The Irish standard., 1889-04-06
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Interest Clipped From Our
Exchanges for Readers Of The
Irish Standard.
HAUNTED AT ELLSWORTH. WIS
Admitted as an Attorney-Work On the
Duluth and Southern Railroad
Began.
MINNESOTA.

MINNESOTA.
Nil and Mrs. Thomas Dolan, of
Graceyille. buried their youngest son in
that town recently.
| I}r. O'Brien, brother of the we'll
known lawyer Of that name in ST. Paul,
is visiting with relatives at Benson, this
State.
The people Of Oneota. near Duluth,
are anxious to get the benefits OF city
government and to come in with Duluth
itself. u bill authorizing annexation
has been drawn uD and forwarded 10 st.
Paul and will be pushed through as soon
as possible.
| Tuesday of last week Judge Holland,
of Brainerd, appointed w. S. McCIena~
han receiver of tne property of the Miss
! issippi Water Power and Boom co,n-
pany, in compliance with an applica~
tion made by Fennessey, Armstrong s.
/ Co., ana other creditors Of forme. COM
pany.
On Easter Monday evening, under the
auspices of Division No. ! A.. O. FL. OF
Benson, the Gracevi|e dramatic com
pany will appear in Morris in that ex--
cellent Irish drama, 1.-THE Colleen
Bawn." The weil-known farce, "Liln-
erick Boy" will follow as ali after
piece.
While Frederick Foley, Of Duluth,
was thawing out sorne dynamite at the
rock fill of the elevated road near the
street car barn, at Eleventh avenue
west, Oh Monday, the dangerous sub
stance exploded, wounding him on the
chin and forehead. He fell over the
edge OF the cliff and added to his in
juries by striking on the rocks below
His wounds are not considered fatal
Mr. II. H.. GiL!en, says the Saltwater
Democrat, Was admitted 70 the bar last
week after rigid examination in Still
water. Mr.. Glllen has the elements
OF successful lawyer He is a young
man of good ability, good health, pos
sessed Of good gift Of language, and
more than al these, be is industrious
and Of good habits. He will remain in
Saltwater for the present.
Messrs. j. w. and j. e Quinn, Of
Owatonna, have began laying track On
the Duluth, Red Wing & &Southern rail
road. The track will be extended to
Zumbrota, nine miles from Red Wing,
and then, as soon as arrangements are
perfected, business wilt be commenced
ali along the line. P. Brennan, OF Owa-
tonna, who is director and stockholder
Of the new road. and has charge OF lay
ing the iron is Iow in Red Wing. Hell
says the line will be completed as far tss
Albert Lea this season. 1t will then be
continued south to Sioux City, Iowa
and Omaha. Nebraska.
WISCONSIN
The steam saw-,niIl of H. Chidestej
at Rock Elm, Wis, burned. Loss about
So, 600.
LOUIS Burke, the Hibridge murderer,
who chopped Alex. MONTGOMERY into
pieces for alternating his Wife's atfec-
tions, was arraigned in the circuit court
at Ashland Saturday. Heappeared not
in the least nervous fron confinement
and acted in very matter~of. fact way.
Attorney Crocker, of Hurley, appeared
as counsel for Burke and when his client
was arraigned moved to squash the in
dictment. The court overruled the
motion and Burke entered plea Of not
guilty of the charge Of murder III the
first degree.
A 'thaunted house, is the topic of
conversation among portion OF the
people of Ellsworth, Pierce county.
Little is said about it openly. 1t isl
positively asserted that in the absence
of the inmates some mysterious agency
turns things topsyturYy. and that
shadows pass with noiseless tread from
room to room. Some people ridicule
the idea that the place is haunted; but
there must be something the matter
with it. The family who lived there
have suddenly moved out without Civ
ing any satisfactory explanation, when
it was we'll known that they had made
arrangements to reside there during the
spring and summer.
DAKOTA.
Casselton farmers haye appointed
committees to investigate the advisa.
bility of establishing a factory for max
ing binding twine in Cass county, one !