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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1889
Page
2
Brainerd dispatch notes a patriotic Tennessee gentleman distributes twenty thousand dollars among forty needy ex confederate soldiers, with the act framed as a charitable contribution by the donor.
A Newark bartender narrowly survived a 2000 volt electric shock after a mishap with an energized wire. He had long teased danger by handling high voltage as a form of risky showmanship.
In Stratford on Avon a new well executed miniature bust of Shakespeare is attracting quick attention among American visitors as they admire the sculpture and move on.
Nebraska farmer says he has found a process turning watermelon juice into cider vinegar. He asserts a twenty acre melon patch could yield ten thousand dollars in product.
The present elaborate entertainment of the Shah in England is said to be due chiefly to the representations of the Prince of Wales who is disturbed by the rapid advance of Russia toward India.
Money from England moves to this country seeking higher returns, a key factor behind the heavy influx of English capital. This trend is noted as one of the era’s interesting developments.
An exchange notes statisticians estimate one Smith for every eighty two people and one Jones for every ninety, yielding about 792,683 Smiths and 714,444 Joneses in the nation.
In Athens Georgia a man named Amann dreamed three nights of discovering a large sum under a stone. He visited the site and turned the stone, only to find black bugs beneath. The episode left him disillusioned with the power of dreams.
A historical note describes the sultan of Turkey as unhappy with 300 wives, loathing 229 of them, and detesting the institution of a vast harem. It mentions each wife has six female servants and the system costs about 20 million dollars annually.
A young Texas preacher amused his audience by announcing the seventh verse of the third chapter of St Charles as his next topic. The slip was clarified when he married a young lady from St Charles shortly after the incident.
A wooden, life sized figure labeled with ailment names stands in Holland. Users locate pain spots on the model, insert a coin, and a pill or powder is dispensed corresponding to the mapped disease.
In Wickford R L Av observed a heavy thunderstorm washing through the hamlet. Toads appeared in the yard and fields for about thirty minutes, their small bodies suited for black bass bait before vanishing into grass along roadsides.
A husband and wife in an unlit parlor heard a noise at the window. The husband grabbed a whalebone whip from the woodshed, crept to the front, and struck the eavesdropper on the shoulders until he cried for mercy, while the wife intervened.
Silas Wilson, recently deceased in New York, was born crippled and walked on knees in special shoes. He suffered partial paralysis in body arms and throat but earned about $10 daily plying soap and bug poison to support his family. He left a widow after marrying a flower girl.
In northern Georgia and Alabama mountains, strong wooden frames or coops are fastened to graves with corner stakes. Mountaineers say ancestors always used them, likely to deter wild beasts from disturbing unmarked pioneer graves, a custom surviving wild beasts and primitive burial practices.
In Troy, several local merchants engaged in a competitive sign war to block each other’s views. One stacked boxes near a neighbor’s window, another extended a sign across the full length of the window protruding three feet, and a third erected a 25 foot high board between shops, obstructing both stores’ visibility in different directions.
Acting Secretary Chandler overturns Sparks's objection to Lessie Doran's final proof on a Huron district claim. Doran, who married after proof, is now Mrs Surpin and still holds the land. The piece also previews Wanamaker’s return to tackle Sunday work and various mail routes amid diverse stakeholder interests.
An engine accident in South Omaha killed James Connelly and Edward McDonald, both said to be intoxicated. Lehigh Valley jumpers near Wilkes Barre, H Webb died instantly, Herman Newmeyer fatally hurt. Adirondacks quake shock described. Augusta Orphan asylum fire injured two firemen. forest fire near Portland, Cedar Mills area forces evacuations, heavy losses in wood and crops. Dry conditions persist with no rain for two months, risk of greater damage.
Miss Stella Cox of Washington married Nathaniel Patterson, a full blooded Seneca, before Justice Parker at Versailles New York on July 24. The couple’s elopement story links to Chief Justice Fuller’s family, with a Chicago groom and Cincinnati witnesses. The bride, 23, is described as tall and pretty. the groom, 28, works on La Salle Street in Chicago.
