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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1889
Page
1
A collection of brief notes covers bank closures, office openings, and local disputes. It notes Tus bank of Wahpeton closing, a new post office in West Duluth, damages in Morrison county, and a tax list in Los Angeles. It references Brainerd pride, a leg famine at Miyazarotts mills, and social gossip about Emma Bond and Senator Sastry.
The year has seen the Samoan disaster, the Danmark rescue, the Hawkhurst burning voyage, and the Johnstown horror, marking extraordinary events of peril and tragedy in quick succession.
Inquiry to the Journal whether any land notice has appeared in a Brainerd republican paper since Mac and his associates seized the St. Cloud land office. The question also asks if he still asserts that nine tenths of notices appear in republican papers.
Garrett, a brakeman, was impaled on a link that passed completely through his abdomen at Dulath. He calmly replied Well, let her go Gallagher when informed by the physician of his fatal injuries, and died moments later.
Local vendors must shutter over a $1 600 saloon license loss affecting Jamestown revenue. Papers report water works extensions halted due to the revenue drop, linking water and whisky in town.
The last legislature struck out the words on or before the first day of June annually, implying weights and measures must be sealed within one year of prior sealing. An exchange believes this extends the sealing window for all standards.
H. L. Gorpox known in Minnesota politics as Thundering Gordon is sued for 30000 dollars in San Jose California for the alleged seduction of Minnie J Van Horn. His Minnesota record includes a Wright county shooting and a first degree murder indictment he was acquitted of.
Crura Bratz of the St Paul demi monde pleads insanity in the murder trial of her paramour Doherty. If the plea fails she faces Rochester as punishment and she regrets not being hanged.
Telegram reports preparations for the upcoming census with 175 supervisors nationwide, up from 150 in 1880. Minnesota to gain four supervisors, divided into four districts with St Paul and Minneapolis as a dividing line. supervisors chosen on senatorial and congressional recommendations. Last census Minnesota had 800 enumerators.
A Minnesota letter column claims Mr. Macdonald never served as register of the land office at St. Cloud yet accuses him of influence over notices. The piece alleges clerks canceled Democratic notices and pushed republication in favored papers, urging removal of Macdonald and other partisan officeholders to curb patronage.
Mora Minn June 13 An Indian outbreak is reported at Mille Lacs Lake with six killed or missing and a Swede named Magnuson shot. Gov Merriam may be asked for aid as settlers fear massacre. Indians object to a canal project tied to pine land encroachment on the Mille Lacs reservation and occupation around the lake.
Sid Wilson of between Motley and Staples was jailed awaiting grand jury action on charges of trying to wreck a Northern Pacific passenger train. He and others reportedly piled ties on the track after a dance, risking a serious collision. a freight train later shifted the obstruction and avoided harm.
The Cincinnati Times-Star lauds Havlin’s staging of Lost in London praising its faithful local coloring and action. The review highlights the original Pan Pipe Singers, lavish scenery, and a vaudeville act, calling the production a vivid blend of comedy tragedy and spectacle with gripping drama at its core.
State reports Montevideo seeks a brickyard with strong interest. Tramps surge this spring while Dakota county sees cut worms injuring corn and flax. Prince ton ends diphtheria epidemic. Austin high school expects thirteen graduates.
A suspected con man known as Anderson and Clausen, selling land and forging drafts, was captured in Watertown, South Dakota. He allegedly bought farms, forged a $320000 draft on Red Wing Bank, and fled after stealing a horse and buggy. Authorities seek him in Brainerd and Breckenridge for similar schemes.
A London letter notes that American brewery acquisitions interest beer drinkers there. Investigations reveal that flowers of Benjamin, a benzoic acid, is used to doctor London beers. The acid is warned to damage the stomach lining with rapid effect.
The Stillwater Gazette notes Bob Younger’s rapid health decline and calls his victims’ deaths a deadly influence of his gun. The Northfielders agree sentimentally that Younger and his brothers deserve punishment beyond imprisonment, urging they die behind bars if possible.
Curious tale from William Bunnell's hill farm near Big Canyon describes a bold fox invading the yard, taking a chicken, and being hunted across four miles before dying in a rock crevice as Mrs. Bunnell fought it with a clothes-pounder and neighbors joined.
The piece argues conversation is the highest art surpassing music and drawing. It claims true conversationalists are rare, achievable not by study alone but by inner vigor, culture, and a shared spiritual relation. It cites Emerson on temperamental magnets and dismisses mere data without transformative insight.
Fragmentary dialogue shows residents recalling a local election night with mild humor. A judge and neighbors chatter about motions and a party, while a family discusses a barrel of apples and expressage costs in a bustling community setting.
A Lahore style account describes Pondoland in Natal coastal protection terms. The writer notes the region as fertile mountainous and well watered with rich cattle economy and forests. Trade crosses the Umtumyuns and Umtata routes while law and order are described as weak with frequent tribal wars and limited justice.
Austin colonel Sumpter McBride in New York visits a clairvoyant, who serves a horoscope with a dirty card spread. He boasts the reading covers past present and future, asks for payment, and departs muttering incomprehensible remarks after exposing hotel clerk details.
A patient died by his own action yesterday morning at the hospital for the insane at St Peter. It is noted as the second such case in six years. C W Twichell, a tailor from Stillwater, expresses happiness over owning land at Garry South Dakota where gold has been found.
In Wright County Minnesota Herman Erath petitions for administration of Florian Erath late of Crow Wing County who died intestate in Crow Wing County on March 15 1880. The court sets a hearing for April 10 1880 at 2 PM and orders notice by publication for three weeks in Brainerd Dispatch Brainerd Minnesota. Judge W P Spalding signs the order.
Ea System operates fast trains from Chicago to Boston and New York via Albany with through Pullman cars. Travel options include parlor coaches and luxury day coaches with savings to several destinations. Tickets and reservations available at Chicago city offices and connecting line agencies. T. W. Burrows, Pass. Supt. Agent, Chicago.
Diary note praises the Wisconsin Central for its strong Pullman service between Minneapolis Saint Paul Milwaukee and Chicago. It highlights fast through trains with ample dining car service, wide-comfort accommodations, and broad business center coverage. The line distributes representatives nationwide and instructs terminal agents to aid routed passengers. contact WM. S. Mellen for details.
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