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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1887
Page
8
Monday's report highlights a military encampment program featuring a full cavalry drill by the First Cleveland troupe and a mirrored display by the Milwaukee light horse squadron. Col. Bobleter and Col. King led the forces in a vigorous sham battle with heavy supporting fire and a lopsided attacking party.
The comptroller of the currency received full schedules from David Armstrong receiver of Fidelity National Bank Cincinnati. Assets valued upward of 5.8 million dollars, over half deemed worthless or doubtful. Valid proved claims about 3.8 million dollars, with disputed amounts totaling nearly 1.6 million.
Washington report cites a half percent rise in corn condition, the poorest since 1881. Wheat yield not significantly improved by threshing, but Dakota acreage boosts output toward 100,000,000 bushels. Madison dispatch notes Cleveland and wife breakfasting with Vilas, train departs at 9, rest of tour in good health.
Manager Dyrne reports the Metropolitan franchise sale to Brooklyn club management. Negotiations began with John B. Day offering $10,000, followed by Doyle and Abell offering $25,000 for the franchise and players. The offer was accepted and the Metropolitan team will play next season on Manhattan Island.
Commander in Chief John P. Rea issues General Order No 1 naming Adjutant General Daniel Fish of Minneapolis Quartermaster General John Taylor of Philadelphia Judge Advocate General Wheelock G Veazey of Rutland Vermont in Minneapolis October 10.
Lancaster October 10 George Shupp a 64 year old bachelor farmer near Brownsville in this county hanged himself yesterday due to despondency.
Cincinnati report states Dr W H Hunter a Fourth street dentist was charged with abortion but was acquitted. The case concluded with the dentist freed after trial, with no conviction recorded. The outcome leaves unsettled questions about the earlier allegations and the trial proceedings.
This morning the jury deliberated for only fifteen minutes before returning a verdict. The defendant's wife, described as quite prepossessing, fainted from excess of joy when the verdict was announced.
On October 11 in Hammond a passenger train No. 12 was repairing when freight No. 48 struck it. The collision wrecked the sleeper and coaches. six killed and fifteen wounded, four of the dead burned. The accident blamed on neglect to protect the rear between Grave and Mouts stations.
Sioux Falls Oct 10 The Dakota Mutual Life insurance company based in this city has closed after suffering a $3000 loss at St Peter Minnesota.
The Milwaukee Road announces an additional reduction in lumber shipping rates from St Paul to Dakota points via the twin cities, effective immediately, aiming to boost freight traffic and competitive pricing.
London reports the gun boat Wasp sailing from Singapore to Shanghai is believed lost with all hands after a recent China Sea typhoon. The vessel was en route when the storm hit, with no survivors confirmed.
A large carriage manufactory and surrounding buildings burned in the morning blaze in Amesbury Massachusetts. Total loss estimated at 125000 dollars with 70000 dollars covered by insurance. Sixty workers lost their jobs as a result of the fire.
In Evmira New York on October 10 Courtney was defeated by Bubear in the second Susquehanna race at Oswego for a $31,000 purse. The English challenger led Courtney the entire three miles, finishing about three boat lengths ahead.
Nine young men formed an arson and burglary ring in Kumima New York Ost 11. They had an iron clad agreement with a death pact for divulging secrets. The first youth confessed implicating his associates. A large amount of stolen property was recovered and police say the evidence is conclusive.
Memorial services were held at Chickering hall for temperance advocate John B Finch head of the Grand Templars. Eulogies by leading temperance figures and officials followed the afternoon funeral in Evanston Illinois with a mourning display. Hood's Sarsaparilla endorsement appears from the Athol Mass Transcript praising its cleansing effects and relief for eruptions and blood impurities.
The Mitchell territorial fair baseball tournament drew criticism as professionals and imported players were used to secure wins. A Kansas City pitcher and catcher were paid 250 dollars for four games, while Alpena and others faced a pro lineup. The editor of the Scotland Citizen lamented the dishonest setup and unfair result.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat poem by A. C. Bowers hints at Romola as a pale pure figure, contrasted with a fiery infernal dream of a city. The piece explores angelic love, lofty purpose, and a saintly gaze, framed in aFlorentine setting and dreamlike imagery.
An interview from the New York Mail and Express explains encyclopedia costs, methods, and contributors. It details funding, editing, and the American Cyclopaedia project led by Charles A. Dana, with payments ranging from magazine rates to $500 or $1,000 per article, and page costs up to $500.
A man at the Union depot found a counterfeit fifty dollar bill and urged the stranger to return it. The counterfeiter then returned the note and received a ten dollar reward, while the finder learned the bill was not his. The elderly man who lent the note may be difficult to locate.
A Temple Bar observation notes that American wives receive more deference and attentions from husbands than English wives, due to cultural norms and easier divorce. It suggests American chivalry or social structure elevates marriage dynamics both at home and in business.
The New York Sun notes that in the last year Americans reportedly moistened billions of postage stamps with their tongues. It highlights how billions of letters newspapers and parcels are sent through the mail, a contrast from forty five years earlier when no stamp existed for post ages.
A street girl asks Theodore if he still loves her while a post office clerk hurriedly pulls her away from an ice cream seller. He protests with a joke claiming he named fourteen post offices after her last week, capturing a comic urban vignette from Washington.
The Detroit Free Press quotes Lord Erskine on subscribing to any request with a formal reply. He would say he feels honored by the application and would subscribe himself as your obedient servant, a regular form used in letters soliciting a subscription.
A New York Cor. Argonaut dispatch critiques summer hotel elites described as a faux aristocracy. It notes Jews and Gentiles in fashionable but insincere circles who exclude others, while female guests cultivate distant male pariahs, and calls the faux aristocrats clever but hollow, preferring ruling in hotels to cottage life.
A Philadelphia Ledger essay argues that true genius blends thought and action without extremes. It criticizes scholars who neglect wealth, scientists who ignore finances, and reformers who become cruel. a true man balances high aims with everyday duties, becoming a complete, honorable person.
A historical excerpt contrasts diet and labor among Demerara laborers, noting coolies from India are weaker for heavy work than China men and negros perform heavy tasks such as ditch digging. It also mentions salt codfish and plantains as staple fare, with coolie and negro diets differing mainly in rice and meat intake. The piece then shifts to satirical moral ledger claims about Chinese behavior as reported by the New York Times.
A western man in an uptown theatre mishears the play Romeo and Juliet and jokes he was told it was about Omaha and Juliet. Cedar Rapids reports Dr. Carver breaking one hundred glass balls in two minutes and eating seconds, surpassing prior records.
The city council ordains vacating the alley running north and south through block 22 in Rail Road addition to Mitchell. The ordinance takes effect after passage approval and second publication in the Mitchell Capital. MENTZER Mayor J FE KIMBALL Clerk.
The Mitchell city council authorizes the Consolidated Tank Line Company of Hamilton County Ohio to construct erect and maintain suitable buildings iron tanks and necessary works for storing and handling petroleum and its products and to operate a general oil business on Lots 5 to 11 in Block 8 of A W Hager D A Mizener and A B Havers subdivision in N C Applegate's addition Mitchell Dakota. The ordinance allows railroad tracks as needed on the lots or adjacent streets and repeals conflicting ordinances. Clerk J P Kimball issued this ordinance.
Public notice states Gabriel K E Schwindt and Alice C Schwindt mortgaged 320 acres in Davison County Dakota to Frederick B Groton to secure 1500 dollars due 1889 with 6.5 percent interest. Default on 97 dollars plus interest triggers full due. sale set for October 28 1867 at 9 am at Mitchell court house to satisfy mortgage debt and fees.
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