Train No 7 and 8 Daily Duluth Schedule Noted
No 7 arrives from Duluth at 9 15 p m daily except Sunday. No 8 departs for Duluth at 7 30 a m daily except Sunday.
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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1885
Page
4
No 7 arrives from Duluth at 9 15 p m daily except Sunday. No 8 departs for Duluth at 7 30 a m daily except Sunday.
Parker's offers every smoking tobacco and a Ton sill s Punch at low nickel prices. Wineries and liquors from the Kentucky Liquor Co. E E M Smith promotes select goods. W J Dyer & Bro advertises Irish melodies and piano tuning. Westfall's store invites custom tailoring.
A. E. Veon on Fifth Street offers Elgin watches from 8.00 and up with all stock priced similarly under warrant. He urges buyers to visit before purchasing to take advantage of the favorable terms and selections.
A man certifies Wm. Hardy acted under orders to enter a Bath farm house near Motley and remove and store household goods and seal the house. The notice also includes extensive local sales pitches from Day & Meagher's Hopper & Co. Westfall’s and Parker offerings, plus a derailment near Bluffton where twelve cattle died and cattle freed train hands.
An immense stock of cloaks is advertised as very cheap at Cohen Brothers with bold promotional phrasing aimed at attracting shoppers.
S Walker bought the Wakelee property on Seventh Street. J F McGinnis and wife returned from LaCrosse Wisconsin. Cloaks sold from four dollars to eight hundred seventy five dollars at Cohen Bros. Front street enclosure plowed and seeded to grass. Eugene Smith recovered from fever. Mrs Captain C H Beaulieu of White Earth visited. County funds spent. county orders due next settlement. Dr Camp and Judge Douglas pursued Jo Miller for assault on Theodore Scott at Mille Lacs. Chas Samko opened a barber shop in Bank block. Westfall and Johnson installed new signs by Frederickson. Prof C H Congdon praised as vocal teacher. Dispatch senior editor H Harrison went to White Fish Lake duck hunting. Herbert Root opened a bank at Perham after time in Valley City. Abeling family returned from visiting relatives. False rumor of Jack Burns shot circulates. F W Wieland returned from Mt Gilead. Conklin Clark & Co sold eighteen stoves in a day. Three new Stewart coal burners installed in the court house. Westfall’s offers overcoats. discounts 2 to 3 dollars. Martin Schmackenburg and Emma Whiting wed by Judge Douglas. H J Spencer of First National Bank to visit York state. Mrs Spencer to accompany him home. Wm Wakefield, circus hand injured in wreck, died at N P Sanitarium. home Apomotus West Virginia. Gus White, a Frenchman, held up near the bridge. City council orders removal of confectionery shop at Sixth and Front due to street obstruction.
Mrs. C Ditmore and her daughter Ducky visited relatives in Plainfield Iowa on Monday night. Bishop Whipple Rev Peake Rev Gilfillan and Mr Purceval returned to Brainerd after visiting Chippewa missions and reported a pleasant trip. Crow Wing county gains 1301.60 in state school fund with 1.06 per enrolled scholar. A barber W C Pittman at Willard hotel assaulted his wife during a drunken spree. he was fined 10 dollars plus 12.40 costs. Rumors of management change at Villard hotel favoring J E Slipp and Henry Spaulding. Post office moves debated with candidates Chas Johnson and J H Koop. A brakeman named Lynch was killed at Crow Wing. burial in Evergreen cemetery for a Garner Iowa resident, with mother Mrs Lynch seeking to mark the grave for winter return. Mrs O H Hubbard received word of the loss and sorrow.
The store advertises a large stock of cloaks and wraps for ladies and children in affordable pricing from four dollars to seventy five dollars per piece.
Last Sunday afternoon a fire partially destroyed the Havens residence in East Brainerd. Mr. Havens was at church. the stove had no fire for hours. Firefighters saved some furniture though the interior was burned and flooded. Insurance stood at 200 dollars for house and 200 for furniture. Mrs. Havens suffered burned hair and facial blistering but nothing serious.
The John Robinson circus visited Brainerd on Tuesday delivering the best show in years. Despite lower receipts than costs, performances impressed with trapeze acts contortionists trained dogs and a strong menagerie. The entire operation was toured by Disparen reporters and press agent L. Steele. Admission was unusually priced at 50 cents.
The Crow Wing county boys are described as gay fellows. Dr J C Rosser of Brainerd, returning from the southwest, notes Texas as a harsh land. Aitkin gains a new cottage on Cedar street built by I Cluff with Frank Bell carpentry. Kimberly post office closed with mail directed to Aitkin. Night watchman William Maghan of Aitkin drowned after falling from the steamer Fawn near Aitkin. he was sixty two, leaving a wife and seven sons.
The Dispatch reports several local weddings from October 1885 including J. M. Hayes and Nettie Hedden and Albert Angel and Margie Hedden both taking place at the brides’ home with Rev. E J Brownson officiating. The pair then reside on Eighth Street North Brainerd.
Cohen Bros promotes the best and cheapest stock of ladies gents and children's underwear in the city emphasizing value and variety for all shoppers.
The advertisement proclaims Cohen Bros selling the cheapest stock of ladies and children's cloaks and wraps in the city, highlighting a bargain for winter outerwear.
The Brainerd council met Monday with all aldermen present except Percy and Graham. They accepted the high school grounds grade report and ravine bridge location. the bridge spans 33 with 17 feet four inch spans over 32 bents, 438 feet west of First avenue, starting 61 feet north of Kingwood street and 23 feet east of Bluff avenue. September payroll totaled 258.83 with C E Andrews salary withheld until police appointment confirmed. Several bills were approved and the street railway committee granted more time to report. An adjourned meeting set a 10,000 tax levy on city property for the coming year and a sidewalk tax schedule update followed, with Andrews appointed police officer.
At a Saturday night meeting the school board passed a resolution authorizing parents dissatisfied with their child’s progress to receive a daily report from the pupil’s teacher upon written request to the principal. Parents must visit the school weekly while the report is required, and the measure will be published in all local newspapers.
The Brainerd county board met at 10 40 a m with Commissioners Martin and Farrar present. Bills were allowed for road work pauper care jailers and county offices including Brainerd Water Co printing services Pioneer Press and Cohen Bros. promotional copy appears among the items listed.
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