The Irish standard., 1892-09-17
THE NORTHWEST,
Important Happenings in Various
Sections, as Cleaned from
Our Exchanges.
THE ARCHBISHOP HONORED.
He Will be Orator of the Day for
the Worlds Congress Aux
niary Exercises.

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niary Exercises.
Sister M. Agatha has been transferred
from the Academy at Graceville to the
parochial school Of the Guardian Angels
at Hastings where she taught twenty
years ago.
The friends and comrades of the late
Cornelius O'Sullivan of Rosemount, Da
kota county, have contributed toward
she erection of a monument which was
set up over his grave, at the above named
place, by Peter Koppes. Deceased was a
member OF Company r. Second Mime
sofa Cavalry.
Mankato is to have savings bank,
which opens for business Oct. l, with l..
G. NJ. Fletcher, president; George E..
Brett, vice president; WIN. W. Davis, Jr.,
treasurer. A safe deposit vault is to be
put in. 1t will be the only savings bank
in southern Minnesota. A ine brick
building has been erected for it's use.
A new Catholic church, to cost about
$4,000, will be built in St, Augustine
parish, Austin. The contract for it's
construction was awarded last week to
Messrs. Kilroe Bros, of Minneapolis.
The basement and foundation will be
finished by lhe first of November and the
superstructure will be pushed to compile
tion as rapidly as possible in the spring.
The Anoka Union says that "a splendid
lecture was the verdict OF all who heard
Rev. Alexander Christie lecture at st.
Stephens church in that city recently.
His subject was ''What Catholics have
Done. for America" Mons. Baker and
Mrs Huntly, of Minneapolis, accom-
panied Father Christie and were highly
pleasing in their artistic rendering of
many choice vocal selections from sacred
music.
William Cunningham, Of Crookston,
has crab apple tree in his garden that
is Is feet high. It's branches spread over
50 feet of ground, and it has over 10
bushels of fruit upon it. From limb
II inches long "a apples were picked.
For tree grown in northern Minnesota
this is prodigious growth, and proves
that fruit trees can be successfully culti-
vated in this region ct country. Those
who have seen the tree say that it CON
tains more fruit than they aver saw on a
tree of it's class before in this state, or
the Northwest. From three trees in bis
yard he expects to pick over rs bushels
of apples.
William Henry Allen, an inmate ct the
Minnesota Soldiers Home, has received
notice that by the death of brother in
California, he has fallen heir to large
slice of an estate valued at from $50, ,O0O,.
600 to $20,000,000. a nephew of the de-
ceased gets the larger slice of it, but as
William Henry's portion amounts to
about $6,OO0,O0O, he thinks that by rigid
economy he may manage to get along
during the remainder of his natural life.
Messrs Meagher & Belts of Minneapo.
lis, are the attorneys for Allen, and Mr.
Meagher states that he and his client
will soon proceed to San Francisco to
settle up the estate.
A sad accident which resulted in blott-
ing out sweet young life happened al
the home of MI. and Mrs. Edward Burke
at Fergus Falls, on Friday last, says the
Faribault Pilot. Their little daughter
Mamie, aged five years, was playing with
matches in the yard when her dress &C.
cidentally caught fire. The little one
made an attempt to quench the flames
but finding she could not she ran scream
ing to her mother. Mrs. Burke quickly
extinguished the flames, but not before
the little one was fatally burned. Medi.
cal aid was summoned and everything
possible done to alleviate the intense
sufferings of the child until Sunday
evening when she passed away. The re-
mains were taken to the Immaculate
Conception church at Faribault, where
funeral services we're held by Rev, J. j.
Conry, at which he preached beautiful
and appropriate sermon. The interment
took place at Calvary cemetery. The
friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. Burke condole
with them in their affection.
The Rev. G. Genis, pastor Of the Holy
Rosary parish, Graceville, preached