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Newspaper

Evening Observer

Location

Dunkirk, New York, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1883

Page

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Grain Markets and Prices in Buffalo Cincinnati and Toledo

Grain markets report quiet Buffalo flour and meal steady with demand for cornmeal. Oats and rye inactive. spring wheat unsettled with cash and May June rates. Cincinnati pork steady and whisky firm. Toledo wheat and corn steady with No 2 red and mixed bids listed.

Buffalo Cincinnati Toledo Gorn Farwer and Observer P.d. Mulholland & Co Park Mesa Cary & Wintlesey, Millers Louis Heyl C. Jones Awa M. Hamilton Buffalo Cement Paris Price Lake Aand

Horrible Death at Rome Iron Mill Witnessed By Many

In Rome on May 24 Arthur Wilkes aged twenty two a roller at the Merchant iron mill was drawing rolls when he slipped and was drawn feet first between the rolls crushed to death. His father and several workers fainted and the mill was shut down until Monday.

Rome Merchant Iron Arthur Wilkes

Burglary at Canada Mutual telegraph office in Hambros

In Hambros Ont May 24 a burglary at the Canada Mutual telegraph office netted thirty five dollars. A safe blow attempt failed and the safe keys were later found in the office. A Queen's birthday panic in a local protest ended with patrolman Harris struck and hospitalized. Leaders jailed. assailants at large amid street clashes.

Hambros Ont Canada Mutual Telegraph Harris

The Grand March New Year May 25 Escort and Parade

The Tth Regiment escorted the President with a 30 member guard. A 10 000 strong crowd lined Madison Square as carriages carried President Arthur and guests to the Fifth Avenue hotel. A grand procession through Park Fifth Broadway and to city hall park followed, with cheers as the President rode to the Brooklyn Bridge entrance and the New York tower reach.

Fhe Tth Park and Fifth Avenues Fifth Avenue Hotel Madison Square Arthur Edson Frelinghuysen Folger Gresham Chandler Brewster Marshal McMicheal District of Columbia Allen Arthur T. J. Phillips Rollins Cleveland Ludlow N. J Fairbanks Stryker Slocum Littlefield IR. 1 Common Council Foud Brennan Shaller Staf New York Cappe 7Th Regiment

Brooklyn Bridge Centennial Ceremony Description

Guests were welcomed by bridge trustees and escorted across the bridge amid bells and whistles. A salute from Fort Green welcomed the President and Cabinet, who were met by the 33d Regiment of Brooklyn and escorted to the platform. Clergy and officials including Bishop Littlejohn, Rev Vandewater, Gen. Christiancy, ex-mayors, council members, naval officers, and artillery officers attended as Bishop Littlejohn and Rev Vandewater conducted Episcopal collects.

Brooklyn Towers Fort Green 33D Regiment of Brooklyn Littlejohn George R. Vandewater Gen Christiancy Schroeder Howell Booth Hunter and Lambert

Smallpox Strikes Miss Evans and Miss Young in Robinson NL

Miss Evans of Mississippi, a pupil at the music school, died today of smallpox after pursuing Miss Young of Robinson NL. Miss Yeager was taken to hospital with no smallpox symptoms. Town residents report near desertion and there is anger toward Wesley Fields, blamed for Miss Young’s ruin. Exhumation talk and State Board of Health notification follow.

Ciscinsati Miss Evans Mississippi Miss Young Robinson Miss Yeager al Robinson Tll Wesley Fields State Board of Health

Murdered man found with pistol wound in New York

Edward Q. Strong was found with a pistol wound in a Forty-fourth Street house. He died after an autopsy showed murder with a gunshot and two skull fractures from sling shots. Inmates say he was drunk and intended suicide. police will investigate.

New York Edward Q. Strong Forty-fourth Street Strong

Strike planned by Bayview rolling mills workers

Milwaukie Wis May 23 600 workers at Bayview rolling mills voted to strike June 1 over a 15 percent wage reduction. The union meeting followed discussions of the plan and the action aims to pressure management.

Milwaukie Wis Bayview

Traveling Salesman Attacks Reverend at Hotel

A traveling salesman named Gett attacked Reverend Joseph Cook after an argument over eating raw beefsteak at a New Albany hotel. The altercation occurred at the table and was restrained by the hotel clerk.

Joseph Associated Press New Alpany Ind Gett Joseph Cook Cook Mr. Cook

Brooks Found Dead in Meaphme From Despondency

William D. Brooks a harness maker in Meaphme Pa was found dead south of the city with the jugular vein severed and a pocket knife nearby. He had been missing since Tuesday and had attempted suicide two months ago with laudanum. Mental despondency is listed as the cause.

