The Irish standard., 1890-09-13
.As
$50 PER YEAR !.

st} }ss = 3 #crops in the neighborhood OF
! It last Wednesday. The house
3 arm Of S. Jewett, in the town OF
id, was blown to pieces, and
1sY Cord, in the same vicinity. saw
ss. ~ eat stacks gathered up and scat
! tered ought Of sight. while several pes-
| pie report seeing whole stacks in the air
at once, and it is probable that when
the facts are learned the damage will
I prove to be very great. There are
rumors of damage in other localities
along the line. but nothing definite las
been learned yet.
! SOUTH DAKOTA.
/ Peter Peterson was killed by light
ming near Doland. The bolt bored q
hole in strawstack the size OF barrel.
Peterson's clothing was ali torn OFT.
| A btazs at Mitchell last Thursday
morning in the Alex Mitchell hotel
caused some excitement. II started III
the kitchen and got to the roof, but the'
| flames were extinguished there.
I NORTH DAKOTA.
Grand Forks is infested with sneak
thieves and small robberies age of $aai'y
occurrence. 81
! During heavy storm at Mimic, the
steepIe of the Presbyterian church WIS
struck by lightning and badly damaged.
Mrs. Senator Fierce has been taken to
the Hot Springs TO see if she cannot
there find some relief FROM her suffer
! ings-~neuraigia and rheumatism.
| Eighteen Grand Forks citizens have
subscribed $2.100 rs a guarantee fund to
| secure Emma Abbott aud ber Opara
company FOR the opening Of their new
opera house.
The town Of Sargent in that county is
TO be gnoyed two miles to a new site,
and two parties have the cnIltraaG for
doing the work. Eight Of the pr1ncipal
business houses will be moved at Cnee.
! The Dera cratic state executive com"
| mittee Of North Dakota. met and elected
Capt. Dan Maratta chairn4anr discussed
financial depression, and left the plan
Of campaign in the hands of the central
committee and adjourned.
| The strike Of the track layers Oh the
Grafton and Cavalier branch remains
| unchanged, tie men having quietly and
silently left for the great wheat fields ct
| tho country Monday morning, where
better wages were being paid. The
work will re delayed but q few days as
new crew is reported 90 the way fTotn
St. Paul. Had the strike not occurred
! the rnen would have been compelled TO
lay OFF, as the supply OF iron was abous
exhausted. We are told Jllat the cnnl-
pany are using everv means in thelr
power to forward all the necessary rna-
terial, and 10 have the road completed
at the earliest possible date. Nearly sll
the ties and bridge material ia III tie
Grafton yards. Farmers and business
men at the towns along the new route
will surely get this road IN lime 10 move
! tha crops, as the work Of track lav1ng
can be completed in ten aavs Or two
weeks if the proper force can hs secured.
| WISCONSIN,
| The fine brick pastoral residence Of
the Polish church at Pine Grove. il
nearly completed.
| Father Jacobs, OF Burlington mis-"
SION, will commence at once the erec"
| tion of a fine new church.
| Father Myers, 5. j., of Marquette
! College, has returned to ST. Louis, and
will occupy the chair of Philosophy at
the st. Louis University.
Rev. NJ. Wynn. of Cl7aan. returned
home last week from his European trip,
accompanied by his brother. Rev Fran;
els Wrynn, recently ordained in Ireland.
Mr.. J. P. Foley bid in the Lake View
property in Hudson, which was sold
last Saturday. He did not purchase 1t
in his own behalf. but for other partiess
SO chat the purchase is no evidence that
Mr.. Foley intends to leave the county
farm.
st. Joseph's church, West Depere,
which was destroyed By fire ore year
ago. has been rebuilt through the great
energy of Father Durin, the pastor a
grand celebration in honor of the event
] was held by the members Of the congre-
CATION on September 8.
4 Tuesday evening, August rs. Father.
0'Malley delivered q temperance lee.
ture in the Catholic church at Lenark,
4 Portage county. He had an audience
! OF 500 people. many Of whom had come
q distance of twenty miles. At the
close Of the discourse half his listeners
took the total abstinence pledge. .a (.
The Catholics Of Rev. Father Barney's
i parish at Hudson Will hold q; grand
I fair and bazaar az the Opera hail in the
" citv nf Hpdan1. n1le week commencing