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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1885
Page
2
The Inter Ocean notes insistence on best men for city offices beyond party lines while criticizing Gov. Pirro and noting Sullivan-McCaffrey arrests. It discusses local press, Manitoba road policy, Winnebago rights, and warns of potential war with Russia. Dakota farmers urged to plant wheat amid rising prices and looming conflict.
Residents west of here weighing proposed annexation to Ramsey county note shorter court travel from Devila Lake area and the region’s natural market role. Benson county lies in James town sub district, forcing long trips, while Devils Lake region argues it rightfully belongs to Ramsey County.
A Manitoban railway telegram to agents reports Russia and England in war over Afghanistan, sending wheat prices up ten cents per bushel. The piece ties the conflict to global market shocks, notes Britain’s defense against northern hordes, and laments the toll on farmers as arable land lies fallow amid mobilization.
The document outlines the 1885 redistricting plan for counties in the territory, creating five commissioners per county and detailing how districts are drawn to equalize voters from the 1884 general election. It sets notice, election timing, and residency rules, plus terms and fees for officers implementing the division.
Special correspondence reports on school bond law changes, board plans to finish the school house by June, Homer Bush buying three oxen for sod breaking, Jon Walsh moving his Odessa residence near his plowland, and trades involving H E Stevens and John H Shapard to share farm duties. Also notes a visit from Ar Prescott of North Shore bank and Mr Hodgson of St Paul regarding company claims.
A clipped fragment notes the second daily at Devila Lake began simply because the first did and to make its own path brief and uneasy. The text hints at a local newspaper venture with unclear details and era, listing Devila Lake as a place and referencing aPand Pant Globe style naming.
Telegrams from April report a March 80 engagement between Afghan and Russian forces near Kandahar ending in Afghan defeats and heavy casualties. Russian claims defend their action as defensive while English allies face internal calls to recall ministers. Winnipeg dispatch notes Indian bands looting stores. Chicago elected Carter Harrison mayor. St Paul reports Rice as mayor nominee. Frelinghuysen in poor health.
Notes of interest report a pending creamery stop for one or two days to allow feeding hiatus. Local residents arrive and depart, with Jim Deuthie buying three horses to farm himself. Crary youths attend a social at Warner’s. McLeod halts digging beer in stock water dispute. W J McIntyre’s teamwork noted. talk of building a creamery if enough cows are secured.
In a weather summary Dakota readers learn of frozen wheat across the Ohio valley from Portsmouth to Frontenac, predicting a hard break for corn. The report notes twelve inch hailstones weighing ten ounces fell in Texas on Thursday, causing many cattle deaths.
County affairs reveal a proposed plan to redistrict into five commissioner districts by May 1 and to elect two additional district commissioners by June 10. A separate annexation vote was set for three adjacent towns on May 5. Unclear data from the Territoral legislature leaves local officials and citizens seeking guidance on how districts and annexations will align with Blaine and Bepton county plans.
Commnissioners Rumney andel returned from Freshwater Wednesday. The article describes a sensational death by suicide in Minneapolis at 2:40 pm when a unknown woman leaped from the Manitoba railroad bridge into the ice channel near the St. Anthony falls. The watchman at Nicollet Island witnessed the event as the woman, clothed in dark garments with a gray shawl, approached the bridge, crossed, and then plunged in. Despite attempts to rescue her, the ice and current thwarted the effort. The body was not recovered and only a gray shawl identified the deceased. Police headquarters will investigate to identify the victim.
The county school land is apportioned among townships including Lake Town, Arthur Barnoth, Minnveunika, and Wheatland, with 847 schoolable children and a per capita tax of 525 dollars. The notice urges organized townships with no officers to complete formation. Wheat prices rose in St Louis with No 1 hard at 64 cents. farmers urged not to cut acreage as good returns are expected this year. One hundred thirty seeders sold locally, signaling a 13,000 acre increase in sowing. Also reported: Elmer E. Haviland and Agnes Julia Ball married. Rev. M S Converse attended Pembina Presbytery in Grand Forks.
Thursday night shipments bring stock and movable goods to Grand Harbor from Minnesota Iowa and St Paul including A J Wirtsling W Burgers M Tagarty and Eli Bros. A wedding in Madison Avenue features Primo Magri of Bologna and Mrs Lavina Stratton with a large Bee pin gift from Barnum and a sizeable Italian estate.
Gaston Vassy the famed Parisian reporter and noted bon vivant died after a life of fortune and bursts of mischief. Once blind in later years he dictated stories with his secretary, even joining crowds at the Place de la Bourse for the sights he could not see.
A Washington correspondent surveys executive messages from Washington to Jefferson, noting penmanship styles across presidents from Washington to Lincoln. It highlights signatures for officials and judges, with details on handwriting, legibility, and distinctive traits of figures like Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Van Buren, and Lincoln, revealing how handwriting reflected era and character.
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