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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1886
Page
2
The Brainerd Dispatch notes French military expense totals under $100 yearly per man. Pay runs about $25, rations around $40, lodging and clothing under $35. In contrast American soldier costs about $1,000 annually.
The English have seized Socotra in the Indian Ocean near Africa's eastern edge. The island, roughly the size of Cornwall, houses about 4,000 Arab residents and is now under British control.
Lieut. Gen. Sheridan announces the society of the army of the Cumberland will hold its eighteenth reunion in Washington on May 11 and 12, 1887. The event includes the unveiling of a statue memorializing Gen. James A. Garfield.
Railroad agents are organizing an exodus of negroes from the South Atlantic states to Arkansas. They have operated successfully in several South Carolina counties and many have already started. A glorious picture is painted of the promised land.
A Boston firm dealing in iron and paper stock has gone under with liabilities around one hundred thousand dollars. Its assets total only a five-dollar bill and worn office furniture valued at about seventy-five dollars. If this condition appeared in the wild west, there would be cheers for western business methods, but in Boston the reaction is silence.
Amid a recent surge in Pacific coast mining stocks, four million dollars drawn from San Francisco savings banks funds for speculation leaves many mourners penniless in the streets. Investigators of the boom face sharp denunciation as profits accrue to a few.
European governments stare at America’s annual budget surplus of about 100000000 dollars while officials tax citizens beyond legitimate expenses. Citizens feel rulers extort money from pockets, unaware this excess could be better spent.
General Badeau writes that Grant was utterly deaf to music and knew no tune. He shows Grant showed indifference to painting and sculpture, was blind to art, and teased Badeau when seeking a second view of Michelangelo's Last Judgment.
Miss Elizabeth King of Toronto leaves one hundred thousand dollars to two young lovers with the stipulation they marry immediately after her death. The gesture reflects amiable eccentricity aimed at sparing others from solitary life by ensuring at least two benefit from her misfortune.
Army officers and congress reject a secretary of war proposal to require technical general scholarship exams for promotion. Of about 2,100 officers, over half joined from civil life after volunteers, many still holding captain, and the plan is seen as a needless hardship.
Senate and House conference committees report a substitute measure on the Cullum and Reagan bills. It preserves the railroad complaints commission, allows shipowners to sue for damages, and adopts a long and short haul compromise with possible exemptions after investigation. It also tightens pools prohibition and requires depots to display rates and file joint tariffs.
Sylvester Granda alias Charley Ganders pledges cooperation and details a conspiracy to assault prohibitionist Rev. Haddock. He cites Kosnitzki Leavitt Triber Arensdorf and others, describing payment, flight, and an armed confrontation near a livery stable leading to Haddock's shooting. He claims not to know Haddock's exact actions when the shot occurred.
A Seminole Nation letter reports the death on the 5th inst of Mrs. Susanna Warren aged around 115. Born in St Augustine, Florida in 1750, she was born a slave under Spanish masters until 1718 when she fled Pensacola with others. She lived among the Seminoles, later moving to Indian Territory with them, leaving a daughter Ling in Austin, Texas, and many grandchildren.
The railway company publishes a plain language book explaining why various facts exist. It serves as a class book and household reference and can be read by children and adults. A free copy is offered for ten cents postage to A W H Carpenter Milwaukee Wisconsin.
A Minneapolis meeting of ex-soldiers and the Minnesota G A R state committee discussed a proposed bill for a Minnesota soldiers home and burial bill. They adopted a motion to pursue the home and temporary relief and to draft a bill, with provisions naming the home, a governor appointed commission, location criteria, and a seven member board with staggered terms.
Final pages of the state board of charities and corrections biennial report show per capita disbursements down for reform school inmates and deaf and dumb wards, with mixed results for the blind and imbeciles. Hospital for the insane expenses total 135,135.25 with detailed allocations. prison costs since organization 863,019.33. per capita costs lowered to 3.04. convict earnings 450k since 1560, with last year 50,619.69.
A state commission selected Fergus Falls Otter Tail county as the site for a new state asylum after evaluating four locations Sank Center Alexandria Brainerd and Fergus Falls The 916 acre tract near Ferrus Falls costs 31440 contracts required from landowners and the committee on plans includes Bartlett Christianson and Huitt
The Buffalo Courier recounts a local preacher who avoids firm opinion and once uttered a cautious funeral line Our dear sister is now dead, most probably. It also notes the constitutional convention and South Dakota legislature meeting at Huron and a message from Gov Melette.
Minnesota dairy chief reports enforcement difficulties, calls for tighter rules on cattle feed, higher milk fat standard from 3 to 3.5 percent per 100 pounds, and authorizes seizure of prohibited butter substitutes. Assistant Howard details widespread oleomargarine sales in St Paul and Minneapolis with extensive dealer inspections.
The New York World notes the War Department list of Congress awarded decorations. It highlights Sergeant John G. Merritt of the First Minnesota, wounded at Bull Run while leading a regiment advance. Merritt later served as a Senate doorkeeper and received the first medal of honor for gallantry in 1861.
A Manitoba company gains potential rights of way through the Blackfeet reservation as a bill advances to the house. The Brainard Tribune notes Northern Pacific shops would hire about double last year’s figure.
A reflective verse piece laments a bleak year with imagery of dying earth and grieving seasons. It contrasts sorrow with a promised new year, invoking a child of light and bells to banish sorrow as dawn breaks on the newborn year.
Joel recalls a Christmas morning full of sleds and laughter in a New England town. Santa, Otis, and friends race down a long hill while names like Yankee Doodle and Snow Queen appear on sleds. The tale blends joy with small tensions and a lifelong memory of Marthy and the call of Joel.
The diet for consumptive patients should be ample and rich in respiratory foods. Small, frequent meals suit lung patients, with foods like mutton, butter, cream, milk and vegetables. Tea is fine in moderation. fruits and roasted apples are okay, while Iceland moss and jellies lack digestion value.
W S Chamberlain transfers 200000 worth of Cleveland real estate to Colonel John Hay. It is reported he may relocate to Europe in the future.
In a quiet Christmas scene, Joel recalls his dead son and his own loneliness. Santa encourages helping other children in need, inspiring Joel to give a simple toy to a sick boy and his sister. The morning brings peace and a renewed faith in Christmas.
The article outlines early Quaker marriage practices with public announcements and mixed gender inquiries, noting certificates, witnesses, and the fund for dowries. It also surveys how Christians began observing Christmas on December 25, linking the date to solstice symbolism and historical adoption from 354 AD onward.
Mme Veralewek daughter of the late Sergeant Major Munday died recently at Waterloo. She had gone to Belgium about forty years ago to run the hotel and relics museum at the foot of the Lion Mound, established by her uncle Sergeant Major Cotton in 1834. Cotton was a famed Waterloo guide and author of Voice from Waterloo.
A New Jersey pol and his wife sailed to New York with a nurse and a parrot in a covered cage. The parrot cried when the cloth was lifted by a nurse, drawing laughter from ladies aboard. The politician joked the bird debates in public, except in Trenton.
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