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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1889
Page
6
A Brainerd Dispatch item notes 300 009 qualified voters in New York City and 14 000 paying property tax while 260 000 rent. It also highlights a Boston area Harvard student earning college through selling milk to support himself.
Andrew Young, who half a century ago wrote the hymn There is a Happy Land Far Far Away, remains living at eighty with robust mental and physical health.
A Chicago millionaire is described as bashful about subscribing to the proposed world’s fair fund, echoing a similar reticence noted in New York regarding the fund.
A white haired Tarapore Triton appears nightly at a famed Paris chess cafe. Rumors say he plans to publish a history of the Beecher Tilton trial.
Tennessee residents decide to proceed with plans to build a monument to Davy Crockett, following the frontier leader's urging to move forward. The project reflects long wait ends and a commitment to honor the famed Tennessean.
In response to western forest destruction, two leading western lumber men purchased 20 000 acres of forest land along the Santee River in South Carolina during the past week.
Henry Snavw of St Louis, renowned for Shaw's Gardens, is dying at age ninety. His generosity to the city created a beloved public resort, a lasting monument to his memory beyond bronze.
The Russian novelist Tosto, though of noble birth, adopts peasant life and the shoemaker trade. He clothes himself as a village artisan, with a soiled shirt, mud-stained trousers, and the demeanor of a working man, a day laborer, a downtrodden serf.
Miss Caldwell engaged to Prince Murat of France postpones nuptials due to missing death certificates. She cannot locate her paternal grandmother or maternal grandfather and grandmother papers as required by French law.
Dr J. C. Guernsey of Philadelphia insisted on driving a fractious horse despite his coachman advice. The horse bolted, the coachman fell from the carriage, suffering a fractured skull and multiple leg injuries. The coachman sues for damages totaling $10,000.
The Maine Historical Society notes Ancient Pempaginp as a key early continent locality with paved streets and pre Columbus relics. Gosnold visited in 1601 and De Ments in 1605, with settlements nearby. In 1664 Charles II granted the territory to the Duke of York, a government formed and a fort built.
Thomas A. Eptson, lauded for electrical science, receives recognition from Europe as Queen Victoria gifts him a phonograph and King Humbert of Italy elevates him to the rank of count with his wife becoming a countess for distinguished service to mankind.
The Cornhill Magazine laments the loss of vigorous potato stock due to infrequent crossbreeding. It warns a potatoless universe may emerge as the native forest of origin disappears. The piece wonders why sources cannot be rediscovered and laments the extinction of wild potatoes.
In 1844 Julia Gardiner met President John Tyler while visiting Washington with her father Mr Gardiner. They joined a river excursion aboard the war steamer Princeton and an explosion killed Mr Gardiner and others. The tragedy preceded their eventual marriage after a courtship that began at the White House.
Cramp Bros of Philadelphia notify the navy department they will launch the cruiser Philadelphia on September 7. The interior secretary asks the war secretary to station cavalry at Fort Sill to deter Kiowa war dances. Mount Clare shops workers at Baltimore & Ohio to work ten hours, 600 to 1,900 employees. Treasury reports July debt rise of 1,017,311 and two month total 7,094,003. Bonded debt cut by 16,290,000 to 873,578,302. Net cash surplus stands at 43,489,909, down 22,367,180 from last month.
Reports detail a boiler explosion at Wells's saw mill near Carbon dale Illinois killing two men. a Findlay Ohio man dies after gangrene follows leg injury. a Marshalltown Iowa worker dies after his head is crushed. a Chicago & North Western passenger train collision injures seven near Elmhurst Illinois. the Gem City steamship sinks at Dickson's with passengers rescued. Gardiner Montana destroyed by fire with only one house saved. Yellow stone Park personnel fight week long fires as Empire and Black Pine burn. Black Pine mining works threatened as timber fires spread.
Mrs Hanna reported kidnapped in Kansas City has appeared at her Orrick Missouri home. Also noted: Judges Frazer and Phillips decline Venezuelan claims arbitration. Samuel Showalter dies in Dayton after elixir of life injection. swelling gangrene and putrid flesh described.
A compilation of violent incidents and crimes across the United States and Caribbean regions. Included are hangings, shootings, stabbings, bank robbery pursuits, prison deaths, race riots, and lynchings with brief mentions of victims, alleged perpetrators, and authorities' responses. The items reflect a period of widespread unrest and punitive justice.
Reports from Honolulu say affairs remain quiet since the July revolution. Tender bids are in for Pekin to Chin Kiang railway. rails and equipment may cost about 70 million dollars. In Apia King Malietoa declines royal prerogatives due to illness, while Mataafa continues to rule.
