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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1889
Page
2
The Brainerd Dispatch reports that the famed and eccentric Sara Bernhardt is in Chicago working as a common laborer in a livery stable.
Since natural gas was introduced five hundred shade trees have perished due to leaks in Alleghany City parks.
A remarkable cave in Stone County Kansas is reported to span 12 miles explored distance. It is credited with containing two rivers millions of bats and remains of many wild animals according to the report.
An English visitor notes that many Americans shorten their lives by dashing across streets to beat vehicles instead of waiting. he suggests patience would suffice and safer.
The report notes Professor Sullivan gained benefit from rope skipping during training and doubts it harmed his drinking. It states he avoids skipping drinks since the fight.
The excerpt notes that working classes in Central China subsist mainly on rice and a family of six spends about twenty cents daily. It also states field hands are paid seven to ten and a half dollars per year, in addition to food and lodging.
A staff of forty physicians will supply free prescriptions tickets and infant care instruction to low income families. The program aims to aid the poor and improve urban health through outreach and free services.
A West Virginia farmer says his mule died after a shed collapsed when struck by lightning. The frightened animal ran until it collapsed and died, with the mule under the shed at the time.
Government engineer notes that willow plantings shielded land from washing during recent Potomac floods. Areas with willow protection suffered little damage, while improved lands lacking such protection faced substantial losses.
A comparison shows in 1816 one bushel of corn bought one pound of nails, while now it buys ten pounds. Barley needed for a yard of broadcloth rose from sixty four bushels to twenty yards of broadcloth. Wheat’s price for a yard of calico fell from one bushel to twenty yards of calico.
Barrisch the cab driver once banished to Russia for knowledge of Crown Prince Rudolphs death may return to Vienna. He will receive a daily pension from Emperor Francis Joseph if he remains silent. European journalists reportedly seek to bribe him if accessible.
About a week ago Charles Perris a farmer from Sherborne England was stung while hiring a swarm of bees in his garden. He died minutes later after a bee entered his throat caused rapid swelling and suffocation despite medical help.
A writer claims to destroy lawn weeds by injecting crude carbonic acid into plant hearts. Dandelion roots buried a week after acid application showed death to the tips, a foot below the surface. Carbolic acid is poisonous and should not touch skin.
In Raritan a sport fishing party hauling net fish encountered two large sharks weighing 900 pounds total. The nets tore apart as the sharks fought for life. After harpoons spears and boathooks were used the smaller shark died quickly while the larger, about nine feet long and 500 pounds, was killed as it broke apart.
A Fort Payne man named Lively behaved violently in a Gadsden Alabama hotel room. He knocked a lamp from a globe, creating a popping noise he misinterpreted as gunfire. He shouted police, prompting the proprietor and the marshal to intervene. Lively was arrested and fined 15 dollars the next morning.
Postmaster General Wanamaker forms a commission to visit Chicago post offices and study the local postal service with an aim to receive and consider recommendations for reorganization. The treasury secretary orders E F Hennessy, a bookkeeper from England, to be returned under alien contract labor laws. The civil service commissioner suggests exempting river steamboat clerks who serve as postal clerks from civil service examinations.
A roundup of fatal and destructive events: an oleomargarine factory fire in Hammond Indiana caused by lightning with $35000 loss, plus drownings in Toronto, suffocations in a New York well, a fatal railway accident near Grand Forks North Carolina, and numerous flood and storm casualties in West Virginia Manitoba and Illinois with extensive property damage and several deaths.
A broad sweep of sensational crimes and legal actions across Illinois and nearby states. An officer shot amid arrest attempts. riots kill and wound during Italian labor unrest near Pittsburg. escapee William Bushnell recaptured in Chili. Thomas Howell on murder charges in Linneus. several murder trials and defences in Cook and adjacent counties. A true bill against Florence Maybrick for murder in Liverpool case. defalcation by Charles Chrysler at Independence. complex court maneuvers in Chicago over the Dr. Cronin and related deaths. James W. Smith faces possible release after court intrigue. Mrs. Smith implicated in divorce maneuver as judge reviews conspiracy claims. A crowded record of violence, trials, and legal twists across several states.
A Fort Omaha court martial investigation promises a sensational military scandal with an officer alleging a preconcerted plan to force Col. Fletcher from the army. Mrs. McFarland, Fletcher’s sister-in-law, is implicated as scenes of past abuse and a Philadelphia departure are recounted. She may testify as the case advances.
