Average Mexican laborer supports family on ten cents per diem
The article notes that the average Mexican laborer supports his family on ten cents per diem investing in corn and beans.
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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1888
Page
2
The article notes that the average Mexican laborer supports his family on ten cents per diem investing in corn and beans.
A French election for public office yields zero votes for Gen. Boulanger, making the result a rare curiosity and signaling unusual public opposition or apathy.
The pianist Anton Rubinstein has accepted an offer of twenty thousand dollars for fifty performances across the United States in the coming season.
Since her return from Paris Miss Mary Anderson has been visiting Lord and Lady Tennyson at their romantic Isle of Wight home.
A Louisville girl is described as insane from hair dye use while in Ohio another woman who ingested arsenic to improve complexion narrowly survived the poisoning.
The Somerville Journal states that more maple sugar is sold in Massachusetts each year than is produced in the entire United States and notes that none is imported.
A story notes a man’s gravitation to shabbiness begins when the conductor singles him out for his ticket before the first stop. His only hope of revenge lies in his possession of a pass.
An Atlantic City correspondent reports a new company formed to operate a sea wagon as a pleasure scheme. The vessel was originally intended as a life saving apparatus for rescuing people from ships in danger and will be launched into the ocean hourly, inviting passengers at will.
A country Texas post office appoints a postmaster who, for several days, reports receiving no mail. The mail agent informs the railway mail service superintendent, who writes to the post master. The post master replies he waits for the mail sack to fill before sending it to the train.
A Pall Mall Gazette writer recalls visiting Niagara Falls long ago and noting that Mr Gladstone owned a Canadian side land parcel with a splendid Falls view He was asked to sell during Prospect Park plans but declined with thanks.
A Kinchafoonee Creek overflow in Lee County Georgia trapped a farmer's cattle in a submerged field for days. He paddled a bateau to reach them and feed the herd, noting the animals grew tame and gentle through the ordeal.
An army officer notes courage is curious. He recalls deliberately facing danger with fear to appear brave, yet in sudden unexpected danger he felt no fear and fought with apparent courage, only to wilt afterward as if a wet rag.
Workmen sinking a well at Martin G Fuller’s property in Tully New York uncovered a bottomless pit that led to a dry cave about forty feet below the surface. Explorers lowered by ropes found the cave about a mile long and extending under a lake with no water present.
Dr Everett Wagner of Metcalfe County Kentucky died leaving 12000 dollars to charitable institutions and a will that assigns his left hand to Napoleon Wagner, the right hand to another brother, and distributes legs feet teeth nose ears gums among relatives. Executors face questions on carrying out the unusual bequests after his burial.
An experiment at the United States Torpedo Works compressed gun-cotton between two heavy iron blocks. A one inch thick by three to four inch diameter charge exploded in a center hole with fulminate of mercury cap, pushing one iron piece onto the other and leaving impressions of the leaves before they escaped.
The Mills bill is reworked and will appear before the committee of the whole as the Democratic caucus bill, not the Mills version. Chairman Mills laments the changes and questions party loyalty to revenue reduction. Also, Sen. MacDonald linked a Senate bill granting a pension increase for John G. Morrill, a Civil War veteran from Company K, First Minnesota, now assistant doorkeeper, from 24 to 45 dollars monthly.
John W. McClung, an early St. Paul pioneer, died suddenly at his home. L B Rock, famed railway official and former Milwaukee Northern division superintendent, collapsed on stairs in Milwaukee and died instantly, aged about 63, after suffering two strokes in two years.
Arrests span Kansas to Pennsylvania with a Stafford telegram defaulter case in Jones, a 60 day stay request for Blinkey Morgan, Meitner’s suicide in Wisconsin, Christie and Ferris sentenced for Police Officer Glenn’s murder in Wheeling, and Apache-led raids in Sonora. Parkersburg torture reported. Iowa cut-face capture. Iowa college anti secret society clash with vandalism and masked antis forcing breakout.
All Jews except first guild merchants ordered to quit Moscow within a fortnight. Over 100 expelled Jews pass Cracow en route to America. The Tahiti reports unrest in Tahiti and possible native uprisings against French authority. A Berlin theater scaffold collapse kills one worker and injures others. the empress aids relief. Dispatches from Zanzibar mention Maj. Barttelot reporting Stanley’s camp safe with ample food. Tippoo Tib’s behavior deemed unsatisfactory. Bismarck’s passport edict bans French subjects from Alsace Lorraine without an eight week visa. French military require extra residence permits.
