The Irish standard., 1890-11-29
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES.
Items VI Interest Clipped From Our
Exchanges for Readers Of The
Irish Standard.
IA MOST WONDERFUL COUNTRY.
Rainy Lake Region Cannot be Surpassed
for Fertility, Grandeur and
Natural Resources.
MIN NESOTA.


MINNESOTA.
Mise Eva Mcdonald. the State Alli-
AnGe lecturer. is going to visit and lee.
ture i'm Independence shortly. AL
rangements are al>o being made for her
to speak III Delano and other places at
about the SANE time.
During the year 33i buildings devoted
to school purposes were built through
out the state; value $3.50 S08. The total
number OF schools in the state Of all
classes, according to the report OF the
superintendent, is S Gl0.
Eugene Ramaley, OF ST. Paul. one Of
u party Of hunters, got LOST In the
Moose range vast forest at the end OF
the railroad track ten miles beyond
Grand Rapids, and spent twenty -four
hours without food before being found.
"Buck" ksllv. a we'll known Still.
water WOodsrn III, was seriously shot
Sunday bv a companion named Glen
denning. They were hunting deer, and
Kelly was in a stopping position III the
woods, when his partner mist0ok him
for brush desr and shot him In the
back. Ills recovery la doubtful.
The popuIation of Minnesota Ia 800.
on. an increase Of 81 per cent between
1880 and 1890 and rs per cent from 1870
to 1886. The numerical increase for the
past ten years in Shls state is 5l0 244.
The percentage of increase from 1850 to
1870 was les 81. In 1880 Minnesota
stood No 20, now there arc bnt 10 states
with larger population than we have.
1 Claufs Blown aud l1evi EIiles we're
hunting deer near Dead Lake, In Otter
Tail county. Hies was in front OF
Brown, VITO saw deer, and in bring
ing down his gun it was accidentally
discharged. The ball struck Hiles on
the right side Of tts b.ckb bne and W mt
clean through him. At lasG accounts
he was living but WAS expected to die.
| At meeting OF the Father Mathew
society in Duluth the following resolu-
tion Was adopted: That we. the Father
Mathew society of Duluth, extend
to the Irish envoys hearty welcome
and look forward with pleasure TO the
coming Of some of them to our city" !"
r. T.. O'Connor will lecture there in
Temple Opera house ON Dec. 4 and pre-
paratlons for his receptl0n are ROW
being made.
Woonsocket, which is located about
100 miles west OF Luverne. boasts OF
having the two greatest Rrtesian wells
in the world, Il dispatch from that
place says: ''At y depth OF TAO feet
Northey & Duncan, millers, struck
tremendous flow of water of nearly
4.000 minute. The pressure has not
!. vet been tested. 1t has not in any way
diminished the volume of the other
great well, but strange TO say it has
increased it's pressure,
The Glencoe Enteruriss says: We
leearn THAI an attempt was made last
Frldav night to burn the Catholic
church now in course of construction
on the site of one burned last spring.
| A. large amonnt of Oil and shavinxs had
been placed between the partitions, and
set fire oand when discovered it was
slowly burning and in few moments
the whole building would have been
aire. Who could do such an atrocious
act is hard to understand, and it Is
hoped that the wretch will be caught
and Just Dunishm snt meted out TO him.
| William Flint, of Tower, who was a
member of the government party that
recently returned from an investigation
OF the alleged timber thefts along the
Canadian boundary, has peen inter
viewed by the Vermill0n Iron Journal
with the following result: Few people
have an idea Of ths wonderful country
to the northwest. 1t is not at all like
anything in the vicinity OF Tower or
even TO the south of us. Rainy Lake
river, which has an average width OF
fifty rods. is the valley OF one of the
most beautiful and productive countries
III have ever seen. 1t reminds me
strongly Of the Hudson in New York,
| For eighty miles from it's mouth on
either side the country cannot be SUE
passed for grandeur. fertility and gen
eral purposes. The Canadian side is
pretty we'll taken up, but the American
remains unsettled and comparatively
undisturbed in its natural grandeur.
| The timeis not far distant Whan It will
he the most beautifully developed farm
/ ing country in Minnesota. The whole