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Offers unequaled facilities, superior course, and capable teachers. Rapid progress secured. Call or send for Illustrated Catalogues.THE WASHINGTON BLOCK, CORNER WASHINGTONj AND EXCHANGE STREETS, THE HOME OF “ THE EXPRESSExpress. ESTABLISHED 1846, J. N. MATTHEWS, Editor and Proprietor. NEW ISSUE, 1878. 'the: Pictorial Year-Book AND Calendar for 1888 WITH Buffalo Events in 1887 VALUABLE STATISTICS, ETC. ILLUSTRATED PROM THE SUNDAY EXPRESS 18 8 8. •HATTHEWjf •BUFFACQN^ • ARTISTIC^ •ENQRAVINQ- •PRINTINQ »" •BlNDINCj-INCORPORATED 1819. CHARTER PERPETUAL. Fire and Marine Insurance. Ttna Insurance Company OP aoaST&T- FJlID-TJJP CJlJPITJlL,..................$4,000,000. [FOUR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.] -----:--------------«#»-------------------- L. J. HENDEE, President. J. GOODNOW, Secretary, JANUARY 1, 1887. CASH CAPITAL,..............................$4,000,000.00 RESERVE, RE-INSURANCE (Fire) ..... 1,797,495.06 “ , since 1871 is found to be 65.5°, in v 1874, and the lowest 13.50 below zero, in 1884. The average month- ly mean range of temperature is 49.1 °, and the average amount of rainfall and melted snow 2.66 inches. Greatest range of temperature in 17 years, 79.00. The month of January is usually a very boisterous and windy one in Buffalo, the average monthly velocity being about 10,137 miles, with a prevailing direction from the southwest. The highest velocity which ever occurred at this station was on January 17, 1885 — 77 miles an hour for five minutes, and for fifteen minutes the wind blew steady 71 miles an hour. January is very humid and cold in Buffalo, the latter part being unusually severe. January, 1887, followed the coldest December which Buffalo had experienced in 15 years, except in 1876 and 1880. The winter of 1886-7 set in with many a sudden change, but before Decem- ber we were enjoying settled cold weather. The ther- mometer was not above zero from December 27th to January 15th. For the 30 days ending January 15th it snowed or rained every day. On the 15th commenced the first “January thaw” of the year. The total pre- cipitation of rain, sleet, and melted snow was 1,91 inches, most of which was melted snow. During 21 days, 19.2 inches of snow fell, about an inch less than the average for the past 15 years. The mean temper- ature for the month was 22.20 or about one-tenth of a degree warmer than January of last year, and 20 colder than the average for the past 15 years. The highest temperature was 56° and the lowest—1.70. The "WILLOW LAWNBUFFALO. FAMILY RESIDENCE OF THE LATE ELAM R. JEWETT.10 Common Council; Aid. John White charged by the press with selling out the Republicans for the prize of eight bridge-tenders and two porters; Geo. W. Patridge elected President. New Public School No. 38 opened on Ver- mont and Hodge streets. Frank Ernest Cut- ting, arrested for suspected larceny, disap- pears. His fate has never been made public. 4. Annual election Buffalo Coal Exchange; Thomas Hodgson chosen president. 5. Annual election Buffalo Fine Arts Acad- emy ; Dr. Thomas F. Rochester chosen pres- ident. 6. The Collector of Customs moves into his new offices in the Post-office Building. Great interest in the revival at the Prospect- avenue Baptist Church. 7. The Buffalo Library receives from James F. Gluck as a gift an exceedingly valuable collection of autograph MSS., etc. A meeting of prominent citizens is held at The Genesee in regard to establishing a permanent indus- trial exposition in Buffalo; the year closes before it is established, but the project is by no means abandoned. 9. A heavy gale; wind 38 miles an hour, with moderate snow-fall. The Buffalo Li- brary offers to the public the privileges of a Sunday reading-room—an innovation widely approved. coldest day was the 18th and the warmest the^d. A thermometric range of 33j£° was noted on the 22d. There were 23 cloudy days, seven fair days, and one clear day. The wind traveled 12,354 miles dur- ing the month, an average daily velocity of 398.5 miles—the highest aver- age since the station was opened in 1870, with one exception. 1. A Happy New-Year. The Express sends out a beautiful and useful Year-Book. A grand pub- lic reception at the Y. M. C. A. Building. 2. The year begins well with a splendid issue of The Sunday Express. 3. Organization of the WORK OF THE ICE JAMJN BUFFALO RIVER, JANUARY 23, 1887. ELAM R. JEWETT. Died January 10, 1887.11 10. Judge Charles Beckwith elected Chief Judge of the Superior Court, to fill vacancy caused by the retirement of Judge James M. Smith. Reception to Brig.-Gen. Lucius Fairchild, Commander-in- Chief, G. A. R., by local Posts, at the 74th Regiment Armory. Death of Elam R. Jewett. 11. Annual meeting Buffalo Historical Society; Emmor Haines elected president. 12. New Love joy-street Episcopal Church formally opened. An- nual meeting of the Merchants' Exchange; Jas. R. Smith elected president. A portion of Table Rock, at Niagara Falls, breaks away. PH JANUARY, 1888. Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Ex-Sheriff KOCH, Died January 25, 1887. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8^91011121314 151617 18192021 22^24^262728 2330 31 " A GOOD NEW-YEAR’S PRESENT IS A YEAR’S SUBSCRIPTION TO THE ILLUSTRATED Buffalo Sunday Express. Ruins of Mr. Jewett M. Richmond’s Residence. Burned January 18, 1887. 13. Seventy-five cases of alleged violation of Sunday liquor or show laws in court; the Excise Commissioners subsequently prove that they have partially executed the command of a writ of mandamus compelling them to try the cases. The writ was served upon them December 24, 1886. Messrs. S. E. Adams and A. S. Holmes, prominent citizens, arrested on complaint of John W. Gerlach, of the Casino Theater, charged with violating Sunday law; the action is a retaliatory measure in the contest between the Citizens' Reform Association and the proprietors of Sunday theaters. The case is ultimately dismissed. 14. Interesting revival meetings in progress at St. Mark's M. E. Church. City real-estate begins to show signs of unwonted activity. House-painters form a trade union. Residents of the 13th Ward say the toll-gates must go. 17. The Common Council determines to build the Hertel- avenue sewer at the expense of the General Fund. 18. Jewett M. Richmond’s residence on Delaware Avenue burned ; loss $50,000. Lake men predict a lively season. Annual meeting of the Buffalo Sunday-school Association. 19. Annual meeting Erie County Agricultural Society; Hiram12 P. Hopkins elected president. Re- mains of Louis F. Dohnretrich of Detroit incinerated at the Buffalo Crematory. 20. Death of ex-Judge John L. Tal- cott. Fourth annual concert and ball of the Buffalo Press Club. The lives of many fishermen endangered by a general break-up of ice on Lake Erie; many hair-breadth escapes, but no lives lost. 21. The Bar Association of Buffalo tenders a banquet to ex-Judge James M. Smith on the occasion of his retire- ment from the Supreme Court bench. 23. About now is heard the Water Commissioners’ complaint of wasted water —and there is undoubted occa- sion for it. A freshet breaks up the heavy ice in Buffalo River. The ice ______________J ,T-_____________________________ Grandfather Smallwood” and his Mistress, the Late Mrs. Dr. Lord. A Winter Scene at Niagara Falls. MUSEUM NEAR TABLE ROCK. tears several vessels from their moorings; they crush into each other and the Michigan-street bridge. 24. Death of Gen. Gustavus A. Scroggs. A January thaw makes a flood in the 13th Ward. The Rev. Oliver J. Booth resigns as , Rector*|of the Church of the Ascension. 25. Ex-Sheriff Harry H. Koch commits suicide by hanging in his residence. 27. Annual dinner of the Yale Alumni Association of Western New-York, at the Buffalo Club. 28. The Grand Trunk freight depot on River Street burns; loss about $25,000. 29. R. H. Sliker, ex-Commis- sioner of Public Buildings, con- victed of neglect of duty. 30. Mrs. Lucy E. Parsons, wife of the Chicago Anarchist, speaks at Harmonia Hall to a small audience. 31. The Mayor vetoes the Her- tel-avenue sewer resolution.13 FEBRUARY. The mean temperature for February, in Buffalo, is 24.6° ; the low- est temperature recorded was 130 below zero, in 1875 ; the highest, 63.8° in 1883, a range of 76.8°. February is generally very cold and blustering in Buffalo, the average velocity of the wind being 9,783 miles for the month. The warmest February was in 1882, when 32.6° was the mean temperature ; the coldest, in 1875, showing a mean temperature of 13.10. 2. Installation *of the Rev. Joseph K. Mason as pastor of the Church of the Messiah. 4. Hattie Pen^Cyres indicted for the murder of her husband, Emil, December 7, 1886. Death of Chandler J. Wells. 5. R. Henry Sliker, ex-Commissioner of Public Buildings, con- victed of neglect of duty, in certifying to fraudulent bills, is sen- tenced by Judge Titus to pay a fine of $250. - He pays it. 7. Buffalo Library Building dedicated. Addresses are made by Pres. Jewett M. Richmond of the Library, the Hon. Sherman S. Rogers for the Fine Arts Acad- emy, Pres. D. S. Kellicott of the Society of Natural Sciences, and the Hon. James Sheldon for the Histori- cal Society; the evening marks an epoch in the history of letters and art in Buffalo. William F. Mackey elected president of the Cleveland Democracy. 8. Jewett M. Richmond elected President of the Buffalo Library. M. J. Dunn of Detroit defeats John Campbell of Buffalo, at Detroit, in a horse-shoe mak- ing match for $250 a side and the U. S. championship. 9. The ice goes out of Buffalo River. FEBRUARY, 1888. Suit Mon | Tne | Wed | Tim Fri | Sat THE HON. CHANDLER J. WELLS, Ex-Mayor of Buffalo. Died February 4, 1887. 10. Dedication of Emmanuel Baptist Church, corner of Rhode Island and Thirteenth streets. 13. The Rev. Dr. Francis Lobdell begins his pastor- ate at Trinity Episcopal Church. Death of Henry J. Annowiski and Jacob Gramlich, old residents. 14. St. Valentine's Day. 15. Splendid opening of the Buffalo Fine Arts Acad- emy in the new Library Building. Dr. J. W. Putnam lays before the Sanitary Inspectors his plan for a Board of Health. Frank Rivers, a veteran showman, dies suddenly at the Bensler House. The Charter Revision Committee continues its work. Margaret Mather, the actress, married to Emil Habercorn at St. John’s. 16. Steele Mackaye lectures on Delsarte. Charles Opper, a fisherman, lost through the ice while fishing on Lake Erie. Death of Godfrey Faul. 17. The body of Charles Opper recovered. 18. Death of Julius Rieffenstahl and of Theodore Stover. 19. The Audobon Society makes further preparations for its crusade against the dumping of garbage in the Niagara River. 20. The Rev. Dr. Israel Aaron chosen minister of Temple Beth Zion for a term of five years. 21. Opening of the Richmond Hotel. Formal charges of mis- conduct in office made against James F. Crooker, Superintendent of Education. 22. Washington’s Birthday; no civic celebration. A remark- able boiler explosion occurs at A. J. Shepard’s shop on Church Street. The building boom begins to be spoken of. Annual session, Grand Encampment I. O. O. F., N. Y. State, opens at New Era Hall. 26. Capt. James M. Shepard, a veteran detective of Buffalo, crushed and killed by the falling of a house on Ferry Street. An important meeting of citizens held, under auspices of the Audo- bon Club, to take measures to prevent the pollution of Niagara River; the formation of a society for the protection of the river contemplated. 28. The bodies of fishermen Cody and Leary, victims of a recent storm, found on the lake shore near Hamburg. The 51st annual meeting of the Buffalo Library.14 Sj\ 19-7°. in 1875. ;> during that month ie lowest preached was 4.1" I below zero on the 13th, being the lowest point at- : tained for any March since 1871. ? The highest point 4 reached was 7 20 in March, 1875, showing a range in 17 years of 76.i°. Average monthly range is found to be 50.9°. The ! squalls of March BRINGING HOME THE FISH. A BUFFALO INDUSTRY — FISHING THROUGH THE ICE IN LAKE ERIE. are usually very severe,cutting and cold, coming as they do over the ice-fields on the lake. The average monthly precipita- tion deduced from 17 years’ observa- tion is 2.88 inches. The prevailing di- rection of the wind for March is southwest. 1. Annual meet- ing Charity Or- ganization Socie- ty. Forty-first an- 915 nual commencement. University of Buffalo; 50 graduate ; a report is made favoring the establishment of a law school. Town meet- ings in Erie County result in making the Board of Supervisors Republican by 4 ma- jority. 2. Death of Alonzo Richmond. Fire at No. 72 Elm Street de- stroys barns, etc., and suffocates 18 horses. The Merchants’ Exchange MARCH, 1888. Tuclwml Bin Fri Sat EEXEKSaa JT mam 11121 18192 25 26 2 ALONZO RICHMOND. Died March 2, 1887. adopts resolutions calling on the Government to improve the outer breakwater. Postmaster Bed- ford’s term expires; great interest to know who will be his successor. 3. The 13th Ward asks for a drainage canal. Incineration at the Buffalo Crematory of the remains of Edward Kuehl, of Omaha. 4. Emmet’s Day patriotically observed by Branch 403, Irish National League; address by Rev. Dr. A. Burns. Close of the revival meetings at the Prospect-avenue Church. 6. Mild weather — and a capital issue of The Sunday Ex- press. Death of William Nicklis. 7. Sensational suicide of Richard Phol; being on Michigan Street, he shoots at two women without hitting them, then shoots himself fatally. President Cleveland appoints John B. Sackett to be postmaster to succeed John M. Bedford. An investigation of James F. Crooker, Superintendent of Education, begins, on charges of misconduct in office and neglect of duty, preferred by Miss Elizabeth Fox. 8. Opening of the Buffalo Bench Show, Main-street Exhibition Building. Steps taken for forming a society for the protection of Niagara River. 9. Organized opposition to the proposed Hertel-avenue sewer bill. Annual meeting, Lake Carriers’ Association; S. D. Caldwell elected president. An old cannon dug up on Gull Street. 10. E. H. Abbott, Secretary of the Supreme Council R. T. of T., accuses himself of defalcation, and flees to Canada; he afterwards makes partial restoration. 11. Annual banquet, Cornell Association of Western New-York. Death of Hannah Atkins at No. 155 Pine Street, aged 103 years 6 months 9 days; she claimed to be the granddaughter of an African king. 12. Superintendent of Education Crooker urges the need of more school-houses. The operation of the Inter-State Law is the engrossing subject in business circles. 13. A long-continued revival at St. Mark’s M. E. Church gives that society 119 recruits by conversion. Buffalo pulpits pay tributes to the memory of the late Henry Ward Beecher. 15. Death of Col. George M. Love. Fire in the Courier estab- lishment does $35,000 damage. Fire destroys Miller, Greiner & J0HN B' A/r . J & J Appointed Postmaster of Buffalo, March 7, 1887.16 THE MILLER & GREINER FIRE, MARCH 15th.—BEFORE THE WALLS FELL. Co.’s block and neighboring houses, and damages the City Club and other buildings, involving a total loss of $400,000, three-fourths of which fell on Miller, Greiner & Co., $70,000 on the Masonic fraternity, through loss of their hall, and from $6,000 to $1,000 on many other tenants, and owners or occupants of adjoin- ing property. 16. The Express gives a full account of the pre- ceding day’s fire, with well-drawn and graphic illustra- tions. Second annual meeting of the Holstein-Friesian Association of America at The Genesee. Miss Fox prefers further charges against Supt. Crooker. The wrestling fever at its height. A general shake-up in the Police Department. Supt. Phillips removed and Martin Morin made Superintendent; Capt. Cav- anagh of the first precinct succeeded by Capt. Patrick Kilroy of the third precinct. Capt. M. M. Drake retires from the superintendency of the Union Dry Dock Co. 18. The Richmond Hotel, formerly the Young Men’s Association Building, totally destroyed by fire ; 15 lives lost and $300,000 worth of property destroyed. The fire also destroyed St. James Hall and other buildings ; those who lost their lives were : Wilson Purcell of Buffalo. Kate Wolfe, servant, of Lockport. Hiram Benedict, Jr., of Lockport. Robert S. Boyd of Boston, body found March 25th. Mark Osborne, clerk, body not recovered. Mary Welch, servant, body not recovered. Katie Kent, servant, body not recovered. Minnie Kelly, servant, body not recovered. Henry B. Rumsey of New-York, died March 18th. Max Dahlman of Rochester, died March 19th. Jennie Mann of Buffalo, died March 20th. Edward Whelan of Newburg, died March 21st. Mary Nolan, servant, of Buffalo, died March 23d. Mrs. Wm. J. Mann of Buffalo, died March 24th. Jacob Kahn of New-York, died March 25th.17 THE MILLER & GREINER FIRE.