The Irish standard., 1888-07-28
NOR'WEST NEWS NUGGETS.
Items Of More Than Passing Interest
to Readers Of the Irish
Standard.

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to Readers Of the Irish
Standard.
A BIG HOTEL FOR GRAND FORKS
An Important Ordination Anniversary al
Chippewa Falls-Numerous Aoci-
dents and Deaths.
MINNESOTA.
Miss Jeanne Tuohy, Of st. Peter, is
il! with typhoid fever.
A Cleveland Thurman club has been
organized at Jordan with 2. Vicolin
president.
John Livingstone fell on q pltchfork
near Glyndon Tuesday. His injuries
are probably fatal.
Contractor McBrady has the new In
dian department of the convent school
at Graceville inclosed.
There are $50 inmates at the Koches-
ter asylum, Of whom 500 are males. The
much needed annex will not be ready
till spring.
The coroner's jury in the accident on
the Hastings & Dakota, near Red Wing,
caused by running over DOW declared
that no one was to blame.
G. O'Donnell, theological student
Of St. Paul, is Visiting Rev. Father
Genis, of GraceviIle, and may spend the
summer there for his health.
Martin Dunn, Of Faribault, while
acting as umpire OF q ball game, xe~
ceived the bali Oh his jaw bone. and
suffered 4 severe fracture Of the Jaw
The body Of john Currwan. w-ho dis
Appeared from Morris July Is, WAS
found Tuesday q miles from town With
a half~h!led bottle of Wlliskey near by,
Gen. Berry writes home to Nrinona
that he is much gr5tifed by his appoint.
ment to yf1e Idaho supreme bench, but
does not yet know whether he will ac-
cepL.
The Beef Slough company at Ninona,
are now rafting logs at the Mlnnelska
boom a5 the rate of q million and a
half feet day. They nave rs men at
work.
John Gross, aged 26, employed by the
Beef Slough Logging company. fell
from the edge of the boarding boat at
the Minneisha boom Monday, while i'll
toxicated, and was drowned.
The new evening paper, the Daily
Democrat, made it's first appearance at
Duluth Wednesday evening. 1t is a
six.col;l1nn foiio in size, neatly gotten
up, and is for Harmony, with a big
H. in the party. A. NJ. Miller, Jr,, an
able and practical newspaper 1nan, is
managing editor.
The new city directory of Wjnona,
just completed contains 1872 names.
which, according to the usual calcrla--
tions, indicates population of 23,0l6.
The directory shows 557 business houses.
% churches, 36 church societies, 2S Sc
cret societies, 5 smperance societies
and M miscellaneous organizations.
This shows an increase Of about 5000
in the population since the last direct
ory and healthy increase of business
houses.
Six Pemiolna saloonkeepers paid $500
fines yesterday.
Barney Finnegan, of Jamestown,
aged so, was found dead near the James
River Sunday.
An Independent Democratic news
paper, to be called the Marshall County
Sentinel, will be established at Britton,
the first number tc be issued early in
August.
Peter Anderson, q Castle county
farmer, took Ella Steele, the l5.year- old
daughter Of a neighbor, drove to Rock
vile and married her The father yes
terday had Anderson arrested Oh charge
of abduction.
Three thousand Sioux Indians from
the Cheyenne agency are at Fort Ben
nett waiting for the commission. It is
believed at Pierre that their opposition
to the treaty is a ruse whereby they ex-
pect to extort larger emoiuments from
the government before signing.
Little Miss Mollie McCromack,
daughter of Secretary Mccormack,
turned first sod for the magnificent
$150,O00 hotel at Grand Forks Tuesday
in the presence Of 1900 spectators.
Speeches were made by Mayor Griggs
and George b. Clifton, of the hotel
company, which were heartily cheered.
The hotel will be miniature West Ho-
tal 125Y1o5 feet and hva ctnrina ah0va