The Irish standard., 1890-05-31
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Interest Clipped From Our
Exchanges for Readers Of The
Irish Standard.
HON j. F. MEAGHER RETURNS.
After Visiting All Places Of Interest on the
Pacific Coast He Saws Minnesota
Beats En- all.

Beats En- all.
MINNESOTA.
Ed O'Hara, Of Fairfax, disposed of
eight lots IN East Fairfax one day last
week at a very handsome profit.
DR.. Collins, Of HinckIey, is having a
new hospital erected The old one is
too small for the number of patients he
has.
Rev. Father Lynch. of Hinckley,
went to Duluth the middle of the week,
He reports Mr.. and Mrs. Durkan as in
the best of health.
The appointmentof Mr.. Mr.. w. w. P.
Mcconnell as postmaster at Mankato
was confirmed by the u. S. senate
on Wednesday last.
The wind storm Of Wednesday at
Madison led Tom Hinline's storm win--
doWs a merry dance resulting III a gen
raj snash-up OF glass.
MI. A. W. Guthridge, Of st. Anthony
park, Mimi, organizer of Catholic tenn
perance societies OF Minnesota, was in
Hinckley, Sund May 18.
JAS. O Brien, OF Fairfax, whose 1851
dence was destroyed by fire last week, :,
ordered lumber and material on Satur~
day last for the erection of a new dwell
ing house,
A temperance society will he started
in the near future by Father Lynch, of
Hinckley. 1t will very likely be called
the f. M. T. s., and it is needless to
say that many Will join.
Jas. O'Hara, of Fairfax, the young
man who was badly injured by falling
into a well On Thursday of last week, is
improving rapidly under the skillful
treatment of DR.. SJoddard.
j. j. Brennan, of Hinckley, has men
employed digging a cellar and putting
up kitchen at the building employed bv
w. j. Cathcart. James is bound to
give his tenants satisfaction.
Many in the vicinity of Fairfax will
regret to learn OF the death Of JAS
Bradley which occurred at his home in
Arlington On Saturday afternoon. MIR.
Bradley was we'll known there, having
done considerable business in tbs coun-
ty during several years past. His death
was caused by a malignant tumor on
the arm which commenced only short
time ago.
Mike Dunn, Of Hinckley, nearly met
with serious accident the first of the
week. A COW died in the Central Hotel
yard and Mike took a team TO haul it
away. AS be was hauling the COW into
the wagon one 1f the horses took fright
and ran away, upsetting wagon, cow
and all, Mike counted in. He came out
of the mixture with only a sore arm and
hand and was lucky to have escaped so
easily.
Mr.. LeslY Mcbride, brother-ln-la Of
Horatio Griffin, Of Winthrop, was at
Fairfax Wednesday and ordered plans,
specifications and bill of material for a
fine large two story residence which he
will build Immediately after plans are
finished. Mr.. Mcbride has made ar
rangements with j. A. Wetter to pre-
pare the plans and superintend the
work. Fairfax is having quite a boom
in building this year ana will soon give
Winthrop back seat if we stop making
Improvements. But just wait till the
Lilly block is blooming up and that will
make different appearance in the
town.
MIR. J. +. Meager returned home on
Wednesday of last week, having en-
joyed an unusually pleasant trip in
making the circuit Of the western
states. Leaving Mankato In early part
Of April, the party journeyed southwark
through New Mexico and Texas. spend
ing several weeks in New Mexico.
thence through Colorado and Arizona
to California. returning home via Ore
gon. Washington and Montana. After
leaving Forth Worth. Texas, he reports
seeing very little tillable land. There
is "a great scarcity Of water south and
west Of there, and on the cattle ranges
it is not an uncommon thing to GO ten
and even twenty miles for water. a
great many dead cattle were noticed
throughout the southern route, with
increased numbers at old-time fords on
now dry streams. The cattle seemed
10 gather at These places, and failing to
get water many of them died. The best,
Ecattle found anywhere were in CAL
siiornia. and with this exception he no.