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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1887
Page
2
Brainerd Dispatch reports that the national debt declined only about 5 million dollars in July due to large expenditures under congressional appropriations. INGERSOLL & WIELAND publish from Brainerd Minnesota.
The crops of Missouri for 1887, as far as harvested, exceed typical years in size, while prospects for crops not yet matured are highly encouraging.
Professor Elisha Gray announces a new auto telegraphy system that could write on paper and reproduce an autographic facsimile via telegraph at 300 miles or more, enabling long distance copying of handwritten text.
Bradstreet's reports 32.5 million bushels of invisible wheat on hand on the 1st inst, 3.2 million less than July 1, 1885. The visible supply reaches 72 million bushels across the country.
In one year Germany sent 7136236 gallons of rum to Africa coast while England shipped 602325 gallons and the United States supplied 921412 gallons of whisky to the heathen. Strong drink is presented as a potent civilizer in some lands, yet in others the outcome differs.
United States Circuit Judge La Sombe of New York rules that the emigration commissioners order to return immigrants likely to become a public charge is absolute and the court has no jurisdiction, overturning a contrary ruling by another New York judge and yielding a more satisfactory result.
Internal revenue reports show nearly five million dollars fewer receipts from distilled spirits in the last fiscal year than the year before. The decline is concentrated in states that have adopted strict liquor controls including local option laws.
Governor Foraker and Thomas E. Powell, rivals in the Ohio gubernatorial race, were old friends who attended Wesleyan College together. Foraker joined Phi Kappa Psi while Powell was a Sigma Chi, and they often debated in the college literary society they shared.
The Pennsylvania hospital records show the past month as the hottest July in a century era. Philadelphia exceeded all northern areas north of Jacksonville Florida, with indirect heat related deaths mounting.
The passage notes varied legal limits on interest, with 35 states enforcing usury laws averaging 6 2 3 percent, 20 states setting 10 percent, 21 states capping at 8 percent, and 10 states at 6 percent. New York treats any rate over 6 percent as void and criminalizes usury, reflecting long standing governmental limits on loan interest.
The age has hosted many contests in eating and drinking, with two champion clam eaters facing off in Brooklyn. Kepler gulped 160 clams in four minutes, while his rival continued past a thousand before stopping to request a spring chicken. He later needed an emetic to relieve himself.
An Atlantic yacht race promises a thrilling contest. The American Volunteer is said to outpace the Puritan and Mayflower, while the English Thistle tops English rivals. National pride colors the stakes as the cup shifts between Yankee sailors and Britain's Mistress of the Seas. The outcome remains a subject of lively conjecture.
Thomas Scott of Chicago, a veteran cattle dealer, notes an unprecedented low cattle mood, blaming reduced export demand and cheaper European wheat. He observes Britain and Europe buying less U S beef while wheat farming shrinks, predicts vast future withdrawals and a shift to grounded, practical operators as many cattle companies fail.
The Omaha Bee reports Gov McGill of Minnesota refused to extradite Hartigan, accused of defrauding Commercial National Bank of Omaha. Nebraska Gov Thayer’s requisition was ignored, prompting talk of a rehearing and a potential interstate legal clash. Hartigan’s property remains attached in Minnesota, with civil actions moving to U S court there.
A Catholic bishops conference aimed to create two new sees in Bishop Ireland’s province once he is archbishop. Attendees included Archbishops Heiss and several bishops from Green Bay St Paul Marquette and more. Potential sees target Bismarck and Winona with Mankato as an alternative. candidacy names were discussed but not released.
The Patsey Cardiff Killen clash at Washington rink Minneapolis ended in a ten round draw with 10,000 spectators unhappy at the decision. Killen appeared favored on ring merit though many praised Cardiff’s style while some questioned his alleged practices. Cardiff showed little facial damage, while Killen sustained swelling to the left eye but injury details suggest a battered hand and possible broken finger.
Charles W. Field reports progress at Hot Springs Arkansas in his annual interior department review. He notes large gains in visitor numbers and recommends Congress appropriate $31,000 to build two additional reservoirs with necessary equipment amid wider farm twine shortages impeding harvest work.
The Washington fisheries issue remains unsettled with no fresh communications from Assistant Secretary of State Porter. He warns the public to expect any announcements only with forthcoming developments and notes Admiral Luce’s narrow interpretations of the treaty. Officials anticipate negotiations toward a clearer understanding or solution, to be revealed when Congress receives the annual message.
A syndicate of New York and Pittsburg capitalists has closed a deal to own about 100000 acres of prime pine forests along the northern South Carolina and southern Georgia line, with most land in Georgia, for roughly 1 million dollars.
Reports reveal Al bert Lee area gas discoveries with wells in over twenty sites and flames reaching ten to thirty feet. Minnesota bishops expand to form a new St Paul province with multiple dioceses, while city bonds fund parks and sewers. Agricultural outputs rise with wheat and oats figures, tariff changes on milk, notable dedications, and several local incidents including fires, deaths, and court actions.
Denver Times recounts General H F Sickles story of stalking cows in the mountains when a mountain lion appears. With no gun or knife, he opens an umbrella and splays it in the beast’s face. The lion springs away in fright, soundly startling the mountains as Sickles retreats toward the herd.
The article describes the Hebrew girl’s education and social life among affluent Americanized families. It notes restrictions on theater invites and engagements, escorted social events, and her lively behavior at parties before returning home with a brother as escort.
A poem excerpt celebrates rural Dakota life and independence. The speaker longs for a fair country beyond urban comforts, praising the cabin as a castle and declaring contentment with a simple rural life away from city pleasures. The verses describe freedom on hills and plains and a rejection of wandering to seek wealth elsewhere.
Blanche, a young writer, finds her story declined by a magazine. Not deterred, she pursues publication at a rival local magazine and meets editor Raymond Douglass, who turns out to be her next door neighbor. Their meetings spark romance leading to marriage as a remedy to rejection and doubt.
A man charged with stealing bacon from a shop is acquitted after the prosecutor admits he saw the thief through a window. The judge sums that the jury could not get over the phrase swearing through glass and the culprit exits smugly about future prigs. All the Year Round.
Aged readers face diminishing social bonds as age dulls charm and vigor. Younger players win friends easily while older individuals grow isolated and judged. The piece suggests turning to books, fishing, and even pipe tobacco for solace, noting earthly friendships fade but spiritual ties endure.
A Trenton father tells his daughter she asked for the earth but she wants only a new Jersey. The wry joke reflects local humor in the Trenton Emporium column.
A mother reflects on her aging, the world’s chill, and her daughter Mary’s love. She recalls Mary’s questions about angels and God, and the tender moments as Mary seeks comfort and reassurance near her heart. The verse captures maternal devotion and the child’s pure gaze.
A Boston Traveller tale follows Peter Patterson a Gotham tailor turned temperance activist. After a colorfully unhappy marriage, he remarries Lydia Marsh and becomes a zealous organizer while Lydia joins temperance work. A late night visit by two drunken neighbors exposes Peter’s hypocrisy as a policeman reveals their address two hundred and eighteen.
Edmund Yates recalls a German chancellor tale in which Bismarck watches M Jouvois de Cloncy dance with an oversized hat. He drops a copper coin into the hat provoking a flare of anger, threats, and a near-violent confrontation as pistols are drawn the next day amid a tense public ball scene.
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