The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-11-30
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Irish Standard. I.
A CLEVER FORCER TN THE. TOLLS.
Horrible Death Of an Old Couple
in the Town Of New 4
Sweden.

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in the Town Of New
| Sweden.
1 MINNEsOTA.
1 The Catholic fair at Madison last
week proved a financial success, the
promoters having realized S24O.
Death the other day ended Mrs. Ma.
tilda Powers thirty three years resi-
dence in Winona. Her husband, Judge
Powers, died in 1865.
The new bell for the Catholic church
at St. Peter bas arrived from st. Louis.
It weighs 1900 pounds without the
mounting and has full rich tone.
John Bush, aged ninety-six years, who
went to st. Peter as soldier in 1923,
and was the Oldest settler in the North.
west, as well as of st. Paul, died, the
other day at his home in st. Peter.
Three out Of a flock Of twenty-four
white swans were killed recently by
parties on the steamer Pepin near Lake
City. One Of the swans measured six
and a half feet from tip to tip and
weighed twenty pounds.
Edward Aires, an employe in tin
shop at Rochester, will start for Eng
land next week, having been notified
that he is the only heir to an estate
valued at about el00, 200, which will fall
to him on the death of s.his uncle, who
resides there.
Winona county has an applicant for
champion mean man. A farmers wife
died recently. He washed and dressed
the body to save expense, put it in q
rough box and drove to town for a COT
tdn. On the way back be met another
man and traded horses, then continu-.
ing his funeral.
A Montana man has bought 5 SIC, 900
acres Of the st. Paul and Duluth land,
between Mile Lacs and Duluth, on
which he will start large sheep ranch.
He CLAIMS that Northern Minnesota is
tar ahead Of Montana for sheep raising
in several particulars. He will buy
more land if the experiment is success
full. He paid 81 per acre for the land.
This story comes from Far1bau)t. A
man who lives north of here near one of
the lakes is said to have killed l34 wild
ducks one morning last week. Tn
looking out Of the window early in che
morning he saw ducks extrtcate their
legs from the ice that had formed
around them while resting in the water
the previous night. The man took a
corn cutter, went down to the lake and
clipped off their heads.
Charles Merkle killed his brother in
law, Frank Slaiten, six miles north Of
Adrian the other day. After being
taken to Worthlngton Merkle made a
confession. He said: 81 never liked
Slaiten because he called me hard
names. He struck me on the shoulder
with a pitchfork and I Knocked him
down with stick Of wood. The first
blow killed him, but / struck him twice
more to make sure. buried his body
under the floor Of the stable behind the
horses. Ibid not tell my sister had
killed her husband. but she found it out
somehow
Great excitement prevails at Spring.
field oyer the discovery Of coal two miles
west OF town. While we'll drillers were
boring for water they passed through q
5six-foDt vein Of seemingly very fine coal.
Specimens have been sent to scientists
for examination. a mass meeting Of
the citizens was hold and company
formed with sufficient capital to
thoroughly nvestigate the matter The
discovery was made on lands in close
proximity to what is known as the Min
nesota coal lands. The company will
commence operations towards investi-
eating the matter immediately. .5
News was received at st Peter last
week of the most horrible death Of an
old couple living n the town Of New
Sweden, ii iieollet county. Their
house was discovered m the morning 81
81 a.s,rmoking ruin. having been Destroyer IN
Efire during the nigli The Old couple.
MI. and ff3,yenks Torgson, vino
were nearly seventy years 4 q 81 ecu ecu