The Irish standard., 1888-09-01
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES.
Items of Interest Clipped From Our
Exchanges for Readers Of The
Irish Standard,
WIN0NA'S CATHOLIC HOSPITAL.
The Wheat Crop Of Oass County, Oak, is
Badly Injured by FROST, Heat,
Wind and Dust.
MINNESOTA.

MINNESOTA.
New car works at Duluth to bt
erected at once.
Extensive willow ware works have
been started at Wlnona.
| Carol, tried at Faribault for breaking
into the house of J. &. Clark, proved an
alibi.
Winona talks af building bridge
across the Mississippi rs feet above low
water mark.
q. new Catholic hospital to be opened
at Wiuona in q few days. Preparations
nearly completed.
Corn looks good around Fergus Falls
and if frost stays away for few weeks
there will he good crop.
DR.. Taylor, OF Duluth, married a
charming Philadelphia girl while
thought to be dying. She is now re-
covering.
Burglars entered the residence OF
Curtis Carey. at Wlncna. and stole q
gold watch, pair OF gold spectacles and
$40 in cash.
Ell. II. Holmes, Plankinton. and M.
Vanetren, Sauk Rapids. Mimi, have
been admitted to practice before the
interior department.
Richard Edward De Kay, al ole res.
ident of Hastings. died in St. Paul Sun
day morning, aged AZ years. He leaves
wife and two children.
The celebrated Lackhart case has
been decided by the land office in favor
of the contestant, Robt. Osborne. The
land is one of the most valuable iron
properties on the Gogebic range
E.. Saeger, prominent coal man OF
Cleveland, who is IN Duluth. says that
al indications point to a shortage in
receipts here from the amount needed
in the Northwest of 100, 900 tons Of an.
thracite coal alone. This will be due to
the great increase Of consumption in
the Northwest, and lack Of sufficient
railroad facilities. The shortage nust
be supplied from Milwaukee and Chi
cago.
DAKOTA.
May Wansbrough has been appointed
pOstmistress at Russell.
A. son OF George Kline of Frankfort
was drowned in the Jim river while
bathing.
The president Of the street railway at
Huron has asked an Injunction to pre-
vent the Manitoba crossing his track.
Ground will be broken this week to1
three story brick building at Aber.
deem, to cost $50 ,000. 1t will be one of
the finest in the territory.
A stranger asked to be locked in the
Sioux Fall calaboose last Monday night.
A few hours later he was found HANGING
dead. He used his suspenders for a
moose.
The first bombshell fell among violat-
ors Of the local option law at Grand
Forks yesterday, when IS injunctions
were served upon a like number of sa-
loon men.
E. Melville, a travelling advertising
agent of Indiana, lies in hospital at
Aberdeen at the point of death from in.
juries received at the hands OF a saloon
keeper, who threw him from his saloon
d week ago last Sunday.
Prof. Moor, Of Fargo, crazed by re-
liglous excitement, was sent to the
asylu1p. at Jamestown Tuesday morn
ing. He was formerly a Baptist
preacher here, but became an Advent
ist. his mind dwelling particularly on
the sin of Saturday labors.
Reports from Fargo say the wheat
crop is injured much more than has
been expected or supposed. The injury
results not alone from frost, but from
heat and wind and dust. The thresher
develops the fact that many fields which
promised 20 bushels per acre run from
eight to ten.
John Flahsrty. Of Mitchell, got drunk
at Huron Monday and going to house
of illfame shot and killed Hattie Bailey
Wilson, one Of the inmates. The shoot
ing is in revenge for the woman g re.
fusing to go with him to Watertewn, or
where he wished her to. After shoot
ing Hattie, Fldherty turned the pistol
on himself and put It's last load into
himself. he aimed directly at his