The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-05-14
THE NORTHWEST.
Important Happenings in Various
Sections, as Cleaned from
Our Exchanges.
CHINIQUY THE CHARLATAN.
What the Protestant Editor of the
Waverly Tribune Thinks of the
Lying Scoundrel.

Lying Scoundrel
MINNESOTA.
Miss Kittie Donovan, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs, John Donovan, of Kalmar
Olmsted county, died recently after q
brief illness. TIE funeral services oc-
CURED at St. Johns church, Rochester
and was largely attended.
Mrs. Eliza McManus died at the resi-
dence of Frank Kelly, in the town of
Shieldsville, on Sunday afternoon, May l,
at the age of IS. Mrs. McManus was one
Of the Oldest residents of Shieldsville,
having lived there for the past IS years.
John c. Wise & Sons, owners and pub
fishers Of the Mankato Review, have
about completed arrangements to change
the Weekly Review into Daily Review.
The new daily will be Democratic in prin-
ciple but devoted mostly to local matters.
Mr.. Joseph McDougall was married to
Miss Josephine Coture at Rice Lake last
Tuesday week, Rev. Father Becker of6ci-
atinp. The wedding festivities were at
the home of Mr.. Coture, of Rashaw Sta
tion, where many relatives and friends
Of the bride and groom assembled and
with dance, song, etc., whiled away the
| time to the ''wee sma' hours ,
A. c. Knapp, for many years a we'll
! digger in Minnesota and Iowa, has dis
covered in Fremont township, in Winona
county, vein of lead IL inches thick
about 80 feet beneat the surface. Knapp
made the discovery while digging we'll
few months ago, and has since then
leased an 8O-acre tract in which he will
| sink shaft during the summer.
| Miss Nellie Donovan died of brain
fever at her home north of Rochester,
Sunday morniog, May 1st, after al illness
of a few weeks. The funeral services
were held at st. Johns church. Few.
Father Riordan officiating. The remains
were then followed by g large number of
friends and relatives, who sympathize
| with the bereaved parents. AS filial
daughter, loving schoolmate and kind
friend, she has left many to mourn her,
! c.. P. Maginnis, of Duluth, says with
reference to the Sisseton lands in South
Dakota that "wboever ultimately secures
the title must pay $3.50 per acre for the
land, while land can be had on the Min
| nesota side exactly alike in every respect,
| with the advantage of white neighbors,
schools, churches, roads already made,
and almost al. the land subject to taxa
tion, which, Of course, makes it lighter
on all; and this land can be bought TO-
day at from SIS to S8 per acre.
Commencement week at the Normal
school in Winona will begin OH May "a.
Rev. F. O. Holman, D. D., Of Minneapo-
lis, has been invited to deliver the bac-
calaureate address on that day, The
class day exercises will occur On Tuesday
evening, May "a, and the graduating ex-
ercisee on Thursday morning, May 26.
The graduating class numbers 80 mem
bers and will be the largest turned out
from the institution. Many of the gradu-
ates have already secured positions to
teach in the state.
Says the st. Peter Herald: A quiet
wedding was solemnized at the Catholic
church ON Monday afternoon by Rev. P,
J. McCabe The parties involved in the
most happy event were E. B. Hicks, OF
Dawson, Mimi, formerly of st. Peter and
Miss Celia Glynn of this city. The
service was the customary one of the
Church and was in the presence Of the
most immediate friends. The bride was
attended by Miss Amelia Reed, and the
honors for the groom were attended tc
by E. G. johnson. After the service the
happy couple left for Minneapolis, from
whence they will go to Dawson, their
future home. Both bride and groom
we're very popular here and have host
of friends who all unite in the best OF
wishes for future happiness, and ma
terial prosperity.
The Waverly Tribune, which is edited
by liberal and sensible Protestant
takes no stock in Chiniquy's abuse o1
Catholics as the following manly words
will show: Father Chiniquy, an ex-Cath.
olic priest, has been delivering series o.
lectures at the Swedish Tabernacle il
Minneapolis on the Catholic Church. He
pretends to believe and informs his hear
i ers that Catholics melted the southern
i states TO rebellion, assassinated President
Lincoln and advise the killing Of promin