The Irish standard., 1891-08-01

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Father Rosen officiating. The funeral
was one of the largest ever seen in
Fairfax.
NORTH DAKOTA.
The Rt. Rev. Bishop Stanley OF
Jamestown, Catholic bishop for North
Dakota visited Langdon city during the
present week.
Landlord O'Brien of the Palace Lang
don, received word last week that his
sister, Mrs. M. Smith, Of Seney, On
rario, had died on the 21st of June.
! The Mother Superior and Sister Mar-
tin of the Urs!ine academy, of Grand
Forks, were visiting With MIR. and Mrs
| p. McHugh, of Langdon, last week.
M. d. O'Brien, Of Langdon, showed
sample OF wheat this week from the
Vessy farm that measured forty-two
inches. He has 720 acres ia one field
just like the sample and his only fear is
that there will be too much straw.
+. c, Ransom, acting as assistant to
Atty Gen. Spencer, has jnst rendered
an opinion that will make the admins.
tratlon Of that office unpopular with the
newspapers Of the state. Uuder the
provisions of the law governing Ghe rail-
road commissioners, the board is re~
quired to make an annual "Trip Of ill.,
spection over the state, ana tn PUBLISH
for 20 days ia q newspaper in each
county the itinerary OF the Journey
Acting under the statute, the required
notice was siven, aud now the state
law officer has decided that there is no
authority for the VOTE being done, and
even if the same should be printed,
there is no appropriation to pay the bills.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
George LYNN and George During are
held at Sioux City FOR reQuisition from
Gov. Boies before being brought to
Pierre to be trlsd for burglary ayad
housebreakiag The city of Pierre and
the county differ on the question @:
{ Jurisdiction.
| The officials of the Chicago x North
western were at Pierre again last week,
and railroad developments are III tAE
air. 1t is believed that Pierre is on tha
eve Of a great stride forward, and oAAe:
of the prime influences tending toward
that END is the ne% railroad across the
reservation lately opened up frorn tha.>,
city to Rapid City, via the Bad a}yer.
There are thres corporations now con"
tending for the same route. The Oldest
| II the Chicago Il Northw esterD, ths next
the Pierre, Duluth & Black Hills aEG
the last the Burlington K Missouri. 1t
is but 100 miles from there to R,apid
| City, and the lands between are ulllug
UP with stock and people. The south
ern line Of the Northwestern, the Liz
horn route, is like going homo around
! Robin Hoods barn. 1t is regarded as
q feeder to Omaha and Sioux City. The
| line over the plains from there Will in q
measure make that road & dead letter.
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great lakes via Minneapolis, St, Paul
and Duluth. The Midland Pacific will
be striking cut to the Northwest very
soon, and so the Northwestern can not
lie dormant. The excuse for 50 nary
visits to Piarre and for such great ar
tiyity by the full complement Of officials
Of that road is that they are going to
enlarge their stock yards over the 1Iver
This is to be taken cum grano sails.
WISCONSIN.
The following are the assignments
Of the priests who were ordained Tor
the Milwaukee diocese, at Sc. Francis
Seminary, June q: kev, j. Condou
will assist Rev Z. M. McGiDnit7 at St.
Patr1ck's church, Janesville; tsey.
Thomas Cosgrove, Rev. Joseph Keenan,
at St. Patrlck's church, Fond IN Lac
Rev. J. Koester, Rev. L. Conrad at
Holy Trinity church, Milwaukee; Rov-
J. O'Keete, Rev M, J. Taughar at ST,
Joseph's church, Fond du Lac; Rev.
Ne!len, Rev. II. Holzhauer at St.
Joseph's church, Milwaukee; and
Rev. Edward Meyer, Rev, Id. suck~
eugruDer at st. Mlchaels church, Mi!~
Waukee.
To-day the Metropolitan Iron & Lana
Company, of Milwaukee, Will pay q
dividend Of rs per share OF $25. IT is
capitalized at 81 100000. The dividend
is small one for the Norrie uljne to
pay, and 1t has been delayed somewhat,
but neither fact is due to any reduction
in the mines earning capacity. at the
annual meeting early in the present year
the company had surplus Of more than
81, 600, 900. ct that time it was expected
that the company would break the diyi-
dend paying record, 1t having Produced
about l,OOO,O tons Of ore during 1890 {.
and sold 1t at very good prices. How
: ever, it was decided at the annual
meeting to hold the surplus in reserve