The Irish standard., 1889-10-12
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Interest Clipped From 0ur
Exchanges for Readers of The
Irish Standard.
FIRE AT RED LAKE FALLS.
st. Joseph's Catholic Church fatally
Destroyed Politics IN the
New States.
+ MINNESOTA.

MINNEsOTA.
RecentIy two clerks in general mer
chandIse stores at Fisher were arrested |
for selling goods on Sunday. The trial
of the case resulted Ia their acqnittal, |
the jury holding that to sell goods TO
farmers during harvest on Sunday is no |
violation of law.
Augustus Ruley, of ST. Paul, and
Mrs. Jenny Ruley, OF Prescott, we're
married in the latter place the other
evening. The parties were divorced at
the spring term Of court, but concluded
that welded bliss was preferable to
single blessedness.
John w. C0rliss, Of Fergus Falls.
was found dead in bed the other morn
ing at the hotel in Rothsay. where he
stopped over night on his way home
from his farm in Wilkin county. Heart
disease was the cause. Mr.. COrliss was
50 years of age and leaves wife and
three children.
| st. Jnseph's Catholic church at Red
Lake Falls was burned to the ground
last Owing to there being % lire de-
partment IN town but little effort was
made to save 1t, and it was completely
destroyed. a large four gallon can of
| kerosene oil under- the altar revealed
the fact that the fire was the work of
an lncendiary.
Last week the house Of Mat Haub, OF
Spring Hill, was burned with its con-
\ tents. Two Of Haub's sons, Alloys and
Conrud. aged respectively 2l and %
years, were burned to a crisp. George,
the eldest son, 10 trying to rescue his
! brothers from their room in the upper
part of the house, was somewhat burned
and had his arm badly cut, but his in
juries are not serious.
The skeleton OF an unknown mar
was found in the woods near Little
Willow river the other day. Wolves
had eaten every particle Of flesh from
the bones, and there was nothing b.
, which to identify him save shotgun
the silver-monnted buckles on his kni
, cartridge belt, and a letter with th,
: name sAggie Heath, Minneapolis, O.
Minnesota, written thereon. No ons
, could identify the remains.
NJ Lightning struck the house Of Tylel
Spaulding at Pleasant Hill the other
I night. One bolt went down the stove
pipe and into the cellar The Othe
> went of the stove aud killed girl 81,
! years old id her mothers lap. The ia
2 ther was knocked sensslass. but no
+ seriously hurt The lightning strucl
Q the mothers shoulder and ran dow
) the leg and across the body Of girl /
Q years old. The mother was not expect
I ed to live.
J The board OF managers OF the stat
!. fair held meeting the other Afternoon
!, at which the general report was made
J The total receipts were $45. .S72.51 O
this S4,22275 was for privileges an
$40 .6l9.75 from sales of tickets. Th
: deficiency of $4,000 for last year wa
!, paid. The managers believe that ther
] will be surplus Of $1,000 after payin
! all claims. President Bushnell mad
!, an address i'll which be referred to tn
= fair as one of the most successful eve
4 held III the state.
,e A Bohemian stonecutter OF st. Pal
II named August Boorfried has discovere
al combination of chemicals by the u:
d, of which the hardest stone can be di'
1t solved and cast into any desirab
!; shape, the casting being as hard az fin
D; translucent and capable of taking on
d, brilliant luster. 1t varies in color q
ii cording to the stone used, and can
At had from q bright red to beautif
10 azure blue. While IN the fluid form
es can be used for coating anything ha
ID ing stone Or CLASSY surface N
a Boorfrled claims that Car wheels al
n. | rails can be made in this way.
~ Al maniac named Whalen jumped I
~ of a Manitoba train travelling TWEEN
Oil miles al hour near Fergus Falls *
81 days ago The train was stopped Al
n Whalen was sighted racing across
2 field, with \ farmers dog at his he1
- When finally captured and lodged
=. q. the county jail at Fergus Falls. Whal
~ rushed at the stone wall with all !
~ force, striking II squareiy with his "a
W The force Of the blow threw him to I
ls' ground. His nose and mouth was Il
- rihly battered and bruised, and
~ would probably be Dermanently 4
figured He was sent To st. Peter.