The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-09-26

Buttz, 16l acres, and Erick Gunderson
220 acres. The town OF Buttzville.
depot and elevators, were saved after {.
hard fight, At least 10000 bushels Of
wheat were destroyed. Dispatches from
other sections Of North Dakota, speak
of similar losses from the same cause.
a meeting of citizens of Langdon,
was held in the city hall Friday evening
Of last week to discuss the advisabilitY
of getting up races for the agricultural
fair. a committee Of four, consisting
OF Messrs. r. w. Fullerton, D. Ell. Nc
MILAN, Chas. Chisholm ard Nj. D.
O'Brian were appointed to canvass the
city to see how much could be raised
for that purpose. The result Of the
committees work Is very satisfactory
so far and it is expected that we will
have good races.
w. E. Dodge, attorney OF the Great
Northern, will at once commence 300
eiectment suits at Grand Forks against
property owners, occupants Of the east
half of odd numbered sections included
in the railway land grant, as decided bY
the Federal supreme court last spring.
Judge Tenpieton issued pereEnptory
order to S. W. Mclaughlin to show
cause why he should not be restrained
from the use of q building alleged to be
standing partly on the night of way.
Mclaughlin offers to compromise.
which the railway attorneys viii prob
ably accept.
There ia no longer any douhtas to The
yield OF wheat on the farm of the Con-
Land and Irrigation company,
north OF Huron. The Land was care-
fully measured before the crop was
harvested, and threshing is now 10 pre-
gress, The wheat yield per acre is
hfty-three bushels and twenty pounds.
Last Week nunber OF acres, taken
from various parts Of the field, we're
threahed and weighed IN the presence
OF members OF the state railroad com
representatives of the Chicago
& Northwestern railway, tbs Great
Northern railway and gentlemen from
Sioux City, st. Paul, Minneapolis,
Sioux Falls and this city, the result be-
ing as given above. This wheat is of
the Scotch Fife variety, and grades
No. | hard. Samples will be sent to
Minneapolis, Sc. Paul and rnany East
ern cities,
WISCONSIN,.
A new bank has been opsued at Pres
cot, and is reported doing laxse busi
ness.
Rolla E. Sawyer, employed as team
ster by the Daniel Shaw Lumber com~
pany, of Eau Claire, fell under q wagon
loaded with shingles Monday, and was
almost instantly killed.
Rev. Facher A. 3. Rogers, of Flor.
ence, narrowly escaped drowning while
fording the Brule river. lie was swept
down the stream several rods, and,
luckily, landed ia bit of shallow water.
Fothers Splinter and DAILY, the we'll
known Domipicans of MINNEAPOLIS,
says an exchange, will give a mission in
st. James church, Ls Crosse. COM
mencing Sunday, October 11th. The
two fathers are excellent missionaries,
and it il to be hoped that the cold and
the lukewarm will be brought 10 through
their efforts to the grace Of God.
The discovery has been made by the
state officers at Madison that the orig
inal draft Of the state constitution is
missing. A careful search has been in
stituted, but the document that bore
the signatures of the members OF The
consti5uti NAL convention canno5 be
found. 1t should be among the archives
of the secretary Of states Office, 80 that
one of the most valuable bi.toyical rel
les of the state is lost.
Father O'Buep, of Stevens Point
has made fourteen adult converts since
January lst, and recalled more than
twenty five who formerly lived apart
from church duties as outside the inf1u-
ence OF the Church. some of whom had
not attended Mass or the sacraments
for several years. He is doing work of
the hi yhest value and has the good will
of every soul IN the city. Father O 'Brien
established q society Of the Sacred
Heart, which numbers 75O among it's
monthly communicates, young and old.
Eau Claire lumbermen complain that
the St. Paul, Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy, Northwestern and about ten
other small roads have combined with
forty eight lumber concerns for freight
discrimination against Eau Claire's in
terests. The practical effect Of this dis
is that the lumber dealers
cannot reach the markets they are en-
titled to. The excess freight, it is
charged, is four cents per 100 feet. The
towns Of Clinton and Lyons, 10, and
Fultan. Moline. Rock Island Davon