The Irish standard., 1890-08-09
class Of 20 at Red Lake. In the after
noon Of the day of confirmation a meet.

course of a year for which $500 was
subscribed, the Bishop himself giving
500. He made good impression on
the people and vigorously denounced
the followers of MARCEL. At Belle Plaine
the Bishop confirmed a class Of l44 per-
sons at the Church Of the Sacred Heart,
and 143 at the German Catholic church.
The following day he confirmed Ill at
st. Thomas. When in Minneapolis last
week he appeared hale and hearty and
had handshake with many Of his old
parishioners who are always happy to
see their old sssOgarth arOOn."
SOUTH DAKOTA.
The other day G.. Nj. Dwyer, st.
st. Lawrence horseman, was attacked
while leading vicious stallion and
frlghtfully bitten about the head, breast
and arms. The brute had to be knocked
down with club before he would loosen
his hold.
Says the Bismarck Tribune: The fight
in South Dakota between Pierre and
Huron for permanent capital location
wakes hotter and hotter as election day
approaches and will no doubt result in
a victory for peerless Pierre the beau.
tlful little city On the Big Muddy.
Pierre received a handsome majority
last fall for the temporary location,
Let the capitals of the twin states re-
main where they are -on the Missouri
river.
NORTH DAKOTA.
AS soon as practical, $25, 600 church
will be erected in Fargo.
The population OF N orth Dakota is
estimated bY Census Supervisor Dodds
at 10000.
The North Dakota editors started on
their excursion to Yellowstone park on
last Sunday.
At the Republican state convention
held at Grand Forks, last week. Col. A..
j. Burke. treasurer of Cass county, was
nominated for Governor.
The Cass county Republican conven-
t1on was one of the most hotly contested
battles ever had In North Dakota. The
victorious faction won by g. single vote.
At Fargo last week, Nicholas Nc
Graw, brakeman On the Northern
Pacific, was thrown from the top OF a
Car by the sudden setting Of the air
brakes and seIi1 usly injured.
The Northwest News says: John r.
Cowan, Of Devils Lake, who said he
was ashamed to sit beside the ''Repub
l1can half of Ramsey county, and de-
nounced the Johnson delegates-after
he sat down asked Doc. Swanston for q
chew of tobacco. Those Devils Lakers
are dandies.
The farmers and business men of
North Dakota have formed mutual
organization to protect themselves from
the enforcement of fraudulent and ille-
gal contracts ord the foreclosure Of
mortgages without cause by unprin-
c1pled men The order will be known
as the Independent Order Of Mutual
Protectors and will consist of an un.
limited number of branch unions in all
parts. The order is strictly non-politi-
cal.
WISCONSIN,.
The Republican county convention
held in Janesville last week, declared
against the Bennett law.
Mrs. Mary Tracy died at her home in
the town Of Center on July 81, aged sc
years. She had been a resident of Rock
county since 1874.
Colonel John l.. Mitchell, the we'll
known banker. has consented to fur
nish the funds to build monument to
the Milwaukee soldiers of the late war,
both living and dead, to cost not less
than $4,000.
The following interesting statistics Of
the farming wealth Of the state were
recently given by superintendent Nor
rison, o. the farm Institutes: There
are sixty eight counties in this state,
and in these counties there are l4l.e75
farms. The value Of the farms and the
agricultural products is $598.l87,288.