On Coney Island locals claim they can locate Prof Hogan the missing acronaut. Mrs Sally H Thompson Gen Grant cousin has been confined to an Ohio insane asylum after family deaths. J J West resigns as editor of the Chicago Times amid stockholder inquiries into his conduct and a reported personal debt of $200000.
A purported Franco Russian offensive and defensive pact is claimed. A Port su Privee letter notes an attack on La Coupe with Hippolyte losing thirty men and many wounded. Elections occur in France as Gen. Boulanger wins Bordeaux but loses Montpellier and Rouen. A senate decree gives ten days to appear.
News from Alaska confirms the loss of whalers James A. Hamilton Otter and Annie with about sixty aboard. Philadelphia insurers worry over a 350000 dollar sugar cargo on the Thetis bound for Sandy Hook from the Philippine islands with no messages since Gibraltar on June 24 after leaving Noilo April 26.
The report lists cash and futures quotations for wheat corn oats rye and related products across New York Chicago Minneapolis St Paul and Duluth. Prices cover No 2 and No 3 red wheat No 2 corn oats rye barley flax seed flour butter and eggs with regional variations and upcoming month contracts.
Harvest accelerates across Minnesota and South Dakota as cool nights and intermittent rains foster strong yields. Reports from Wright, Stearns, Renville, Faribault and other counties show 15 to 25 bushels per acre in places with best conditions. overall outlook raises Northwest output toward 800 million bushels, barring heat or frost.
Agricultural notes from Albert Lea to Park Rapids detail ripening fields with heavy barley yields and strong wheat prospects. Reports mention corn progress, oats and potatoes thriving in several counties, with rain aiding harvests and some blight concerns in spring wheat.
A society girl from Ogdensburg New York and a dissolute lover scheme to drug and entrap a Omaha businessman, plan a divorce and remarriage for profit. The groom KC Barton of Omaha and his father the bank director exposed the plot in St Louis leading to separation and return of presents.
July 26 reports from Meeker county describe a series of storms with hail and heavy rain. Crop damage includes wheat losses. one farmer faced expected harvest of 1800 bushels turning to none. A cyclone near Suanoore damaged six freight cars on the Minneapolis St. Louis line and leveled several houses with injuries but no fatalities.
The body of Col. A. E. Jones, aged Cincinnati physician, was found in a sewer manhole near his home. A single blow to the head was reported. his gold watch and money were missing. Charles Bligh, the doctor’s colored servant, confessed to the crime claiming motive was robbery and was arrested after leading investigators to the scene.
William H. Marvin of Ruthven Canada risked his life to reach a blazing gas well cap to prevent further leakage. Wearing asbestos gear and using a custom chisel, he finally blew off the cap, earning a $1,000 reward despite severe burns. The well roared loudly and consumed about 198 million feet of gas as crews cooled the site.
Patrolman Correy was attacked near Griswold and Michigan when a gang formed to rescue a prisoner. Evangelist H Q Willis intervened, protected the officer, and calmed the crowd, earning Correy’s praise for saving his life. In Indiana a brutal assault on Mrs Agneth Street and daughter Clara near Marion involved masked attackers whipping them with beach switches and warning further punishment. Police vow to identify and punish the culprits.
In St. Paul, Minn the Brooklyn preacher Dr Talmage delivered a sermon on The Earthquake. He urged belief in the Lord Jesus Christ as the sole path to salvation, contrasting jailer’s fear with the prisoners’ steadfast faith and detailing Christ’s loving nature and sacrifice. He urged readers to trust Christ with heart, not head, and to cross the spiritual bridge without doubt.
Rochester grocers Meyer & Logan assign. Minneota depot fire set by tramps with one captured. Albany woman Susanna Garding poisoned by ivy. St Cloud area Manitoba train fatal asthma attack. Laverne Unitarian church nearing completion with August dedication. Smallpox outbreak in Otter Tail County. Geo Carl drowned at Aiken. Red Wing shooting death during repairs. Various political and local incidents across Minnesota with multiple deaths injuries and bemused anecdotes.
William Pitman Lent surveys the Canadian black bear in the Ottawa Field Naturalists Club Transactions. Cubs born in March, females rarely hunted while gravid, bears feed on fruit vegetables grains and honey, raid farms when needed, fish rivers, and wander near Ottawa. They hibernate four months, awaken lean, then fatten with autumn fur darkest color highest. Bears persist within ten miles of Ottawa.
Jupee Wm. H. Burkhart of Texas asserts the state law allows case fighting within its borders and accuses the Governor of making a fool of himself by issuing his late manifesto.
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