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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1890
Page
5
The death of the Hon. D. J. Knox of Aitkin will be mourned by many friends in this city. He was a widely known figure in the northern part of the state.
Deputy Marshal Campbell has attached 54 lots in Brainerd belonging to C. F. Kindred on a judgment recently obtained by the First National Bank of this city. Mormons claim martyr status and seek congressional redress, while a remark questions how someone with a dozen wives is considered so.
The News of Red Lake Falls says Halvor Steenerson will be a delegate to the next Republican national convention. The piece notes forecasting beyond the immediate horizon and contrasts Nye & Reilly unfavorably with Wisconsin press commentary. It mentions a Portage anecdote of a speaker’s drunkenness and refund of funds, and reports a six million dollar sale of Fox River valley mills to an English syndicate. Brainerd is praised for pulp manufacture potential.
The Marquis of de Mores says a Paris paper article in The Nation insults him and has challenged the editor to a pistol duel to be held Sunday morning on the Belgian frontier.
Minneapolis aims to outpace Chicago in divorces and abortions if current trends continue. City authorities are furious over a trust in the abortion domain involving a prominent attorney who is dead and a well known physician said to have played a conspicuous part.
Superintendant Porter of the Census Office moves to place all supervisors at work by March. On June first an army of 40 000 enumerators will be distributed nationwide and by July first they will have visited every dwelling. Statistics compiled rapidly thereafter.
Judge Cullen of New York rules that a declined party nominee remains in contention and that a non qualifying elected coroner creates a vacancy filled as usual. The governor will appoint until a new coroner is chosen at the next general election in November.
The will of Adam Forepaugh will be presented for probate this week. The estate outside the show is said to total about 1 200 000 dollars, with most going to his son Adam Forepaugh Jr. Claims of a sale to an English syndicate are denied as young Adam intends to continue the business as a memorial to his father and rival Barnum.
The Brainerd community is urged to resist speculative real estate booms and instead pursue healthy growth through manufacturing. The editorial argues that cheap, quality homes attract workers and industry, driving legitimate value increases once factories arrive, and warns against premature suburban price inflation before manufacturing develops.
Representative Comstock introduces a bill aiding settlers on indemnity lands of the Northern Pacific road. After August 15, 1887 and before January 1, 1889 they may transfer entries to other vacant lands under homestead and preemption laws and receive receipts in place of the indemnity tracts. They must relinquish first titles and refunds trigger new payments. The act allows time and improvement credits for those not yet final on NP lands to complete proof on other lands in Minnesota.
A telegram from Duluth reports the Duluth and Winnipeg railroad has filed a mortgage for seven million dollars with the Guarantee Loan and Trust Company of Philadelphia. The loan will fund completion of the line to Winnipeg, with terminal facilities and the company’s large Duluth shops and warehouse to be established there.
The article argues against judging life by momentary impressions and highlights how science reveals unexpected benefits of common things like the Canada thistle. It urges readers to pause, wait for ulterior purposes, and recognize how hardship can unveil lasting value and strength.
A fox raiding poultry on William Bunnell’s farm near Big Canyon in Northeastern Pennsylvania prompts a local fox hunt. The fox retrieves the last hen, is chased by Mrs. Bunnell with a clothes-pounder, escapes into a bedroom, and is later trapped by dogs after a four mile pursuit ending with the fox slain in a rock crevice.
Special term probate notice in Crow Wing County Minnesota. W R Phillips appointed administrator. Creditors may file claims for examination and allowance on the first Mondays from February to August 1890. Publication four weeks in Brainerd Dispatch and posting four public notices. Judge W Spalding signs.
Mortgage sale announced after default on October 1 1888 mortgage to The National Building Loan and Protective Union Brainerd Crow Wing County Minnesota. Foreclosure set for March 17 1890 at 10 a m at court house front door to satisfy debt costs and $25 attorney fees. Property described as Brainerd block 77 first addition lot 13 to 18. Leon E. Lum attorney for mortgagee. Dated January 30 1890.
In Crow Wing County Minnesota The National Building Loan and Protective Union mortgagee declares default on a mortgage dated August 1 1888 by Mary Shontell and Benjamin Shontell and sets a public foreclosure auction for March 1890 at the courthouse. The property described is the east half of the southwest quarter Section 2 Township 44 Range 31. The amount due is 327.50 dollars including 27.50 past due interest and premium for eleven months plus 25 dollars attorney fees.
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