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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1885
Page
3
Gov Hubbard has removed Col Bend and the action is sustained. Brainerd Dispatch serves Crow Wing Cass and Itasca counties as the official paper of record in Minnesota with editors N H Ingersoll and F W Wieland.
Gen Grant will be buried at Riverside Park in New York on August 8. The Aitkin Age prints the notice but the editor notes appointment as postmaster.
Local papers warn of rising crime rates with thugs and thieves described as a fearful problem. In Chicago, a public fundraising effort has raised fifteen thousand dollars for a Gen. Grant equestrian statue.
The report notes Brainerd is not listed in the cyclone district while Fargo Moorhead Detroit and other cities have been visited in the storm’s regional tour. Officials monitor paths and issue advisories as agencies coordinate response efforts.
Stillwater lumbermen express optimism as river mills on the St. Croix report a cut of 167 million feet this year, about 17 million feet more than the previous period.
In Charles Mix county D T filed a contest on a man’s claim two days after death, alleging abandonment. The claim tic has drawn criticism as a troubling tactic.
McDonald of the St. Cloud Times is named receiver of the city land office, succeeding the suspended W. B. Mitchell as officials reshuffle to accommodate another partisan appointment.
A letter from Fergus Falls arrives at the Brainerd post office section of the local page. The communication is noted for its originality and local color as it seeks postal contact.
Duluth hosts a band tournament with local ensembles selling subscriptions. Brainerd boys won last year at Detroit and aim to defend their title as Northwest bands stage their annual festival.
The north region asserts its population has more than doubled in four years and calls for a new apportionment to secure rights. If denied, residents warn they must wait another four years, calling it a manifest injustice to be deprived of rights in this respect.
The Northern Pacific changes its passenger train schedule at local points to accommodate a fast freight train set for next week. Differences are one to five minutes from the old table, while terminal arrival and departure times remain unchanged.
Articles filed this week show incorporation of the Crookston Minneapolis and Duluth rail company. The line runs from Crookston via the south end of Leech Lake to Minneapolis and Leech Lake to Duluth with branches and side-tracks. Capital stock set at 1,000,000 with headquarters in Crookston.
A printer at a business desk mocked buying from an eastern printing house. The merchant defended local goods, saying he and the printer could obtain the same items cheaper at home and support a fellow citizen. The printer noted the imported letter heads and the merchant retreated to assist another customer.
Rumor says the Marquis de Mores will close his refrigerator meat houses along the Northern Pacific line on August 1 except Medora. He concentrates resources to serve Chicago, moving slaughtered beef into refrigerator cars for through shipment. The buildings may remain for creamery uses.
Maj. Allen in charge of Mississippi river works at St. Paul states three reservoirs above Brainerd are finished with capacities of 40 billion, 22 billion, and 33 billion cubic feet. Filling takes 26 months. the goal is to store water during low river stages to deepen the channel. He backs a $50,000 appropriation for surveys of the reservoir system.
Duluth excitement grows over a proposed Ada and Duluth road described as a paper scheme by Fred Puhler of the Ada Journal. The project appears as unlikely to be built as the Duluth and Winnie peg, prompting public skepticism.
Fragmentary lines describe cold winds and a large shapely piece of ice. The voice ponders if a delivery would be missed and hints at a recurring iceman motif in a domestic setting.
A cryptic excerpt notes awful heat and sultry winds kissing the parched earth, with a reminder that someone may be forgotten. The terse fragment suggests a seasonal or atmospheric moment amid poetic lament.
Detroit Minn July 25 T J Sheehan U S Indian Agent says a Pioneer Press sensational letter alleging dam damages caused the Leech Lake fire is false. He reports ordering Captain Morrison to Leech Lake to secure arrests, notes peaceable Indian councils, and promises orderly resolution with Washington awaiting hearings before department.
A Fargo special reports a severe storm sweeping south of Crookston with unparalleled damage. Breezes toppled an electric tower in Fargo, tore roofs in Moorhead and Detroit, flattened a jail roof, knocked bricks onto a hotel room occupant, and left several buildings unfit for use.
Annie Jones, once called Major Jones, served with General Stahel and later accompanied Custer. She acted as a staff officer, passed pickets, and gathered rebel intelligence, earning wide recognition among officers and troops before being reassigned to Washington amid suspicions of Confederate espionage.
A powerful storm struck Hawley at 6 50 pm causing extensive damage. Glass shattered, chimneys and windmills toppled, oaks uprooted, and the Norwegian church at Audubon demolished. Crops damaged though overall yields remained mostly intact. No lives lost.
The Rev J W Hargrave of Aitkin Congregational church accepts a call to Hancock Michigan. Wadena budgets 2400 for next year school costs a nine month term. Crookston licenses floor surfaces for roller rinks 5000 sq ft at 300 and smaller at 50. Five rattlesnakes killed at Wacouta. The 12 year old daughter of Fred Capping dies after illness at New Ulm circus. Clay county population 10496. Norman county Index notes Clay Norman district influence may merge for legislative district.
A party of 500 immigrants passes through Pittsburgh en route to the Northwest. Among them are Russians led by Vasil Angelovitch, a former army officer who fled after Nihilist turmoil and now settles with his family in Eastern Dakota. The son, trained in a Russian pyrotechnics school, once befriended Michael Strogloff, and after disguising as a peasant peddler fled via Baltic crossing. The family, rich from estate gold, buys acreage in the Northwest and plans to homestead as new American citizens, traveling as steerage passengers to avoid suspicion.
A Cincinnati Gazette discussion on Aberdeen Ohio and Gretna Green style marriages. It explains legality varies by state, cites Kentucky and Pennsylvania rules, and notes Fleet marriages from London era, with references to Blackstone and Cooley. The piece mentions a Aberdeen official Esquire Shelton.
Reports from Monaco recount two self induced deaths linked to gambling losses at Mentone and Monte Carlo. An aristocratic young woman killed herself after huge losses amid engagement rumors. An American man, John Boerhinger, was found dead. rumors of sickness mischaracterized him, but evidence shows heavy gambling ruin. Echo Monaco presses anti gambling stance, while police struggle to curb the smuggled paper.
The Meriden Silver Plate Company obtains an execution against Louise M Witt G G Hartley and B F Hartley and James Dewar co partners Witt Hartley Co The sheriff will sell on September 14 1885 at 10 oclock a m at the Brainerd courthouse the real estate of Hartley and Hartley to satisfy judgment and costs of 187 outlet merit mortgaged sums and interest at seven percent.
The Brainerd Auditor's Office records the July 20 1885 meeting of the county board of equalization with full attendance. Amendments reduce several property values including D H Hughey improvements bankers credits Schwendeman dogs and piano values. The board adjourned to August 15 1885 with additions listed for various goods animals and furniture.
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