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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1886
Page
2
Widespread anger follows Mgr. Fabre's mandament read in diocese churches. Clergy and laity protest references to the Riel agitators and the church in rebel masses. The bishop signals planned clarification as defections loom unless he softens his stance.
Sergeant P F Lyons reports the last year had a mean temperature of 42.1 degrees at St Paul signal service observer. The 15 year average is 44.9 degrees, with 1885 ranking third coldest since 1870. The record cold is 40.9 in 1553 and warmest 49.5 in 1877.
The Lancaster National Bank of Clinton Massachusetts closed after a bank examination. President McNeil is missing after leaving for Boston from Lowell. Directors Batchelder Hosmer Garner Sussell Page with Bank Examiner Getchell report suspected misuses of about $200,000 in deposits and $30,000 in Low Cattle paper. Authorities fear further startling discoveries.
A Washington briefing details a talk of a new executive mansion, a $9,000,000 December debt reduction, and about $1458,500,000 in gold in the treasury. It notes post office changes in Vermont, suspensions in Iowa, a large claim by Ben Halladay, and the First National Bank of Luverne starting up with D. P. Rules as president and W. P. Hulburt as cashier.
Record of casualties reports a fire destroying one wing of the Newark asylum causing a loss of 75000 dollars. Matthias Bros soap works in Davenport Town also burned with losses estimated at 10000 to 12000 dollars, insured up to 9000 dollars.
Personal gossip notes a planned visit of Blaine's second history volume this month. Reports list notable local figures and events including deaths of Andrew T. Cox of Louisville and Seneca Powers of Troy, plus Mrs. Hall and Deacon Hiram Ansley. Also mentions a Chicago marriage and a bankruptcy-related judgment.
Reports of Patrick McEweney’s murder at Devils Lake Dak by Oswald. Pugzy O’Leary sentenced to forty years in Chicago for murdering his mistress and sister. Frank Mondon hanged in Syracuse for killing his father in law John Wishart. Brigham Young Hampton jailed for one year in Salt Lake for conspiracy. Maj Andrew Bradley accused of swindling Southern New Jersey soldiers. Joseph Hines died from a blow at Panama Harrison county Iowa. killer arrested. Gustav and Herman Kroch arrested in Springwells Mich for mother Elizabeth Kroch’s death. Robert Gray of the Goodwin opera company absconded from a Chicago museum with receipts after presenting The Mikado. Gambling alleged.
A Chicago Northwestern station safe near Big Saumico Wisconsin was looted of 120 dollars on December 10. Detective C E Starley traced the thief to George Whitcomb of Wilson Michigan. Lynn Massachusetts police arrested Mrs Guildford and Dr Guildford in a high profile illegal operation case.
The pope converted years of gifts into £20,000 and donated the proceeds to the college of the Propaganda. The German Trade Review notes a grim new year for trade as Britain plans to control the spirit trade. Krupp and Deustche bank will back a £35,000,000 London loan to arm and rail China. Queen Christina sworn regent of Spain. royal pageant amid troops. cortes welcomes the widowed queen. Thomas M. Waller, US consul general in London, hosts a New Year reception at St. George's Club with about a thousand Americans and leaders, assisted by Mr. Phelps and Mr. Penfield.
At the first post holiday session nearly all senators attended. A Garfield statue from Ohio was accepted by President Pro Tem Sherman. Bills cover army promotion, pensions, silver coin usage, civil service repeal, Indian education, two extra Dakota Supreme Court justices, and a national university in DC. Utah suffrage, postal banks, bankruptcy, and a broad set of fiscal and territorial measures are debated or introduced.
John B. Raymond died Sunday afternoon at 4 30 from typhoid pneumonia after a brief illness. He left a large Dakota farm and served as United States marshal for Dakota, later acting as a delegate to the Forty-eighth Congress. He was a prominent Washington figure and Republican. his death prompts condolences from Mississippi Democrats and Fargo residents. Resolutions express sorrow for his orphaned son and daughters and praise his public service.
A survey of 1885 statistics reports Ohio public school costs at 10,093,938 dollars, Chicago real estate sales near 48 million, New York City fires 1,471, and 74,372 arrests. It notes Pittsburgh indebtedness around 11,000,600, Detroit wholesale business at 163,500,000, and Colorado mineral output 222,500,000 with silver 13,000,000 and gold 5,000,000.
