The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-01-25
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Interest Clipped From Our
Exchanges for Readers of The
Irish Standard.
ALMOST A. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
Gas is Allowed to Escape in a Vault at
St. Cloud, But no Harm
is Done.

st. Cloud, But no Harm
is Done.
MINNESOTA.
Mankato expended Sis, 5,994.27 on her
water plant last year.
j. G. Burke. county auditor of Steele
county, collected $4,000 during the
past year.
The Belle PIaine Division Of the
A. 0. II will give grand entertain
ment On the 22nd inst,
Mrs. d. t. Kennedy. of st. Peter,
who has been Lying with her son at
New UIm, has returned home.
Patrick Barry. of Ellsworth, finished
filing his ice house this week. He
packed about one hundred tons Of ice
of excellent quality.
J. A. Cotter, clerk of court. of Steele
county, presented a statement showing
the amount of fees received by him for
the year 1889 to be $731. 80.
The enterprising people of st. Pat
rick's have the rock on the ground for
the foundation Of large new school
house which will be erected in the
spring.
President Spragua, Of the State AL
lance, addressed the farmers Of Man
kato township on Monday evening last.
Six new members were enrolled on the
occasion.
Lazarus Peters, of Jordan, has pur-
chased SO feet front Of Jos Klemen-
hagen sproperty, including the remodel
ed dwelling. ON Second street. for g
consideration of 5000.
The Sleepy Eye Herald saws that
Father Alex Berghold is contemplating
the erection of new Catholic church
at New Ulm which will cost $40, 600. If
he undertakes the enterprise he will
make it success.
The east bound freight ON the Wi
mona road. which leaves Mankato at
8 40 am. will hereafter carry passen-
gers. This will prove great conven-
ience for persons going eastward along
that line in the forenoon.
The Iri b Catholics of Sauk Centre
have purchased a cemetery east OF the
village, adjoining the Old Fellows
cemetery. Several bodies have bsen
removed thlther from the old cemetery,
among them Rev. d. j. Cogan.
AS Jos. Hammers, of Marystown, was
unloading wood at the mill Wednesday
evening the mill whistle, which blew
for O'clock, frightened his team and
they ran away, and one ran Off the
double arch bridge on Warner street
but ESCAPED with few scratches,
Mr. E. Lilly, of Mankato, rendered
his resignation as city engineer, but in
asmuch as there IS some work in the
hands OF the board Of public works not
yet completed, he has been induced to
withdraw the same for the present. 1t
is his intention to move to California.
Assistant dairy commissioner Howard
has so far recovered from the attack of
la grippe as to resume his official duties.
| For eight days he was confined to his
room at Mankato, and the consciousness
OF being compelled to draw his salary
while unable to do ANYTHING was even
more tOrturous than the pains and aches
of the iseass.
.----. s.-3-s. &
Postmaster Delany, of st. Peter, re
ports the sale of stamps, envelopes and
newspaper wrappers for 1889 as amount
ing to $4. 100 SO. from box rent 1853. 90
or a total Of $4.6l8,98. total expenses Of
running the Office for the year are ST..
go 20. This leaves a balance of 81 $685.
78 for Uncle San. The amount of
money handled In postal notes and
registered letters IS not included in the
above and this sum is not far short of
SIC, 600 90 a year. 80 the profits to the
government from the St. Peter Office
cuts no small figure by any means.
YESTERDAY afternoon Deputy Auditor
Gruper, of ST. Cloud, having occasion
to use some papers in The vault IN the
county commissioners room, opened
the door. The lock was no sooner
a