The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-26
q. W.. Lupton, wool merchant O
Bradford, Eng. has failed for $500 900

GU W. LuptOn, wool merchant 4
Bradford, Eng. has failed for $500 ,0oi
The Bank of Syracuse, N. VI, la
failed. The nominal assets are $40
GOO, and the Liabilities S6G,0Oo.
Over ss8 .00e eco has been paid out q
Winnipeg IN liquidation Of North
western rebellion claims.
Troops have removed nearly all til
cattle from Oklahoma. Other eattie
men who have not paid their leas
money WILDE expelled.
Mrs. Anna Price, widow Of Johl
Price, a revolutionary soldier, cele
brated her ninety seventh birthday a
Fillmore. Clinton county, Ind, on Mon
day. There are now living OF the de
scendants of this venerable mothe
and her husband no less than 1s4 PEI
SONS.
Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, tn
British commissioner in Egypt, ha
elaborated a scheme for reform in tn
management of Egyptian affairs which
will eventually enable the Egyptian
government TO dispense with the do
main administration
Nueces county, Tex, boasts OF
Jumbo cotton stalk. Ii was planted il
1873, and has matured seyen,crops I
measures seven feet III height AM
seven inches in diameter at the ground
On the 10th inst. it contained 500 greer
bolls and 200 blossoms and squares.
The Catholic Church at st. Mary's
Waseca county, burned TO the groun
Sunday afternoon. The church is /
total loss, nothing being saved. {
caught from the furnace. The church
cost S25, 600, and there was an insurance
of S., 600 on the building.
Monday evening Mrs. Fred Koph, o:
Wadesville, w. Va, went to a store
near by, leaving her girl four wears ,ane
babe eighteen months old, locked up il
the house alone The house caught fire
and despite the efforts of the neighbors
the children burned to death.
The anthracite coal properties pur
chased by Mcleod Stewart of Ottawa
situated near Bluff, on the line of ths
Canadian Pacific railroad, comprising
in all $50 acres, have been consoii
dated, and will be operated on an ex
tensive scale by a company composed
of Pennsylvania and ST. Paul capital
lists.
st. Paul Notes.
Secretary Dunn, in the mayors Office
has gone to Chicago to spend the holi
days.
Saturday the county treasurer turned
over to City Treasurer Rice for the DC
tober settlement S2l, 121.33
Sunday afternoon the Crusaders
choir of boys sang vespers. This il
something new and will be continued
hereafter.
Bishop Ireland, on Sunday last, con
ferred the holy order of priesthood Oh
the Reys. Lorenz Steinkoglerand Alex
in Hoffman. a.z..s,..sss s.s.ss..
The Brotherhood Of Locomotive En-
gineers will give their ninth annua
ball at Market Hall on the evening 0
December 81.
At the fair held last October at Mar
ket hall in aid Of the Catholic Orphan
asylum, the receipts were Sc, 2ss.76; ex
penditures, S4O0.62.
A musical and literary entertainment
was given at st. sJoseph's Academ
Tuesday afternoon. the proceeds to b.
devoted to the pupils library.
a splendid banner, announcing tn
headquarters Of the West st. Pau
brach of the Irish National League
has been spread across the street at TIL
corner of Dakota and Fairfield avenues
The dedication of Crusaders Hal
will take. glace on Wednesday next
Bishop Ireland, Father Stanley an
James r. Corrigan, Of Minneapolis
will be the speakers. It viii be
notable event.
The ice rink on Seventh and Rober
streets, adjoining the Ryan hotel, wa
opened on Saturday last. Receipt
viii be distributed equally between th,
Catholic and Protestant Orphan asy
lums.
The funeral of Mrs. Catharin
ScfIieff. who died on Sunday, ocourret
from Assumption church Wednesda,
at 9 a. N. Mrs. Schlieff was so years O
age. She was born i'd Paris and cam
to st. Paul in 1853.
At meeting Of the Irish Parliamen
tary Fund Association in New Yorl
Monday night the following dispatch
referring to the January convention il
Chicago was read:
DUBLIN. Dec. 19--If tie urgency 0
public affairs on this side renders N
attendance at the convention inpossi
BILE / viii give you due notice.
PARNELL.
The richest man in the world will b
renaegdsarssl in history by his epigra
matte way Of stating his objections t
any interference IN ms great scheme
to RlHndeI the people: The public b
DID