A six year old boy of Chris Knudson was crushed by a freight train near Granite Falls Minnesota while attempting to place a brick on the track. Three spans of the Gaysport bridge south of Janesville Ohio fell into the Muskingum during a storm. A boy crossing was blown from his horse but unharmed. In Kansas a severe storm with hail and rain caused extensive damage including to grain and glass. Floods on the Solomon river swept two families away and left three children dead near Redfield Dakota.
A barn fire after a lantern was kicked from a hand burned two barns, four horses, a granary with 500 bushels of wheat, millet, grain and tools. The owner, Cooledge, faced possible insanity amid repeated farming losses. Chadron reports a devastating water spout inland with 10 foot river walls and 16 foot surge, feared casualties.
Miscellaneous notes report Lake Agnes revival immersions of twenty five. Winona County returns to Dunnell support. Bishop Gilmore bans funeral flowers by priests to curb abuse. Northern Pacific expands in St Paul with ten miles of new track and a Soo freight depot. Thunderstorms lash Wheeling region with drownings and structural damage while Virginia miners face unrest.
A local scare about an Indian outbreak near Oelrichs Nebraska spread after a Wyoming settler heard a claim by four Cheyenne visitors. Gov. Church ordered readiness of militia and reported to the war department. Officials say the panic is baseless, with Pine Ridge agency reports of calm and plans discussed to divide reservations delaying any outbreak.
A gasoline barrel exploded in the cellar of Charles E Zellers grocery in Frederrickton Maryland. Two people were killed and over 100 injured as fire and a blast shattered windows and the brick front. Victims include women children and many burned or injured while responders battled the blaze.
Readstown area crime shocks locals as Reuben Drake and wife aged about sixty are found shot to death beside their grandchildren whose throats were cut. The house shows signs of ransacking and a possible attempt to steal pension money. neighbor reports hearing shots. Investigators search for a local suspect in a sparsely settled farming region near Kickapoo.
In Philadelphia the Presbyterian Centennial linked the Northern and Southern general assemblies for the first time in over a quarter century. Rev J J Bullock presided at the Academy of Music with Rev W H Roberts and Rev J T Smith among speakers. Crowds of about 5 000 filled both halls as ministers and lay members shared fraternal greetings and praises.
The House wrestled with South Dakota's statehood amid a heated clash over Dakota officials. Gifford attacked carpetbagger rule and federal appointees, while Butterworth Springer and others clashed in a rapid volley of questions and retorts. The chamber roared at Springer's replies.
Two more bishops Drs Newman and Goodsell added to the Methodist Episcopal list. John Philip Newman born 1826 in New York City rose from seminary to minister and editor and served as Grant era chaplain and Madison Avenue preacher. Daniel A Goodsell born 1840 Newburg NY became a leading church educator and pastor in Brooklyn New Haven and New York areas.
Gen Hugh J Campbell issues a call for a general convention of 700 delegates from North and South Dakota to meet in Huron July 10 and 11. The gathering aims to lay out plans for the upcoming fall campaign and unite divisionists and statehood supporters.
Aimed at uniting divisionists in Dakota, notices call for July 12 conventions in Huron for lawyers farmers bankers and tradesmen Dakota press ministers and more. The events seek review of the general convention's legality and guidance on division and statehood plans with about one thousand delegates expected.
The United States treasurer paid out 12,590,000 this month on pensions while monthly receipts exceed expenditures by nearly 5,000,000. Treasury surplus fluctuated to 96,000,000 before climbing to 101,000,000 amid other policy moves and international notes. Premier actions include a Mexico Central America Haiti San Domingo Brazil conference, postal carrier hour limits, and aid to Marion Iowa’s National Bank. Austin and Browntown Texa s cyclone wrecks churches and homes, with deaths and injuries reported.
The Senate voted 28 to 27 not to consider the fisheries treaty in open session, along strict party lines except Hale voting with Democrats against the Riddleberger resolution. No date set for taking up the treaty.
In Marshall Minnesota a jury rules for Ole G Swanson against St Paul Minneapolis Manitoba RR for 15000 in damages after Swanson was pushed from a train. Several other notices report deaths wrecks and crime across Missouri Iowa and Washington.
