The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-04-16

8 Democratic city conventlOn neXI year
and the prevailing opinion is that with
the Republicans it is case of having
killed the goose that laid the golden egg.
The officers a'e as follows: President,
B. Reinhard; vice president, George
Tibston; James A. Martin, clerk; j. r.
Bennett ST., assessor; DR.. George s.
! Brigham, city physician; F. Lorenzer,
| street commissioner: Drs. H. M. Post and
w. l.. Beebe, members of board of health.
NORTH DAKOTA.
The sale of school lands at Fargo for
Cass county closed Saturday. Good
prices were realized for all the tracts and
the total sale at noon was about $3.50, ,O00s
or an average of over $40 per acre. Some
pieces sold as high as $40. Surrounding
farmers bought these lands.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
The Beadle county Democratic central
committee has issued cali for county
convention, to be held at Huron on May
q, to select eighteen delegates to the
state convention at Yankton on May Is.
TO choose delegates to the national con-.
yention at Chicago. The Democrats in
that county are getting into fighting
trim, and propose TO make the approach
ing campaign an unusually interesting
one. They will ask the Yankton conven-
tion to give Beadle county one of the
delegates to the Chicago convention.
Gen. Maris Taylor, Hon. John NJ. Davia
and Hon. FL. G! Hinckley are mentioned
in connection with tho position.
Fire destroyed the building and stock
Of the Scottford novelty works, in KEN
osha at midnight Friday of last week,
throwing sixty hands out of employment.
Loss, 100000; insurance, 10000; cause
not known.
River Falls is to have another bank.
Messrs w. P. Carr and n. b. Baily, of
Sioux Falls, S. D., who have been SPEND
ing some days in that city, have perfected
arrangements for establishing a new state
bank. there. They have secured a lot I'D
joining the Gladstone Hotel on the south
and will put up one-story brick build
ing, 22x40.
What might have been cold blooded
murder was prevented at Ashland, re-.
Gently, by tin pencil case in the vest o.
George E. Lloyd. Some time since
Lloyd and e. w. Lawrsnce traded soma
land, and since the trade Lawrence haa
believed he was cheated by Lloyd law
renee purchased 38-cahbre bulldog re-
volver and fired upon Lloyd, tho bullet
passing through Lloyd's overcoat aud
under coat, and lodged in tin pencil
case in his vest pocket, just over his
heart.
Concerning the transfer OF Rev. J.
Buckley, pastor OF st. Patrick's Church
at Beaver Dam 70 the pastorate Of the
churches at Brodhead, Albany and Foot
vile the Beaver Dam Argus eays: Pa
ther Buckley has been pastor OF ST. Pat
rick's church since September Is, 1872,
this being his first parish after his ordia-
alton TO the priesthood. He was at st.
Johns Cathedral in Milwaukee two years
previous to his coming to this city.
When he announced to his congregation
last Sunday that be was about to leave
them as he had been appointed to new
charge, there was feeling of great sor-
row expressed by his people here as they
have become 80 attached to the reverend
gentleman that it will be very hard to
part with him. Father Buckley will re-
main here until his successor has been
appointed"
| A sad case Of suicide occurred in Hud-
son Sunday night, the victim being Ell
wood Addison, who has, since his boy
hood, driven his fathers hack. For
several years he had been keeping COM
pany with a young lady, who had con-
tinued to postpone marriage for obvious
reasons. Sunday the two went riding
together. 1t is supposed that their mar
riage was urged by him and again de-
ferred by her. About 6 o'clock in the
evening Elwood went to drug store and
bought an ounce of laudanum. He was
asked for what purpose and replied that
one of his horses was sick. He took the
laudanum and started with passenger
to the sanitarium. Some time during
the trip, or at once on his return, he
drank the fatal dose. He reached home
in stupor, but refused to tell anything.
Physicians were called, who, suspecting
the real cause Of his sickness, investigated
and soon found that he had purchased
landanum. All attempts to restore con-;
seriousness failed and he died shortl after 4