—THE RUINS AS SEEN THROUGH THE SMOKE. 18 (continued). Alva N. Brown, a well-to-do real- estate agent, commits suicide by hanging himself to a bed-post. Four small fires during the day. 19. A citizens’ meeting is held at the Merchants’ Ex- change to protest against the overhead wires and cables. The Bell Telephone Company agrees to take down its Main-street cable, and to take other steps in the matter. 20. The Sunday Express issues a fine souvenir number, fully illustrating the great fires of the week. It meets with a tremendous demand, selling rapidly on the streets all that day and the next; the largest edition ever printed of any Buffalo newspaper. Morrison’s Hotel, East Buffalo, burns; loss stated at $7,000. 24. By decision of the United States Court, the Direc- tors of the First National Bank of Buffalo are declared not liable for the debts of the bank. 25. Grand reception given to Grand Master Work- man John A. Meech by local lodges of the A. O. U. W. at the 74th Regiment Armory. 28. The Buffalo Base-ball Club begins practice. Small fire in the Times office. Charles W. Brown dies at the State Asylum for the Insane, having eight broken ribs and a broken vertebra. A long-continued inquiry as to the cause of death results. 29. The Musical Association tenders a banquet to Walter Damrosch, chosen as director of the Musical Festival. 30. At the Academy of Music the Rosina Vokes Company give a benefit performance for the Richmond Hotel fire sufferers, which nets $400. Michael Sam- mon selected as Captain of the third police precinct. Beginning of an inquest and inquiry as to the cause of death of Charles W. Brown, an inmate of the State Asylum for the Insane, at Buffalo. 31. Fire in the old police head-quarters building does slight damage. All the News Every Day in the Year will be found in THE BUFFALO MORNING EXPRESS. 18 Looking Up Main Street. The mean temperature for April, taken from the records of the Signal Office for 17 years, is 41.20. During April Buffalo has generally the lowest average temperature of all lower lake stations. Notwithstanding this, spring is quite as early here as at other lake points. Many cold days, however, usually occur during April. For19 HENRY B. RUMSEY, The Hero of the Richmond Hotel Fire. instance, in 1887, Buffalo mean tem- perature was 39.6°, being .9 of a degree lower than Oswe- go, N. Y., which comes next to Buf- falo. The cause of this low tempera- ture at the extreme eastern limit of Lake Erie is said by the officer in charge of the weather bureau here to be due to the vast accumulation of ice in Buffalo har- bor. Here the wind, which is generally from the southwest, comes from the ice fields, whereas a southwest wind west of Buffalo comes off the land, which is very much ST. JAMES HALL, BURNED MARCH 18, 1887. WILSON PURCELL, A Victim of the Richmond Hotel Fire. warmer. The high- est temperature reached here since the signal service was established, in 1871, occurred in 1883 — 82.6°, and the lowest, n°, in 1881. The mean of the warmest April — that of 1878 — was 50°, and the mean of the cold- est, in 1874, was 34.20 Navigation usually opens dur- ing the latter days of this month or the first days of May. Average rain- fall, 2.36 inches, which generally falls in numerous showers. 1. The coroner’s jury in the Rich- mond Hotel fire case censures the proprietors, the Fire20 WHEN WANTING ................. XXJeddtnfl, ReceptiQfi, er (^ard Ftngravtng • • ..........COME TO US. m 'E ARE AT ALL TIMES PREPARED TO SHOW YOU THE HAND- SOMEST LINE OF SAMPLES OF OUR OWN PRODUCTION IN ENGRAVING, A ED WE INVITE YOU TO VISIT US AND INSPECT THEM, AND GET OUR ESTIMATES....................... Our Address is 420 Main Street, Opposite the Monument and Buffalo Library. Peter Paul & Brother, booksellers, Stationers, Engravers and Printers, .... "BUFFALO, N. Y.21 Commissioners and Chief of the Fire Department. John B. Sackett enters upon his duties as postmaster for Buffalo; Eugene Bertrand installed as assistant. Death of Louis A. Buehl. 2. The Gallagher-Quigley wrestling-match at the Main-street Rink for the police wrestling championship of America; won by Gallagher. The Buffalo Base-ball Club opens its preliminary season with a bad defeat at Pittsburg; many more defeats follow close. 3. Palm Sunday. 58° in the shade. St. John’s Church relief com- mittee has raised $560.45 for the Richmond Hotel fire sufferers. Mrs. L. O. Robinson begins a series of evangelical meetings at Asbury M. E. Church. APRIL, 1888. Tue Wed | Thu Fri Sat 34567' IoTTl213ii| 17181920 2T 2425 26 2728 4. Annual meeting Gentlemen’s Driving- Club. Farewell ban- quet to W. R. Busen- bark, on the eve of his departure for Chicago to assume the duties of assistant general passenger agent for the Michigan Central Railroad. A special aldermanic committee reports to the Common Council what it found out about subway conduits for electric wires in other cities. 5. White’s Bank becomes the American Exchange Bank of Buf- falo. The coldest April day on record; 210 above zero at 3 p. M. The search for bodies in the Richmond Hotel ruins still continues. Annual meeting Buffalo Medical and Surgical Association. 6. Black Rock people are asking for better fire protection. The Fire Commissioners notify owners and occupants of hotels, factories, etc., that adequate fire-escapes must be provided. 9. A big Musical Festival boom ; over $18,000 subscribed to the guaranty fund. Death of Joseph H. True. Contracts reported let for a handsome new railway station on the Terrace; for reasons which develop sub- sequently the year closes and ground is not yet broken for the proposed building. Dedication of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, corner of Richmond Avenue and Summer Street. . 10. Easter. The new chancel windows at St. Paul’s unveiled. The Sunday Ex- press, among many other things of inter- AN UGLY HOLE.—THE RUINS OF THE RICHMOND HOTEL FIRE.22 est to the public, publishes an eight-column article giving much statistical information about the teachers in the Buffalo public schools, and their qualifications for the places they held. Death of the Rev. Edward G. Taylor, D. D., Pastor of the Delaware-avenue Baptist Church. 11. Street-cleaning begins in earnest. The Common Council gives the Bell Telephone Company permission to lay subway conduits for its wires in the city streets. 12. Ice disappears from the outer harbor. Annual commencement of the Niagara Medical College; four graduates. The coroner's jury in the case of lunatic Charles W. Brown render a verdict to the effect that said Brown came to his death from injuries received at the Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane, but are una- ble to say how the injuries were received. 13. Death of John Rodney. 15. Arrest of John Sharkey, Edward Sommers and Henry Nuhn, charged with murder in the first degree, in causing the death of lunatic Brown at the State Insane Asylum; the prisoners subse- quently are arraign- ed on a charge of manslaughter and plead not guilty. 16. The Street Committee of the Common Council meets with repre- sentatives of rail- roads to discuss overhead - crossing plans; nothing re- sults from the dis- cussion. Death of John T. Hudson. 17. The Sun- day Express con- sists of 16 pages, eight of them splen- didly illustrated. Death of Henry Brock. 19. Death of Nor- ton Smith. Mr. J. F. Demarest, bro- ker, alleges the loss of $800 by theft from his desk; no arrests. An inves- tigation begun by State Prison Labor Commissioner Geo. Blair to discover fraud, if any exists, on the part of the Committee on Con- vict Labor of the Erie County Board of Supervisors; no fraud or corruption discovered. 20. Death of Dr. THE SHELTON MEMORIAL WINDOW, 57. PAUL’S CHURCH.23 THE REV. EDWARD G. TAYLOR, D. D. Died April io, 1887. William Ring. Arrest of Thomas Maytham, street - cleaning con- tractor, charged with a violation of the ordi- nances in dumping re- fuse in the Niagara River above the inlet pier; case adjourned. 21. Capt. Maytham again arrested at the instance of the Society for the Protection of the Niagara. The real- estate commissioners of the Buffalo Library confer with Architect C. L. W. Eidlitz of New-York, who is chosen to build the new fire - proof hotel. Great activity in real estate. 22. Navigation open. 24. The Rev. F. C. Iglehart preaches a farewell ser- mon to his charge at the Delaware-avenue M. E. Church, and soon after leaves for his new charge at Newark, N. J. First vessel departures of the season for Chicago. The Rev. Dr, Mitchell incites his people dr; WILLIAM RING. Died April 20, 1887. to build a new house of worship. Death of William Hodge. Death of Frank M. McMillan. 25. Stove-molders at the Co-operative Stove Works strike; an order from theMolders*International Asso- ciation ends the strike two days later. 26. “Shake- speare Day ” at the High School. Death of John F. Moulton in Cleve- land, Ohio. 27. BytheVed- der Liquor Tax Bill, passed by the State Senate, the rates for Buffalo were made $200 for first class and $50 for the second class. 28. Death of George Brennan. Bishop Ryan con- firms 550 Polish children and adults at St. Adel- bert’s Church. 30. Death of Samuel A. Pro- voost. THE OLDEST SCHOOL BUILDING IN BUFFALO. BUILT IN 1838.24 THE CHURCH OF THE SEVEN DOLORS, COR. GENESEE AND RICH STREETS. CORNER-STONE LAID JUNE 19, 1887.MA Y . The mean temperature for May, 1887, taken from the record of the Signal Office for 17 years, is found to be 53.7° ; the mean of the warmest May, 59.40, occurred in 1880; and of the coldest, 49.30, in 1882. The maximum temperature for any May since 1871 was 87°, and the lowest 290, both in 1876, showing a range of 56°. The prevailing direction of the wind for May is south- west. Total amount of precipitation, 3.15 inches. The month of May in Buffalo usually shows very sudden changes in temperature, the early part of the month being marked by temperature much colder than that experienced at other lake stations. This is due to ice-fields on the lake. After the ice disappears the temperature usually becomes much higher very soon. The 2d day of May, 1887, was a record-breaker. The highest temperature recorded in Buf- falo by the Signal Service on that day was 85°. In 1886, on the same day, it was 550, notwithstanding that season was two weeks earlier than in 1887. 1. May-day. A bright Sunday and a good issue of The Sun- day Express. The Fine Arts Academy opened free to the pub- lic for Sunday visiting ; 500 people enjoy the privilege. First race for the season of the Buffalo Homing Pigeon Club. An Austrian of noble family, Louis, Prince Esterhazy, visits Buffalo. Death of James Sheldon, ex-Chief Judge of the Superior Court of Buffalo. 2. Dr. Edward E. Fuller takes an overdose of cocaine and dies, in ten minutes after taking it. Capt. Maytham fined $100 and costs for dumping refuse in the Niagara River above the inlet pier. Beginning of the trial of H. B. and C. M. Everest of Rochester, John D. Archbold, H. H. Rogers and Ambrose McGregor of New-York, on a charge of conspiracy to burn the works and destroy the business of the Buffalo Lubricating Oil Company; a long and interesting trial follows, known in the annals of the year as the “ Standard Oil Conspiracy case.” 3. Annual meeting of the Civil-service Reform Association of Buffalo. The Bar Association of Erie County holds a memorial meeting, to take appropriate action on the death of Judge Sheldon. Preliminary arrangements making for the organization of a Buffalo Law School. The Rev. Dr. Wm. A. Hitchcock accepts a call to the pastorate of the Church of the Ascension. 4. Death of Jeremiah Staats. The Buffalo Base-ball nine wins a game, after a long series of defeats. Death of James Redfern, son-in-law of C. J. Wells, at Ryde, Isle of Wight. 5. Frank Miner dies from the effects of a dose of laudanum, taken with supposed suicidal intent. A “ book reception ” adds 500 volumes to the Y. M. C. A. library. The three Insane Asylum attendants, Sommer, Nuhn and Sharkey, indicted for manslaugh- ter in the second degree, in the case of Charles W. Brown. Wil- liam Whalen brings charges of dishonesty and improper conduct against members of the Fire Department; an investigation fails to prove the charges. 6. The Buffalos are playing better ball. 7. Edward C. Shafer appointed Police Commissioner to succeed I. O. Crissy. Death of Peter Emslie. The Standard Oil conspir- acy suit excites great interest, the country over. 8. The First Congregational Church celebrates its seventh anniversary. WILLIAM HODGE. 9, Suicide of Charles Groesser. The Buffalo Savings Bank Died April 24, 1887. JOHN F. MOULTON. Died April 26, 1887.26 lends $150,000 at 4 per cent, to the German Young Men’s Associa- tion. The Buffa- lo Liedertafel cel- ebrates its 39th anniversary, 10. Charles O’Neill appoint- ed Collector of Canal Statistics, to succeed Chas. G. Irish. A 13th Ward belt line project made public. War in port : Union sail- ors put the “scab” crews of four schooners ashore. Dennis Gallagher wins a wrestling ohurch of the ascension, buffalo. match with James Faulkner. 11. The guaranty fund for the Music Festival amounts to $36,000 to date. Last ice seen in Niagara River. 12. Long-continued trouble between union and non-union sailors settled for the present; non-union men are given a fair show for work. Great and general in- terest manifested in the Standard conspiracy trial. 13. A banquet is given to the newly - appointed Police Commis- sioner, E. C. Sha- fer. Launch of the propeller Wy- oming, owned by R. Mills & Co. 14. Mr. John L. Sullivan, on a “ professional ” visit to Buffalo, shares a theater box with Mayor Becker and other city officials. The Saturday half- holiday law, pass- ed May 6th, be- gets a necessity of special action in A CANAL-BOAT COLONY IN BUFFALO —FROM GENESEE-STREET BRIDGE.27 the matter by Buffalo business interests; through the exertions of Buffalo bankers an amendment is secured, by which all paper matur- ing on a Saturday half-holiday, on Sunday, or on a full holiday, is payable on the next full business day, 15. A fine spring day. Street cars began running to the Park. An excellent number of The Sunday Express. The jury in the oil conspiracy case render a verdict of “guilty as charged in the indictment ” ; which meant that the twelve jurors were satisfied that Messrs. Hiram B. and Charles M. Everest of the Vacuum Oil Com- pany of Rochester had committed a series of unlawful acts, the most serious of them being the entering into a conspiracy to blow up the works of the Buf- falo Lubricating Oil Company. 16. The Bell Tele- MAY, 1888. Sim Mon Tue ] Wed Tim Fri [ Sat Ju. m phone Company wrestle with the subway problem ; they decide to use creosoted wooden boxes for their wires. The Lumbermen’s Exchange makes earnest opposition to the grade-crossing abuse; it shows that by actual count 6,443 teams and 25,124 persons crossed the railroad crossings on Washington, Michigan and Louisi- ana streets in one day; 972 trains and locomotives crossed the same streets on the same day — involving a total loss by delay through; blockade (the computation based on wasted minutes at $3 per day) of $58,000 a year to citizens at these three crossings alone; more elabor- ate and comprehen- sive showings are made subsequently. Annual election of directors of the Buf- falo Cremation So- ciety; there have been (to date) 18 cremations since the establishment of the cre- matory in December, 1885. Messrs. H. B. and C. M. Everest, convicted of conspiracy to destroy the business of the Buffalo Lubricating Oil Company, are allowed 20 days in which to present a bill of exceptions, having in view a new trial in September. Opening of the thirteenth annual convention of the Journeymen Horseshoers’ National Union. Opening of a bazaar in the interest of the building-fund of the Breckenridge-street Presbyterian Church. 17. Buffalo Base-ball Club takes second place in the International League. The Police Department begins the use of patrol wagons. 18. Death of Merwin Spencer Hawley. 19. Ascension Day. The Rev. Dr. W. A. Hitchcock begins his duties as rector of the Church of the Ascension. Death of John M. Peabody. The case of Capt. Thomas Maytham, charged with dumping refuse in public waters, indefinitely stayed until an appeal is settled. The Excise Commissioners order a stop put to all music at concert saloons ; this decreed divorce of music and beer is never fully enforced. 