The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-12-07
The people of Faribault congratulated
him on his good luck.

The people of Faribault congratulated
him on his good luck.
st. Bridget's Catholic church, situated
in Rochester county, about ten miles
south of this city, was badly damaged
by fire Sunday morning. The floor is
burnt out, and the entire interior Of the
church ruinouslY scorched. 1t is built
of stone, otherwise it would have been
completely consumed. The fire caught
from the furnace Loss about 81, 500,
entirely covered by insurance.
DAKOTA.
The artesian we'll at Reynolds. Grand
Forks county, at depth of 325 feet
struck water. The flow is estimated at
1000 barrels per hour.
Father L'Hiver, Catholic priest Of
Dunsieth, Rolette county, writes to the
Fargo Argus denying the reports Of suf~
fering in that county, and warning pe0~
Pile to beware of pious frauds who are
taking up subscriptions by Inisrepresen-
tation.
a band of about 800 Sioux Indians
are killing off stock belonging to ranch
men along the Little Missouri river, a
few miles south Of Medora. The cattle-
men have telegraphed to Washington
requesting that the redskins be removed
from that locality.
Thomas Eddington, travelling ageut
for the Standard Life Insurance COM
pany. Of Detroit, Mich, committed SUI
eide IN Fargo hotel recently BY taking
An overdose of laudanum. Dependency
over the death of his mother and g.
young lady to whom he was shortly to
be welded was the cause.
Rev. T. F. Hopkins has resigned edi-
torial management Of The Dakota
Catholic, the state organ Of tha Cath
olic Church. His SUCCESSORS are Rev.
J. j, O'Riordan and Rev. l.. A. Rick
lin. Father Hopkins will IN few days
go to ST.. Cloud, Mimi. where he be-
comes vicar general of the diocese under
Bishop Zardetti.
ColIet, the agent and grain buyer for
the Northern Pacific company at Ar
thur. Cass county. who claimed to have
been robbed of $2,500 some time ago
while On his way from Hunter to
Arthur where he had been to get some
money changed, confessed to having
showed the whole wad down his own
pants leg. 1t is understood that tha
company will not prosecute Collett.
One night recently Sam Clark, Of
Pierre, had occasion to visit his barn
and took lantern along to illuminate
things. He set the lantern on stool
and an lnquisitiye pig came along aud
upset it, spitling the burning oil all over
its back. Then there was wild chase
between Sam and the pig. The animal
finally bolted out OF the barn and made
for a naystack, with Sam good second.
He captured the blazing porker just as
he reached the stack and succeeded in
saving his bacon.
While digging cellar for house
about mile above the Gown Of Fort
Pierre, workmen made CHASTITY find in
the shape of seven human bodies. Four
have been fully identified as those Of
four soldiers who were missed from
Fort Bennett on January II, last. Their
names are Lawrence w. Chandler. Cor
poral S. S. Ioman and Peter McNinney.
regulars. and Lieut.. Edward Donnelly.
They were frozen in the storm Of Janu-
ary H. and arterward found and buried
by a band of Sioux Indians.
WISCONSIN.
The Wlnnebago County farm earned
t735 over expenses the last fiscal year.
The government breakwater at Ash
land is com peted. 1t is nearly mile
long.
A MIR. Monahan, of the town of Troy.
was married to a daughter of James
DonnelIv. of St. Croix. last "Wednesday.
The leg of a man was found in Che
quamegon Bay, near Ashland, few
davs ago. The member appeared to
have been severed by an axe,
Father Weikman now in deacons
orders will Da ordained q priest at La
Crosse BY Bishop Flasch next week.
That will make the number of priests
on active duty in the diocese of La
Crosse over 100. II
a genuine. live burglar, armed with a
brace Of revolvers and a dark lantern,
went through the Colby house, Ash
land, between two and three O'Clock
Tuesday morning last. and after terri 4
fping half 4 dozen diff srent s'eepers he
secured 81 and made q successful exit
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