The Irish standard., 1893-02-11


labor of collecting and editing the ma
terial devolved upon him, and the pub
location shows that he was the fright
man in the right place." To him are
due the thanks Of every old soldier who
followed the state banner over so many
bloody fields for his faithful, efficient
and laborious services in preparing the
data for publication, thus producing
volume that should find place in every
library in the land, and in the familiesof
every old soldier, to whom the state gen
erously presents copy free of all charge.
NORTH DAKOTA.
| Bishop Shanley recently spoke before
q Fargo audience and took occasion to
! reply to the attacks made upon him by
the Prohibitionists of North Dakota ON
| account of his outspoken views on the
liquor question. In the course OF his
address the bishop said he first went to
st. Paul az priest in 1874, excepting FIVE
wears spent in Rome. He was appointed
priest of the cathedral in St. Paul, the
largest congregation west of Chicago.
From then until 1889 he remained in st.
Paal. He was the head Of the Catholic
Total Abstinence movement. He had
four Total Abstinence societies, the only
ones in the city, ranging in membership
from $50 to 800. He met with them
every Sunday, never missing a meeting.
He declared that in the past sixteen
years he had spent more money in the
cause of temperance than all the tenn
perance agitators in North Dakota.
"Since being in the state" }" said the Bish
op, II have been giving missions regu-
larly, they corresponding to Protestant
revivals, and at these missions I have
given the total abstinence pledge to
hundreds Of pc pie. / assert candidly
that I do not believe there is in the
Northwest, or in the United States, q
person who has given the pledge to niore
people and spent more money than the
very man who occupies your attention
tonight" In conclusion, the Bishop
said again that he favored temperance as
marked out b7 the Third Plenary Coun-a
Gil at Baltimore. He would like to see
the people freed from the bondage of
drink. He would like to see the traffic
abandoned. but he realizes that he lives
among men, and that his individual wish
might run contrary to other men, and he
questions his right to put his little ''ism"
against his brother man.
WISCONSIN,.
Martin Cahill, an aged bachelor living
at Eau Claire, was killed 10y falling
nown a fight of stairs.
It is said that Baptist minister at
Ashland recently dismissed bis congre-
CATION in order that those present might
, attend lecture given under the auspices
OF the Total Abstinence Society of St.
, Agnes Catholic church.
r The parochial school Of the church
!, of the Sacred Heart in the town of Edi-
1 son, near Chippewa Falls. was destroyed
. by fire last Saturday, the flames breaking
3 out of the room while the Sisters were
, at breakfast. The building was large
, two story frame, valued at $4,000. Tho
l insurance was s1,5O0 on building and
) $500 on contents.
In regard to the funeral OF the late
Thomas Farrant. of Eau Claire, which
was conducted by the Masons, who
claimed that the deceased requested to bs
buried under tn ir auspices, Rev. DR..
Degnan, of st. Patrick's church, pub
lished card, in which he said this Of
Worshipful Master Cotton, of Lodge No.
| 112: "Mr. Tarrant on Jan. "a, of his own
, free will and consent, renounced Mason
, ry, became member of the Catholic
: Church aud received all the sacraments
necessary to prepare him to die as a good
Catholic. He could never have been re-
ceived into the Catholic Church unless
he renounced all allegiance and connec-
ton with Masons. After Jan. "a I called
almost daily to see Mr.. Tarrant, and he
never retracted his desire of dying as q
} Catholic. On the contrary, he perse-
} vered in his original desire and wished to
die as member of the Catholic Church.
Yet, despite the expressed wishes Of the,
Igood Mr.. Tarrant, Mr.. Cotton, q lead.
ing Mason, disrespected the dead mans
requests; disregarded the promises not
to bury a Catholic; offered alluring bait
and pecuniary motives to intimidate rel.
atives Of the good Mr.. Tarrant; promised
to pay the funeral expenses, etc.xnd
4 thus unwarrantedly usurped the funeral
! lrites Of good man that desired to ~
buried as good Catholic. .s....