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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1888
Page
5
Uncle John Martin reports a vast flock of English sparrows at Crow Wing for about fifteen minutes. Thousands of birds gathered near his place before they continued their westward flight.
Brainerd residents and visitors are noted attending social, political, and business happenings. Highlights include the Villegas of Minneapolis visiting, Chas Tedford and Fred Davenport in town, school closures due to measles, a Gull River saloon fire, brewery and press updates, and upcoming marriage plans for Miss Sue Mulrine and A L Dickinson. The city hosts concerts by the Liederkrantz, baseball chatter with Fargo Wahpeton talks, and brisk cattle drive movements toward Aitkin. Wm Daley plans relocation from Livingston. Royalton applies for a date, and Brainerd delegates attend the A OH grand lodge. Creamery butter from Wadena gains local notices at 25 cents per pound.
In Tusday June 5 pneumonia claimed Mrs Calista F Spaulding aged 77 mother of Capt C L Spaulding of the Lumbermen's bank. A respected figure and mother to the captain, she was an estimable lady.
At the residence of Wm. Stephens on Maple Street near Fifth in this city, by Rev. E. J. Brownson, on Monday June 4, 1888, Mr. J. H. Patten to Miss Emily Tregillus, both of this city.
James Pugh remains jailed on a 500 dollar bail for bastardy alleged by Mary Bonsick. He pleaded not guilty after arrest late Friday. adjournment set to Monday. Bonsick, about 25, walked seven miles with the child to the courtroom. she and Pugh both worked at the mill last season.
Mrs. Mary T. Lathrap of Jackson Michigan president of the Wisconsin branch of the W C T U will address Congregational church in Brainerd next Wednesday at 8 PM. Gen Clinton B Fiske introduced her as Our St Mary of Michigan and praised her for a three quarter hour speech on the war causes and consequences with a call to end sectionalism.
The Brainerd High School auditorium, Sleeper Opera House, hosted the second annual commencement last Friday. A full house heard salutatory by Emily Walters and essays by Genevieve Paine, Geneva Welch, Amy Lowey, and others, with remarks by Profs. Gould and Wilson.
A Wednesday opera house meeting voted 37 to 13 to issue 35000 in bonds to advance education in the city. Funds will build new school buildings in the Second and Third Wards and aid general school interests.
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