Dakota Land Office Reports July Population Shift and Land Trades
The Dakota land offices log 1,158 new homestead and pre emption entries in July with Devil's Lake at 270. If half claimants are heads of families averaging five, population rise equals 4,284. Northern Pacific sold 14,440 acres, mostly to settlers. Total from all sources estimates July population gain around 6,000. Timber culture entries reach 587 for the month. 280,803 new acres and 121,554 acres proved at firsh proof across eight offices. J A McMath killed in plantation incident. Mexican murderers executed in Laredo. Iowa bail set for shooting case. Detroit aldermen bribery indictments. Aurora man shoots wife then kills himself. federal case in Gainesville involving Lillie and Jennings. Iowa tramp incident. Florida melons thefts. New Orleans stage assault at Spanish Fort opera.
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United States
Dakota
Devil's Lake
Northern Pacific Railroad
Commissioner of Immigration
Yankton
Firsh
J. A. McMath
John Tyler
Adair
Durden
Beverly Place
Cristino Aldava
Caledome Chevarria
Laredo
Tex
A. W. Coffman
Avoca
Iowa
J. K. Mayne
Omaha
Detroit
Mich
Messrs
Lemmer
Falvey
Tom Manning
Aurora
Thomas Hartigan
Hartigan
Marshal Johnson
Gainesville
Texas
Indian Territory
J. F. Lillie
Jennie Ington
J. P. Barrington
Sherman
New Wine Township
Dubuque
Benton
Florida
Spanish Fort Opera House
New Orleans
St. Quenten Opera Company
Henry Maliten
Near-disaster on train No 24 as engineer collapses in cab
Train No 24 of the Boston and Albany runs Worcester to Boston with Conductor Gardner in charge and Engineer King at the throttle. King grows faint and collapses just before Providence road crossing. conductor then secures an alternate engine and brings the train to Boston safely where King is taken home ill.
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Beston Advertiser
Boston & Albany
Worcester
Boston
R. 3
Gardner
Edward King
South Femmingham
Trassiy Cottage Farm
King
Providence Road
Allowel
Tiewe
Providence
Hardver
Decision on Pre-emption Entries by Judge Dealey
The General Land Office has been informed that Judge Dealey of the Oregon circuit court held pre-emption entries can only be cancelled by court proceedings. Acting Commissioner Walker says Land Office practice will not change until the U S Supreme Court rules on the issues raised.
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General Land Office
Dealey
Oregon Circuit Court
Land
Washington News and Government Appointments Update
Postmaster-General Vilas rests at home in Madison Wisconsin. Lieut Ducat to wed Miss Elise Stillwagon in Washington. Captain Pierce named Indian agent at San Carlos. Washington theater rebuild costs reach 120000 dollars opening in October. Senator Logan to supply war articles to National Tribune. McKinzie replaced by Semmes as chief of the General Land Office division. Navy and treasury notices on allowances and duties, inspections, and pay reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vilas
Madison, Wis
Ducat
Fourth Cavalry
Elise Stillwagon
Washdneton
FB. Pierce
First Infantry
San Carlos
National Theater
Washington
Semitor Sanford
California
Thomas J. Brady
Farragut Square
John A. Logan
National Tribune
Alfred G. McKinzie
Special Service Division
General Lend Office
Bennett B. Semmes
Louisiana
Capt. Semmes
Ala- Tana Fame
Brooks
Servier
Manning
Westmasters
Towa
Norwich
J. J. Neeley
Parnell
T. J. Mullin
Colby
A. J. Senter
Dakotas-Larimore
J.T. Lashell
Wisconsin
Richardson
Ken
Montgomery
Montana
Alhambra Lake
Clancy W. Redding
Mason Jackson
Rleventh Infantry
Tien
A. H. Terry
Army
Fort Snelling
Durham
Signal Corps
Widespread Fires Cause Heavy Property Loss Across States
Sells Bros. wagon company crash killed driver Edward Utter near Soodusky. In Montana A T Allen’s Keiens residence burned with losses estimated between 340 and 4000. At Rockford Tennessee five burned Peter Law’s wagon and cultivator works, warehouse full of wagon material valued at 15000. Unionville Connecticut Roman Catholic church destroyed by fire in vestry room with losses between 25000 and 30000, insured for 15000.
