The Irish standard., 1891-08-08

M. MCCARTHY is entitled to the graft
ltude Of a good many people who were
on the race grounds last Friday, for ar
act which was little less than heroic
Il frightened horse became unmanage
able and in It's frantic efforts to breaE
loose subjected the people dear by K
great danger. Mack seized the anima
by the bits and with the aid of Tou
HardWick, of Sioux Falls, finally sue
ceeded in bringing it into subjection
A buggy standing near by was badly
damaged.
Patrick Gleason, son of Thomas Glea.
son, died at his home ia the town oi
| Webster last Sunday morning. Hi:
death was caused from blood poisoning
He was ~ years old and had been suf
fering from cancer on his face fol
some time past and though he consult
ed some of the best physicians in the
state, he conld ind no permanent cure
for the dread disease. His funeral
took place on Tuesday and he was our
led in HazeEwood cemetery.
NORTH DAK0TA.
Father Powers, resident priest OF
La1iaore, Went to Langdon Monday
evening and accompanied Bishop Shan
| ley and Father TrudeI to Olga on Tues
day.
| Wheat is ripanlng rapidly and is
nearly ready for harvest, it being q
! matter of week or ten days before
| cutting will commence. Indications
point to an unusually large yield, many
placing the estimate at thirty bushels
per acre. Barley is nearly all ripe. sey
eral fields having been cut during the
early part of the week.
Right Rev. Bishop Stanley, OF James"
town, arrived in Langdon Saturday
eVening. The city band turned out
and serenaded the Rev. Bishop at the
Motel Columbia. All who mad the pleas
ure Of meeting the reverend gentleman
were highly pleased with him, and bis
first visit to Langdon will be q pleasant
remembrance TO ali it's citizens.
Services in the Catholic church at
LangGon, on Sunday, were largely at
tended bv citizens anG q great number
from OLGA and Mt. Carmel. The church
was filled to it's utmost capacity both
morning and afternoon services. AT
the morning service an eloauenS ser
men was delivered by Bishop Stanley
on practical christianity, after which
confirmation was admin stored to about
5wenty. AT 8 o'clock in the afternoon
lecture was delivered by the Rev
Bishop On 5ne foundation Of christian
ity.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
The first wheat or this years crop
marketed in South Dakota was pur-
chased BY the Mitchell roller mills }as6
Saturday. The yield was twenty nine
bushels to the acre, graded No. /, north
ern and brought 70 cents.
Col. r, r. Gorcone, of Rapid City,
passed through Blunt, Saturday. with
what may we'll be considered one Of the
rarest of rare sights in the United
States, now relic of early frontier life
in the Dakotas, which is the huge buf-
falo bull formerly owned by Gen. Du-
Pres, the cattle king of the Sioux reser-
vation, on the upper forks Of the Big
Cheyenne river. The animal referred
to is a monster, weighing close to 5000
pounds, and the cage in which he is
carried IS drawn by four horses. This
buffalo has quite history, being an
old one, aud captured several years ago.
having killed several men during his
captivity.
In view of the enormous wheat crops
now being harvested in Dayl 1son aud
Hanson COUNTIES the scarcity Of prairie
chickens is noticeable fact, for these
two counties heretofore have always
been considered sportsman's paradise,
and have afforded rare shooting to MIN
nesota and Iowa, as we'll as home sports
men. The scarcity Of chickens due to
the big rains which flooded this dis
trict in June, drowning all the young
birds which were unable to fly at that
time. Nearly four inches of rain fell in
single night. flooding all the Matching
places and without doubt spelling the
chicken shooting in that vicinity for
this season.
WISCONSIN,.
E. F. Eccles, who has been in bust
ness at BAYFIELD, number Of years. has
purchased the Island View hotel prop.
erty and took possession, This hotel
was erected in 1887 by N. p. Wiley &
Son, after the destruction of the origi-
nal Island View by fire. 1t was pur-
chased in 1889 by Col. j. 81. Wing,
Capt. r. D. Pike and others who held
mortgage on the property.
Many complaints are coming in that
fishermen are setting herring nets of