The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-09-19
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Interest Clipped From Our
Exchanges for Readers Of The
Irish Standard.
TAXATION OF WHEAT IN BENSON.
Acknowledgement NJ. E. Olapp Advises
the Commissioners to Assess the
Wheat There.

the Commissioners to Assess the
Wheat There.
MINNESOTA.
Wheat is worth 79 cents at the ele-
vators in Wright county. Potatoes are
plenty and of che best quality.
A young child of Mi. and Mrs. Mi
chael Donahue of n orth Roch ester, died
last week after 8 long illness.
Thos. McGovern. of Mcpherson,
threshed 3,OS4 bushels OF wheat from
l4O acres, an average Of 22t bushels.
The saw mill at Monticello has re-
sumed operations and will saw about
6CO, 900 feet of lumber before the close
Of the season.
Mr.. Don Bulen of st. Paul, and Miss
Minnie Madden Of Haverhill, were mar
ried IN Rochester last week. They will
reside in St. Paul in the future.
The chicken crop this year in Olm-
sted county, is decidedly Light. 1t will
take but few years longer to entirely
extermlnate prairie chickens from the
county. AS it is, those who expect to
do any shooting GO to places farther
west.
F.! Wm. McDermott, Of Rochester, re-
Gently sold Thos. Towney, Of Pleasant
Grove, 40 ACRES Of farm land for $1,000
and the same amount to john Clark for
81 900. He then purchaaed 12O acres OF
! Peter Burns, Sr., of High Forest, pay"
ing So, 500 therefor.
| On Tuesday evening. Of Last week, g
young man named Holtora at 8ottlneau
| lost his life in threshing machine. He
was feeding the thresher and thrust his
hand too far into the machine, and be-
fore anything could be done his arm
was torn off from tle shoulder. He
died in five minutes.
| Rev. Father Dpysr, the eloquent
| Catholic priest preached remarkable
sermop to his large congregation Sun
day morning." says the Sp1ing Valley
! Vidette, ,-' ''subject, Sacrament Of Pen
| ance, The church was handsomely
adorned, che recent embellishments af
fording a substantial joy to the Rev
Father, and his eager !isteners.''
| Alr. John Wicks, living seven miles
| south Of Rochester, had a young son
badly bruised by bull, last Thursday.
He had gone into pasture after horses
when the animal attacked him, and
knocked him down. 1t was only by
catching hold of ring in bis nose that
the boy escaped serious injury; as 1t was
he had a hard tussle before he succeeded
in reaching fence.
We have known disappointment in
life and we have known others to know
it also, says the Morris Sun, but
80 many disappointed men at one time
and place We never knew az there are
at present in Stephens county. Every
man we meet is getting from the
! threshing machine more wheat than he
expected, Well, brother farmers take
comfort, disappointment Is the common
| lot of man, and there is nothing bad
! but might be worse.
| The citizens of Sauk Centre, have lost
one of their Oldest and most respected
residents in the person OF Mr.. Patrick
| Donahue, who died in that city Sep
tember 5th. Mr.. Donahue was quiet
! unassumlng man, his time being neces-
! sarily spent almost entirely at home on
account of his great indrmity-total
blindness during the past five years.
He was good citizen and faithful
and conscientious man. He was born
in Limerick, Ireland, and immigrated
| to this country forty years ago.
In obedience to the call Of the pres
ident of tho village council OF Morris,
good attendance of tax payers was
convened at the Court House on Satur-
day evening last, to consider the advis-
ability of granting franchise to COM
pany for the erection Of system Of
water works and electric lights. The
committee of council (Messrs. Stenger
& Wellington) sent to investigate other
villages and their systems, gave verbal
reports; MIR. Stenger was very pro-
nounced against granting a franchise to
any company.
At the last meeting of the county
commissioners Of Benson, Swift county,
there was considerable agitation over
the question Of the taxation of some
wheat in the HalloWay elevator there.
The assessor Of that town, by advice Of
the county attorney, assessed the wheat
contained in the elevator. and the
owners applied to have the assessment