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Sells Bros
Soodusky
Edward Utter
Keiens
Mont
A. T. Allen
Mr. Allen
Rockford
Peter Law
Unionville
Conn
Indian man killed in Degans and cowboys Montana clash
Crime report notes a deadly incident during a Montana confrontation between Degans and cowboys with one Indian man killed. Separate items include a Chicago Board of Trade wife filing for divorce on cruelty and adultery, and a Kentucky farmer suing a preacher over alleged infidelity. A representative, R T Barry, was arrested in Saginaw on conspiracy charges linked to a strike. At Sunnyside on the Tallahatchie River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Degans
Montana
Edward R. Olds
Chicago Board of Trade
Willan R. Webster
Gainesville
Benjamin F. Marsden
R. T. Barry
Sasinaw
Mich
Sunnyside
Tallahatchie River
English Wheat Crop Surges Beyond Normal Estimates
Foreign notes report the English wheat crop at 312 percent above the normal average amid unrest with the Pall Mall Gazette. Reports mention Lord Dudley’s estate, Gordon’s possible expedition, and other international incidents from Europe and Africa.
Notable 19th Century Mentions From The Era
Ex President Arthur traveled with Hayes but did not address Hayes during the Grant funeral trip. Bishop Hare will live at the Episcopal college in Sioux Falls and oversee a new school. Rev Father Butler of Wisconsin died in Racine from mouth cancer after three years. Sherman joked about kissing hotel girls, calling himself too old for it. Samuel Bowles had a son born to his wife who may inherit the Springfield Republican editorship. Mary Anderson rehearses As You Like It in London ahead of Rosalind role in Stratford. Wills writing a tragedy on Boadicea for Miss Anderson.
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Bishop Hare
Dakota
Episcopal College
Sioux Falls
Father Butler
Brighton
Kenosha County
Wis
St. Mary's Hospital
Racine
Sherman
Philadelphia
Samuel Bowles
Springfield Republican
The
Concord Patriot
Samuel
Republican
Mary Anderson
Opera Comique
London
Rosalind
Shakspeare Memorial Theater
Stratford
Miss Anderson
Mr. Wills
Kane
Washington City
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Washington
Gath
Boston Globe
North
Indiana
Gardener's Monthly
Commissioner of Agriculture
Tennessee
Denver
Col
Miscellaneous News Notes From The Dakotas And Beyond
Immigration statistics show rapid population growth in Dakota Territory. An estimated 40,000 people passed the Grant tomb on Sunday August 16. Sedgwick county Kansas is projected to yield 9,000,000 bushels of corn this season. The Galveston News accuses the state land board of wasting 1,750,009 public funds. Ambrose Belden of Atlanta, a well heeled skeptic, dies amid Voodoo doctor treatment. Official population tallies list St Paul at 111,397 and Minneapolis at 129,200. Undertaker Merritt of New York expects the government to cover 30,000 funeral expenses for Grant. Lord Ernest Vane Tempest, an ex Civil War officer, is dead. John Roach assets and liabilities are filed showing liabilities of 2,222,8577.81 and nominal assets of 5,107,098.87. Weekly business failures total 160, down from prior weeks. 77 percent were under $5,000 capital. Northern Pacific cattle sale at Miles City nets 142,500 in cash for 6,000 head from Washington Territory, now at the Yellowstone north side. Rea Cattle Co. purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
Grant
Sedgwickecounty
Kan
Galveston News
State Land Board
Ambrose Belden
Atlanta
Secretary of State
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Merritt
New York
Lord Ernest Vane Tempest
Capt
Stewart
John Roach
Mr. Roach
United States
Bradstreet’s
Miles City
Watt, Ross & Hawley
Washington Territory
Yellowstone
Rea Cattle Company
Population clash stays hot as auditors release city counts
Auditors O’Brien and McDonald certify St Paul population at 111 397 and Ramsey County total 116 228 while Minneapolis counts 129 200 for the city and 19 536 for Hennepin County total 148 736. Ward totals show St Paul and Minneapolis figures with no near-term growth enough to outpace the rival city.
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Ramsey
Hennepin
O’brien
McDonald
St. Paul
Ramsey County
Minneapolis
Hennepin County
Pourth
Eighth Ward
Fourth Ward
Fifth Ward
Confined for Extravagance Miss Brinckle Released From Lunatic Asylum
Philadelphia dispatch reports Adrianna Physick Brinckle, daughter of Dr William Draper Brinckle, released after twenty seven years in the state asylum for extravagance and eccentricity. Once a society belle, she was confined starting July 1858 after purchasing a piano and furniture she could not pay for. Now gray haired and in good health, she is cared for near Glen Mills while family honor was cited as a motive for commitment.
