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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1889
Page
2
A Brainerd Dispatch feature notes a miser in Canton, Ohio who subsists on 35 cents weekly for food. It also reports a peculiar fact that fingernail growth averages one thirty‑second of an inch per week.
The Capon Springs in West Virginia features a tree marked by George Washington during his surveying days, a notable relic tied to the colonial era and local history.
Reports suggest Queen Victoria feels unable to continue official duties due to advancing age and declining health. Court circles note contemplation of reduced public engagements as her health remains frail.
Asranam Lincoln stands tallest at 6 feet 4 inches while Benjamin Harrison is the shortest at 5 feet 5 inches, according to a comparison of presidential statures.
Former senator who backed Johnson during impeachment now toils as a printer in a Santa Fe newspaper office.
Tourists in Warre Mountain area will not see snow this summer as the renowned snow arch melted under the June sun and snow in Tuckerman's Ravine has nearly vanished.
A curious claim puts about 200000 people in the United States with artificial legs or bands and excludes veterans of the Union and Confederate armies from the count.
A staff of forty physicians will dispense free prescriptions distribute free excursion tickets and teach mothers infant care as a welfare effort for the poor. The program marks a prudent approach to aid for residents of crowded tenements in New York.
The New York Herald's London edition carried an elaborate royal wedding report and was distributed across England by special trains on Sunday. It marks the first Sunday newspaper ever issued in the country.
In Barnesvile Ohio a boy fetched mail for three women and returned with letters addressed to each. On the way home he paused to kill a polecat and the trio strained to read the mail. They eventually fumigated and aired the letters for hours to restore them.
Waex John H. Surratt, whose mother was hanged with Lincoln conspirators, applied for a Baltimore life insurance policy. He filled the cause-of-death blank with the statement that his mother “was murdered by the United States government.”
H. Piartz of Waterbury writes that one evening recently no Protestant minister could be found to perform a marriage ceremony in the city. He asks if vacations could be arranged so at least one minister remains in a city of 30 000 inhabitants.
The remains of Catherine Sevier, wife of a famed Tennessee governor, lie in a mossy corner of an abandoned Russellville Alabama graveyard. Now that her husband’s bones rest under a monument, a proposal seeks to exhume her remains and place them beside his.
Science examined the theory that warm summers follow cold winters using 40 years of twice daily temperature data from the same location. It finds no rule governing seasonal patterns and says past seasons alone cannot reliably predict the next season.
The pearl oyster lives mainly along Asia's southern coasts with shells lined by mother of pearl. An irritant forms a pearl as the oyster coats it. Humans have forced pearl production, sometimes placing a cross in the shell for decorative conversion. Divers harvest them from the seabed.
Dav Nadie, deputy U S marshal who killed ex Judge D S Terry at Lathrop, California, rose to prominence in Frisco. He moved to Arizona in the late 1870s and in 1881 became Tombstone chief of police, earning fame for fearless conduct after a fierce encounter with a Mexican desperado.
A man found walking along a Lynn Massachusetts railroad line had his hand severed by a freight train while he slept with it on the track. He admitted drinking and was taken into custody as an apparent vagrant. The amputation was described as overly complete, severing nerves in the arm.
National Capital briefs report Chief Post Office Inspector Rathbone announcing the arrest of 8 J Clark at Wiscoy Minnesota on charges of using the mails for fraud. Alaska military detail and Sitka citizens seek regulars for security as Proctor reportedly supports the move.
A large fire in the Chittenden block of Columbia Ohio caused about 100000 dollars in losses. A Chicago man drowned bathing near Sea View Massachusetts. An Erie canal breach near Medina New York damaged farm land. Greece felt a severe earthquake with widespread damage. A Philadelphia sewer burst and caused about 100000 dollars in damage after heavy rains. A collision on the Ohio river destroyed the Lame Duck with no deaths. Mrs Patrick Shannon, 52, mother of 18, was killed by a train in Negaunee Michigan. A man named Fox was shot in Billings Montana but survived. A Duluth Minnesota freight wreck damaged many cars and closed tracks. A Santa Fe passenger collision near Kinsman Illinois injured about 50 aboard en route to Milwaukee. Surgeons treated the injured in Streator Illinois and St. Mary's hospital. no fatalities reported.
