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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1884
Page
5
Daily items from Dunkirk note police HQ lively status, upcoming events at the rink, and local notices. Mentions Keough and Haycroft ending tenure, shopping ads, apparel and millinery stores, charity entertainments, and a range of social happenings with names like Langworthy Baker Phillips and O’Heara.
Miss Sylvia Hurlbert of Forestville visits the Hurlbert House while Miss Maud Dix from Westfield calls on Miss Hattie Hibbard. Mia, RH. E. Mallory departs for Fredonia Kansas. Corry Herald notes L. L. Smith from Painee, N Y staying at the Phoenix. Elmer E. Briggs visits city. Frankie Mann of Lockport visits Webley in Antelope Street. John Johnson, renowned trainer, arrives from Corry to stay through June races. Eastern Hotel lists numerous late arrivals and guests including F. L. Harkins Rochester and J. Judson Buffalo. Erie Hotel lists arrivals such as Vanidl and Graft from various cities. Kansas City, Chicago, and Jamestown visitors noted among others.
Henry Chappell a wealthy 78 year old bachelor with 200 acres and a leading Lebanon property was found dead in his kitchen from a fractured skull after a Tuesday night attack. Neighbors and a passerby discovered the body after entering the house and noting a wide open ell door and signs of strangership. A black whiskered tramp was seen nearby with a whip lash and bag by Goshen Village, suggesting a motive amid reports of prior robberies. a lantern candle guttered out, and cattle in the barn appeared unfed since the murder.
From Buffalo news notes Dunkirk observers report private box viewing Blaughraun at the Academy of Music last week. Dunkirk entrants listed for ground roller skating tour at Music Hall include Rochester Olean Lockport Toronto and Dunkirk. Maggie Flanagan of Elk Street spent Sunday with friends. William Fennell and sister visiting Louisans Street. Lawrence Barrett performed Fran cesta Da Rimini at the Academy of Music this week to favorable reception and railroads urged to offer reduced rates to draw crowds from Dunkirk and nearby areas.
Special report notes continued real estate growth in Brocton with farms and vineyard land fetching high prices. Transfers include the Harris and Moss holdings, Dr Hail and Woleben properties, and new sales by Clayin, Moss, and Barber. Village housing shortages prompt cries for more rental homes while A T P of F hosts a sugar festival. School term ends, spring term begins in two weeks, and Rev Bates faces a fundraising night. Chas Barber’s health declines as a gas bubble seal weakens.
Mayville hosts a small comedy at the Cor. House featuring Mr Mitchell in Panchon while a lunacy case in Kennedy ends with Mrs Shulters declared insane by Commissioner John Woodward and a sixteen‑man jury. Buffaloers form a Colored Union League as progress in social and political spheres continues amid local business shifts and community news.
A young boy named Cbaries, son of Fred Smith, died after drowning in Sixteen Mile Creek near North East. He was found partly covered by drift amid a swollen, drifting stream. The incident is under local inquiry as relief crews search the bank. A nearby report notes officials and planners discuss regional drainage and a viaduct project at Cattaraugus near Springville during a three day assembly.
Nearly a thousand people gathered at the First Baptist church on Fourth agreet to hear the large chorus class organized last Saturday by Prof. C. E. Leslie and trained by Prof. W. J. Harrington. The program featured Miss Hopping at the piano, vocal duets, choruses, and instrumental solos, praised for precision and expression. Prof. Harrington’s pupils performed with fluency, and the event closed with the anthem That Beautiful Golden Gate, sung by Miss Hopping and the chorus.
The busiest piece in town attracts attention to Mear Thy’s China Hall where rings and crockery are showcased.
An advertisement pattern from Dunkirk offers skin care products and a wide range of goods including gloves underwear hats and caps at low prices. It promotes coal yard supplies like shingles lath posts lime cement sewer pipe and plaster Paris. Also features spring stock of suits coats and tailoring services with multiple vendors and addresses in Dunkirk New York.
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