The Irish standard., 1892-11-12

$l.5O PER YEAR.
pie from Aocking into Canton, but the
people of that village having made big
! money through the rush of people there,
are endeavoring to dissemin ate the excit-
ing talk all over the country. The mys-
terry has been amply explained, but there
are people who thoroughly believe it 3
miracle.
| One of the largest peDsion claims ever
granted by the department was that Of
Frank Pangburn of Sauk Centre,amount-
ing to $l6,502.80 and an allowance Of s72
per month. He served in Go. G of the
10th Regt. of Wisconsin, enlisting when
twenty years. of age and serving three
years. He was sun struck at Petersburg,
Va, and after leaving the army he de-
veloped symptoms Of insanity. He in-
ally became so seriously affected that he
had to be taken to the asylum, and is
now at Fergus Falls. He is rational at
times, but it is learned he never will re-
cover his faculties. His mother, Polly
Pangburn, is his guardian, and as soon as
the proper papers are taken out in pro-
bate court, the money will be paid over
to her as guardian. She will give bonds
in the sum of $4,000. Frank Pangburg
is single man, his nearest relatives be-,
ing his brothers, two OF whom, David
and William are residents of Sauk Centre.
NORTH DAKOTA.
Says the Fargo Forum: Everyone has
been enjoying the charming weather of
the last few weeks and praising North
Dakota climate in general and the fall
season in particular. While the days are
full of beauty there is GOODNESS and q
chill that reminds one of the winter that
is so near. Our great poet, Henry WY
Longfellow writes of the "Indian sun1a
mer," which these days reminds one of,
not in verse but in that rhythmic prose.
that has preserved some of his choicest
thoughts. It is the Indian summer.
The rising sun blazes through the misty
air like Il confagration. A yellowish,
smoky haze fills the atmosphere.
And flmsy mist
Lies like silver lining in the sky.
The wind is soft and low. 1t waftets
us the odor OF forest leaves, that hang
wi}ted ON the. drooping branches or drop
into the stream. Their gorgeous tint
are gone, as If the Autumnal rain bad
washed them out. Orange, yellow and
scarlet, all are changed to one melan-..
choly russet Aue. The birds, too, have
taken wing. end have left their rooflesa
dwellings. Not whistle of a robin, not
the twitter Of an eavesdropping swallow.
not the carol Of one sweet, familiar voice,
All gone. Only the dismal cawing of a
crow, as he sits and curses that the har-s
vest is over, OR the chit-chat Of an idle
squirre], the noisy denizen of a hollow
tree, the znendicant friar of large parish.
the absolute monarch of q .ioz n a orns.
Rt. Rev. John Shanl y, .. D., the elor.s j,
quent Bishop Of jamestown, conducted q,
mission last week at ST. Mary's church.
La Crosse. Wis. The church wae
thronged morning and evening, and q
large number approached tha sacramento
Rev. Father White, pastor of the church,
is having q new furnace placed in tb1s
church at g. cost of $500,
SOUTH DAKOTA.
St. Charles Church, Artesian, S. D.
was dedicated recently, St. Charles n
one Of the missions attached to Woon,-
socket, which is in the pastoral charge Of
Rev. Father Claude, O. s. B. Ray.
Father Flynn, Of Madison, S. T., wan
delegated by Bishop Marty to dedicate
the church, he also preached the English.
sermon, while Rev. Father Stechsr, OF
Howard S. d., preached the German
sermon. Father Flynn was assisted
throughout the solemn ceremony by
Fathers Stecher and Claude, O. s. B.
The land seekers who rushed in upon
the Sisseton reservation when it was
opened and fought for location of farms.
are leaving in droves. George G. Hanftc,
Albert Donough and s. b. Stevens ar
rived in Minneapolis several days ago
from the reservation in search of work. /.
They were obliged to leave their fami-
Lies at Morris in destitute circumstances.
The men tell pitiful tales of destitution
and suffering on the reservation. All
those who can got away are leaving as
rapidly as possible, for it is considered
dangerous to remain there when winter
sets in. In the central part OF the reser-
vation thers,i no water to be he'd and
in many places there is not stick Of
wood within sixty miles. In most in
stances the seed planted never showed
above the ground and the corn crops,
proved utter failures. Much OF the land