Levi M. Vilas district court judge of St Paul Minnesota died in Madison Wisconsin after a prolonged kidney inflammation not Bright's disease. He first showed trouble two years ago and declined rapidly in recent months. His wife and four children, his mother, brothers Dr Charles H of Chicago and Edward P a Milwaukee lawyer, were present at death. Ex Secretary William F Vilas is away in northern Wisconsin.
A long list of violent events across the United States includes Judge Boyd seeking federal troops to capture outlaw Wilson Howard, a Kansas man’s suicide after a rope tied to a tree, a boy’s fatal jump from a bridge in Ohio, and a deputy marshal in Alabama facing charges. Additional reports cover a Yankton safe blast attempt thwarted by tramps, a Buckeye courtroom stabbing, a double homicide near Indianapolis, a mysterious throat slashing in Wisconsin, a husband’s suicide bid, a prison plot in Mississippi, a jumper’s theft scheme, and a Monmouth county gas mains link.
About a month ago Alien county pest house clothing from 270 patients was stolen and sold to gas company workers. Italians and Swedes were involved. many carried the clothes to Chicago and Menomonie relatives. The disclosure risks wider disease spread among workers and their communities.
Reports indicate half of the town of Dubno in Russia was destroyed by fire with enormous losses. Elsewhere in Jacksonville a cigar makers strike wanes as Cuban element resists returning to work. Royal orders erase Gen Boulanger and Count Dillion from the Legion of Honor. A Ballygowan seceder's estate burned with owner and servant dead. In Galicia a socialist society is exposed. many lawyers, students, and women arrested. Egypt reports famine in Khartoum and river towns with starvation deaths. Port au Prince sees Legitime abdicate and depart aboard a French gunboat. temporary government formed as Hippolyte's army nears. US steamer Kearsage moves closer to Port au Prince under Admiral Gherardi.
The United States sloop Galea sails for Port au Prince with Commander George W. Sumner in command and a full crew. The trial run of the cruiser Charleston succeeds with an average speed of 18 knots and 6,700 horsepower.
The Charleston made a satisfactory test at Cambria California as part of general news notes.
A Wisconsin highwayman attacked a stage coach carrying four wealthy tourists on the Lake Shore road eighty seven miles from Ashland. He shot at driver and passengers, fatally wounding Floschbein and seriously wounding Mackhore before fleeing into the woods. The suspect is believed to be the same man who robbed trains at Chippewa Falls and Ellis Junction. Floschbein is reported to be dying.
Chicago cash quotations show wheat No 2 red at 78% to 84% and No 1 spring 78% 79. No 2 oats 20% 21% and butter around 13 to 17 cents. Saint Paul incoming train prices list No 1 Northern wheat 84 85 cents, corn 34% to 35% cents, oats 21 24 1/4 cents, barley 50 cents, hay and flour prices wide.
Milwaukee hosts a large veterans encampment with 50 000 state guests marching from Plankinton House through Grand Avenue. Gen Sherman Gen Alger and Mrs Logan receive cheers as Indian post Ledergerber No 240 from Menominee reserve stands out in the processions. The event features on time parade crowds and camp fires with speeches and war songs.
H J Huiskamp filed warrants against James J West and Charles E Graham over 1000 shares of Times stock. West and Graham were taken into custody after a writ of injunction halted the Times board. Bail set at 10000 each. grand jury to act.
The report lists events including the Wyoming Guion line landing 423 Mormons at Castle Garden, a magnitude quake felt in Los Angeles, a Hopkinton shoe factory fire causing 150 000 loss, a balloon leap at Bridgington, England, the British move to drop Smith Barry v O’Brien case, two section men near Julesburg killed by robbers, four boys and a dog killed by lightning near Matamorres, and a Missouri ex Confederates reunion where Col Crisp rebukes a speaker over Jeff Davis.
At Fargo the Republican State Convention selected Miller as governor nominee after heated sessions. Majorities and minorities disputed county seating while delegates debated credentials and permanent officers. Mahone was nominated for governor before adjournment.
The corner stone of Indiana soldiers and sailors monument was laid with President Harrison present. Thousands attended. 8,000 lined the parade as Gov. Hovey and generals spoke. Harrison praised unification and the monument as a symbol of national gratitude.
Republican nominating convention in Virginia greeted W G Elam George E Bowden and other notables with cheers Gen Mahone appeared and spoke amid loud acclaim He attacked Democrats over taxation capital flight debt and social issues citing party vote gains since 1880 and alleging suppressed ballots in several districts.
