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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1886
Page
2
Brainerd Dispatch reports President Cleveland and his wife will tour New England following Congress adjournment. The announcement comes from Ingerson & Wieland, publishers in Brainerd Minnesota.
The record notes that fewer than 1,000 bills have passed the House at Washington, with about three-fourths being private bills and public measures accounting for less than 200.
Most railways in Russia operate at a loss with an annual deficit around 25 million dollars. The system covers about 15,000 miles of track in a country of nearly 100 million people, highlighting financial strain in the transport network.
The general term of the New York Supreme Court ruled no valid reason for a new trial for Buddensick the mud-mortar builder. He was immediately sent to State prison. The victims of his greed lie elsewhere, and the editorial seeks a better world.
The appearance of the National Guard and the police in procession prompts New York papers to celebrate the city’s ability to quell riots. Recent events spark interest in sustaining a disciplined militia with state support and efforts to involve the federal government.
The National bankruptcy bill is dead for this session. The senate vote to strike out the involuntary clause ended the interest of Mr. Hoar and others pushing the measure. Mercantile circles, especially in the east, want a national act, but a large majority favor state action.
Colonel Pat Conan, recently visiting South America, Central America, and the West Indies, tells vivid stories of his journeys. He denounces U S indifference to potential commerce with these nations as many lack their own coinage and rely on various European coins for circulation.
Mary Anderson sails for Europe with Dr. Griffin and her brother Joseph. Some friends deny reports she will settle there, insisting she merely visits when her funds need replenishing. Her latest trip to the United States is said to have earned about $100,000, a substantial amount for less than a year’s work.
The Dry Goods Chronicle of New York forecasts autumn 1886 will see the largest trade volume since 1879 1880, driven by supply and demand. It notes the difference from past speculation, predicting legitimate growth rather than speculative boom.
In many American cities citizens organize law leagues and committees to secure efficient public administration and prevent misrule. New York recently formed a committee of one hundred by mass meetings to support honest reputable city government and unite in common effort.
In Germany aspiring lawyers and top public service entrants must study law for at least three years and pass two state exams. The first is near the end of the trigenerial period, the second at least four years later. In practice the first exam occurs about three and a half years in, and the second roughly five years after that, totaling eight and a half years before full bar admission.
A Salt Lake City visit prompts Eli Perkins to cable President Cleveland claiming about 210000 Mormons across Utah, Idaho, and Arizona outnumber Gentiles twenty to one. He asserts a Mormon state with a Mormon governor and legislature would emerge if Utah were a state, and says sermons call for continual growth. The note labels his claims as likely lies the President will ignore.
In the June Forum Professor Thornton estimates a steamship 800 feet long with 38 600 tons and 250 000 horsepower might reach about 48 miles per hour, completing an Atlantic crossing in three and a half days. Engines with fuel would weigh 18 000 tons, hull and appurtenances 12 000 tons, leaving 8 000 tons for passengers and freight. Voyage cost about $75 000 funded by 500 passengers at $150 each. Mails and high class freight could yield profit. Construction possible when there is commercial demand.
An eye witness recounts a brutal mob attack on the Bowers Hill police station with women aiding rioters by prying stones, a volley from the doorway, and fighters shooting from second floor windows. Reinforced by 250 soldiers, the mob is driven off. two women shot, a tavern waitress fatally, and a bar maid also killed.
Reports from Ireland describe Orange riots in Tyrone with extensive property damage. In California a cloudburst destroys 300 acres of wheat near Tulare. The papal consistory adds cardinals and bishops worldwide. Kalakaua offers Hawaii for sale to a European syndicate for 10 million dollars. Additional items cover U S military appointments, politics, and business news.
A violent storm struck Crookston Minnesota at 8 pm on Friday November 11 causing over 20000 in damages. The Germania hotel roof collapsed injuring three but none fatally. Major losses included Charles Netzar hotel 4000 Wall Reller Mill 7000 city property 3000 Catholic church 1000 and uprooted trees damaging Copeland residence cornice. Joseph Netzer suffered a broken arm but is improving.
The British government cautions the dominion not to take the 1518 treaty too literally. Bayard’s son James, Arizona secretary, married a Miss Deakins of West Virginia. A New York trial concerns a $17,892 alleged shortage from Gen. Thomas Jordan’s quartermaster account in the Mexican war. In Kansas a drought endangers grain south of the Arkansas River as the Northwestern rate war extends toward a $1 ticket between St Paul Minneapolis and Chicago. Recent rains moisten the Northwest.
Minnesota state auditor mails counties a legal note on the 1877 and later tax sales. Redemption remains possible with 1.5 percent interest from purchase date to redemption. Certificate holders may add later taxes paid plus interest to the claim. Sales under section 101 are suspended pending a Supreme Court decision on redemption.
In a moral tale from Osage and Faribault, Mrs. Mary Whitman learns her husband’s financial strain from unpaid bills on a jeweler watch and boots. She returns the watch, cancels costs, settles other debts, and asks only to be judged by her improved conduct and family harmony. The story ends urging prudent spending over vanity to preserve tranquil homes.
The poem explores elusive love and artistic longing as the speaker seeks a dewy fairy figure amid May and sunlit leaves. A phantom of beauty hovers beyond reach, prompting questions about desire, pursuit, and the quest for divine completeness within memory. Hart Vance signs the verse in the Current.
Hogs need green food in warm months and tolerate pasture well. Clover pasture can support five hogs per acre for about five months, with shade and water boosting growth. The article advocates the sailing system for hogs, discusses fences, and notes that large herds reduce costs. It also warns about debt risk from high interest loans and widespread mortgage practices in the West and South.
A country banker says farming loans are the most profitable, with farmers offering strong security and paying high interest while banks profit from exam fees legal costs and commissions. High rates persist in undercapitalized areas as farmers overborrow for stock, barns, machinery, and land improvements. Peach planting advice follows: spring or fall planting, root protection, 12 to 15 feet spacing, and cautions against neglectful orchard care and the yellows disease, urging sound stock from reputable nurseries.
A Baltimorean essay extols ugliness in women as lively and comforting, arguing ugly little women possess loyalty, devotion, fortitude, and homey warmth. It contrasts epic beauty with lyric homeliness, claiming society needs beauty less than genuine character in everyday life.
A Vallejo California resident was arrested after tearing up a sidewalk to use as firewood. The incident was reported amid broader reflections on life and beauty cited from Detroit Free Press.
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