The Irish standard., 1892-03-26

L
I ioned house plastered on the inside with
common clay, there lived John Lahey
:, with his family of wife and six children.
Lahey Sunday afternoon returned from
Madelia, whittier himself and wife had
gone to the sick bed of an older son.
Soon after his arrival home friends visited
with the family until o'clock, when the
company parted and the family retired
for the night, with everything in appar-
ent good order. About o'clock in the
morning the house caught fire and was
soon macs of seething flames. ALI were
fast asleep and not until they jumped
about the bed of 14-year- old son, was
there soul aware of any danger. Spring.
ing from his couch the boy jumped to
the ground from the nearest window and
then gave the alarm. But he was too
late. The balance of the inmates awoke
and recognized their danger, but instead
of jumping from the windows the two
younger boys ON the lower floor hastened
to the stairs, where they we're met by
two other brothers and one sister who
slept up stairs Here they were doomed
The walls fell in and the floor crashed
through and they all became The victims
Of the flames. The father, sleeping down
stairs, had been burned so as to be un-
able to move before he became aware of
what was transpiring. AS soon as the
young boy reached the ground he re-
turned to the house and pulled hts
! father out doors. He then rushed to a.
neighbor, about a mile and half dis
| tant, and medical aid was summoned for
| the aged man, while friends cleared away
the debris only to find the charred re...
mains of five children. The probabili~
ties are the fire originated FROM she stove
pipe, which passed through the floor and
! roof. The father was horribly burned
| and has since died. He was about S.
years old, and the children ranged in age
from y to %. The only one to escape
was the IA year: old boy, and the mother,
who was caring for an older son, as above
stated.
! SOUTH DAKOTA
James Cavanagh, shift boss, Dick
Nankervis, and James Stephens, uliners.
met with ssn accident in the Deal7wofNl
terra mine Saturday, at Deadwood. Cav
anagh had his leg broken, Nankeryis his
left thigh broken and Stevens his face
{ burned and badly bruised. The men
went to hole where the cap failed to
explode. In drilling out they struck the
powder. ...
While in Huron recently, Hon. Il.
Bach, OF Aberdeen, who is somewhat in
| terested in the Melbourne and Mont
gonery rain making scheme, remarked
that he had received a letter from Mr..
| Melbourne, in which he thought chat if
2,OO0,0O0 acres Of land could be secured,
upon which to cause rain during the
coming crop season, he could afford to
do the work for about 10 cents an acre.
Representatives of the Goodland Rain
Making Company are in that locality.
trying to close contracts with the county
commissioners for supply of rain the
coming season.
| WISCONSIN.
| Thomas Welsh, resident of St. Joe.
died last week at St. Joseph's hospital in
st. Paul He had lived alone in a house
near Burkhardt. st. Croix county, and
when found by Mr.. Burning, neigbbor.
he was very low with la grippe. He was
taken to st. Paul, but lived only few
dsys. n.
Mrs. Patrick Quinn, of Hudson, died
Monday, March II. She had been sick
for some time, but just before her death
she felt. better and was sitting up in
rocking chair eating an orange when she
expired. The remains were inferred in
the Catholic cemetery OF Hudson on
Thursday Of last week.
| A large force of men are now at work.
on the improvement and extension of
the Northwestern Fuel Company's coal
docks at Washburne. Improved ma
chinery will be put in and the handling
and storage capacity will be fully.
doubled, Ovor 100000 tons of coal will
be handled during the coming season.
Nye, Jinks & Co. are making prepara-
tions for heavy seasons business at
their elevator and estimate that over
100000 bushels Of grain will be handled
during the shipping. season of 1892.
| Mrs. A. B. Mcdonald died at her late
residence in Chippewa Falls on the 11th
inst. Deceased was born about thirty
four years ago in North Carolina, Of good
Catholic parents. She came to Wis
consin when very young and had lived
there ever since. u Ten years ago she was
married to Mr.. Mcdonald, and now
leaves her almost broken hearted hua-si