The Irish standard., 1891-04-11
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Interest Clipped From Gun
Exchanges for Readers Of The
Irish Standard.
A NOBLE CENTENARIAN GONE
Patrick ReedY Dies at faribault at the
Advanced Age Of LOG
Years.

Years.
MINNESOTA.
The Catholic congregation at Nor
wood have purchased six lots adjoining
the church to be laid out into ceme~
terry.
The A. O. II. society. Of Rochester,
gave dancing party in Library hall
Tuesday evening. A large number
were present.
The Catholic congregation of Waco
MIA are contemplating the feasibility OF
erecting uew church at that place the
coming season. The old one will be
converted into a lecture hall and school
house.
Jos. Bonnen part of FariDault on
Friday last Of q complication Of heart
and lung troubles. He was buried
Saturday, from the church OF the
Sacred Heart. He leaves wife and
three children.
Chris O'Brien, of Ellsworth, received
sad intelligence Friday morning that
his father had died the night before at
his home IN Adrain. Deceased Was a
resident of that place some years ago
and will be kindly remembered by the
old residents.
Rev. Father DOLPHIN, chaplain at
Fort Smelling, preached on Friday eve
ming last at the church of the Immacu-
late Conception Faribault. HIS dis
course was very scholarly and logical
and left a very favorable impression
among his auditors.
MIR. Foley, the old gentleman who
came out to Ellsworth from the East a
year or so ago and has been living with
tbs O'Conors, in Little Rock township.
! died last Friday and was buried in the
Catholic cemetery at Ellsworth last
Sunday. Mr.. Foley was over 80 years
old and died of old age. He was quite
feeble for several years before his death.
Mr.. John Dwyer, an cid resident Of
the town of Walcott, Faribault county,
died at his residence in that town Mon
day last of typhoid pneumonia, aged So
years. The funeral took place Thursday
from the church of the Immaculate
| Conception and the remains were lald
IN the Catholic cemetery. He leaves a
widow. two sons and one daughter to
mourn him.
The Catholic cemetery at st. Peter is
to be ornamented with large iron
cross. 1T is to be sixteen feet high,
seventeen feet across che cross piece; 1t
is to be soIdered and set on stone
pedestal three feet square. Last season
the cemetery was beautltied by large
expenditure of time and money, and it
seems that this was but commence
ment OF what will be done.
Patrick Reedy. probably the oldest
person IN Minnesota or the Northwest,
died at his home in Faribault Thursday
morning at 10 o'clock. He was a native
of the county Of Tipperary, ireland,
where he was born on st. Patrick's s day.
March II, 1885, consequently he was in
his one hundred and sixth year. For
twenty-eig wears he led sea-fa1ing
life and had sailed the Northern Allan
tic as far as the northern coast of La
brador and the Artic circle. He came
to America from his native land and
settled in Prince Edwards Island.
Forty-one years ago he emigrated to the
United States and resided for short
time in Boston. Shortly afterward he
came west and settled in Wisconsin.
He left Wisconsin and lived at Rock
ford. Illinois, then moved to st. Paul
and hack again to Rockford and came
to Faribault in July, 1855, since which
time he has resided either in this city or
in it's immediate vicinity. He was a
man above medium stature and of ex-
traordiDary strength and vitality, and
until the last year was seen frequently
on the streets. He was an intense and
enthusiastic irish nationalist and hoped
to live until his native land would en-
Joy the blessings of freedom. He leaves
a wife. aged 81 years, and two sons,
Wm. e. and Thos. j. Reedy, of teis
city, to mourn him. Mrs. Mon eeleY,
who died here about nine years ago,
was his daughter. The funeral took
place Saturday at ten O'Clock from the
church of the Immaculate Conception
of which the deceased was member.
NORTH DAKOTA.
Some time during Monday night
entered the Merchants tailoring store
Of g. Peterson on Third street Grand
Forks, carving off several suits Just