28 Jun 1889
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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1889
Page
1
Tune reports twenty nine saloon licenses granted at St Cloud while the Long Prairie Leader editor remains undeterred. Democratic party may need re branding before progress. Cal Brice is noted. Exchange notes copper cents scarce in the South and silver dollars scarce in the North. White Earth Indians oppose the proposed treaty as the commission arrives tomorrow.
Two Grand Forks aldermen face indictment for filing a false report to the city council. The case highlights tensions between honesty and municipal accountability in local government.
Reported formation of a trust by leading rubber houses in the east raises questions about nationwide reach. Also, the wife of former President Hayes died Tuesday morning of heart failure, a death that, while anticipated, saddened many households.
Democratic postmasters scan new appointments closely and feel an icy chill as they read names of comrades who have been ousted to hustle for a living again in the cruel world.
The law regulating building and loan associations is praised nationwide. Judge Fleming played a key role in passing the act and urged a special committee to oversee these associations. The article notes the favorable press comments on his work and the legislation.
Special Agent Gardiner reported to the Indian bureau in Washington on Tuesday about Mille Lacs. Wadena Indians allegedly tried to kill Andrew Berg, shooting the wrong man. Berg settled near the Medicine dances site, while locals accuse the Indians of idleness and thievery. They fear whisky access, dislike canal plans, and complain the agent has not visited in five years.
The Duluth Herald reports ore found on L. Golla’s farm near Brainerd with assays of 366 in silver and 20 in gold per ton. The note adds that locals must travel to hear the news.
The Duluth and Winnipeg road is expected to resume full progress within weeks and reach the Mississippi River in a few months despite unfavorable legislative action. Contractors faced payroll disputes, with laborers nearly lynching them, as wages remained unpaid and tensions rose under sheriff protection.
Col. T. J. Sheehan and Col. B. P. Schuler completed a tour of Red Lake Leech Lake and Gull River sub-agencies. They found the Mille Lacs incident to be a drunken brawl that unsettled settlers after Mag nussen shooting scare. Indians are reported prosperous with better crops.
The Minneapolis hotel men and Chicago meat suppliers exploit a loophole that lets the rich buy beef in Chicago and ship it here while the law leaves small buyers paying 3 to 4 cents more per pound. The Tribune condemns the rule as unjust and urges resistance to ensure cheap beef for all.
An Opinion from Chicago argues the Minnesota beef inspection law harms local Minnesota butchers who lose trade to Chicago dressed beef operators. It contends the law would raise prices for Minnesota consumers, enrich Chicago markets, and lacks penalties for personal-use meat. The piece predicts the law will be ruled unconstitutional and hopes Minnesota butchers seek court relief.
A state committee announces a grand industrial celebration at the Minnesota State Fair Grands in Hamline on July 4 to showcase unanimous labor support for an eight hour day. The event will include an industrial parade and numerous sports with prizes from major local businesses, with entries urged and details to be coordinated by July 1.
Latest reports from Missoula say Flathead Indians threaten to wreck Northern Pacific trains and destroy track as they view the railroad as foe after sheriff's party escape. Supt. Dickinson telegraphed the governor and war department seeking troops to guard railroad property.
The Log Crop analyzes a vast backlog of logs tied up in Minnesota streams. About 150,000,000 feet are stuck on the Missma tributaries, with total old and new stock around 275,090,000 feet. Boom company output aims for 80,000,000 feet to Minneapolis stock, driving begins June 20 to supply mills through early September.
No public Fourth of July celebration in Princeton this year. A possible excursion to Duluth is under discussion. A Brainerd excursion is invited with a friendly invitation to Robert.
A Princeton Union opinion argues Mille Lacs band members are drunken loafers and wards of the government. It calls for moving them to White Earth to protect them from whiskey sellers, noting patented lands and tax obligations make Mille Lacs land non reservation and subject to state law.
Emma Skye a Chippewa squaw and daughter of Chief Two-Sides of-the-Sky married Tom McNaughton a white man at Superior Tuesday morning. The wedding had been delayed due to opposition from McNaughton’s relatives. The bride owns pine land valued at $15,000.
Arkansas forms a State Agricultural Society for colored men. A Philadelphia horseman values bridle bits trades at over 6 500 000. G H Thompson of Reading Pa patents a fire escape stables model. Lincoln spoke that God favors the many common people. Webster N Y praised as pauperless and crime free. Frank Wailer arrested in Butler Ga as Bill Walker suspect. he jokes he isn’t Walker. Prune growers in California claim five cents per pound and 100 dollars an acre profit. California fruit industry to supplant wheat with encouragement. New Orleans States on massive city piles with concrete caps. A sheet iron cotton bale covering gains attention in the South. Louisville family uses a watchdog bull-dog to deter burglars. Some Indiana corn lands near drained pond bottoms cause itching from sponge spicules in dust. Chicago Sun reports.
A New York dealer explains whalebone as a highly volatile commodity with prices ranging from two to five dollars per pound within months. He notes supply ties to North Pacific whalers, November arrivals from the main source, and June imports from the South Seas, with New Bedford and San Francisco as key whaling points.
Default on a 1882 mortgage by John H. Davie to George E. Hayes triggers foreclosure. Property in Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, lots 16 and 17 and the south half of lot 15 in block 76, First Addition. Sale set for August 5, 1889 at 10 am at the Brainerd courthouse front door. Attorney LEON E. conducts action for mortgagee George E. Hayes.
In Crow Wing County probate court May 10 1889 executors John L Smith L Sleeper and Edward Hazen petition to sell part of real estate to pay debts due to insufficient personal estate. Hearing set for May 14 1880 at 2 pm at Brainerd Probate Office with four weekly notices in Brainerd Dispatch and service on interested parties fourteen days before hearing.
In Wright county Minnesota Herman Erath petitions for administration of Florian Erath who died intestate at Crow Wing County on March 2 1880. The court orders a hearing May 10 1889 at 2 PM and requires notice to heirs by publication in Brainerd Dispatch for three consecutive weeks.
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