A passenger excursion train on the Knoxville Cumberland Gap and Louisville line derailed at Fiat Gap Creek, twenty two miles from Knoxville. Three men died, dozens injured, including prominent local figures and officials. emergency medical aid came only after long delays and the final leg to Knoxville was in a rainstorm.
Christian Wilhelm Luca, a German grocer in Brooxlus New York, was hacked to death with a bowie knife during a burglary. Charles McElwain, the principal attacker, fled after a fight. two accomplices Martin Dinen and Tom Quinlan surrendered, admitting involvement and confirming the murder sequence. Autopsy found twelve wounds, death from hemorrhage.
Ottawa dispatches report Britain declines to protect Canadian sealers in Behring Sea and urges a damages schedule. Negotiations with the United States move toward arbitration though officials deny current arbitration plans. Sir John MacDonald rushes to Ottawa as cabinet reviews the dispatches.
The Diamond Point Mining and Milling Company with 15 million shares saw Mrs Mret Turgoose, wife of Isaac Turgoose of Dakota, draw in investors at 50 cents a share. Despite an assay showing high silver value, an external expert found no silver. Mitchell, the vice president, secured a warrant for Turgoose’s arrest on fraud charges while Turgoose was released on bond.
A Wisconsin murder case unfolds as Nelson allegedly killed a stranger after a drink dispute. Witness Barlow swore an affidavit and Nelson was arrested after confessing only under pressure. The victim was reportedly buried and later moved, with six one dollar bills wrapped in a newspaper found on the corpse. Nelson faces examination in Pelican on Saturday.
The home secretary and leading legal figures have commuted Mrs Maybrick's death sentence to life servitude after medical testimony on poisons in the stomach. No formal notice reached prison by midnight and Mrs Maybrick has not been informed. her mother fainted on hearing the news. The decision is widely welcomed.
L Gardner of Chicago ran a West wide mail fraud selling subscriptions to the Golden Age Ladies Illustrated Journal and others. He offered guaranteed winning tickets for prizes like watches pianos and sewing machines. Gardner defrauded about 0,000 before postal authorities shut it down.
North Dakota Republicans closed their Fargo convention with Hegerson confirmed as agriculture commissioner and Carey as insurance commissioner. The platform backed Harrison, statehood for North Dakota, agriculture primacy, tariff protection, veterans pensions, education, temperance enforcement, and fiscal restraint. Delegates pledged strong party majorities in fall elections.
On a Norfolk and Western train a minister asked to be let off at a crossing not served by the schedule. The conductor refused due to delays, the train later backed to retrieve a detached coach, and the platform aligned with the minister’s requested stop.
After a Dublin baccalaureate exam a jaunting car ride to Curragh races meets a heavy rainstorm. A passenger urges shelter at a roadside inn while the driver quips that if he were as wet inside as outside he would be dry as a bone.
The piece describes a German inventor M Vester and a so called safety coffin designed to prevent premature burial. It explains a large coffin with a head lid connected to an air trough and a plan to provide refreshments inside. The concept aimed to permit escape from the tomb if buried alive.
Fragmentary witty remark about perspiration and tombstone paradox, lacking identifiable people, organizations, places, dates, or events.
In Portiana Oregon Aug 25 Rev T De Witt Talmage preached on I Corinthians 9 27 warning ministers and laypeople against spiritual collapse. He likened life to a sea voyage, urged prayer as a distress signal, warned against false lights on the beach and drifting toward ruin, and called for whole families to seek salvation aboard the life boat of Christ.
Paris corresp notes there are many royal widows in Europe including Victoria Eugenie Augusta Christina and Stephanie. It reflects on Maximilian of Mexico and Napoleon III’s influence, arguing his pursuit of empire harmed the archduke and US interests, with stern historical judgment.
A Paris letter recalls the shah climbing Eiffel Tower stairs to the first two landings, avoiding lifts, and finally reaching a high platform with effort. Crowds cheered as the Persian vizier, wary of the ascent, descended by the same stairs amid playful shouts.
A commercial traveler reports on a penny post era scheme in Jersey where English shillings bought thirteen Jersey pennies and penny stamps sold at thirteen pennies per shilling. He bought £400 of local stock, then sold across the water for about eight percent profit. Several imitators followed until officials halted the practice.
Mrs Emma Lee Downing wife of a leading Eastern West Virginia figure slashed her throat with a razor in a determined self harm attempt. She is reported to be dying from the injuries and connected with the Lee and Washington families.
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