19 Mar 1883
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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1883
Page
1
Church directory entry lists Borat Baptist Church at Fourth and Buffalo led by Rev EB F Crane. Regular Sabbath services at 11 am and 7 30 pm. Sunday school at 12 30 pm. Sunday evening prayer meeting 6 pm and Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 pm.
Fort Randall reports the government will free Sitting Bull and 140 of his braves from military custody. They will be moved to a reservation near Standing Rock to pursue agriculture and ranching, with no present sign of further conflict.
Patrick Egan arrives in New York with Father Walsh to urge Ireland’s cause and fight extradition of Sheridan. Egan portrays England as brutal and warns of plots to crush Irish national life, while promising a new Ireland across the Atlantic ready for reckoning. In another incident, Harris Cohen, a Jewish merchant, injures himself with a razor after family tensions at Lincoln Street home.
Special dispatch reports leading Irishmen and members of the New York Land League denying the Irish gang's assertion that the Land League planned and carried out the Westminster explosion. The denial comes amid controversy and calls for accountability among Irish activists.
Telegraphic notes report Sprague with eighty-three delegates to the Democratic convention out of 108. News items detail a bank teller in Syracuse linked to a Denver murder, a fatal wife and self-inflicted shooting in Mansfield, a building fire in Cloominaton with four buried, and other accidents, robberies, and court actions.
Special Dispatch reports the upper Missouri and Yellowstone regions expect the ice to go out quickly with minimal destruction. Anticipated early breakup could trigger notable changes. Sunday services at 1 pm and 7:30 pm are announced by St. John’s Episcopal Youth and Eagle Booster groups. Regular weekly services are planned and invitations extend to all.
Special dispatch reports a fire at Faranta's pavilion last night triggering a panic. Two men, two women, four girls, a boy, and a colored youth were trampled and severely injured, some likely fatally, before the flames were put out.
A special dispatch reports two freight trains on the Lakeshore railroad colliding at Hipley due to a mislaid switch. Engineer Van Avery was slightly injured as cars were wrecked. Four crew were hurt in the crash, with a narrow escape for those aboard. Elsewhere in Dry, Union Oil and Clark & Foster wells were reported dry, impacting market prices.
Special dispatch from London reports the police force will be increased by at least one thousand men with the night detective staff doubled. The attack on Lady Florence Dixie is attributed to Irish involvement, while The Morning Post suggests the Invincibles moved operations from Ireland to Britain.
Special dispatch reports Lady Florence Dixie attacked near Windsor by a disguised man in women's clothes. Her dress suffered dagger wounds to the chest while she struggled to escape, with injuries to the hands and wrists and a broken corset rib. The assailants fled as watchers disturbed the scene.
Joe Janes of Oslethorpe county is said to have married a girl at eleven four years ago and after a three year absence attempted to take her back. He is reportedly jailed after an attempted self harm in custody. Four Americans in Panama protest a lack of hearing on charges tied to a bank robbery of 50 000. In Denver Frank A Putnam sues the tailors union for conspiracy and fraud over wage hikes. A Pittsburgh Dispatch note mentions a planned rail line from Warren to Pittsburgh shortening the trip to 47 miles, possibly a new coat dock.
A varied set of items includes Emancipation day celebrations planned on a larger scale with invites to representative Black leaders from across the country, while other lines report political and treasury notes. Topics span Creek Indian tensions, land grants, court charges, and wartime era fiscal matters.
New York March 19 The Heralds Albany correspondent reports the Senate Insurance Committee will send its receivership report to the Senate this evening with expected important developments. The committee members await the result amid tense expectations. Buffalo Southwestern brakeman Cray lost his right hand in a coupling accident yesterday while working near Wanlay, New York.
A foggy report from Pas Maren Sh notes a dispute over licensing near Rene with the Union Oil Company mentioned. The account implies a dry condition or restriction in the area and cites a probable party involved and date context.
Weather report notes colder partly cloudy conditions with north easterly winds and diminishing pressure. Telegraph market corrections provide latest prices and trends for this evening.
Grain reports indicate steady cornmeal and varied wheat quotes with No. 2 red wheat around 140 and May delivery pricing noted. Market wires show unsettled bids and public sales emphasis, with mixed movement across New York, Chicago, and regional exchanges and mentions of futures openness at early trading.
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