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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1884
Page
4
Various brief notices from a Dunkirk newspaper include shop ads for bats and men’s furnishings at Baker Centre Street, coal yards and materials at Eagle and West 3rd Streets, and a new hat and suit sales push. Social items mention a surprise party for Conrad Kind, a concert at the Baptist church, and local hotel arrivals. Obituaries and public notices touch on juries for a Farmersville case and the funeral of J. C. Richardson at the Baptist church.
A historical note explores why imitation Singer machines proliferate while others lag. It cites the Chicago relief effort where 2645 applicants received sewing machines, 2427 chose Singer, and 487 Singer machines were bought from the Dunkirk office in 1583, with many competitors reluctant to disclose sales.
Burglars entered the Risley & Co. wholesale liquor depot on Front Street near Center by removing the basement window latch. They forced access to the upper rear and office, lifting drawers and taking about fifty dollars in cash. stock remained untouched. Officers are pursuing a trace of the touchpoints on the scene.
Jefferson C Richardson, long time Superintendent of the water works, dies at about 5 30 PM. Born 1809 in Charlotte, he served Chadwick’s Bay harbor projects then the Holly waterworks system, earning a reputation for honesty, industry and reform. His career spanned four generations of city workers and his works stand as a memory of his skill.
The Farner and Os observe Publishing Company launches the Saturday Evening Observer to Dunkirk readers at three cents. It vows seven columns of telegraphic news, twelve of sensational daily news, fourteen of miscellany and poetry, plus local notes and editorials, aiming to establish a popular, affordable Sunday paper.
Thieves broke into A Moldenhauer boot and shoe shop on Elk Street near Circle Walk about eleven last night and carried away fifteen dollars worth of goods. Henry Smith on Teer Street above Fifth lost about ten dollars in snuff boxes hosiery gloves and suspenders. Richard Wirtner on Lion and Wright suffered a shawl and several ladies’ items. They used a glass cutter to remove parts of the show windows and fled. Blood marks at Wirtner’s suggest one thief cut his hand. Officers promise a quick arrest.
Moves seek to declare the Humphrey office of Supervisor vacant after T. H. Dowd allegedly swore residence in Albany upon bar admission, rendering him incapacitated. Disturbing chatter says he will not contest, or risk perjury, though he has held the post for two weeks amid the dispute.
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