The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-03-09
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Interest Clipped From Our
Exchanges for Readers of The
Irish Standard.
FIRE AT BLOOMING PRAIRIE.
Rev Father Carr will Lecture Before the
A. O. Fl. at Brainerd on the Evening
Of March 18th.
MINNESOTA.

w. f. O'Neill and wife. of Graceville,
left tuesday morning Of last week for
Chicago on business and pleasure.
Thomas MCGOWAN, of st. Paul, has
been visiting his relatives and friends
at Morton, Renville county, recently.
Thomas MEG Govern, and Miss Maggie
Nimmons of Haverhil., were married
in St. Johns church, Rochester, On
Monday, the 18th uIt.
Thomas Carten, Of Summit township.
this State, was recently married to
Miss Nellie Butler. of Newrv, Rev. D.
l.. Murray officiating.
John Young, of Credit River, and
M ss Lena Ackerman, Of Farrnlngson,
were married in the latter village,
January g. Rev. Father Quinn ofliciat-
ing.
"a Gentleman from Ireland' will DC
produced 10y the young people OF the
Immaculate Conception parish, Far
bault, on the evening Of March Is, at
Hills Opera house.
r. j. O'Connell, Of Sank Centre, has
purchased the residence property OF
John Mo. S Of that city. Consideration
Sl400. Mr.. Mohs expects to go into
business at some point in Dakota.
Messrs. G. FL. Heffron and Thomas
Spillaue, of Rochester, are getting up
the play of Handy Andy, to be per
formed by a company Of young people
or st. Patrick night, for the benefit Of
the Parnel fund in that city.
Aldermen Kennedy and Swanstrom,
of Duluth, are mem bers Of the Iegisla-
tion committee from the city council Of
that city to 90 to st. Paul and look after
the amendments to the city charter, and
keep an eye on woodchnck bills.
James McCue of Lake Prairie, Nicol~
let county, was taken before Judge
Peterson on Tuesday TO be tried for in-
sanity. There being insufficient proof
for commitment he was DISCHARGED
The complaint evidently arose from
domestic difficulty.
Daniel Daily and John Flynn, while
driving home from Freeport to st.
Martin, Stearns county, were the VIC
Tins of runaway caused by a train.
4he latter luckily escaped uninjured,
but the former will be laid up for some
time from injuries received.
Patrick Burke, the brakeman On the
Hinckley line, who had his left hand
crushed by the cars at Bridgman last
Saturday afternoon, found it necessary
to have all the fingers amputated. He
Was brought back to st. Cloud by a
special immediately after the accident,
to have his injuries properly cared for.
The house OF Patrick Egan, a carpen-
ter on the East Side, st. Cloud, caught
fire from defective chimney last week
and was totally DESTROYED, together
with the contents, the family barely es.
Gaping with their lives and a few
articles of clothing and bedding. The
family consists of Mr.. Egan. his wife
and five children. Loss, ST. 200; insur-
ance, $500.
Division No. /. A. q. H. of Brainerd !,
has made arrangements to give lee
ture and entertainment at the Opera
house in That city on the evening Of
March 18th, for the benefit of the Far
nell fund. Rev Father Carr, of Min.
neapolis, will deliver an address, and
the occasion will be enlivened with
vocal and instrumental music and
elocutionary exercises. Admission will
cost 25 and so cents. An excellent time
is promised,
Colonel Glenn IS in Duluth, says the
Photographer of that city, and will i'm
mediately proceed to work on bis new
shops near Oneota. The buildings will
cover about half an acre of ground. and
the yards an equal extent. The payroll
of the col >ne]'s boiler works in Mime
apolis has for some time past comprised
from one hundred to one hundred and
fifty names, and the list will be equally
as large here.
Blooming Prairie was visited by fire
on the 26 ult. and goodly portion Of
the village was laid in ashes. One
whole block, containing the hard ware
stores Of Thos Feeney and e. Morton,
the general stores Of G.. Jensen e. Co.
and NJ. Guthrie, the post Office, harness
shop and barber shop were totally de-
stroyed, with nearly all their contents