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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1885
Page
2
Brainerd Minnesota paper notes a senate bill setting liquor licenses at 509 dollars with a fair chance of passage. It lists editors N H Ingersoll and F W Wieland as proprietors and notes Crow Wing Cass and Itasca counties as official paper areas.
The common council of Cleveland has resolved to tax skating rinks at the rate of $40 a month, or $300 a year.
The British steamer Sardony left Victoria for Hong Kong on December 10 and has not been heard from since. With four hundred Chinese passengers and a light coal cargo, she was said to be unsafe and is presumed to have sunk.
Winners discover lack of funds to pay prizes and no premiums set aside. Publications signed by officers are false. Exhibitors remain with stock and nowhere to flee, facing financial ruin amid the chaos.
The state faces a rising need for judicial capacity as judges seek associates. Plans consider creating additional districts to handle increasing case volume and complex court structures. This would aim for a more systematic approach to meet expanding business and docket demands.
Senator Morrison's measure for a third hospital for the insane passed the senate on its third reading by 28 ayes to 3 nays. Sergeant's bill to restrict sale or exposure of obscene literature also passed, 25 ayes to 2 nays, surprising some outsiders.
Early Monday morning the engine house and machine shops of the Burlington and Northwestern and Burlington and Western narrow gauge railroad near Burlington burned. Three locomotives and machinery in the building were completely ruined. Losses totaled 20,000 dollars with 22,000 insurance.
The March Peterson's Magazine opens with a steel plate illustration titled The Sisters by Frank Lee Benedict and features a deluxe fashion plate, a Java Canvas pattern, humorous scene The Beleaguered Garrison, and about fifty wood cuts of fashion and crafts. The lead article reviews Washington City its Pictorial Side with a sharp artistic lens plus the ongoing Lost Ariadne serial by Mrs. John Sherwood. Readers are urged to subscribe at two dollars a year with club discounts.
Polk County Journal urges Crookston and Polk county to back the Brainerd and Northwestern road, arguing that a $200,000 bond would end Manitoba road monopoly and Jim Hill influence. The piece envisions Crookston as a thriving regional hub and warns hostility could risk losing the project and diverting work to Red Lake Falls. The call to action emphasizes community effort and local self interest.
Rossa is recovering rapidly and can walk a little and read daily threatening letters. The injury was slight, and he will likely continue in the interests of personal safety to keep his back to the foe.
The Haggeman vs Gazett breach of promise case tried at Sauk Rapids resulted in a verdict for Miss Sophia Haggeman, 3500 dollars, with jurors reportedly voting up to 5000 or 10000. Judge Collins presided. D W Bruckart represented the plaintiff and Searle Searle Tolman the defense. Miss Haggeman, daughter of Dr. Hagge man, taught at a normal school, met Gazett in Benton county, became engaged in February 1884, and a wedding was planned for October. Gazett, meanwhile, pursued another woman, Royalton resident, and after silences in correspondence, married the Royalton fiancée on August 12. The suit followed. the case will be appealed with a cautionary moral about engagement timing and mail correspondence.
Yesterday R C Mitchell sold his corner lot between the St Louis hotel and Far gusson block to Owen Fargus son. He then paid off the mortgage on his office and mortgages on other property totaling over 7500 dollars, relieving much of his indebtedness. The Duluth Herald notes widespread relief in Duluth, aside from Woodbridge.
Telegram from Valley City describes a church property clash led by Herbert Root and Harriet C. Root. A rector and vestry members resisted, with doors barricaded and a battering ram used to regain access. Root and A. P. Peak later discharged by authorities as the diocese, bishop, and standing committee supervise the confrontation.
A St Paul Dispatch style summary explains dynamite origins from nitroglycerine to Nobel's formula with Kisselguhr. It notes glycerine nitro compounds, common sale without restriction, and varied absorbents like sawdust or wood pulp. It describes cartridge form, pricing from 36 to 75 cents per pound, and risks including lack of insurance for workers.
A shipment from St Paul to Miles City was handled by Wells Fargo express cars over the Northern Pacific line. Reported rates were 90 cents to $1 per 100 pounds, yet Wells Fargo paid nearly four times that for hauling. The matter is being adjusted to maintain future rates as the Northern Pacific keeps its traffic figures.
An American Farmers journal will be sent free for one year to any farmer who sends ten farmers' names and 12 two-cent stamps for postage. It is billed as the best farm and home paper in the United States and the offer is to secure specimen copies. Send to National Agriculturist, Nunda, New York.
The text reports El Mahdi declaring himself the renewed Mohammed and cites a six month old prediction that he would expel the English from Soudan as support for his asserted prophethood.
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