The Irish standard., 1891-05-02
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES.
Items Of Interest Clipped From Our
Exchanges for Readers of The
Irish Standard.
T. MAXWELL OF FAIRFAX DEAD.
4 Well Known and Much Respected pio-
neer Resident of Renvll]e County
Passes Away.

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neer Resident Of Renvll]e County
Passes Away.
MINNESOTA.
Hugh Sweeney, of Mission Creek,
while at work last Tuesday. had the
misfortune to get two of his fingers
smashed.
| T. M. Kennedy, of Fairfax, bought
of F. A, Gray of the same place, one
day last week, lot In block 4, and Will
at once begin to erect a dwelling.
| The home of Ell. McKenna, OF Pine
CITY, enjoyed the greatest bliss and ex
perienced the deepest pain one day last
! week. A babe was born in the morn
| ing. who saw but one sunset.
| Nj. Harrlgan. of Ellsworth. has been
very sick for the past ten days with the
grippe. Tom Kenney. OF the same
place. is also down with the same dis
ease and is having pretty serious
| Tins.
MIR. d. u. Farrell. of Preston, bought
As hogs of VIM. Elder the 71th instant,
paying therefore $476. His purchases
since January s. 1891, to date have
been-l1ogs. 2,377; cattle. $40 for which
he paid $28,310.50.
a pleasant time was had by Some OF
the members of the A. O. H., Of F'ari-
bault. and their friends. at their hall,
on Friday evening last. Dancing and
card playing were iDdu!ged in until
after midnight, and ali present went
home well pleased with the entertain
mant
/ a. very pleasant surprise party was
given to Miss Della Hilderman, OF Far
ibauit, by the members OF ths Immacu-
late Conception church choir, at hex
home on Thursday evening last. 1T
was DolIa's birthday and the memb ers
presented her with an elegantly boun d
volume OF Moore's poems.
| Mr.. Timothy Doyle and his wife. an
aged and much respected couple, Of
Montgomery passed through the shad-
ow CT death to the bright shores of
eternity, last week. The former on
| Wednesday morning at o'clock, the
latter Friday morning at O'clock also.
! Mr.. Doyle was born in the county Kill
kenny, Ireland, 81 years ago. He was
some years his wife's senior. They
braved the storms of life together. hav.
| ing no children, and seemingly strange
to say threw down their yoke at the
same time.
1t becomes painful duty to chron-
lcle the death of very highly esteemed
and respected citizen, Thomas Max
we'll, of Fairfax. who died on last Sat-
urday. at the home Of his son, James
Maxwell, and at the ripe age Of 79
years. The deceased was born in the
County Sligo, Ireland, in the year 1872.
After attaining the age Of 81, he was
married to Miss Sarah McDonough, the
fruits Of which marriage were eleven
chiIdren--seven bows and four girls.
! Among those that are now living are
Mrs. F. J. NcCanna and Mrs. Joseph
Wager, Of Spokane, Wash, Mrs. Brad
ford. of Omaha, Neb., Mrs. Mcclure
and Matthias Maxwell. of Evanstown,
Ind. j. P. Maxwell, of Chicago. ILL.,,
and Thos. and James Maxwell. Of Rem
Vile county. Shortly after their mar
rage they set sail for America, spend
ing one winter in Canada, and with the
exception of the 13 years spent in Fair
fax locality. the rest of his years we're
spent at Waukegan, Ill. His remains
were inferred in the Catholic cemetery
last Monday.
NORTH DAKOTA.
| Senator Casey has been in VALLEY City
irving to patch up the Valley City post,
office imbroglio, his efforts being in the
direction of a compromise between his
man, Duncan Mcdonald, Hansbrough's g
man. j. S. Weiser, and Congressman
Johnson's man, z. ]. Peterson. The
result is probable compromise on 2. j.
Peterson, the principal leader Of the
Prohibition element among the Nor
wegians. inasmuch as the general senti-
ment in the community is most favor
able to the latter. The general talk is
that both Weiser and Mcdonald have
had enough. each in turn having either
held or been candidate for almost
everv Office in the county within the
past IL years, while Peterson is com
paratlvely new man and has not had
a chance yet.
North Dakota is to have 20 United
States meteorological stations. They
will be furnished with the necessary in