The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-09-28
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Interest Clipped From Our
Exchanges for Readers of The
Irish Standard.
CATHOLIC FAIR AT HUDSON.
New Catholic Church for Langdon,
North Dakota Accidents and
Other Casualties.

North Dakota Accidents and
Other Casualties.
MINNEsOTA.
Contractors throughout Duluth an.
nounce that they have raised the wages
of common laborers to $l.75 day.
The bell at the new Catholic church,
st. Peter, will be returned to be re-
placed by another, more satisfactory in
tone.
The Steele County Democrat publish
ed last week, an illustrated edition OF
the city of Owatonna. which shows
commendable enterprise.
Mr.. O'Malley. father of P. F., VIM.
and Nellie O 'Malley and Mrs. M. Fahey,
arrived at Ellsworth on Wednesday
last from Ottumwa, Iowa. on visit to
his children.
John Herberg, of Traverse, fooled
with a revolver last week and as the
result Of his experiment carries a
wounded hand. The pistol went otf
sooner than he thought.
Father Solnce, of o watonna, has been
elected delegate to the general conven-
tlon of the Polish National League OF
America, to be held in Michigan. ae
will start some time next week.
Francis McQuoid, farmer living
two miles east of Pipestone, committed
suicide the other morning. Financial
embarrassment drove him to thus end
his life. He leaves a large family.
A colored man employed in AL. Wag-
ner's saloon, Duluth, attempted suicide
by shooting himself with a revolver
last Wednesday evening He was ar
rested by Officer Donovan, and confess
ed to being morphine fiend.
The leaders Of the Salvation army at
Mankato were arrested Monday for
appearing on the streets with drums
and tambo's. The approach Of cooler
weather has evidently dampened the
ardor of the band doing business here
Fire in Laird, Norton & Co. IS lumber
yards at Winona few days ago des-
troyed twenty two million feet of lum :
ber, seven million shingles, a three
story brick warehouse and contents and
other property. Loss, $500, 900; insn-
rance, $178, 500.
A young earl has been the center OF
attraction in Fargo the past two weeks,
gaming the good graces Of the S'bonton"
society, and spending mony freely. 1t
now transpires that instead of being
the Earl of Chester, he is wanted in
London, England, for forgery, and is
under arrest.
Mr.. James Murphy, aged 81 wears,
died at the residence of his son, at Rices
on the 10th inst, and was buried on
Thursday. The deceased was the father
Of Walter, W., John, James and Alex
ander Murphy, who are welliknown here.
and also of Mrs. Thomas Mcbride and
Mrs. John Campbell, the latter of Sauk
Centre. He leaves a widow, 80 years of
age, six sons and three daughters.
Eraly the other morning Ole Hofto,
4 well-to-do farmer living near Nc
[ntosh, fell into bis we'll while watering
his horses. The well was fifteen deep
and three feet in circumference at the
bottom and there was about two feet
Of water in it. The force Of the fall
drove his head into the mud up to his
and he must have been IN
stantly killed. When found a few
minutes after only his feet were visible
above the water, andSit was about half
al hour before sufficient help could be
obtained to draw him to the surface.
DAKOTA.
John Brien, of st. Paul called on his
Sid friends in Hastings the first Of the.
week.
SEencer wants a paper, and will give
] bonus to the right man to engage IN
the newspaper business. .
Hotelkeepers and private families in
Watertown are becoming alarmed at
the scarcity of female help.
.
Mrs. Thomas MahoneY. Of Minneap-
olis was the guest OF Mrs. Eugene Dean
81 Hastings the first of the week.
The perspective view Of the Langdons
church has the appearance Of.
being an elegant building The foun-s
Iations is progressing.
AT Rapld City 4 !youna I,stried
woman found = burglar ii her house.
and, instead 0f screaming, ma
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