21. The work of laying out Bennett Park progresses rapidly. 22. William O’Brien, editor of United Ireland, visits Niagara Falls. An Express representative interviews him. JEREMIAH ST A ATS. Died May 4, 1887. JUDGE JAMES SHELDON. Died May 1, 1887,28 23. Death of Joseph J. Black, Clerk of the Police Court. Mayor Becker makes a long communication to the Common Council, in which he states that he finds James F. Crooker, Su- perintendent of Education, “guilty of numerous violations of the provisions of the charter and ordinances,....... and that the conduct of his office is far from praiseworthy.” The Mayor decides that he “shall not suspend or remove the Superintendent of Educa- tion, but with severe censure for his misconduct in office and neglect of duty, admonish him to inaugurate, be- fore the beginning of the new school year, such systematic reforms as will render unnecessary further action in relation to his department.” Beginning of the trial of Mrs. Hattie Penseyres, charged with the murder of her hus- band, December 7, 1886. 24. A day of sad tidings in Buffalo. After a long illness, Dr. Thomas F. Rochester dies. Word is received in Buffalo of the death of Mr. George J. Letchworth, at Manchester, England. Mrs. John C. Jewett falls down a flight of stairs at S. O. Barnum & Son’s store, receiving injuries from which she dies 20 minutes afterward. Queen Victoria’s sixty-eighth birthday. Loyal Canadians invade Buffalo, on cele- bration bent. 25. Opening of a new steam ferry route to the Tifft- farm Lumber dis- trict. Annual in- spection of the 74th Regiment, which reports 385 men enrolled. 26. The annual inspection of the 65 th Regiment; 440 members reported. Death of Mrs. P< P. Pratt. Death of John F. Diehl. 27. A “ Buffalo Business-Men’s As- sociation ” formed, with the object of furthering the city’s interest and stimu- INGERSOLL MEMORIAL CHAPEL. CORNER-STONE LAID TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1887. lating its growth. A SCENE ON WASHINGTON MARKET, BUFFALO.29 28. Death of Mrs. Caroline C. Moore. 29. A splendid sixteen-page issue of The Sunday Express, in which notable fea- tures were an illustrated narrative about Steele Mackaye and his forthcoming play, “ Anarchy,” and a profusely illustrated de- scription of the extensive art-printing estab- lishment of Matthews, Northrup & Co., “ The Home of The Express.” 30. Memorial Day; appropriate observ- ance by the Grand Army of the Republic. First and highly-successful performance, at the Academy of Music, of Mr. Steele Mack- aye’s new play, “ Anarchy ” ; Buffalo hon- ors the distinguished actor and playwright, DR. THOMAS F. ROCHESTER. Died May 24, 1887. THE OLD BENNETT MANSION, IN THE NEW BENNETT PARK, BUFFALO. THE BRECKENRIDGE-ST. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. The second oldest Church building- in the city. who is a Buffalonian by birth, and who, after the performance, gives an elaborate dinner to the Messrs. Meech and many other guests at The Genesee. The local Horseshoers’ Union strikes for higher wages. 31. Bishop Coxe lays the corner-stone of the Ingersoll Memorial Chapel on Jewett Avenue. Cyrus P. Jones appointed Clerk of the Police Court. Prof. David S. Kel- licott elected President of the Buffalo Soci- ety of Natural Sciences. John G. Kerr30 THE FALG0NW00D CLUB HOUSE. Re-opened for the Season May 31, 1887. elected President of the East Buffalo Live Stock Asso- ciation. One week having been devoted to procuring a jury, the trial of Mrs. Hattie Penseyres begins in earn- est ; for many days it continues a chief matter of local interest. PERKINS & MENZIES, NSURANCE AND 350 Main Street, BUFFALO, N. Y. Loans • on ■ Real • Estate « • * • Tax • and Negotiated • • ■ Title * Searches Made. Conveyances Drawn, Insurance Placed and Policies Issued in First-class Companies. TELEPHONE No. 746. COMPANIES REPRESENTED Northern Assurance Go. of London. Hanover Fire Insurance Co. of New-York. Mercantile (F. and M.) Insurance Co. of Cleveland. • Farragut Fire Insurance Co. of New-York. Fire Insurance Co. of County of Philadelphia. Manhattan Life Insurance Co. of New-York. JUNE. The mean tem- perature for June, for the past 17 years, as record- ed at the local signal office, is found to be 64.3°. The mean of the warmest June was 67.8° in 1873 and 1876; and the coldest was 59.6°. The high- est temperature for this month was 920 in 1878, and the lowest 40.50 in 1879, showing a month- ly range of 1.5°. Average monthly precipitation is 3.35 inches; the prevailing wind, southwest. The mean tempera- ture for June, ’87, was 67.24°; the extremes were 55° on the 1st, and 91 °, on the 30th; the mean temperature of the warmest day was 75°, and of the coldest, 58.33°. There were 13 cloudless days and four sunless days; total rainfall for the month, 1.72 inches. So far as climate is concerned, residence in Buffalo in June is highly agreeable. The wind is generally from the S. W. There is usually a fine refreshing breeze during the warmest part of the day, and as the wind generally goes down with the sun the nights are unusually pleasant, whereas at other lake stations the winds come from the land, causing the temperature to be much higher than in Buffalo. 1. June opened with unusual activity in business circles; the real-estate market exceedingly brisk; lake and canal traffic heavy; vessel-owners are offered $1.25 per ton for coal to Chicago, a rate unpre- cedentedly high at this season. 2. Death of the Rev. Julius Robbins. 3. Architect Eidlitz submits preliminary plans of the proposed new fire-proof hotel to the Real-estate Com- missioners of the Buffalo Library. 4. Great activity in building; over 500 dwellings in process of erection in the Eleventh Ward.31 JUNE, 1888. San Mon | Tue Wed Tim Fri Sat 1011 1718 2425 5. Postmaster Sackett furnishes figures showing an increase of nearly 20 per cent, in the amount of mail handled at the Buffalo Postoffice during May, over May, 1886; “ the Boom did it.” Annual regatta of the Mutual Rowing Club. 6. The Business-Men’s Association perfects its organization, adopts constitution and by-laws, and elects James B. Stafford President. The International Typographical Union meets, for its 35th annual session, at Fitch Hall. The Common Council passes an ordinance, introduced by Aid. Scheu May 9th, ordering the removal of overhead telegraph, telephone and electric-light wires and cables, and of the poles, from the city streets, and placed in underground conduits, within six months from the enactment of the ordinance, or be subject to a penalty of $100 per week for neglect to comply beyond the specified time. 7. The State Board of Railroad Commissioners meets in Buffalo, and takes evidence in regard to the grade crossings of our railroads and streets. 8. Preparations afoot for “an old-fashioned Fourth of July celebration.” Playter’s planing-mill, Austin’s sash factory, much lumber and shops of the Union Dry Dock Co. on Ganson Street, burned ; total loss stated at $100,000. 9. Seventeen aspirants try the June examination for admission to the bar. 10. The Buffalo Base-ball Club reaches first place in the International League. 11. Death of Emil Gerot, for many years a well-known restaurateur in Buffalo. The news comes that Gov. Hill has signed the bill increasing the number of Assessors for Buffalo from three to five, and restoring the salary attached to the office to $2,500 ; many candidates are in the field. Close of the International Typo- graphical Union’s convention. The Buffalo Club votes to sell its house at the corner of Delaware Avenue and Chippewa Street, and to buy the Watson-Pratt mansion, corner Delaware Avenue and Delaware Place. Bradstreet's publishes an elaborate article’ on the industrial and commercial aspects of Buffalo. The “ Boom ” presents many substantial features. 12. Prospectus published of the proposed Law Department of the Niagara University. “ Children’s Day ’* in the orthodox churches. Death of Capt. James W. Moore. 13. Annual par- ade and review of the Buffalo Police Department. The general Fourth of July committee pro- poses to spend $8,- 550 for patriotism’s sake. Death of George Irr. 14. Opening of the museum of the Society of Natural Sciences, in the Buffalo Library Building; Prof. E. S. Morse of Salem makes an address: Sudden death of Col. James E. Mor- rison of New-York, BUILT IN 1816. On Niagara Street, below Ferry. Now owned and occupied by the Hon. Lewis F. Allen.32 THE PENSEYRES MURDER TRIAL —MR. LAUGHUN ADDRESSING THE COURT. chief examiner of the State Civil-service Commission, while in Buffalo, where he came to conduct examina- tion of candidates for the Collectorship of Canal Sta- tistics and clerkships in that office. Important enlarge- ment of the East Buffalo stock yards decided upon. The degree of Doctor of Laws conferred upon Judge Charles Daniels by Bishop Ryan, chancellor of Niagara University. 15. The Hamburg-canal nuisance at its worst; busi- ness-men threaten to present the matter to the grand jury. Death of John H. Doyle. 16. Founder’s Day at De Veaux College. The jury in the Penseyres case bring in a verdict of “ guilty of murder in the second degree.” 18. Mrs. Hattie Penseyres sentenced to the Erie County Penitentiary, at hard labor, for life. Com- plaint made by manufacturers that the supply of natural gas is inadequate. The Woman’s Educational and Industrial Union petition Gov. Hill to appoint two women as trustees of the State Asylum for the Insane at Buffalo, to fill existing vacancies. The petition is granted, November 19th, by the appointment of Mrs. Charlotte S. Williams of Buffalo and Mrs. Caroline B. Stoddard of Rochester. 19. A fine Sunday, and a fine Sunday Express of 16 pages ; among the illustrations is a scene at the Penseyres murder trial. Pilgrim Congregational Church observes the first anniversary of its establish- ment. The corner-stone laid for the Church of the Seven Dolors, corner of Genesee and Rich streets. Police Lieut. Nicken breaks up a picnic at Jefferson Park of the “United German Trades of Buffalo” for alleged disorderly conduct; subsequently a meeting of Germans, attended by some alleged Socialists, savagely denounce the police. 20. Twenty-seventh annual commencement of the Buffalo High School; 52 graduates. The Thomson- Houston Electric Light and Power Co. of Buffalo is incorporated. 21. The semi-centennial anniversary of Queen Vic- toria’s coronation celebrated in Buffalo by the Sons of St. George and the St. Andrew’s Scottish Society. Annual commencements of the Buffalo State Normal School and Canisius College. Fire damages the buildings of the Buffalo Co-operative Brewing Co.; loss $35,000. The 74th and 65th Regiments refuse to parade on the Fourth; the former reconsiders, the latter sticks to its refusal. Launch of the city fire-tug. The Court of Appeals affirms with costs the decision of the General Term giving the trustees of the First Presbyterian Church permission to sell the church property. Death of Nicholas Moershfelder. Death of Henry Thornton. 22. A. D. Parant, former cashier of the Hochelaga Bank of Montreal, arrested in Buffalo, charged with having stolen property in his possession; the amount of his defalcation reported at $47,000; it proves to be much less. The Rev. Thomas S. Samson of New-33 Haven accepts a call to the pastorate of the Delaware- avenue Baptist Church. 23. Father McGlynn lectures in Buffalo. Thirty- sixth annual commencement of the Buffalo Female Academy. Opening of the new Bethel Home, corner Seneca and Erie streets. Death of Charles E. Morse. 24. The Buffalo Ball Club falls back to second place. Detective Curtin, having gone to Salem, Ore., for a man supposed to be the missing B. B. Crandall of Buf- falo, telegraphs that it is a case of mistaken identity, 25. Odd Fellows’ Memorial-day observed by deco- rating graves of members of the order. 27. Peter J. Ferris chosen secretary of the Buffalo Business-Men’s Association. Commencement at St. Joseph’s College. Excise inspectors Jas. R. Slayton and Carl Anderson resign, to take effect July 1st. 28. Ninth annual commencement of the Buffalo Training School for Nurses. Meeting in Buffalo of the Grand Union of the Equitable Aid Union of N. Y. State. Twenty-fifth jubilee and commencement Holy Angels’ Academy. 29. The Board of Police institute an investigation into the Jefferson Park picnic trouble of the 19th inst. A small strike among Buffalo coopers. The warmest day of the season to date — 85°. 30. Tom Ballard, the famous counterfeiter, captured in Buffalo in 1874, found guilty and sentenced to 30 years in the Albany penitentiary, is pardoned by Pres. Cleveland. Corner-stone laid for the Ripley Memorial Methodist Church on Dearborn Street. Dr. Stockton elected to the chair of Professor of the Principles and Practice of Medicine and Clinical Medicine of the Medical Department of the University of Buffalo, to succeed the late Dr. Rochester. JOHN c. POST, IMPORTER AND DEALER IN Paints, Oils, (,lass Artists’} Coach Painters’ and China Deco- . . . . rating Materials... ALSO, IMPORTER AND DEALER IN French, English and American Plate Glass GbltM-mEMGb flp© © £B. 1& ]$ ££ e No. 20 EAST SWAN STREET and .... DITD17MT A Iff V No. 293 WASHINGTON STREET, . . . DUmiLU, fl. 1. THE YEAR-BOOK OF 1887, From the Albany Times. The most beautiful annual of the year, published by any of the newspapers, is that of The Buffalo Express. It contains a history of Buffalo for 1886, a calendar, the re- port by months of important occurrences, with sketches and portraits of the distin- guished dead of the city, and is therefore useful. It is also very beautifully and lavishly illustrated, with a brilliant drab and gold cover, and with a liberal infusion of good liter- ature. A MODEL PAPER, Westfield Republican. Journalism is making rapid strides nowadays, but among the many excellent dailies published in this section of the country, The Buffalo Express unquestionably takes the lead. Time and again has its enterprise shown to good advantage, especially during the great fires that visited Buffalo in March. The Express is a model paper in every respect, and it deserves all the good things that are being said about it. THE STONE BRIDGE AT FOREST LAWN CEMETERY.34 J U LY. July, 1887, was hot and dry beyond precedent. The Signal Office furnishes the following comparative fig- ures of maximum temperatures: June 21, 1872,90°; July 13, 1873, 85.5°; August 11, 1874, 87°; May 28 and June 1, 1875, 85°; July 19, 1876, 88.5°; August 1, 1877, 89° ; June 30, 1878, 92°; June 25,1879, %9° I Juty 14, August 23-27, September 2, 1880, 85°; August 28 1881, 90.8°; August 4 and 5, 1882, 85°; August 22, 1883, 83.5°; September 10, 1884, 88.10; July 6, 1885, 87.4°; July 4, 1886, 86.7°; July 3, 1887, 92.10. The rainfall for July since the year 1871 has been as follows: 1871, 5.17 inches; 1872, 1.66 inches; 1873, 7.19 inches; 1874, 4.64 inches; 1875, 3.42 inches; 1876,4.77 inches; 1877,1.85 inches ; 1878,6.80 inches; 1879, 2.68 inches; 1880,3.31 inches; 1881, 2.17 inches; 1882.1.19 inches ; 1883, 3.35 inches ; 1884, 5.11 inches ; *1885,3.63 inches ; 1886, 1.34 inches ; 1887,1.98 inches. Almost the entire July rainfall in 1887 occurred on the 16th, 17th and 18th of the month, and by far the greater portion of the 1.98 inches fell in a single even- ing shower. The mean temperature of 74.90° was the highest ever recorded here since the station was estab- lished in 1870. The extreme heat was reached July 3d, when the thermometer recorded 92. i°. The low- est temperature of the month was reached July 15th, when the thermometer fell to 63°. The monthly range was 29.10. The highest daily range was 25.6° July 27th, and the lowest daily range 5.8° July 25th. The highest velocity of the wind was 28 miles an hour. It was a month of sunshine, 13 days being bright, 15 fair, and only three cloudy. 1. Capt. Maytham takes the Aldermen down the river to see what becomes of the dredgings; they return convinced that the city’s water supply isn’t contami- LAUNGH OF THE OWEGO, JULY 7, 1887. —THE LARGEST BOAT ON THE LAKES.35 JULY, 1888. Sun Ion Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat OB BO (BQ3 Ml) 3 4 5 10111 17181 2425 2 31 3QO IH nated by them. Other people persist in holding other and equally intelligent views. Running races at the new Niagara Falls track draw a large attendance from Buffalo; they continue until July 9th. 3. The hottest day to date in Buffalo — 92.1 °. Impressive cere- mony of “ Blessing the Bells,” St. Adelbert’s Polish Catholic Church. 