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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1885
Page
2
Brainerd Minnesota newspaper announces Thursday morning publication schedule with annual rate of 1.50 in advance. WN H Ingersoll and F W Wieland serve as editors and proprietors. Official paper for Crow Wing Cass and Itasca counties.
Representative J.T. Sadley of Princeton continues prospecting in Arizona as postal rates see a cent-per-pound reduction this midweek.
The opening of the magnificent Hotel Ryan is a landmark event in St Paul history signaling growth and civic pride. Local officials and dignitaries attended as the new hotel debuts with ceremonies and public notice of its grand design.
Republicans face swift changes in office holder status as Democrats probe signs of causes behind a flurry of resignations and replacements. The tone suggests a period of rapid political turnover and scrutiny in local or state government.
Last Saturday the St Paul and Duluth passenger train was detained at North Point Junction overnight due to a fire in a wood pile beside the track.
Twenty eight states have adopted laws restricting medical practice to educated physicians, triggering a drop in undertaker ranks as the profession adjusts to stricter licensing.
The first legal execution in Minnesota in twenty years will take place in Duluth on August 28. Wiseman, the Tower City murderer, is slated for the hanging.
The Aitkin Age editor presses for a local post office. Cleveland’s election prompted Barrett to issue a strong democratic sheet and demand compensation.
Sauk Rapids Justice Sweet rules that unlicensed dogs are personal property and orders cannot compel delivering a dog to be shot. The decision centers on enforcement limits for using animals as targets of punishment.
Duluth St Paul and nearby villages press for a recount after census takers allegedly misreported resident counts. Local papers demand accuracy and a second tally to correct population figures.
A Fargo dispatch confirms the Fargo Southern railroad has been formally and effectively brought under the control of the Milwaukee and St. Paul road, marking a significant consolidation in regional rail operations. The move aligns the Fargo line with the Milwaukee Road system.
The Perham Bulletin notes a Brainerd publication now backing democracy amid turbulent times, warning brothers to expect miracles of all descriptions as political fortunes shift.
The July debt review shows debt reduction over 9 million dollars for the past month and about 65 million for the year. The figures are modest relative to earlier years but still significant.
Mr. A. Moore, a leading Northwest fur dealer, says it is nearly impossible to procure buffalo robes. He bought about 20 000 robes in 1864, but this season has secured only 18 robes despite great effort.
The Moorhead News predicts Ada resident John Shelly as chief wheat inspector at Duluth. The Dispatch hopes for his appointment, praising his competence and belief that farmers will gain fair treatment if chosen.
Mrs Yeseult Dudley faced trial in New York for shooting at O Dovan Rossa but was acquitted after claiming insanity. She testified in her defense asserting sanity, yet the jury found she had lost her wits and spared her. The public reaction centered on her not killing him.
A serious strike of street car drivers and conductors in Chicago Tuesday led to riotous scenes as cars were stoned and overturned. Police were powerless against a mob of four to five thousand, joined by idlers, over the company’s refusal to reinstate fourteen discharged men.
Experienced lumbermen hold spring timber is less durable for construction. Recent tests support this, showing wood rich in phosphoric acid and potassium rots more readily. Spring cut timber contains eight times more phosphoric acid and five times more potassium than winter cut wood.
The Princeton Union reports interference attempts by busy-bodies toward boys who acquired pre-emption claims in the Mille Lacs reservation. It defends that the claimants have obeyed law requirements and that oaths of alleged perjurers and rumor-mongers will not stop them from holding their claims or obtaining patents.
The Fergus Falls Journal notes St. Peter’s population at 4034, about 1000 from the insane hospital, suggesting Fergus may rise in four years. The piece cautions an asylum at Brainerd would demand local care, risk a village craze, and critiques Fergus’s public improvement optimism.
The Duluth Herald reports Stivers of the Brainerd Journal will seek health and emolument in the democratic atmosphere, signaling a move within political circles.
The Ada, Duluth & Northern Da kota railroad company is organized at Ada in Norman county with A. H. Baker as President O. H. Moran as Vice President Fred Puhler as Secretary and Knute Larson as Treasurer.
A nineteen year old Illinois woman has married four times and all husbands survive. Her most recent marriage was to her first husband, whom her parents separated her from on their wedding day. She also courted two other men but is likely to return to her initial spouse.
Attorney General Hahn holds that a court clerk cannot legally issue a marriage license to a male under F years or a female under 18 without parental or guardian consent witnessed and certified. If either applicant has previously been married, parental consent is not legally required.
The land department for the Northern Pacific records June sales of 51 222 acres totaling 235 572 dollars, up from last year 32 027 acres and 189 956 dollars. Locations include 4131 acres in Minnesota 21822 in Dakota and 2700 in Oregon with 4000 nearby Butte Mon sold to Anaconda. fiscal year ending June 30 totals 347 600 acres and 1 700 000 dollars. This showing reflects well on the line in these times.
The Democratic Journal’s bias toward electing Democrats is seen as harming prominent local Democrats in Crow Wing County. The paper, though well-meaning, risks creating party lines in local campaigns and outsiders fear it as a quick political conversion tool rather than a trusted organ.
The final Mississippi river drives near Brainerd and nearby areas progress under Senator Buckman. Drives totaling millions of feet from Sandy Lake Pine River Prairie River and other locations move steadily, with remaining logs held above Clearwater Lake awaiting floodwaters.
The Northern Pacific bridge over the St Louis River near Duluth and Superior will not open until Monday when a timetable is set for trains to cross. Ashland will be a key junction with connections to Wisconsin Central and Milwaukee Lake Shore and Western. The bridge creates closer links among lake towns and enables cheaper freight transfer, with open access to all railroads under federal law.
A desperate trio in a Yukon style tale hatch a murder when hunger drives them to kill a man for money. They hide the body under a cabin floor, fear discovery, and end with a grim twist as they eat a stolen pig later.
Ex collector Robertson of New York states he will never again take an active interest in politics.
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