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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1889
Page
6
A Brainerd Dispatch clipping reports a London paper stating twenty three islands in the Pacific Ocean remain unclaimed by any nation. The note highlights unsettled territorial questions in the region.
A 10 PM or later street performance in Alexandria Virginia can result in arrest for disorderly conduct. The rule targets singing or whistling in public, reflecting local public order enforcement.
It states that among 600 wealthy New York men, fewer than twenty have sons who are not diligently building themselves up, suggesting many heirs pursue ambition and self-improvement rather than idle wealth.
Architectural construction in Chicago last year produced 4,985 edifices at a cost of $20,360,800 with a total frontage of 116,419 feet about twenty two and a half miles, reflecting substantial urban development.
The Russian Empress Dagmar is described as entering an acute mania phase. She spends entire days in silence and often refuses food. At times she does not recognize family members.
The renowned Baptist preacher Mr Spurgeon cannot exercise at Mentone due to swollen feet. It was his habit to preach to his London congregation with one leg resting on a pulpit chair for support.
The well known statistician Edward Atkinson notes that hours of labor have generally reduced in the last fifty years. Factory work commonly runs ten hours versus twelve or more, and building trades run nine or ten instead of eleven or twelve.
A company is formed in Detroit Michigan to tunnel under the Detroit River starting half a mile from the river and extending to the stream center or boundary line. The remaining half will be carried out by a company to be organized under Canadian law.
John Hancock of Worthy County recalls a 21829 scene when every Georgia legislator wore homespun as woolen goods fetched high prices under tariff. The body resolved to buy no more manufactured cloth until the duty fell, and the pledge endured.
An English paper notes that up to now 70,000,000 rabbit skins have been exported from New Zealand alone. The slaughter to obtain skins has not reduced the rabbit population, which swarms across Australia and New Zealand, greatly burdening agriculture.
Local antiquarians and zoologists marvel at a live toad unearthed during railway works in Greenock Scotland. Dating to the glacial period between 20 000 and 30 000 years ago the creature bears a sealed mouth breathes through the nostrils and appears not to see though its eyes remain expressive.
The piece argues that U S lawmakers are urged to restrict foreign actors and physicians entering the country. It warns the growing calls for exclusion could make the United States as closed as historic China before it opened its doors.
In Americus Georgia several black youths tried to push a billy goat into a creek. The goat reared and butted the largest boy, knocking him into the water. Companions rescued the boy as the goat nonchalantly eyed the scene then strode off.
A crowd in a Russian town taunts a drowning man with anti Jewish hate. A young rescuer dives in and saves the Gentile, revealing the victim is not Jewish, prompting the crowd to disperse.
In Esmeralda County Nevada a blind boy employed at Pine Grove Mines can navigate the mine and town with ease. He finds tools, guides miners home at night and safely avoids holes and old cellars along the narrow trail.
Fire at a tenement on 7 Hester street New York discovered by a late lodger appears to be arson. In Leadville Colorado a mine worker is killed by falling rock as two men explore a shaft. Senators Eustis and Kenna tipped for confirmation. Virginia farmers fear rabid dogs as eight to ten animals spread disease. cattle hogs and two Morgan children affected. Marshall county West Virginia Mrs Mary W Smith near death from dog bite.
Miss Emma Althouse of Attica New York awoke from a long trance after thirty five days. She showed bleeding from the nose and rapid breathing though her temperature remained normal. She grew weaker with fainting spells but began to regain strength and communicate by head motions.
A Governor's reward offer tops a roundup of cases including a governor Eagle item for tracking John M. Clayton’s assassins. Reports cover self inflicted death of Edward Breech at 59, a Richland Center shooting, a fence operation tied to James Cunningham and John Payne, and an elopement from Rockwell City. Also noted are counterfeiting arrests in Kansas, kidnap recovery in Chicago, a libel suit involving Benedict, and a fatal stabbing in Danbury with a suspect clue pending.
Police arrest Mr and Mrs Gurley in the Annie Redmond case after a year away. Warrants issued for Gurley parents and a woman named Maggie Gordon. A.S. Gookin of Manhattan Elevated Railroad faces suspension and alleged $50,000 plus fraud with four payrolls and fictitious employees. he resigns, possible no prosecution.
The Theater Royal Aldershot was destroyed by fire during a performance. Panic ensued as crowds rushed for doors and many were injured in the crush with several narrow escapes reported.
The Duluth board of trade protests a Minnesota legislature plan tied to the Duluth and Winnipeg line. Reports warn of renewed clashes over cattle tax between non citizens and Chickasaw Nation officers. Railways in Iowa plan retrenchment, cutting passenger service and laying off workers amid revenue declines from a Brewer decision.