4. Independence Day; the features of the celebration in Buffalo were an industrial parade, and an oration by the Hon. Geo. R. Wend- ling, regattas, ball-games, a balloon ascension and fire-works. 5. Death of Sheldon Pease. Cholera infantum finds many victims. 7. Launch of the Owego, the largest vessel in fresh water. A hue and cry over mad dogs ; the dog-catchers get in their work. 8. Quarterly meeting of the Western New-York Homeopathic Medical Society at the Genesee. The Water Commissioners decide to report in favor of awarding the contract for the water-works engine to the Holly Manufacturing Company, at their bid of $98,750; July nth the contract is let. 10. The Mixer memorial window unveiled at Trinity Church. The Rev. George W. Cutter of the Church of Our Father bids his flock good-bye, previous to a year or two of travel abroad. Revival meetings begin at the Main-street rink, under the charge of Dr. T. D. Bancroft; not largely attended. Corner-stone laid of the Ger- man Evangelical Trinity Church on Gold Street. n. W. C. Taylor ordained by the Baptist Union to do city missionary work, headquarters at Hope Chapel. 12. Wm. Web- ster, landscape ar- tist, begins exten- sive improvements at Villa Park. An- nual meeting, Buf- falo Microscopical Society; Dr. Geo. E. Fell elected President. The Bell Telephone Co. begins the work of laying the under* ground conduits. 13. The Erie Co. Bar Association enjoys its annual picnic at East Au- rora. T oronto .Al- dermen visit Buffa- lo in a quest for knowledge about our water system. Cremation of the remains of Dr. John D. Warren of Medina. Open- ing of the July running races at the Buffalo Driv- ing Park. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. THE OLDEST CHURCH IN BUFFALO. ERECTED IN 1827.36 THE BURNING OF THE BUFFALO STREET RAILROAD COMPANY’S STABLES, JULY 21, 1887. 14. Keeper Henry Moest of the County Almshouse demands an investigation, in consequence of a pub- lished report, regarding its alleged condition, from the State Charities Aid Association of Erie County. 15. The City Directory, just issued for 1887, gives the population of Buffalo at 253,500. 16. Marked scientific progress in Buffalo: 27 super- fluous curs killed by electricity. The Business-Men’s Association carrying on an active correspondence. One hundred and seventy-nine deaths in the city for the week ending July 16th; same week the previous year, 99; the cholera infantum scourge at its worst. 17. A long-needed rain brings some relief. The steamer Periwinkle has an exciting experience in the storm at Sour Spring dock; no damage. The Rev. Dr. Kali C. Chatterjee, a high-caste Brahmin, speaks at the Calvary Presbyterian Church. 18. Important street-cleaning specifications, govern- ing the contract for the next five years, pass the Common Council. First annual reunion of the 100th N. Y. Volunteers. Postmaster Sackett authorized to increase the force of letter-carriers. Archie Allen draws $15,000 in a lottery. 19. Harugari Ssengerfest in progress. Prize of $100,-37 ooo offered by business-men to the inventors of the world for the best appliance for utilizing the water-power of Niagara River; the work of getting the $100,000 sub- scribed actively set about. 21. The Ziegele Brewery and barns of the Buffalo Street Railroad Company, Main and Virginia streets, damaged $110,000 by fire; John Manning, foreman of engine No. 6, B. F. D., re- ceives fatal injuries. 22. Death of Horace Thomas, the oldest hotel- keeper in Buffalo. The Buf- falo Library accepts Arch- itect Eidlitz’s plans for the new hotel. 24. The Rev. Charles H. Smith, rector of St. James Episcopal Church, resigns, to take effect September 1st. Annual meeting Theatrical Mechanics’ Association of the United States, at the Mansion House. 26. Reunion of the survi- vors of the 21 st Regiment, N. Y. Volunteers, at Sheen- water. Departure of the 12th Regiment, U. S. A., for Dakota. 28. George Stevens of Black Rock shot and killed at Victoria by Peter Nettle. George Carr, engineer of the Evans Elevator, caught in a friction-wheel and instantly killed. Buffalo sends a large delegation to the third annual meeting of the union for the improve- ment of the Canals of New-York State at Rochester. 30. Dennis Gallagher, Buffalo’s wrestling champion, throws the Jap, Matsada Sorakichi, three times out of four. About now the Hamburg Canal smells to Heaven, if not beyond. 31. A scorching midsummer Sunday. The Chau- tauqua season at its height. Very heavy patronage of lake and river steamers. TflfE BllFFALO EXPRESS. . DAILY . SUNDAY . WEEKLY . The Leading Journals of Western New-York. GEORGE IRISH. Paper and Paper Bags Print, Manilla, Wrapping Paper, Twines, etc. 106 and 108 PEARL STREET, . . Telephone No. 879. .BUFFALO, N. Y.38- CEREMONY OF BLESSING THE BELLS OF ST. ADELBERT’S POLISH CATHOLIC CHURCH, EAST BUFFALO, JULY 3, 1887. AUGUST. The mean temperature of August, 1887, was 68.9°: the mean of the warmest August in the past 15 years — that of 1881—was 73.6°; and of the lowest—in 1885 — 61.20. The highest temperature recorded since the establishment of the station here was 94.20 on last August 4th. The lowest temperature for the month was 49.6°, on the 25th, showing a range of 44.6°. Total precipitation for the month, 3.56 inches ; the average August precipitation is 3.33 inches. The greatest amount fell during the thunderstorm of the 6th, 1.30 inch, being the first heavy rain since the 18th of July. Numerous thunderstorms occurred in the early part of the month, but without casualties. The month was also devoid of any severe wind storms. The highest velocity being thirty miles an hour, from the south, on the 5th, and the total number of miles traveled but 5,300; average daily velocity 171 miles. The number of clear days was 19, fair 6, cloudy 6. Excepting the first ten days the month was unusually pleasant and healthful. 1. Buffalo Free Masons in mass-meeting take preliminary steps towards building a masonic temple. Convention of street-car employees at Metropolitan Hall. A great many people are coming forward with plans for “ harnessing ” Niagara. 2. Stables belonging to Gustave Fleischmann and Joseph Knickenberg burn at midday; loss $10,000. The Richmond Hotel plans modified and the cost of the proposed structure lessened by the substitution of brick for stone in the first two stories. The street-car employees form a National Organization. After being out of the fold for two years, Buffalo is once more in the Grand Circuit, whose races begin this day at the Driving Park. The meeting from beginning to end is characterized by very heavy gambling in the legalized forms, by dissatisfaction with decisions, and charges of jockeying and other improper business. 3. Frank Curcio, a young Italian, fatally stabs Frank Marino, an Italian employment agent. Charged with murder in the first degree, he pleads not guilty and is held for trial. Cholera infantum proves very fatal; the death-rate unusually high. Unprecedentedly hot weather; the lake and river excursion boats do a thriving business. Death of William A. Ford. Death39 of Eli S. Hubbell of Buffalo at the Palmer House, Chicago. Fire in a Perry-street lodging-house and Sherman & Heiser’s broom factory causes $4,500 loss. 4. The Real-estate Board of the Buffalo Library, in a public appeal, says subscribers must be found for $200,000 second-mortgage bonds, or the hotel project will be abandoned. The hottest day in Buffalo for many years, the thermometer reaching 94.20 at 3 P. M. Fire in Ballar & Lang's carriage works on Clinton Street does $2,500 damage. 5. Thomas W. Spencer, inspector for the State Railroad Commis- sion, reports to that body regarding railroad crossings in the City of Buffalo. He recommends overhead bridges where practicable; and raised tracks at the more important places, the improvements proposed to cost, as estimated, $600,000, exclusive of land damages ; he further recommends that the Hamburg Canal be abandoned. Henry George lectures at Liedertafel Hall. Fritz Kuffal, an in- dustrious and sober young German, dies of sunstroke; the earnings of his few months' stay in Buffalo had been sent to Germany to bring over his wife and children; they arrive in Buffalo strangers and friendless the day after his death. The Express presents the case to the public and opens a popular subscription, raising in all $621.84, which is in part turned over to the grateful widow and in part placed in bank to her credit; stimulated by the example of The Express several other friends raise in all about $500 more, and give this fund, with furniture, provisions, etc., to the widow Kuffal. End of the Circuit Races. The Queen City Street Railroad Company of Buffalo organized. 6. The Emerald Benefit Association celebrates the 112th birthday of Daniel O’Connell; visiting Irish or- ganizations from other States and Canada join them in a grand picnic at Lin wood Glen. 8. The franchise for a street railroad through Elmwood Avenue offered for sale at auction by the Comp- AUGUST, 1888. Siui Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat □□I 6 7 8 9 10111 12131415161718 19202122 232425 26|27l28|29l30l3ll BURNING OF THE QUEEN CITY PLANING MILL, AUGUST 12, 1887.40 THE JOHNSON “COTTAGE” ON DELAWARE AVENUE. troller; the Buffalo East- side Street Railroad Co. and the newly-formed Queen City Street Railway Co. appear as competitive bid- ders ; the sale adjourned to the 16th inst. 10. To date $104,000 subscribed towards the de- sired $200,000 for the hotel second-mortgage bonds. Death of Albert B. Goodrich. 11. The Rev. W. S. Peace installed as pastor of the Immanuel Baptist Church. Edw’d G. Williams charged with violating the excise laws and keeping a dis- orderly house. His license is revoked, August 25th. 12. Burning of the Queen City planing mill on Massachusetts Street; loss, including damage to neighboring houses, $68,000. Works of the Columbia Brewing Co., corner Spring and Cherry streets, damaged $35,000 by fire. 13. Mrs. Lavina Fillmore of Clarence, the only centenarian, so far as known, in Erie County, celebrates her 100th birthday. Her husband, the late Glezen Fillmore, D. D., came to Buffalo in 1818, and built the first church erected here. 15. Nearly 200 flour-barrel coopers out on strike for higher wages. Death of Benjamin R. Gowans. 16. The Elm wood-avenue street railway franchise struck off at an auction “farce” to the West-side Street Railway Company at its bid of 36 per cent, of the gross receipts from the operation of the road; the Queen City Co. object, and charge fraud and collusion with the East-side Street Railway Co. 17. Annual State shoot at Bay View for the Fourth Brigade trophy; 1st prize won by the 30th Separate Co. First annual picnic of the Buffalo Re- tail Grocers’ Asso- ciation, at Germania Park. 18. Part of the striking coopers go back to work, hav- ing been granted the additional 10 cents per barrel de- manded. Festival of the Exempt Fire- men, at Linwood Glen. First stone laid for the "founda- tion of the New Richmond Hotel. 19. Prof. Charles Linden, suffering with acute mania, is taken to the State Asylum for the In- A VIEW IN FOREST LAWN— THE FIREMEN'S MONUMENT. sane at Buffalo.41 20. The remains of C. D. Erichson of Detroit incin- erated at the Buffalo Crematory. One month has elapsed since an effort was begun to raise $100,000 as a prize for the best invention for utilizing Niagara River power, and $65,000 is subscribed to date. Uni- versal complaint about dirty streets — very dusty when dry, very muddy when wet. 22. Opening of the Grand Central Theater, corner Michigan Street and Myrtle Avenue. Organization in Buffalo of a branch of the Society for the Protection of Personal Rights; with a purpose of advocating a “ Continental ” observance of Sunday. The Buffalo Ball Club again leads the International League—but is doomed to drop back again to lower places. Death, at Washington, of Charles S. Macomber. 23. Commission merchants at the Elk-street market take steps towards organizing a Produce Exchange. The epidemic of cholera infantum greatly abated. Organization of the league for the Protection of Per- sonal Liberty, for the avowed purpose of securing the passage of laws which will tolerate the opening of saloons on Sunday afternoons. 24. Strike of union printers at Gies & Co’s. The West-side Street Railroad Co. refuses to sign the bond in the Elmwood-avenue franchise case. The Musical Association busily rehearsing for the coming festival. 25. Health-Physician Briggs calls public attention to the need of better drainage and sewerage on East-side streets. Death of Charles Meyer. 26. Opening of the Ellicott-street extension, from Seneca to Exchange streets. Numerous burglaries reported. 27. Annual picnic and sports by Sons of St. George at Lin wood Glen. The West-side Street Railway Co’s bid for the Elmwood-avenue franchise is can- celled. 28. Charles A. Percy of Suspension Bridge goes safely through the Whirlpool Rapids in a life-boat of his own construction. Alexander Kenney of Buffalo killed in a collision on the West Shore Road near Montezuma, N. Y. The wholesale and retail grocery store of C. J. Heinhold, corner of Broadway and Ben- nett streets, robbed of $250. 29. The street-cleaning contract, for five years from October 1st, awarded by the Common Council to Mrs. A. M. Holloway, the lowest bidder, at her bid of $447,000; but the contract is never signed, the successful bidder ultimately withdrawing from the undertaking. 30. Erastus Wiman and the Hon. Benjamin Butter- worth speak in Buffalo, under the auspices of the Business-Men’s Association, in behalf of commercial union with Canada. Death of John B. Roffo. SEPT. The mean temperature for Septem- ber, 1887, was 62°. The mean of warmest since 1871 was 71.30, in 1881; and the mean of the lowest was 57.50 in 1883. The highest Sep- tember tem- perature re- corded since 1871 was 86.8°, in 1881 ; and the lowest was 350 in 1878 ; showing a monthly range in 17 years of 51.8°. Prevailing direction of wind is found to be S.W. Average monthly precipitation 3.17 inches, generally all rain. The extremes of tempera- ture for September, 1887, were 350 on the 26th, and 83° on the 5th and 13th; the 13th was the warmest day in the month, with a mean temperature of 730 ; the coldest day was the 24th, with a mean temperature of 430. There were 9 cloudless days, 5 sunless days, and 14 days in which rain fell. Total precipitation for the month, 1.39 inches. The mean temperature was 3^ degrees lower than the September average for many years past and the deficiency in rain was about 2 inches. There were light frosts on the 25th and 26th, not injurious to vegetation so far as observed in this vicinity. Many of our street shade trees began casting their leaves about the 20th, which is some two weeks earlier than usual. 1. Opening of the September Racing Meeting at Niagara Falls. Buffalo exempt firemen go to Brad- ford to join in a grand firemen’s celebration. Nine- teenth General Conference of the Evangelical Asso- ciation begins a long session at the First Evangelical Church, corner Spruce and Sycamore streets. The Board of Health engages in a crusade against dealers in impure milk. 2. Street-Commissioner Martin serves notice on the Buffalo Street Railroad Co., forbidding them to lay “ T ” rails in Forest Avenue. The executive commit- tee of the Buffalo Library authorizes the borrowing of $600,000 from the Buffalo Savings Bank, to aid in the erection of the proposed fire-proof hotel. 3. Twenty-fifth anniversary of the mustering in of the 116th Regiment celebrated by a grand military reunion at Hamburg. 4. The Rev. Thomas S. Samson preaches his first SEPTEMBER, 1888. SnnlMonl TnelWed] Thn) Fri 1 Sat42 sermon as pastor of the Delaware-avenue Baptist Church. 5. Labor Day; some Buffalo workmen celebrate by a procession, and a picnic at Germania Park, which is addressed by the Rev. Dr. McGlynn. The theater season opens. Death of William Taggert. 6. Alois Proell, aged 60, makes a murderous assault upon his wife with an ax, and gives himself up to the police ; he is lodged in jail. Mrs. Proell, treated at the General Hospital, rapidly improves. Annual meet- ing Buffalo Liedertafel; R. L. Seelbach elected pres- ident. 7. Fire in the Erie Preserving Cos Ohio-street estab- lishment does damage reported at $18,000. 9. The first shovelful of earth removed that electric wires may be put underground; the Thomson-Hous- ton begin the work on Main Street. Second meeting of the Personal Liberty League; it undertakes to make Sunday saloons a political issue. Annual meeting Buffalo Orpheus; Charles F. Bishop elected president. 