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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1887
Page
4
Local briefs report memos from the city including residents passing through, travels to Colfax and St. Paul, business ads for White & White and D. M. Clark & Co., a saw mill accident with no bone injury, jurors summoned for September, school preparations, and community events at the opera house and church.
The street railway will replace about 3000 ties next week. I A White J J Frost and Jake Paine brought in twenty eight prairie chickens yesterday afternoon. Brainerd baseball club left for Perham to meet Detroit. Prof. Wilson moves to the city to begin the fall term. Wm Paine recovers from eye illness. Electric Light Co plans to illuminate Brainerd within thirty days.
Peter Dewar of East Brainerd was injured last Monday when a train stopped at Aitkin. He fell between coach platforms trying to reboard, losing the right hand at the wrist and taking two fingers from the left. He was treated at the lumbermen's hospital with a hospital ticket covering medical care. A subscription raised about $100, with $50 already sent, was started by P Mertz and L H Dodge. The town editor faced criticism for a previous report. Sewers contractor Reilly expects delays awaiting 18 inch pipe. 12 inch pipe has been ordered. Thirty men will move to complete Sixth Street work in two months, with no setup during the project.
The district court calls grand jurors for Sept 19 including John Falconer W Davis J J Howe William Paine Sr Geo Wood A J Halstead William M Cresskell KR Sturgeon W Courtney F M Cable G A Keene F O Sibley H C Stivers W Mallett C E Smith Andrew Lingneau A P Farrar J M Martin L J Cale Wilmer Homes Geo S Canfield Geo N Day John James. Petit jurors referenced: J W Blake J E M Bennett Earnest Angel W L Fratcher Frank Pickard W S Martin Henry Rogers A J Coutu Jas Willis John Koop P D Davenport A Angel H Scott Ed Malone Thos Kennedy Eli Carron Herbert Gillot R Archibald John Abraham S W Means Geo W Smith W S Brockway Wm McFarland R H Capistrant.
The municipal court processed a busy docket with cases including James Butler accused of house-breaking, remanded on $300 bail after conflicting testimony. C B Francisco confessed to riding a Minneapolis to Brainerd car theft, sentenced to 20 days in jail. Minor fines levied for indecent language, drunkenness, and insulting remarks. Dunaven fled mid trial after an assault charge. Carey fined $15 and costs. School officers urged to obtain new laws from W A Fleming.
Ellen Fenran and Jack Priest absconded from St. Paul with 197 dollars, a train to Sacramento planned, but were captured in Brainerd. Fenran shot his wife but the bullet hit her ear ring and lodged in her cheek. The couple was later released after a compromise gave the money to a church trust for their children.
Marriages solemnized in Brainerd area with names such as Charles D. Sterling and Minnie I Patterson at Crow Wing on Wednesday 24th. Jenks and Penderghast wed at J Nobles residence on Thursday Aug 25 with Judge W A Fleming presiding. Van Curler and Kate Campbell wed Aug 23 at the bride’s parents in East Brainerd officiated by Judge Fleming.
The system uses white blue and black flags to signal weather conditions. White means fair skies while blue signals snow or rain. Black triangle shows temperature with relative position indicating warmer or colder trends. A white flag with a black center warns of a sudden temperature drop and cold wave.
The Duluth News notes the Brainerd City Band as a leading interior musical group in the state, listing members including Prof. Dresskell, Frank Thorpe, M. Graham, Pertz, Joseph Keibler, Huntley, Julius Kiebler, Art Wilson, O Tilquist, C Thompson, J Osborn, J W Porter, W A Nichols, Wm Bartsch, George Hastings, Geo Ames, A L Nutting, L D Mattison, and James Dewar with drum major praise. Also advertised are new dress goods at Cohen Bros, soda water at five cents at Smiths, new yarns, flannels, corsets, and a half price drink at Smith’s.
A heavy frost Wednesday night leaves farming outcomes mostly secure as harvests finish and threshing begins. Small grain yields run about ten bushels per acre while corn avoids frost damage. Miss Orpha Pierce visits sister Miss Luella Holmes. Charles Sterling and Minnie Patterson wed at Daniel Holmes’s residence with Rev. Johnson officiating. Day and Meaghers offer a large range of ladies and children's hosiery at low prices.
Sale of excursion tickets from Brainerd to Minneapolis and return with one exposition admission at 5.35, valid one day after purchase and return by midnight of the Monday after stamping in Minneapolis. Additional Brainerd to St Paul or Minneapolis tickets for 4.45 or 4.70 with expo or state fair admission, valid one day from purchase and return by Sept 19, with conditions noted. AlsoImported flower pots offered by D M Clark Co, praised as finest in the city.
The article analyzes Knights of Labor strength, estimating up to a million members nationwide with about fifty thousand in New York City. It notes heavy representation by cigar makers and rail workers, while bankers, lawyers, and liquor dealers are excluded. It mentions women members and equal pay for equal work, plus recent Michigan support for female suffrage.
The Vienna New Free Press denies a kiss occurred while Baden-Baden reports claim the clownish baker kissed Empress Maria Theresa during a carnival stroll with Archduchess Valeria and Countess Irani. The accused was a journeyman baker detained briefly, then released with a warning.
Brainerd notices promote crockery lines and Brazilian Crystal spectacles at D M Clark Co while Day and Meagher offer valises, shoes, shirts, and underwear. C E Smith and Johnson Bain advertise groceries and medicines. A Brainerd gas fence bid request closes Aug 29. Also notices invite photo orders from Geo D Thompson negatives at McCall's gallery.
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