The Irish standard., 1891-07-04
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Interest Clipped From Our
Exchanges for Readers Of The
Irish Standard.
EDWARD KENNEDY IS DEAD.
An Old and Highly Respected Citizen
Of Nicollet County Passes
Away.
MINNESOTA.

There will be services at st. Patrick s
church, Pine City, on Sunday, when
Father Lynch will deliver one Of his
powerful sermons.
Patrick Neville of Sauk Center. is
building large granarY On bis farm in
Ashley. He proposes to be prepared to
hold his grain if necessary.
Abbot Edelbrock, formerly of St.
John s college, Sauk Center. and the
Benedictine prior, at Collegeville, is in
| New York city, at the head of a similar
institution.
Father Lynch was at Hinckley last
! Sunday and held services in the school
house in the morning. There was a
| large attendance Of Protestants. FAITH
er Lynch is we'll liked by all.
| A large iron cross III the Catholic
cemetery, at st. Peter, fell from its
base last Saturday and came near kill
ing couple Of men. The cross was so
badly damaged as to require new one
to take its place.
| The Catholics Of Iona have begun the
erection Of new church 46x76. They
expect to have it inclosed sufficiently to
hold services In it in about five weeks.
+ Work has been discontinued on the
German Catholic church at that place,
the dispute being settled by the bishop.
The public entertainment by the III
dian pupilc of the sisters school at
Avoca was held on June rs, 26 and 27.
The exercises were begun at 200 on
| the 25th, and at 200 on the evenings of
June 26 and 27, There was very
large attendance and the pupils acqui5-
ted themselves well.
The English Parochial school at st.
Peter last Friday. The following
prizes for best attendance in the three
departments were offered. In senior
department., gold medal drawn by John
Tolan; in intermediate department.
gold pen, drawn b7 Stella Volk; in pri-
mary department.. pair of cuff but.
tons drawn by Edward Smith.
A fourteen.yea old son of M. Bier
den. Of Lowville township, Murray
county, was killed almost instantly last
Friday while PLAYING with gun. He
was lying on the grass, and taking the
gun by the nuzzle he drew it toward
him. The charge entered the boys
side and death followed in half all hour.
The funeral was held from the Catholic
church at Currie on Sunday.
Miss Kate McCabe, sister of M. H.
McCaDe. Mrs. j. w. Murray and Miss
Minnie McCabe, Of Brainerd, died at
her home in Eau Claire. Wis last Sun
day night. A TELEGRAM was received
at Brainerd, or Monday giving lnfor-
nation of her death. but not stating
the cause, Her death was evidently
very sudden, as her relatives did not
know she was SICK, They left for Eau
Claire Monday night.
Bishop Zardetti presented $50 to the
st. Cloud band last Friday. The city
recently appropriated $500 for the band
and additional contributions have been
made. The members of the band de.
cided several weeks ago to discontinue
its organization unless sufficient f.
nancial support was rendered to pre-
vent embarrassment for means to pay
expenses, but the money question ap-
pears to be fixed up to the satisfaction
OF all concerned. st. Cloud appreci-
ates it's band.
The wedding OF Nicholas Andring
and Annie Lafountain, Of Belgrade,
was sole1npizbd at ::tbe:: German Cattle.
lie church. 81 Peter: ::ofh Tuesday macrn:'
ing BY. ReY. F.. Haas. :. ghe seryloe was
perfotned ii th6:pres9pqe Of a. large ]
iimBef Of friends. The bffde is a
laughter of Joseph Lafountain, one of
The solid and respected citizens of Bel
grade, and the groom is a son of
Michael Andring. another good old Cit
zen of the town.
Edward Kennedy, one of the Oldest
settlers and most respected citizens Of I
;he town Of Oshawa, Nlcollet county,
lied at his home on Monday morning 4;
,fter q nrnl0nrad attack rf drnnav- Mr. .