A scan of criminal incidents from across the United States reports Mrs. Matt Masilko of Muscoda Wisconsin fatally shot by husband in a property quarrel. Others include a Rockville Connecticut carriage dealer jailed in Montreal for forgery, a Lyons Pennsylvania hotelkeeper George Dries who hanged himself, and deputy sheriff D A Sinclair of Kent County Indiana shot and killed by Ames Goch and his hired man Charles Bailey, with Sinclair's brother firing back. Also noted are the deaths of farmer Harry Lee of St Joseph Illinois in a family dispute, the presumed Canadian move of Gideon P Brown, the execution of the Hollis brothers after the Geilis murders in Kentucky, and a Lawrence Massachusetts man Harry Sullivan charged with infant death who hanged himself in custody. A Banter Township SD shooting pits Peter Stangel against John Zangle over cow trespass with Stangel wounded. In Whitehall Michigan eight to ten men from Muskegon beat Louis Klutt and his wife, Klutt unconscious and wife severely injured over log saw dam tensions. Faribault Minnesota sees a masked bandit seize 43.95 from a Milwaukee Road ticket office. Kansas City Packing Co discovers theft by railroad department employees, with two arrests made. Ida Harris, 14, found abused at a New York City home owned by Hannah Pearlstein, with Pearlstein and several relatives arrested. A. P Wallich sold 10,000 cigars in Albert Lea Minnesota under dubious stock claims, later disputing payment terms with a promissory note. Wallick tracked to Mankato. Criminal case developments on Magnus Johnson’s Avoka river body bring detective activity in Baker’s saloon.
A mob from Mammoth works attacked Hecla at Greeneburg PA injuring seven hundred workers’ kin and smashing property. Three men fatally wounded. a woman struck by a stone. a man’s shoulder pierced by a pick. other injuries likely fatal. Sherriff’s posse found the mob fled. damage is extensive. Also notes a Minn burglary by Jim Reynolds and a Wisconsin Central train robbery alleged by James McCune with multiple aliases.
The Scripps league expedition of American workmen arrived in Paris and were well received by the city government which appointed a committee to oversee their comfort.
Fifty thousand women voted in Kansas school elections and many women were elected to office. The report cites broad female engagement and leadership emerging from local races across the state.
Ex Governor Foster of the South Indian reservation commission discusses land totals and use in a Chicago interview. He rebuts 11 090 000 acre estimates, says about one third unsuitable for farming, most remaining land suited to grazing, notes arid conditions and irrigation needs, and praises grazing potential for cattle and sheep with annual climate challenges.
Chicago cash quotations show No 2 spring wheat 76% No 2 red 76% No 2 corn 36% No 2 oats 20c No 2 rye 42 43c No 2 barley 63 64c No 1 flaxseed 1.26 prime timothy seed 1.45 meat pork 10.60 10.65 lard 6.40 Butter 10 12c Eggs 12c Minneapolis wheat No 1 hard 91c No 1 Northern 90 93c No 2 Northern 84 85c flour patents 5.35 5.55 bran 6.75 7.25 corn 35 36c oats 35 36c hay 5 6.50 barley quiet flax 1.20 Chicago 1.26 feed 13.50 St Paul wheat No 2 shard 98 99c No 1 Northern 90 91c No 2 Northern 82 84c corn No 2 35c August 36c oats No 2 white 26 28c rye No 2 ble. buttercreamery 14 15c Milwaukee flour steady cash wheat 75c September 75 5c corn 26 26c oats 12 12c eggs 12 12c cheese 8 8c
In Laturop California on August 14 United States Supreme Judge Stephen J Field and Deputy Marshal David Nagle were dining when Judge Terry slapped Field. Nagle shot Terry through the heart, another shot missed, as chaos followed. Terry’s wife staged a scene while Field and Nagle fled to a sleeper car. Nagle was arrested at Tracy then Stockton. Field faced possible arrest in San Francisco. Coroner received Terry’s body in Stockton. Nagle remained confined.
