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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1890
Page
8
N. H. Ingersoll and F. W. Wieland publish in Brain erd Crow Wing County Minnesota. Issued every tenth day morning from Sleeper Block rooms 5 and 7. Yearly subscription one dollar and fifty cents. Advertises high quality printing in the city.
Rail schedule lists arrival and departure times for trains from the South West and East, with connections at Staples and Little Falls. It notes freight trains Nos. 19 through 30 and cautions they may be abandoned without notice and should not be relied upon for regular movement.
Editor Halsted returns from Southern trip. Mrs. Campbell of St Paul visits Brainerd friends. Rev Jenkins visiting Sauk Center. State exams with Prof Gould. Mamie McCarthy visits Washington DC. A E Taylor of Ft Madison Iowa in city. J W Theviot ill in Brainerd. McClenahan before supreme court in St Paul. Marriage licenses issued to Dwyer Martin and Cullum Fife. County commissioners meet next Tuesday. Cass county to meet Monday. Maennerchor masquerade ball February 14. Nick Schroeder to return after whisky sale sentence. Chas Wadham visiting from Spokane Falls. Fred Parker sprained wrist on moving train. Delinquent taxes list due Feb 21. Miss Hawke leaves Brainerd for Minneapolis. City schools reopen Monday after vacation. Court house school opened. A C VanCampen arranging Y M C A gym and baths ready by March 1. Pineries north of Brainerd report strong season. Peter Walters builds ic e field above dam. J K Pierce at Eames market and runs East Brainerd dancing school. Geo LaBar returns from St Paul ill with pneumonia but not able to work. Olaf Bruckner and Hannaherson wedding at Lindberg home tomorrow. IW Estey travels from Ft Ripley with infant Roy who dies at Little Elk. funeral held last Wednesday.
Geo. N. Day visited St Paul on business while Wm. Paine secures materials for a new brick block on Front street. Frank Mayo to perform Davy Crockett at the opera house next month. Evergreen Lodge No. 90 held a literary meeting with Revs Frizzell Jenkins and Lawrence, plus a notable reading of The Miser by A F Leopold.
Judge and Mrs W A Fleming celebrate a girl born Sunday, first in the family, with congratulations pouring in. Dr and Mrs J C Rosser welcomed a son on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Con O'Brien greet a daughter born Sunday.
Hon. J. D. Knox, longtime Minnesota legislator and former chair of the finance committee, died in Mille Lacs after pneumonia struck him on his farm Friday. Born in Wisconsin at about thirty nine, he leaves a wife and daughter and was respected as a hard working, energetic leader. Burial will be in the area.
C M Lounsberry named transfer superintendent in Minneapolis after surviving a severe Northern Pacific collision in Dakota two years ago. He spent eight months at Brainerd Sani tarium with over 100 grafts replacing flesh lost to scalding. The Northern Pacific funded care and paid $8 000, while the government continued his pay. He is the son of Col C A Lounsberry, noted politician and publisher in North Dakota.
Mr. A A McLain, Lawrence's employer, says he arrived from camp twenty four hours before the event, had funds to pay his way, remained in town with eye on his target, and did not prowl the depot. He notes two Lawrence brothers will visit Aitkin to investigate the killing.
Brainerd residents linger on a belief that the Weyerhauser syndicate will buy the Northern Pacific pine and set up manufacture in Brainerd, a notion noted by the Minneapolis Lumberman.
The almanac promises elegant binding and ample daily entries with weather, thermometer, astronomical information, jokes, Palmer Cox pictures, and other entertaining content. Distributed free by druggists and medicine dealers or mailed on request to G. G. Green, Woodbury, N J.
James Hawkins died at his residence in East Brainerd on Sunday night January 26 1890 from dropsy at age 59. An old city resident, he had lived in Brainerd ten years after earlier stays in Wabasha Swift counties and Kingston Canada where he married. Born in northern Ireland he came to the United States as an infant. He leaves a widow and nine children. A devout Catholic and respected member of the community, his funeral was held at the Catholic church with Rev. Fathers Watry and Gleeson. burial followed at Evergreen cemetery with a large procession including the Ancient Order of Hibernians lodge of the city of which he was a charter member.
Obituary notices honor James Hawkins a valued member of Division No. 1 A O H with mourning and resolutions. The section includes city lighting cost comparisons from St Paul Globe and local community items from Gull River News about bridges, illness recoveries, and school fund drive prompts.
A Northern Minnesota letter attacks lawless hunting and wholesale theft of deer and fish. It accuses traders from Detroit and nearby towns of collusion, urges law enforcement action, and notes merchants promoting legitimate sales while others profit from illicit traffic. Also mentions I. A. White’s skates stock.
Crow Wing Stems reports W. E. Everest rapidly recovering from illness. C. Munson spent weekend with friends in Minneapolis. A. Leighton welcomed a baby boy last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Fletcher visited friends here last week. The C. W. T. S. resumes Thursday evening in the new school house after a period of sickness. Frank.
By order of the U S district court, Ambrose Tighe was named Receiver of the Brainerd Water Company. All claims may be presented at Rooms 35 and 36 Globe Building St Paul Minnesota. Delinquent water rents must be paid at Brainerd office and water will be shut off February 1 1890 for those owing.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to friends and physicians for aid during illness. Note of moving to Arizona Iowa, January 24 1890. Then followed by multiple classified ads offering books from Stanley Explorations Nellie Bly story offers wood lamps shoes repair services loans halls carpets and more with entities such as Brainerd George N Day Hazen Co J Kennepy Co and A L Horrmay.
Geo N Day advertises a large invoice of velvet and Brussels carpets at popular prices. Hats in new styles are sold, and Clark & Co. offers a first class carving set for twenty tires. Also listed are a driving horse and a span of work horses for sale with trade options.
Overalls and jackets from Sweet Orr are featured at Geo N Day's store. Shoppers can view a selection of durable workwear and canvas jackets suitable for outdoor and factory use. Stock includes sizes for men and boys.
Harris, editor and former proprietor of the Genesee Farmer, marks forty years on his Rochester area farm as he promotes the Rural Annual. The Dispatch invites readers to request a copy by sending their name to Josefh Harris Szzp Co at Moreton Farm, Monroe County, New York.
State of Minnesota Crow Wing County District Court Fifteenth Judicial District Samuel R. Lind plaintiff versus Mat A Karjola defendant action begun to reform a deed dated May 3 1888 due to an error in description The premises are east thirty five feet of Mertz Lum subdiv Lots 5 and 6 Block 7 Town of East Brainerd described on the recorded plat Filed in Crow Wing County Illary of Deeds January 8 1890 attorney W A Fleming Brainerd MN
Mortgagee Samuel W. Searles announces foreclosure of the 1888 mortgage by Joseph E. Myers and Addie Myers. Public auction at Brainerd front courthouse door on February 17, 1890, to satisfy $284.50 plus interest costs and $25 attorney fees. Property described as NW quarter of NE quarter and NE quarter of NW quarter, Section 8, Township 44, Range 30, Crow Wing County Minnesota.
Mortgagee Patrick H. Carney to Julia Lowe forecloses under a 1885 mortgage on the NW quarter of Section 12 in Township 5 North Range 31 West in Crow Wing Minnesota. Sale set at Brainerd Court House on February 24 1890 to satisfy principal interest costs and attorney fees.
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