The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-08-17
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Interest Clipped From Our
Exchanges for Readers of The
Irish Standard.
DAKOTA IS NOT SATISFIED.
A Chapter of Accidents Collected From
Many Cities in the Great
Northwest.
MINNESOTA.

Northwest.
MINNESOTA.
Wheat in Wright county is averaging
20 bushels to the acre.
Isaac Twitchell was killed near Anoka
last week by an enraged bull.
Beautiful harvest weather at Mon
ticeIlo and farmers all happy,
John Somerson of Monticello was
seriously hurt in runaway last week.
He will recover.
John Mclaughlin of Anoka fell from
a horse at Monticello last week and
broke his arm.
Delano and Monticello teams played
ball last week. The latter won by a
score of to II.
Reports coming in from all over the
state indicate that Mlnnesota's wheat
yield this year will be far above the
average.
Elisha Hill Of Kasota suicided last
Wednesday morning by hanging HIM
| self. 1t is supposed he was insane at
! che time.
| The GraceYille Democrat and the
Transcript of the same place have been
consolidated and is now published un-
der the name of the Graceville Tran
script and the Democrat.
| Frank Tyler, brakeman on the
Manitoba, had his arm caught between
| the links on q car at Morris the othe1
day and the bone was broken, neces-
sitatlng his quitting work for some
time.
Robert Engle, young German of
Wright county, attempted suicide last
week by shooting himself near the
heart. Martial woes and the loss OF
money are said to be the cause of the
| trouble.
| A mad dog scare in Cleveland. LIE
Sueur county, last week made several
corpulent citizens run as thev have not
done for many years. The stomach
aches that followed were worse than
the scare.
Dennis Murphy, of the town of Nor
folk, Renville county, met with serious
loss last Friday. During a storm,
lightning struck his barn and granary
and burned them to the ground. A colt
and a large quantity Of farm imple-
ments and machinery, besides $40 in
money belonging to the hired man,
were destroyed. No insurance.
Alta meeting of the Monticello board
of education last Saturday evening, T..
G.. Mealey rendered his resignation.
J. r. Longfellow was elected president
Of the board; 4. II. Bertram, secretary,
and E. B. McCord treasurer. On the
ballot to ill the vacancy occasioned by
the resignation OF T.. G.. MealeY, j. c..
Tarbox received 3 votes and H. Kreis 2
votes at the adjourned meeting OF the
board on Tuesday evening, Robt. B.
Kries was elected to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the resignation Of Z. &.
Mealey.
| DAKOTA.
Helen Severson. a Young Norwegian
girl, committed suicide at Sioux Falls,
Monday afternoon by taking strychnine.
Her lover had betrayed her under pro-
mise OF marriage, and then deserted
her. The girls parents live near Can
ton.
| A mass meeting was held at Fargo
Monday night and indorsed the action
of the constitutional convention in To-
eating the pubic institutions of North
Dakota. Eloquent and influential
speakers were present. There IS much
excitement. Some towns are dissatisfied
with the location, and will attempt to
have it changed. There were only
nineteen votes against the plan on a
ballot in the convention. Meetings
were also held at Casselton, Wbeatland
and elsewhere in the county, and many
Fargoites went to Bismarck on Monday
nights train to insist that there shall
be no change in the article. Delegates
were urged everywhere by telegraph to
be in their seats Tuesday morning. A
delegate reached Fargo Sunday night
who has ridden forty miles in wagon
to catch a train, so as to be sure to be
on time.
The Northwest News, of Fargo, pup
fishes the following: In the city of Jud
LaMoure there dwells an Elder said to
be so fond of the whiskeY bottle that
although too hypoearitlcal to honorably
call and pay for his whiskey he goes
about here and there smelling and beg
! ging and violating international law,