The Irish standard., 1893-02-25
WISCONSIN,.

! was . years OF age and his death caHa
without warning. Mr.. Murphy was for
about twenty years resident OF Warren,
St Croix county. Heart disease was tho
cause of death.
Mrs Walton, nee Nellie Mcclure, died
at Superior last week. Deceased WIS up
to the time of her marriage, which toek
place about one year ago, resident OF
Erin Prairie, st. Croix county. She was
niece Of Mrs Thomas Monahap, Of
North Hudson. The remains were in
tered IN the cemetery at Erin, Wednes-
day, February Is.
David Clennan, one of the first settlers
of Erin Prairie, st. Croix county, having
been e resident of that town for more
than forty years, died Monday, February
13. he was born in the parish of I4ady's
Bridge, County Cork, ireland, and cams
to America about lS45. Mr.. Clennan
had large circle Of friends and acquaint-
ances, all OF whom will regret his de-
mise. The funeral took place on the 18th
inst. and was largely attended.
A Joint resolution was offered in the
Wisconsin state senate last week by SEN
ator Pratt, that whereas Pere Marquette
has been designated by the state of Wis
memory a marble or br NE statue shall
be erected in statuary hall ct Washing
toa in accordance With the act Of con-e
gress inviting the states to erect the
statues Of one or two deceased residents
who have been illnstrious for their his-
toric renown, or their distinguished civil
or military services, the United States
senate pass the pending resolution Of
Mr.. Mitchell empowering the state to-
place the statue there. Mr.. Pratt stated
that it was necessary to send these reso~.,
lutions to Washington in order to remove
a technical objection which was present
ed to the erection of q statue Of person
other than resident Of the state, and In
view Of this fact Wisconsin would have
to secure a special privilege to place there
statue of Marquette, who was rot
resident Of this commonwealth. The
resolution was adopted under suspension
of the rules.
The new club rooms Of the Catholic
Union at West Superior were formally
opened ON Thursday evening. Feb. 9.
Nearly 800 persons were present. On the
stage we're Bishop Cotter, of Winopa,
Mimi; Bishop McGolrick, of Duluth,
Mimi; Rev. Fathers Fabian and Damian,
of Ashland; Lawler, Of Hinckley; Eus-
tace, Celestial and Chrysoetom, OF the
East End, and Hermon and Copp, of the
West End; also the reception committee
consisting of Messrs. J.. r. Butler, ID. w.
Twoby, j. r. McCabe, M. Kommers, r.
O'Reilly, W. w. Shortall, M. G. Burke.
M May, John McGrath, Drs. d. f. COL
lins and J. A. Rene, aud w. D. Dwyer,
the president Of the union. President
Dwyer delivered brief address of well
come. in which he set forth the aims and
purposes of the union. Addresses wers
given by Father Hermon, of West Supe-
rior; Bishop McGo]rick, of Duluth, and
Bishop Cotter.of Winopa The union
was organized in June, 1892, with mem
bership of l50, and the rooms occupy the
third floor of the Maryland block and
! have floor space OF 56xl4O feet This.
is divided into ball 42x1OO feet with
parlors along the side and club rooms IN
the rear occupying floor space 40x58
feet, which is again subdivided into four
/ large roomsto be used as reading, billiard
and reception rooms. The only requisite
for membership is that the applicant
shall be Catholic in good standing.
I NORTH DAKOTA
Margaretta Belgrade, the famous aged
woman Of the Turtle mountains, died
recently at Dunseith. She was born in
| 1882 and left 103 grandchildren.
/ The committee in charge Of the st.
Patrick's day celebration at Fargo met
last Sunday at the Elliott houseato per-
feet arrangements. "A concert will be
given on the evening OF March u, and
the Opera house has been engaged, for
the ertaiDment. 2. .ss. NJ.
a dispatch from Dickinson says thet,
shis 10 the hardest wioter since that of!
1886 and 1887. Some Of the small cattle.
men have lost over 70 pei. cent. of: their
cattle. Cattle and shaep are dying all
over The country The weather is not
cold now, but there iss g much SNOW.
that stock can hardly set grass. B.
SOUTH pAksoTA. 5sss sssss
Rev. Father Maher, past tor5 s. the Holy
Name church at has secured
plans fora handsome pr, chisi resliidsncs|
g rs built tlls sprine ~ /,
which is to be 81 81 ~ ilI u
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