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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1885
Page
1
The Washington dispatch reports personnel changes under Secretary Lamar and the Senate retrenchment drive, with dismissals planned in July. It notes appointments, resignations, territorial removals, the Edmaw matter, and a Court of Claims shift, plus a Times price cut and Riel trial uncertainty in Ottawa.
The casualty record notes multiple fires causing substantial losses from Edgerton to Darlington and La Motte, with Edwin Ashworth & Sons mill at Edgerton near Belton England burning for £54000, Garfield House and barns at La Motte totaling $6000, and a burglary linked fire at Hopper’s Jewelry. A bee-attack in Resaca, Georgia fatally injures John Hall, while N Dalrymple of Casselton, near Fargo, Oak, dies after a farm accident with a stake impaling him. he leaves a wife and five children.
The ceremony occurred at the bride’s father Edwin Booth residence. Justice Stanley Mathews plans a summer stay in Asheville with his family, as does Hon. E. B. Washburne. Commodore Jonathan Young died at the Crocker house in his fifty first year after remittant fever. Generals Grant’s illness is more serious than previously stated with active cancer noted by doctors.
Reports say ex minister Lowell dined with Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle and that Emperor William is failing physically. He will spend the summer at Babelsberg near Potsdam.
An elderly man named Rassin was murdered for his money at Libertyville. A Chris Christenson of Racine Wis. committed death by his own action by shooting himself in a car. Police Sergeant Crowley of New York was convicted of grossly assaulting Maggie Morris in a bar room. A series of sensational incidents follow including drownings, embezzlement charges, duels, shootings, attempted rapes, obscene literature, and a hospital ward altercation between Larry O'Brien and George Truman.
Charlies Holden was hanged at Petersburg Illinois for murder. Locust Gap Pennsylvania a woman 18 was fatally shot by a rejected lover Peters Knobanch. Stillwater court affirms Walker Veazie lumber asset sale for 70000 dollars. Butler owns Great Falls water power valued at 1,000,000 dollars. Chicago Rock Island & Pacific designates surgeon to inspect cattle shipments. Stanton county formed, seat may be Tappen. Main exposition building contract awarded to Charles Hamilton. Brodie silent on bid. McCormick reaper notes trend of wheat conditions down 10 percent. Jane Holmes of Pittsburgh wills 270000 to institutions, 1,000,000 estate. Henry Clews protests Georgia bonds and new securities until old bonds are recognized. American Bible Society meets in New York. 1.5 million Bibles issued, total 45 million. Frelinghuysen elected president.
The Catholic University of Washington will be named American University with world class faculty from Europe and no religious restrictions on chairs. A campus on the Middleton estate near the soldier’s home is planned, with a $150000 first building and endowment near $1 million to fund salaries and operations. A European recruiting committee will invite scholars to chairs, aiming to open early next year with temporary facilities and comprehensive law medicine science and engineering programs.
Special report credits Hourie and Armstrong with bringing Riel to camp on foot after a long chase. Riel, found south of Batoche with three companions, showed calm and claimed not to be the rebellion's leader. He mentioned farmers’ complaints and reflected on his associations with Prince Albert supporters from Montana.
A party familiar with Gabriel Dumont portrays him as about forty, born at Folmanten, bold and resolute, a famed horseman and expert buffalo hunter. At five feet ten inches, he is rugged, fearless, and married to a half breed. he will fight to escape rather than submit to capture.
Mrs Dill a Wahpeton Dak murderess sentenced to life in prison spent a day in St Paul under guard en route to Sioux Falls penitentiary She told reporters she married in Berlin and faced cruelty from husband and stepson claiming self defense when she shot him She said relatives in Paris are millionaires but have forsaken her
Mrs Mamie Bruce tracked her husband to a Baltimore house of ill repute run by Mrs Mamie Miger. She poured vitriol into a beer glass, attacked Miger and knocked her senseless. The victim died from burns. Bruce suffered painful injuries. Police arrested Mrs Bruce after the scene alarms.