10. Fire discovered in J. D. Thyng’s shoe-store, No. 313 Main Street. Mr. Thyng arrested on a charge of arson. The case becomes one of the celebrated trials of the year, resulting in the acquittal of Mr. Thyng. Close of the September Race Meeting at Niagara Falls. Death of John J. Aeschbach. 11. Politics the all-absorbing topic. Death of George W. Dorman. 12. Joseph D. Thyng arraigned and pleads not guilty to the charge of arson. 13. Seventy-ninth annual session of the Buffalo Baptist Association, at Emmanuel Church. First day of the September Running Meeting at the Buffalo Driv- ing Park. 14. Republican State Convention at Saratoga; James H. Carmichael of Buffalo nominated with much enthu- siasm for State Treasurer. 15. Death of Frederick S. Smith. Great baby show at the East Aurora Fair. The Buffalo Standard Stave Co.’s works burned; reported loss $30,000. Sale, at BISHOP RYAN’S NEW RESIDENCE AND CHAPEL ON DELAWARE AVENUE.43 Pittsburg, of the Buffalo, New-York & Philadelphia Railroad; subsequently reorganized and named the Western New-York & Pennsylvania. A rousing Re- publican demonstration in honor of Jas. H. Carmichael, on his return from the Saratoga Convention. R. C. Hill of Buffalo elected, at St. Paul, Supreme Recorder, Supreme Legion, Select Knights, A. O. U. W. 16. Death, at Sandusky, O., of George Talbot of Buffalo. 17. The National Congress of the Socialistic Labor Party meets at Turn Hall; about 50 delegates present. Fall regatta of the Buffalo Yacht Club. 18. The Jewish New Year 5648 begins ; the feast of Rosh Hashonah. A religious mass-meeting at the Central Presbyterian Church, in response to a call by the Citizens’ Reform Association; the speakers combat the theories and claims of the Personal Liberty League. 19. Fire at the lumber-yard of Albers & Co. does $22,000 worth of damage. Death of Horace Parmelee. The three State Asylum attendants, Sommer, Nuhn, and Sharkey, indicted for manslaughter in the second degree for causing the death of Chester W. Brown, a patient, come to trial in the Superior Court. Opening of the new Grand Opera House on Washington Street. 20. Thirty-first annual fair of the Erie County Agri- cultural Society opens at Hamburg. The Buffalo Medical College begins its 42d year with an entering class of about 175. A conference of railway officials to discuss grade-crossing difficulties. September term, U. S. District Court, Northern District of N. Y., con- venes; 122 cases on the calendar. Opening of the Annual Council of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New-York, at St. Paul’s Church. 21. The congress of the Socialistic Labor Party adjourns. The Niagara Medical College begins its fifth year with an entering class of 50. Judge Daniels enjoins the West-side Street Railway Co. from taking further steps toward compelling the award of the Elm- wood-avenue franchise. The I. C. I. Society of the Buffalo Medical College gives a banquet to Dr. Charles G. Stockton, recently elected to the chair of the Prac- tice of Medicine. 22. Annual donation Buffalo Orphan Asylum. The Board of Police renders a decision justifying Lieut. Nicken for the arrests he made at the Jefferson-park picnic June 29th; Commissioner Newell dissents from the action of the Board. 23. Prominent Standard Oil men meet in private conference at The Genesee Hotel, the alleged object being a discussion as to reducing the supply of oil and keeping up the price. 24. The ladies of the Charities Aid Association confer with a committee of Supervisors concerning matters at the Insane Department of the Poor House. 25. The Buffalo Branch of the Irish National League reports the raising of several hundred dollars for Ireland. 26. The Personal Liberty League adopts a constitu- tion and denounces its enemies. A motion for a change of venue in the civil action for $2 50,000 brought by the Buffalo Lubricating Oil Company against the Vacuum Oil Company of Rochester, et al., is argued before Judge Haight in a Special Term of Supreme Court; decision reserved. Gen. Lester B. Faulkner, charged with fraud in connection with the failure of the First National Bank of Dansville, is examined before U. S. Commissioner Fairchild; the evidence given is regarded as sufficient to warrant holding the defendant for the grand jury; on October 12th the required bail was furnished, the defendant to appear before the grand jury at the next term of the U. S. District Court, to be held at Auburn, November 15th. 27. Reported purchase of the United Presbyterian Church property on Washington Street by the Masonic Fraternity, for the erection of a masonic temple. Close of the Evangelical Association Conference. Death of Mrs. Josiah T. Marshall. 28. The stockholders of the Buffalo Base-ball Com- pany decide that Buffalo shall have a team in 1888; the company close the season with $1,000 in the treasury more than the capital stock, or nearly $7,250 in all. “Yom Kippur,” the “Day of Atonement,” a solemn Jewish fast. Democratic State Convention at Saratoga; Charles F. Tabor of Buffalo nominated for Attorney General. 29. Annual Donation Day Buffalo Home for the Friendless. Another act in the Elmwood-avenue Street-railroad “ farce ” ; argument before Judge Lewis in Supreme Court of the suit of the Buffalo East-side Street Railway Co. against the City of Buffalo and the West-side Street Railway Co., to restrain the sale of the franchise; decision reserved. Dr. John Cronyn of Buffalo elected president of the New-York State Medical Society. 30. First annual meeting of the Women’s Home Missionary Society of the Genesee Conference of the M. E. Church; Mrs. E. E. Chambers elected president. Henry George speaks at Liedertafel Hall. 44 JOHN BftOEZEL. Died October io, 1887. OCTOBER. The mean temperature for October is found to be 50.8° as shown from records of 17 years. The warmest October since 1871 occurred in 1879, 58.3°; and the coldest averaged 47.90, in 1873; the highest October temperature during the same period was 83° in 1879, and the lowest was 230 in 1887 and 79 ; showing a monthly range of 6o°. The prevailing direction of the wind is south- west, and the average pre- cipitation is 3.92 inches. The mean temperature of October, 1887, was 46.18° ; the extremes were 72° on the 8th, and 23° on the 26th. The 9th was the warmest day with a mean temperature of 64.35°; the 30th was the coldest day, with a mean of 28.66°. There were 4 cloud- less days, 5 sunless days, and 12 days on which rain fell. Precipitation for the month, 3.08 inches. The above statistics show a remarkably low temper- ature. Sunday the 31st was the coldest October day yet recorded. Ice formed in the shade all day. There was thunder and lightning on the 3d and 20th, and frosts on the 12th, 18th, 27th and 28th. Ice formed on the 28th and 31st. Snow fell to whiten the roofs of dwellings on the 29th. There were heavy winds on the 3d and 12th, and a destructive gale on the 23d. The leaves of forest trees were off by the 18th. 1. The city wins a victory in the Elm- wood-avenue franchise case, Judge Lewis deciding that the defendants — the City of Buffalo and the Comptroller — have shown cause why the injunction should not lon- ger be continued in force; the injunction is ordered dissolved. The Buffalo Orpheus takes possession of its new quarters in Music Hall Building. Frank Curcio indicted for the murder of Frank Marino. Close of the International Base-ball League season; Toronto took the International pennant by a small majority, Buffalo finish- ing second. 2. Last Sunday of the conference year among the M. E. churches ; several pas- tors hold appropriate services. A steam- yacht race around Grand Island for a pennant and purse is won by the yacht Glance; time 2 hours 19 minutes 30 seconds. Laying of the corner-stone of the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, adjoining the THE NEW MUSIC HALL, BUFFALO. OPENED OCTOBER 18, 1887.45 beautiful new house for Bishop Ryan on Delaware Avenue, near Utica Street. 3. Street-Commissioner Martin begins cleaning the streets, pending the award of the work to a bidder. The Jewish Feast of Tabernacles, or “ Succoth,”begins; it lasts eight days. The Buffalo Law School formally opened. The first severe storm of the season. The barge C. L. Hutchinson breaks in two off Windmill Point; her crew come safely to Buffalo port, in an open boat, ten miles through a heavy sea. A gale of 60 miles an hour does minor damage about town. 4. Annual election of directors, Y. M. C. A. The Board of Super- visors begin their fall session. 5. Lorenzo Dimick learns from a telegram that his conviction for grand larceny is affirmed by the Court of Appeals; he easily eludes the private detectives of Byrne’s Detective Agency, in whose hands the warrant OCTOBER, 1888. Sun Ion Tne Wed Thu Fri Sat THE STREET-CAR OCTOPUS. From The Sunday Express of October 9, 1887. for his ar- rest had been placed, and escapes to Canada, where he is soon heard from at St. Catharines. Death, at the Dansville Sanitarium, of ex-Alderman Henry Montgomery. 6. Gen. William F. Rogers elected Superintendent of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home at Bath, to succeed Gen. T. G. Pitcher, resigned. Judge James G. Maguire of San Francisco addresses a small meeting of the Anti-Poverty Society. Opening of Concert Hall, in the Music Hall Building, by a concert by the Buffalo Orpheus. 7. The resignation of the Rev. Albert L. Smalley, pastor of Pilgrim Congregational Church, is announced. Death of Fred H. Moore. 8. Death of Joseph Churchyard. The Ssengerbund Singing Society takes possession of its new quarters in Music Hall. 10. The police force of Buffalo sets about taking a census of the city; the count ultimately shows a popu- lation of 230,284. The Board of Park Commissioners elect David Gray Secretary, to succeed Gen. William F. Rogers, resigned. Alex. Proell indicted for assault on his wife in the first and second degrees. Death of John Broezel. Opening of the Niagara Hotel in Porter Avenue. 11. Thirty-fifth anniversary of the Young Men’s Christian Association in Buffalo. Donation Day at the Homeopathic Hospital. 12. Diphtheria reported prevalent. The Prohibi- tionists nominate a city ticket, headed by Edward Pusey for Mayor. 13. Seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Queen- ston Heights. Death of George Urban. 15. The use of natural gas for fuel is reported to have lessened the local consumption of coal by 50,000 tons for the present year. Political activity grows daily. The Rev. Dewitt C. Huntington, Prohibition candidate for Secretary of State, addresses his followers at Liedertafel Hall. The Anarchists and Socialists of46 THE FATAL COLLISION ON THE NICKEL PLATE ROAD NEAR SILVER CREEK, OCTOBER 30, 1887. Buffalo parade the streets, 300 strong, and afterwards at a meeting at Turn Hall make formal protest against the hanging of the seven condemned anarchists of Chicago. 16. A Sunday prize-fight on Navy Island ; Billy Baker of Buffalo knocks out Patrick Brennan of Brooklyn in four rounds ; Brennan breaks his arm and gets arrested; Police- justice King discharges him on the ground that the fight took place outside of Erie County. The Rev. J. W. Bashford preaches his first sermon as pastor of the Delaware M. E. Church. The Rev. Patrick Cronin lectures at St. Stephens’s Hall on “ Ireland as I saw it.” 17. The Common Council adopts a resolution indefinitely post- poning the sale of the Elmwood-avenue franchise for street-railway purposes. The Kent House at Lakewood, on Chautauqua Lake, burns; loss $75,000. 18. Opening of the new Music Hall, with a grand musical festi- val, Walter J. Damrosch, leader, and Helene Hastreiter, Ella A. Earle, Max Heinrich, Max Alvary and Rudolph von Milde among the soloists, and Frl. Adele aus der Ohe, pianiste. Col. John Byrne swears out a warrant for the arrest of James N. Matthews, editor and proprietor of The Buffalo Express, on a charge of criminal libel; the warrant was served on October 19th, the defendant arraigned in Police Court, pleaded not guilty, and held to answer in the Superior Court. The Tonawanda City Water- works Company brings action against the City of Buffalo and John Martin, Street-commissioner, to restrain the latter from dumping refuse into the Niagara River above the plaintiffs’ water- works on Tonawanda Island ; a temporary injunction is granted. Thirtieth annual convention of the Erie County Sunday-school ex-alderman henry Montgomery. Association at the Prospect-avenue Baptist Church. Eckhert’s Died Octobers, 1887. Riverside House burned; loss $8,000.47 JOSEPH CHURCHYARD. Died October 8, 1887. 19. The State Board of Railroad Commissioners meets in Buffalo and takes testimony regarding the grade crossings. A special legislative committee for the investigation of the condition and business methods of telephone companies, meets in Buffalo and examines officers and accounts of the Bell Telephone Com- pany. Joseph B. Sweet elected president of the Buffalo Orphan Asylum. The New-York StateJBranch of the Woman’s Board of Missions begins a two-days’ convention at the First Congrega- tional Church. 20. Republican City and County Conventions held, the former at Harmonia Hall, the latter at Fitch Hall. The five Assembly District Conventions were also held by the Republicans on the same day. The city nominations were : for Mayor, Philip Becker ; for Comptroller, Joseph E. Barnard; for Corporation Counsel, William F. Worthington ; for Treasurer, Alphonse J. Meyer; for Engineer, George E. Mann; for Street-Commissioner, John Martin; for Superintendent of Education, Orin G. Nichols; for Overseer of the Poor, Jacob Crowder; for Assessors, John Ful- lerton, Leonard Hauenstein, Moses C. Mills; for Justice of the Peace, John W. Wood; the nominees of the Republican County Convention were: for State Senator, Daniel N. McMillan; County Treasurer, Philip Steingoetter ; for Coroner, north towns, C. J. Miller of Tonawanda; for Justice of Sessions, Wm. H. Estes of Brant; the Republican Assembly nominations were: First District, Wm. H. Newerf; Second District, Henry W. Brendel; Third District, Edward Gallagher; Fourth District, John K. Edward K. Emery. The Democratic County Convention met at St. Clinton for State Senator, Charles F. Bishop for County Treasurer, Patton of Tonawanda; Fifth District, Stephen’s Hall, and nominated Spencer William Brennan of Cheektowaga for Justice of Sessions, and Theodore Hardleben of Tonawanda for Coroner of the north towns. Civil-service examinations for positions under the Buffalo Fire Department. 22. The schooner C. O. D. of Buffalo goes ashore near Port Burwell, Ont.; a part of the crew swim ashore, others are taken off by a boat from the shore; the woman cook perishes from exposure. Buffalo’s joint committee on railroad crossings holds a meeting in the Board of Trade Building, at which it is voted to ask the Council to ap- propriate $500 for the making of maps and profiles illus- trating the cross- ing situation. The Hon. Daniel H. McMillan declines the Republican nomination for State Senator; John Laughlin is chosen in his place. Demo- cratic City Conven- tion held. The fol- lowing nominations were made: for THE NIAGARA HOTEL ON PORTER AVENUE, BUFFALO. OPENED OCTOBER 10, 1887.48 Mayor, Solomon Scheu; Comptroller, O. G. Steele; Corporation Counsel, Geo. M. Browne; Treasurer, John C. Hanbach; Engineer, Marsden Davey; Superintendent of Education, Jas. F. Crooker; Street-Commissioner, Henry Quinn; Overseer of the Poor, Henry Miller; Assessors, John H. Ludwig, Michael Callahan, Thomas F. Crowley. Commercial travelers hold a “ boom ” meeting at Association Hall. Close of the Music Festival, which is declared a success; the cash deficit ultimately proves to be $2,400. 23. Death of Liza Weber (Mrs. Robert Britton), an actor, in destitution at the Eagle Hotel, this city. A heavy storm. Death of John W. Swartz of Buffalo at San Geronimo, Mex. 24. Grand Republican mass-meeting at Music Hall, addressed by Senator Allison of Iowa and the Hon. George M. Dewey of Michigan. The Progressive Labor party nominates a city ticket, headed by Fred Rohloff for Mayor. The board of managers of the Buffalo Business-Men’s Association holds an important meet- ing, at which Secretary Ferris reads a report showing what gas and electricity for lighting cost in other cities; the report showed that Buffalo pays a higher price for illuminants than most cities correspondingly situated. 25. Nineteenth annual union convention of the 7th and 8th District Dental Societies of the State begins a two-days’ session in Buffalo. 