22 Oct 1883
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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1883
Page
1
Gibraltar reports three quick earthquake shocks early Saturday with further tremors. international dispatches note protests, political reforms, and diplomatic moves. Reports cover Irish and Egyptian exile events, reconciling treaties, and a bishop consecration in New York amid church ceremonies.
Fragmentary report cites Miss Marel Lil leaving her father’s St Louis home in August and possibly seeking stage life. In separate item, Wilthra Flynn shot in the head and killed by others. Michael wounded while fishing on Lake on Saturday. details unclear but recovery hoped.
A reviewing of New York and other leading markets shows a general decrease in trade volume with seven forecast centers remaining weak. Prices hold with slight variation. money market slows and bank deposits rise modestly. Yellow fever cases on a Pacific mail steamer prompt quarantine measures in San Francisco. In Cleveland and the Northwest a cold wave spreads toward the Gulf States, lowering temperatures across multiple regions.
Containing jumbled notes on Archbishop Lynell letter to Dublin Poor Law Guardians and the Dublin Workhouse, plus scattered items from railroad cases, court actions, and local incidents. Mentions a Cincinnati Northern Railroad decision, a New York man’s opposition to Albert Netter, a weekly financial summary, a coal mining accident, and a Goshen reunion with Elkhart Cadets. Names and places include Dublin, Cincinnati, New York, Toronto, Mishawaka, Elkhart, Goshen, and Erie.
National news item reports U. H. Perryman selected as leader of the Indian Greek Nation in Indian Territory amid election controversies. The Creek Nation election results are detailed, with Perryman and opposing candidates named, plus notes on federal scrutiny and potential unrest among settlers.
Victim Zora Burns discovered near city outskirts with brutal wounds including a severed ear and crushed skull, suspected to be a homicide. Suspicions focused on former employer Carpenter after she visited his office hours before death. arrests followed amid crowds and official searches. Other items note forfeiture cases of lace and dress goods, and a Harvard scrub race platform collapse injuring spectators.
A jumble of brief items describes a farewell ball in Quebec for Lorne and Louise, a jury disagreement in a murder case, embezzlement at a Pennsylvania office, a $250 theft, a fire destroying two locomotives at Weston, Milwaukee sil jubilee celebrations, a stroke death of Hon. Charles Albright, a powder explosion at Secattens, Mexican National Highway subsidies, the Far West steamer sinking near St. Louis, a Grand Haven fire damaging shops, a fatal shooting in New York, and various losses in shipping and industry.
Fragmented OCR reports a deadly burglary Friday near Watteroas Rascal and a notable church event. Alfred M Randolph of this city was named Assistant Bishop of Virginia, with ceremony in Emines Church alongside clergy.
In Valhoon Georgia on October a Black mother Margaret Ibarris was hanged for poisoning her first child. The crowd reached into the thousands as the sentence was carried out. Elsewhere the Galveston convention elected Jose Mark as Provisional President of the Republic.
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