28 Aug 1885
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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1885
Page
1
Franz Josef Petmeky, a 24 year old Russian, was executed in Auburn New York for the murder of Mrs Paulina Frotescham. He confessed claiming self defense after she urged elopement and drew a revolver. The crime occurred June 15 1883 and involved extensive bludgeoning with a hatchet.
Mandan grand jury indicts Marquis de Mores of Medora for the killing of Laffrey about two years ago. No new evidence, but friends of Laffrey push for a jury trial. Marquis currently east and may be tried if reached. Previous 1883 Medora incident involved O Donnell and others. earlier justices acquitted.
The British ship Haddingtonshire, launched in Glasgow October 14 and owned by J A Shepherd of Glasgow, sailed from Astoria July 6. Damaged by a heavy cab in the equatorial voyage, she returned to San Francisco for repairs, lost four seamen and a chronometer in a gale, then struck rocks near Point Keyes in fog. All hands perished except one sailor and the cabin boy. Cargo valued at $104,000, including 12,000 barrels of flour and 17,700 cases of salmon, was a total loss.
The London Times notes the immense provisioning of great ocean steamers for passengers and crew. It cites specific per voyage quantities such as 3500 pounds butter, 3000 hans, 1500 pounds biscuits, 8000 pounds dessert fruits, 1400 pounds jams and jellies, 6009 pounds dried beans, 3000 pounds rice, 3000 pounds onions, 6000 pounds potatoes, 40 tons flour, and 1200 dozen eggs, with fresh meat and game varied by port.
A sweeping late 19th century dispatch reports the administration considering a new policy on insincere endorsements for appointments, pending silver coinage trends, consular reshuffles, and upcoming wartime department selections. It cites Treasury actions, foreign legation land offers in Tokio, prison exhibits, and ongoing political maneuvering in Des Moines and St. Paul. The piece also covers the Bell Telephone and Bank Note company funding in Montreal, Canadian justice calls, and naval and royal press dispatches from London, with Gladstone’s yacht travels and favorable weather.
Ed Freeman of Glendive Montana suffered severe hand injuries when a shotgun exploded while he removed it from his wagon the wrong way. The incident involved Blumenthal & Bro Bell Bilas R Green and several others as witnesses or related parties.
Vanderbilt reports vast stock gains amid market speculation. Gen Logan vows to pen war sketches not a complete history. Edgar K Apgar, New York deputy state treasurer and Democrat, dies in Albany. President Cleveland reportedly ill at retirement camp. Lula Hurst of Goorinth loses all her assets, earnings totaling 50 000. Capt F D Garrety of the Seventeenth Infantry visits Louisville on eight year furlough. John B Guthrie, longtime Pittsburgh figure and constitutional convention member, dies in Cresson aged 75. Philadelphia’s George W Childs recounts Grant’s will draft at Long Branch. William A Purrington denies knowledge. witnesses Dr Morton and Childs present.
The itemized notices describe Patrick McKeever of Pittsburg arrested for wife murder, a hunter shot dead in Jackson county Oregon, Lydia Burnett found murdered in Indiana, a farm hand held on suspicion, and various other crime and legal events including forgery in Le Mars and a sheriff’s shooting incident in Reeves county Texas. The collection also covers a large religious ceremony of nineteen nuns taking the Black Veil in Minnesota and a wide array of other regional incidents and civic notes.
A London Telegraph account surveys painted fans exhibited at Queen Square Female School of Art. It notes Queen Victoria’s interest in presenting a fan to Princess Beatrice, praises skilled fan painters, and traces fans through English and French history, from Shakespearean references to Spanish court use, and calls for royal support to revive female artisans.
The Indiana corn crop is projected to reach about 100,000,000 bushels, averaging forty bushels per acre. Other items note Gov Hoadly and Ohio officials renominated by acclamation by Democrats, divorces, thefts, bids for Helena court house, mine bonding, and a fatal train confrontation in Aurora.
The twenty seventh annual meeting of the Minnesota state agricultural society opens between St. Paul and Minneapolis on Sept 7 and aims to be the largest northwest fair. A permanent location is secured, with fourfold larger displays, half rate rail travel for out-of-state exhibits, and extensive preparations. Thirty buildings ready, main hall nearly finished, a machinery hall nearing completion, eight stock barns ready, and abundant water supply via three tanks and underground pipes.
North Dakota reports 152,199 inhabitants, up 450 percent from five years ago, with 32,503 farms and 612 manufacturing establishments. Deaths rise 75 percent to 720 last year. South Dakota posts 261,560 people, and combined territory total reaches 413,759, up over 200 percent since five years prior.
Fred Berkey Jr., a Salem Indiana resident, fired nine shots while intoxicated injuring Laura Klemer, William McClanahan, W. S. Percie, and Jordan Payne who died after a pistol was placed to his head and fired. Payne’s fatal wound came just below the heart as he was dragged from a buggy in a doomed escape attempt. Police report say liquor madness sparked the assault with no clear motive.
A fragment reports Russia's alleged decision to abandon its claim to Zulfikar pass alongside statistics from Spain showing 48,859 disease cases and 21,846 deaths through July 30. The text notes a Belfast banquet for the Catholic bishop of Down and Connor where the queen's toast was ignored amid a near clash with Russians.
Belgravia recounts the four year siege of Gibraltar when French and Spanish forces battered the fortress held by General Eliot. A night assault by 500 men failed after a goatherd guided them, the Silletta path was destroyed, and British forces endured with red hot shot and naval mercy. The siege ended with British relief and Gibraltar again under Britain.
A satirical scene portrays jail officials pampering a wealthy thief, banker Smith, amid a discussion of humane conditions. The contrast with petty offenders highlights class bias in penology. Vexas Siblings comment on how wealth shapes prison comfort and politeness.
A country storm is described as grand yet not fearsome with trees acting as lightning rods. A wagon struck by lightning and a steer survives as a witness to thunder and lightning often working together. The piece reflects on understanding the phenomenon from the Atlanta Constitution.
A Cleveland Leader reader describes the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac and its vast, detailed calculations. The piece traces the lineage of almanacs from old Roman calendars to Brad ford and Poor Richard, noting three-part structure and Washington meridian data, while contrasting nautical almanacs with the weather bureau. It includes anecdotes on seeking public offices and local politics mixed with reflections on ambition and liberty.
A downcast man from a back county arrives in Grand River avenue, wearing a worn paper collar and shabby clothes. He tells a hotel clerk he seeks an office, claiming seventeen years of tax payments and many local battles, but after a week he leaves broke with twenty seven cents, admitting he cannot climb into an office.
On a river boat a jealous husband endures two hours of jeers while a red shirted man, known as William the Conkerer, escorts the wife ashore as others observe. The wife explains she wants to bother her husband and the exchange ends with comic bravado and a vow to help if needed.
An ex change describes a tamer using a charged stick to shock unruly wild animals. Lions trembled, a tiger grew subdued, a brainy lion resisted briefly, a 20 foot boa became paralyzed for six hours, and the elephant cried out and raged as chains rattled.
A building under construction opposite a public building in Washington City prompts a remarks exchange between clerks and a worker. The clerks accuse the laborer of no work, while the laborer mocks a government clerk for staring out the window for thirty minutes. The exchange ends with a pessimistic quip about the country’s decline.
The narrator asks about a large ancient building and is told by the driver it is a meeting house. Patrick Henry made his famous speech there, exclaiming “Give me liberty or give me death.” The guide says they gave him both liberty and death.
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