The Irish standard., 1892-03-19
THE NORTHWEST
Important Happenings in Various
Sections, as Cleaned from g
Our Exchanges.
BAKERS SECOND SENTENCE,
Three Attempts at Suicide, but
the Man Survives Each and
All of Them.
MINNESOTA.

MINNESOTA.
| Johnnie, only son of John Jordan, az
old settler OF Wineted, this state, died Of
consumption on the 4th inst, after q
somewhat protracted illness. =.
Hon. Michael Doran for many years
LIE Sueur's most prominent citizen, has
closed out all of his lie Sueur business
interests and concentrated them at ST
Paul. His interest in the LIE Sueur bank
is assumed by r. e. Smith son, of E. r
Smith.
John White, of Marysburg, this state
was thrown from his horse short time
since and the horse also fell down and
rolled upon Mr.. White. He was uncon.
cious when found and has been in dan.
gerous condition since He sustained q
fractured collar bone and shortly after
the accident he was stricken with paraly.
sis, the whole left side being affected.
The man Rooney, who was sent from
Scott county to the penitentiary at Still
water at the fall term of court in 1896
has been given his liberty again. It will
be remembered that he was blind ped
dler and exchanged an old horse for a
valuable animal belonging to Mr.. Farley
OF that county, without the knowledge of
the owner, for which he was sentenced
for two years.
Martin O'Mally, of the town of Han
cock, Carver county, died on the Sd inst.
His daughter Mrs. Johanna Foley, died
in Minneapolis On the same day and both
were buried on the same day from the
Catholic Church at Assumption, Rev.
Father Russell conducting the funeral
services. Mr.. O'Mally was seventy years
of age and had lived in Carver county
about thirty-ive years, He leaves wife
and two sons to mourn their loss.
Howard Murray, of Devray township,
made three attempts to commit suicide a
short time since. He first tried the shot
gun route to the other world but that
didn't work we'll, and he used revolver.
Failing in this he saturated his clothes
with kerosene and intended to burn him
self and the house. After his clothes
began to burn, however, his courage fall
ed and he started for the river to extin-
guish the flames. Here he was found by
the neighbors badly burned. Mr.. Muir
ray was divorced from his wife several
years ago, since which time he has lived
alone. He is about forty years of age
and is of wealthy and respectable fam
lily. He was taken to Tracy and his
brothers being telegraphed for have come
and taken charge Of him.
Edward Joseph Walsh, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Walsh of Lime Lake town
ship, died at Minneapolis, on Saturday,
March 6, of asthma, at the age of twenty
seven years, after an illness ct four
months. Mr.. Walsh was born in Scott
county, Mimi, August II, 1864, and
moved with his parents to Murray county
in the spring of 1880. He was young
man who possessed friends innumerable,
we'll liked and courteous to all; his death
was a sad blow to his aged parents. The
remains we're brought to Avoca for burial
and were inferred under the auspices of
the A. @. II. of that village, Of which he
was member A large concourse Of
friends followed the remains to their last
resting place, all of which testified to the
high esteem in which he was held. Mis-
SEES Lizzie Walsh of st Paul, Agnes and
Teresia Walsh of Jamestown, S. d., and
Mrs John Quain of Jordan, Mimi, sis
tors, and VIM. Walsh of st. Paul, brother
of the dect ased, were in attendance at
the funeral.
NORTH DAKOTA.
D. M. Ke}leher, one of the Oldest citi-
zens of Jamestown, died suddenly Sun
day morning of pneumonia. For several
years he kept the first hotel there, COM
ing to the place with the Northern Paci-
fc road in 1872. He was we'll known to
all old-timers, and prominent for long
time in the politics of the state as one Of
the leaders of the Democrats. He was a
candidate for the legislature, and other
nonOrs.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Through the intercession of j. T. Busch
the release of John Treber, one of the
most prominent and wealthiest citizens
of Deadwood, from German prison
where he had been confined for the last
two months for desertion from the Ger
man army twenty years ago, was secured.
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