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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1888
Page
3
A clump of 30 orange trees near Lakeland Florida produces annually over 100000 oranges. The Brainerd Dispatch notes the unusual fruiting cluster as a local curiosity highlighting agricultural abundance.
An ounce of silver may be purchased in England for 41 78 pence the lowest price of the present century.
A refined Baton Rouge woman publicly manages and operates a personal job-printing business showcasing her graceful manners and hands on leadership.
A New York coin sale saw a 1793 Liberty Cap cent bring 83.50 dollars, a pristine 1804 cent fetch 68 dollars, a 1795 cent 60 dollars, and a 1796 half cent selling for 5 dollars.
One inmate at the Ohio State penitentiary begins work on a history of the institution for its approaching centennial. The book will include engaging material and cuts of several notorious convicts.
Lintown, a 24 000 acre former plantation about 12 miles from Albany Louisiana, is now used as a sheep range. Owners busy with sheep shearing and fleece care, showing little interest in free wool.
An owl collided with a car window on a train along the Cumberland Valley road near Newville, breaking glass and alarming passengers who feared a stone attack. The conductor calmed fears by capturing the bird and showing it to riders.
The article notes Senator Edmunds, now bald, habitually wearing a small black skull cap once common among senators. It recalls Gen. Burnside starting the fashion, which was quite fashionable for a period in the senate corridors.
A noted memory prodigy Daniel McCartney died in an Iowa poorhouse last winter. He could repeat 200 hymns verbatim and recalled meals for forty years. He instantly raised any number under forty to its sixth power and quickly computed the sixth power of larger numbers, such as eighty nine, yielding 496081290961.
A clergyman near Boston misreads from the pulpit an announcement about the Bellingham playing band. The crowd is startled when the text appears as Prayer ingham bel y band spelling out an unintended phrase, showing a comic tongue slip.
J C Flood the San Francisco financier owns a vast 1000 acre estate at Menlo Park California. A landscape gardener guides its maintenance with 120 assistants. White gravel drives and a white gold trimmed house define the property with gold and white decor throughout the stables and buildings.
The Atlanta Constitution notes a shift in black appearance as a new generation absorbs higher culture. It claims contact with whites in towns accelerates this change, with longer hair, finer noses, and thinner lips becoming common between all colored children.
Samuel Sinclair, an old business associate of Horace Greeley, argues the letter written to Lincoln during illness showed signs of insanity. He questions whether Hay and Nicolay should publish internal evidence claiming the author was of unsound mind.
S L Clemens of Charles L Webster & Co describes meeting Gen Sheridan at the War Department and securing terms for his autobiography after publishing Grant’s Personal Memoirs. He notes Sheridan’s reluctance to authorship followed by decisive, steady work once begun. Authorship becomes easy when one has material.
Emperor Frederick II died in Berlin at 10 o clock on June 16 after days of fading consciousness. The empress summoned the royal family and officials around his bedside as Pr Persius officiated the last rites. William II, Bismarck, and other notables attended the vigil and the scene of reconciliation between the emperor and his minister emerged at the end.
Railroad Commissioners Austin Becker and Gibbs and Secretary Warner met farmers and business leaders at Moorhead to discuss railroad law enforcement and freight rate reductions. Gov. Austin opened with a history of legislation and noted opposition from rail managers and the Farmers Alliance. Probstfield of Moorhead Alliance pressed back against sharp remarks in the exchange.
Potts and Hanlett plan a dangerous voyage over Niagara Falls in a small craft after a trial run in Chippewa creek. The barrel ballast shifted, a bantam rooster died, and the craft drifted to Maid of the Mist landing before rescue. Potts vows future underfalls attempt with improved ballast.
The article notes 42 miles of the Manitoba line from Helena to Butte finished with 30 miles more likely by mid July. It covers Cloquet fire aftermath, logs reaching Duluth, Fond du Lac boom collapse, and log owners eyeing Duluth mills. It lists financials for Shotwell Cleriken Lothmann, and a post office claim deadline set at six months after May 9 ISSN. It also mentions a Buffalo New York convention, weddings, statues, legal cases, crimes, drownings, and a tunnel update.
Minneapolis resident and former state prison warden J A Reed shot himself at his Stillwater area home after returning from a damage suit. Doctors report the wound likely caused by temporary insanity amid illness and heat.
A Northern Pacific westbound train near Junction City Montana is halted by eight masked robbers. They rifle the express car taking about $400 and seize cash from passengers while avoiding valuables. one passenger loses a hat to a pistol shot. Sheriff Harris leads a Yellowstone county posse in pursuit as the bandits flee into level country.
