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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1884
Page
2
The document lists N. H. Ingersoll and F. W. Wieland as officials, designating the official gazette for Crow Wing Cass Trasca and Arrsen Counties and the City of Brainerd. It references multiple counties and the city in a formal governmental context.
L. T. Story of Sank Center sustains a broken leg while fishing at Birch Lake. Northwestern car company expresses confidence in its prospects as Senator Sabin asserts the future of the company is assured.
In Lynchburg Virginia area the temperature remains near ninety for a week, delaying crops as drought bites. Two circus tigers escaped in Portsmouth Virginia, killed two trained goats, then disappeared into the Dismal Swamp.
John W. Garrett, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company since 1858, died at Deer Park Maryland on Friday at age sixty five.
The wife of Dr. Dexter, a prominent Minneapolis advertised illusionist, left him last Friday night and took several items, including jewelry, $500 in cash, and a $900 seal sacque among her possessions.
Governor Hubbard received an official recommendation Monday from New York Governor Grover Cleveland naming Bidwood of 56 Wall Street New York City for the resident commissioner of streets in Minnesota in that metropolis.
The Mississippi river at Quincy Illinois stands eleven feet above the lowlands mark and continues to rise rapidly. This unusual rise for the season provokes grave fears for the lowlands where immense damage looms unless the flood subsides.
The employers of Oliver Bros. & Phillips, iron manufacturers at Pittsburg, have been notified of a general wage reduction of 12 percent. The fall in trade, shrinking product values, and rising competition are cited as the causes and justification for the cut.
Fargo deputy sheriff and Officer George Casey brought two disturbed men to Yankton Tuesday night. One inmate escaped near Kasota, remained unfound until Thursday morning, when Casey located him in Le Sueur County.
Minnesota tops the country with 239 miles of track laid in the nine months of the year. Dakota reports 112 miles. These figures cover only track laid since December 31 and exclude mileage from ongoing operation.
In Watertown Dak No 1 hard wheat sells at 55 cents and No 2 at 47 cents about 18 cents below Minneapolis prices. Farmers in the area accept Van Dusen Co s offer to use and operate one company elevator for the season paying one cent per bushel for stored or passed wheat. The venture is experimental and will be watched by northwest farmers.
Thomas A. Hendricks as U S senator opposed abolition by amendment and voted against the Thirteenth Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments. He backed a property ownership suffrage for colored men and opposed wartime restriction measures. He refused to vote for repealing the Fugitive Slave Law and in Indiana discouraged enlistments and opposed the draft, assisting the Knights of the Golden Circle.
A construction train with twenty two men left Washburn after dinner to repair a washout south of Bayfield near Pike Creek bridge. Traveling about fifteen miles per hour, the engine and tender plunged into the washout after striking it, sending steam and water through the boiler and cab and scalding all aboard.
Democratic members complete the Springer committee report on star route frauds. It largely recounts prior histories, notes few new facts, and predicts divergent readings. It states the government was defrauded of large sums and prosecutions cost a lot with few convictions, a result many regard as insignificant.
The Hills, cashier of the City and Pacific Railroad Company, confessed to embezzling 3100 after being confronted by Agent Jerry Pudy. Reported as caused by drink and gambling, the accused man was said to have borne a good character and was considered the Northwest’s best railroad bookkeeper. He remains at large and faces prosecution when captured.
State plans a department of Woman's Work at the World’s Industrial Exposition in New Orleans. Women urged to contribute needlework embroideries paintings wood carvings etchings and evidence of professional and intellectual achievements. Submissions due by November. agents to be appointed where lacking. contact Isabel C Barstow Minneapolis room 14 157 1st Ave S.
Reports from Minnesota describe Miss Libby Davis breaking an arm at the Fairbault rink, an elevator being built near the Burlington depot at Laverne by Hyde and Box, and veteran resident Mrs. Augustine Peizer dying of paralysis in Winona. Other notes mention Shield's mill destroyed by fire, Mary Evans sent to the Good Shepherd home, a bittern shot near Lanesboro, the Baptist State convention opening, a storm-related injury in Litchfield, ponies sold in Laverne and Pipestone, a Storden hog found starved, a burglary at Sleepy Eye, and Kansas stockmen planning a large hay press.
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