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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1886
Page
2
Brainerd Dispatch reports from March 1 to date Chicago packers have slaughtered and salted 2,680,000 hogs, compared with 1,304,000 in the same period last year indicating a surge in pork production.
The year 1884 saw London record 11,767,600 tons entered and cleared at leading British ports. Liverpool handled 10,174,283 tons, Cardiff 7,180,539, Newcastle 5,584,940, Hull 28,931,926, and Glasgow 2,293,110.
The sea-serpent has appeared at major and minor watering places this season. Barnum’s offer of $20,000 for its capture remains unclaimed, and the creature will be secluded from observation now but is expected to return next year in the same localities.
Lieutenant Howard the Yankee militiaman who carried a Gatling gun into the far northwest wilderness to fight Louis Riel is now in Quebec and Montreal for summer pleasure. A friend hints he may settle permanently in the land of the Kanucks after reportedly making a good deal of money recently.
In Mayenne a chain of hills shook violently and fissures opened with flames seen issuing from the ground. Local reports describe the phenomena as volcanic and scientists in the area attest to the volcanic nature of the events.
A Birmingham firm formed with 200000 capital, three fourths funded by an Albany stove maker, plans to manufacture stoves. Baxter Stove Works of Louisville relocates to Birmingham. The city, famed for pig iron, aims to enter moulding and expand industrial scope.
Nearly one hundred of the three hundred Mormon converts arriving in New York are paupers and will be sent back to Europe. A Danish farmer’s wife cried in hysterics after admitting she was lured by elders. She faces removal to Denmark as a pauper. Five English women said Elder Mormon promised them happy homes and good wages to bring out their families.
Capt. F. W. Dawson of the News and Courier reports via Bradstreet's that the earthquake will barely affect industry and trade around Charleston. Crops are unaffected and interior towns show no damage. Charleston's commerce is only temporarily panicked though its trade facilities remain intact. Wharves, cotton presses, banks stay functional and few businesses suffer irreparable harm.
The article notes an upcoming Antarctic expedition next year and recalls past feats. Lieut Lockwood and Sergt Brainerd planted the American flag at 83 deg 24 min north, the highest latitude reached in the Antarctic. Captain Ross on the Erebus reached 78 deg 11 min in 1842 and faced a 1,000 foot ice wall extending 450 miles east with no opening before retreat. Since then Antarctic exploration has yielded little notable discovery.
A vivid contrast marks the border that divides two civilizations. El Paso gleams with modern houses and hotels while Paso Del Norte shows narrow dirty streets and persistent smallpox. Residents cross the bridge by streetcar and observe feast days bullfights and movies.
A national bank questions Treasury power to force surrender and redemption of bonds used to secure circulation arguing they may remain as long as held. Other banks protest forced surrender of three percent bonds for higher priced replacements. The department will refer the issue to the Attorney General for a broad ruling affecting multiple banking questions.
A Chicago dispatch reports Captain Marsden of the Donaldson recounts a puzzling voyage from Superior to Chicago. A northeast gale with 40 mph winds and heavy seas suddenly eased to a dead calm within minutes, puzzling crews of Brigette and Mollie Mason. He learned later of an earthquake near Charleston coinciding with the lake storm.
Dispatches from leading trade centers indicate continual improvement in Western trade. The New York stock market firms on better earnings and a potential pool among granger roads, with brisk activity in stocks and firmer bonds. Time loans and collateral paper stay firm as foreign exchange softens and dry goods districts report steady business. Domestic wheat markets lack marked activity.
Governor Pier explains the circular is a request not an order and relies on officials to heed it. The piece notes reactions from territorial officers, references to the president’s stance on political activity by officeholders, and mentions other federal actions, crop estimates, and various local appointments and incidents.
Dispatch reports Chief Darbellay withholds letters found in J Sullivan's valise as investigators in Chicago act. Wyman, Sullivan and Chatlis were arrested on charges linked to the attempted Elk River robbery. Letters led to Glenn's arrest in St Paul. The group, last in Cedar Rapids, planned a Rost sale and will be taken to Dubuque for examination.
The Pratt Coal and Iron Company of Birmingham Alabama will invest one million dollars to build four furnaces and related steel works in Birmingham within ten miles, creating twenty large hot blast coke furnaces. The firm also plans a two million dollar steel experiment venture at Beesemer City ten miles south of Birmingham, with open pit mines.
The Democratic State Convention at St Paul on the 14th nominated A A Ames of Hennepin for Governor and John Frank for Lieutenant Governor. The platform endorses Cleveland administration, tariff reform, labor rights, tax equity, public markets, open competition, and a constitutional convention to adjust labor capital relations. It also calls for immigration rules, veterans pensions, and a soldiers home with a broad call for united support.
