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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1888
Page
1
D. W. Travis aids Assessor Spaulding while Mrs Ferris and Mrs J E White are reported ill. An infant dies. primaries at First Ward. visits, business trips, and family movements involve Ahrens Webb Watson and others. A new barn rises, a fountain of civic activity, and a pigs theft case conclude this local snapshot.
Miss Martin of Brainerd aims to visit Aitkin weekly if a sizable class forms from Monday enrollments. She teaches piano and organ and offers Voire enlinre Aitkin A ore.
Mrs J J Burson of Philadelphia arrives with two daughters to spend the summer at Brainerd. H Harrison wins $41 judgment against A Dewey of the Daily News for labor. no appearance by defendant. Wheaton and Powers travel to Leech Lake country for possible settlement. Gilbert Lake resort opens with ferry service and guest amenities. Commerce and manufactures committee named by J H Koop. duties outlined in by laws. Burglars fail to loot Capt Veon’s goods due to timely arrival. County convention delegates appointed ward by ward. Local notices of district judge race and marriages at Brainerd Catholic church and elsewhere.
Complaints about grave desecration shift from thoughtless kids to a systematic theft of flowers and decorations. In some cases flowers and pots vanished and were even found planted on other graves, raising fears of further barbarism unless stopped.
The benefit ball at the rink on Wednesday night by Hose Co No 4 was a brilliant event and signals prosperity for the company. Prof Dresskell and orchestra provided music and dancing continued late. It is hoped the funds will approach $100, placing the firemen on solid financial footing. The Brainerd firemen deserve all praise. The council will consider liquor licenses for numerous applicants from July 1, 1888 to July 1, 1889 after bonds and receipts are approved, with final action set for June 30.
Homesteaders busy improving properties amid recent heavy rain that filled the countryside with water. GC O Glidden operates two engines to run a saw mill. A Warner injured his foot with an ax at the mill last week while chopping wood. Assessor has begun his work.
A Tuesday afternoon electrical storm hit the city. J J Howe & Co mill escaped major damage though sparks ignited oil and waste around machinery. H E Lawrence house suffered roof damage as a pine tree was struck. Miss Annie Lawrence felt a severe shock but was unharmed.
Standard Oil expands Brainerd distribution from barrels to oil tanks and uses an oil wagon run by John McCarthy to deliver supplies. Merchants gain leakage protection and convenience. Company plans a six hundred barrel warehouse and appoints N. H. Ingersoll as resident oil inspector with state commission and equipment.
The Northern Pacific employees’ annual trip from Brainerd to Perham drew about 1200 passengers on a small gale day. Return arrived in Brainerd at 9 30 p m. Indictment of Milton Kerr for timber theft from railroad land serves as warning to protect railroad property. City health board proposes sewer and privy reforms, schoolhouse and hotel connections to sewer, and elevated dry-earth vaults. Notices include Norwegian language service at Sixth Street School.
The Monday session saw Aldermen Spencer and Camp absent. The street committee report was accepted and a list of city claims approved. The Mayor named Chas Cross as custodian of the East Brainerd bridge with a $15 monthly salary, and action on the appointment was deferred. Other items included sewer estimates, open Laurel street, hose house site, garbage disposal plan, and licensing payment from Sells Bros. circus. A day sleeper seeks a furnished large front room near the railroad in Fox care Disparcu.
Advertisements offer one and one third fare round trips under three hundred miles with sale dates July 2 to 4 and return July 5. Routes include Brainerd to St Paul Ashland Joliet Driscoll New Rockford Edgerly Oakes. Also promotes Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets and Blood Elixir by D M Clark Co and Johnson Bain with guarantees. Details on boating at Seventh Street ferry and various medicines offered with guarantees and prices.
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