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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1885
Page
2
The Brainerd Dispatch reports on local affairs and trivia. It notes the Roberts family rescue from an island near Port Deposit and a Covington jewelry recovery worth 10 000 dollars from thief occupied rooms. It also cites a St. Paul Dispatch claim calling Brainerd the capital of Dakota.
An assassination attempt in New York ends with O'Donovan Rossa wounded but not fatally. The shooter is described as a woman whose motive remains unclear. The incident draws immediate police scrutiny and public concern.
The February Century sold 180 000 copies in a week and a 20 000 edition is on the press bringing total to 200 000 with rising demand. A fifth edition of the November Century was issued on Monday.
The late William Bomer died at Melrosse leaving 875000 in cash and 149000 in other property. He wills 830000 to his six children and 40000 to his wife.
A morning blaze in Battle Lake started at Beardsley’s meat market and quickly consumed Wyvyell’s furniture store Hatch’s hardware store and the post office and Orris Albertson’s store. Total property loss estimated at 25000 dollars with about 15000 dollars covered by insurance.
A bill seeks $7,000 to buy camp equipage and cover encampment expenses for discharged Civil War veterans under Minnesota Grand Army of the Republic for 1885. Canning proposes Crookston normal school location once five acres donated and $5,000 raised, with $10,000 for a building. Howes proposes Brainerd charter amendments. Aitkin detachment from Crow Wing County for judicial purposes passes House.
John Donaldson of Sullivan and Donaldson visited Winnipeg with athletes for a sparring exhibition. A planned North West championship slugging match at Victoria Hall, with Ed McKeown and Ike Fullerton, erupted in a bloodlit brawl. Police intervened, principals arrested, and Donaldson and his second were detained as accessories.
A Madison Wise recounts a dramatic incident on the Prairie du Chien division of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line. A hog enters an underground storage of glycerine, ingests it, then in a nearby stable the blast fells about forty horses and leaves a massive crater fifty feet deep and over two hundred feet wide.
The St Paul Brainerd and Northern scheme aims to seize the Duluth Winnipeg land grant. The Duluth Misala Range and subsequent acts show how grants moved between paper roads with little real work. Critics note time limits and constitutional questions as to transferring or forfeiting lands.
The sheriff in Duluth sold engineers' outfit and camp supplies to satisfy company judgments. It is uncertain if the venture will revive for the grant. Doubts about the last legislature's act transferring funds to the Duluth & Iron Range road exist, with no planned recovery. The Grand Marais & Vermillion line may seek remaining Duluth & Winnpeg grant funds, aiming from Grand Marais to the Misala range, the first Iron Range road’s target. S. L. Bayliss of St. Paul, a railroad engineer and surveyor, awaits orders to locate the first 20 miles and will begin soon.
J W Speelman writes from the Schell and Crow Wing rivers region. Shell lake near Becker County is the source of the Shell river and connects with Crow Wing near its headwaters. The Shell prairies offer good soil timber and water with potential stock farming and two ton hay yields per acre along the river.
An unsteady skater falters on a public rink drawing a crowd as attendants rush to help. The incident highlights safety concerns and the crowd’s surprised reaction as the woman regains footing and attempts a second run.
At the Parlor rink a lady dropped her bustle made of five newspapers. A crowd of six boys grabbed papers as five youths circled the rink reading them. A spectator recalled a similar mishap last week when a similar bustle formed from six papers.
The article recalls Candlemas on February 2, its Catholic rites, and historic roots from Roman times to English church practice. It covers candle consecration, evolving candle materials, omens from flame, and folklore such as the groundhog predicting the length of winter. It notes a sunny Monday might foretell another cold month.
A Harrisburg grand jury declares skating rinks a nuisance saying they harm youth health and morals. The report discusses the moral concerns and impact on young skaters.
A humorous list of skating rink flirtations with dares for various moves. Each line links a skating trick or mishap to a cheeky outcome or confession, from one leg in the air to a headlong dash to the floor and consequences. It reads as lighthearted social amusement for rink goers.
Regular Brainerd council session sets election staffing for March. Aldermen approve three judges and two clerks per ward with polling sites at Hose, King Wood Office, and East Brainerd hose house. Officers named: Ward 1 Paine Davenport Smith and clerks White Willis. Ward 2 Seelye Smith Farrar Alderman Davis. Ward 3 Walker Havens Bannon clerks Forgy Heaberg. City Clerk Keen records actions.
The Brainerd Independent School District Board of Education invites sealed bids for 300 cards of wood to be delivered on board cars or at the new Brainerd school building. Bids due by February 7, 1885. Right to reject any bid reserved. A W Frarski, Clerk. For bargains in drugs see J C Foote at 7th and Front.
Situation wanted by a young lady who speaks German and English seeks a clerkship. Salary not object. Address Box 25 Howard Lake Minn. Also notice White Sewing Machines available at cost at J C Foote s drug store.
William Whiteley of London expanded from a small northwest shop to a vast complex employing 5,000 people on fourteen acres. He runs a diversified empire including bakery, butcher, milkman, tailor, furniture, jeweler, builder, banker, butcher, and even supplying live beasts. His rise mirrors a growing urban demand for one-stop provisioning across earth, air, and sea.
Mother Walton prescribes this medicine for many years as a female tonic. Claimed to relieve monthly troubles in Watsons and offered by Frazier Medical Co of Cleveland Ohio on receipt of price five cents.
At Lockport New York James Graham ran four miles in 18 minutes 88 seconds to beat the existing record. He paced the field by a clear margin and set a new mark for the distance in local competition.
The report states that more than 330000 cattle died in Indian Territory due to severe weather. Officials note the disaster impacts ranchers and markets as cold and storms persist through the region.
Sallie Ketner longtime hermit who lived in a hut near Reading Pennsylvania passed away on Tuesday at age eighty four.
English diplomatic circles note Russia and the United States are negotiating terms for extradition in connection with a treaty aimed at handing over dynamiters. The discussions involve reward incentives and potential legal arrangements between the two powers.
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