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Philadelphia
Adrianna Physick Brinckle
Drilliam Draper Brinckle
Adrianna
Brinckles
Misa Brinckle
Glen Mills
Miss Brinckle
Murder in Anoka Lands Second Shot After Midnight
Peter Gross was fatally shot by William Mirrick in front of Jackson's hotel Anoka after midnight on the 16th Mirrick a printer from Minneapolis and St Paul had been drinking in three saloons before returning home then to town where he confronted Gross and Jackson fired twice the first shot going over Gross's head the second striking him in the left side near the hip
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Anoka
Minn
Peter Gross
William F. Mirrick
Jackson's
Mirick
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Evening Journal
Ife
Gross
Jackson
Singular Miscegenation Case Near Joliet Ends in Release
Joliet Illinois records recount Mary Daniels of Terre Haute and Charles A Stewart of Joliet being freed after a year for bigamy. The pair eloped to Marseilles and wed, prompting pursuit by Stewart's wife. Daniels’ prison coloration amazed officials, appearing light despite dark eyes, while Stewart lingered near the jail, boarding the St. Louis train with her after discharge.
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Joliet
Mary Daniels
Terre Haute
Charles A. Stewart
Mary
Stewart
Marseilles
Indiana
Daniels
St. Louis
Polynesia Battles Cyclone at Sea Near New York
The steamship Polynesia arriving from Hamburg endured a cyclone described by Captain Kuhn as eight hours of extreme weather. A huge breaker's force toppled sailors, damaged the deck and cabins, and swept away a hatch and boat. Oil sprayed onto the sea calmed the waves. The vessel carried 250 steerage passengers.
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New York
Polynesia
Hamburg
Kuhn
Young man admits drunken mis marriage in Brooklyn
William Wallace faced Justice Walsh in Brooklyn charged with abandoning his wife after an alcohol fueled wedding at his boarding house on Van Brunt Street. He testified he woke to discover he was married to a woman twelve years his senior and plans to seek annulment while promising not to drink again.
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New York Sun
William Wallace
Justice Walsh
Brooklyn
van Brunt Street
William
Wallace
Call for extra congressional session to aid industry
Trade groups nationwide petition the president to convene an extra session by late September 1885 to pass measures for the relief of the industrial class and revive business. The appeal notes broad stagnation harming labor, small manufacturers, and farmers, urging timely action by Congress and the executive.
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United States
Congress
Executive
Piegans Near Billings Stir Emotions On Indian Skirmish
The clash at Billings Montana grows heated as cowmen demand decisive action against Piegan marauders. A Liver Eating John son led pursuit is mentioned and Granville Stuart backs harsher measures against Indians who steal while white thieves are also punished.
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Billings
Mont
Johnson
Granville Stuart
Band of Crows Defeated by Piegans Spurred to Vigilant Defense
Report notes hope that the twenty five Crows will avenge losses suffered at the hands of the Piegans. A detective system is planned to monitor marauders movements and telegraph them across the territory, enabling expurgation of roving raiders.
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Gans
Watertown Divorce Suit Involves Noted Doctor
Dr James F Cody of Watertown Wisconsin files for divorce from Theresa Cody alleging adultery with Clarence Brown. The 1880 married couple have a four year old child and Cody recently survived a morphine overdose after a prior personal crisis tied to a recent discovery. Clarence Brown, son of banker Peter Brown, had married Kitty Pugh and moved to Minnesota after a brief Watertown business period.
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James F. Cody
Watertown
Wis
Theresa Cody
Clarence Brown
Cody
Young Brown
Peter Brown
Brown
Kitty Pugh
Minnesota
West Pointers in Negro Regiments and Equal Treatment
A letter from Adjutant General Drum to a congressman, with name suppressed, discusses denying a request to reassign a young lieutenant from West Point away from a negro regiment. The War Department asserts no racial distinction in officer assignments and emphasizes equal duty, discipline, and obedience to orders across all regiments, noting freedom from inequality under law and the need for well officered units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army and Navy Journal
Adjt.ien. Drum
West Point
Adjutant General
War Department
Army of
United States
Cholera Plague Spreads in Spain Alarming London
Reports from Spain describe a severe cholera outbreak with towns like Erla in Saragossa losing mayors and officials as doctors and residents fall ill. Cities close gates to outsiders and survivors camp on hillsides. Fear of importation grows along Mediterranean coasts.
