The Irish standard., 1890-10-04
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Irish Standard.
JOHN MURPHY HOLDS HIS LAND.

Rev. Father Conroy of St. Mary's, St..
Paul, Takes Father Danehy's Place
at Parlbault.
MINNESOTA.
Rev. James J. C0nrOy. late assistant
pastor at st. Mary's St. Paul, has taken
charge Of the Immaculate Conception
church at Faribault. He was accom-
panied to that city by Rev. Father
Danehy of the Washington University,
who introduced the new pastor tc his
former parishioners and bade good bye
to his many friends in Faribault before
his departure for EurOpe. Father Con-
roy was the recipient of a purse and
testimonial from his st. Paul friends
who regret his removal from their
midst, and to whom he was endeared by
many sacred ties.
A special dispatch from Foley, Mimi,
dated September 2S, reads as follows:
A little son of Thomas O'Rourke, of
Glendive, Mont who was visiting his
uncle, John O'Rourke, with his mo ther,
while out with the men haying Satur-
day at about noon, wandered away
from where the mem were at work, and
up to Tuesday night all efforts to find
him have been unsuccessful. A crew
of about seventv-fve men, with dogs,
have been scourag the country for
miles around. but V,uld find no sight Of
him. Some think Bears or wolves may
have carried him off, as several have
been seen in this vicinity this fall. His
mother is nearly crazed with grief, and
unless he is found alive she may go in
sane.
Mrs. John Howe died in Rochester
last week at the age Of 81. Her death
resulted from childbirth and was verv
sudden. she being we'll within half an
hour of her dissolution. The deceased
was born IN Canada and was the daugh-
ter Of MT. and Mrs, Delaney, Of St.
Peter, to which city the family removed
five years ago. There she grew to
womanhood and through her buoyant
nature and genial disposition won the
respect and admiration of all of it's peo-
pie. About ten years ago she went to
Rochester where she met her husband
Mr.. Howe and in 1882 thev were mar
rice. MIR, Howe and one child are left
behind to mourn the untimely death.
The remains were brought to st. Peter
for interment and the funeral was held
from the English Catholic church. A
large number Of friends gathered to pay
homage to the memory of the deceased.
Father M. E. Murphy. Of Saltwater,
the noted total abstinence advocate, re-
Gently preached to the inmates of the
state prison, and in the course of an in
structive address told the following
story: st. Ambrose tells of great phi
losopher whose house he visited. 1t
was splendid mansion with gorgeous
and magnificent furnishings; the floors
were of spotless marble and everything
was faultlesa. But the owner was
poorly clad and Of mean appearance.
When st. Ambrose had sufficiently adj
mired the surroundings he wanted to
spit, but seeing no suitable place any
where, he spat in the philosophers face.
The philosopher was naturally offended
= ~, I,r hn ho1
Ambrose replied that he had spit where
it would do the least harm. And so it
is with most men; they spend their
time caring for the body and give no
care to the condition Of the immortal
soul whose temporary dwelling the body
is. They strive to keep the body i'm
maculate, but their immortal SOUL may
be spotted and corrupted and no atten-
tion is paid to it.
The Anoka Herald saws that if Min
nesota's output Of potatoes does not
eclipse that OF every other state in the
union it IS because the other counties do
not contribute as literally as Anoka.
Chamlain and Bennett are the largest
Shippers and their amount is figured at
1880 bushels. Others are shipping and
together the different firms have ship
ped So car loads or an estimated total Of
$4,000 bushels. This is but the start
and before the cold weather puts an end
to the enterprise the figures will reach
numbers that will surprise every one.
Up to this time but few potatoes have
been received at the starch factory and
Mr. Hall has not yet begun the opera
tion Of his plant. I'm regard to the
trouble with the farmers on account Of
breach OF ontraets was learned that
there is truth in the runner that they
had com mbined. The grievance OF the
farmers seems to be that while they ap.:
parentlysell the potatoess for the man
1ufacture ofstarch, the firm ships them q.