The Irish standard., 1890-08-02
their effort to put out the fire. DR..
Welcome was called and was in at
tendance nearly all night.


will work their way towards White
Earth reservation Of theiEy own free
will. and not wait to see IL tDgaDvern-
ment will remove them there or let
them remain at Mile Lacs. as they now
realize the latter is verv improbable.
The white settlers on the old reserve
tion have improved their farms and
buildings very much this summer, and
have very promising crops Of corn ana
all kinds of vegetables, and are jub1lant
over the prospect Of an early settlement
in their favor Of the much disputed
Mile Laos reservation affairs. !,
NORTH DAKOTA.
The population of Bismarck is esti~
mated at 800.
Manager Murphy, Of the Grand Forks
Gas and electric Light Company, has
closed a deal in Crookstun. Minn.,
whereby he owns the water power,
water works. gas works and electric
light plant Of that city. The purchase
price was SIZE, 900.
An insane man named J. M. Lake, Of
Long Prairie. Mimi, was placed in the
Jamestown asylum last week. He has
a wife and eight children, the Youngest
being IL years old. HIS mind was al.
fected by sunstroke, and his ma1lia is in
the form of imagining persons Or OBJ
jects not real.
SOUTH DAKOTA. -e...
The Republicans of South Dakota
may lay out e. T. Mccoy, but if they
do there will be little cause for rejoic-
ing. Mccoy is one of the most active
and aggressive Republicans in the
northwest. ..
The South Dakota Fress Association
held a summer meeting at Huron on
Thursday, July "a, and at Pierre on
Friday. July Is, from which latter place
they MADE All excursion to the Black
Hills and the Hot Springs of South Da-
kota. The time to be occupied on the
summer outing Will be about twelve
DAYS, and arrangements have been per-
fected whereby the trip can be taken at
very slight expense. "a.
WISCONSIN.
Owen Mcguire, Of Hudson, has gone
On q VISIT to his Old homs In Ireland
Mr.. @. ID. McKinnon. Of Hudson, has
made arrangements TO open the Com
mercial hotel. He Is we'll known as one
Of themost genial and accommodating
hotel men in the Northwest, and the
public generally will be glad to hear of
his new venture.
The Superior Inter O;ean says that
there is no other city in the country
which Can show SO many improvements
for one year as West Superior. Bv next
January the Inter Ocean is confident
that its enterprizing city will have q
population of Is, 600 with 5000 perma-
nent employees of Industrial yestabllsh-.
men1s.
The Catholic Sentinel says that in a
'.most popular teacher contest held at
La Crosse Last week Miss Dora Master
son, Catholic who has taught in the
public .schools there for many years,
was the winner OF q silver water set by
plurality of 1880 votes, "Thera are
some clties," says. the Sentinel, "where
being a Catholic does not debar teacher
from recognition Of her WORTH La
Crosse is surely one of them,
| Mike Meagher, Of Chippewa Falls,
while employed in Timing the roof Of
the new bank hnssl.d hnsslldi2e;g.. diie;. slipped and fell
to the ground below On the east side of
the building. Men rushed to the scene
expecting 10 find this man killed OUT
right. but were happily surprised to
find him still alive, able to move and
even trying to raise himself up. Medi-
cal aid was soon at hand, and Mr..
4 Meagher was removed to his room in
the American hotel. In less than two
days he was able to walk around and
was feeling tolerably well.
Johanna A. Mcmahon, daughter Of
Patrick Mcmahon, of River Falls, died
on the 10th inst. at the age of 8 years.
The deceased. says the River Falls
Journal. was taken sick on the first Of
March last with some disease Of the
brain which bafed the best medical
skill. Sometime after she refused all
4 nourishment except water, and persIs-
tently continued fasting for seventy
days until ten DAYS before she died,
when she called for q cup OF milk which
she drank, and afferWard partook Of Z
Light diet daily. Her physicians pre-
!. nounce it the most remarkable caseSo
3 fasting that they have known. She sVae
il a bright. promising hild and the be,
], reaved parents have the deep syr'1n1patEhl'.J
lsof az. sgssISgj