The schooner Pathfinder arrived at Victoria from the Behring Sea. Captain O Leary reports the vessel was boarded July 29 by Revenue Cutter Rush in Behring Sea. Lieutenant Tuttle seized 854 seal skins and all firearms, placing the Rush quartermaster aboard to sail the schooner to Sitka. The Pathfinder then headed to Victoria despite protest from the prize crew.
The Farmers Alliance of Mississippi demands cattle inspection. An 882 signed petition to ICC seeks automatic brakes and couplers on U S freight cars. A Callettsburg suit seeks to block Huntington over a short Chesapeake and Ohio pass. A well near Rome Ga caves in, explorers plan full cave survey. A Jackson man returns from a Michigan resort with hair turning from white to black. A red haired Jackson girl also altered by a secret lake process. A secret plan to buy lake rights and start a red haired/white haired resort. A correspondent chronicles distress in Illinois coal regions hunger disease and poverty, noting Spring Valley severity and widespread privation.
Excavations at Pedregal on the outskirts of Mexico City aim to recover gold and jewels allegedly hidden by Montezuma. Senor Mercado, descendant of Guatemem, presents glyphs supporting the Aztec treasure theory. A pearl and emerald were found near skeletons as workers uncover a subterranean vault system. Estimates of treasure value range from 20 million to 80 million dollars.
New York trading shows No 2 red wheat around 6.86 to 6.86 per bushel with varied grades and regional quotes. Chicago cash grains list No 2 spring wheat around 77 to 78 cents, corn about 33 to 35 cents, oats near 19 to 28 cents, and rye 42 to 58 cents, with other staples including pork, lard, eggs, butter, and cheese across markets.
Reimund Holzhay, a northern Wisconsin and upper Michigan robber, is jailed in Marquette after being seized in Republic by Marshal Glode and Justice Weiser. He admits to raiding Milwaukee and Northern trains, claiming about $50 plus watches and notes, facing possible mob violence en route to Marquette.
A colored excursion train from Baton Rouge arrives at Gouldsboro Gretna sparking a white mob attack. Shots fire for 15 minutes injuring Ed Levy and Fleming with a fatal back wound to a colored woman. Governor Lowry dispatches militia to Shell Mound area to restore order.
Samuel Holmes, a well to do farmer from Dakota county near Farmington Minn, was found dead with a brutal head wound. The body lay on the floor as neighbors and the coroner were called. His wife, alone with him at the time, was jailed after a night of heavy drinking as investigators weigh whether she killed him amid a stormy marriage. No witness exists to the fatal blow and local uproar grows over the mysterious murder.
Sheriff Lindell of Herman Minnesota pursued Frank Cole, alias Frank Crafford, and his wife after a farm house attempt to sell a buggy and harness. The夫 wife was captured at Barrett while Cole escaped across fences. The wife claimed a 1882 marriage to Cole at Anoka and alleged prior arrests in Ortonville and Groton.
Gen Russell A Alger of Detroit gains unopposed election as commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the twenty third national encampment in Milwaukee. Delegates choose Col A G Weissert and John F Lovett as senior and junior vice commanders amid large crowds and preparatory talks on pensions.
A chat on Southey’s Peninsula War spurs Napier to write. Lord Langdale hints Napier should pen a history, his wife aids by deciphering Bonaparte cipher, and five years later the Peninsula War history makes Napier famous. a simple suggestion launched a career.
A Cornish woman named Mother Tynslyn lived in the early 1700s and bore a hornlike growth. The horn appeared at age 97, was removed seven times over four years, and regrew each time. She died at 104 with a horn nearly five inches long, ivory hard but not skull attached, reported by John W. Wright in the St. Louis Republic.
Mr. Washburne the American minister to Switzerland protested to the Swiss government over the arrest of four American tourists in Berne. Charged with pickpocketing, they were imprisoned two days, released without apology, and claim heavy damages.
The Rev. T DeWitt Talmage preaches in Omaha on September 1 using Babylon as a parable of divine judgment. He argues that earthly measures are imperfect and that God will weigh nations churches and souls on a heavenly balance, declaring many weighed and found wanting.
A French farmer resting under an oak in Dordogne suffers ear pain until a neighbor pours turpentine into the ear. The pain subsides and a large worm emerges, ending the farmer’s perilous illness and saving his life.
The New York Sun describes an eyeful sight before dawn as Venus glitters like a diamond near the waning crescent moon. The moon’s face shows sharp shading and mountainous limb details visible to the naked eye, inspiring wonder at the heavens.
All the shoe factories of North Adams Mass are closed except one. The settlement of the wage question does not seem near. Fifteen hundred men are out of employment.
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