26. Wrestling match between Dennis Gallagher and Matsada Sorakichi; the Jap failed to throw Gallagher in 15 minutes, and pays the latter $50, according to agreement. The police make several arrests on suspicion of arson. The political campaign in full blast. 27. Republican ward caucuses held. At a special meeting of the Merchants’ Exchange interesting reports are made on the action taken to date in the grade-crossing matter. 28. James N. Matthews, editor and proprietor of The Buf- falo Express, appeared in Police Court in response to a warrant sworn out by John Byrne, charging him with criminal libel. Ex- amination was waived and the required bail given. The com- plaint was based on an editorial published in The Express on October 27th. 29. The schooner John Kelderhouse goes ashore in a storm at Long Point Cut. 30. Over 3,000 members of the German Evangelical and Re- formed churches in Buffalo hold a union meeting at Music Hall in celebration of the Feast of Reformation. Dedication of the Evan- gelical Protestant Church of Christ, on Kehr Street. Fatal col- lision on the Nickel Plate Railroad near Silver Creek, between an eastbound loaded freight-train and a westbound train of empty box-cars; engineer Clayton of the eastbound train was instantly killed, and John Martin, fireman of the westbound train, received fatal injuries. Conflicting orders are said to have been given the conductors of the two trains; near the scene of this disaster, on September 14, 1886, 13 persons were killed by a collision. 31. A thief walks off in broad daylight with $3,200 in a satchel which he steals from the Park Commissioners’ Office, whither he presumably followed the Secretary of the Board, Gen. William F. Rogers, who had drawn $3,900 of park funds from the Manufac- turers’ & Traders’ Bank for pay-day purposes. No trace of the william h. abell. thief has ever been made known. Death of Dr. F. G. Stanley. Died November 15, 1887. RICHARD BULLY MORE. Died November 22, 1887.49 The mean temperature of No- vember, 1887, in Buffalo was 37-77°; the extremes were 6 on the 27th, and 130 on the 29th — a variation of 48° in 48 hours. The coldest day was the 30th, with a mean temperature of 18.33°. The warmest day was the 27th, with a mean tempera- ture of 54°. There were 7 cloud- less days, 13 sunless days, and 12 days on which rain or snow fell. The snow-fall amounted to 10 inches, and the total precipi- tation, in rain or melted snow, was 2.8° inches. The first ten days of November, with one exception, were mild and pleasant with more than usual of beautiful sunlight. Following this came the usual dark November variety of snows, frosts, rains, and winds, occasionally relieved by fair weather. The last three days brought notably low temperature for the season. The mean temperature was half a degree below the average for 29 years past, and the rain-fall was half an inch deficient. SCENE FROM COIT SLIP. THE DISASTROUS FIRE AT THE FOOT OF ERIE STREET, NOVEMBER 1, 1887. i. Opening of the Buffalo Art School, with 13 pupils. Three hundred men at the Union Ship Yards out on a strike; the trouble grew out of a demand made by union men that all non-union men be discharged; this demand the company refused to grant. Fire does $27,000 worth of damage to Webster & Co.’s ice houses and Haines & Co.’s lumber yards, foot of Erie Street. The Rev. Dr. Joseph Parker lectures at Music Hall on Gladstone.50 THE ZIEGELE BREWERY FIRE, CORNER WASHINGTON AND VIRGINIA STREETS, NOVEMBER 16, 1887. 2. Democratic mass-meeting at Music Hall, ad- dressed by Gov. Hill and Senator Voorhees of Indiana. The German Young Men’s Association hold their first meeting in the new quarters in Music Hall Building. 3. Grand Republican Rally at Music Hall; Col. Fred. D. Grant, Senator Frank Hiscock, and John Laughlin present the issues of the campaign. Judge Haight files a decision denying a motion to change the place of trial of the Buffalo Lubricating Oil Co.’s suit against H. B. Everest and others from Erie County to Albany County. Mr. C. J. Hamlin drives his horses Belle Hamlin and Justina on the Buffalo Driving Park track a mile in 2.18, claiming to break the world’s record. A new action begun in the Supreme Court by the Thames & Mersey Insurance Co. against Thomas G. Crosby and Lorenzo Dimick; the latter is alleged to have defrauded the plaintiffs out of $116,000, which the company seeks to recover. 4. A wrestling match between Dennis Gallagher and William Muldoon is declared won by the former. Mass-meeting of the Personal Liberty League at Music Hall, addressed by W. H. Johnson of Philadelphia and James E. Graybill of New-York. 5. The Rev. David Hunn, for whom is claimed the three-fold distinction of being the oldest living graduate of Yale College, the oldest clergyman in the United States, and the oldest man in Buffalo, celebrates his 98th birthday. Rally of the United Labor Party at Liedertafel Hall, addressed by Dr. Houghton of Cincinnati, and Messrs. John Flannigan and Robert Crowe of New-York. 6. In a murderous row between Irish, Poles, and51 Germans, John Uhle is killed; Joseph Vishetski is arrested, charged with the deed. Death of Henry D. Keller. Death of John A. Ditto. 7. The Business-Men’s Association approves the project of the Queen City Street Railroad Company and indorses a petition asking Congress to buy a site in Buffalo for a new postoffice. 8. General Election. (For local and other results, see elsewhere in this book.) Celebration of pontifical high mass at St. Joseph’s Cathe- dral in commemoration of the 19th anniversary of the consecration NOVEMBER, 1888. Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 8 ITlO 151617 22 23 24 2930 JHt CHURCH OF CHRIST, CORNER RICHMOND AVENUE AND BRYANT STREET. DEDICATED DECEMBER 4, 1887.52 THE BURNING OF THE BUFFALO UPHOLSTERING COMPANY’S FACTORY, NOVEMBER 13, 1887. of the Right Rev. Stephen Vincent Ryan as a Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Death of Mrs. Orsa- mus H. Marshall. 9. The strike at the shipyards continues, causing a reported loss of $7,000 a week; it has proved the most serious local strike of the few which have occurred in Buffalo during the year. 10. The State Board of Railroad Commissioners makes a majority and a minority report on the grade- crossing question in Buffalo ; the former recommends : (1) Carrying the Hamburg Turnpike over the Erie’s tracks near the Ohio Basin, at a cost of $32,000; (2) Depressing Seneca Street at the West Shore and Central crossing, the Erie crossing, and the Nickel Plate and Buffalo Creek crossing, with partial elevation of tracks, estimated cost of three, $224,524; (3) Elevated train house and tracks at the Washington, Michigan, Chicago, and Louisiana-street crossings, .estimated cost, $410,678; the total cost of these improvements, $667,202, is exclusive of land damages. The minority report, by Commissioner Kernan, recom- mends the elevation of the entire system of tracks. The Express urges that legislation be promptly secured in the matter. Democrats threaten a contest on the County-treasurer vote, but are unable to make good their claims in behalf of Mr. Bishop, as a recount shows Mr. Steingoetter’s election. Beginningof a two- days’ meeting of the Sunday-school Institute of Western New-York, at the Church of the Messiah. I. E. Williams, a fireman who was scalded while on the fire-tug at the fire of November 1st, dies from his injuries at the Fitch Hospital. Harrison Beck takes his life by drinking carbolic acid. 11. Buffalo Anarchists make no demonstration over the hanging of the condemned Chicago Anarchists on this day. A coroner’s jury render a verdict that John Uhle died on the 6th inst. from the effects of a blow on the head by a stick in the hands of Joseph Vishetski. Messrs. Lempke and Fait are held as accessories. Many recent burglaries are followed by an unusually bold53 one, in the theft of $800 worth of goods from Messrs. Springfels & Weil, Nos. 35-39 E. Huron Street. 12. Vishetski held for the next term of Oyer and Terminer, to answer to a charge of manslaughter in the first degree. 13. The upholstering works of A. Woltge & Son, Perry and Indiana streets, burned ; loss reported at $100,000. Francis Dillon-Eagan, LL. D., of Philadel- phia, addresses the Buffalo branch of the Irish Na- tional League, at St. Stephen’s Hall. Mrs. Catharine Bochenek found dead at her home on Oneida Street; suicide supposed.. More burglaries reported. Annual Week of Prayer, observed by the Young Men’s Christian Association, begins. 14. The case of Frank Curcio, charged with killing Frank Marino, comes to trial. Rival companies con- tend for the Niagara-street and other important street- lighting contracts ; before the year closes the Common Council makes vast extensions of the electric-lighted district. 15. Death of William H. Abell. The Republican general committee for 1888 chosen. Incorporation of the Citizens’ Electric Railway, with a capital of $150,000. Annual meeting of the Buffalo Musical Association; Mr. A. F. Tripp re-elected president. 16. A committee of Supervisors report that they were refused information as to the care of the county’s insane at the Buffalo State Asylum, and recommend that the Board of Supervisors petition the Legislature to order an investigation. The Ripley Memorial M. E. Church on Dearborn Street dedicated. Malt-houses and ice-houses of the Ziegele Brewing Co.’s plant, at Washington and Virginia streets, burned; loss $75,000. 17. The steamer Arizona of the Lake Superior Transit Line burned at Marquette; loss $35,000. Death of Chester P. Turner. 18. Charles Dickens, Jr., reads from his father’s works at Concert Hall. 19. In deference to the wishes of women’s organiza- tions and other influences in many parts of the State, Gov. Hill appoints Mrs. Charlotte S. Williams of Buffalo and Mrs. Caroline B. Stoddard of Rochester to fill vacancies on the Board of Managers of the Buf- falo State Asylum for the Insane. 20. Dedication of the Parkside Baptist Chapel on Vernon Street. First appreciable snow-fall of the season. 22. Death of Richard Bullvmore. The trial of Joseph D. Thyng, charged with arson, begun in the Court of Oyer and Terminer. Frank Curcio found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree. He is, a few days later, sentenced to Auburn for 14 years. The board of managers of the Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane replies to the recent report of the Super- visors’ committee, presenting reasons why the attempted investigation was not allowed. 23. The charges against Lieut. Adam Nicken being sustained, he is dismissed from the police force. Many balls and other festivities appropriate to Thanksgiving Eve. Death of Galbraith Armstrong. 24. A clear Thanks- giving Day. 25. Death of Dr. Lorenzo M. Kenyon. Nineteenth annual meeting of the Buffalo Branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 26. Death of David Donaldson. Judge Haight listens to argu- ments on the manda- mus motion of the West-side Street Rail- way Company to com- pel the Comptroller to accept its bond for the Elmwood-avenue fran- chise. 27. Dedication of St. Vincent’s Roman Catholic Church, on Main Street, near Park- THE NEW CLUB-HOUSE OF THE BUFFALO BICYCLE CLUB ON COLLEGE STREET.54 side. Death of Charles G. Brundige. The Buffalo General Hos- pital appeals to the public for funds, to get it out of debt. 28. The Common Council adopts a report from the Committee on Lamps in favor of contracting with the electric-light companies for furnishing electricity for the city at 47 cents a lamp per night, and with the gas companies at $1.35 per thousand cubic feet for the city, and $1.40 for private consumers. Death of James Nelson. End of the shipyard strike, by direction of the District Assembly of the Knights of Labor. Conference of M. E. ministers of the Buffalo District begins at Grace Church. 29. George E. Allen appointed general northern passenger agent of the Erie Railroad. The Republican Central Committee organ- izes for 1888. The board of park commissioners direct Frederick Law Olmstead to survey lands in the 13th Ward for a new park. In the arrest of James Doyle, alias William Kelley, the police believe they have a man who has been making many successful burglaries of late. 30. St. Andrew’s Day; celebrated by religious services and civic gatherings; St. Andrew’s Scottish Society holds its 47th annual ban- quet. A Christian Alliance convention begins at Associa- tion Hall. Compli- DR. LORENZO M. KENYON. Died November 25, 1887. LEGRAND MARVIN. Died December 2, 1887. mentary banquet at the Niagara to W. C. Rinearson, retiring gen- eral passenger agent of the Erie Railroad, and newly-appointed assistant general passenger agent of the New-York, Pennsylvania & Ohio, Close of the season on the State canals. It has been the greatest season for business on record. Annual meeting of the Church Charity Foundation. The election occurred December 1st, Dr. Thomas Lothrop being chosen president. DECEMBER. The mean temperature of December in Buffalo is 29.20. The coldest December since the establishment of the signal office here was in 1876, when the mean was 19.40 ; and the warmest was in 1881, with a mean of 36.6°. The lowest temperature in any De- cember since 1870 was 90 below zero in 1880, and the highest was 62° in 1875, a range in 17 years of 710 ; the average monthly range is 47.6°. The average monthly precipitation is 3.42 inches. The average temperature for December is generally above all lake stations, as the prevailing wind is 'from W. S. W. coming off the J. H. ULLENBRUCH & CO. OPTICIANS. IMPORTERS AJMD DEALERS IN OPTICAL AND MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS, OPERA, MARINE, FIELD AND SPY-GLASSES, THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, TELESCOPES, MICROSCOPES, ELECTRIC BATTERIES, ARTI- FICIAL HUMAN EYES, FANCY GOODS, ETC. IIP We test the eyes and Jit glasses upon scientijic principles and guarantee satisfaction. Oculists' prescriptions a specialty. TsTo . 2 7 4= HVL ^ I UST STREET.55 lake, which seldom freezes before the latter part of the month, and the water is generally warmer than the land. The first two weeks of December, 1887, were exceptionally mild and pleasant. 1. Bishop Ryan sets out for Rome, where he attends the Jubilee, the 50th anniversary of Pope Leo’s admission to the priesthood; he •carries with him $4,500 and other splendid gifts from the Church in Buffalo. There is skating at the park, but it doesn’t last long. A case of small-pox reported. The propeller Spokane clears for Cleveland, laden with coal; the last cargo clearance of the lake season. 2. Close of the Christian Alliance Convention. John Kennedy and Henry P. Emslie on trial on an indictment charging them with grand larceny in the first degree, in stealing grain at the Richmond Eleva- tor, September 16, 1886. Death of LeGrand Marvin. Joseph D. Thyng acquitted of the crime of arson. Judge Haight of the Supreme Court hears a motion for a new trial for H. B. and C. M. Everest, con- victed of conspiring in attempting to blow up the works of the Buffalo Lubricating Oil Co.; additional time granted the prosecution. 3. Annual election of the Buffalo Club. The propeller George King is the last vessel to leave Buffalo Harbor this season. 4. Dedication of the Church of Christ, corner Bryant Street and Richmond Avenue. In the arrest of Charles A. Leavitt and Henry Reschel, perpetrators of recent burglaries are believed to be captured. 5. Opening of the Odd Fellows’ Fair at Liedertafel Hall. Barbers meet in Buffalo and form a national organization. The Business-Men’s Association adopts a resolution asking Speaker Carlisle of the House of Representatives to appoint the Hon. John M. Farquhar a member of the Rivers and Harbors Committee. The Common Council, notwithstanding vetoes by the Mayor, continues greatly to extend the electric-light district. 6. Death of Dr. Arthur M. Barker. Meeting of the Board of Associate Managers of the Church Charity Founda- tion ; Mrs. H. C. Fiske elected president. The Merchants’ Exchange votes to invite railroad presidents or general managers to a grade-crossing conference. The organization of a National Barbers’ Union completed ; Edward Finklestone of New- York is elected president. 