08 Oct 1884
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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1884
Page
1
The Eric Store unveils a season long embroidery lineup featuring Arrasene Filling Silks Etching Silke Embroidery Silke Gold Threads and a range of cords braids leaves flowers yarns and wools including Zephyr Worsted Angora Wool Shetland Saxony Crewel Spanish Yarn Cashmere Yarn Germantown Wool and Stocking Yarns.
Telegraph reports Tamworth unrest over Italian workers provoked by bogus Canadian employment schemes. Villagers fired muskets into the crowd, injuring several navvies. one or two may be fatally wounded. Contractor O'Brien freed and expected to be paid soon. Volunteers parade. militia possible if calm fails.
News from Minipex Conn reports German residents in Meriden excited by an international cable about skeletons found in a Zurzig tavern cellar. Richard Sievert, former proprietor, purchased land here last spring then left after skeleton discovery and sale of property. Mrs Sievert admits four year Zurzig residence until April but denies knowledge of the skeletons.
A major blaze consumed the Grand Opera House in South Bethlehem and nearby stores, with 2715 a.m. flames spreading from the theater to K J Jacobs jeweler and Bethlehem Iron Company stock. The loss is estimated at $125,000. One man fell from a building, breaking his back, and another sufferer had a severe head cut from falling walls.
Macon Missouri October 8 The Republican State Convention opposed the Fusionists and nominated a full state ticket led by Governor Adrian Guitar and Lt Governor Theodore Bruere The slate includes N C Dutch, Benjamin M Prentiss, Charles E Harwood, Benjamin F Heinz, Joseph Karnes, John Henderson and J Milton Turner The fusion with Greenbackers repudiated Electors were reinstated
The actress Mmme Janauscheck collapsed from extreme exhaustion during Louisa at Park Theater New York. Dr Pope treated her as audiences were dismissed. She was taken to Victoria Hotel with doctors unsure of resume. Also reports on 1855 bridge case, Episcopal Congress in Detroit, New York labor official suspension, Albany, and Captain Warner death.
Archival dispatch reports Judge Drummond likely to continue as Circuit Judge for the current term amid talks secretary Gresham would replace him. He plans to return to Chicago soon with Secretary Gresham denying prior knowledge of any extension.
Yesterday marked the Veiled Prophet visit to St Louis with a citywide display of lights and a pageant of 22 floats portraying themes from Shakespeare. About 100000 strangers attended the parade and a lavish ball followed in the Chamber of Commerce building amid extensive decorations.
A dramatic scene at Rosa Andrigo’s parlor in Mt Carmel ends with both Count Ludwig and Frank Budman firing. Budman is wounded while Ludwig’s bullet grazes him as Rosa’s intervention and a Russian nobleman’s challenge propel a fatal confrontation amid jealousy and family ties.
A London dispatch notes Lord Northbrooke and British policy shifts amid reports of Colonel Stewart and forty men drowned after their steamer struck rocks near Dongola. Telegraphs from Cairo and Det Beh indicate Stewart and two companions were ambushed and murdered.
George Arthur Cramer, confidential clerk at C Hoffman, 187 Madison Street, is found defaulter for 4 000 dollars. He was discharged last Wednesday for discrepancies and confessed taking 200 dollars next morning. Books show a scheme to skim balances when debtors paid and to credit the remainder, while living lavishly. He came from Germany before joining Hoffman's employ.
Richard Freike, a German compositor just released from county jail for larceny, shot Augusta Schriebel, wife of a friend, at York Avenue and Willow Street. A letter found in her pocket suggests a joint death plan, but Freike failed to kill himself. He was under the influence of drugs and insanity notes were made. The husband, a carpenter at Betz & Sons, is described as industrious.
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