The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-12-21
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Interest Clipped From Our
Exchanges for Readers of The
Irish Standard.
DULUTH ELEVATORS SOLD.
English Capital to the Amount Of
$4,0O0,00O0 Invested in Elevators
at the Zenith UltY.


/ at the Zenith OltY.
MINNESOTA.
A fire was discovered IN the rear of an
unoccupled building in Beaver Greek
recently. Tho town was virtually with
out fire protection, and half the business
portion was destroyed. ...
Duluth Typographical Union held a
meeting the other afternoon and passed
resolutions of coincidence for their
afflicted brothers of the Minneapolis
Union by the recent FIRE.
| In the month of November there
were shipped from ST. Peter sixty nine
car loads of hogs, for which the sum of
$$39, 900 was paid. The average weight
of the hogs was $50 pounds.
One hundred and seventy-th Of
the Sisseton Indians, four more than a
majority, bave signed for the opening Of
the Sisseton reservation. The minority
is fast wheeling into line. Tue COM
mlssioners have gone to their homes.
at Redwood Falls the other day
William Rose was sentenced to be OK
ecuted within three months. He said
10 the judge: "In spite Of this audience
and you, [ say am as innocent of this
crime of which I have been convicted
as you are"
The body of Guy Gardner, who had
been missing Stree Aug. Is. was found
Monday morning by boy hunting
along the creek two miles southwest of
Rosecreek. Gardner had been en-
ployed on the farm where he was found.
Suicide is suspected.
! The lumber cut OF the Duluth saw
mills for toe past year has aggrega-
ted 81 236 900 feet Of lumber, II, 900 900
of lath, IL 1872 900 of shingles. The cut
of the Duluth district, including Olo-
quet and the st. Paul & Dlluth road, is
about 275 ,O00, 900 feet.
j. M. Hogan, Of Litchhe]d, has begun
suit against the Manitoba railway COM
pany for $4,000 damages for the death
of Father McDermott, who died some
time since soon after falling from a
train at Darwin. Hogan is executor
aud heir OF the McDermott estate,
English CAPITALISTS have recently pur-
chased elevators at Duluth to the value
of four million dollars. The Wagner
palace car company has also purchased
valuable location at West Duluth,
and a prominent capitalist has taken
option on million dollars worth of
property.
At New York Mills the other day a
party of farmers, while driving across
the Northern Pacific track, were struck
by the fast express and all m m)re or less
injured. There we're men in the wagon
at the time, but all but two, Bert Har
rington and Peter Bj )rnstrom, would
recover. The two named were probably
fatally injured. The accident took
place IN bend on the road. where it
was impossible to see the train until
nearly on the track.
Mrs. Louisa Poor, Of Hastings, died
at the residence her son, w. w. Poor,
in Nininger, Saturday evening, aged
eighty eight years. She was the widow
Of the late Martin Poor. She was a
resident of Munger for the past thirty
Eve years. A son, Albert c., Of Britton,
s. D., survives her. She was also the
grandmother, of q. FL. Poor, of Nlnln-
ger. Deceased. was a lady highly es-
teemed by all who knew her, and Of a
kind and pleasing disposition. She
leaves wide circle Of friends behind
her.
Two boys were drowned in the bay at
West Duluth on Tuesday afternoon.
Thomas Ellison, aged twelve. and his
brother Christ. aged seven, were play
ing on the ice with a hand sled. The
older boy was pushing the sled, his
young brother riding, and becoming
too velturesome, as it seems, they lost
control Of the sled and themselves and
slipped of the ice into oDen water and
were drowned before help reached
them. The body OF the older boy was
recovered the same az, but all efforts
to recover the other have proved futile
and the search has now been given up.
DAKOTA. s5= s.s5
Robert Baum, living near Huron. re-
Gently caught d turtle il the Jim river
weighing 58 pounds, on the shell Of
which was engraved tie date :. a p.
1776. Z showing him to be 12s8 yea-s Old.
One hundred and seventy four head
of cattle have been & kllled 81 Lower y