7. Death of W. Linus Smith. An- nual reunion of the Tenth New-York Cavalry begins at New Era Hall. An unconscious man fto. , AND ACKNOWLEDGES NO COMPETITOR. IDr. Hoxsie’s Disks ---------------------------FOR--------------------------------- HOARSENESS, LOSS of VOICE, COUGHS, Etc. Invaluable to Public Speakers, Singers and Actors. TRY THEM AND YOU WILL USE NO OTHER, MEMBRANOUS CROUP. PNEUMONIA, AND OTHER DANGEROUS DISEASES OF THROAT AND LUNGS, THESE PREPARATIONS ARE ABSOLUTELY, WITHOUT ANY DOUBT, THE ONLY POSITIVE, SWIFT AND SURE SPECIFICS ---------------——••■•■•■iiimimiiiiiimiimiiiiiiiM.—---- ——---—--------------FOR SALE BY DRUGGISTS.--------------------- Price 25 and 50 Cents.64 STATISTICS USEFUL FOR REFERENCE.-Continued. THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE RECORD. Toronto took the International pennant in 1887 by a small majority, with Buffalo a close second. Syracuse finished third, Newark fourth, Hamilton fifth, Jersey City sixth, Rochester seventh, Binghamton eighth, Wilkes-Barre ninth, Scranton tenth. The following is the completed table for the season : •}U3o aaj •«OM •sjjBa-sa^iiAV •0}uojojl ’Gsno'BjXg •uo^unjog •joisaipo-a •uo;nraBH •uojureqSuig •oiBjjng O h r^t^ONOoo 100 VO tO Tj-vO 'tO'OvO 01 HOO t>0 H lovO 00 ON H H W 'OHNN^'tOtN • fO On N Ov rf CO O • NO rf t^NOO • vO 00 NO 00 h vo no C" • CO On 00 rj- VO N Vt • LO H 00 00 H vo (N vo • CO VO O CO O H • H VO t}- • vo t>vO « « 10^ ^ • tJ-nO >OOnO O vo 0) • H lovO VO VO ^ CO COvO H I : : I 55 Ifc 1 a I 8 I ? I SS- I'S- I s- Sfl filial m w ffi p4 cn cm-1 ^ A YEAR’S CRIMINAL BUSINESS IN BUFFALO. The volume of business transacted in the District-Attorney’s office from October 1, 1886, to October 1, 1887, was shown in a report to the Board of Supervisors, as follows: Ex-District-Attorney Hatch’s report covers the period from October 1, 1886, to January 1, 1887. During this time 60 indictments were found and 35 disposed of. In addition to the 25 not disposed of, there remained on the books 55 cases in which the defendants were arrested and never brought to trial, and 20 cases in which the defendants were not arrested. District-Attorney Quinby accordingly went into office with 100 indictments on hand. In 24 of these cases the defendants had not been arrested, while all but 39 of the cases in which the defendants had been arrested had been disposed of. During Mr. Quinby’s term 130 additional indict- ments had been found, only 14 of which have not been brought to trial or otherwise settled. LAKE COMMERCE. The following condensed tables relating to the commerce of Buffalo speak for them- selves. The receipts of grain, flour count- ed as wheat, were only exceeded by the total amount received in 1880. During the season of 1887,102,914,775 bushels were received, elevated, and the most of it shipped from this port. No person can comprehend the meaning of one hundred and three millions bushels of grain. Let us make a bin which will contain all of it. At the foot of Main Street we will start with one 35 feet high and 35 feet broad. To contain all the grain received during the time specified, the bin would stretch out into the country fully 19 miles, which means a ride of half an hour on an express train to reach the end of it. Statement showing the receipts of most articles by lake during the season of lake navigation, 1887 : Flour, bbls....................... 1,910,124 Flour, scks....................... 1,867,063 Wheat, bu......................... 48,077,512 Corn, bu.......................... 29,656,225 Oats, bu.......................... 4,610,889 Barley, bu........................ i»393,855 Rye, bu........................... 290,359 Peas, bu.....;......................... 13,615 Bullion, brs.......................... 20,985 Bullion, scks............................. 900 Bacon, bbls....................... 6,700 Copper, tons.................. . 21,996 Copper, bbls............................. 4x7 Copper, pigs...................... 30,335 Copper, scks...................... 8,100 Cornmeal, bbls.................... 8,804 Feed, bgs......................... 338,623 Feed, tons........................ 100 Fish, pkgs............................. 26,419 Glucose, bbls............................. 672 Grease, bbls............................ 3,000 Hides, No............................... 5,270 Hoops, No.............................. 78,000 Iron ore, tons......................... 30,499 Lumber, ft.........................286,176,541 Lath, No............................ 8,886,400 Logs, ft.......................... 3,664,700 Lard, tcs............................. 100,987 Lead, pigs............................ 170,135 Malt, bu............................... 20,5x4 Metal, scks............................. 4,500 Oil cake, scks........................ 114,147 Oil, bbls............................... 3,715 Pork, bbls.................... .... 20,754 Pig iron, tons......................... 16,514 Posts, No............................... 7,000 Potatoes, bu............................ 3,000 R. R. ties, No........................ 100,858 Rags, bis............................... 6,069 Shingles, No........ .............. 30,278,000 Staves, No............................ 984,700 Stave bolts, cds........................ 5,955 Flaxseed, bu........................ 2,075,247 Seed, bgs.............................. 21,098 Spelter, plates........................ 31,531 Stearine, bbls.......................... 3,832 Starch, bxs. .......................... 12,161 Starch, bbls............................ 4,010 Silver ore, scks........................ 7,150 Timber, ft.......................... 7,258,000 Tallow, bbls............................ 4,207 Tobacco, pkgs........................... 7,214 Wool, bis.............................. 18,145 Comparative statement showing the receipts of leading articles by lake at Buf- falo during the season of navigation for two years : Lake Opened Lake Opened April 16, April 15, 1886. 1887. Flour, bbls.......... 4,390,210 3,777,187 Wheat, bu........... 40,921,205 48,077,512 Corn, bu............ 25,494,838 29,656,225 Oats, bu............... 864,356 4,610,889 Barley, bu............. 755,184 1,393,855 Rye, bu................ i5i,°25 290,359 Copper, tons............ 21,899 21,996 Copper, bbls............... 697 417 Feed, bgs.............. 353,688 338,623 Hoops, No.............. 406,000 78,000 Iron ore, tons 21,534 . 275,586,051 3°,499 Lumber, ft 286,176,541 Lath .. 16,210,400 8,886,400 100,987 Lard, tcs 205,193 Lead, pigs Lead, tr.s I°4i39I 9° I7°,I35 Oilcake, scks 205,450 114,147 Oatmeal, bbls 5i4I4 300 Pig iron, tons. 18,376 16,514 Pork, bbls 26,983 20,754 R. R. ties, No 44i853 100,858 Staves, No 1,490,500 984,710 Shingles, No . 66,204,450 30,278,000 Stavebolts, cds 9,*99 5,955 Seed, flax, bu 2,960,163 2,075,247 Seed, bgs 54,454 21,098 Wool, bis . 10,786 18,145 Comparative statement showing the aggregate receipts of flour and grain at Buffalo by lake during the past two years : 1886. 1887. Flour, bbls 3,777,i87 Wheat, bu 48,077,512 Corn, bu ••• 25,494,838 29,656,225 Oats, bu. 4,610,889 Barley, bu 755,184 1,393,855 Rye, bu 151,025 290,359 Total grain, bu.. 84,028,840 CANAL COMMERCE. The total shipments of grain by the Erie Canal, from Buffalo, were 49,226,282 bush- els, being a little more than .58 per cent, of the total amount received by lake. At New-York the canals delivered 45,688,100 bushels during seven months, and the rail- roads during the same time 28,203,162 bushels, which gives the former 61.72 per cent., and the latter 38.27 per cent, of the business during the period named. Who says the canals have outlived their useful- ness ? Comparative Canal Imports. Statement showing the comparative imports by the Erie Canal for the years named: 1887. 1886. Lumber, ft............. 1,044,988 1,030,074 Timber, cubic ft...... 23,403 7,7l6 Pig iron, lbs.........167,811,651 123,509,074 Bl’m and bar iron, lbs. 26,821,898 118,646,654 Castings, etc., lbs— 3,820,776 1,783,446 Domestic salt, lbs---- 17,274,078 14,744,228 Foreign salt, lbs..... 16,999,321 26,676,265 Sugar, lbs............ 18,170,256 19,054,756 Molasses, lbs......... 10,934,370 6,346,211 Coffee, lbs............ 2,890,529 9,035,482 Railroad iron, lbs....134,463,074 49,980,532 Crockery, etc., lbs--- 2,783,640 3I7>25° Merchandise, lbs...... 88,794,342 115,267,550 Stone, lime,etc.... .. 393,902,076 342,297,632 Rock and Superphos- phate, lbs............ 38,715,751 107,712,279 Anthracite coal, lbs... 118,877,035 162,890,638 Iron and steel, lbs---120,479,298 ........ Sundries, lbs........... 127,073,958 130,394,932 Apples, bbls............... 2,778 ........ Dried fruit, lbs......... 693,943 6,064,763 Wood, cords...................... 15° Comparative Canal Exports. Statement showing the comparative exports of the principal articles from Buf- falo by the Erie Canal for the years named : 1887. 1886. Lumber, ft.............56,282,916 64,591,275 Shingles, No........... 9,149,000 10,541,75° Timber, cubic ft................. 6,435 Staves and hdg........ 11,317,250 27,445, i°° Bran, etc., lbs.......... 543,200 924,000 Flaxseed, lbs......... 71,899,452 91,851,705 Oilmeal and cake, lbs.. 7,940,175 2,073,000 Stone, lime, clay..... 3,500,000 8,489,000 Bituminous coal, lbs... 17,411,214 39,352,68765 American Palace Steam Laundry Largest and Best T ^ Western new-yok11. | \ DELIVERY WAGONS \ | FOR CITY TRADE ALONE! GENERAL OFFICE: / LAUNDRY: 14 E. EAGLE STREET, j 238 to 254 FARGO AVE. Branch Offices all over the City ! GOODS CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED. Skinner & Godfrey, PROPRIETORS.66 STATISTICS USEFUL FOR REFERENCE-Continued. Soda phosphite, lbs.... 5,715,206 Castings and ironware, lbs .................... 6,000 Peas, bu................... 6,223 Pig iron, lbs......... 10,585,080 Seed, lbs.......................... Mdse., lbs................ 20,000 Sundries, lbs.......... 2,185,240 Petroleum oil, bbls___ 325 Furniture, lbs............. 2,000 Ashes, lbs................ 96,000 Sand, lbs......... ...... 550,000 Flour and Grain. 1887. 1886. Canal Opened May 7. May 1. Flour, bbls... 3,096 8,690 366,080 5,600 23,809 11,520,480 15.000 12.000 5,285,460 9 N.Y.C. & St.L.10,046 Mich. Cent— 4,098 Grand Trunk.. 1,948 B. & S. West’n 108 5,701 2,085 179 2,540 i,392 152 i,342 2,3IQ 140 237 80 6 Totals, 1887..33,020 25,693 10,590 2,148 Totals, 1886. .28,505 25,896 9,124 1,443 Statement showing the total shipments of live stock at Buffalo from December 1, 1886, to December 1, 1887 : ROUTES. Cattle. CARS. Hogs. CARS. Sheep. Horses. CARS. CARS. N. Y. Central. 16,770 13,449 5,090 1,114 Erie • 2,551 .. 6,663 2,68o 1,001 956 236 D., L. & W.. 1,572 264 West Shore. .. 4,097 977 675 637 Wheat, bu.. .30,471,748 31,861,701 18,048,923 Corn, bu.......15,645,306 12,345,408 12,739,811 Oats, bu.......2,056,710 326,760 350,587 Barley, bu... *887,792 449*443 345,964 Rye, bu....... 164,726 .......... 228,742 Total bu. . .49,226,282 45,183,3x2 31,714,027 *253,743 bu. barley malt included, OO 00 H 166,149 included 1886. Total Clearances. 1887 7,925 1880 10,623 1886 1879 8,676 1885 5,655 1878 ■ 9,027 1884 1877 ■ 3,9o8 1883 1876 ■ 4,850 1882 1875 , 6,310 1881 1874 7,628 Vessels Built and Enrolled. List of vessels built and enrolled at the Port of Buffalo during the year 1887 : Gross Tons. Barge Ann Walker................... 93.12 Barge Rambler.................... 105.91 Tug Buffalo...................... 60.37 Tug William Stevenson............... 30.02 Tug John Johnson.................... 59.85 Steam canal boat H. & A. Morse.... 133.59 Steam canal boat M. & J. Tracy.... 137-38 Steam canal boat Capt. M. De Puy... 136.10 Steam canal boat Charles Hamilton.. 134.21 Steam yacht Louise Harbrecht...... 26.05 Steam yacht Jennie A. Desmond..... 32.02 Steam yacht Falcon.................. 82.77 Steam yacht Corsair................. 26.17 Steam yacht Louis Miller............ 15.22 Steam yacht Fire-Fly................. 7.04 Steam yacht Lyrie................... 11.69 Steam yacht Kittie Lawson............ 7.87 Steamship Wyoming.................1,952.80 Vessels Enrolled, not Built Here. Gross Tons. Iron steamer City of Buffalo....... 133.44 Steam yacht Alexander H. Sloan.... 25.33 LIVE STOCK. The following tables exhibit the move- ment of live stock from December 1,1886, to December 30, 1887, but the comparisons are made with the full year of 1886, or from January 1st, to and including January 31st, of that year. The increase and decrease is in car-loads, as follows : In cattle the re- ceipts show an increase of 5,515 ; in hogs a decrease of 203 ; in sheep an increase of 1,466; in horses an increase of 705 ; total increase, 7,483. The shipments of cattle show an increase of 2,706; in hogs a de- crease of 1,189; *n sheep an increase of 52; in horses an increase of 756; total increase, 2,325. Statement showing the total receipts of live stock at Buffalo from December 1, 1886, to December 1, 1887 : Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. Horses. ROUTES. CARS. CARS. CARS. CARS. L. S. & M. S.. 16,820 15,873 4,723 1,671 Totals, 1887. .30,081 18,678 7,722 2,251 Totals, 1886. .27,375 19,867 7,672 1,495 PRINCIPAL .'DISASTERS Which have Occurred in the United States and Canada during 1887. January 4. Thirteen persons killed in a collision on the Baltimore & Ohio Rail- road near Republic, O. January 8. Twenty lives lost by the wreck of the ship Elizabeth, 14 miles south of Cape Henry. February 5. Passenger train on the Cen- tral Vermont R. R. ran off Woodstock Bridge, near White River Junction, Vt.; the cars took fire from the stoves; 38 persons burned to death. March 1. Steamer W. H. Gardner burned on the Tombigbee River near Gainesville, Ga.; 20 lives lost. March 14. Passenger train on the Bos- ton & Providence R. R. falls through a bridge near Rosindale; 30 persons killed and 100 injured. March 18. Richmond Hotel and St. James Hall, Buffalo, N. Y., burned, re- sulting in 15 deaths ; many persons injured. April 1. Hotel del Monte, Monterey, Cal., destroyed by fire. April 5. Eighteen miners killed by an explosion at Venita, Indian Territory. April 10 (and following days). Wide- spread prairie fires in Kansas ; 15 persons, many buildings and several thousand head of cattle burned. April 12. Fire in St. Augustine, Fla.; the old slave-market, cathedral, court- house and hotels burned. April 21. Wreck of schooner Active off coast of Oregon; 33 lives lost. Terrific tornado in Missouri and Kansas; 15 per- sons killed. May 28. Collision on the Pennsylvania Railroad ; 8 persons killed. June 17. Lake steamer Champlain burned on Grand Traverse bay; 22 lives lost. June 24. Fire in the Best & Belcher mine, Virginia City, Nev.; 15 lives lost. July 9., Alcazar theatre, Hurley, Wis., burned ; 17 lives lost. July 10. Sloop Mystery capsized in Jamaica Bay, N. Y.; 24 persons drowned. July 15. Excursion train in collision with oil train at St. Thomas, Ont.; 12 lives lost. July 21. Eleven Italian laborers killed on the Erie Railroad near Hohokus, N. J. August 10. Excursion train on the Toledo, Peoria & Western R. R. fell through a burning bridge near Chats- worth, 111.; 162 passengers reported killed, 279 wounded. September 7. The schooner Niagara founders off Whitefish Point, Lake Supe- rior ; 16 lives lost. September 22. A long-continued tempest does damage estimated at over $1,000,000 at Brownsville, Matamoras and other points in Texas. October 3 and 4. Severe gales on the Great Lakes cause the total loss of ten craft, including the propeller California. October 10. Thirty persons killed in a collision on the Chicago & Atlantic Rail- road near Koutz Station, Ind. October 12, and following days. De- structive forest fires in Sonoma and adjoin- ing counties in California; thousands of acres of valuable timber destroyed, many ranches fire-swept and hundreds of people made homeless. October 22-24. Severe storms cause enormous loss of property on the lakes, involving the total loss of 13 vessels ; loss of life comparatively light. October 29. The passenger propeller Vernon founders in Lake Michigan; the crew of 26 men, and about 15 passengers, perish ; only one survivor left to tell the tale. December 19 and following days. A blizzard in western Nebraska, Kansas, and northern Texas causes extensive distress and the reported loss of at least 60 lives. GREAT RAILROAD DISASTERS. Some of the most Terrible Accidents of Recent Years. 1842—May 8, 53 passengers burned to death near Belleville, France. 1853— May 6, 46 persons killed, 80 injured, at open drawbridge, Norwalk, Ct. 1854— October 24, 40 passengers killed on the Great Western in Canada. 1856— July 17, 62 persons, mostly children, burned and 100 injured on North Pennsylvania Railroad. 1857— March 17, 60 persons killed on Great Western of Canada at Des Jardine Canal. 1857—June 28, 11 killed and 100 injured near Lewisham, Eng. 1859—June 27, 3° persons killed and 40 wounded by a washout on Michi- gan Southern, near South Bend, Ind. 1859—August 2, 13 persons killed on Albany, Vermont & Canada Rail- road in Tomhannock Creek. 