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Newspaper
Kane Leader
Location
Kane, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1885
Page
2
A garbled Philadelphia era paper fragment reports on currency values, political shifts, public notices, and various incidents. It mentions silver dollars worth 83 cents, election news, deportations, a milk explosion, a long list of names, and scattered notes on governors, rail plans, and crimes.
Obituary notes the death of General George B. McClellan near Orange New Jersey after a long career as a top U S soldier engineer and railroad executive. He was born in Philadelphia in 1826 and served in the Mexican War Civil War and later as New York governor. His funeral was held in New York City and buried at Riverview Cemetery in Trenton.
Shortly before nine oclock Tuesday evening a blaze swept through the new police station before firefighters arrived. Keeper Lawler was away and no one was present when the fire started. Two city residents, Conners and Dillion, were the only occupants and burned to death. It is thought a lighted pipe in Conners pocket ignited the flame while he slept in the cell. The Second ward polling place had been in the station, and rumors about the origin fueled last nights excitement.
A man named James Duncan of the Grant farm was struck and killed by a moving train near Bosworth's restaurant in Foxburg on Saturday evening. He had deafness and was crossing the P and W tracks toward Pourterfield's store when the accident occurred. Duncan, about 60, leaves a wife and children. The report notes broader railroad earnings declines for September and nine months, affecting lines east of Pittsburg and Erie and west of Pittsburg and Erie.
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