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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1888
Page
3
Brainerd Minnesota publishers Ingersoll and Wieland operate the Brainerd Dispatch daily newspaper from Brainerd Minnesota.
A British shipmaster near New Orleans reports butterflies blown aboard his vessel 150 miles from the coast off Patagonia. The incident occurred while the ship remained at sea, illustrating unusual windborne insect travel far from land.
Three years after saving the drowning daughter of a wealthy New Yorker, Charles Sehle of Morris Cove Connecticut is awarded about 10000 dollars by the deceased gentleman's will as a reward for his bravery.
Harmony Maine reacts to news Chesley Bean who disappeared forty seven years ago and left Harmony since quit, is reported to have died in Texas. Heirs known include his sister and two nephews. The estate totals 11 million in property.
Eddie Williams of Franklin Maine died days after a hunting accident when his firearm kicked. Doctors attributed the recoil as the cause of brain concussion and resulting partial paralysis of the spine and digestive organs.
A young man preparing at Cambridge for Harvard College has killed himself by smoking opium. The piece notes rapid youth amid growing dangers as civilization intensifies and hints at risky diversions like strychnine cocktails and giant powder cigarettes.
A Palatka Florida witness in a significant case endured sixteen days of delay with only one meal per day and no money. He was left friendless and nearly starving until the judge provided needed help so the trial could proceed.
An Orrington, Maine town tale recounts villagers choosing Orangetown and sending a minister to obtain incorporation. The legislature’s clerk misspelled orange as orring, the pastor embraced the joke, and the name Orrington emerged from that orthography slip.
The article lists various products and their origins across U S states including Russian leather in Connecticut Bordeaux wine in California Italian marble in Kentucky French lace in New York Marseilles linen in Massachusetts English cassimere in New Hampshire Parisian art from a Boston shop Spanish mackerel from the New Jersey coast and Havana cigars rolled by the million in Chicago.
Miss Florence Andenried, daughter of the late Colonel Andenried of General Sherman's staff, writes from Rome to a Washington friend that she met the Holy Father. She describes kneeling as he smoothed her hair and face, spoke softly, recalled her, and gave her a silver medal to wear for his sake. He is described as a dear old man, but very feeble.
Michigan University has sent twenty four LL B holders, and Alma Hitchcock of the Sandwich Islands will be the twenty fifth this year. England hosts a clan of women lawyers, a correspondence club with yearly letters printed. Members include Belva Lockwood and Waugh of the Chicago Law School. The club’s motto is All the Allies of Each.
A northern New Hampshire woman who mended knickerbockers and stockings by covering knees with soft leather inspired the creation of knee pads for children. A summer visitor adopted the idea, spreading it further, and a patent has now profited from the concept.
Professor Humphreys argues long life depends on innate balance and early life energy. He cites temperance in diet, harmonious vital functions, and a body built per Dr Holmes' one boss rule, noting average height about five feet seven inches and weight around 154 pounds.
A Todd county Kentucky woman carried on a long distance courtship with a Michigan man who never met her. They exchanged photos but she sent a Tennessee cousin’s image. The man proposed marriage after being misled about house expenses, but she refused. He left disillusioned, wary of southern outrage stories.
The president has approved a law starting pensions for widows and soldiers of the Civil War from their husbands deaths. It affects claims filed after July 1, 1880, but not those filed before July 1, 1850 with earlier allowances. No formal application or lawyers needed. widows need only send a letter with name, address, and certificate number to expedite approval.
The second annual encampment of the First regiment Minnesota G. A. R. veterans at Granite Falls drew not less than three thousand on the grounds with delegations from Milbank Oak Ortonville Appleton Montevideo Renville Glencoe Canby Peardsley and Marshall posts. Montevideo Cornet band Ortonville flag corps, Daughters of Veterans, and visiting Sons of Veterans highlighted the event. Next year’s encampment will be at Appleton.
A Lafayette street resident reported a mad dog under a barn. An officer shot three times, exposing a colored man crawling out. The man, unharmed, complained the officer should stick to facts and avoid dangerous misjudgments.
The article rejects the belief in a torpid liver causing all ills and excesses. It explains the liver’s role in digestion, notes bile production, and argues that increasing bile secretion would not yield clear benefits. It emphasizes that the liver is not responsible for most perceived faults.
Condensed report of three days of debate at the St Louis Democratic National Convention. Officers named include Stephen White for chairman and Frederick Prince as temporary secretary. committees chosen. women’s rights addressed. Grover Cleveland nominated for president by acclamation. Thurman nominated for vice president. platform endorses tariff reform, anti-monopoly measures, and Monroe doctrine.
