The Irish standard., 1890-07-26
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES
Items pt Interest Clipped From Our
Exchanges for Readers Of The
!. y Irish Standard.
WINTER WHEAT
Census Returns From the Fergus Falls
District Show q Surprising Gam
Over 1880.

L q
1 Over 1880.
MINNESOTA.
The new residence Of the Catholic
priest at st. Peter is rapidly approach
ing completion.
j. j. Brennan, Of Hinckley. mas pur-
chased the house formerly owned BY
James Stock and now occupied by
Axel Hanson. He has already COM
menced to improve 1t. James will soon
own half the town. That's the beauty
OF haping lots Of the ''green stuff
The postofice at Sauk Rapids was
broken into Friday night by unknown
parties. The safe was blown to pieces
and about $50 worth Of property des-
troyed, but the burglars only got one
registered letter. one money order and
q few postage stamps for their trouble.
The Official history and roster Of Mn
nesota troops IN the civil and Indian
wars will be ready Sept. |. Every sur
vivor lor if deceased. his helr) can haYe
a copy sent free on applying for it to
the adjutant general, st. Paul, or he
can procure copy in person at the
time OF the reunion at ST. Paul.
Winter wheat is being harvested
around Caledonia, and a heavy crop is
reported. The average Weld is about
80 bushels bushels per acre, and the
grade is excellent. The chinch and
potato bugs have left this section, and
in the absence Of a storm the aggregate
yield will greatly exceed that Of many
years past. Al. s@ :@5ssl= ssss
The dead from the cyclone in the
vicinity of Marshall. Mimi, are: The
child of Dereau, aged Z. Injured:
Mrs. Dereau. leg broken; child, years
old. leg broken; s weeks old babe.
fatally injured; Mrs. Opdahl. bruised;
Opdahl's child, cash over eye. Two
houses and three barns were demolished
and crops DESTROYED. Damage, $4,000.
The Murphy family, of LIE Sueur
county, are in a pretty bad fix. Every
member Of the family is down with the
typhoid fever, and on Monday the hired
man was taken down. Crops and the
farm in general are going to the bad, as
no one can be secured who will go
there and remain. The disease was
brought on by the use Of water from a
we'll which is located in the cellar.
"A cyclone passed over the Western
part Of Stevens county Tuesday after
noon at pm. There were nine freight
cars blown from the tracks at Ch0kio
Station. The hand car house was
blown awav and the section was moved
from it's foundation and badly twisted.
Mr.. McNally, OF Bakers township, lost
about Sl.50O worth of property. The
track of the cyclone was narrow. Moth.
ing was known OF It at Morris until !
Wednesday. when the news was
brought in by some Of the farmers.
The last of the census returns for the
Fergus Falls district we're shipped to
Washington Tuesday. The census
shows the population BY counties, as.
follows. The same counties in 1880
had population Of 8.72l, this is q gain
OF 1O8, 600. Otter Tail, 34.2o7; Stearns,
SO, $50; Polk. 30,15s; Douglas, 1854;
Todd. 1882; Clay, 1l,517;; Norman,
1o,611; Becker. 9, ,1s7; Pope. 9,,172;; Mar
shall, 8, ,l23; Grant. 8,875; Kittson, s. 1878;
stevens. 4.461, Traverse. 4,415; Wilkin.
4,341; Wadena, 4.053; Hubbard, 1912;
Beltrami. 312; total, 2O6, ,917.
George Mathews, "a veteran Of three
years. and now Is years old. lives ct
Marshall. He took part in the Florida
war IN 1910; ii 1845 he again offered his
services to the government IN the war
with Mexico. In 1861 he again became m
. soldier, being then il the yigor ct
life. The time Of his enlistment matur-
ing he re-enli listed and served with dls-
|tinguished hOnOrs TO the close 0f tue ll
war. he has the honor of being the the
first white man married In the state,
and the first man 10 be- married in the m
first church building, constrnct cted 81 tne y {,
falls Of St Anthony
After most OF the yachts 81 ed
nesday's races at Duluth 9.
the finish line, and before the u lority
had passed through the caraI
/ Epnlff1sg blow came up sud denl7s canslng
Ia ~ oane Z. J. e !
and inst eapsfzefI. 81
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