Washington Special reports two major rulings affecting homestead and preemption entries. Secretary Lamar upholds that commutation to cash entry requires compliance with homestead law to date, keeping the homestead basis intact. He also extends favor to Paulsen’s claim in Swift County, restoring land within multiple indemnity limits after a long contest.
Washington digest says the president will relieve Gen Crook from his command in Arizona within a week or ten days. Gen Miles is favored to take over, while Gen Sheridan defends Crook and urges patience, noting Crook’s tough conditions and past efforts against the renegade Apaches.
Oscar S. Gifford mails Commissioner Sparks letter stating NP railroad paid survey costs for lands in Dakota Territory from Wahpeton to Fargo and across the Red River, listing townships and ranges. No payment shown for Mandan or Morton county lands, no patent issued, and lands extend on both river sides.
Governor Hubbard reappoints numerous officers whose terms expired across boards of reform school corrections and charities insane hospitals deaf and blind institute state board of equalization state prison board of inspectors state university regents state pharmacy and dental examiners. The sole new appointment is W L Hollister of Austin to the Minnesota State Agricultural Society.
The New York World details a Sullivan incident at the Gilsey house where a newsboy, aged and frail, was struck by the pitcher with the umbrella after being told to hand over papers. The boy, bleeding and missing teeth, refused police aid and feared retaliation from Sullivan.
Charles H. Curtis aged seventy four, long time Chicago resident, was found drowned in the lake. He arrived in Chicago in 1540, worked on the Illinois canal, later ran a meat business, and invested in several corporations. Recent losses from bank failures totaled about $100,000, yet he remained untroubled. He was known as a generous, quiet man who gave away over $250.
Premier Salisbury directs Minister West in Washington to hasten the new extra diction treaty with the United States. The queen's bench reportedly notes favorable progress toward completing the negotiations. Civil Service Commissioner Eaton retires February 1. Orlando Powers of Michigan nominated for chief justice of Utah Supreme Court. John G. Lee declines secretary of legislation at Constantinople. Mrs. Sarah A. Kelly of Luzerne County seeks appointment as The Bard of the Nation. Thomas W. Keene suffers a head rupture at a Kansas City reception.
The new penal code of Minnesota, adopted last winter, went into effect January 1 and governs crimes committed or commenced since then. It redefines murder with a required premeditation, imposes death or life sentences, and introduces three degrees of burglary among other reforms.
A dense miscellany spans agricultural progress notes from New Iberia to tobacco trials in South Carolina, wheat capacity at Port Arthur, and English swine disease orders. It recounts Col. Clough’s Canterbury farm, Florida orange yields, pears in Boston, Hungarian grape vintages, and a heart‑rending boyhood tale about temperance and a repentant drunkard.
Building improvements in Albert Lea and Glencoe total 213,579 while a Belle Plaine brick firm ships 5,000,000 bricks to St Paul and Minneapolis. The Rochester Sheep Breeders meet Jan 12, and a lost twenty dollar gold piece at a German M K Church collection results in a boy’s arrest warrant.
A speaker recalls how Sucker as a boy enjoyed a car pet and toys. He remembers his mother kissing him and listening to his nightly prayers about angels and goodness. The reminiscence foregrounds childhood faith and affection.
Mr. Allen Dodworth’s dance manual authors cautions on proper partner attitude in rounds. It urges single arm contact, discourages the double hug, warns against squeezing, and advises taking a resting seat after the dance.
The San Francisco Chronicle argues Germany could not be bought out of a Nicaragua canal and warns war might be needed to secure it. It says a war for control could speed canal completion and save bloodshed elsewhere. The note also states Williams College has 258 undergraduates with 6 in the freshmen class.
A collection of short inspirational quotes from Carlyle Emerson Ruskin Hawthorne Thoreau Montaigne MacDonald Howells and Whitman, reflecting on ideals humanity science character and service. Each line offers a compact aphorism about virtue, memory, love, and self.
An Angelica New York correspondent profiles a retired cobbler famed for moral courage. Once a long-term drunk, he describes a miraculous turning point after fighting cravings, including a milk-treasure incident and a vow to stay sober. His wife learns the truth on her deathbed.
The Yonkers Gazette presents a playful Shakespearean pastiche where characters discuss winter comforts. They riff on hearthside feasts and social cheer, praising adversity as a tutor while planning festive, if fanciful, hospitality amid seasonal woes.
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