The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-08-20
THE NORTHWEST.
Important Happenings in Various
Sections, as Cleaned from
Our Exchanges.
RELIGION IN THE SCHOOLS
Archbishop Ireland Again Outlines
His Position Upon The
School Question.

School Question.
MINNESOTA
There are about 1.OOO Indian and half
breed voters at White Earth reservation.
Graceville citizens are discussing an
electric light plant The village only
owes So, 500 aside from the waterworks
and can afford the plant.
Dr. n, J. Pinault, Of ST. Cloud, has
been nominated by Pope Leo XIII. to
the high rank of Knight of st. Gregory,
the first title of the kind conferred on
citizen of Minnesota.
The Spring Valley Vidette says: Rev.
! Father Dwyer, the able Catholic priest,
considerably dismissed his congregation
last Sunday after saying mass, that his
people might attend the funeral Of the
late j. d. Farmer. In this courteous and
kindly action the Rev. Father has again
endeared himself to the great heart Of
this community.
AS Walter and Joseph Mclaughlin, Of
Cannon City, accompanied by their sis
ters Misses julia and agnes, and two
little nieoes, daughters of Denis Nc
Loughlin, OF Waseca, were going to
church to Faribault on last Sunday week,
the team became frightened and dashed
away at terrific speed, falling over an
enbankment, and wrecking the spring
wagon. One Of the little girls had her
ankle sprained, and the others were more
or less injured, but not seriously.
DR.. j. G. Rosser, OF Brainerd, has pair
I Of six horns that ere curiosity. They
were found recently by T. G. Pointon in
Pointon lake, Grow Wing county. They
were nearly covered with sand and were
entirely under water. The water had
preserved them from decay. The horns
are very large As no elk have been seen
in this part of Minnesota within fifty
years, the horns are believed to be at
least fifty years old, possibly hundreds
of years. DR.. Rosser will preserve them
among his collection of historical speci-
mems.
1t is not generally known that Slayton
has an artificial grove which for variety
of trees takes first rank among the arti-
fetal groves of the state. It has ten
more varieties of trees and shrubs than
the next best grove in the state. The
| writer visited it short time ago and was
surprised to find such diversity of trees
in SO small space. It belongs to Mr..
A. Terry and the state forestry associa-
tion have written for permission to have
it photographed for exhibition at the
! worlds fair. Aside from the successful
cultivation of trees Mr.. Terry has demon
strated that fruit can be raised here sue
cessfully. He has apples, mulberries,
raspberries, strawberries, grapes, ETC.,
and derives a good revenue each year
from the sale of fruit.
In an interview last Monday on the
school question, Arch bishop Ireland said:
It is not true that what the Catholics ask
is the teaching of the Catholic religion in
the schools. What they wish is that the
teaching in the schools be 80 conducted
as not to injure the Catholic faith OF
children, or to prevent the instruction of
children in the Catholic faith. The
schools of the state must be, according
to law, non religious, or, to use COM
mon word, non-sectarian; but this does
not mean that they must be so conducted
as to efface practically religion, or to
render the teaching Of religion difficult
or impossible. There is to be no union
of church and state; but there is to be
no hostility between church and state;
they must move on parallel lines. How
to bring about in society an amicable CO.
operation without throwing the one
across the orbit Of the other may require
an effort and spirit of Cancellation on
both sides, but the results to be obtained
are we'll worth the effort The peace
which reigns by the complete supremacy
Of the one, the other being driven into an
unwho olesome and murderous obscurity,
is the peace of Warsaw. It Is perfectly
true that my efforts and hopes are not at
an end. I have every confidence in the
fair-mindedness and the practical sense
of my fellow citizens, It is misfortune
for the country that there should be mill
lions of children at the present time de-
barred from the standpoint of their relig-
ious principles from participating in the
advantages Of the public schools; it Is q
misfortune for the country that millions
Of citizens are dissatisfied with one of the