The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-06-15
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Interest Clipped From Our
Exchanges for Readers of The
Irish Standard.
SUICIDE AT ST. PETER ASYLUM.
About the DulsAth, Red Wing and Southern
destroyed by Lightning in
Swift County.
MINNESOTA.

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| The members of St. Clements church
Duluth, will present petition to the
Archbishop asking for the return OF
Rev. Father Timothy.
Messrs. Murphy, of Morris, and Har-
rington, of Duluth, will soon start a
weekly newspaper in the latter city, to
be known as the West Duluth Sun.
Conductor Cunningham. who has for
the past year been running on the
Watertown branch, has been transfer
red and is now on a passenger train On
the Breckenridge division.
During the thunder shower recently
the barn, granary ana other out build
lngs on the farm of Z. j Gallagher, of
the town of Marysland, Swift county.
were destroyed together with their con
tents.
Messrs. Michael and Patrick Tee
vans, of F,tzroy Harbor. Ont. are visit
ing VIM. Logue, in Darnen, near Nor
ris, and are looking over the land with
the intention Of buying farm and
settling there.
MIR. Peter McClosky. an old and much
respected settler Of OlmSted county.
died Friday Of last week from cancer.
He was buried the Sunday following
from st. Bridget's church, the a5ten-
dance being unusually large.
Ex-Governor L.. F. Hubbard, general
manager of the Duluth, Red Wing and
Southern, with other officers of the road
arrived in Duluth, Tuesday, to awaken
interest in the road sufficient to raise
fund Of $50,U00 with which to go on
with the construction of that portion Of
the road between Duluth and Red
Wing. over l7O miles in length.
John Stransky, who SO cruelty abused
his wife last week at Owatonna, under
took to do up the editor Of the Steele
County Democrat. D. j. O'Connell,
formerly editor OF the Sheldon, Iowa,
Democrat. Mr.. O'Connel! gave him a
severe write-up for MS dastardly deed.
After short interview with the editor
he took water and concluded he didn't
want blood.
Duluth Paragrapher: Father Cseobel,
of the church of the Sacred Heart, is
about to leave the city and will take
charge Of a little missionary town.
Father Goebel's health has been failing
for the past year and his physician de-
sired him not to sing high mass for six
months. He Will be greatly missed by
his congregation and leaves with the
pest wishes of the church members.
Gen. Shields Post, Shakopee, at their
meeting June 1st, passed the following
resolution: Resolved, that the thanks
of this Post are hereby extended to the
Revs. j. H. Gaughan and A. FL. Gam
BILE, for their excellent addresses on
Decoration Day. Also to the ladies and
gents who furnished the beautiful music
OH that occasion; and to the Catholic
Knights, and order Of United Work.
men; to the volunteer fife and drum
corps, and to the citizens generally, for
their aid in the observance Of the day."
One Of the female patients Of the in
sane asylum at St. Peter killed herself
last Sunday morning by hanging her,
self to the transom over the door Of her
room with carnisole. The dead per
son is Mrs. Frances Morris, Of st.
James, who was brought to the asylum
on the 18th of February last. She was
a raving maniac of decided suicidal
who had tried to end her
life several times prior and subsequent
to her commitment. She had since her
been very carefully
guarded. and at about o'clock Sunday
morning was left alone fer nearly ten
minutes, apparently asleep. but evi-
dently awaiting an opportunity to take
her own life.
WISCONSIN.
Mrs. G.. e.. Williams, formerly of
Prescott, but later of HAYWARD, Wis,
died at the latter city on the 5th inst,
aged 36 years.
Mrs. Rebecca McCray, wife of Carlos
McCray, a well.known druggist Of Pres
colt, died at her home in that city on
the 4tn inst, aged 81 years. Mrs. Nc
Gray had been resident Of Prescott
for thirtY-fve years.
In the case, State of Wisconsin
against John Gillen, the district at
torney, Of st. Croix counry. offered to
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