The Irish standard., 1889-02-09
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES.
Items of Interest Clipped eFrom Our
Exchanges for Readers Of TIE
Irish Standard.
HAPPILY Welded AT BENSON
The Fire at Morris Last Week
and Those Who Lost
Thereby.
MINNESOTA.

Fire at Tower, last week, destroyed
two buildings belonging to Mrs. Martin
Welsh. The loss was quite heavy; in
surance on same, So, 900.
Mrs. Sweeney, of Rochester, has been
granted an additional pension an ,unt-
ing to 81 $50. 1t was procured through
the agency of Mr.. G. Fl. HefTron, OF that
city.
Messrs. John Burns, James Salmon
and Art Gear, Of Graceville, together
with Frank Griffith, of Morris, were
visitors to st. Paul and Minneapolis
during the present week.
Friday evening, January Is. James
Murphy, highly respected citizen OF
Faribau!t. died in that city. He was a
cooper by trade, and had resided liz
Faribault about fifteen years.
Frank Connolly and John McGibbon,
of Sauk Centre, left Oh "Wednesday for
Seattle. w. T, Mr.. McGibbo1, has been
head miller of the McC|ure mills for
several years past. Their families will
follow them as soon as they are properly
located.
a neetin. was held Sunday at the
Catholic school building. Austin, called
for the purpose Of expressing sympathy
with William O'Brien, the Irish martyr.
Hon. j. j. F'urlong was elected rresi-
dent and Thomas u. Becker. secretary.
The organization will be made perma-
! xlent, and a committee was appointed
to solicit subscriptions for the Parnell
defense tupd
AS Rev. John Doran, of Delano, was
Oh bis way to attend funeral service
at Armstrong Tuesday. his horse SHE'D
out uf the road and tue cutter struck a
stone, oye'turning the rig and threw
ing Mr.. Doran on the frozen ground,
1pjuripg his hip aud fracturing his
shoulder. About SIX months ago he met
with simil; Z mishap, being thrown
from the buggy and dlslocating his
other shoulder.
Oae of the most noted events Of che
season, says the Swift County Monitor,
was the marriage On Monday morning,
January 2s, of Mr.. John Z. Murphy,
cne of the leading hardware merchants
of this village, to Mss Mary Fogarty
of Kildare. The marriage was cele-
brated by Rev. Father O'Co3nor, of
DeGraff, during nuptjal Mass on
Monday forenoon. The bride was
tastefully arrayed in dark blue satin
dress. After the cere mony, the bridal
party together with manyinvited guests
repaired to the home of the brides
parents and partook of the elaborate
wedding feast prepared, and enjoyed
the generous hospitality for which Mr..
and Mrs. Fogarty are celebrated.
| Speaking of the fire which took place
in Morris last week, the Sun says: For
a small fire there were quitea number
who suffered. f. NJ. Hesler lost part of
lis household furniture, no insurance;
Geo. f.. Darling, loss on building,
81, 600, insurance, 81. 500. In this and
in the store building of T. E Newell
were stored Is 600 bushels Of oats, in
surance, $i,5Ot; ii. Whit ley, loss on
building occupied by laundry, $1,000,
insurance $3.50; on his laundry Fred
Bunnell loses about $500. DO insurance:
F. E. Newell's store building, loss
$4,000, insurance 81 500, and besides
Mr.. Newell lost $500 worth Of goods,
balance of his stock OF general rnerchan-
disc upon which he had no insurance.
The Ancient Order OF Hibernians' hall
was in the second story Of this building.
Their loss is about SIS. nearly all of
their property being saved. Next in
the order of the fire was the building of
Dr. D r. Sutherland. loss $500. no in
surance. This building was occupied
by H. T. Bevans as law Office, bat be
saved his library, furniture ETC., with
slight, if any, damage Tne fire was in
dangerous proximity to the Sun Office
building, and its contents were removed
to safe distance into the street. The
damage incurred by the removal was
$3.50; covered by insurance. The total
loss was over $4,000.
WISCONSIN,,
A special from Ashland announces
the fact that Ben Ryan was killed by a
falling tree in a logging camp Wednes-
day.
Miss Mary Campbell, daughter of
VIM. Campbell of Hammond Avenue,
died Tuesday Of dropsical affections.