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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1885
Page
2
The Evening Observer presents a noisy note on wire service, subscription rules, and public notices dated Thursday May 7, 1885. It invites readers to send news items with real names and addresses for verification and space in the paper. It warns about responsibility for opinions and facts from correspondents and outlines office contact procedures.
The New York Tribune reports a low likelihood of Anglo Russian war as Russia agrees to submit the Penjdeh massacre to arbitration and allow the Joint Boundary Commission to proceed, with Penjdeh likely to be surrendered and neutralized during negotiations. Russian forces may stay in place pending the commission's decision, while London prearrangements favor Russia and the Czarina's influence cited as a peace factor.
A wide mixture of notices and sketches describes interior and exterior ornament, crafts, and design for trades such as carpenters and masons. It also notes writers, a boxing champion’s ancestry, Niagara park bills reception, a chemist to Japan, and home renovation advice focusing on cellar cleaning and copperas wash to deter pests.
A cablegram ordering Maxwell's arrest travels a global route costing three dollars per word. From St Louis to New York and North Sydney then across Ireland, to London, Lisbon, Malta, Alexandria, Suez, Aden, Bombay, Penang, Java, Port Barwin, Sydney, Wellington, Auckland, and finally to the Saskatchewan battle context. The piece humorously notes operators’ intelligence varies along the chain.
A pamphlet titled Money in Potatoes outlines planting methods to yield over 100 bushels per acre, contrasting Joseph’s seed-potato approach with Dr Sturtevant’s one-eye seed technique. Also noted are Document No 4 from the New-York Evangelical Alliance protesting the Freedom of Worship bill, Cornell University’s 1984 85 registrar, and an initial Decorator issue received.
Transfers recorded in Mayville New York show multiple land dealings. Names include Hich Edwards Stratton McClanathan Smith Brario Peterson Vincent Cook Cochran Young Foster Vander Schaeff Warrants list numerous parcels in Hanover Kennedy Pomfret Westfield Chautauqua Portland Silver Creek Poland Dunkirk Sherman and Carroll with prices ranging from 1 to 3 thousand dollars.
Local items report P Holmes visiting son Beniley in Horneliaville over Snoday and Mrs Jeila Beat of Warren Pa visiting her mother Eliza Parsons. L D Smith of Silver Creek in town. P Fox rents Ellis Spenser place and plans a law office in the wing. Polo match Crickets beat Spires 3 to 10. Arthur Fisher of Canandaigua visits. M J Crosby loses 7000 tomato plants to frost. J J Keyes also affected. Forestville young ladies parade. May baskets gifted by girls to young men. Clyde Burdick returns from Melotte, Dak., after two days. A W Hull goes to Washington re Forestrilla Post Office appointment. Rhetorical exercises planned in Academic department Friday. Manager Yarrell announces dance Friday May 8 with Elkine’s orchestra. Town anxious over Miner's Exchange Bank assignment at Dunokirk. deposits causing concern. Susie Sackett visiting Perrysburg and Cattaraugus. L F Harrison to buy horses in Hornellsville. Mrs Chas Way of La Porte Ind visiting W W Ward. Miss Allie Clark and Miss Dell Hanford visiting Mrs A B Layman. J W Hutchinson of Dunkirk visits Chas Edwards. Suit of L F Harrison vs J J Richardson adjourned to Friday next. attorneys Record and Hooker for plaintiff, Sherman and Rost for defendant.
Bradford area reports Dr. Edward Ellis dies in Meadville and 1926 residency. Jamestown Board of Excise grants eight hotels, seven stores, six drug stores and eleven ale licenses totaling 1350 in fees amid criticism over lax liquor controls. Panama notes ex-Assemblyman John Stewart dies and editor Barnes linked to governor succession talks. clerks Barlow and Fuller face changes in service.
Local items report on Cassadaga school opening and town happenings. Landlord Phillips returns from New York. Rev W Lindsley engaged at Ellery Centre with Sunday services. D A V P pays car crew on the road. Snow and cold waves, new butcher at Walter Wait’s, Beebe residence improvements, Cora Richardson assists at the Post Office, gate fee for L F P A grounds, child died of scarlet fever buried at Pickett cemetery, creameries running, Caleb Todd’s renovated brick home, Dr Harry Crane present, geo Barnes and Aber visit, snow drifts on hills, Hila Burnham moves in, Byron Abels calf sold weighing 225 lbs, Mrs Alonzo Bailey ill with cancer, Mr Ashad Barnham getting mare Change ready for summer tour, William Burroughs patents fruit-basket machine, Postmaster Wilcox visits Jamestown, Ely’s tenants pay good rent and need sidewalks.
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as cleansing blood of scrofulous impurities and curing tubercular consumption. It invites readers to send 10 cents for a complete treatise and testimonials, from the World’s Spey Medical Association in Buffalo New York.
Chautauqua County Clerk announces a panel of Petit Jurors to be drawn at the clerk’s office on Thursday May 14, 1885 at 1 PM to serve at County Court and Court of Sessions at the Court House in Mayville. Dated May 8, 1895. T. D. Bitowhs signs the notice. May 1885 Hood’s Sarsaparilla ad follows with unverifiable strength claims.
Smiths Mills L C and Manley sold the young draft stallion Marengo to Charles Secord of Irving, who recently brought him from Illinois. The Cookingham family began a move to Kangas, where Mr. Cookingham has lived for eighteen months. A Cat taraugus gentleman bought the Geo Bigler farm and erected blacksmiths akop on the site.
Randolph dispatch notes a band of Methodist women smashing bottled beer found in the street during a fre. The beer owner had them arrested and their parents settled the bill. Also reported is the funeral of Joshua Tinker in Westfeld, born Albany 1819, died April 23 1885, longtime Westfield Republican officeholder praised as honest and learned by residents and children alike.
The advertisement urges readers to cleanse the body after winter, claiming Hood's Sarsaparilla expels impurities from the blood and strengthens all bodily functions. Available at all druggists.
Prof W J Beal of Michigan Agricultural College reports alfalfa trials unfit for our soil climate. Alfalfa fails on clay and moist land, needs two years to establish, and clover weeds choke it first year. Johnson grass shows little promise for our state. both crops suit warmer latitudes.
A brief travel column notes routes and tips for voyagers along Vunkirrk and Fretunta streets, listing landmarks, nearby services, and practical directions for travelers navigating the area. It mentions intersections, local transit stops, and key shops to consult for maps and lodging on the go.
The New York Lake Erie and Western Railroad adopted a table on November 24 1886 detailing timetable or operating schedule changes. This record notes the regional railway authority implementing the updated table for service adjustments.
The Nickel Plate railroad timetable lists trains on No. 33 from Dunkirk to Salamanca with assorted intermediate stops including Forestville and Carrollton, noting Sunday exceptions and various arrival times. Additional services include No. 22 from Salamanca daily except Sundays to Carrollton, and No. 30 from Dunkirk arriving at Carrollton daily, with nonspecific notes on departures and station stops.
Fragmentary OCR shows travel and posting references across New York cities Albany Syracuse Buffalo and other terms. Mentions checkin and Get Moving fall information with scattered names and an agent at a Bradford Branch.
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