Justice Field recounts that Judge Terry threatened to attack him if they met. Deputy Nagie accompanied Field from Los Angeles and fired when Terry attacked, killing him. Nagle arrested later. Field refused to arm himself, relying on federal protection ordered by Attorney General Miller.
Col H G Otis of the Los Angeles Times witnessed the attack on Judge Terry in the Southern overland dining room at Lathrop. Justice Field sat nearby as David S Terry confronted him with a menacing, enraged stare before striking him from behind.
A violent confrontation erupts in a dining hall as Nagle shoots a man, triggering chaos. Mia Terry seeks her satchel and demands entrance while Justice Field defends armed protection policies, noting deputy marshals acted under attorney general directives to safeguard justices.
Born in 1823 in Todd county Kentucky Terry served in the Texan War under Sam Houston and moved to California in 1849. He became California chief justice in 1857 after Murray’s death and opposed vigilantes, once stabbing a member. His wife Sarah Altrea Hill claimed to be Sharon’s wife, leading to court clashes with Justice Field and contempt sanctions.
A rugged frontier figure, Terry rose from Texas border conflicts to a California Supreme Court seat. The bitter proslavery versus free soil fight culminated in a 1859 duel where Terry shot David C. Broderick. Broderick died after declaring the clash tied to slavery politics. Terry faced a court trial, fled to Nevada, and later drifted toward the Confederacy before returning to California in a checkered career.
Mrs D Brunelle of Pleasant township was charged with stealing 1500 from R W Howland. Her niece, who had lived with her, confessed the theft. Brunelle and Brunette waived examination and were bound over to district court with bail set at 1500 and 700 respectively. Sensational developments expected at trial.
St. Louis reports Dr. A B Shaw finding numerous bacilli in Brown Segnard elixir after three hours, concluding the glands came from a sheep infected with tubercle bacilli. He warns that a drachm could inject millions of bacilli and risk tuberculosis onset, with Dr Suan confirming similar results in other tests.
The dry season aids Townsend Montana residents as the Missouri river near Helena falls to fordable depths. Ground sluicing for placer gold begins on exposed bed, yielding seven to ten dollars daily per man and spurring local activity. If water stays low the Missouri could host miners along a fifty mile corridor from Helena.
In Olympia Washington on August 14 the convention debated harbor articles. Delegate Duke proposed leasing tide lands by city councils with state law limits. Durie’s motion on harbor lines was rejected amid a bitter, personal clash. The chair announced adjournment despite no vote. The afternoon calmed after a shaky start and the session adjourned.
Paris August 14 The senate court sentenced Gen Boul anger Count Dillon and Henri Hochefort to deportation to a fortified place where they will be held as prisoners. The decree will be framed and read at a public sitting after a secret vote. Republican groups urged government enforcement and action against implicated officials.
In Admah Nebraska last night a tramp shot George Pego, an elderly grocer, as he attempted to make change for a $20 bill. Four bullets struck, one near the base of the skull, and though wounded Pego threw weights at the intruder, who fled as a mob forms to lynch the suspect.
Special Telegram reports a threshing machine engine and boiler exploded in New Hope township Aberdeen county on Aug 14. Engineer Frank Arnswell water tank man William Sheeler and an unknown fireman were killed. A Russian and a man named Lamaka were seriously injured. Two of the dead flew twelve and seventeen rods. The men were single ages twenty five to thirty. Cause given as boiler water shortage. The wreck was complete and the scene was sickening.
Two twins, children of Adolph Gauer at 592 Allis Street, died after their mother gave them a poppy seed infusion she believed harmless. The dose produced initial opiate effects then convulsions and death, with both children already ailing for several days.
