The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-07-09

everyone who witnessed it,, Fully a
thousand people were in the village. At
1880 the entire congregation headed by
the A. O. H., and altar societies formed
in two lines at the edge of town to await
the arrival of Bishop Cotter, who drove
over from Fultla. The procession then
marched to the new church, where the
ceremony OF dedication was performed.
After this solemn High Mass was cele-
brated, Rev. Father Knauf of Adrian as
celebrant; Father Treanor of Waseca.
deacon; Father Reichl of Heron Lake,
suh-deacon. Rev, John Commiskey was
master of ceremonies. The rendition Of
Miilars Mass by the choir was excellent.
Rev. Father Prior Of Mankato preached
very eloquent sermon, as did the bishop
at the end Of Mass. Both spoke words
of praise for the new church. and for the
Jealous work Of Father Condron, who by
his untiring labors has done SO much in
thu short time he has been here Among
the clergymen present we're: Rev.
Fathers Etiordan, of Rochester. Kervick.
Of Pipestone Mcdonald, Of Iona, Mes
ney, Of Carrie, Welsh, of Chicago, Gratz,
Of Adrian and Peters, of Tracy.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
The congress of Catholic Sioux In
dians was convened by Bishop Marty to
signalize to the Indians the renewal Of
cordial rotations between the Catholic
Church and the general government and
to afford them an opportunity FOR con-
ference i'll relation to their spiritual and
temporal affairs. The occasion chosen
was the celebration OF the completion of
the fine new Catholic church erected by
Miss Francis Drexel at the Cheyenne
agency, About six thousand Sioux as
senbled coming from Fort Rotten,
Standing Rock, Sjsaeton and Brule agent
cles. The exercises on Sunday were of d
purely religious nature. The dedication
ceremony, conducted by Bishop Marty,
was most impressive, aud the appearance
of the open air meetings, in which the
bishop was surrounded by 5000 Of his
church communicates, nearly 1000 Of
whom were the famous Cherry Creek
wild Indians in their native customs,
WAS an exhibition unsurpassed for pic
turesqueness.
NORTH DAKOTA
buffalo COW and heifer were CAP
turt d recently near Cleveland, N. D., the
COW weighed 300 pounds and the heifer
l,l00 pounds. They were captured only
after wearing out six or Seven horses and
being chased for miles. They are at
present confined in the stock yards at
Cleveland and are rapidly becoming,
domesticated.
jamestown Alert: The two young
Englishmen, Marsh and Abbotson. who
left good BONES across the sea to become
bad men in this country, returned to
their home last night, a sadder and a
wiser pair after their su1ferings through !.
their Ignorance They want no more
wooily vest in theirs. It would not be
strange if the public next heard Of them
In England On the lecture stand dis
coursing On this blooming, blarsted
country.
On June 30 an enthusiastic audience
attended the commencement exercises of
the Catholic school at Bismarck. An ex-
cellent program was presented. The re-
citations by Masters Flynn, Cunning
ham, HaIloran, Mccormick, and the
Misses Peoples, Erviu and Ryan we're
clearly enunciated, expressively delivered
and elected great applause: the several
farces, dramas ana dialogues were excel
lently rendered, and ths actors displayed
g. proper realization Of what was required
Of than. At the completion of the pro-
gram, prizes were awarded for general
excellence in school work Francis Hal
lorsn, Mary Westhouer. Maurice Healy,
Lulie Fuhr, Celia Gau areau, Nellie
O;Connor, Rosa Gillespie and Pluna
Robidou received medals for special ex-
cellence, and many others of the students
were awarded lesser prizes. Exercises
of this description are worthy of COM
mendation, and no one was present at
the close but was willing to award it.
WISCONSIN.
The fve-year-old son of Alfred Griffin.
OF the town of GAINESVILLE, was attacked
by ferocious dog and horribly mangled
the other day.
Mgr. Joseph Rene Vilatte, formerly
pastor of the Old Catholic Church at
Dyckesville, near Green Bay, was on
May %, 1892, consecrated the first Old
Catholic archbishop of America The
ceremony took place at Columbo, the
capital and principal seaport town of the
island Of Ceylon. Rev Vilatte is soon to