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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1886
Page
3
The article notes Paul H. Hayne of South Carolina, a nephew of Senator Robert Y. Hayne, famed for links to the masters of song and a notable remembrance in Brainerd Dispatch.
In a total vote near 3 million the Unionist majority is just over 70 thousand, suggesting the country is not overwhelmingly opposed to Irish home rule.
An eastern journal laments the demoralized baseball scene where honest games are hard to discern and asserts that boat races and even agricultural hoss trots are frequently tainted with fraud.
The San Francisco Bulletin weighs in on California wheat prospects with estimates ranging from two million tons to figures between fifty thousand and two hundred fifty thousand tons, noting wide variation among observers.
The article notes that fire losses in New Hampshire have fallen by about half since a state law effectively deprived property owners of fire insurance. It warns that careless individuals and would be arsonists face greater incentives to protect property than before.
Congress votes to cut army officer mileage from 8 to 4 cents per mile, doubling the per mile cost to officers. Meanwhile lawmakers still receive 20 cents a mile, unchanged since stagecoach days, and many members reportedly travel on free passes, not a majority but a large number.
New York residents cling to the idea that Convict Ward hides a fortune. Col onel Fred Grant cites a $3,000,000 estimate. Ward serves ten years quietly with good behavior possibly shortening his sentence. He remains cheerful and dapper, fueling the theory of a bright future beyond prison.
The bureau of statistics reports eight months to June 30 showing beef and pork exports fell from 61 300 752 in 1865 to 30 45 238 in 1866. Domestic cattle and dairy exports also declined. Germany and France blocked pork, European demand for wheat and flour shrank, improving but insufficient trade balance for western farmers.
A Philadelphia Times correspondent notes about 15 000 federal clerks earn around 1000 dollars a year. Married workers spend 400 on rent, singles on rooms and meals. High prices for clothing and vanity aid thriftlessness, with only a minority saving to own a home or leave Washington. Most regret moving from a village of content to the capital’s frown.
The article notes Russia pressing the Berlin treaty, massing troops on the southern frontier, and demanding Turkish indemnity. It argues Europe fears renewed war, with a general continental movement possible if Russia persists, and cites the protest over Batoum as a sign of rising tensions.
The cabinet decided to instantly place resignations in the queen's hands after meeting in Mr Gladstone's Downing Street office. A messenger left London for Osborne with formal ministerial resignations while Gladstone hosted a reception and warned he cannot fight an embittered parliament.
A party of eleven visitors from eastern Massachusetts at Tuckerman's Ravine in the White Mountains were nearby when a snow arch toppled. Sewell Faunce of Boston, 15, was buried beneath six feet of snow and ice and died instantly. Maggie Pearce of New Bedford was trapped to the waist but rescued with minor injuries. The group nearly remained under the arch had they not paused for a rest.
During the fiscal year ending June 30 internal revenue was collected in districts including Second Iowa Third Iowa First Wisconsin Second Wisconsin and more. Officials named include John W Green William C Thompson James E Simpson Byron Webster John W Bur dette A H Kuhelmeier William Bickel Adolph Biermann Edward C Wall Henry Harden Alfred C Parkinson Howard M Kutchins Owen A Wells Leonard Lotridge Joseph W Monroe and others with amounts such as 27347.28 2214113.31 5016.45 186988.68 3629.36 80245.86 68758.88 466773.43 138703.10 77136.07 2508601.80 2462.00 154284 85324 241948 25960.54 156734 listed.
The wife of a Boston millionaire, a leading New England merchant, filed for divorce on adultery grounds in the supreme court clerk's office. The case recalls the Dilke-Crawford scandal and is set for October hearing, with contest unknown.
A Hazard Kentucky telegram reports a clash between French and Eversole factions with a revolver skirmish that left one French man dead and three wounded. In a later engagement both sides are said to have been killed. The men were wealthy rival merchants with large business, linked to June rifle shipments from Leslie and Bell counties. French was described as a Knight Templar of good standing.
Maj. R. E. Fleming, a Dakota railroad commissioner, warns that recent North Dakota storms ruined about 1.5 million bushels of wheat and total yield may not exceed 12 million. He says drought damage is heavier than reported, cattle and sheep will be brought in from Montana, and 150,000 head may winter there.
The article notes Sir Charles Dilke quitting England and selling his Chelsea house to settle in the south of France after a career marked by radical liberal leadership and anti royal expenditures speech. It also mentions the death of Fenian Hickie in Dublin and a wide array of 19th century political and social items from the London Daily News to local trials and incidents across the US and Ireland.
A man visits a clairvoyant and offers five dollars to learn his wife’s future. The exchange reveals the caller’s plan to have the woman manage finances and “lord it over” him when she inherits money, with warnings of danger at the seashore.
The senate approved river and harbor appropriations for Minnesota including Duluth harbor enlargements with a $56,250 allotment, Grand Marais $7,500, Agate Bay $22,500, Lake City $7,500, Red River improvements to the US border, Mississippi headwaters reservoirs $37,500, upper Mississippi snag boats $22,500, and $382,500 for St Paul to Des Moines rapids work plus authorized surveys from Moorhead to Fergus Falls and others to study future projects.
An aging Irish sergeant recalls Mary, his daughter who left with her lover Barton, and then reunites with her after years apart. He discovers Mary is Barton’s wife, and the family’s joy culminates in a reunion at the station with Mary, the lieutenant, and their child. The tale ends with the sergeant ready to visit his wife and grandchildren, content at last.
A poem fragment contrasts wealth and charity. A woman longs for riches to ease suffering yet imagines the glittering life of a nabob, while the hungry and distressed near her gate reveal the distant dream. The verse critiques wealth without care and the hollow comfort of fortune.
The late Judge David Davis was a longtime friend of newspapers and ready to aid them. He believed free speech and a free press were a matter of conscience.
In Hudson Michigan this year's class of five young women adopts the motto five of a suit beat a full hand a Cicero line illustrating how classics enrich the high school curriculum.
Mrs Brown visits neighbors in a tight knit town to aid grieving widows and a mother with many children. She observes disturbances at Mrs Peters home and the Vincent household while pondering social strains and the danger of unchecked youth. The minister’s wife ends with a sobering biblical warning about a land ruled by a child king.
A health note argues three simple rules from Boerhave keep body balance: cool head warm feet and open bowels. It links worry avoidance and moderate diet to brain health, warns against overworking the mind, tight footwear, and poor chewing, and urges plain cooking and ample exercise.
A Blackwood columnist extols Messina sardines as unmatched in the Mediterranean, noting their crisp browning, light oil fry, and delicate bones. The piece praises accompanying greens, macaroni, quails, capons, Parmesan, and ripe strawberries for a complete Sicilian repast.
A St Louis Republican recount describes the Mariposa grove in California noting scattered large trees among ordinary pines, with the Grizzly Giant measuring 64 feet 3 inches around and 267 feet tall. The Wawona and other giants reach 265 feet. many trunks show fire damage. The grove, part of the Yosemite grant, is managed by a California board with the governor as ex-officio member.
A slender white whiskered man wearing a Derby hat helps a hunchbacked woman onto a streetcar in Cleveland Leader. The scene shows kindness from General Joe Johnston as he lifts the disabled woman, files past, and returns to his seat after courteous greeting and aid.
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