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London
Spain
Erla
Saragossa
Mediterranean
Escape of Jack Smith Sparks Fresh Court Drama in Lander
In Lander Wyoming a desperate cattle thief named Jack Smith escapes Green River jail in Sweetwater county. Six grand larceny indictments loom from previous killings of cattle and a 45 caliber assault on a ranch owner and his wife. Smith fled to Sweetwater after arraignment and plotted to kill the jailer while awaiting the next term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lander
Wyo
Jack Smith
Green River
Sweetwater County
Sith
R. A. Torrey
Histern
Torrey
Smith
Sweetwater
River steamboats resume salute to Washington at Mount Vernon
The Potomac steamboats have revived the historic tribute passing Mount Vernon by lowering colors and tolling bells for Washington’s death and Grant’s later demise. Once common before the war, the practice had dwindled but now returns, pleasing river travelers and observers.
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Potomac
Grant
Washington
Mount Vernon
Alexandria
Death Fears Rise Over Camden Cholera Case
In Camden New Jersey Margaret Kealy a young Irish domestic on Edward P Hunt White Horse farm died an hour and a half after vomiting violently The coroner listed death as congestive brain disease but says symptoms match Asiatic cholera Dr Bowman Shivers who assisted after death agrees it may be true cholera The body was embalmed and the premises disinfected with the burial planned in Philadelphia
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Camden
N. J
Margaret Kealy
Edward P. Hunt
White Horse
Miss Kealy
Philadelphia
Beal
Bowman Shivers
Haddonford
Sioux Boys Escape From White Normal Labor Institute
Three Sioux boys named Joe Summe George Howe and Charlie Lepadank fled from Whites Normal Labor Institute four miles south of Wabash Indiana while studying there seeking to return to Dakota. A heavy reward has been posted and authorities across cities have been alerted amid local excitement over the escape.
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Whites Normal Labor Institute
Wabash
Ind
Joe Summe
George Howe
Charlie Leplank
Dakota
Gen Miles Ordered to Ready Troops for Cattle Fence Removals
General Miles is to have troops in readiness to enforce the president’s proclamation guiding cattle men to remove fences. No refusal reports yet, but preparation is advised in case such a step occurs. The directive follows a conference of Endicott, Lamar, and Drum with Lamar expecting troops may be needed before removals are completed.
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Miles
Endicott
Lamar
Drum
Minnesota State News Highlights Public Buildings and Militia
A compiled statement from the U.S. Treasury on Minnesota public buildings lists costs for the St. Paul custom house and post office, Minneapolis post office, and the Stillwater penitentiary. It also notes militia strength, patent activity, various local incidents, and upcoming events across Minnesota towns and counties.
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Architect of the Treasury
United States
Minnesota
St. Paul Custom House
Stillwater Penitentiary
Adjutant General of the Army
Patent Office
Albany Population Figures and Southern Mills Rise
The Albany census reports 96 155 residents living in the city up from 90 907 in 1770. The South boasts 233 cotton mills in operation with over a million spindles running.
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Albany
N. Y
Ancient Babylon Described in Brit ish Review Walkthrough
The British and Foreign Evangelical Review recounts F Deutzsch on ancient Babylon, contrasting its past splendor with today’s desertlike ruins. It covers the Euphrates Tigris river system, canal networks, city fortifications, commercial life, and Nebuchadnezzar's era.
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British and Foreign Evangelical Review
Babylon
F. Deutzsch
Nebuchadnezzar
Babylonia
Euphrates
Tigris
Persian Gulf
Asia
Bigdad
Bagdad
Hilla
God
Royal Bank
Samassumukin
Merodach Kaladan
Sennacherib
Millionaire Stanford urged to share wealth for public good
A columnist argues that Senator Leland Stanford and his wife should distribute most of their fifty million dollars to aid the poor. The piece envisions Stanford funding schools and clothing poor children, teaching mothers to care for their kids, and the public benefits of philanthropy over sorrow.
Burdened Riches Urge Public Joy Across a Loss
A columnist ponders Stanford and his grieving wife sharing their wealth publicly to ease sorrow and bring happiness to a large audience, suggesting the couple could comfort others while living with their own loss.
Measuring backbone as a sign of strength, navy officer claims
A naval medical officer explains a measuring rod shows body length and backbone strength. He argues long bodies and strong backs indicate endurance, power, and moral fiber, citing Sheridan and Grant as examples and a promotion case of a man with a short backbone.
