26 Feb 1886
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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1886
Page
1
In western Iowa Augustus Schaefer a prosperous farmer attempted suicide first with morphine and Paris green then by slitting his throat with a razor. Traces of poison were found on his whiskers and the body was discovered in a barn basement after a fall from a ladder. Authorities cite possible temporary insanity.
A digest from Washington reports dismissal likely commuted for Lieut Avis, Washington Gas yields over 18 percent dividends, and talks of major generalships for Howard and Terry. Treasury calls bonds, postmasters appointed, and several congressional notes on suffrage, Des Moines building funds, and Iowa district realignments.
Ex Senator G M Wilson dies at 66 while seated on his porch in Humbolt Nebraska. A M Bailey printer eighty years old and publisher of the Liberal dies in Nashville. William S Messervey ex mayor of Salem Massachusetts dies at 74 after amassing a fortune in New Mexico. Kenward Philp English born forty dies in Brookhaven New York. Thomas A Norville printer and union delegate dies in Nashville. Col John Danforth 69 dies in Elizabeth New Jersey. former lieutenant colonel of the Thirty seventh New Jersey volunteers. Senator West of Missouri gravely ill with neuralgia and to seek temperate climate in Georgia or Florida, not to return until health improves.
A fierce blaze in Edinburg Pa destroys the roller rink manager. Other fires report losses totaling 50 000 at Wilmington with 400 000 insurance, and 3800 without insurance at St Johns Turtle Mountain Roulette county Dak. An Oshkosh Wis man falls to his death. a Winchester Ky powder blast injures eight.
A $400000 shortfall is reported for Ontario’s current year. The note underscores fiscal strain amid allocations and revenue projections. Other items include royalist intrigue denial, literary leadership shifts, and bank asset tallies, reflecting a period of global political and cultural shifts.
A censured metropolitan police force resigns amid riot fallout in London. Socialist leaders seek contempt rulings against Punch editors over Burns Hyndman and Williams trials. Queen reconsiders a Battenburg appointment, while Sir Charles Dilke refuses to quit and Chelseans back him. Ottawa plans marching column to north west in March under Middleton. Irish bishops urge no evictions until land questions settled.
Summary of multiple incidents: Philip Hastings, a Silver City farmer, believed murdered. Andrew Holman, Nelson County treasurer, speculated with wheat losses totaling 11 000 dollars. At Henrietta Texas A A Steagall mobbed and hanged for incest and murder of his child. R W Gark’s wife elopes with James Donaldson. Mrs Higgins of Charlevoix Michigan confesses to murdering her husband and placing body in manure heap. Martin R Morrison, arrested as a fraudulent post office inspector, revealed as a long-time con man. In Salt Lake City, United States Attorney Dickson assaulted. three assailants unknown, two arrested. Frank J Cannon and Angus Cannon named as attackers.
Frank Smith, a high risk inmate at Stillwater, attacked guards with a sledge and ax after demanding a transfer. Deputy Warden Reed shot him in the dungeon as he pressed toward the guard, the coroner ruling the death justifiable homicide and noting prior similar fatal cases in the prison.
Emmy Crystal's tireless search for Ralph's estranged mother ends when she tracks down Mrs. Crystal in a harbor town cabin. A reunion unfolds as Ralph returns, and the elderly mother rests at last beside the couple's hearth, embraced by love and care.
A collage of curiosities and oddities from 19th century America including a Napa asylum population, a Los Angeles loan, a 10 pound salmon with a pitchfork, a haunted Fall River schooner, and depictions of phrenology, wild buffalo decline, and newspaper misprints.
A reflective meditation on amusement as a central element of happiness. The speaker lists the gates of happiness including tears, pensiveness, admiration, friendship, and hope, suggesting amusement is a key passage arranged by the Builder of human life for all people to pass through throughout life.
A poetic scene describes a sleigh ride on glorious weather with a girl and a crowd of man and maid, ending as they return home with a sigh and a farewell. The merchant traveler notes a livery stable trusted youth who is demented and busted.
A ministerial looking gentleman introduces Tom Ochiltree aboard an eastern railway train. He praises Ochiltree as entertaining and statement rich and claims Ochiltree has never in his life lied even in jest. The exchange unfolds as the two men point Ochiltree out to a stranger. The scene is narrated by Arkansaw Traveler.
A Victorian tale from St. Louis Magazine recalls Sir William Johnson disputing with a tenant about educational backstory. The farmer questions the boast and notes a calf that grew larger the more it suckled, turning pride into a humorous contrast.
A quip about Woodford County Bourbon sparks a debate on health. A speaker argues alcohol cures dyspepsia while another calls it liquid poison referencing a father who drank before death, highlighting conflicting views in a Tezes Siatings exchange.
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