The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-01-11
socation, which will meet at st. Paul
July 8, 1890.

ISOLATION, which will meet at st. Paul
July 3, 1890.
Last week Mrs. O'Niel, aged 80 years.
died alone ON the prairie near Milton.
Her body was found by her grandson.
J. Haywood.
The artesiau we'll at Hamilton is now
l $50 feet deep, and has cost 80 far $1O,-
600. There is good flow of water. but
it is salty and only fit for stock.
Mr.. j. G. Harvey has opened land
and loan office in Walhalla. 1t is said
that Mr.. Harvey is a capable and popu-
lar young man, and no doubt will do an
excellent business.
Commissioner of Immigration Helge-
SIN Is Investigating the destitution re-
ported to exist in Ramsey and Nelson
counties. When completed, he will re-
port to the government the result.
Upon the advice Of his physician, w.
j. Mooney, of Langdon, left last Friday
for st. Paul, to go into the
hospital for treatment. His many
friends wish that he may be speedily
relieved.
The soldier named Donegan, who dis
mYsteriouslv from Fort Meade
several weeks ago, and who was sup
posed to have met with foul play, has
turned up at his home In Wilmington,
Del. He is supposed to be insane
D. Ward Kennedy was arrested at
Fargo, at the request Of the sheriff of
Traill county, charged with fraud in
connection with the management of the
Mayyille creamery, with which he has
been connected for some time as gene.
raj manager.
The people of Mazda were shocked
Sunday afternoon by ths death of Mrs,
Hewett, wife Of the postmaster at that
place. She had been sick this fall, but
had apparently recovered, but short
time ago she was taken worse and the
angel death claimed her for his own.
The cause Of her death was blood
poisoning.
Last Saturday morning Xavier Plante,
OF Langdcn, was found dead in his
stable 1t appears that he had been
ailing for some time, and came to town
several days before to consult physi-
clan, and on going out to feed his stock
death overlook him suddenly as he was
attending to his work, He was about
IS years Of age, and was we'll liked by
his neighbors.
Attorney-GeneralG Goodwin holds that
all persons engaged in the sale of Ii.
quors are, doing so in violation of the
the law, and are liable to arrest and \
punishment. He holds that when the
8 ate was admitted into the union all
licenses in force were repugnant TO the
prohibition article, aud became jDso
facto, null and void. The passage of
the prohibition act has no bearing upon
the past or present oHenses until it goes
into effect July l. 1890,
WISCONSIN.
Twelve men have been fined at Chip
peWa Falls for illegal hunting.
The remains of Will Newell were
brought from St. Anthony Park, M1nn,,
Saturday, for burial in the Prescott
cemetery Sunday.
Gen. David Atwood's will bequeaths
ali his property to his wife during her
life. The estate is valued at fully $780,
00o. The Madison State Journa! will
continue 60 be run by the same manage
ment as before the generals death.
The larger portion of the barley crop
has probably been marketed now,
though there still remains in the hands
of the farmers q vast quantity. The
greater portion Of that crop is being
held in anticipation of higher prices.
1t is feared by some that the frosts
and thaws of the past month have
damaged the winter wheat seed that
was sown in the fall. If this is true the
cultlvators of this cereal will suffer
double aflictlOn. Last season the crop
was damaged so that 1t was in many
cases hardly marketable.
The telegraph line that has for many
years connected Prescott with River
Falls was taken down last week, both
wire and poles being removed. This
line was constructed over twenty years
ago by the Northwestern Telegraph
Company, and was afterwards leased
to the Western Union for period of
ninety-nine years.
lis claimed that bv actual measure-
ment the stage Of water in Lake Pepin
IS now sixteen feet, six and one half
inches below the high water mark OF
June, 1850, and six and a half inches
lower than the low water mark Of
August, 1884, thus making the present
stage Of water there the lowest ever
Hnoun IN fhirfv fDn uoorc ord v,n,.