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Newspaper

Evening Observer

Location

Dunkirk, New York, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1883

Page

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Masonic and York Rite Bodies Meet in Dunkirk

Lrondequort Lodge No 61 F A M holds regular communications on the third Friday monthly. Dunkirk Chapter No 191 and Dunkirk Council No 3 meet on set second and fourth Tuesdays or Wednesdays. Dunkirk Commandery No 40 KK T holds regular conclaves on the second and fourth Wednesdays.

Lrondequort Lodge No DL. G. Risley W. M. W. Zimmer Atin Sec'r Dunkirk Lodge No F.A.M Mullets W.M W. Barkes Bee'y Dunkirk B. A.M H. J. Gibbs, Jr H. P. F. Ratkes Lee Dunkirk Commandery No KK. T W.H. Wyman E.G Ratkea Recorder

Local Church Directory Listings and Schedules

A historical church directory lists Baptist Presbyterian Episcopal Methodist and German churches with corner locations pastors and regular service times. It invites strangers and young men to attend and notes Sunday schools prayer meetings and weekday services at various corners and streets.

Put Pirst Presbyterian Church W. Austin John's Episcopal Church N. E. Corner Eagle Affects F. W. Ratkes Hector German Evangelical Church Elk Fourth Fifth G. Beratecher Deer Fourth Streets Pitator

Local ads list goods and services for sale

Peter Hermes of Buffalo street offers cleaned and repaired clothing. W. Lt Edwards & Co advertises 341 oe Shautiful Pansy Plants and large tomato plants. Hamilton's Coal and Lumber yards sell sale and land plaster, quick lime, cement, soft slab wood all delivered. H C H Smith markets the Empro m cigar at Conter street. Imported smoking articles and other items appear in the local notices.

Peter Hermes Buffalo Street Second W. Lt. Edwards & Co's Hamilton

A Terrible Cyclone and Acquittal Report

A cyclone passed north of Racine Wisconsin causing structural damage and injuries. Telecommunication lines were down severing news and rail communications between Racine Milwaukee and St Paul. A temporary exposition building was toppled injuring four workers including a man with a broken leg and another scalped. police dispersed onlookers as damage was assessed.

Racine Wis Milwaukee St. Paul Doc

Cyclone Annihilates Racine Homes with Death Toll Rises

Special dispatch from Racine Wisconsin reports the worst cyclone in state history striking at seven in the evening. It demolished about one hundred fifty houses causing fifty deaths and over a hundred injuries. Brick and frame homes collapsed with people seeking safety in cellars as sweeping debris marked the devastation. Some houses were ripped from foundations and central areas exploded into ruins.

Racine Wis

Dana's Acquittal Verdict By Jury In Murder Case

The jury in the Dana murder case of Elliott the boxer returned a not guilty verdict after four hours deliberation. Judge Smith instructed on murder and manslaughter and the standard of reasonable doubt.

Cuicano Dana Elliott

Particulars of the Fire and other notices

Reports from multiple cities recount a Granite State fire with five deaths four by fire and one by drowning Mrs CL Maine of New Haven died while on her wedding tour with her husband who reached shore An attempt to reach the dock failed Also in Montgomery grand jury indicts Marshal Stroback on repeated points New Haven missing teen case under police probe Waycross execution of Henry Knight for murder attracts two thousand five hundred spectators

Waycross Henry Knight Edward Hunter

Fire at Schroeder factory and Knickerbocker stables

Telegraphic notes report a blaze at Schroeder's kindling wood factory and the Knickerbocker Ice Company stables in Williamsburg. Loss estimated at 30000 dollars. In Rome the Pope, reacting to Dublin meetings, summoned Cardinals Jacobini and Simeoni to enforce his letter to Irish bishops. Berlin notes Mr Mackey of Nevada off to Moscow for the czar coronation as part of the American Mission, with Mrs Mackey along and taking fifteen court dresses.

Williamsburg Schroeder Knickerbocker Ice Company Rome Dublin Jacobini Simeoni Berlin Mackey Mevada Moscow

Washington Waifs A Busy Docket From Navy to Law

The president appoints W R Marks postmaster at Naples New York and a commissioner of internal revenue is expected to be named tomorrow. A telegram from Whipple barracks Arizona reports Crook’s force at 300, larger than expected. The North Atlantic squadron at Fortress Monroe sails to New York for the Brooklyn bridge celebration. Folger orders trade marks require patent office certification. foreign vessels must carry life saving gear per passenger counts. Elmore questions peace talks between Chili and Peru. Chilean ministers doubt a treaty. The British assist paupers to Belgium then ship them to America. Folger finds no penalty for pauper immigration under current law. Folger will seek AG opinion on exporting whiskey from Newport News to Bermuda and reimportation for storage. Paymasters of the Union army disband an organization in Cape May this August. total war disbursements reached 1,120,000 with three-fourths of a percent cost.

Treasury Department Belgium America State Department Folger Department Cape May

Bank cashier Jeremy Mackey ends life amid illness crisis

In Sreevspacee Pennsylvania on May 19, Jeremy Mackey, cashier of the Stroudsburg bank and former Monroe County associate judge, killed himself by shooting. The despondent man cited ill health as the reason for his fatal action.

Evening Observer Sreevpsacee Jeremy Mackey Stroudsburg Monroe County Isis

Official Forgery Found Guilty in Newark Case

Spenal Inspeted to the Evening Observer reports William Hall was found guilty of forgery for entering in the Comptroller cash book. No sentence announced yet.