A Minnesota column reports William Ereegar of Lake City with a hand wound from a revolver mishap. John Shell, a section hand, escaped permanent injury after being run over by a hand car near Lake Wob. A Browntown church fair raised over 70 for church purposes. An injury at Glencoe Station left C H Slocum badly cut to the face. Dr Hewitt released mortality data for 1887, noting 12,731 deaths and over 9 percent from consumption. A Le Sueur worker, John Bossel, was shocked by a falling stone, fracturing ribs. Coal is discovered near Jordan at 70 feet deep, spurring exploration. A Sturne case in New Ulm ends with discharge after a year in jail. Old Abe Post encampment slated for Lake Benton June 19-21 with a 48-woman broom brigade. A Fergus Falls fire incident fatally burns a farmer’s daughter. Otter Tail’s Thomas Conway faces horse theft charges. St. Cloud records a death by self-administered morphine. Laverne plans $3,000 bonds for a town hall. Jasper stone quarry investigation eyes a joint stock venture. Martinka dies at New Ulm hospital from a gunshot. Faribault man Peter Roth dies after kidney disease and a past shooting. Lake City’s Prof Moore to resign June 8 and move to St Paul for law. Nobles County’s J J Lenz has 250 acres of thriving wheat. Jackson residents store fish in cellar water. A St Paul widow sues lumberman George Campbell for breach of promise, awarded $600. Sherman’s staff era features many noted officers and soldiers. ADAM Bapreavu.
Canada complains of too many immigrants as hundreds in Toronto live in destitution and starve while unable to find work. Charitable groups assist them, but the country cannot grow fast enough to absorb a large scale influx.
A man named Charles Carey pleaded guilty in Chicago and drew a 50 year Joliet sentence for a murder in which he killed Moy Ni Ding while intoxicated. A Nebraska rehearsal gun accident killed Samuel Stumps. A Little Falls river improvement memorial seeks 50,000 dollars. Mrs. Krueger died rescuing her child from a freight train. House vote estimates on the Mills bill show Democrats at 163 support to 154 Republicans with minor independents potential.
Poem recounts a Civil War night scene from General Sherman’s staff plus the Army of the Cumberland. The bugler sounds taps as troops guard the camp, rest follows the long march, and the writer laments the graves of fallen soldiers. John P. Force credits.
The Executive Committee of Chicago Chapter of the Army of the Cumberland met to arrange a reunion next fall in Chicago. The gathering will be September 19 20 marking Chickamauga anniversary with lectures, a Sheridan reception, an evening ovation, and a possible lake or Washington Park event with a banquet. Gilmore's Band may provide music if funds allow.
Capt A J West recalls a war era incident near West End where Dunn rode a small pony with a large watermelon. A cannon ball centered the fruit, showered red meat rind and seeds, yet Dunn and his pony were unharmed, leaving water streaming down the captain's face as memory.
The long reclusive ruler William I avoided public appearances except during his water cures. At home he wore uniform and loosens his tunic before writing, yet when soldiers approached he buttons up and displays the Order of Merit. He explains to the Kaiser he must set an irreproachable army example.
A Georgia unit raised by James H. Brown for guard duty along the Western and Atlantic railroad fought near Cartersville when Confederate forces raided the bivouac. The men were never paid, and now petition Congress to restore muster rolls and remunerate the service. W. H. Walker of Belton represents the group.
General and Mrs. R. B. Hayes attend the Ohio encampment. The Second Wisconsin Cavalry holds a reunion in LaCrosse on June 12 13 and 14. Thirteenth New York Volunteers plan a relic collection. Judge William H. Bassett of Arcola was a Southern prison inmate 547 days. Of 507 roll-call at the last National Encampment 107 were former Department commanders. A bronze G K Warren statue at Little Round Top Gettysburg will be dedicated August 8 1888. Post No 5 Lynn Mass may be the Grand Army’s wealthiest, with over 100000 in property. WRC Michigan shows 36 subordinate corps and 10265 members. enrolled 4553. charity 2456. Certificates issued to 15412 Mexican pension claimants by Jan 1 188%. 15000 more may be issued before June 30 18. Auto graph quilt presented to the Soldier’s Home Richmond Virginia bearing autographs of notable persons. Minnesota Department officers elected James H Ege, Edward Kyota, James Compton, Henry Wilson, W E Stanley. A Washington monument statue project to Paris funded by American women in return for Lafayettes monument. Mrs Nathan H Appeton of New York appointed president of a national women’s association with each state having a vice president.
The New York correspondent describes Julian Hawthorne as a tall genial novelist with a swinging stride. A tale follows of a mysterious double who appears to his friends, including an incident where Hawthorne races upstairs to confront a burglar that vanishes before him.
The piece argues hard mental work shortens life based on personal statistics. It lists poets and thinkers with ages reached, including Rogers 93 and Hugo 83, philosophers and scientists such as Chevreul at 100, Fontenelle 100, Hobbes 92, and Plato 82, noting a pattern across eras.
Liang Chang known as Mr. Liang serves as interpreter for the Chinese Legation at Washington and is described as a great poker player. He is a college graduate and uses nerve to back a small pair up to $500 with Oriental placidity that fools rivals in Washington games.
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