The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-12-28
NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Interest Clipped From Our
Exchanges for Readers Of The
Irish Standard.
DISASTROUS FIRE AT JORDAN.

Death at Madison Of Dayid Atwood,
/ Proprietor Of the Wisconsin
| State Journal.
MINNESOTA.
Over $4,000 was subscribed to the
new Catholic church at New Ulm in a
single day recently.
a disastrous fire swept oyer Jordan
last Monday evening, when several
buildings were destroyed by that ele-
meut.
By the accidental discharge of his
shotgun while hunting few days ago.
Bartholomew Vavry, of Montgomery,
was shot through the head and instantly
killed.
The mother of DR.. Dornberg of Red
wood Falls was found hanging to a
tree one day last week. As she was
somewhat demented, it is supposed that
1t was a case Of suicide.
A Catholic fair was held at Waseca
last week, at which a gold watch was
voted to the most popular young lady.
The watch brought $542, and was won
Dy Miss Lizzie McGongale.
|. A man by the name of Hazen, while
digging a we'll few miles north OF
Fallbault last Monday was accidentally
killed. Tue man above let the rope slip.
and the pail struck him on the head,
smashing 1t.
The house of George II. Meyers, at
Winona, was burned last week, Mrs.
Muy ers narrowly escaped with her life,
and Meyers got his children in his
arms just as the wallis fell. His loss is
~ 5OO, with $l 500 insurance.
Bert Harrington and Peter Bjorns-
from, two farmers living near Wadena,
were run over by train while crossing
the track at York Mills in q wagon re-.
Gently and fatally injured. There were
five men in the wagon altogether, but
Jhe OF her three escaped injury.
The Inhabitants of Fair Haven, which
is in Sttarns county, fiud a subject OF
unlimited interest in che recent gold
discoveries in the immediate neighbor-
hood. Ever since the discovery of a
few particles Of the yellow stuff by a
far ner some months ago agricultural
matters became Of secondary import
ance. ..,=
On Thursday while Pat Brennan and
John Brady, of Hinckley, were out
hunting, Brennan was shot in the back.
shatterlng his spinal column and break
ing some of his ribs. He cannot re-
cover. Brady Was carrying the gun
when 1t was accidentally discharged,
the charge striking Brennan with the
above result. .
a short time since Jerry Sheehan, of
Marion. was driving nails, and made a
slight mistake and tried to drive his
thumb nail, with disastrous results.
The hand swelled terribly, and at one
time they feared blood poison would SO:
III. II is safe to say that the next time
Jerry attempts to drive nails he will
coDfine himself to pounding legitimate
ones.
Much to the regret of the entire parish
R-v. Father st. Pierre, of Lerov, has
been ordered to remove to jefferson,
s. d. He departed for that point on
the south bound train from Bathgate
last Monday. On the Sunday previous
t. his departure, the parishioners, as a
mark of regard and gratitude, present.
ed him with gold watch and an ad-
dress to which he replied with very ap.
prOpriate remarks.
DAKOTA.
A muscular thief entered black
smith shop in DeadWood recently and
luxged off an anvil.
Father ::Perrault, Of North Dakota,
has been elected chaplain of the Senate
in the North Dakota legislature. He
still has his charge at Mandan.
Arlington has a town marshal but no
jail, and when the marshal makes an
arrest he has to take the criminal home
with him and lock him up in the cellar.
The artesian we'll at Portland is $50
feet deep. and water flows through a
seven inch pipe atthe rate Of 500 barrels
an hour, and rises 80 feet IN the stand
pipe. s..# n II u
An arctic owl was captured BY q
Pierre sportsman. The bird was shot
at short range, and was 80 surprised at
the bad Workmanship Of the hunter
that it forgot to ay away. L measures
four feet from tip 60 tip and is q beau
tiful specimen of the owl family |