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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1884
Page
2
Brainerd Minnesota notes indicate paper editors and proprietors in focus with county and city matters. Estimates reference Mississippi navigation ending this week and Detroit lake freezing trends. Maud S. sets track pace at Lexington in 2 09 for a mile. Becker county public land sales total about two thousand dollars from four hundred acres.
After twenty four years of watching the Democrats gain control of the government the speaker believes the next four years will reveal how effectively they govern. The comment is a reflection on a political shift and anticipated performance.
Multiple Russian farmers voice protests over selling wheat below production costs this year. Wheat exports from the empire remain relatively small, contributing to growing discontent among agricultural workers and suppliers.
The Wisconsin Central railroad will arrive in St Paul within twenty days and is ready to open once track work is finished. The company has 25 year contracts with the Manitoba and Duluth roads.
The Kentucky attorney general offers to send 1,000 armed men to Cleveland, a claim the Philadelphia Press calls foolish grandstanding. The piece notes this is not the first time a Kentucky statesman has made such talk, though Wat-was 99,000 men was the larger foolish figure.
The President approves a twenty five mile section of the Northern Pacific Railroad from Tacoma toward South Prairie with a patent moratorium until ordered. The Carlton County Press notes severe money scarcity and hopes for spring. A fire in Paine's lumber yard at N P junction damaged the mill, burning about 9,000,000 feet of lumber with an estimated loss of 75,000 dollars. Duluth fire department aided in saving the mill.
The St. Paul Dispatch notes Minneapolis clergy appoint a committee to study the moral impact of the Ida Siddons leg show. The piece mocks the scheme of buying a menagerie ticket to view the circus and labels the local preacher a lollah.
Delia M. Gardner killed her husband and infant in Chicago during an apparent act of insanity. Former Otter Tail county resident and longtime Wadena private banker Mr. Gardner is identified. Gardner's wife then attempted suicide but survived.
The piece argues a Republican independent coalition triumph signals the demise of the Democratic outlook, praising figures like Cleveland and Beecher while predicting the Democratic collapse will deepen despite a brief pause in power. It contends four more years will hasten the party's dissolution.
Lakefield Minnesota citizens discuss the recent campaign outcome. The writer warns Prohibitionists against allying with Democrats and predicts a national failure for the cause. The piece likens the temperance movement to a boy who yoked himself to a fool and fears being headed off.
A Homestead resident, per the erham Bulletin, spotted C. F. Kindred on the electoral slate and angrily erased the electors. He proclaimed he would not vote for that man yet unknowingly gave Cleveland half a vote. The man remains ignorant of the subtle impact of his action.
A pen portrait notes Mr E R Barrager now edits the Itemizer in Washburn Wisconsin. A visitor finds him comfortably housed in bachelor quarters with a cot and potato pillow oil stove cooking under his bed a frying pan and ample provisions including pumpkins ham molasses candy and peanuts. He sleeps with boots on and is surrounded by comforts and luxuries making a leap year proposal unlikely.
J S Barns and Paddy Norton arranged preliminaries for a prize fight to be held Thanksgiving day under English prize ring rules. The match pays $500 to the winner plus all receipts, location within fifty miles of St Paul, and deposits totaling $350 each for stakes. Both fighters are in training with the Mullen Webber bout also earmarked for Thanksgiving in the same ring.
A Pine City Masonic lodge will be organized. Brownsburg Mill is to be enlarged. A blackleg outbreak is reported among cattle in Waseca county. Jackson Public Library remains sound and well patronized. Pineries work season wages range from 15 to 20 dollars monthly. Swift County plans several Farmer's Alliance branches. Amboy farmer A Wilson severely bitten by his own dog. Big Stone county reports 706 acres of school land sold this fall. Austin's personal property valuation stands at 175,547 and real estate at 995,172. Herman Wikorse, a foreman at a New Ulm brewery, fatally scalded after falling into a vat. Harry Pomeroy nearly drowned at Onion Falls after breaking ice on a mill pond. Wheelock Thayer of Marshall shot and killed by a premature gun discharge while rabbit hunting.
A reflective piece questions trust in professionals such as doctors lawyers teachers and ministers. It contrasts lofty claims of expertise with motives like wealth and power, asking why society follows guidance and rituals when self knowledge often seems sufficient.
Several prominent Democrats in the city issue a strong demand for a post office, framing it as essential to civic life. The call underscores local political effort to secure federal postal services and improve community access.
Supporters of the Democratic party in St Cloud erupt in excitement claiming ownership of land offices with a bold proclamation. The event reflects a push for political gains and access to land administration amid local tensions.
Joseph Libby a Minnesota pioneer died at his residence in Minneapolis aged 76 yesterday. Libby came from Maine in 1846 and was among the first aldermen of the Upper Mississippi.
A political analysis notes Democrats expect sweeping power after gaining control while the I PATCH predicts Republicans will be more favorable to Cleveland in two years. The remark contrasts party expectations with future attitude shifts in the Cleveland scene.
The Chicago Journal contends Democrats, long out of office, will seize spoils after March 4. It predicts Civil Service rules will be abandoned, advocates of reform will abandon duty for office, and a mob of hungry supporters will push into power. Nasby and dissenters are cast as loud, disreputable figures in a volatile scene.
At the White Rock quartz mine near the San Joaquin district a descent by Charles Campbell into a thirty foot shaft, filled with rattlesnakes, ends with him killing thirteen large snakes and several younger ones. He is hauled up unconscious but survives.
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