notes a tired feeling and mentions Hood’s beverage, with fragmented phrasing about mornings and a sense of weariness. The readable text hints at a comparison or parable but lacks coherent details for concrete events or people.

Frightful sleigh accident near Fitz injures sixteen

A party of sixteen from Fitz, Pa., rode out Friday night in a large sleigh. On return the sleigh crashed over an embankment after a stop for drinks. Driver John Hagar was killed. Henry Mercer died later. Five others were fatally injured, including Patrick Harper and Jacob Boardman, while many more sustained serious injuries. The injured were removed to a local hotel as residents mourn the tragedy.

Hymenxa Edmundson Dwyer O'Neil Keating Sheri Henry Edmundson Frank Ashton Ashton Lie Alexandria Minn Asleigh National Fritz Yoadt Patrick Larper Susa Tlarper Tfenry Larky Jacob Boardman Elizabeth Stout Michael Jones Amos Hefflinger Joseph Stout May Boardman William Strope Lorace Binder Hns Julia Charles Shinnen Kate Stanmond Fitz

Fire destroys Albany freight depot and nearby works

A blaze at the West Shore Freight Depot in Albany destroyed the building housing freight for the Delaware and Hudson Canal and West Shore Railroad. Twenty of forty adjacent freight cars burned, spreading to aniline works and an ice house containing 24 000 tons of ice. Injuries reported to two workers. Losses listed for the railroad, canal company, aniline firm, and ice house with substantial insured amounts.

West Shore Albany Sucquehanna Delaware & Hudson Canal Company West Shore Railroad Company Greenbush Charles Nuefites Gaffin Jadderman Thomas Connors West Shore Railroad Delaware & Judson Canal Company Aniline Company Rueffies’ Ice House

General Grant Seriously Ill in New York Residence

General Grant’s condition improved slightly but remains serious, with a constant stream of visitors and limited access to his chamber. Doctors note he is seriously ill but not in much pain, while Mrs. Grant and other family members stay by his side and efforts to ease his suffering continue.

New York Ceneral Grant Muuch Hamilton Ish Mr. Conkling Stephen B. Elkins Fordyce Barker Grant

Grant's Illness and Khartoum Notes Across The Soudan

London reports General Wolseley to retain Gakdul-Borti route to block Mahdi. Gordon's records on Khartoum arrival to death expected in London next week. Grants illness evokes universal sorrow and concern for his finances. Irish Nationalists rally 15000 at Phenix Park to denounce Speaker Peel. Counterfeiters caught on Lake Turano steamer. Italian success at Assab noted. Italian reports of Beirut occupation. A Calabrian floor collapse injures 60 in Genoa. Robbery at Nebraska state treasury yielding $2000. detective action and rewards approved. Fairfield Seminary principal Smith shot by Dr Richter. authorities arrest shooter. Alabama tax collector Duxon killed by wife who discovers cork-stained body.

THE Soudan News London Wolseley Gakdul-Borti Abu Ikla Gordon Khartoum Graham Cairo Suakim Abyssinia Italy Kassala War Office Grant Drrzix Peel William O’brien House of Commons Phenix Park Dublin Lake Turano Leiterito Assab Beirut Genoa Cosenza

Horrible death at sugar camp near Lazelton, Ind

John Bear, a Vincenyps County farmer, died Saturday afternoon at a sugar camp near Lazelton after losing balance and falling into a large kettle of boiling sugar-water. He toppled in alone and was found by workers, the body severely scorched and lifeless.

Vincenyps Ind John Bear Sugar Camp Lazelton Win

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