Telegraphic notices describe wind and lightning damage across sparsely settled counties, including a man Swartz struck by lightning and Lebold amputated, with an oxen team killed nearby. Lake Michigan collision sinks the schooner Willieneller loaded with 17 000 bushels of corn. crew escapes. Mississippi floods spread across rapids with five feet of water. residents evacuate, some on rafts. Congressman Lind introduces a bill to appraise Red Pipe Stone lands with priority purchase rights for six months after appraisal.
A dense column reports diverse items from clergy, crime, and public life. It notes a deacon Gerested on a misconduct charge, a bank agent found dead after a spree, political attacks on Judge Fuller, and various local disturbances. It also covers a rail accident, a saloon case, a jail marriage, a St Paul shooting, gold finds, grasshopper eradication urged, and Minnesota political conventions with Comstock winning on the 45th ballot.
Honorable 8. G. Comstock born Argyle Maine May 9 1842 rose to law and politics in Moorhead and the legislature later the state senate. Resolutions urge fair railroad rates open markets limited tariff and open Indian lands with praise for Congressman Nelson and Dakota admission. large G A R reunions follow in Minnesota with marches parades and entertainments.
A Philadelphia woman, aged around forty, and her three children died after poisoning with rat poison. Arsenic was found in all bodies after exhumation, prompting a confession from the wife who claimed she killed Willie Bertha and John Whitling to prevent them from growing up and to ease her own burdens.
The veterans gathering in Ia Crone Wisconsin drew about one thousand people including 47 men from First Battery Fourteenth Infantry and other units with local associations. Eleven old battle flags were carried in the parade as the La Crosse and Lemonweir group held its annual meeting and set Viroqua as the next site. Col EB Rogers was elected commander and officers were named for the day.
Flood waters along the St Louis River and St Paul and Duluth line wash away log booms from the Cloquet area. Tens of millions of feet of logs rush downstream, damaging bridges and rail lines while insurers are unavailable. Losses tally well into the hundreds of thousands, with the Calquet Lumber company reporting millions of feet wrecked.
Gaddy and Rocette were executed in Regina for the Settler McLeigh murder at Wolstey NWT. Rocette spoke on the scaffold declaring innocence and acceptance of death, while Gaddy showed penitence and received communion the day before execution. The two men, aided by clergy, died without movement as the bolts fired. A separate scene recounts the May attack that killed Hector McLeish after a pony theft, with the pair Laflreeda and others pursued and later captured by American authorities.
Entomologist Prof. C. V. Riley forecasts the seventeen year locusts will emerge this year. The report maps likely outbreak regions by counties in Wisconsin Iowa Illinois Indiana Michigan and Pennsylvania, noting a broad boundary from Mercer county to the Illinois river and observed southern detachments, with historical reference to 1854 and 1871 activity.
Mrs Sheridan mother of Gen Philip H Sheridan died at her home in Somerset Ohio following a long illness. Born in County Cavan Ireland she came to the United States in 1828 and to Ohio in 1852. She lived in the family home purchased by the general before the war.
In a reply to Gov Foraker’s interview about Judge Thurman, Thurman says his wife distributed delicacies to sick prisoners at Camp Chase, not him. Foraker notes Thurman pleaded confession and avoidance and shifts blame to his wife, suggesting Cleveland should want Thurman for sheltering behind spouses.
The Boston Cultivator asserts that average Americans favor tariffs over free trade. It argues that free trade with Europe would harm the United States and that American consumers buy more goods per person than any other nation, praising current tariff laws and prosperity.
The piece notes the North versus South partisan frame in politics, cites Judge Thurman’s nomination as teaching Democrats to carry handkerchiefs, observes Cleveland era drift toward free trade, and reports a large Republican majority in Oregon during the St. Louis convention.
The article analyzes how Republicans can secure the 201 electoral votes needed, evaluating combinations centered on New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Indiana. It argues that holding Pacific states for 182 votes plus these four is decisive, and stresses the importance of a ticket acceptable to all factions.
The Cleveland Leader condemns Grover Cleveland's bid for a second term as dishonest and a betrayal of prior pledges. It argues his 1854 acceptance letter and past stance against a second term prove the move corrupt, demanding patriotic resistance to a presumed power grab.
A 19th century opinion piece argues Republicans face youth voting power while Democrats repeat patronage errors. It notes memory erosion across generations, warns of free trade debates, and cites Buchanan era practices as a cautionary tale for the nation and educated voters. The piece references the New York Tribune.
In Mankato a crew of about 30 began digging the foundation for the Saulspaugh hotel. Evening crowds serenaded the builder at the market house while the fourth annual State Pharmaceutical association meet opened in Stillwater with about 150 visiting druggists.
A violent tornado hit Barnesville Minnesota causing widespread damage including toppled outhouses and stalls and torn sidewalks. The storm left about 5000 dollars in damages and marked the fiercest in town history with heavy rain and river of water pouring down.
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