Meaphme William D. Brooks Brooks

Despondent Nina Belle Chase Ends Life in Proevinence

Nina Belle Chase aged twenty one shot herself in a Proevinence boarding room after an early morning dispute with William Paine the stable keeper and his hostler. She had been living with Paine and was the wife of a Mansfield resident of Connecticut. Her mother is confined in an insane asylum.

Proevinence Nina Belle Chase William Paine Paine Chase One Mansfield Connecticut Insane Asylum

A Daring Robbery at Union Depot

CirvEtano May 24. United States Express money carrier Alexander Granger received several money packages from a Lake Shore eastbound train and placed them in a buggy outside. On return two pouches filled with brown paper replaced the real bags. The loss is suspected to be $10,000 in cash with much of the remittance in bank checks and certificates of deposit.

Express Company Alexander Granger Lake Shore Union Depot Granger Lake Shore Road Chicago Toledo

Coroner's Jury Blames Oil Fire Company for Safety Lapses

Jersey City coroner's jury censures the National Storage Company for lacking proper gas escapes of automatic doors to the tanks and for not supplying adequate fire apparatus for the mass of flammable material after the great oil fire on the 10th.

Jersey City National Storage Company

Washington Waifs and Federal Briefs from the Era

The piece notes the Washington monument reaching 850 feet, a queen’s birthday dinner hosted by Minister West with Secretary Teller and others present, and a Decoration Day post office closure order with discretion in larger cities. It mentions a Greely relief expedition plan, patent office workforce cuts, and a Swiss pauper Mormon landing attempt in New York aboard the steamship Nevada with customs instructions to bar arrivals.

West Lest Coming Teller Justice Waite Gen. Sherman Treasury Department Switzerland New York Nevada

Vicinity Haps and Mishaps from the District

A collection from Villenova and nearby towns notes land sale at sixty per acre for a ninety acre farm to Mr. Libbey, and Wn. Root offers two year old steers for two thousand dollars. Reports include a DeLanti Sunday School convention, an eel catch from Chautauqua Lake, dairy prices and a burglary incident in Sherman. A steamboat dock ownership suit is filed in Jamestown, plus glue making guidance and patterns for damp moulding.

Chantauqua Steamboat Company Burroughs Bros Peoples’ Line Jamestown Supreme Court

Welcome for Archbishop Croke Lights Up County

The city and county residents prepare a hearty welcome as hills and villages glow with illumination in Archbishop Croke’s honor. The report notes a rural show of celebration across Benton and Musselshell areas amid the Missouri River region actions.

Limerick Croke

A Western Storm Ravages Howell County Missouri

Storms battered Howell County last Friday and Saturday with heavy wind and rain. Howell Valley flooded, bridges and railroad embankments damaged, Moody destroyed with all houses blown down. Several hurt as farms suffered severe losses. Maries County reported a tornado path 100 yards wide leveling forests. The largest farm lost buildings and the family hid in a milk house cellar. A horse was killed in a field.

St. Louis Howell County Howell Valley Moody Maries County

Czar Alive and Pope Crisis Report Contradicted

Telegrams from Warsaw and New York relay mixed crisis notes. Albert Heleh, a farmer, shot himself and cut his throat but survives. A Kremlin cathedral explosion rumor is denied as unfounded.

Evening Observer Warsaw Albert Heleh New York Kremlin

Despondent farmer Lester Smith commits suicide in New Jersey

Special Dispatch reports in Copazskint and Partersox on May 25. Lester Smith failed to pay for his farm and, despondent, blew out his brains. Earlier, William Black and John McClure died after eating poisoned meat yesterday.

Copazskint, N. J Lester Smith Evening Observer Partersox N. J Wm. Black John MecClure

Schooner Erame L Coyne Runs Aground Near Rhodes Point

Special dispatches report the coal laden schooner Erame L Coyne running ashore seven miles west of Charlotte Rhode Point. Lighters have been telegraphed for assistance and rescue efforts are underway as weather and tides may complicate salvage operations.

Evening Observer

Not Foul Play. Trial Jury Illness Report

Special Dispatch reports in Pryvaperasa on May 25 that during the Lyons trial for killing Chung Wan You nine jurors fell ill. Doctors ruled out poisoning and blamed overeating veal.

Lyons Chung Wan You

Petroleum in Russian locomotive fire box and German steel belting

The article explains petroleum burning in a Russian locomotive fire box with refuse cascading between steps and gravity feeding. no steam is used. It notes Germany’s steel belting for heavy duty use, claiming moisture and temperature resistance, though experiments remain limited. Also describes Townsend Chimney in Port Dundas Glasgow a remote record with height and brick counts.

Germany Port Dundas Glasgow

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