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the Star
Naval Examining Board
Gen. Sheridan
Gen. Grant
Navy
Naval Academy
New York Star
Revival of a broker Kane and a wary father in law memory
The piece recalls a broker named Kane and his moneyed father in law, then shifts to a reflective anecdote about wealth and folly. It then presents farm guidance on hog rearing and bean growing, outlining practical planting, cultivation, harvesting, and storage methods for navy beans.
The Man Slayer Fable Recounted Across Centuries
A fable notes a murderer fleeing to the Nile where a lion and a serpent drive him to suicide, then uses the tale to reflect that past ages treated murderers harshly while modern scenes would permit legal bail and lengthy delays. The reflection appears in Texas Siftings and Washington Hatchet.
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Nile
Texas
Pig Disposition and Breeding Behaviors for Pigs
The article discusses pig temperament, breeding, and care. It notes that quiet, intelligent sows with protective mothers are valuable, while aggressive or dull pigs are harder to manage. It emphasizes selection by brains and body, observed traits, and the impact of rearing on offspring. It also covers miscellaneous farming notes on Johnson grass, fall plowing, shrubs, wood ashes, and livestock care.
Louis Riel Ancestry and Role in Metis Struggle
A New York Times profile traces Louis Riel’s lineage from Jean Baptiste Riel through Louis Sr to the Metis leader. It notes Riel’s rise, his influence over 30 000 half breeds, his two Ottawa visits, and the ongoing clash with Hudson's Bay Company power and provincial government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Riel
Saskatchewan
Jean Baptiste Riel
Northwest
Northwest Company
Louis
Ue A la Crosse
Lower Canada
Hudson’s Bay Company
Winnipeg
St. Vital
Hudson’s Bay Fur Company
Atlantic
Louis Senior
Fort Garry
Guillaume Sayer
Hudson’s Bay
Lord Wolseley
Ottawa
Montreal
New York Times
Brooklyn shopkeeper pursues fame with roller-skates ad
A Brooklyn shopkeeper who advertises roller-skates and court plaster seeks fame and fortune. In Boston agitation arises as some illiterate residents mispronounce arbutus with the stress on the second syllable.
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Brooklyn
Boston
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Dakota Land Office
Washington News
Loring
Lelia
Eocds
the Treasury
Scretary Endicott
Navy Department
Pall Mall Gazette
Lord Dudley
United Kingdom
Burton
Gordon
Coleridge
Amy Augusta Jackson Lawford
Vienna
Henry Drummond Wolfie
Cabul
Congo
Congo Free State
Buaonfanti
Casman
Equatorial
Buonfanti
Geographical Societies of
Rome
Henri Rochefort
Olivier Pain
England
Friends of Pain
Prince of Wales
France
Pain
Sixty-fifth Battalion
Lachine
Donat
Riel
Heap
Porte
Jerusalem
Arthur
Hayes
St Paul
West Pointers
New Jersey
Minnesota State News
Wendler
Red Wing
Polk County
C. A. Wright
Waseca
Bird
Fairmont
Stears
Glencoe
Hutchinson
Manitoba Railroad
Granite Falls
Mankato
Lake Crystal
William W. Bickley
Minnneapolis
R. R. Riddell
Hamilton
Fremont
Lewiston
P. Ford
Alma
Father O'Neill
St. Ann’s Catholic Church
Janesville
Elysian
Defenders
New Ulm
St. Peter
le Sueur
Sleepy Eye
John Jones
Fort Ridgley
Flandrau
Waverly Mills
Wright County
Joseph Schoffer
William Quinn
Waverly
Crookston
Alexander McKennon
Faribault
John R. Parshall
Lake City
D. C
Charles A. Wright
Waseea
Crow Wing
Brainerd
W. A. Culbertson
J.H. Forland
A. R. Jefferson
Hawley
Mississippi
Red River
of Torah
Big Stone County
Frank Brown
Minnesota Volunteers
Pipe Stone Jockey Club
Hastings Industrial Association
State Normal School
Winona
D. A. Adams
William Shilling
Southern
Minnesota Live Stock and Fair Association
A. Clement
Becker, Co
St. Vincent
Ancient
Leland Stanford
Stanford
San _ Francisco
Mr. Stanford
Peek
Ohio
D. Curtis
New Yorker
Man-Slayer
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