Winnipeg Chief Justice Wallbridge outlined that Riel must be tried in the province where captured, not Winnipeg or Ottawa, with possible special commission. Separate notes cover Secretary Teller’s mining order affecting lode claims and top of veins, plus presidential appointments of customs and internal revenue collectors in various districts.
Reports deny a smallpox epidemic at Croolstone and note prairie fires on the Red river near St. Vincent. Census data show Waterville with 860 residents. old soldiers, ages from one month to ninety, dwell there. The piece covers shootings near Otsego, a Minneapolis marriage, a dismissed adultery case, post office complaints, thefts, a wool growers meeting at Rochester, school law updates, court absences, deaths, and local bids to move county seats.
The article explains that canvassing in the United States and New York attracts a large, diverse crowd, with women often outperforming men. It describes women as effective if well dressed and tactful, gaining access to offices and securing orders from bankers and merchants. A veteran canvasser notes sewing machines once required detailed product knowledge, while a famed figure known as the Bump Man used phrenology to appeal to mothers by complimenting children, boosting sales.
The essay extols the ham sandwich as a modern American institution. It traces its imagined New England origins, lauds its democratic reach across social classes, and imagines it uniting people in peace. It notes its rise beyond the newspaper and laments counterfeit imitations in boarding houses.
A humorous reminiscence recalls a family meal with Rev. Brooks a traveling preacher who blended biblical ardor with a comically dramatic delivery. He samples horseradish at table, launches into fiery oratory, and reacts to a radish sauce incident with a tearful, overblown display that ends his visits.
Mrs. L A Summers of Groton won a pension appeal involving her son John Summers formerly in the 109th Regiment New York Volunteers who died in the Ovid Insane Asylum. Judge A P Smith secured a posthumous divorce in Supreme Court and the Pension Department finally recognized the claim, granting back pension and a life monthly allowance, resolving a landmark issue.
A bocklash recounts a curious incident where a mass, acting in the manner of a townswoman, found a $10 bill inside the pocket of an old waistcoat repurposed as a mop.
A detailed study notes how wind strength and direction shape bird migration, with spring movement along England and Scotland coastlines and autumn migration southward. It describes wedge formations, flight heights, nocturnal migrants, and the remarkable speed of swallows, plus a humorous local incident about two men shot at by a farmer in Indiana.
Dr W Thornton Parker recalls exploring the Victory at Southsea and pondering Lord Nelson’s fate. The aging flagship still bears scars of history as visitors register and reflect on Britain’s sea power and the heroism at Trafalgar.
A traveler describes a brutal camel ride in Dongola with a prone, uncooperative beast. He endures relentless plunges and seat instability as his companion tumbles, while the animal’s reins and nose rope fail to control the pace. He doubts becoming accustomed to camel riding.
The Mahdi’s force includes 15,500 Egyptian regulars and unknown native warriors allied with Mohammed Ahmed. He holds armaments for an unlimited number, plus vast provisions and ammunition stored in Sennadr, Kordofan and Fachoda. Reports note captured field guns, rifles, and millions of cartridges, with siege artillery and naval gunfire on river batteries.
The article lauds women defending Saragossa against the French and notes two thousand Madrid wives and maidens resisting the governor and polo factory. It cites a tobacco factory clash over machinery and female workers protesting the decline of cigar quality as a cause.
A reflective essay argues that strength of will defines women’s character and resilience. It cites literary heroines from Scott to Shakespeare, anecdotes of heroic women in history and war, and notes frontier hardship and motherhood underscore the need for inner vigor alongside grace.
A Georgia quilting event at a bashful young man's house led to a comic rescue. The man fled to a secluded plantation spot where a large coach whip snake attacked. He battled, fled, then reached the yard where a girl killed the snake after it fastened on his coat.
The Utica Herald discusses Bell System earnings and dividends. For ten months to January, earnings reached 3 067 554 with expenses 687 378. Dividends for ten months in 1884 totaled 1 440 515, near 50 percent of earnings, rising to about 75 percent in the later period. The piece argues that 70 percent of customer payments go to dividends on inflated stock, suggesting excessive profits.
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