A scammer group posed as surveyors for the Minneapolis St Paul and Kansas City railway, soliciting aid and planting depots to fleece communities. A farm owner and a boy named Robert Dickson exposed the plot, leading to the arrest of C H Evans for obtaining money under false pretenses. the others fled. Numerous victims along the line valued in thousands mourn the loss.
In northern Wyoming eight Mexicans were found dead at the mouth of the abandoned Salvador mine. Their leader Miguel Martinez and companions sought a two-hundred-year-old chart to a rich mine. The party was killed in hand to hand fighting. authorities suspect a rival group removed the map and looted valuables.
Robert Till reports in Science on buffalo in the Texas Panhandle Llano Estacado and No Man's Land, with 200 head in Panhandle and calves sent to Kansas. He notes ranchers protect buffalo, mentions antelope and deer in the same area, and suggests naturalists visit Tasocosa near the Texas Mexican line. He also calls capture of wild horses profitable in the region.
Two Kansas clergymen resign from pastorates with one cited for overly long sermons and the other for sermons that are too broad. The Boston Transcript notes a link between long sermons and narrow views and between brief sermons and broad spiritual outlook.
A man arriving in Winnipeg used the alias Willis Dent and lived quietly in a hotel. Natives say his real name is Mike McDonald from Wisconsin, linked to a city treasurer and a failed investment scheme. Friends offer to settle with 25 000 of 50 000 and he is said to work at a Selkirk fish firm. Police guard the Virginia and Milanese after seamen and firemen strike threats in England spill to Boston.
Le Caron or Beach history disputes his claimed major rank in the Union army. Records show he served as bugler and later as second lieutenant in the Thirteenth United States Colored Troops, with promotion tied to officer scarcity rather than recognized bravery. McMicken notes Beach’s English family background and details of his movements, questioning the major title.
Cash quotes show firmer flour but limits on gains with No. 2 spring wheat at 1.01 and No. 2 red at 1.01, corn at 44 34, oats 24, rye 46 4, barley nominal, flax 1.59-1.60, pork ribs 11.87-11.50, lard 36.87-42, and whiskey per gallon at 1.03. Minneapolis futures list wheat at 1.16-1.22, northern at 1.06-1.08, flour patents 5.0-6.15, corn 27-28, oats 22-23, barley 24-25, flax 1.54, hay values 3.50-8.25, feed 11.50-12.50. St Paul trains show wheat 1.17-1.07, corn 30, oats 24-27, barley 55, seed prices and hogs listed.
Minnesota Senate and House tackle reform measures and rail issues with no major bills passing yet. Debates touch libel law for weekly papers, loyalty badge penalties, and a constitutional convention bill as lawmakers push retrenchment and efficiency.
Thomas Axworthy once city treasurer of Cleveland and former Toronto official fled last fall after an alleged half million dollar appropriation. He has purchased a large block of real estate at Sault Ste. Marie Ontario and a friend says he plans to leave Toronto in a few days.
A miner narrator saves Lizzie Mason during a mine blaze and flood. Trapped with her for hours, he endures darkness and rising water, ultimately rescuing her as two others perish. After a perilous year, Lizzie becomes his wife in the Shadow of Death.
The czar's wife, long beloved, has developed violent insanity. Her depression followed the Borki railway disaster and numerous failed assassination attempts. Doctors Charcot and von Leidesdorf journey to Gatschina as fear of self harm grows. The ailing empress is closely watched while uncertainty looms over the throne.
A Pittsburg Dispatch tale recounts a man praising a corn remedy using crude petroleum. He claims soaking feet nightly, wrapping a petroleum-soaked cloth, and sleeping with it cures corns, citing oil workers as believers. A reporter notes the caution and offers no endorsement.
A brief essay recalls Queen Victoria’s curt reception of German envoys at the accession of William II and contrasts royal bluntness with more combative exchanges by Peel Gladstone and others. It notes William II’s later expulsion of a representative and ends with a call for lessons in manners from republicans.
An inquest into the death of Alfred Thomas Smith aged 12 of Dalston found the cause accidental. He swallowed a nib point while biting it at home returning from school on the 22nd and later fell ill. Despite hospital treatment he died on the 15th from exhaustion due to ulcerated larynx caused by the swallowed pen.
An experienced grocery salesman notes the vastness of the food trade. He cites a Maryland canning plant producing 1,400,000 cans of corn weekly and observes that billions are employed in farming and food handling worldwide.
In a Chicago Tribune item a crowd auctioneer laments low interest as a complete works of George Eliot opens at a dollar and a half. He rails against the bidders and insists on a higher starting price, denouncing the crowd’s lack of reading appreciation.
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