The Irish standard., 1892-09-03

had suffered from white swelling for
some time, and who had been unsuccess-
fully treated by Chicago surgeons for
nearly year was cured there on Aug.
%. Young Mcbride requested Father
Jones to assist him, and the priest COM
Piled with his request by saying the
usual prayers for the sick, with the re-
suit that the helpless cripple of few
moments before left his crutches in the
church entry and walked away unaided,
a living example of faith inspired by the
picture which has caused so much ex-
citement. The facts of this cure are
positively known to several disinterested
persons who are ready to make affidavit
if necessary.
A Big Stone county farmer suggests
the following scheme OF hail insurance:
The county board of commissioners shall
levy tax of Ave cents per acre upon all
the taxable lands in the county. The
tax shall be paid into the county trea-
sury and shall constitute the hail fund.
The county commissioners shall be the
| judges of all losses sustained from hail
within the county and warrant shall
be drawn by them upon the county
treasurer TO be paid out of the hail fund.
| It is estimated that cents per acre will
bring about the sum of $4,000, whioh:is
more than has ever been paid out for
hail losses within the county. Every
body will be insured and there will be no
need Of agents or the keeping up Of
| doing business all over the state. Every
county in the state could certainly take
care Of it's hail losses in this way. Be-
sides being cheap, it insurss all the grain
in the county, and the system is emin-
entity practical.
Gabriel Renville, Chief of the Sisee-
ton Indians, died on Aug. 26 in Browns
! Valley. Ills death caused universal sor-
row in the community, and the Indians
walled piteously for one who had BEEN
their benefactor for the past forty years.
! The funeral occurred last Sunday after-
noon at the Sisseton Agency, and SER
vices were held over the remains in the
English and Dakota languages. Gabriel
Renville was born neat Big Stone Lake
! 70 years ago, the son of Victor Renville,
and grandson of Jos. Renville, who, about
1840, dealt in the trading business for
Gen. Sibley and Commodore Kittson,
and, at the time of the Sioux massacre
in 1862, had farm of 5000 acres near
the pleasant city Of Graceville, on the
Minnesota river. In the outbreak he
took the part Of the whites, and ct the
risk OF his own life, and through his in
huence principally, the $50 white cap
tives were surrendered at Camp Renas
at the close of the short encounter. He
was chief of the Indians from that time
until 1866, when the forces were mus"
tered, and in 1868 was chosen chief of
the Sissetons. He secured the treaty OF
1867, by which this tribe was located on
the recently opened reservation. He
had always taken active interest in all
tribal doings and was looked up to and
trusted by all his subjects. His influence
had been for anything that tended to-
elevate and better the condition of the
Indians. He was of moral, upright
character, fair-minded, progressive and
fearless, though quiet and unassuming.
i SOUTH DAKOTA.
A site of 12Q acres has been selected
adjoining the town of Ellington, and
decided to Sister Aloysia of the convent OF
the Sacred Heart, at Yankton, and Bishop
Marty, for convent and school. It is
expected that the sum Of $4,000 will be-
expended in buildings, and it is the in
tention to commence operations in the
fall. $500 was subscribed at Ellington
to the fund.
NORTH DAKOTA.
Dalrymple has been cutting 1000
acres of wheat daily on the Grandin farm
in this state.
The first Scandinavian Democratic
paper ever started in North Dakota will
soon be published at Fargo.
WISCONSIN,.
The marriage of Mr.. Geo. Il. Cott and
Miss Florence N. Kinnie, both Of Shell
Lake, took place at st. Stephens Church,
in that village, on Aug. "a, in the pres
ence only of the immediate relatives.
The contracting parties are we'll known
and highly respected. Mr.. Cott has.
served in different county Offices, the
:Egreater portion Of the time since the
county organization, and has proven
himself to be an efficient, careful and
|painstaking officer, ever ready to serve in
an obliging manner his constituency.
I Miss Kinnie has been il the village but
2 two wears hnt dnrino that time hs1 f3n-