1:859—December 31, 14 persons killed at a bridge near Columbus, Ga. 1861— August 25, 23 persons killed, 100 injured, at Croyden tunnel near London, England. 1862— October 13, 15 persons killed, 60 injured, near Winchburg, Scot- land. 1862—July 15, 50 persons killed, 60 in- jured, on the Erie road near Port Jervis. 1867— December 18, 49 persons burned to death near Angola, Lake Shore ; December 11, 15 lives lost at Han- lan bridge, Vermont Central Rail- road. 1868— April 14, 26 persons killed, 60 in- jured, at Cars Rock, near Port Jervis. 1868—August 20, 33 persons burned at Abergele, North Wales.67 MAMMOTH STORAGE WAREHOUSE To parties contemplating Storing^of Household Goods we offer far Superior Facilities to any in the city— BUILDING BEING NEW. 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MORE, - - 327 Main Street.68 STATISTICS USEFUL FOR REFERENCE.-Continued. 1868— August 20, 21 persons killed, 60 in- jured on Northwestern Railway of Bohemia. 1869— July 14, 10 persons burned at Mast Hope, N. Y., on Erie road. 1871—July 3, 15 persons killed, 20 in- jured, at Harpeth River, Tenn. 1871—August 26, 30 persons killed, 50 in- jured, by collision at Revere, near Boston, Mass. 1871— February 6, 22 lives lost by the burning of an oil train at New Hamburgh, N. Y. 1872— December 24, 19 killed by a train falling into a ravine at Norwich, England. 1874—September 10, 24killed, 40 wounded, by a collision at Shipton, Eng. 1874—September 20, 43 drowned by a train plunging into the Cherwell River, England. 1876—January 21, 13 killed by collision on the Great Northern Railway, England. 1876—September 26, 25 killed by accident at Black Lick Station, Pa. 1876—December 28, over 100 lives lost by the disaster at Ashtabula. 1879—December 23, 200 drowned by a train breaking through the Tay bridge, Scotland. 1881— March 1, 40 emigrants killed in a collision at Macon, Mo. Wreck- ing train proceeding to scene ditched and 9 persons killed. 1882— January 13, collision on the Hudson River Railroad near Spuyten Duyvil; 8 lives lost, including Senator Webster Wagner. 1883— March 30, loss of 53 lives by a rail- road accident on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad near Mason’s Station, O. 1883—June 26, 18 Chinamen killed by an accident on the Northern Pacific Railroad in Montana. 1883—July 28, accident on the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburgh road at Carlyon ; 23 persons killed; over 40 injured. 1883— November 29, 18 persons killed at ✓ St. Mien, France. 1884— January 2, 25 persons killed by a railroad collision near Toronto. 1884—May 1, collision near Cornellsville, Pa.; 14 lives lost. 1884—June 6, 14 persons killed by an accident on the Missouri Pacific Railroad near Mineola. 1884—June 17, 14 persons killed by disas- ter at New Laredo, N. M. 1884—June 28, a train falls through a bridge near Cunningham, Mo.; 20 persons killed or wounded. 1884—July t6, accident on the Manchester & Sheffield Railway, England; 25 lives lost. 1884— November 14, 15 persons perish in a collision at Hanau, Austria. 1885— January 30, railroad disaster near Sidney, N. S. W. ; 40 persons killed. 1885—June 8, a train derailed by robbers near Rasloff, Russia; 70 persons killed and wounded. 1885— October 18, collision between three Pennsylvania railroad trains near Jersey City ; 12 persons killed. 1886— January 13, train wrecked at Valdi- via, Peru ; 30 soldiers perish. 1886—March 10, collision between Monte Carlo and Mentone, Italy; 20 persons killed. 1886—September 14, collision on the “Nickel Plate” road near Buf- falo ; 23 lives lost. 1886— October 25, disaster near Rio,Wis.; 13 passengers burned to death. 1887— January 4, collision near Tiffin, Ohio ; 13 lives lost. 1887—February 5, part of a train plunged through a bridge over White River, near Woodstock, Vt.; 38 persons killed. 1887—March 14, a train fell through the ‘ ‘ tin bridge ” on the outskirts of Boston ; 30 persons killed. 1887—May 6, collision on the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad in New Mexico; 10 lives lost. 1887—July 15, collision between a passen- ger train and an oil train at St. Thomas, Ont. ; 12 persons killed. 1887—July 21, an express train on the Erie Railroad plunged into a company of Italian laborers near Hohokus, N. J.; 11 men killed or fatally wounded. 1887—August 10, an excursion train falls through a burned culvert near Chatsworth, 111. ; 162 reported killed. 1887—October 10, collision on the Chicago & Atlantic near Koutz Station, Ind. ; 30 lives lost. WEATHER SIGNALS. No. 1. A square white flag—Clear or fair. No. 2. A square blue flag—rain or snow. No. 3. A triangular black flag—Tem- perature signal. No. 4. A square white flag with black center—cold wave. No. 3 refers to temperature. When placed above No. 1 or 2, it indicates warm- er weather; when placed below No. 1 or 2, it indicates colder weather; when not dis- played, the indications are that the tem- perature will remain stationary. No. 4 is not displayed unless a temperature of 45 degrees or lower is expected. When No. 4 is displayed, No. 3 is always omitted. DAY-STORM SIGNALS. No. 5. A square yellow flag with white center. No. 6. A square red flag with black center . No. 7. A red pennant. No. 8. A white pennant. No. 5 indicates a wind that will not be so severe, but well-found and sea-worthy vessels can meet it without danger. No. 6 indicates a storm of marked violence. No. 7 indicates easterly winds, that is, from N. E. to S. inclusive, and that the storm center is approaching. If displayed above No. 5 or 6 it indicates N. E. winds, and when below, S. E. winds. No. 8 in- dicates westerly winds, that is, from N. to 5. W. inclusive, and that the storm center has passed. If displayed above No. 5 or 6, it indicates a N. W. wind, and when be- low, a S. W. wind. NIGHT-STORM SIGNALS. A red light indicates easterly winds and a red and white light westerly winds. Nos. 5, 6, 7 and 8 are displayed at all lake sta- tions of the Signal Service. RATES OF POSTAGE. LETTERS WITHIN U. S. Per OZ. Letters to any part............. 2 cts. City drop letters............... 2 cts. Postal cards to any part......1 ct. each. Registered letters proper post- age and.......................... 10 cts. 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DICKINSON, ■■ 1 mwmllmt* w No. 382 MAIN STREET, American Block, - - - BUFFALO, N. Y. ; Has fitted up one of the Handsomest Jewelry Stores in Western New-York, and invites > attention to his elegant stock of DIAMONDS, LOOSEandSET FINE RUBY, SAPPHIRE, EMERALD AND OPAL RINGS ID SOLITAIRES and URGLETS. ; . . . PINE WATCHES. ... Rich Fans and. Opera Glasses, Solid Silver-Plated Ware, .............French and American Clocks. All goods guaranteed as represented. Call and examine our stock before purchasing. No trouble to show dur goods—it is a pleasure. Fine complicated work a specialty. Jewelry repairing executed with neatness and dispatch. Remember the Number! _ - _ 3 82 MAIN' STREET. ESTABLISHED 1846. J. N. MATTHEWS, Editor and Proprietor. NEW ISSUE, 1878. FOR the past ten years The Buffalo Express has led the race in furnishing to the people within the range of its daily circulation a cheap, reliable and desirable newspaper. It has, and it uses, every facility for keeping its readers informed on the current news of the day, at home and abroad. Its telegraphic service embraces the reports of the Associated Press, the United Press and the Great Northwestern Press (of Canada). The news furnished by these Associations is supple- mented by reports from special correspondents at Washington, Albany, New-York, Toronto, and other points of particular interest. The Buffalo Express has a large corps of capable correspondents in the towns and villages of Western New-York, Western Pennsylvania and the Province of Ontario ; and is, in short, the most thorough news-gatherer in this part of the country. The Weekly Express is an eight-page paper, containing the news of the week in a comprehensive and well-edited shape. An original Agricultural Department is a feature of this paper. It is a model journal of literature, fiction and general reading for the home circle. The Sunday Express stands absolutely without a rival as an artistically-illustrated weekly journal and daily newspaper combined. It consists always of at least twelve pages, and has sometimes as many as twenty-four pages in a single issue. Four’ or more pages are always lavishly illustrated with fine engravings picturing the most important news of the day at home and; abroad. The excellence of its portraits gives it rank among the best art-journals in this respect. The Sunday Express constantly has for contributors the most popular magazinists, literateurs and metropolitan journalists. It gives the best record of sporting events of any paper in Western New-York. In its capacity as critic, touching literary, dramatic, musical and art matters, it is the acknowledged leader and universal favorite. Editorially, The Buffalo Express has long enjoyed a reputation for fearless independence. It is devoted to the welfare of Buffalo, and has no entangling alliances which prevent it from giving zealous support to all measures for the public good, or its equally zealous and persistent opposition to whatever savors of official corruption and maladministration. For these reasons it has won, and will continue to merit, the title of “ The People’s Paper.” The Buffalo Express is published every day in the year, and is sold at three cents per single copy for the daily, and five cents per copy for the Sunday paper. It is delivered to subscribers in the city or sent by mail, prepaid, to any post-office in the. United States or Canada at the following rates of subscription : DAILY, with Sunday, per year..............$10.00 DAILY, with Sunday, six months............ 5.00 DAILY, with Sunday, three months.......... 2.50 DAILY, without Sunday, per year........ ... 8,00 WEEKLY EXPRESS, per year.....................$1.00 ALL COMMUNICATIONS, of whatever nature, intended for these papers, should be addressed to DAILY, without Sunday, six months............. $4.00 DAILY, without Sunday, three months,.......... 2.00 DAILY, without Sunday, one month.................70 SUNDAY EXPRESS, per year...................... 2.50 J. N. MATTHEWS, Editor and Proprietor .BUFFALO, N. Y.72 Michigan “ THE NIAGARA FALLS ROUTE ” . . EAST AND WEST . . . ... RUNNING PALACE CARS THROUGH WITHOUT CHAINGE BETWEEN . .... • NEW-YORK • BOSTON • ALBANY • • • BUFFALO • NIAGARA FALLS . . . . AND .... Detroit, Jol^do apd Qfyiea^o RUNS THE FAMOUS AND UNRIVALLED • DINING CARS. • ’ 'T'TT p MlPWir AIM r'TlMT'R AT wr*tes Col. Donan in the St. Louis Spectator, “is the only real ‘Niagara Falls Route’ in the A nL lVIiL»lTlljrril\ 1 country. It is the only railroad that gives a satisfactory view of the Falls. Every train stops : from five to ten minutes at Falls View, which is what the name indicates — a splendid point from which to view the great cataract. It is right on the brink of the grand canyon, at the end of the Horseshoe, and every part of the Falls is in plain sight. Even if he is too ill or too lazy to get out of his car, every passenger can see the liquid wonder of the world from the window or the platform. This is the Michigan Central’s strongest hold on popular favor, its greatest advantage, its chief attraction. So long as the waters of that mighty river thunder down to the awful depths below, so long as the rush and roar, the surge and foam, and prismatic spray of nature’s cataractic masterpiece remain to delight and awe the human soul, thousands and tens of thousands of beauty-lovers and grandeur-worshipers will journey over the only railroad from which it can be seen. There is but one Niagara Falls on earth and but one direct great railway to it.” .......... 'T'TT'C' fYlVFJ V POTTTT running to Niagara Falls, Ont., and to Niagara Falls, N. Y.; running directly by and right in front of the Falls; stopping ^ vyli.L/1 lvU U 1 Lv at Falls View near the brink of the Horseshoe Fall, where the finest view is obtainable ; crossing the gorge below the Falls on the famous steel double-track Cantilever Bridge; and connecting in union depots at Suspension Bridge and Buffalo with the great four-track New-York Central. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! "Y ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ~ H. B. Ledyard, W. H. Underwood, o. W. Ruggles, Preset and Gen'l Manager. East'n Pass'r A It, Buffalo. ’ Gen'l Pass'r and Ticket Ag't, Chicago. .ROUTE OF THE FAMOUS NEW YORK AND CHICAGO LIMITED. “THE NIAGARA FALLS ROUTE.” JVew-Tork Central #- -# & Hudson River RAILROAD, TRACKS EXCLUSIVELY DEVOTED TO PASSENGER TRAINS! THE GRAND CENTRAL STATION on 42d Street, NEW-YORK, is the largest and finest passenger Station in America. THE New-York Central & Hud- son River Railroad occupies the natural, easy-grade thorough- fare between New-York or Boston and the great West, along the world-famed Hud- son River, and through the beautiful Valley of the Mohawk. *4>********************* SAFETY 1 FAST TIME T Dipip^ar * S^ruie^ ai?d . . . is . . . LJ^qtiall(?d. WAGNER’S NEW and IMPROVED t^aface JSroLW in ci-Room Sfeeftiftq »0ars -------------) BETWEEN (— BOSTON or NEW-YORK, AND BUFFALO, NIAGARA FALLS, TOLEDO, DETROIT, CLEVELAND, CINCINNATI, INDIANAPOLIS, ST. LOUIS AND; CHICAGO. THE WORLD-FAMED HIGHLANDS OF THE HUDSON RIVER. „ l f*r\r\C+ T° and from all points West and Southwest, |^rOJl\pC V^Ol/I/^GuOI/O and New-York, Boston and New England. VST For time-tables or information call on Agents of connecting roads, or W. B. JEROME, General Agent, ... 97 Clark Street, Chicago, III. I F. J. WOLFE, General Agent, N. Y. C. Station, E. J. WEEKS, General Agent, . . 1 Exchange Street, Buffalo, N. Y. I M. C. ROACH, General Agent, 413 Broadway, A. S. HANSON, Gen’l Pass’r Ag’t, Boston & Albany R. R., Boston, Mass. . Albany, N. Y New-York City E. J. RICHARDS, Ass*t Gen*l Pass*r Aa*T, HENRY MONETT, Gen*i. Pass'r Ao*t, GRAND CENTRAL STATION, NEW-YORK CITY.HE NEW YEAR, what’s it likely to bring? Look back, look forward! Back is the past, the past that is past. It has remitted no toil of the future from us. It has been a year bubbling over with trade increase, ripe with ideas, moulding under our hands into further advancement, with experiences turned into betterment of the methods and work of the store, and with finger-posts of the path on which we are and ought to go ahead. For time inexorable goes on. The past is but the candle-light of the future. So' far as we are able to tell of trades to-morrow, its wisdom is centered in one thing: To keep faith with the people so perfectly that the buying and selling of goods shall be the merest fragment of the business. The foundations of our success may be said to be — Push, Patience, Pluck, Honest "Goods, Fair Dealing. No idle heels dangle over our counters. No slow brains lazily move within our skulls. We use old methods. We invent new ones. We give our Push a backbone of Patience. We take Pluck into copartnership and keep the wheels moving swiftly "and boldly. We have honest goods and we face the people with strong words and guarantees. We feel that we can afford to look after our customers’ interests as well as our own. We make this our business — that it shall be for your interest to deal with us and keep on dealing. . These are the corner-stones of the past, the standards to measure the future by. .On these corner-stones laid here in i860, we have builded ever since. Between that day of ardent beginnings and this of enlarging aspirations lie will and wit and work, gatherers of to-day’s great store. To-day we cross another line and mark step for another stretch. We’ll quaff enthusiasm from what has gone before ! 51 Germans, John Uhle is killed; Joseph Vishetski is arrested, charged with the deed. Death of Henry D. Keller. Death of John A. Ditto. 7. The Business-Men’s Association approves the project of the Queen City Street Railroad Company and indorses a petition asking Congress to buy a site in Buffalo for a new postoffice. 8. General Election. (For local and other results, see elsewhere in this book.) Celebration of pontifical high mass at St. Joseph’s Cathe- dral in commemoration of the 19th anniversary of the consecration ■ NOVEMBER, 1888. 81111 Mon| Tae 1 Wed Thu Fri Sat I 11121314151617 18192021222324 25 26 27 28 29 30 - THE CHURCH OF CHRIST, CORNER RICHMOND AVENUE AND BRYANT STREET. DEDICATED DECEMBER 4, 1887.