The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-09-29
THE NORTHWEST.
Important Happenings In Various
Sections, as Cleaned from
Our Exchanges.
RENVILLE COUNTY SEAT WAR
A Couple of Supposed Montana
Cattle Thieves Arrested in
the Zenith City. .

the zenith ClCy.
MINNESOTA.
Conductor Cameron, of the Brainerd
& Northern Minnesota logging road, lost
both his feet in an accident last Satur-
day. Cameron and q friend were en-
gagged in friendly scuf1e, when the
former fell under a moving train with the
above result. Cameron was brought to
! the Lumbermen's hospitol at Bra,nerd.
| Last Wednesday afternoon at 5
o'clock, at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs
J. F. McGinnis, No. 13 Seventh street
north, Brainerd, Mayor Werner Hem
stead was married to Miss Maggie John
son, Rev. Father Lynch officiating. It
was private wedding, no invitations be-
ing issued. The happy couple left i'm
mediateiy afterwards for their wedding
tour, followed by the best wishes Of
thousands of friends
The death of James Byrne, which oc-
CURED last Tuesday, says the Murdock
Review, was indeed, sad occurrence,
he being young man we'll thought Of
by the entire community in this locality
and UsGraff. He was brother Of Mrs.
John Joyce and Mrs. Thos. Fogarty, and
resided four miles south of DeGraf. The
funeral took place Thursday morning
from the Catholic church at DsGrad and
and was largely attended. The relatives
have the heartfelt sympathy of "a large
circle Of friends.
At mass meeting held last Saturday
night at Olivia. for the purpose Of. rails
ing funds for defending the county seat
contest, which is being pushed by BRO
Island and Morton, $1,000 was placed at
the disposal of the county seat commit
tee, which has directed to defend the
election, which was fully and fairly won,
to the end. The committee has prom
ised the unanimous support of the peo-
pie Of Olivia, and il more money was
needed to make the call and it would be
forthcoming.
John Mead and John Wilkins, who ar
| rived at Duluth on Saturday with two
car loads of cat tie, II head in all, were
arrested at the instance of H. F. Bour-
dette, the cattle inspector for Montana
and North Dakota. It is alleged by the
officials that Mead and Wilkins belong
to the famous gang of Montana cattle
thieves and that the arrest is Important.
It is said the Shipment was made to Du'
luth as an experiment to sea if by this
course the rigid inspection at the large
cities could be avoided.
Alb ut o';lock Saturday afternoon,
Sept. %, st. Paul was visited by $780,
900 fire. Bjornstad & Omdahl's planning
mill, Nick Gruber's cooper shop, Mich
ael Ryan's carpenter shop and Mrs
Dora Schwalo's residence, all located on
Rice and Carol streets, just above the
Rice and Carroll street junction, going
up in smoke. The fire originated in the
planning mill, and it is supposed by little
boys playing With matches among some
shavings in the rear. For nearly an hour
the fremen deluged the mass of flames
in the mill and surrounding structures
with apparently little effect The greater
the volume of water the higher the
flames seemed to shoot.
At her home in Seattle, WASH, Sept
8, Mrs. Ed Boyle, former resident of
Norwood, this state, and member Of
the Catholic church, died, says the Times
Of that village. Mr.. and Mrs. Boyle
were among some Of the early settlers
here and resided near Grow River until
four years ago, when they moved to
Seattle, Wash. Mrs. BIS health was not
as geod as could be hoped for by he1
many friends, and she gradually grew
weaker, and was finally compelled to
keep her bed, which she has occupied fol
many months. The sad news arrived
here Sunday, and was sad shock, in
deed, to her only daughter, Mrs. Geo
Goodrich. Mrs. Boyle was, before mar
rying Mr.. Boyle, Mrs. Hogan, and Mrs
Goodrich is the only child Of seven chill
dren. Our deepest sympathy is extend
ed to Mr.. Boyle in his old days Tor the
loss OF his esteemed wife. and many
friends here wish to see him return to
his old home. ~. . .s- /.
Rt. Rev. Bishop Cotter, Of Winona, as:
sisted BY the local pastor, Rev, Fatthel
Maddox, and Rev. Fathers Hora1,, q
LIST Charles, and Brennan, Of ST. Pan g. ]