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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1885
Page
2
Friday morning publication from Brainerd Minnesota issued by N J Ingersoll and F W Wieland. Paper serves Crow Wing Cass and Itasca counties and is entered at the Brainerd post office as second class master. Subscriptions are $1.50 per year in advance.
Reports indicate cholera continues to ravage Spain while other news items note Mrs. Dudley’s confinement in an asylum and the completion timeline for the Canadian Pacific railway by October 1. Also mentioned are political re election in Britain and a new diplomatic posting in Belgium.
A cyclone moved through Wisconsin on Wednesday causing substantial damage around Madison and Oshkosh. No casualties are reported, but property and trees suffered significant destruction amid the storm's path.
On Thursday Spain reported 1,497 new cholera cases and 744 deaths amid the outbreak. The figures highlight the severe impact of the disease across the country.
About five thousand friends gathered in Quebec to back Louis Riel with a subscription. The meeting resolved to organize funds to aid him.
Two thousand members of the Odd Fellows traveled from Chicago to St Paul on Tuesday to attend the grand lodge of the Patriarchal circle.
The St. Peter Tribune expresses doubt that appointing Adolph Biermann to a federal post will convert Norwegians into Democrats.
Bay City Michigan lumber strikers march with resolve, signaling a likely success as workers press demands in ongoing industrial dispute. Strong unions and local timber firms are in tense stand off over wages and hours.
The St. Louis river bridge of the Northern Pacific between Duluth and Superior is now open to travel. Northern Pacific trains run from Duluth to Ashland and the Omaha from Duluth to Superior.
Attorney General Hahn rules that a teacher may collect pay for time lost due to school suspension by trustees. The ruling also states that a county auditor cannot issue a payment order to anyone other than the person to whom the order is drawn.
A. J. Andersen, a Swedish man employed by the Manitoba road, was run over and killed instantly Sunday morning near Moorhead by a Northern Pacific freight train while lying drunk on the track.
A northern state publisher, excited by Bro Stivers joining the party, sent for his photograph as part of a plan to collect pictures of great men. The note hints at how small matters can steer a man’s entire course.
Mrs. Brahm wife of a bookkeeper at Jamestown D. T. was found raving on the Milwaukee streets last night. She had been en route to visit relatives in Kewaunee Wis and passed through Party Wis when the tornado struck. The fright left her so distressed she nearly lost her reason.
Moose are reported at Lake Alexandria nine miles west of old Fort Ripley. The lake is famed for big fish and surrounding hunting grounds. In earlier times officers visited for pleasure. today lawyers editors and others enjoy the area as well.
The Northern Pacific express company abandons a through St Paul to Portland run for the season dividing the service into eastern and western sections. John McCullough suffers progressive paralysis and is incurable. The doctors warn mental decline will soon follow and death may come swiftly.
The public should note that the new postal rates, effective this month, raise weight limits rather than reduce postage. One ounce may be sent for 2 cents instead of a half ounce. Letters without stamps or stamped but unaddressed items go to the dead letter office as before.
A prominent politician tells a Dispatch scribe that the Tribune resents the Journal's Democratic lead and that the Tribune overstepped by shaping town opinion. He says Halsted would have steered the Tribune Democrat if the Journal hadn’t shifted the balance and that the Tribune’s reaction proves the point.
Betmar, of Wadena and employed at Fergus Falls Western House, attempted suicide Saturday by drinking red oxide of mercury over lack of a father for her unborn child. Doctors say she is expected to recover.
A senatorial election will occur in the next legislature this fall 1886 and the state should be redistricted before then. The northern region complains of unfair apportionment due to population growth since the last tally. Gov Hubbard is expected to weigh the extra session on census results and consider northern arena fairness.
R. J. Davenport, a United States engineer tied to the headwaters reservoir system, tours Winnebagoshish and Leech lakes. He notes Winnebagoshish covers about ninety square miles with water raised twelve feet and Leech about 200 square miles with four feet rise. Three dams at Pokegama Leech and Winnebagoshish hold twenty four billion cubic feet ready to release when low water returns, potentially lifting the Mississippi channel by three to five feet.
Ada dispatch says John Shelly of Ada was appointed and accepted as Duluth state grain inspector. A Red River Valley settler and former county auditor, Shelly left his Norman County post as pressure from local farmers grows. He will move with family to Duluth and resign as auditor.
Indigenous tale says two feathered monsters descended from the Manitou to devour canoeists on the Seneca river. The Cayuga and Onondaga united to kill the moth like beasts after a fierce battle. Their carcasses, left unburied, decomposed and spawned the mosquitoes that haunt the region.
The Sauk Center Tribune mocks recurring small papers that tout Democratic zeal after elections. It calls them opportunists seeking office and warns readers not to be misled by their torn political coats or promises.
The United States government advances the Pine River dam near Crosslake as part of a federal system to regulate spring surplus water for navigation below St Paul. After delays from land condemnations, dam construction resumes with lands awarded and paid, hoping for completion by November. The Pine River project follows prior builds at Lake Winnebegoshish, Leech Lake, and Pokegama using local materials.
Dr. Fisher receives Riel's letter detailing his surrender and role in ending the rebellion. Riel claims witnesses in Lower Canada can secure a fair hearing, explains motives, and criticizes forced arrests and the rapid arms rising by the half breeds. He asks humane treatment and hopes a jury verdict will clear him.
Lumbermen discuss opening Winnebago shish dams to prevent log jams and support Mississippi drives near Fort Ripley. Maj. Allen governs reservoirs but Congress halted action. water levels rise and fall with rains altering plans. Forty dams are planned, with thirty seven added to the three finished, raising questions about using dam water for floating logs.
Rumor of an engine explosion on the line near Sauk Rapids Thursday. Train No. 2 the Portland express blew a cylinder head and needed hours for aid. Conductor Cavender arrived with Train No. 5, whose engine was taken by Conductor Griffin. Train No. 5 then used Freight Train No. 17 for assistance. No injuries reported.
A clerk explains that wives can receive their own mail without their husbands and that orders are needed to release letters. The reporter notes men often react with disbelief and anger, while highlighting wives’ rights to private correspondence and the postal rule’s rigidity.
A Boston Globe snippet describes a secretive Maine method to obtain a drink, detailing steps such as signaling guards, testing doors, reciting a password, operating a gas fixture, offering twenty five cents, and finding a nearby cemetery to avoid lengthy travel.
The article argues that legislative attempts to break up the Mormon system failed but natural forces will erode polygamy. Railroads and mines attract Gentile settlers, increasing male Gentiles and prompting intermarriage with Mormon women. It predicts rising shame among younger Mormons and eventual disintegration as Gentile society competes with monogamy. Persecution and law are deemed ineffective.
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