The Irish standard., 1890-11-15
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FATHER MURPHy's SERMON.

sDlitlog, the Uhnef Of the Wyandotte Tribe
Of Indians, is 8 Bloatea
Millionaire.
MINNESOTA.
The Catholic festival recently held at
Delano was grand financial success,
the net proceeds amounting to $4O5.
The peoule of Fon du Lac, Mimi, are
excited over the discovery Of rich vein
Of silver ore nsar that place. Samples
have been examined by experts. vino
announce it Il good grade Of silver.
Oae day recently Cargill Bros, of
Mankato, shipped TO Philadelphia 88,-
600 pounds of wool, gathered at their
warehouse in Mankato. 1t filed eight
freight cars, and the rate was IS cents
per hundred pounds, a pretty good bill,
amounting to 1871. ..
A case of black diphtheria is reported
in the family of McLane Bridgeman, at
st. Cloud. The authorities built tem~
porary house some distance from the
town and removed the family there.
One boy died shortly after and che dis
ease has broken out in other members
Of the family. The other house. Ri5h
contents, was burned to prevent the
spread Of the disease.
Louis Doyle, who resided near Kill
kenny. died recently at the age Of 68
years. Mr., Doyle was man of fine
education and in his younger years had
been school teacher. He was great
reader and was deeply versed in history
and the current literature of the day.
He leaves to mourn him seven daugh~
ters and two sons, all of whom have
grown to womanhood and manhood.
There are but three States in the
Union. it is said, chat have the Masonic
Consistory, Scottish Rite, and they are
Michigan, New York and Minnesota.
Now the supreme council of inspectors
general, thirty~third degree, OF the An"
clent and Accepted Scottish Rita OF
Freemasonry. has granted charter for
Duluth, this making the third in the
State, the only State in the Union thus
| honored.
| Walter A. Ross. of Minneapolis, went
to Fort Dodge, Iowa, expecting 70 be
married to Mlunle Culley, the daughter
of prominent business man. Ross had
been engaged to the young lady for some
time, and had cosy cottage in Mime
apolis ready for her occupancy, He was
astounded TO find that his prospective
bride was already the wife Of Fred
Reese, former lover to whom she had
been engaged before she met Ross
The girl had changed her mind at the
last moment, and persuaded her father
to accompany her to Sioux City, where
she was married to Reese.
The Rev. M e. Murphy. chaplain of
! the state prison, preached an instruc-
tive sermon TO the inmates the other
Sunday. report OF which is given in
the Prison Mirror. He read the eplstle
and gospel for All Saints Day and took
for his text: BLESSED are you when
men shall reylIe you, and persecnte you,
and shall say all manner of evil against
you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and
be exceeding glad. because your reward
is very great in heaven" This promise
of Jesus Christ has long since been real
lied by the saints whose lives were
modelled on the life of Christ. This day
is set aside by the Church on which to
do honor to the saints, and is called the
Feast Of ALL Saints. There exists IN the
minds of those who have not been
taught in the doctrines Of the church q
mistaken meaning Of this ceremony.
They do not understand the difference
between the honor paid to the saints and
to God. There is kind of honor we
pay to God 8 creatures. God commands
us to render Justice and honor to every
man according to his deserts. But no
creature can share the same hon0rs with
God his creator. Man is honored for
the gifts he has received from God.
Why is it man loves and honors his
mother? He loves and hOnors her for
the gifts she has received from GOD.
Now. if 1t is proper for us to honor our
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