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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1885
Page
4
The patent office shows 25 688 applications including reissues and trade marks registered. During the year 22 925 patents granted or reissued and 1 429 trade marks registered. Receipts totaled 1 074 974 35 dollars with 934 123 11 expenditures.
President Cleveland calls for faster action on urban library housing and district capital improvements and urges immediate amendments to presidential succession law after a spate of vacancies. He urges building a secure district government facility and a coordinated plan to lower costs by simultaneous contracting.
The agricultural sector sustains the nation with steady toil and bears a major tax burden. More than three quarters of exports and about half the population are tied to farming. The Department of Agriculture aids farmers through statistics, seed testing, and distribution, aiming to uplift all citizens and improve living conditions via well used governmental support.
The report outlines how civil service law has been executed over the past year and argues for reform to end patronage. It urges preserving safeguards while improving method, condemns rewards for partisan service, and calls for higher salaries for civil service commissioners to reflect their duties.
A historical anecdote from Dowell's History of Taxation shows Edward IV seeking aid from rich patrons by personal appeals and letters. The tale recounts a benevolent widow who initially gives him £20 and, charmed by the king's countenance and kiss, adds another £20, either out of generosity or superstition about his fate.
News from Marshfield Wisconsin recounts sixteen year old George Andrews who, after deer hunting near Nasonville, shot and killed two Chippewa warriors when they refused to abandon a deer and attacked him. He then reported the incident and was praised as a hero by locals. The assailants were found dead at the scene.
John A. Logan marks twelve years in the senate while James W. Porch is named consul general at Mexico and Timothy P. Murphy becomes United States attorney for Northern Iowa. Other items note extended leave for Col. Sturgis, Tilden urging coast defenses, and a new electric Washington streetcar line.
The report recounts multiple violent incidents across states. Strohecker dies after a pistol duel with Sam H Jemison in Macon Georgia. Jemison wounded. Col J J Whitehead flees after defrauding Pulaski Tennessee residents of 160000 and cashing notes. Joe Early hanged for killing Leander Lawson after disturbances at a school. D D Tofland elopes with James Wilson, theft of 1400, pursuit ends with Tofland wounding her husband. Mrs Tofland escapes into the mountains.
Customs officials in Liverpool levy 200 on a challenge cup won by Sir Richard Sutton aboard the Genesta. Five British battalions ordered to Egypt. Gen. Stephenson to command Egyptian forces from Wady Halia. Magician sinks after collision with Ben Douran near Queenstown. Sir William Hart Dike offers small holdings rents on Kent estates. Capt. Sproule on trial at Victoria after fatal mine dispute. Lord Randolph Churchill proposes four provincial Irish councils with a Dublin central council. Times weighs Liberal-Parnellite dynamics and possible Whig-Conservative coalition. John Bright urges Indian reform and division of presidencies. Gladstone predicts Tory weakness. Liberals to outnumber. Ellen Terry ill at Brighton. Irving also ailing. Conservatives fear Gladstone’s return and stock-market jitters rise.
A crowded Montana town reports vigilantism with warnings to tramps to leave. Other items note Omaha November earnings of 600,609 dollars up 59,700, December events for Parker and the Dakota horticultural society, and various regional incidents spanning missing persons, court cases, deaths, and local disputes.
Professor William P. Wells resigns the Kent professorship of law at Ann Arbor University effective June 1. Henry B. Horton, inventor of the Ithaca calendar clock and autophone, dies at 66 from heart neuralgia. Mrs. Cummings bequeaths 10 000 for a Tilton New Hampshire library building. Dr. David W. Yandell says Hendricks illness death was due to senile gangrene from arterial calcification. Maj. J W Daniel expected to win Virginia Senate seat as a Democrat at about 43. noted author and eloquent figure. Pierre Lorillard plans a 35 000 yacht by Samuel Pine at Green Point, 110 ft overall, 20 ft beam, 9 ft 3 in hold, schooner rigged with two propeller wheels.
A damaging prairie fire swept Kansas destroying large cattle ranches while Omaha felt unroofed houses and Chicago endured a major blaze near Lincoln Park. In York Pa a fire in a Presbyterian home caused 40000 dollars loss. Walter & Bauers toy works burned at Appleton Wisconsin. A Chicago Scip building fire caused 300000 in damage. Two fatalities reported: William Harbow in La Crosse and John Hutchens on a Northwestern freight train near Trempeleau Wisconsin. Duncan A McDonald, missing from Chippewa Falls, was found dead in a slough west of Fifield.
Gen Shaler New Yorks militia commander indicted for receiving bribes. In Freedom Pennsylvania the private bank of Benter Co robbed of 2000 dollars in cash and securities. Alderman F A Smith of Galveston arrested and charged with embezzling Screwman association funds while treasurer. Cloud County officers leave Macomb Illinois with Aaron Wells charged in a cold blooded murder case.
A columnist recalls Dr. A J Benedict of Sackett's Harbor who argues crime and moral decline stem from neglected nervous systems. He cites overwork and sensational literature as damaging to women and men, endorsing Warner's Safe Cure as a remedy to strengthen families and reduce crime.
The report lists wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, flaxseed, pork, lard, butter and eggs prices in Milwaukee and St Paul markets. Includes cash and futures style quotes with multiple grades such as No 1 and No 2 Northern for wheat and No 2 red for corn, plus flour, hay, seed and hog values.
A collection of vintage column snippets quotes advise cutting down a man to search pockets and promote patent medicines. The quotes parody sensational catalog copy from the Texas Post Baltimore News and Philadelphia News reflecting era style.
From a letter to Lieut. L. R. Hare the best individual score so far in four years is Maj. Andrew Burt Eighth Infantry stationed at Fort Bidwell California. He has 100 at 200 500 600 and 800 yards 96 at 300 yards and 98 at 1 000 yards totaling 594 of 600 or 59 percent. Last season Lieut. M. C. Wilkinson Third Infantry led with 98.22 percent at Fort Missoula Montana.
The will of the late Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks, probated in Indianapolis, appears in his hand on aged yellowed paper. He bequeaths all personal and real property to his wife Eliza Hendricks, naming her executrix if agreeable, dated August 8, 1566, witnessed by Winston S. Pierce and J. S. McKernan.
Bowen Smith, who took poison at Sioux Falls a few days ago, is dead. He owed a large amount of money and creditors pressed him for payment, leaving him with no perceived escape other than self harm.
Colfax Springs draws Western visitors seeking healing waters for rheumatism. Charles Griffin of Stuart Indiana reports relief after Colfax waters, then extensive improvement after using Athlophoros. Dr. D Rounas of Albia Iowa also attests to lasting relief and prior disbelief. E Givins of Stuart endorses Athlophoros for rheumatism and promotes its value. Order details offered from Athlophoros Co New York.
Commissioner Sparks issues a modified order amending the April 3 1885 directive to suspend final patent action on settlement and improvement claims. It directs certification for patent issuance as entries not subject to reasonable doubts. A three member board will review contests with established rights, valid examinations, and compliant homesteads before reporting to the commissioner.
A New York City man William Kruger wed Miss Rosenbaum eighteen months ago and later engaged Missulame of Brooklyn without his wife knowing. He allegedly issued a release declaring he would allow his wife to marry another and keep the child after death. The tale describes a confrontation and arrest sparked by the alleged duplicity. A separate note mentions Kate Browning of Pipe Stone Minnesota praising Brown's Iron Bitters for health improvements.
A lament on consumption and a promotion for Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure in early stages. Also notes Central Park as the site for St Paul's ice carnival and offers confidential medical advice with a 10 cent book via the World’s Dispensary in Buffalo New York.
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