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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1891
Page
5
Schedule lists arrivals and departures for trains No 5 9 11 6 10 12 Morris and Brainerd accommodations and freights No 85 and No 56 with daily and exception Sunday times. Warns freight trains cannot be relied on for regular movement and may be abandoned without notice by the company.
Max Shapiro of Tower visits town. I E Fox becomes night operator at Motley. Alderman Kinkele visits St Paul. Mrs Louisa Demarais dies of consumption. Maggie Atherton starts at the post office. H S Totton in St Paul for legislative session. Hook & Ladder Co. netted 53 from New Years ball. A F Ferris appointed special administrator for F G Sundberg estate. First National Bank distributes calendars. Hose Co No 2 auxiliary to host rink event Jan 27. Mrs B O Webb returns from Minneapolis. Chas Moberg sells Central Hotel to George Sargent. Plastico product claims adhesion to various surfaces. Murphy to move confectionery to Cale building. W C T U meets at Y M C A Feb 3. Junior Club hosts social at Slipp’s hall Jan 16. Catholic church building work progresses. Jennie Clark, longtime city figure, dies. Peder Peterson and Miss Mary Twist wed by Judge Richardson. Staples saloon boycott rumored. Chenquatana Club masquerade Feb 9 at roller rink. Gergen & Mooers to rebuild livery barn in 30 days. First M E church services listed. Union temperance meeting draws large crowd. Rev O H Treglawney speaks passionately. Horton family reunion held here. Annual Congregational church meeting elects church officers. Guill River Lumber fire loss estimated 3–4 million feet. $40,000 financial loss. insurance $35,000. Water shutoff Sunday 10 am to 4 pm.
The city council, with full board minus one, read and adopted last meeting minutes and reports from the electric light superintendent, chief of police, and city clerk. They allowed city and electric light payrolls and referred several bills to committees. A reserve of 750 was set for electric light plant rental pending six month final disposition, and Y M C A lights donation of 50 was approved. Ordinance No. 92 on street railway franchise received final reading and was passed.
A Northern Pacific freight train derailed on First street north in Minneapolis Sunday night killing fireman C H Davis and injuring engineer Charles Johnson. The engine and four cars were destroyed with bodies mangled beyond recognition. Coroner's inquest undecided. Davis, 26, had long service with the road. Johnson survived with severe burns.
Crow Wing County commissioners meet with all members present. They elect Jas S Gardner as chairman for the year and approve numerous county bills including road work, jail goods, and clerk expenses. Brainerd Dispatch named official paper. several officer bonds approved. an abatement granted. adjournment to February. Memorial note from Brainerd lodge of K P S.
Advert describes satin and silk suspenders in fancy boxes offered by Gro N Day with additional ladies and gentlemen slippers in velvet felt and leather as a gift item.
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