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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1885
Page
3
Brainerd Minnesota Friday edition notes a heavy snow fall reported at Tower on the Iron Range road. The brief item lists N H Ingersoll and F W Wieland as editors and proprietors with Crow Wing Cass and Itasca counties official status.
W F Thompson secured a judgment of $25,000 from the Pioneer Press in a libel case. The verdict highlights a successful claim for damages and underscores tensions between the plaintiff and the newspaper over published statements.
An unidentified source states Miller is unlikely to be reprieved to testify against Rutherford. The message suggests he has probably been hanged already.
The principal of the La Crosse public schools in Wisconsin has departed suddenly leaving a wife and five children in need. He held the job for ten years and left for parts unknown, prompting local charity appeals.
The Mormons are working Ada in Norman county for coverts. It is hoped that Fred Puhler will not become one of them for Fred is too busy just now giving the people of that town a good local paper.
The governor may convene an extra legislative session to address redistricting in the northern counties if he acts on the growing regional demand. The public pressure supports a prompt, decisive move.
Indian Agent Sheehan and Col. Wallace met in Brainerd on Tuesday to launch a campaign against rum sellers who provide liquor to Native Americans.
A circular offers an organ for your neighborhood and asks a $4.00 freight payment. If paid you receive a ten cent mouth organ, exposing a deceptive anti scam scheme.
Ferdinand Ward's conviction satisfies the public. He was found guilty before presenting his defense and receives a ten year term to reflect on his misdeeds while jailed.
The Tribune suggests a postal hopeful inform P. H. E. that he plans a grocery venture. It questions the harm in telling him he intends to launch a Democratic newspaper. Neighbors nearby seem unaware of this latest development.
The Duluth Herald has been enlarged and greatly improved and is in every way a first class daily. It now reaches us on the same day it is published although it is not distributed at the post office until morning. It is in every way as good as the St Paul evening papers.
Advocates say an extra session will be called and the state will respond beyond its northern and eastern boundaries. Even the Pioneer Press, initially skeptical, now agrees it is necessary and should occur.
Local merchants express strong confidence that a good winter business season is ahead. The old cry of doom is absent and widespread optimism suggests an improving market for Brainerd shoppers and store owners this coming season.
Editor Barrett of the Aitkin Age lauds Brainerd postmaster Hartley for buying a Yale Towne post office outfit at four thousand dollars. The piece argues his conduct and expenditure benefit the city and federal service, urging supporters to oppose removal.
General George B. McClellan dies of heart disease at his Orange Mountain New Jersey residence on Thursday at midnight. A West Point graduate, he led in the Mexican War and was named general in chief in 1861 after Gen Scott's retirement. He carried 21 electoral votes in 1864 as the Democratic nominee and served one term as New Jersey governor.
The article notes President Cleveland will stop granting interviews to applicants for publications after November 1. On specified weekdays in November he will meet other visitors for public business at 10 00 to 11 00 AM and at 1 50 PM for paying respects, otherwise only cabinet officers and department heads may be received.
The Northern Pacific Railroad reports for September gross earnings of 1 224 955 dollars, operating expenses and taxes 559 862 dollars, and net earnings 665 093 dollars. Compared with the previous month, gross earnings fell by 16 605 dollars while the operating expenses and taxes rose by 106 845 dollars, yielding a 95 000 dollar increase in net earnings.
The visit to Washington included talks with President Cleveland and Secretary of the Interior Lamar about relief for Northern Minnesota Indians. Whipple blamed high water from government reservoirs for crop and fish losses affecting Leech Lake Winnebagoshish Cass Lake bands and urged Congress to fund compensation and aid this session.
Miller faces execution at 3 o'clock today after confessing to a murder planned with Rutherford. In a detailed statement read in Brainerd jail the prisoner recounts the scheme to steal wheat money, the use of chloroform, and the fatal house fire, with both men sharing the loot and planning to flee to South America.
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