Albert A. Ames was born January 18 184 in Garden Prairie Boone County Illinois. He trained in medicine at Rush Medical College Chicago and served as surgeon with the Ninth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. He practiced medicine in Minneapolis, was elected to the state legislature in 1866, edited a California newspaper 1868 1874, and twice served as mayor of Minneapolis.
Lute Jaeger born in Norway in 1853 emigrated to the United States in 1871. He edited Budstikken in Minneapolis and later served as deputy in a Minneapolis collector’s office after residence in New Mexico. Henry Poehler from Sibley County is a German former legislator who ran against Maj. Sears for Congress. Gus Lanberg of Duluth, a Grocer, has served on the city council. George A Gardner resident since 1872, wounded in New York militia age fifteen, later clerk of Freeborn County District Court.
In Des Moines Iowa Special Joriety reports a high profile divorce case involving Mrs Currie Lewis McHenry and Len Salisbury of Foster's Opera House Orchestra. The scandal centers on an alleged summer resort affair at Spirit Lake with a note about elopement found in Salisbury's possession. Mrs McHenry attempted suicide after confrontation and later confessed. divorce papers were filed and Salisbury is bonded on adultery charges. The couple married about a year.
D W Wear, superintendent, urges Congress to create a park court with exclusive jurisdiction to Bail suspects and handle felonies. Roads bridges hotels and transportation praised. Yellowstone Association leases hotel sites at Mammoth Hot Springs Fire Hole Upper Geyser Basin and Grand Canyon with Norris Geyser Basin hosting a large new hotel. Game abundance up from prior year and stock buildings fences improved. Disbursements reach $20,000.
Considerable apprehension surrounds Samuel Crawford of Point Pleasant after he vanished a month ago. He left Florence, Wisconsin, on the 14th. at Iron Mountain he deposited $22,000, cashed $1,209, and went to inspect lands along the Milwaukee and Northern line. His money remains in Iron Mountain bank, overcoat and satchel in a Florence hotel, and he is described as about 55, short, portly with a clean-shaven face. Foul play is feared.
The director of the mint circularizes that five cent nickel and one cent bronze coins will be sent from Philadelphia to Adams Express routes free of transport charges in $20 multiples upon receipt of a draft on New York or Philadelphia payable to the mint superintendent.
Prof. E. W. Gurney of Harvard college died at Beverely Farms. N. G. White president of the Boston and Maine Railroad expired suddenly at Hampton New Hampshire. David Campbell, pioneer settler in the Galena mines, is also announced dead.
A cyclone moved from southwest to southeast along the Burnsides edge four miles east of Hartford. The storm traveled mainly through woods and carved a straight trench about an eighth of a mile wide.
Most tenants of the O Flaherty estate near Longford Ireland accept landlord offer to sell all holdings at a price equal to sixteen years' rent.
A letter describes buying a red receipt book advertised as useful and cheap. The author praises its recipes for custards pies and floating islands and claims it also teaches DIY cures and health tricks. The narrator mentions an oleander plant a future tree and rhubarb pies to please George while seeking home and furniture.
Twenty Burlington, New Jersey youths form a "mystic brotherhood" with burglary as its aim. The group is exposed and its originators admit basing it on a sensational New York weekly. They condemn parents who let children read such sheets and bear the disgrace of their offspring.
About 100 people attended at the West Hotel in Minneapolis to back a new anti-saloon platform within the Republican party. The conference approved strong measures against liquor traffic, urged taxation of saloons, and called for a standing committee to press actions at state conventions and future gatherings.
The railroad and warehouse commissioners will prepare a report for the state legislature proposing changes to grain and railroad laws. Gen Becker says radical amendments are likely, including compulsory licensing for elevators and a possible allowance for customers to mix their own wheat in elevators for consumption, without burdening millers.
Gov Hubbard appoints delegates to the national agricultural and dairy convention in Philadelphia September 14 and 15. Also notes new patents, St Paul dog Corsair, a shooting incident in St Paul, a robbery near Benson, and a long tribute on John Randolph of Roanoke with anecdotes of his arrogance and duels.
Reports note the Mexican president's wife under 25 and devout Catholic. the pope plans Jesuit appointments in East Indies under the Portuguese concordat. a bishop cites massacres and hunger among Tonquin Christians. In the Northwest G A Chapman & Co creditors seek payment after a voluntary assignment. a cannon discharge kills 85 year old veteran at Edina. Philadelphia mayor faces impeachment for alleged malfeasance and improper funds handling.
A 19th century essay argues women should adopt a single baptismal name and keep their surname after marriage to preserve identity and reduce social talk. It discusses widowhood, remarriage, and the idea that a woman's identity remains central regardless of marital changes.
A Youth's Companion piece argues heredity shapes longevity and disease risks across generations. It cites Sir Moses Montefiore to illustrate how ancestry influences life expectancy, while warning that strong constitutions can still falter without self care and adherence to health laws.
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