The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-04-27
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Interest Clipped From Our
Exchanges for Readers Of The
Irish Standard.
BRAlNERD'S PEOPLES TICKET
The Sad Suicide Of Uaptain Ogden B.
Read, Formerly OF Fort
Llncolr, D. T,
MlSNESOTA.


Dan. Nj. Clark, of Brainerd, is in
Chicago on business connected with the
hardware interests in which he is en-
gagged.
j. w. Murray, ct the Eau Claire
house, Bralnerd, is again out after hav-
ing been laid up nearly all winter with
erysipelas.
John Roach, lately OF the town OF
Oshawa, was brought before Judge of
Probate Peterson of St. Peter. On Wed
nesday of last week on the charge Of
insanity, and was committed to the
hospital for insane.
Mr.. Nicholas McGree of Marshan
died Tuesday night Of last week after
an illness Of only few days. Mrs.
Nicholas McGrse was buried on the
Wednesday previous which is probably
the cause Of his sudden demise.
The people Of this section will be glad
to learn that Father Dwyer has decided
TO have the (Which OF Rosenberg" re-
peated al the Opera house i'll Luverne
ON the 10Th of May, with an accompany
ing entertainment which promises, If
possible, to surpass che enter tainment
given on st. Patrick's day. So says the
Herald of that city.
Thos. Daily. says the Monitor OF Ben
son, intends to close out his business
there about the iattes part Of this
month ard remove TO Norton, tho first
station this side OF Appleton, where he
will start Is general merchandise store.
He is alreadv financially interested
at Norton and thinks he can increase
his business by the change.
The Peoples city ticket was placed
in uhe field at Brainerd last week as
lows: For Mayor. Capt. W. T. Spauld-
ing; alderman, First ward, George ke
ough; G. L. s;paulding; Third ward, M.
Cullen; Fourth ward, Felix Graham;
Fifth ward, Con. O'Brien. The ticket
throughout lis an exceptionally strong
one and promises to prove a winner.
Work is IN progress On the construc-
tion of a house for the priest on the
Catholic church grounds, Brainerd. 1t
will be a handsome two story structure,
standing OH the north side of the
church. and the basement viii contain
appliances for steam. Pipes will extend
TO che church edifice, which Will be
heated by steam from the same boiler
f. base ball club has been organized
at Benson, With the following gentle
men: j. Ell. Murphy, Leslie Matthew's,
j. u. Lyons, Jr., j. B. Robins, j. G COL
Inns, Julius 1'horson, G. Il. a. Smith,
Fred Campbell and Ed NARROW will
play under the management of j. w.
CLARK and field captaiDcy Of Murphy,
l.. r. Aldrich was elected president Of
the club and M. Hoban, vice president.
| Morton Enterprise: James Clancy,
residing short distance below Morton
on the river bottom lost 20 to so tons OF
hay Friday last by a prairie FIRE. The
fire started from sparks from the east
bound passenger train. BY the united
efforts Of the neighbors the fire was put
out before mere extensive damage was
done; had ii made little further head
way before help arrived the whole bot
tom country eouth Of town would have
been burned with heavy loss in hay and
buildings.
Brainerd Journal: Tom. Lowry, the
Minneapolis millionaire Of street Car
fame, has made statement of the af-
fairs OF the Minneapolis street railway.
intending to Justify the reduction Of
the wages Of the street car drivers. Ac-
cording to his statement the net earn.
ings OF tie entire street railway system
in Minneapolis during the past year
was only 1902, a smaller sum than
many wage workers earn in year. But
Tom. Lowry is not the man to elbow
in" all he makes on living expenses. and
he has succeeded by close economy in
saving several million dollars out of his
income during the past few years. Now
he wants to increase his income by
grinding his employers down to starya
ton wages.
DAKOTA