Superior Judge W. L. Pierce of this city was shot in the back and seriously wounded by W. L. Clendennin as he spoke with ex Gov Murray of Utah. Clendennin fired after a sudden stop on the street, and an unfavorable judicial opinion attributed to Pierce is believed to have provoked the attack.
Miss Lizzie Duffield, long resident of South Dakota, becomes owner of 320 acres near Harold in Hyde County and Aulkton area. A brave Dakota schoolteacher, she endured the January 1888 blizzard with pupils, keeping them alive through the long night until rescue at 5 AM.
The piece argues Canada backs poachers and threatens Behring sea fisheries valued at about 25 million dollars. It urges the United States to enforce its laws, warns Britain against Canadian pressure, and calls for an international agreement to save the fisheries for the global economy. FP. A Caste
Harvesting is general across the Northwest with Minnesota and the Dakotas reporting large yields and many fields returning 25 to 39 bushels per acre of top quality No 1 hard wheat. Rain briefly interrupted activity but caused no damage while flax and millet rise. winter wheat fares poorly in southern areas amid drought.
Farmers report limited info until threshing advances but initial tests show promising results with well filled heads and good resistance to short straw. Minnesota harvest progressing. Red River valley and Dakota lines begin harvest. Local frosts minor, showers limited, no major damage. Estimated yields include Kasota 20–25 bushels wheat, Madeira 23–27 wheat and 18–20 flax, Garden City 5 wheat and 35–40 oats, Lake Crystal 20 wheat, Ottawa 23–77 wheat, Adrian 20 wheat, Sioux City 15–20 wheat and 50–60 oats, flax very heavy.
Chicago telegram recounts how Alexander Sullivan built a secret police in Clan na Gael, controlling trials, patronage, and finances through a treacherous hierarchy. Cronin’s killer story remains unsaid as suspects in jail fear retaliation and await justice, aided by clergy and lawyers.
Rioters from Rioteus Hengarians at Morewood formed a mob of about five hundred after hearing the strike was settled. They attacked Alice and Bessemer works, overturned a buggy, beat John M. Daytor, wrecked a tipple, toppled coal wagons, looted a store, and damaged homes. Secretary Watchorn arrived with James Keegan and persuaded the crowd to disperse, averting further bloodshed and property loss.
In Liverpool, memorials and a merchant lobbying drive have fed parliament’s action. MPs plan a combined Home Office appeal amid disputed medical testimony and judge conduct. Roe Macklin in New York says new evidence could shift the case, noting English law allows appeals in non murder cases but not to overturn a murder verdict.
Citizens in Jamestown express disappointment over not securing the capital. A large evening meeting denounces parade transparencies against delegates Colton Rowe and Matthews while endorsing the stance of Stutsman county delegates. Debate over the constitution grows, with strong calls to vote it down and condemn the day as unfortunate.
A foreign drummer in Bangor sought a ten day country trip with a double team and paid four hundred fifty dollars to the liveryman after the owner refused him earlier. Ten days later the drummer returned with the team, asked for his money back, but mocked the liveryman by asking who would pay for use of his own property.
The Agricultural Department urges repeal of sparrow protection laws and enactment of year round killing measures with nest, egg and young destruction, plus penalties for feeding the birds. It recommends local officers to combat sparrows where firearms are not restricted and notes sparrows are sold as rice birds in some restaurants.
A Chambers's Journal discussion on the dangers and engineering feats of fast trains notes that a sixty mile per hour locomotive behaves like a large projectile. It compares a 120 ton train at sixty mph needing about 14 400 foot tons of work to stop in one minute, yet such power is controllable by a child operating the vacuum brake to halt the train quickly.
The Detroit Journal laments the shift of U S industries into trusts and argues a future where all savers become shareholders and receive dividends, presenting universal profit participation as the crude beginning of a socialistic dream.
From the New York Sun, Dr. E. K. Lasell, assistant house physician at the Hospital for Women, says women have as good a chance as men to establish practice in New York. Some graduates, practicing only a few years, already earn incomes in the thousands.
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