The Irish standard., 1893-01-07

3l.OU i LII i EAns
The Brainard Journal gives several in
terviews with persons residing in its
town who visited the Canton church and
returned home improved in health and
cured Of chronic diseases. Mrs. Mary
Gushing, aged 81 years, had suffered for
twenty-three years from swelling in
the neck, and though not entirely cured
she declares that if she owned all Of
Brainerd she would cheerfully give it
for the relief she has obtained. Mrs..
Michael Danaher was afflicted with a
rupture which physicians pronounced
incurable, and she now feels better and
is growing stronger every day MrA.
Ann Martin, aged 50, was suffering from
cancer and found partial relief. Miss
Lotta Grandelmyer, the daughter OF .
milliner, was suffering with paralysis in
the lower limbs and feels better
and stronger since her visit, but
cannot walk yet. Jabob Betzold
says he was cured of heart disease and
has fsith he will be cured OF total deaf
ness.
| At the Prot Cathedral in ST.. Cloud on
Christmas day, Rt. Rev. Bishop zardetti
stated that upon his recent visit to Rome
he had requested of the Holy Father
that, in view of DR.. N. j. Pinault's past
services to the Holy See, and to ostimulats
him to still greater zeal in the cause Of
religion, there be conferred upon him the
cross of the Order of St. Gregory. Pope
Leo XIII. had consented and had CON-
ferred upon the Doctor the above honor,
raising him to knighthood, and commits
sioning the Bishop to bestow upon him
the above decoration, and to deliver to
HIM the Papal brief making official pro-
mitigation of this act of the Sovereign
Pontif. The Bishop then requested DIR.
Pinault to come forward, and receive the
CROSS. The Doctor complied, entering
the sanctuary, and kneeling in front of
the Bishop while the latter pinned the
ribbon, to which the CROSS is attached,
upon the Sir Knights coat, and delivered
to him the official document, The Order
of st. Gregory, in which DR.. Pinault hae
been knighted, was created by Pope
Gregory the Great, and was conferred
upon those who had distinguished them,
selves in the service of the Holy See. It
IS military order, and it's members rank
similarly to the English orders of K night
hood. Its bestowal is intended as re-
cognition of the bravery and military
service of che recipient, who takes rank
with the Roman nobility. Under date of
March 10, 1891, Pope Leo XIII. also con-
ferred upon DIR. Pinault the medal of the
order Bene Merenti-the only order es-
tablished by the present Pontif--as 4
mark of honor for distinguished military
service under Plus TX. The doctor is
now q successful practitioner iE ST.
Cloud and has the confidence and respect
of the entire community.
NORTH DAKOTA
The new Catholic church at Made]ia
was burned to the ground on last Mon.
day morning. The loss is nearly $40, O,OOO;
insured for $1,000.
The completion of LloYd's new opera
house at jamestown. three story brick
structure costing $50 600, shows the pros
perity and advancement OF Northwest
ern towns and cities in striking man.
ner. The building was planned by Arch
itect Garter, of Minneapolis, and is thor
oughly equipped with every modern
convenience. The theater is on the
ground floor and has seating capacity
of $50, while the tributary population is
10000.
The biennial report of the commls-
sioner OF agriculture and labor, just from
J the printer. shows that theirs was $780,
600 worth of raw material consumed last
! year by the manufacturers OF this state
in producing $3, 134,0OO worth OF finished
articles; that the Touring mills of the
} state represent about four ffths OF these
; amounts, and that there is $l,40O,O 900 in
vested in this industry in North Dakota;
, that three mills paid $4,000 to 1000
hands; that these laborers, skilled and
unskilled, received an average salary Of
1927 per day; that the farmers Of the
state during the year employed 1900
hands at cost of about g, 500 600: and
that female labor was paid $340, ,000
for the fame period. The report also
! shows, by the certified returns OF the
county assessors, that the yield for 1881
was $500 900 bushels, and that the esti-
mated yield for 1892 is 35,8Oo,000 an
], average yield for 1891 OF 20.48 bushels,
i and 1875 for 1872
wIscoNsN.
= Coy. Peck has commissioned DR..
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