In September last Philip Palladoni was convicted of murder in the first degree for shooting his brother and sentenced to be hanged on October 5, 1888. He shows signs of insanity and may have his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment by the state pardons board, depending on a contested comma in the statute.
In Fairchild Wisconsin George Herkimer a knit goods factory owner killed his wife Mrs Herkimer in the kitchen then shot himself. Mrs Herkimer survived. The couple had separated after she left him with their baby. Herkimer had shown signs of insanity and died at the scene. The Lees of Nottingham England were visiting Mrs Herkimer at the time.
In La Crosse Wisconsin the State against George Keyes ended with a not guilty verdict after twelve minutes of deliberation. Purdy, a gambler, attacked Keyes with a knife and was shot dead.
Ground broken at Fourth and Robert streets for the Pioneer Press structure to cost about $700,000. The twelve story building will stand 170 feet high, cover a 124 by 124 foot lot, and rival the St Paul Globe’s recent ten story tower in size and ambition.
The Pioneer Press plans a fireproof building of stone and brick with iron interior supports. First two stories red granity, ten more red brick, terra cotta ornament, a 30 foot glass-covered court, extensive mechanicals, electric lighting, presses, and a club room for about six hundred staff.
The present crop outlook across the Northwest is favorable with most grain in good condition. Wheat reports are cheerful though some local areas show backwardness due to wind, cold, and sandy soils. Oats and barley show progress, corn is late, and regions like Brainerd and Olmsted county report varying germination and rainfall effects. Overall, conditions are satisfactory with improvement over ten days ago.
The Minneapolis health officer says wretched water caused the winter cholera outbreak, based on post mortem exams. He estimates 40 percent of residents affected and cites Dr. T M Pruden’s finding that bacteria from contaminated water or food triggered the disease, with high counts found in city water samples across several pumping stations.
The June crop report notes reduced winter wheat seeding in some states with an overall area about 7.2 percent below last year. The eastern and southern states suffer no material loss from freezing, while several western states see considerable reductions. Spring wheat rises in Dakota and the far west but falls in Iowa Wisconsin and Minnesota. Overall wheat area runs just under 36 million acres. Barley condition averages 85.9 percent, rye area and condition near prior year levels.
American Messenger J Zimmerman and Baggagemaster Joe Ketchum were alone in the Cincinnati Indianapolis St Louis and Chicago railway express car. Zimmerman alerted Ketchum to tramps seen outside the front door window as the train passed Delhi twelve miles west of Cincinnati. The men moved toward the door when their assailants fired through the window. Ketchum was shot multiple times.
Huron Dakota hosts a firemen tournament with multiple events. Winners include Higby and Fox of Yankton in first and second for the single man’s 50 ft run and couple, Turner of Huron 61 seconds, Artesian Hitchock 0, and De Smet hooks in 53.6 seconds. Aberdeen men Peper Atherton Hull Langslett place in 10.3 to 11.5 seconds for the 100-yard dash. Liberty Hose Pride Hooks of Huron win best drilled company. Mitchell wins the championship ladders and hose cart contests with 15 and 47 seconds respectively. A total of seventeen entries, eleven starters.
A mob in Sun River hanged William Robinson, charged with the murder of Charles Maguire at Fort Shaw. Sheriff Downing and Deputy Hurley transferred a suspect to Sun River before midnight, when masked men demanded the key and executed the lynching. Judge Bach ordered a grand jury probe as regional order resumes after years without lynching.
A string of terse notes from the era describes John Zachar Jr near Racine refusing food for 25 days amid suspected insanity and decline. Reports include a Cincinnati pursuit of Big Four train robbers, Boone county frontier tensions, labor conflicts in iron mills, Sioux City injunctions, Islamic influence debates in London, and varied Minnesota events from Mankato embezzlement cases to barn fires and court-house cornerstone plans.
The smallest flowering plant is Wolffia microscopica from India, a nearly microscopic frond lacking distinct stem leaves or roots. It floats by a rhizoid, reproduces rapidly, and bears two simple flowers on each frond. Two American species, Wolffia Columbiana and Wolffia Brasiliensis, grow near Philadelphia and across the eastern U.S.
A man giving the name Charles Wilson was arrested in Winona Minnesota after a stranger bought cartridges and fuse at a hardware store. Officer Brugger spotted two suspects near the Northwestern shops, one matching the dynamiter description. They fled. one man escaped on a fast freight, the other was captured with powder, a powder gun, and fuse on him.
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