The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-01-25

air tight. the light soon went out and
allowed the gas to leak from the jet,
/ It was fortu late for Mr.. Gruber that
he did not take a light as is generally
done when anybony has occasion to use
the vault, owing to it's darkness. It is
not difficult to imagine what the pent
up gas in the air tight vault would
have done had somebody struck
match.
DAKOTA.
Harry Haussamen, of Grafton, expects
| to leave tO-morrw for his new home in
Centra! America.
Miss Sullivan, of Grafton, sister OF
Mrs. P. T. Murtha, left the city Thurs
/ day for Minneapolis.
Rev. Father McKendrick celebrated
mass In the school house, at LangdOn,
last Sunday at 10 ana.
| Congressman Hansrough's bill Great
ing two customs district, one in North
and the other III South Dakota. have
passed the house.
Ed. Maloney, who has made Grafton
his home for sevefal winters, left On
Wednesday for Seattle, Wash, where
he expects to remain.
Mr.. and Mrs P. t. Murtha, of Graf.
ton. left Sunday for Minneapolis where
they will make their future home. Mr..
| Murtha has host of friends in Grafton
and Walsh county who wish him eveey
success and prosperity in Lis new home.
States Attorney Hughes, of Grafton.
| is somewhat under the weather after a
hard weeks work of district court.
While all state cases did not so Mr..
Hughes way. he has one satisfaction OF
knowing that the county's exchequer
| has been swelled about sixteen huDdred'
dollars in lines from the term OF court,
| n OF a very bad showing to say che Least
! John Connolly has sold his entire in
4
plant to Mr.. w. G LeIstikow, who will
add several now improvements to the
4 |.system: Me. LeistIkcw hopes to be
able to increase the number Of lights to
fully six hundred in a short time. Al
soon as more room can be secured to
) operate the plant. lights will be fur
nished all night This will be a great
Improvement and one our citizens will
appreciate.
WISCONSIN.
While City Treasurer Edward Vande:
welle, of Depere, was i'll the act OF
placing a pocketbook containing $3.50 in
, his inner vest pocket he received q
violent blow in the breast. Che pocket
book was snatehed FROM his hand and
, the robber ran rapidly down back
, street. Intellectual search was made
, for the robber.
> James Clark, from Eagle River, is il
jail charged with forgery. He is al
legged to have forged the lame of Lee
Wade, contractor and builder at
Eagle, TO orders amounting to $lO0. on
some OF which he realized money. He
will be tried at the April term of the
circuit court Clark in years is scarcely
out OF his teens.
Levi Larson, aged fifteen years, ran
away from his home in Eau Claire Sat-
, urday. having been reprin1anded by his
; father. Sunday night he wandered
J about in the cold at Badger Mills and
!; Yesterday reached this city. Fearing
4 that il he asked shelter he would be
arrested, he slept out Of doors, with
the mercury below zsro. His father
searched the town ali night, finding the
boy in the morning. He gladly re-
turned home, but had not suffered
greatly from the cold.
| One day last week an elderly lady re-
siding in Kenosha suddenly dropped
dead from some heart trouble. She
was supposed to bepoOr, having worked
hard all her life. The undertaken was
summoned to the residence to prepare
i the body for burial, and while removing
4 the clothing it was noticed that the
i hustle was rather heavy. It was ripped
open and over 81 800 in bank notes was
4 found secreted there. The old lady
boarded up every cent and saved the
i above amount She preferred to carry
it around with her instead ef intrusting
4 it to the banks.
4 After lasting several days the trial OF
suit brought by Miss Eva Hahn, OF
Pewaukee, against the st. Paul Rail-
4 road company, came to an end Friday
last. The jury brought in a verdict for.
the plaintiff, awarding her a Judgment
! OF 5000. The amount demanded was
1 $50. $50. oOO. Ap Application was at once made
4 " the defsnd ant for q new trial. The
! hearing will be glvell on ss,,a aturday.