The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-09-07
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Interest Clipped From Our
Exchanges for Readers Of The
Irish Standard.
BIG FACTORY FOR ST. CLOUD.

blG FAClURY FOX 81. CLOUD
Prohibition IN Dakota as in All 0the.
States Where it Has Been
\ Tried is Failure.
MINNESOTA.
/ Mcintosh is to have 75-barrel -four
ing mill by Nov. 1.
| Great preparations are being made
for the Southern Minnesota fair at
Rochester next week.
The buildings OF A. A. Wall and
about 2, 500 bushels of grain were burned
at Window. together with Eve horses;
loss nearly 5000.
Nels Selvander, employed in the
shops of the Red Wing Manufacturing
Company, was struck by saw and
seriously injured.
At Shumway Hall, Faribault. there
was an elegant entertainment given by
the Misses Abbott as farewell token
to Miss Jennie Buck and Miss Florence
Benson. of Salt Lake City.
Madelia has concluded to offer bonus
equal to Is per cent of the value Of a
flour mill, the mill to be IF capacity
of not less than rs barrels per day, and
to cost from $4,000 to $l5 900.
Four buildings were burned bv tramps
at Waseca. They were owned by Hon.
w. G.. Ward, Angus Vert. z. KannOn
and Parmalee & Koessler, who are
10 ers in sums ranging from $500 to
$1,000 each.
The grain firm Of Hill & Kinsey. of
Roberts, have sold their line of elevators
on the Wisconsin Central and eastern
| division of the Omaha railways to Free
man g Co., of Milwaukee. Jane.
Kinsey will be manager under the new
deal. r
The citizsns Of Montgomery and sur.
rounding country discussed moving the
county seat from it's present location
LIE Sueur Center-tO that place II
was unanimously voted to go ahead
post notices and endeavor to secure its
location.
The Pipestone Business Mems Club
and members CT the municipal govern
ment left here Monday evening on a
special train oyer .the Manitoba road
for Duluth, where thy will be enter
tanned by the board Of trade and cham.
Der OF commerce. Returning, the party
will stop one day in St. Paul and Min
neapolis,
i The long and bitter contest over the
Window postofice was settled last Fri.
day night by the unanimous choice
of j. McMurtrey by caucus of
about 20 Republicans. Congressman
Lind presided. The meeting was COM
posed of representatives of the several
factions who have been by the ears for
six months over the spOils.
Jack Kieth, of Sioux Falls, land Joe
Smith, of this city, are anxious to fight
for $3.50 side, and the match will uL-
doubtedly be made to take place at
Athletic Park. in this city. i Kleth has
had a ''bout' or two with Cardiff,
while Smith is by no means novice at
the business. Both men are in good
condition, and have plenty of backing.
In the past month about LIS, 600 bush
els Of corn have gone to Duluth, and
since Jan. l the receipts have been
about |, 500 900 bushels It looks now
as if the total receipts for the year 1889
would be 2, 500, 600 bushels, against $780,
600 bushels in 1888. The connection s
Of the st. Paul and Duluth make that
road an outlet for the corn of Iowa and
Nebraska.
/ The proposition made by an .Ohl0
manufactures to the st. Cloud chamber
of commerce for the location Of a vu.-
canized fiber factory to..::manufacture
pals. tubs, slnks,l cofins, etc.. to employ
100 men, and to be running within
three months, has been accepted and
4 the advisory committee and the projec-
4 tor have gone East to order the neces-
sary machinery.
a break or split has occurred in the
8Igreat log jam at TaYlor's Falls. the
Tower section having followed the inn
pulse given by the last haul and
! moved along toward the dalles, where
i the logs are wedged and piled;as tightly
las eyer The upper part Of the great
4 mass, not far above the bridge. remain-
Il cd in position. and the two sections are
i now separated by5a spaceo Of open watsrI
II LoRRsers il tlhe per streams ~
hing R,reat eff % aBget pro
I ducts tos fllo bof ord 1la