Spenal Evening Observer Newark William Hall

Fire damages Leech Bros warehouse in harness trade

A fire severely damaged the Leech Bros warehouse, used for harness leather and trimmings, on May 19. Estimated loss is over 50,000 dollars, with the blaze affecting stock and facilities. Investigators assess origin and extent of damage.

Evening Observer Badivors Leech Bros

Carey Happy Dewsix Disputed to the Evening Observer

Carey the informer was released today in Dublin and says he will stay to prosecute tenants who have refused rent since he became the former. His house iscelng guarded by police and today the guard was doubled.

Spegut Evening Observer Dewsix Carey Cus Dublin Hlia House Iselng

Apache raid reported near Nar veges and Ogil

Indian Affairs dispatch notes a band of sixty Apaches crossing the Sierra Madre into Cuihuahua killing one man at Nar veges and another at Ogil with two more killed south of Buena Ventura. Crook’s route altered last moment and he moves southwest of the Sierra Madres. latest news from Crook via an Indian scout who returned sick.

el Paso Tex Menteur Chaliga Cuihuahua Sierra Madres Narveges Ogil Buena Ventura Crook Hessyn Crook Guadaloupe

Local items note business ventures and public works

The Jamestown Journal reports on several small ventures including The Domestic Jewel Chain for sale by Cary and Mattesoz and a Dunkirk stock company forming to manufacture anti fire train heating apparatus invented by Rev Wim Martin of Tidioute. It notes Third street business petition to rebuild a damaged walk, May estate changes recorded including transfers to Baker Colman and Ward, and a Chicago Exposition engine building update stating only their group remains standing per D N Pasha from Cariaco May 19.

Dunkirk Wim. Martin Tidioute Jamestown Journal Chicago D. N. Pasha Brooks Cariaco

Saint Stanislaus Society Excursion To Buffalo

The Saint Stanislaus Society of Dun kirk plans a May 2 excursion to Buffalo. The train leaves Third Street depot at 10 4 a.m. sharp and returns the same day at 10 p.m. Tickets round trip cost 1.00 and will be sold by society members at the depot before departure. An anonymous letter is published with intent to expose truth if the author speaks openly.

The Saint Stanislaus Society of Dunkirk Buffalo Third Street

Cornell Ore Delivery and Other Telegraph Notes

Ethaca Cornell University received from the Copper Queen Mine of Arizona a three ton ore sample. Chittangoga twenty four people poisoned at a church festival are recovering. Harrisburg liquor law defeated in senate. Iros George Quinn commits suicide in jail after Malone burglary. Lebanon Indiantown Gap Silver Mine sold for 10 and $20,000 spent on development. Springfield tornado sweeps through two miles south destroying property. Long Pine mother murders two children then slashes elder child, reason insanity. Montreal freight collision kills Charbonneau and St Orge. Chicago trunk lines feud with Board of Trade settled. agents return. Philadelphia iron production declines. Ohio up from last year. Falls City physician elopes with businessman's wife. public excitement.

The Counterfeit Flower in the Pulpit Illustration

A clergyman using artificial flowers for a sermon discovers the tiny flower stem is wrapped in green muslin and the bouquet is made of counterfeit blooms. He contends with the shock as the audience smiles while he continues delivering the sermon.

Irish conspirators arraigned amid papal circular debate

In Limerick on May 19 Kennedy O Herbert etc were arraigned for conspiracy to murder treason and felony. In Dublin Justin McCarthy issued a circular urging a testimonial for Parnell. Dungarvan town commission rejected the papal circular as promoting disunion and secret societies among priests and the people.

Loxpox Justin McCarthy Parnell Town Commission Dungarvan Ireland

Weekly Bank Statement Special Disptch to Evening Gbar

A special dispatch from May 19 reports the metropolitan banks weekly clearing house statement. Loans rise 2,377,000, specie up 597,000, legal tender up 981,094,000, deposits up 3,495,000, circulation down 487,000, reserves up 757,000, vs prior years.

New York

Weather Outlook for Lower Lakes

Cloudy with rain in the Lower Lakes region. Winds from the south shifting to the west. Temperature mostly steady or rising in the eastern portion. Pressure remains low.

Grain Markets in Buffalo Toledo and Cincinnati

Grain markets mixed across cities with quiet Buffalo trade and steady activity. Wheat unsettled with no sales in Duluth No 1 hard. May bids around 224. corn in good demand with Western lots at 60 6c and 3 percent. oats in steady demand with 4 0 bu No 2 taxed western around 4c. Toledo reports wheat quiet and corn dull. Cincinnati shows fork whisky and hogs steady with prices near 20 to 29 for hogs and 113 for whisky. Detroit lists mixed May June prices for wheat and white and red corn near specific bids.

Buffalo Duluth Salea Plac Toledo Nota

Market Stocks and Rail Lines Amid Small Gains

A compact list of bonds and railroad stocks appears, detailing prices for exchanges such as Ohio Central, Chicago & Alton, Central Pacific, Union Pacific, and Texas Pacific, with notes on Pullman cars, Wells Fargo, and other transportation securities. The fragmentary OCR reads like a market snapshot with prices and ticker hints, including U.S. bonds and bonds for rail firms.

Chicago aAlton Central Pacille Imey del, & Lack Wax del, & Hudson Den Kite Pullman Pal R & Pitts Do Wells F'rgo U. States Uae Hannibal Eser Min St. L San Jereey Central Kaneis & Totus Texas Pactile L. A Torre Haute Bint Union Paclio Els

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