The Irish standard., 1894-04-07
THE NORTHWEST,
Important Happenings In Various
: Sections, as Cleaned from
Our Exchanges.
EX-SENATOR j. R, DOOLlTTLE,
The Venerable Statesman Presents
Cane to the Wisconsin State
Historical Society.


a Cane to the Wisconsin State
Historical Society.
Mrs. John A. Mcdonald, of East Brain
erd, is very dangerously sick. Her sister
Mrs. John Hughes, Of West Duluth, haf
been with her part of the time lately.
| The Record and Union, of Rochester
says that Mrs. Patrick Connell, of Doug
lass, who was badly hurt in runaway
some time time ago, has been discharged
from St. Mary's hospital where she had
been receiving treatment.
The convention of the Catholic tenn
perance societies of the Sixth district was
held at Darwin on March 27 and was
largely attended. High mass was cele,
brated, after which the delegates met
and much business of practical charac-
tor was transacted. Methods for push
ing temperance work in country districts
we're discussed and appropriate resolu.
tions adopted.
Information was received in st. Cloud
last week that Mrs. Bridget Cullen,
widow of j. II. Cullen, died March 25, at
her home at st. George, Benton county.
She was SO years old. Her husband
died many years ago. She leaves seven
children, and with two of these, John
and James, she had for long time made
her home. Among her children are Mrs.
Quinn, wife of Sheriff Quinn, OF Sank
Rapids, and Mrs. J. Cannon, Of st. Cloud.
Mrs. Cullen was among the earliest set
tiers in this part of the state, coming here
in the fall of 1916.
The Graceville Enterprise gives the
following obituary Of James L. Toner, of
Leonardsville, who recently departed this
life: He was born August 20, 1918, in the
county of Sligo, Ireland, came to Amer
ica April %, 1851, worked as paper
maker in Williamantlc, Conn nine years,
thence he moved to Columbus, Wis,
where he resided nine years. Came to
Minnesota, June 1859, residing in Has
tings two years, then moved to Wheat
land, Rice county, where he farmed
twelve years, coming to Leouardsville,
Traverse county, in 1883, where he spent
the remainder Of the time allotted to
him by Providence, dying peaceful and
happy eeath.
Owing to the failure of Mr.. Neil Cur.
rie, there has been difficulty in securing
the proper title to the cemetery laid out
northeast OF the village of Currie some
years ego, says the Slayton Gazette. The
land was held by Mr.. Currie under con-
tract with the state and he never decided
it for cemetery purposes. AS conse-
quence, the cemetery must be vacated
and the remains of all those buried there
must be moved to other cemeteries.
Quite number were moved from the
cemetery west of Currie to the present
one several years ago and this necessi-
states second removal. A number Of
bodies have been removed to Tracy, some
to Slayton and some to Fulda.
The Minnesota Canal Company, which
proposes to furnish to Duluth 100000
horse power for the operation Of mills
land factories by the construction of a
canal from point on the st. Louis River
twelve miles above Cloquet to the city, ia
about ready to begin operations. w. E.
Darwin, q wealthy contractor who has
done much work on the Messaba range,
is also to become interested in the enter
prise and will act as superintendent OF
construction. He has for some weeks
been working over the plans and estim-
ates and will be ready to let contracts by
May l. The company will build thirty
three miles Of canal forty feet wide and
carrying enough water to supply the en-
ergy named. The work will require two
years and will cost 100000.
The path OF great discoverers and in
ventors have been thorny ones, says the
Faribault Pilot. Others have reaped the
glory and riches that were justly theirs,
and our own Ignatius Donnelly seems to
be no exception to the long line Of his
illustrious predecessors. A few years ago
he discovered q cypher in the works sup.
posed to have been written by Shake
speare, showing their real author to be
one Francis Bacon. Mr.. Donnelly was
resting easy upon the laurels Of his greet
achievement when q DR.. Orville Owen, oi
Detroit, Mich, recently announced to the
world that he too had discovered cypher
IN Shakespeare's plays eorroborating the
Sage's theory. He goes the Minnesotiau
one better, snd ssys that with his ksy,
which consists q four words fortune